Chapter 366: Chapter 290 Lin Lu is really against me Chapter 366: Chapter 290 Lin Lu is really against me In the production room, Cheng Zhu kept a low profile while achieving great feats.

He could combine useful bits and pieces of details and information and then improvise on the spot; that was the strategic play he had developed around these three women.

“Good thing they both ordered the mango coconut jelly,” Cheng Zhu thought to himself as he personally made the drink in the production room.

Of course, had they ordered other types of milk tea, Cheng Zhu would have come up with other moves.

Those so-called love coach-level moves were nothing in front of Cheng Zhu, the Grandmaster.

Nowadays, whenever young people have emotional problems, they all like to consult their love coach, constantly asking, “Coach, how should I guard against this type of person?”

That coach knows jack shit; even if the coach himself steps into the field, he’s just love-stricken.

Not like me, composed, calm, wise, and powerful!

True affection cannot be retained, only tactics win the hearts.

“Remember it well, all of you remember this!”

–“Sincerity is a suicide move that kills oneself!”

In fact, for Cheng Zhu, whether it was tutoring charm Chen Jieyu or the seemingly tough but actually sweet Shen Ao Jiao, both were within his control.

And just now, it was these two who had their defenses broken.

Especially Ning Bao!

She had previously tasted the special edition Cheese Mixed Berries. Even if she ordered it again today, she could taste the difference.

Initially, Cheng Zhu deliberately didn’t make Cheese Mixed Berries for Zhao Xiaoqian, as to allow Mr. Chen to enjoy some favoritism, but this move impressively echoed with Ning Bao, and its effects were maximized!

On the other hand, Lin Lu always seemed to be a challenge to Cheng Zhu.

He always felt Lin Lu was the hardest to deal with.

It was clearly a matter of personality.

Lin Lu was straightforward, passionate, energetic, lively, pure…

She had many wonderful traits.

She perfectly embodied the “natural nemesis to the scheming type.”

Lin Lu was the person Cheng Zhu believed to be his greatest challenge after his rebirth.

Sometimes he genuinely feared she might pull off a “flailing fists defeat the master” move.

In the production room, when the employees of Youu Tea saw their boss making mango coconut jelly again, the gossip fire within them blazed wildly, yet they dared not ask too much.

They always felt like he had girlfriends around, yet it didn’t seem so.

It was truly bizarre!

Interestingly, according to the order list, employee Lin Yue started making the Cheese Mixed Berries for Zhao Xiaoqian.

By the time she finished, Cheng Zhu had also completed his work.

Ultimately, he came out carrying three cups of milk tea.

Zhao Xiaoqian, looking at her Cheese Mixed Berries, felt an eager anticipation.

Damn it, I came much earlier than these two students, yet we ended up drinking our milk tea simultaneously!

Cheng Zhu, can’t you learn a few more milk tea recipes?

But all her complaints vanished when she took her first sip of Cheese Mixed Berries.

“Delicious!” she couldn’t help but comment.

Whether it was the cheese topping or the combination of tea base and fresh fruit below, the taste was completely different from other milk teas on the market!

Sweet but with a hint of sourness, it was very refreshing.

Even after several sips, it didn’t feel greasy at all.

Moreover, you could genuinely taste the tea flavor.

“It’s way better than the Jiajian Milk Tea sold at the school gate!” Zhao Xiaoqian gave her verdict.

Cheng Zhu smiled and packed up.

“Of course, Teacher Zhao. Haven’t I told you? We’re very confident in our flavors.”

“That Jiajian Milk Tea outside the school takes the same approach as those chain milk tea stores nowadays, using tea dust or tea dregs to make their milk tea base.”

“Compared to the previous type of brewed milk tea, it’s certainly better since at least real milk is used.”

“But our shop insists on using real milk, real tea, real cheese topping, real fresh fruit…”

He went on at length.

Among the crowd present, some people took his words to heart and began digesting and absorbing, pondering what Cheng Zhu was really aiming for.

People like Shen Qingning, Chen Jieyu, and the aloof Zheng Qingfeng, for example.

People like Liu Feng and Zhao Xiaoqian felt Cheng Zhu was pretty awesome.

Others, like Dong Dong, thought, “Is it really that simple?”

“Feels like I could do it too.”

Of course, Lin Lu was definitely the most impressive.

She didn’t think about anything; she just enjoyed her bowl while eyeing the pot, finding her own mango coconut jelly delightful but also wanting to try Zhao Xiaoqian’s Cheese Mixed Berries.

Cheng Zhu’s words hadn’t reached her ears at all; she had even started craving her favorite roasted Black Sugar bubble milk tea later.

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Since Cheng Zhu definitely had lots more to deal with today, everyone eventually stopped bothering him in the store.

Lin Lu and Shen Qingning went to the mall to buy thermal underwear.

Chen Jieyu and Zhao Xiaoqian went back to school.

Dong Dong and the others wanted to stick around, but Cheng Zhu flatly chased them away.

The store was overcrowded; you three just don’t make things worse here.

If you were a bit more handsome, I would have kept you as part of the scenery, but unfortunately, you don’t have my looks or physique.

