Chapter 365: Chapter 289: The Three Ladies Gather, No Panic, Watch My Moves! Chapter 365: Chapter 289: The Three Ladies Gather, No Panic, Watch My Moves! [Youu Tea] Inside the store, Cheng Zhu had already made up his mind to buy a pair of those same white sneakers.

He would head to the counter to get a pair when he found himself free, and he was going to buy them today.

“Buying a pair of shoes means I can match with three different women.”

“Damn, that’s a good deal!”

What’s called cost-effectiveness?

This is cost-effectiveness!

“I should be the one endorsing these white sneakers,” Cheng Zhu thought to himself.

“Then the store will plaster up the biggest endorsement poster of me!”

This guy was not panicking at all.

Dong Dong, listening by his side, immediately got excited; let’s not forget that he claims to be the trendsetter of dorm room 309 and is the man who showed up on the first day of school wearing big Converse RO.

“Trendy must-haves, huh? Brother Zhu, I’m going to buy a pair too!”

Cheng Zhu turned to look at him, frowning slightly.

Dong, why do you always manage to be so clueless at every turn?

How come you’re everywhere, kid!

I have a feeling you too possess some special talent!

Liu Feng was quietly holding his phone on the side, first checking with Zheng what brand it was, and then swiftly searching for the price of these shoes.

Then, he silently lifted his phone to show Dong Dong.

If you buy this pair of men’s shoes at the counter, it will cost over six thousand.

“Dong, are you spending the dorm’s internal living allowance this month, or the class-claimed allowance, or the externally claimed allowance?” Liu Feng asked.

Our Mr. Dong claims to have 5000 a month internally; in the class, it’s already been upped to 8000, and externally, he’s on par with Zheng Qingfeng, straight up claiming ten thousand!

The upgrade is quite swift, even faster than inflation.

“If it’s the dorm’s internal living allowance, then it’s not enough,” Liu Feng patted his shoulder.

You would have to take out a loan to buy these even if you don’t eat or drink all month.

What’s your level, thinking you can wear the same shoes as Brother Zhu?

— Stop leeching, please!

Liu Feng had just heard him say he wanted to buy them too and was internally furious.

Brother Zhu is going to buy the same white sneakers as our senior Lin Lu, how perfect is that?

And there you are, you evil spirit, wanting a pair too; it feels like it devalues the shoes!

Dong Dong was speechless; although he’s a bit silly, he has a very good temper and doesn’t get angry easily, even when Cheng Zhu regularly humiliates him; at this moment, he just said, “Can’t I just big talk a little?”

“Turns out it’s more expensive than I thought,” he muttered to himself for a while.

At that price, even Zheng Qingfeng with a ten thousand monthly allowance would hesitate.

Indeed, only someone like Brother Zhu, who truly doesn’t care about a few thousand bucks.

Buying six-thousand-dollar shoes as if they cost sixty.

Cheng Zhu walked over to Liu Feng and patted him on the shoulder.

Chuaner, you are indeed the class leader chosen by me, and I’m very satisfied.

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Inside the store, after a bit more chatting, Chen Jieyu said, “Cheng Zhu, your two friends are still in line, aren’t you going to check on them?”

Cheng Zhu looked at her deeply, some thoughts crossed his mind, and then he nodded, “Sure, I’ll go check on them.”

As he walked outside, he immediately spotted Lin Lu and Shen Qingning in line.

Shen Qingning was wearing a black overcoat today, coupled with a pair of thickened black stockings.

Some people refuse to wear such stockings because thickening can make the legs appear thicker; they prefer to wear pants instead.

But for someone with beautiful legs, of course, there’s no such worry.

In fact, Shen Qingning rarely wears them.

She isn’t afraid to make her long legs appear a bit thicker, but she still doesn’t like it; today, it was purely for matching her outfit.

Lin Lu was wearing a brown puffer coat, which looked puffy and a bit cute.

