Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 352 - 351 Reopening

Chapter 352: Chapter 351 Reopening

The last two classes, Zhen Yu was listless and uninspired.

Fortunately, before the winter break’s final exams, her overall score was still firmly at the top of her grade. Even the nickname ’Zhen Wudi’ had reached the ears of teachers of all subjects!

As for Zhen Yu’s ’occasional’ class-skipping, the teachers all thought she was just staying up too late studying.

Teacher Zhang, who taught English, even kindly lowered his voice, afraid to disturb her ’rest’.

Barely awake until school was out, the moment the bell rang, Zhen Yu instantly perked up.

"Ha... you only wake up when class is over!" Seeing this, Lu Huai said with a smile and a tease.

Zhen Yu didn’t care what he said, her mind was set on going home to see how the first day of Sincere Internet Cafe’s ’reopening’ was doing!

Leaving behind the words "I’m heading out first!", Zhen Yu didn’t wait for Gu Qing, and started running and bouncing home!

Her hurried steps, however, suddenly slowed down as she approached the internet cafe.

Although she was very confident about the future of the internet cafe, she had, after all, just doubled the hourly rate all at once! Zhen Yu was also unsure whether the usually packed occupancy rate would be greatly affected by this...

At this moment, her heart was truly filled with trepidation.

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Zhen Yu gritted her teeth, stepped forward, and pushed the door open!

Inside the internet cafe, smoke wafted around just like before, and although it wasn’t fully occupied, there were still quite a few people!

While Zhen Yu took a sigh of relief, she also began to worry about the second-hand smoke!

About smoking, that was really the issue Zhen Yu felt most helpless about at the moment! The players coming here to game were mostly males, and you can’t stop them from playing games just because they smoke, right? How would the internet cafe make money then?!

So, that’s why! A smoke-free internet cafe simply had no place in the current environment; it was infeasible to promote such a concept.

And before the weather warmed up, the internet cafe couldn’t open windows to ventilate! They could only occasionally open the door a bit to air out the smell.

Fortunately, Zhen Yu had long asked Mrs. Zhen to prepare fire extinguishers, not only strictly adhering to fire safety regulations but also providing several extra units!

But even though this removed the hidden danger of fire safety, it could not eliminate the harm of second-hand smoke to Mrs. Zhen! She was, after all, pregnant, and inhaling more second-hand smoke was bad for the unborn child! Because of this, Zhen Yu felt an even more urgent desire to acquire those three software programs!

Striding to the counter, Mrs. Zhen was indeed sitting inside!

"Mom! How was business this morning?"

"Ah..." Mrs. Zhen’s expression was difficult to describe, "Most of the ones sitting here are members! Those who didn’t have a membership card, once they heard it’s six yuan per hour, most of them just turned around and left! Not a single one stayed to play! And when these members’ card balances are all used up..."

"It’s okay! Take it slow!" Zhen Yu estimated in her mind that those who turned around and left were probably just there to play games! Other computer gaming venues still charged three yuan per hour, so they naturally wouldn’t pay a premium to play here!

But by the end of the year at most, or even not that long, internet cafes would spring up everywhere!

When online games become abundant, when people understand the joy of surfing the internet, those gaming venues that cannot offer internet access will lose their space to exist, they will... be crushed to ashes by the wheels of history.

Mrs. Zhen didn’t make a sound, just sat back down without a word, clearly not comforted by what had been said.

Seeing this, Zhen Yu’s gaze flickered. Without saying anything more, she turned around and went looking for Zhang San.

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"Brother San!"

"Hey! Xiao Yu, you’re done with school!" Zhang San responded without getting up, continuing to teach the boy in front of him how to register an OICQ account. As he was teaching, he didn’t forget to repeat the ’Internet is not trustworthy’ theory that Zhen Yu explained the night before.

Regardless of whether the boy listened or not, Zhang San, the internet cafe manager, was doing an exceptionally conscientious job!

"Alright!" Zhang San patted the boy’s shoulder, stood up, and gave Zhen Yu a wink; then they walked one after another to the staircase.

"How’s it going?" Zhen Yu asked, without any context.

Zhang San immediately beamed with joy, saying, "Pretty good! Anyone who comes in to use the computers registers for an account! After all, it’s something new! Everyone wants to try it out!"

Zhen Yu smiled, about to add something, when Zhang San happily added, "Oh yeah! There were also two people who made a point of using our landline to call their friends over specifically to go online!"

Zhen Yu’s focus wasn’t there; she asked pointedly, "Not a single non-member has used the computers?"

Zhang San’s smile faded a bit, "None."

"No worries! Let’s keep an eye on it this afternoon! You and Brother Si keep a close watch these next few days, I’ll be coming by often to check."

"Okay!"

After finishing her conversation with Zhang San, Zhen Yu headed straight towards the internet cafe entrance.

She had seen the unmistakable displeasure on her mother’s face earlier.

So, she didn’t stop to talk to her mother at the counter, and instead went directly to the wonton shop.

They were all doing this for the good of the family; there was no need to argue. As long as her mother was willing to support her decisions, Zhen Yu was content.

After all! The ’foresight’ with which she approached problems was something she couldn’t explain to others. So she knew she would be misunderstood sooner or later!

Because she was prepared for this from the beginning, she didn’t feel too sad at the moment.

Moreover, she knew that facts would eventually prove her right! Then, all family conflicts would naturally dissipate.

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As soon as Zhen Yu sat down at the dining table, Gu Qing challenged her, "Xiao Yu! Why did you leave without waiting for me at noon!"

"Sorry! I had an emergency," Zhen Yu brushed it off with a simple apology.

Although she didn’t think she was in the wrong! But in front of everyone else, to save Gu Qing’s face, Zhen Yu apologized anyway.

Having the soul of an adult, Zhen Yu was never keen on ’forming cliques’!

She thought everyone should have their own ideas, and it was better for everyone to act freely.

Unfortunately, there was only one road from Zhen Family’s place to the Affiliated School! Ever since Mrs. Zhen remarried, Zhen Yu and Gu Qing ended up eating three meals a day together and naturally left for school at about the same time... There was no way to avoid going the same way!

During this time, Zhen Yu had ’intentionally or unintentionally’ let Gu Qing go ahead on her own due to various reasons, but Gu Qing always insisted on waiting to go together! Not only when going to school, but it was also the same after school! This behavior seriously troubled Zhen Yu!

Even her classmate, Lu Huai, was somewhat affected. Since the start of school in March, he had asked Zhen Yu several times!

"What’s the deal with you and Gu Qing? Isn’t she supposed to be close with Li Yueru? Why does she always have to call you to leave together after school now?! Even when you’re busy, she insists on sticking to you like glue! Has she become your shadow?!"

Zhen Yu had answered him, "Mind your own business."