“Damn, why not say so sooner? I could have hired three fewer shills,” he muttered coarsely under his breath as he rudely dismissed them.

Cheng Zhu was indeed quite busy that afternoon.

He had also arranged for a few marketing account writers to write articles.

Several local Hang City marketing accounts came over personally to check out Youu Tea, taking several photos to include in their articles.

Additionally, Zhu Youwei of Ancient Mountain Culture also brought a few female influencers over, ostensibly “to treat the girls to milk tea.”

His reasoning was that these female influencers had been performing well recently, and bringing them for some milk tea and a meal was a form of reward.

This also indirectly suggested to Cheng Zhu: “Those top influencers in the company definitely can’t come to advertise for free, but these girls, with their recent popularity, coming over to check in supports you as well.”

During the queueing, one of the female influencers was even recognized by someone.

Zhu Youwei was so efficient, and Cheng Zhu would certainly keep this kindness in mind.

He had many moves prepared, and now he just needed to wait for them to slowly ferment.

Around five in the afternoon, Cheng Zhu received a WeChat message from Zhang Qiqi.

“Junior brother, are you at the milk tea shop?” she asked.

This clearly meant she was coming over.

Cheng Zhu checked the time, speculating that after buying milk tea, Zhang Qiqi might invite him to have dinner together.

Honestly, he wasn’t that keen on dining with her.

Teasing a green tea girl could be fun, but he had plenty of small matters to handle these days and really lacked the leisure for such pleasures.

It could only be said that with Yiyi around, Zhang Qiqi carried an inherent buff, an added effect of the cousin identity.

Without Yiyi, this internet-famous school beauty seemed a bit less interesting.

Next time, remember to bring the sisters “Yiqi” along.

Hence, Cheng Zhu quickly replied, “Not at the shop, got some stuff to handle.”

“Okay, I’m almost there,” Zhang Qiqi sounded somewhat disappointed.

After giving her a few perfunctory replies, Cheng Zhu put his phone in his pocket and went to buy sneakers at a counter.

After paying, he packed his old shoes in the box and wore the new sneakers out of the store.

After doing this, he didn’t forget to take a photo of his shoes on his feet and sent it to Chen Jieyu.

“Wearing them straight away,” he texted.

When Chen Jieyu received the WeChat message, she enlarged the photo for a closer look. Then, a faint smile appeared on her slightly serious face.

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As night fell, Lin Lu and Shen Qingning each returned to their rooms.

Shen Qingning sat at her desk and started reading a romance novel she hadn’t finished.

Yes, it was the teacher-student love story that Lin Lu had mentioned.

She felt the writing wasn’t great, a bit too deliberately torturous, purely because she had nothing better to read so she was just passing time with it.

While she read, her left hand continuously held the bookmark made from her photo with Cheng Zhu.

Meanwhile, on her desk lay strawberries she and Lin Lu had bought on their way home.

She popped one in her mouth.

“Not as delicious as the ones Cheng Zhu buys,” she thought.

On the other side, after Lin Lu returned to her bedroom, she also sat at her desk.

However, she wasn’t reading, she was writing in her diary.

“Today I went to his shop and had a milk tea. I tried the mango coconut jelly for the first time, and it was also delicious. (^.^)” She even drew a little smiley face.

In this diary, Cheng Zhu’s name rarely appeared anymore; she just referred to him as “he.”

After all, most of the later content was about him, so the presence or absence of his name seemed no longer important.

After writing, she started flipping through the previous entries, then began to daydream.

Sigh, not many words were written, yet my thoughts genuinely lingered on you for 15 minutes.

After closing her diary, Lin Lu sat at the desk, pondering how to celebrate her birthday this year.

She was such an ingenuous and romantic girl. It was only the beginning of December, and her Christmas birthday was still many days away, but she was already thinking and looking forward to it.

The birthdays of the past two years had seen the same group of friends attending her birthday parties, hardly changing.

But this year was different.

This year, there was Cheng Zhu.

Someone she liked.

“I really want to spend my birthday alone with him,” Lin Lu thought.

“I’ve got it! I can have my birthday party on the 24th, saying I hope everyone can stay and play till midnight to wish me a happy birthday at the very first second of it!”

“That way, the 25th would be free!”

“Hehe, clever me!” she started letting off steam again.

Additionally, just like she mentioned during her chat with Jiang Wanzhou, she hoped Jiang Wanzhou would keep her secret and not tell Cheng Zhu that she liked him.

Because, you see, I’ll tell him myself!

“When should I tell him?”

“I feel like I’ve hinted at him several times already, this big dumbass!” Thinking this, Lin Lu became so annoyed she punched the piggy stuffed animal labeled “Cheng Zhu” a couple of times.

The piggy was deformed from her punches; she then started fixing it back.

“Maybe… during my birthday?” Lin Lu considered.

This way, December 25th would be Christmas, my birthday, and the day of my confession – a day full of ceremonial significance!

As for confessing…

I, Lin Lu, am not nervous at all!

“Hmph, I’ll flirt him to death!” she thought.

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(ps: Second update, asking for monthly tickets.

I could have won the daily champion for monthly tickets yesterday, leading by a large margin, but got sniped in the last 10 seconds, speechless.)