Naturally, being someone who is prone to feeling cold, she nearly always wraps a scarf around herself during winter, and today was no exception.

Since the mall in Star City was quite warm, she had taken her scarf off and was holding it in her hand.

When Cheng Zhu came out, the two women were chatting about something.

Upon seeing him, Lin Lu waved at him again.

“Cheng Zhu, am I right? The person inside the store just now was your class’s instructor, right?” Lin Lu asked as he approached her.

“Yeah, and the person next to her is also an instructor from our Information Engineering Faculty; they came together,” Cheng Zhu replied.

“I see!” Lin Lu said cheerily, “I always find your instructors quite pretty whenever I see them, especially that aura they have.”

“Speaking of which, there must be lots of guys in your class who have a crush on the instructor, right?” she guessed.

“Whether there are many or not, I don’t know, but there absolutely are some,” Cheng Zhu replied confidently.

How could I not be clear on that?

“Yeah, I figured there would be quite a few, you know, those pretty teachers during your school years, lots of guys have a crush on them, right, Ningning?” Lin Lu even asked Shen Qingning.

“How would I know?” Shen Qingning was puzzled: “Why are you asking me?”

“How could you not know, didn’t you read books of this theme?” Lin Lu went on to mention the book titles.

“Did you go through my books?” Shen Qingning exclaimed in shock.

It’s not that she minded Lin Lu reading her romance novels, but she was shocked that Lin Lu would be willing to read her angsty stories.

“I didn’t read them, but you know how some introductions are written on the covers, right? This book has the teacher-student tormenting romance theme, and it’s marked with two big characters–Forbidden,” Lin Lu replied.

Indeed, the covers of many old books really dared to be bold in their descriptions.

Shen Qingning: “…”

Cheng Zhu, listening by the side, felt quite immersed and joined in with a “…”

The three of them stood in line while chatting.

The two young men in front of them looked back at Cheng Zhu in surprise.

“Wasn’t he just in line in front of us with that glasses-wearing woman?”

“Yeah! They seemed quite happy chatting.”

“How the hell is he now lining up with these other two?”

These two had noticed Chen Jieyu earlier, and when Lin Lu and Shen Qingning passed by them to queue up at the end of the line, their souls were nearly snatched away.

But what’s the situation now?

You son of a bitch, can it be that you’re offering queue companion services from the store?

Oh my God, wherever there is a beauty, that’s where you go to chat and laugh, right?

What’s this guy’s deal, knowing so many pretty girls?

It’s only fair to say that from their angle, they didn’t see the moment when Lin Lu waved at the shop, and that led them to the wrong impression: this guy is accompanying that pretty, glasses-wearing woman to buy milk tea, and after buying it, he just happens to run into two other beauties he knows.

Dude, could you share your sources, please?

How can the world be this unfair?

The parched die of drought, and the flooded die of flood!

Cheng Zhu was chatting with his Ning Bao and Baby Lu, noticing that they didn’t seem to realize that the instructors were wearing the same sneakers.

He, too, pretended he hadn’t noticed they were wearing matchy-matchy outfits today.

When it came time to place their orders, Cheng Zhu noticed the female cashier had a somewhat strange expression.

She was doing her utmost not to let her gaze wander between the boss and the two gorgeous women.

Cheng Zhu had previously, in front of them, taken away a newly developed milk tea flavor to go.

Now the employees were wondering, “Who exactly is he taking it for?”.

Possibly, behind the scenes, the employees might even start a small betting pool.

Cheng Zhu thought Lin Lu would definitely order the scorched Black Sugar pearl milk tea again and Shen Qingning would get Cheese Mixed Berries as usual, but surprisingly, both of them ordered the specialty product they had never tried before–Mango Pomelo Sago!

He didn’t ask further, simply commenting: “This is Little Youzi’s favorite one.”

“Why is that?” Lin Lu wondered.

“Because Mango Pomelo Sago has pomelo in it,” Cheng Zhu said with a smile.

