Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!-Chapter 99 - 88 Both Good-looking and Comfortable_3
Chapter 99: Chapter 88 Both Good-looking and Comfortable_3
Just as she was about to greet him, Cheng Zhu had already brushed past her without so much as a sidelong glance, completely ignoring her.
In his eyes, this “Campus Belle” Zhang was nothing but a tool, sometimes proving to be quite effective with Shen Qingning and Lin Lu.
But he had no intention of befriending her privately, same old story, these web-celebrity types of women, even just reborn for a few months, still made him sick to his stomach.
In contrast, Dong Dong and the others, upon seeing Zhang Qiqi looking their direction, broke into smiles that couldn’t be cheaper, calling out, “Senior.”
The sushi restaurant owner approached and greeted them, then followed Zhang Qiqi’s gaze outside, and curiously asked, “Do you know each other?”
“No.”
...
“Sort of.”
Two different voices rang out in the restaurant.
Xu Shao glanced at Qiqi with a touch of surprise, but since she said “sort of,” he didn’t take it to heart.
The sushi restaurant owner pointed to the young man who had left earlier and said, “He looked a bit… um, like he was street-smart.”
“This place here, he rented the space behind,” the owner explained.
Luckily Cheng Zhu wasn’t there, otherwise he’d likely be fuming.
Here I am spending money, and you’re calling me street-smart? Ever heard of ruffian chic?
“He rented the two shops?” Upon hearing this, Zhang Qiqi’s interest in Cheng Zhu intensified.
A freshman with the capability to rent shops outside of school definitely didn’t come from an ordinary family.
Could it be that his family was even stronger than Xu Shao’s?
She had always speculated that Cheng Zhu probably came from a well-off background, but who would’ve thought he was actually a second-generation rich kid!
Zhang Qiqi was the sort of woman who would mentally rate men.
Although some men also like to rate women, they generally only consider looks and figure. She was different, taking into account all sorts of comprehensive criteria.
“That’s a big plus,” she thought to herself.
Xu Shao, ever the gentleman, pulled out a chair for Zhang Qiqi, inviting her to sit, while casually asking the sushi restaurant owner, “Do you know what kind of store he’s opening?”
“He says it’s going to be like a mini arcade? I was actually thinking of asking him if he wanted to buy any of these things second-hand, but he said he doesn’t need anything except the air conditioner,” said the owner.
Upon hearing “mini arcade,” Zhang Qiqi immediately said, “Xu Shao, didn’t you invest tens of thousands in that arcade outside of school?”
Xu Shao nodded and couldn’t help muttering with resentment, “It wasn’t much money, but in the end, things got really awkward with Lu Yuan; the guy has a bad character.”
Shen Qingning had mentioned to Cheng Zhu before that a small arcade outside of school had gone out of business, and the owner was this Lu Yuan Xu Shao was talking about.
This person was somewhat of a social butterfly in school, not really having much money himself, but managed to pull in a number of friends and classmates to invest and set up the arcade.
And it’s true, some college students’ money is so easy to swindle. When Lu Yuan opened the arcade, he actually didn’t spend as much money as he claimed, and the investment amounts he reported were inflated, quite significantly at that.
Meaning, he was already making money from the investment other people put in.
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So, in the end, when the arcade was not managed well, he himself hardly lost any money.
Eventually, the second-hand sale of the machines and the lease transfer of the shops resulted in quite an unpleasant situation among the group.
Seeing that Zhang Qiqi was listening intently, Xu Shao boasted in an underhanded manner, “When he opened that shop, I helped out with a lot of the connections. You know, there are pesky issues when starting a business. When you’re just getting started, different people will come to shake you down, and you have to deal with all sorts of departments.”
“Right,” responded Zhang Qiqi, continuing her perfunctory engagement.
Xu Shao got more animated, “But it was not much money, I just invested fifty thousand in total, not a lot. At that time, I just casually put in some money when Lu Yuan came to me.”
“You know, the internet café I opened outside school was doing well in the past few years, earning back that bit of money right away. It’s just that I found him disgusting,” Xu Shao said.
“Well, just avoid dealing with him from now on,” Zhang Qiqi continued her placating response.
Xu Shao looked through the glass toward the direction where Cheng Zhu and his group had disappeared and said, “This junior named Cheng Zhu is also not thinking straight, starting a business without even doing basic market research. If he had casually asked a few seniors or juniors, he would have known that the arcade outside of school had already failed.”
He continued with a condescending tone, “But that’s normal. Young people always act rashly.”
“By the way, Qiqi, don’t you dislike Miss Shen, and by extension, him too? I’ll take you here to see his downfall when the time comes.”
“I bet, in less than half a year, his shop is going to flop!”
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