Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!
Chapter 610 - 448: Crying? _2

Chapter 610: Chapter 448: Crying? _2

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At this moment, Cheng Zhu was visiting the QQ unattended store of Dong Dong, the dormitory head of Room 309, with his three sworn brothers from the university dorm.

Just today, his unattended store officially opened for business.

Dong Dong’s "Persistent Visit" franchise store wasn’t too far from Technology University.

As everyone knows, there is generally an area near each university that’s colloquially known as the "Hotel Zone."

These hotels tend to cluster together and come in various standards.

Some are better, others are more affordable.

But one thing they have in common is... most of them offer hourly rooms!

Looking at the location, the spot Dong Dong chose was actually not bad.

Because of this, he had gone on at length in the dorm, boasting to his roommates about why he chose this particular shop, speaking with such authority.

But what was the actual situation?

The reason he was able to franchise successfully was purely because Cheng Zhu had pulled some strings for him.

The current model for "Persistent Visit" unattended stores is to offer benefits to franchisees and to ensure the franchisees are dedicated, doing their utmost to guarantee that they make a profit.

Thus, there are certain demands when it comes to the site selection for approving franchise applications.

The reason Dong Dong’s store needed some backdoor influence was because... someone had already motherfucking franchised nearby!

This didn’t meet the franchise rules; the franchising department has requirements regarding the distance between stores.

Such a prime location wouldn’t just be left untouched by others!

Only Mr. Dong was smug, thinking his selection was extraordinary.

He might not even know that there was already an unattended store nearby, one that had been set up even earlier for renovation.

Cheng Zhu took a look and thought that having two stores near University City wouldn’t be an issue; both were definitely going to be profitable.

Presently, he and Dong Dong were boldly walking into the store, while Liu Feng and Zheng Qingfeng still felt a bit embarrassed.

Among the three sworn brothers of the dorm, only Liu Feng was known to have undertaken the sacred rite of passage from boy to man!

But it wasn’t only condoms being sold here; there was a dazzling array of goods, practically a mini QQ physical store. Liu Feng still felt a bit awkward and cramped coming in.

As for the introverted Zheng Qingfeng, well, there’s even less to say.

Cheng Zhu could almost picture the scenes that would unfold in the store in the future.

Probably lots of male university students would come in groups, nudging and pushing each other, all kinds of goading going on, coming in to curiously check things out as if opening the doors to a new world!

"Donger, from now on, you’re true boss," Cheng Zhu looked around the unattended store and said with a laugh.

At those words, Dong Dong puffed out his chest even more.

"Brother Zhu, if there’s anything you like, I’ll give it to you!" He gestured grandly, full of spirit.

As the behind-the-scenes owner of "Persistent Visit," Cheng Zhu’s smile grew even broader at this offer.

Give me something?

That polite, huh?

Liu Feng and Zheng Qingfeng immediately perked up, "Donger, why only give to Brother Zhu?"

"Ah, giving you two is useless, you guys won’t need it!" Dong Dong began to show off.

Zheng was still not at that stage, being strung along by his sister; every time he wanted to progress in physical contact, it was like getting through levels, passing through a multitude of tests.

Liu Feng, on the other hand, had rented a room several times this month and was currently feeling financially embarrassed.

Of course, this embarrassment was not the same as another type of being broke.

He was already the poorest in the dorm, and the expenses from dating were indeed a bit too much for him to handle.

Cheng Zhu glanced at his three sworn sons and finally said, "Never mind giving me something, Mr. Dong, how about you treat everyone to a meal instead?"

Liu Feng immediately chimed in, nudging Dong Dong with his shoulder, "Yeah, Mr. Dong, how ’bout a treat?"

Lost in the repeated calls of Mr. Dong, Dong Dong’s smile couldn’t be suppressed, showing off that he would treat everyone to something expensive!

As they just got into the car, Cheng Zhu received a WeChat message from Lin Lu.

"I’m going to Zhou Jielun’s concert with Ningning on Saturday, not taking you!" She even sent a cheeky girl’s sticker.

"Alright, get good seats, the closer to the front, the better, and then get your rich boyfriend to reimburse you!" He typed and replied with a sticker of someone lying on a pile of money.

