Chapter 369: Chapter 293: Return to the Staff Dormitory Chapter 369: Chapter 293: Return to the Staff Dormitory Inside Starbucks, store manager Liu Richard Lei was bossing around the clerk Wang Bingqing.

“Cindy, hurry up and get rid of those milk tea cups on the table!” His face had cooled a few degrees.

Oh, my God! Damn milk tea cups in our Starbucks!

“Ooh, right away.” Clerk Wang Bingqing immediately took care of the milk tea cups on the table.

While cleaning up, she specifically picked one up to look at it.

“Black Sugar Boba Milk and Cheese Mixed Berries again.”

“It seems like these two are very popular!” Wang Bingqing began to gather data.

“I really want to try them,” she thought to herself.

What a classic case of being physically present but mentally elsewhere.

These past few days, she had noticed several odd occurrences in the store.

Who used to come to Starbucks just to order a dessert? It seemed like spending money to buy a seat and then letting men line up to buy milk tea.

After getting the milk tea, they would blatantly sit on Starbucks chairs, constantly snapping photos with their phones.

After taking photos of the milk tea, they would take a sip, then start taking selfies with the cup!

As a female Starbucks clerk, she had to strongly condemn: “The way you’re holding it is not right. Holding the cup like that makes your face look big! Don’t you know how to take a photo?”

As a young woman, she had to admit that Starbucks’s age-old cups were not as attractive as the other place’s.

Visually, whether it was Black Sugar Boba Milk’s enticing thick consistency or Cheese Mixed Berries’s tempting color scheme, they were far superior to Starbucks.

Youu Tea’s products were quite photogenic.

While she was cleaning the table, she even heard a girl complaining to her boyfriend nearby.

“Starbucks’s decor style doesn’t match the milk tea at all! The photos look kinda off!”

“There’s nothing we can do, Youu Tea is completely packed.”

“Forget it, let’s just take it to the car and snap photos there.”

“Sure, whatever you say.”

Wang Bingqing: “Are they really complaining now?”

Though I think you’re right, just don’t let our manager Lei Zi hear you say that. He can be really annoying when he is in a bad mood!

Besides, she also paid attention to everyone’s feedback about the taste of the milk tea.

Just now, she had heard someone say, “It definitely tastes better than Starbucks.”

It’s still only 2014, and definitely, more people in our country love drinking milk tea over coffee.

To put it precisely, in the following years, more and more people started drinking coffee. The role of [Luckin Coffee], which was cutting the leeks of foreign investors, might have been even bigger than Starbucks’.

“Really? Is it that delicious?”

Wang Bingqing felt herself getting more tempted during her shift!

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On the day Youu Tea opened, the Starbucks manager Lei Zi was still thinking, “You must not know the meaning of ‘Die.'”
If Cheng Zhu knew what he was thinking, he might respond, “Hmm, why wouldn’t I know?”

–Die = Daddy.

In front of the international brand Starbucks, Youu Tea is definitely still the little brother.

A little brother among little brothers.

But in front of Starbucks (Star City branch), my Youu Tea is the daddy!

From the day it opened, its popularity and sales could never catch up with us.

Your function is really just a stepping stone.

It’s what I use to elevate my own status and pretentiousness.

At night, after casually eating something in the mall, Cheng Zhu started shopping on the first floor of Star City.

Star City, as one of Hang City’s upscale shopping districts, has quite a few luxury brands on the first floor.

Isn’t Youu Tea located right at the entrance? If you walk a few more steps forward, you can see the Gucci store.

Located on the first floor of a high-end mall, being neighbors with these luxury brands is also a way of elevating its status.

And the reason Cheng Zhu was shopping here today was very simple.

“It’s the monthly counselor’s repayment day.”

Yes, today is the repayment day of December.

And what Cheng Zhu had to do was to buy her some clothes, handbags, and such today.

On this special day, not only do I not collect your repayment, but I also bought you gifts, and that impact is definitely doubled!

It’s still just 2014, and the trendy styles will definitely be quite different later on.

