Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!
Chapter 621 - 453 Oh no, they’re coming for me!

Chapter 621: Chapter 453 Oh no, they’re coming for me!

Green Town, Rose Garden.

Ms. Chen Jieyu was scrolling through Weibo on her phone.

Just an hour ago, another counselor at Technology University, Zhao Xiaoqian, had come specifically to share some gossip.

"Mr. Chen, is it true that Cheng Zhu from your class is dating Shen Qingning?"

Ms. Chen Jieyu was slightly startled when she saw the content on WeChat.

She felt the question was quite abrupt.

After understanding the context, Ms. Chen Jieyu continued scrolling through Weibo.

After a while, she felt that the content was just hearsay.

Given the fame of Cheng Zhu and Shen Qingning, if these rumors from the "alumni" were true, they would have blown up on the university’s forums by now.

How could there possibly be no prior news at all?

Claims of them holding hands during a nighttime stroll or him kissing her goodbye under the girls’ dorm... It was all baseless gossip.

Indeed, the only person Cheng Zhu was ever extremely close to on campus was her—the counselor—sometimes even visiting her at the staff residence late at night to personally check how well the dorm building was soundproofed.

"But he is indeed very close with Shen Qingning and Lin Lu," Ms. Chen Jieyu thought to herself, knowing well in her heart.

She had encountered them several times, like in the claw machine arcade or outside the milk tea shop.

Upon seeing Youu Tea’s official Weibo debunking the rumors, the counselor closed her Weibo.

What Cheng Zhu’s actual personal relationship with them was, Ms. Chen Jieyu didn’t know, nor was she willing to explore.

Her relationship with Cheng Zhu had started unpredictably during an autumn trip, coupled with a sense of taboo as if they were having a secret affair.

Moreover, she embraced the identity of a childfree marriage-free advocate, and there was a significant age difference between them—nine years.

As for their future emotional journey, she had no idea, so she wouldn’t think too deeply or investigate further.

Her past had been too painful.

Now, she was indulging in this sweetness.

After all, Ms. Chen Jieyu was someone with both pride and insecurity.

She didn’t see herself as a woman who could stand proudly by his side in the daylight.

While watching a concert video where he was picking songs, Ms. Chen Jieyu felt that the two girls in the video were dazzling.

The spotlight on them at the event seemed to shout: some people are born to be the main characters in a crowd.

Looking from every angle, they seemed a better match for Cheng Zhu.

Regardless of the outcome, she would never regret what happened that rainy night at the autumn retreat guesthouse.

Because it had added a touch of brightness to her gloomy life.

Since the two of them had started off in confusion, continuing in such a manner seemed pretty good.

—In this life, it’s rare to be confused.

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...

The next day, the concert controversy was still ongoing.

Shen Qingning’s young stepmother, Wang Yushan, paced around with her phone at home.

She had just received a call from Shen, who spoke harshly over the phone, instructing her to find out about Ningning’s current emotional state.

Shen Guoqiang was bewildered upon hearing the online rumors.

He was very conflicted.

On one hand, his daughter had said she wouldn’t date during college, and he had always trusted Ningning.

On the other hand, he felt that there’s no smoke without fire...

If she really was dating, then that would be a big problem!

"What about the 60 million I invested in Youu Tea?!" Shen Guoqiang wondered.

He had indeed planned to use this as a way to set up some assets for his daughter, as part of her future dowry.

But if the future son-in-law was Cheng Zhu, it felt somewhat odd...

More importantly, as a businessman, he knew it was best for a couple not to partner in business.

This was very tricky and problematic!

In short, from Shen Guoqiang’s current perspective, he was uncomfortable all around!

Although he believed the rumors were more likely, he still called Wang Yushan.

He wasn’t sure how to ask himself.

But he thought that women could have a heart-to-heart talk.

Wang Yushan was now troubled, wondering how to start the conversation better.

Shen Qingning had stayed overnight at Xinhang Apartment with Lin Lu and hadn’t come home yet, but she was supposed to come home for dinner today, so she should be returning this afternoon.

"Ah, the dilemmas of being a stepmother—people really don’t understand," the young stepmother sighed.

When it was three in the afternoon, Shen Qingning returned.

Wang Yushan greeted her with a smile, saying, "Ningning, Did you enjoy the concert yesterday? I saw you and Little Lu became the lucky audience to pick a song; the video is spreading all over the internet."

However, Shen Qingning was too smart.

After glancing at her, she knew what was being asked and even guessed that it was her father who had sent her.

She really didn’t want to discuss Cheng Zhu; it made her feel exhausted.

"Auntie, I know what you want to ask."

"I’m not dating Cheng Zhu."

"He is Lulu’s boyfriend," she said.

"Ah? He’s dating Little Lu!" Wang Yushan didn’t expect that after all the fuss, it turned out to be a huge misunderstanding.

Those netizens, focusing on her and Lin Lu dating, completely ignored the main character in the video and wrongfully pinned the title on our Ningning!

"Since he is Little Lu’s boyfriend, then there must be no problem," Wang Yushan thought she could report back now.

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On the other side, in the interior design company owned by Lin Lu’s family.

Lin’s mother, Meng Yue, sat in her office, engrossed in gossip online, thoroughly enjoying herself.

