Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!
Chapter 698 - 485: A Promise to Ning Bao

Chapter 698: Chapter 485: A Promise to Ning Bao

Funny enough, Cheng Zhu found out about Lin Lu’s birthday through Shen Qingning.

He found out Shen Qingning’s birthday through Lin Lu.

Neither girl had ever mentioned their birthdays to him specifically, but he remembered them both.

Since their birthdays were easy to remember, Cheng Zhu didn’t need to make a special note of them.

According to Little Lu, after the natural disaster on May 12th of that year, Ningning donated all her New Year’s money and living allowance, and with tears streaming down her face, she asked her parents if she could also convert her birthday gifts into cash to donate.

In the following years, that day became a day of mourning, and Ningning celebrated her lunar birthday instead.

Cheng Zhu also learned from this that Baby Lu and Ning Bao were actually elementary school classmates.

They were at the same middle school too, but not in the same class.

They didn’t attend the same high school, but they intentionally applied to the same university.

Lin Lu had once secretly told Cheng Zhu, "Ningning actually wasn’t as aloof as she is now. When we were in elementary school, she was so cute and always crying, and she was so timid. I really liked to pick on her back then, heh heh!"

Cheng Zhu personally guessed that her personality probably changed due to her mother’s death.

From this, he also figured out that Little Lu was actually older than Ningning!

One was born in the latter half of the year, and the other in the first half. Lin Lu didn’t start school a year early.

However, to the outside world, their friendship seemed more like Ningning was the older sister and Little Lu the younger.

At this moment, the conference room fell into a brief silence again.

Shen Qingning never expected Cheng Zhu to suddenly wish her a happy birthday out of the blue.

A complex set of emotions stirred in her heart, making it so she didn’t respond immediately, and their gazes briefly met.

Cheng Zhu was sitting, while Qingning was standing, making it so that at that moment, it was Cheng Zhu who was looking up at her.

He could see the defiance and shyness in the proud girl’s eyes.

After seven or eight seconds, she replied softly, "Thank you."

There was no hint of emotion in Shen Qingning’s voice.

For someone as proud as she was, once she had stood up and said she was leaving, she was certainly going to leave.

So, after giving Cheng Zhu one last glance, Shen Qingning intended to continue on and push the door open to leave.

Just then, a grinning Shen Minglang returned from making his phone call.

He looked to be in great spirits, almost floating as if he were walking on clouds.

Those in the know were aware he had just stepped out to make a call, while those not in the know might think he’d enjoyed some sort of service in that brief period.

And this blockhead’s individual performance was always incredibly erratic, sometimes delivering a great assist, and at other times, making an utter mess of things.

Right now, Shen Minglang spoke up, "Huh, Ningning, you leaving?"

"Yep," answered Shen Qingning with a nod.

"Wait, wait, sit for a while longer, I’ve got something to say." He pulled the chair next to him excitedly and gestured for his sister to take a seat.

Seeing Shen Qingning still standing there coldly, he even made a welcoming hand motion.

Ningning, feeling helpless about her treasure of a brother, could only follow the implied advice and took a seat.

Ming Lang was direct and looked at Cheng Zhu: "Cousin, I just called Old Shen... oh, I mean my dad."

"Mhmm, what did Uncle Shen say?" Cheng Zhu replied with unusual politeness.

"How else could he respond? Of course, he said he’d fully support Youu Tea’s second round of funding!" Shen Minglang gestured grandly, simplifying all of Shen Guoqiang’s words into a brief summary, cutting at least two hundred words.

But his tone and demeanor were those of someone who acted as if he was the boss of the Shen family and his father was second in command.

The subtext seemed to be: How could he not support it?

Shen Qingning: "..."

She was well aware that with Daddy’s dominant personality, if he knew his own son was spouting such nonsense outside, he would probably have to buy a new belt.

"Mhmm, that’s good to hear. Among the shareholders, I’m definitely the most confident in you two," said Cheng Zhu, nodding repeatedly. After glancing at Shen Minglang, he looked at Qingning.

Then, he deliberately let a look of hesitation appear on his face.

Right away, Ming Lang said, "Cousin, what do you want to say? Don’t hold back, what’s our relationship? Just speak your mind." _{\n(o)v.e\l.com}

Cheng Zhu knew he would take the bait and immediately said, "So, just like before, Shen Qingning will hold the majority, right?"

In the previous investment of sixty million, Shen Minglang didn’t get much.

He knew that Ming Lang didn’t mind this and took the opportunity to bring it up especially because Ningning was rarely present.

Sure enough, Shen Minglang promptly said, "Of course, this is part of Ningning’s future dowry, naturally she takes the majority!"

He had told Cheng Zhu about this before, but Shen Qingning wasn’t present at the time and didn’t know that her brother spilled everything.

This blockheaded brother hadn’t yet noticed the change in his sister’s expression.

Recently a bit over-inflated, he’d lost his sense of propriety and said, "Actually, I really don’t care about the size of the shares. I just want to enhance and strengthen Ningning’s dowry, and then help my dearest cousin to build his career, to ensure the smooth sailing of my cousin’s business! I really don’t care about the rest, hand on heart!"

Clearly, Cheng Zhu had praised him too often recently.

Men are like that; you compliment them a few times, and they start to believe their own hype!

Buoyed by Cheng Zhu’s aggressive aura, he now was really showing off.

As Shen Minglang became more and more enthusiastic, Shen Qingning could no longer bear to listen.