Chapter 357: Chapter 281 Youu Tea Price List Chapter 357: Chapter 281 Youu Tea Price List At nine in the morning, Cheng Zhu was planning to head out.

He was headed to Star City, and after some thought, he decided to take Little Youzi, who was off from school for the weekend, with him.

The little girl was still sleeping in at 8:30.

She slept flat on her back, but her sleeping posture was a bit odd, with both little fists clenched and placed on either side of her small pillow.

“Time to get up,” Cheng Zhu said softly.

“Brother, what time is it?” she asked groggily.

“Eight-thirty.”

“Then I don’t want to. Mom said I could sleep in until nine today,” she grumbled, flipping over and smacking her lips in a half-asleep daze.

In the dead of winter, even kids don’t love getting out of bed, feeling that it’s more comfortable under the covers.

Since getting up doesn’t even let me watch TV, I might as well sleep, hmph!

“Well, then I’ll just have to go to the tea shop by myself,” Cheng Zhu sighed, sounding regretful.

At those words, the little girl couldn’t stay in bed any longer; she was instantly energized.

“Tea shop?” she asked.

“Yeah, it’s all decorated now,” Cheng Zhu said.

A few minutes later, fresh from brushing her teeth and washing her face, Cheng Youu was sitting at the table eating breakfast.

Before leaving, despite her small size, she used the home’s landline to call a little sister from her nursery school to share the news.

Cheng Zhu watched her with a smile, thinking, “Once kids’ smartwatches become widespread, it’ll become commonplace for kids to chat on the phone over weekends.”

In a previous life, he often saw nursery or school children wearing a smartwatch, standing there going, “Hello? Hello?”

Lastly, Little Youu even volunteered to wear her red down jacket for the day.

“Brother, mom said to wear red for happy occasions!” she pointed at the clothes in the wardrobe.

“Okay, okay,” Cheng Zhu muttered, “You’re quite particular, aren’t you?”

After getting in the car, with Little Youu in the passenger seat, Cheng Zhu helped her buckle up, and she looked around with curiosity.

“Brother, did you buy a car?” she asked.

“No, this is Sister Lu’s car; she lent it to me,” he replied.

“Ah? Sister Lu drives such a big car?”

Clearly, the Land Rover’s appearance is not to the liking of nursery school student Cheng Youu.

Why would my beautiful Sister Lu need to drive such an ugly car?

It’s just perfect for brother to drive!

“Do you want to video chat with her?” Cheng Zhu asked.

“Yes, yes!”

Lin Lu was already awake but hadn’t gotten out of bed, lying under the covers checking her phone.

She had voice acting work in the afternoon and was familiarizing herself with the content.

This voice-acting girl didn’t really need the money; she purely loved the job.

In a few more years, some voice actors’ popularity and earnings will indeed become better year by year.

The really successful voice actors are not less popular than some minor celebrities and have a large fan base.

But it’s still only 2014 and definitely not comparable to the future.

At first, when she saw Cheng Zhu’s sudden video call pop up, she hesitated to answer.

Since she had just woken up, she felt a bit unkempt.

“Who video calls at this time?” she couldn’t help but grumble.

But she was a bit curious to see him.

“Hehe, I just won’t point the camera at my face, and I can cheat,” Lin Lu connected the video call.

Then, she quickly heard Little Youu’s voice, sounding quite excited: “Sister Lu!”

The little girl held the phone in one hand while rapidly waving the other.

“Ah! It’s Little Youu!” Lin Lu was also quite happy.

Just as I thought, who in the world would video call without washing their face, such silly pigs.

Cheng Zhu, while driving, listened to their giggling chat, occasionally inserting a comment.

It turns out Lin Lu’s lively temperament allows her to chat heatedly with a very childish nursery school child, never running out of topics.

“Feels like she’ll be the kind of mom who can really connect with her own kids.”

“Our home would probably be quite lively,” Cheng Zhu thought to himself.

Just before the car entered Star City’s underground parking, Cheng Zhu suggested ending the video call.

“Little Youu, aim the camera at your brother,” Lin Lu suddenly said.

–I want to see you, so I’ll just say it.

The little girl surely heeded Sister Lu’s words, promptly holding the phone with both hands aimed at Cheng Zhu.

But she didn’t know how to switch the camera, so she ended up with her entire body turned away from Cheng Zhu, hands held high with the phone in this clumsy way to get her brother on screen.

“Okay, okay, I see you,” Lin Lu chuckled. “You’re looking sharp today.”

“Blown away by my handsomeness, huh?” someone shamelessly said.