Lin Lu’s good figure and personality were inherited from her mother, showing that she was a fairly young-minded person.

Her office was decorated in a trendy style, complete with many popular soft decorations.

At the moment, she was sitting on a funky little sofa, continually browsing through various rumors about her daughter’s best friend.

A smile occasionally appeared on her face, somewhat resembling an auntie’s chuckle.

It really was quite interesting!

"Who would have thought, Ningning appears so cold and has such a strong presence, but when it comes to love, she’s just like any ordinary girl!" she chuckled.

In fact, there were many online comments about Lin Lu.

Praises for her beauty, her cuteness, and the like.

These compliments about her daughter hardly caught Meng Yue’s attention.

Gossip, after all, was the juiciest!

She had previously suspected her daughter and Cheng Zhu were quite close, and Cheng Zhu indeed was tall and handsome.

She hadn’t delved deeper previously because Lin Lu had mentioned that Cheng Zhu was rather nitpicky—extremely so!

Meng Yue felt that the word ’nitpicky,’ when applied to a man, meant he probably had no chance with her daughter.

Now, she thought she understood why he was so close to my daughter!

Ha ha, because he likes Ningning!

"It all makes sense now; everything falls into place," Meng Yue thought.

"Since he and Ningning are ambigiously involved, there definitely won’t be a problem," Meng Yue believed she had found her answer.

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As the hype continued to ferment, the brand recognition of [Youu Tea] further opened up.

Fellow businesses were all stunned.

Business rivals: "What an outrageous business battle!"

What’s going on? Did they even advertise at the concert?

From the perspective of the business rivals, it was unclear whether this was coordinated with the concert organizers from the start or if it was merely a coincidence.

But, the effect it had generated was unbelievably good!

And that fairy-like person, is she really a shareholder of Youu Tea?

Are you sure she wasn’t just an actress brought in at the last minute, after the script was set?

Motherfucker, if you’re going to do marketing, you go all out with the beauty card!

Little do they realize, as we move further into the information age, more and more companies online will play the beauty card.

Not to mention, several state-owned enterprises have pretty girls dancing on TikTok!

Everyone was thinking Youu Tea had been quiet recently, seemingly it was Yue Tea that kept causing disturbances.

Indeed, it was all our illusion...

Youu Tea, when they make their move, it’s earth-shattering!

Everyone was still figuring out how to collaborate like them, but they went straight to teaming up with Zhou Jie.

Even more outrageously, there followed a love scandal!

"In this day and age, can the idol-couple gimmick even be applied to businesses?" This really opened the eyes of the business rivals.

Even half the capital market was dumbfounded.

"Can you really do this?" Capitals began to ponder the feasibility of this tactic.

But alas, they had a unique advantage.

—Youth!

Our companies, with founders all not so young anymore, all having families and children.

We can’t even stir up such excitement!

It’s good enough if no scandals break out, let alone manufacturing love pairings, fuck!

And for Yue Tea’s Chen Yue, who was most troubled by the dramatic developments at Youu Tea,

She had previously collaborated with a sanitary napkin brand, receiving mixed reactions online.

This time, she directly partnered with a popular female-oriented game.

This game was somewhat like dating paper dolls.

Lo and behold, the opposition directly revealed a love scandal!

Although it was debunked, the heat didn’t die down!

Just hardcore shipping!

This collided a bit with our current collaboration.

—Such a vicious commercial tactic!

What made Chen Yue even angrier was that after the concert video went viral online, many comments mentioned her.

Unfortunately, Ms. Chen, who had returned from studying abroad and was quite confident in her beauty, began public appearances after securing funding, crafting an image of a sophisticated beautiful businesswoman.

And now, she just couldn’t avoid being compared.

Unfortunately, Shen Qingning, the shareholder from Youu Tea with her cool demeanor, naturally had an aristocratic aura and a powerful presence!

Chen Yue was trying to create such a feminine persona, but the other was born with it!

More importantly, the video from the concert captured live couldn’t be faulted—it was simply too beautiful.

In terms of beauty, her video directly knocked out your carefully edited photos!

This was really indomitable.

Your carefully packaged everything was just a cheaper version of someone’s real-life glamour.

Thus, netizens’ comments were as expected.

"This Youu Tea founder is even more beautiful than that Yue Tea founder!"

"Sorry Yue Tea, I’m switching sides."

"It’s too different, this Youu Tea shareholder is really stunning at first glance!"

"Amazing, she’s too beautiful, crafted by Nüwa herself!"

"I put the pictures of the two together, judge for yourselves."

Chen Yue, always proud of her appearance and persona, was utterly overshadowed.

Everyone in the industry said the young boss at Youu Tea was a marketing genius, constantly surprising despite his young age.

This made Chen Yue instinctively feel that everything was orchestrated by Cheng Zhu.

Whether it was the song selection segment or the subsequent trends in public opinion, it was definitely all planned! This current trend of shipping was surely guided by him in secret!

And she and Yue Tea were undoubtedly targeted mercilessly.

"Too low, it’s too low!"

"Damn, this round seems to be coming for me!"

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(ps: Not feeling well today, weird how I just can’t seem to get rid of this cough lately...

It’s the end of the month, still shamelessly asking for your monthly votes.)