"That’s what you said! I’m gonna ask the scalper now, see if there’s a front row! I’ll spend all your little money!" Lin Lu wasn’t about to stand on ceremony with Cheng Zhu.

She would often buy things for Cheng Zhu on regular days, and whatever he gave her, she would accept it happily.

That’s how the love between rich people works, there’s no need to be polite about money.

It’s the poor who might feel it’s too valuable and a bit embarrassed.

However, Cheng Zhu wasn’t going to send a concert ticket to Shen Qingning for the Hang City Station’s show.

Nor was he going to invite Shen Qingning to watch it, only to his girlfriend.

In the end, Lin Lu contacted a local scalper in Hang City and chose two tickets for the third row in the center.

That area was already considered very good; you could clearly see everything on stage.

"Why didn’t you buy the front row?" Cheng Zhu asked.

"The concert is the day after tomorrow, it’s too late to buy tickets now, and the front row only has off-center seats, not in the middle, and they’re particularly expensive. I thought about it and probably these third-row ones are better." Little Lu answered honestly.

"Fine, then I’ll reluctantly lend you to Shen Qingning for a day; I suppose I’ll be busy these days anyway," This sly man typed thusly.

Lin Lu, seeing the text he sent, couldn’t help but feel a sweetness in her heart.

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Time flew by, and Saturday arrived.

Shen Qingning and Lin Lu arrived outside the venue and bought glow-in-the-dark headwear before checking in.

The aloof girl didn’t like such things, it was purely because Lin Lu insisted.

At this moment, Ningning was still somewhat bewildered.

Today, she seemed a bit distracted.

When it came to the concert, she had expectations, sadness, and entanglements with the past.

Shortly after they sat down, Shen Qingning took a glance around her, feeling that it was a bit too lively.

The audience was excited, with the girls frantically snapping photos with their phones.

She almost didn’t see anyone who had come alone.

This was something that seemingly only she focused on.

Why would an ordinary audience member care how others came to the concert?

And her mere observation of this meant that she had lost.

Completely defeated!

She kept thinking about how Cheng Zhu had gone to two concerts alone.

When the concert officially started, and Zhou Jielun took the stage, the entire venue erupted like a tsunami, screams as if they could flip the venue over!

The vibrant girl was also vigorously waving her glow stick, much more unrestrained than Shen Qingning, following the crowd screaming, "Zhou Jielun! Zhou Jielun!"

Midway through the concert, the prelude to "The Longest Movie" echoed through the venue.

At that moment, Shen Qingning felt as if she’d been struck by lightning!

The whole venue sang in unison, their voices reverberating inside the hall.

"[If we could do it all over again,

Would we be a little less awkward?]"

"[Is love more precious when left unspoken?]"

Shen Qingning stood up at that moment, unable to help herself. She said to Lin Lu, "Lu Lu, I need to go to the restroom."

"Huh?" Whilst recording her boyfriend’s hit song on her phone, Lin Lu looked up at Ningning and asked, "Do you want me to come with you?"

"No need, no need," Shen Qingning said.

This brief exchange was all recorded in the video.

Shen Qingning made her way down the third row to the aisle, saying "excuse me" as she went.

She had only gone a few steps before she felt a tinge of soreness in her nose.

Shen Qingning just kept walking forward with her back to the stage, moving steadily ahead.

She couldn’t see any of the performance, but the chorus of the entire venue still echoed in her ears.

Scenes from the past flashed before her eyes.

The last image settled on Cheng Zhu’s words, "I find Zhou Jielun’s concerts rather dull."

But the concert you owe me, shouldn’t be watched like this!

Even if I did go, it wouldn’t be the kind of concert where two people go together that I had once wanted!

"I really didn’t want to see the concert with you!" She thought bitterly, her nose growing more sensitive and her eyes welling up with tears.

As the song came to its end, reaching the last line,

The whole venue’s chorus resounded through the night sky of Hang City:

"[You said you’d cry, but not because you cared!]"

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(P.S.: I’m feeling a bit dizzy today, unwell, so the update is a bit short, I’ll try to make up the word count tomorrow. End-of-month request for monthly support. Yiwu was thirty degrees in the morning, then suddenly it motherfucking hailed in the afternoon, the kind with a diameter of four to five centimeters,literally mind-blowing.)