Little Youu held the phone high so that her brother could be seen in the camera then turned her head to listen to their flirty banter.

As the car drove into the basement, the signal got worse.

The video call ended there.

After parking, Cheng Zhu went to open the door for his little princess and carried her out of the car.

The two hand in hand reached the first floor of Star City.

As he led her into Youu Tea, Cheng Zhu said something similar to the first time he brought her to the doll machine store.

“Welcome to your new castle, Princess Little Youu.”

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Inside the store, the little girl really did run around exploring every corner.

She also politely greeted Wang Wei: “Manager sister!”

She had seen Wang Wei several times before at the doll machine store.

“Ah! Little Youu’s here!” Wang Wei’s face broke into a smile.

She was at an age suitable for marriage and though she didn’t intend to settle down just yet, each time she thought, “It’d be nice to have such a cute child someday!”

Adorable kids really can brighten your mood.

Other staff members also looked at the little girl curiously, and Cheng Zhu introduced her with a smile: “My sister.”

“Can’t you tell they look alike?” he joked.

The staff members thought to themselves, “If you look closely, they do resemble each other, but their temperaments are so different!”

Cheng Zhu let Wang Wei first show Little Youu around as he started taking pictures with his phone.

He planned to post on Technology University’s online forum in the afternoon; these pictures were needed.

He snapped not just the interior but also several finished milk tea products and the store’s… price list!

Glancing around, the milk tea prices were around 30 yuan, the more expensive ones a bit over 30, with the cheaper ones close to 30.

Two particularly high-cost variations were priced at 36!

Compared to the current typical milk tea shop prices, these would be quite shocking!

In 2014, this pricing could buy not just two but sometimes three cups from other budget-friendly milk tea shops.

When he finished, Little Youu was already enjoying a Yangzhi Ganlu made by a staff member.

She sat on the chair, her little legs swinging in the air.

Her little mouth was busy gulping down the drink, looking quite content.

“Is it tasty?” Cheng Zhu asked.

“Tasty!” Cheng Youu said earnestly, nodding vigorously.

He didn’t bother to ask further; for a nursery school child, a simple ‘tasty’ was enough.

Little Youu loved drinking milk tea the most.

Cheng Zhu, smiling, patted her little head and spoke words that would surely baffle the staff if they overheard:
“In the future, no matter which big city you travel to, I’ll make sure you can drink milk tea from our own shop!”

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That afternoon, Technology University’s online forum suddenly featured a trending post.

Cheng Zhu’s forum ID “ChengZ” was already a celebrity within Technology University’s forum, known by many.

As soon as the post was published, it naturally became popular.

Only a few in the school, like Dong Dong, knew Cheng Zhu was opening a milk tea shop.

But others didn’t pay too much attention to the news.

Look at how many tea shops change hands every year near the school gate?

And a milk tea business often seems like a small venture, akin to something like a nail salon.

A tiny milk tea shop won’t appear like a big business to most.

The only unusual part might be its location in a shopping center.

So even his roommates felt that Brother Zhu was just too rich; never put all eggs in one basket, invest in big businesses, and dabble in small investments for fun!

Many forum aficionados were initially puzzled when they saw Cheng Zhu advertising his own milk tea shop.

“Wait, why suddenly open a milk tea shop?”

“Is it near the school gate? I didn’t see any milk tea shops being renovated.”

“Must be nice to have money. Damn, branching out here and there!”

“Dammit, making money off women again?”

Then, everyone who clicked on the post was even more bewildered.

This decoration style, are you sure it’s a milk tea shop?

It looks like a lot of money was spent. Just the decoration alone sets it apart from the typical doorstep shops at the school gate.

Those low-tier shops outside the campus clearly get done with just a few tens of thousands.

But Cheng Zhu’s shop must have cost in the hundreds of thousands for renovations, though it’s unclear just how much.

And such a large shop too?

From the photos, the shop appears quite spacious.

Many female students, just from these photos, already planned to check out the place.

“Great for photos! Definitely Instagram-worthy!”

“Wow, it looks like a really fresh style!”

“The milk tea pictures he posted also look superb, so aesthetically appealing, even the cups look high quality.”

“He really knows how to make me spend! I just can’t resist visiting!”

Yet everyone scrolling through the post soon encountered the last image–the price list.

The girls had mixed thoughts.

Some found it a bit pricy, some considered it quite posh, while others were unfazed.

Some girls even felt, “Doesn’t matter, I’ll be going with my boyfriend anyway.”

But a large portion of male students had a unified reaction upon seeing the price list:
“Holy shit! Isn’t this daylight robbery?”

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