Chapter 104: Chapter 92 Good Night, Cheng Zhu
Cheng Zhu was lying on his bed, half-reclined, messaging Lin Lu on WeChat.
For him, explaining the matter regarding Zhang Qiqi in this manner had an invisible benefit.
If I really end up interacting with this online celebrity later, then I’d have already laid the groundwork for you, haha!
This school beauty and internet star was a useful pawn; she was indeed beneficial to Cheng Zhu.
Following the principle of not wasting anything, he was certain to make the most of people.
He planned to squeeze out every last bit of usefulness from her.
After exchanging a few more messages with Cheng Zhu and feeling victorious in their verbal sparring, Lin Lu declared like a conquering general that this school sister was off to bed!
“Good night!” she typed to Cheng Zhu.
“Mm, good night,” Cheng Zhu replied.
But after a minute, Little Lu, who had just said good night, sent another WeChat message.
Sometimes, that’s just how conversations between men and women go; even after saying good night to each other, they inexplicably continue chatting.
The initial good night might have been because it was already late, but continuing afterwards meant “I really still want to talk, staying up late with you isn’t too bad.”
There will always be one silly person who breaks their word and doesn’t sleep.
“I’ll make an effort to occasionally help you out and keep an eye on the renovation work!” Lin Lu was the first to play the fool.
“Alright then, I won’t go and badmouth you on the campus BBS, nor will I criticize your company,” Cheng Zhu responded.
“It’s not like I’m scared of your threats!”
Lin Lu had already wrapped herself up in the blanket, with only her little face and hands showing outside, lying on her side and typing.
Seeing the message from Cheng Zhu made her feel a bit embarrassed and her fingers pounded the keyboard with a little more force: “It’s because our company is just that responsible!”
“I’m not going to talk anymore; I’m going to sleep!” she quickly followed up with that declaration.
Yet the message from Cheng Zhu, echoing the previous good night, pushed the atmosphere up a notch, making her heart beat a little faster.
“Then really good night this time,” he said.
Lin Lu, who had been lying sideways on her phone, couldn’t help but bury her small face into her pillow and fiercely rubbed her face against it.
“What the heck!” she mumbled, her voice muffled by the pillow.
Then, turning her head to the side and freeing her right hand, she laid the phone flat on the pillow next to her, lifted a finger, and tapped the screen with the precision of one-finger Zen.
“Good night,” she replied.
The conversation ended there, and the room fell silent. Lying prone, she could feel her heartbeat even more clearly.
Because of her larger bust size, she couldn’t lie on her stomach for long without getting uncomfortable, so she quickly turned over, causing the blanket to roll up around her like a cocoon.
She sat up, ready to turn off the bedroom nightlight.
As she went to turn off the light, her gaze unintentionally fell upon the [Cheng Zhu] piggy bank on the bedside table.
The piggy bank was hideous, with a smug smile plastered across its face.
She couldn’t help but raise her hand and press it down, forcing the pig’s face against the ground to cover up its expression.
“Click.” Lin Lu turned off the light but remained wide-eyed in the darkness for a long time.
The next day, Cheng Zhu got up early, went to the cafeteria with his three sworn sons for breakfast, and then headed to class.
If time permitted, he wasn’t one to skip class.
Once in the classroom, adhering to the principle of “since I’m here, might as well,” he paid close attention.
In the afternoon, he went out to liaise with the construction team.
Since he hadn’t planned for an extensive renovation, the work wasn’t going to take very long.
Just as he left, Lin Lu, who had just finished class, ran over.
The construction team looked at the young woman and thought the shop owner’s wife was quite attractive!
At first, they wondered why a man would open a claw machine arcade?
After looking over the shop, Lin Lu casually chatted with the foreman and confirmed one thing: her company had indeed subcontracted the project out.
This meant she had to be even more attentive to the shop.
She planned to come and keep an eye on it whenever she had time.
Around six o’clock in the evening, it was time for [Persistent Visit]’s new product launch.
Cheng Zhu had done all the preliminary work and put all these new products, which he had high hopes for, up for sale in the shop.
He had labeled each style with the words “Pure Desire.”
This installment’s comics were also more exquisite than the previous issue’s in every aspect.
But consumers’ reactions aren’t always immediate.
After all, these items weren’t essential goods but rather daily consumables.
However, his competitors had been lurking and waiting for the new release, eager to see what new tricks this up-and-coming shop would pull out.
The owner of [Graceful Flagship Store], Li Mantang, had been waiting for a long time.
This month, they had burnt a whole two hundred thousand more on [Direct Traffic] than in the past few months!
Their return on investment was much lower than anticipated, and they had also failed to snatch up the hit products from others.
Their stepmother dresses were literally selling at a loss.
Li Mantang was now a man with a strong career drive, constantly thinking about making his shop number one in its category.
The reason was simple: as he had reached middle age, his health started to decline.