“I see!”

After placing their orders, Cheng Zhu led them over to Chen Jieyu and the others.

All three women gathered, and he wasn’t worried at all.

Please, what big occasion hasn’t Brother Zhu experienced?

In his past life in the small city of Wu City, if events like a music festival were happening, he could run into more than five women he knew in a rather complicated way, all at once.

For others, it’s a big scenario, but for Cheng Zhu, it was just part of everyday life.

At the same time, it was also an observation of instructor Chen Jieyu.

And perhaps a test.

Of course, although he wasn’t panicking internally, he still became slightly more cautious and started paying more attention to details.

After everyone came together and greeted each other, Lin Lu noticed the three of them had the same shoes.

“Mr. Chen, our shoes match! What a coincidence!” She, being blunt and lively, immediately brought it up.

With her personality, she probably was feeling quite smug inside: Indeed, we beautiful women have the same taste in beauty!

Everyone just chatted while Waiting for their milk teas to be made.

This time, he did not volunteer to go into the prep area and make milk tea for them.

Otherwise, the preferred plot that he had specifically designed for Chen Jieyu earlier would have been entirely wasted.

Zhao Xiaoqian, seeing that Mr. Chen had almost finished half her cup of milk tea, couldn’t help but say: “Cheng Zhu, isn’t my Cheese Mixed Berries ready yet?”

Upon hearing Cheese Mixed Berries, Shen Qingning, the quiet and cool girl standing aside, subtly looked up.

“Let me check your number,” Cheng Zhu glanced over and said, “It’ll probably take a while.”

Lin Lu immediately said, “Ah? Teacher Zhao’s hasn’t been made yet? Then Ningning and I probably have to wait a long time, right?”

“Cheng Zhu, you really know how to make money!” she exclaimed excitedly, giving him a knowing look.

She was taking credit again, Cheng Zhu, you’ve got my luck on your side!

But such a childish act, she could do it, but couldn’t publicly voice it out loud.

Cheng Zhu didn’t pick up on her cue, instead, suddenly saying, “You think it’s too long a wait, you can’t wait?”

“Of course, I want to drink it as soon as possible, can you help me jump the queue?” Lin Lu’s eyes sparkled.

“Of course not, but you ordered Mango Pomelo Sago, right? I, the boss, can reluctantly help you make it,” Cheng Zhu said.

He was deliberately beating around the bush, prompting Lin Lu to declare her need, so that he could act on her request. At the same time, this approach had another layer of meaning.

However, whether it could achieve the effect he had in mind would depend on the performance of others.

As expected, Zhao Xiaoqian, who had been waiting in vain for Cheese Mixed Berries, couldn’t help saying, “Ah? If I had known, I would’ve ordered Mango Pomelo Sago too; then I would’ve already had my drink by now!”

Shen Qingning, hearing this, seemed to sense something and her gaze naturally drifted toward Cheng Zhu.

Lin Lu, ever so enthusiastic, immediately said, “Teacher Zhao, you could ask Cheng Zhu to make the Cheese Mixed Berries too.”

“He said he can’t make Cheese Mixed Berries, ah! What a loss, missing out on the privilege of enjoying a student’s special right,” Zhao Xiaoqian expressed her regret.

Baby Lu heard — I can enjoy a special privilege, hehe!

Ning Bao heard — He actually said he doesn’t know how to make Cheese Mixed Berries?

Shen Qingning is the only person in the world who has tasted Cheng Zhu’s special version of Cheese Mixed Berries.

This version was only made for her, only she has ever tasted it.

Whoops, that’s not quite accurate; Cheng Zhu sneakily tasted it when I wasn’t around.

“Then I’ll go make it now,” Cheng Zhu was satisfied with Zhao Xiaoqian’s performance and decided to befriend her.

The aloof girl watched his retreating back, her normally cool aura receding slightly.

A exceedingly proud thought crossed her mind:
“He’s lying to you, he can make it.”

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