Chapter 807: Chapter 531: Another Blow to the Tsundere (Part 2)
Shen Qingning watched him about to get out of the car, wanting to say something, but in the end she just opened her mouth slightly.
She originally wanted to ask if he needed her to accompany him upstairs as she wasn’t very assured.
But in the end, the words got stuck in her throat.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Cheng Zhu had clearly opened the door, yet he gently pulled the car door back inward.
He didn’t completely close it, just pulled it back a bit.
His hand still rested on the car door, but his head turned towards Shen Qingning who was looking at him, their eyes meeting, filled with complexity.
The damned man uttered a stroke of genius at that moment.
He looked at her with those complex eyes and said three words:
Cheng Zhu got out of the car.
Shen Qingning watched his silhouette walking away in the night until he entered the door of Building B at Xinhang Apartment.
Cheng Zhu was indeed seventy percent drunk, hence his steps weren’t steady.
For some reason, she felt this silhouette appeared somewhat desolate.
This scene deeply pierced her, making her feel terribly sad.
Given the previous buildup, how could she believe Cheng Zhu’s “I didn’t go?”
I went, and I know you know I went, but in the extreme state of disappointment, I say I didn’t go… that’s the real killer!
Shen Qingning felt as though her heart was being cut with a knife, tormented and uncomfortable.
Cheng Zhu had already gone upstairs, yet she remained dazed in the car, reluctant to drive away from Xinhang Apartment.
The damned man at home stood by the window looking down, immediately spotting the Land Rover’s headlights shining in the night.
“Still hasn’t left.” He murmured to himself.
The car remained parked downstairs at his place for roughly the length of a song before it finally drove away.
Cheng Zhu knew in his heart that the effect he desired had already taken place.
He had completed all the setups he needed.
“We’ll go see a concert out of town together sooner or later,” he thought to himself.
Cheng Zhu poured himself a cup of hot water, took a sip and then half-slumped on the sofa.
The alcohol made him feel tipsy; he planned to rest a bit before taking a hot bath.
At this moment, the damned man picked up his phone and sent a voice message to Lin Lu: “Made it home, drank too much.”
“Shen Minglang poured me another round, whew—!”
Naturally, what followed was his girlfriend’s chain of concern and sympathy.
The two began to have a phone conversation.
During the call, Cheng Zhu inadvertently revealed that it was Shen Qingning who drove him home.
Hearing the tone of his voice, Lin Lu felt he’d really drunk quite a bit and urged him: “Ah! Quickly go wash and sleep, I’m hanging up now! Go, go!”
“Don’t fall asleep snoring halfway through the call, or I’ll definitely record you!”
She was still thinking Shen Minglang is really wicked and plans to scold him next time!
“Okay, I’m going now,” Cheng Zhu said.
Polite Little Lu sent a WeChat message to Shen Qingning after hanging up the call: “Ningning, thanks for driving Cheng Zhu home; he was woozy as soon as he got home.”
Little Lu trait +1, polite!
Dear Ningning, thank you for taking my boyfriend home~
Little did she know that when Shen Qingning saw this message, her heart inexplicably ached even more.
The tormented romance heroine in reality.
That night, Cheng Zhu slept very deeply.
The next day, he got up early, refreshed, and headed to the company without a hint of hangover.
He didn’t know what it’s like for others drinking Moutai, but for him, even drinking a lot of Moutai wouldn’t make him feel bad the next day.
After arriving at the office, he began his busy day.
During work, he casually met Ningning a few times.
One played the clueless rascal, the other the aloof pride, the two tacitly pretended nothing happened last night, neither discussed anything.
Since the students were on summer break, the milk tea business was booming day by day.
This made them increasingly busy.
Oh, except for the milk tea shops at the school gates, those were negatively impacted.
Time flew, and it was suddenly mid-July.
Under Meituan’s fierce offensive, Dianping was truly beaten back into retreat, its market share in the group-buy sector consistently declining.
Under equal conditions, Zhang Tao genuinely couldn’t compete with Wang Xin.
When that man next door, Wang, goes crazy, his assault is simply overwhelming!
Considering Wang Xin’s series of operations, he was undoubtedly a formidable hero in the business world!
His many gestures were like the protagonist of a novel, hardly someone Zhang Tao could rival.
Cheng Zhu was very aware that in the original timeline, Meituan and Dianping merged, there was another important point.
That was, after all these years of group-buy battles, both companies held such high valuations, yet in reality they… hadn’t turned a profit!
Losing money, consistently losing money!
This would also result in them inevitably merging to monopolize the industry and recoup their losses.
Besides, Cheng Zhu knew he was already sitting in the shadows at the poker table, wanting to influence the course of events, then, there was another opponent!
His name is Bao Fan, known in the country as the King of Mergers and Acquisitions!
Why does he have this title?
Because he facilitated three epic mergers!
These are Didi and Kuai Di, Meituan and Dianping, 58.com and Ganji.com.
Additionally, mergers like Youku and Tudou, iQiyi and PPS, and Suning’s acquisition of PPTV also involved him.