As he passed by Prada, Cheng Zhu thought the “killer bag” inside the store seemed quite suitable for Chen Jieyu.

He had noticed it long ago but had waited until today to buy it.

Cheng Zhu is the type who is willing to spend money on people close to him. Otherwise, what’s the point of making money?

But it’s also about spending money to create the biggest impact, right!

By around ten o’clock at night, he finally left Youu Tea and drove to the faculty dormitory at Technology University.

“Are you home?” he texted Mr. Chen as soon as he parked.

“Yes, at home,” she replied.

“Then I’m coming up,” Cheng Zhu typed, then got out of the car.

Chen Jieyu was shocked as she saw the message.

She had mentally sworn before, setting a flag, not to allow him to come to her dorm anymore.

This was truly playing with fire!

In fact, if Cheng Zhu was more cautious coming and going every time he visited, it would be fine.

But the problem was, every time he came up, it wasn’t just to sit around; it was to do things.

The special environment and roles brought a sense of shame that made Chen Jieyu feel like her mind would explode.

Yet, at the moment, she didn’t even have time to think or refuse.

Because just a few seconds later, a series of knocks came from the door: “Knock, knock, knock!”

“How dare he just knock on the door, how dare he make a noise!” Chen Jieyu felt she was really going to go insane because of him.

She ran to the door in her slippers, not even having time to change into nicer clothes.

Upon opening the door, Cheng Zhu saw Mr. Chen dressed in cotton pajamas.

Stripped of her usual professional attire, she had an added sense of homeliness.

“Surprise!” Cheng Zhu immediately closed the door behind him, then held up a shopping bag as if he had come purely to deliver a surprise.

Chen Jieyu was stunned as she looked at the shopping bag.

He, on the other hand, carelessly placed the shopping bag on the table and settled himself on the sofa as if he were at his own home.

“Why did you buy something so suddenly, without telling me? Didn’t you promise not to do this again?” Chen Jieyu asked, sitting down beside him.

To which, Cheng Zhu replied, “The dumbest moment for a person is when they ask about the promise you made before.”

Especially for a guy like him.

The counselor, hearing this, couldn’t help but purse her lips tightly, slightly annoyed.

This man really doesn’t listen to me as his counselor at all, and now he’s even starting to break his own promises!

Cheng Zhu looked at her, deliberately looked down at the white sneakers he was wearing today, and said, “Do you have any slippers?”

Hearing this, Chen Jieyu naturally noticed the shoes he was wearing.

She just glanced at them and felt her heart soften slightly.

She might be of the mature urban female age bracket, but she hadn’t dated or been with a man before.

To her, this ambiguity, this sweetness, were all experiences she’d never had in life before.

“I’ll get them for you,” she sighed internally, rising to fetch the slippers.

Chen Jieyu quickly brought back a pair of black cotton slippers in a male size.

Cheng Zhu looked at the slippers, deliberately furrowed his brow, and his expression became noticeably serious: “Why do you have men’s size slippers at your place?”

“Huh?” Chen Jieyu didn’t expect him to suddenly ask that.

“I don’t wear public slippers,” Cheng Zhu added, pretending to be serious. “What if I catch someone else’s athlete’s foot?”

“What are you talking about, they’re new,” Chen Jieyu placed the slippers beside him.

Of course, he knew they were new.

Otherwise, he would have brought them himself the last time he came.

Not having slippers to wear made taking a shower a hassle.

“Did you buy these new?” he asked.

“Mhm,” Chen Jieyu nodded slightly, then answered in a soft voice.

She was thinking about not allowing him to come to the dorm anymore, but she couldn’t help but order a pair of men’s slippers on Taobao.

Actions are more honest than thoughts.

“Why did you suddenly decide to buy a pair of men’s slippers for your place?” Cheng Zhu was still relentless.

Chen Jieyu couldn’t handle this!

She could only say, “Are you going to change shoes or not?”

Cheng Zhu smiled, decided to let her off the hook, and began to change his shoes.

After changing, he pointed to the shopping bag, “Aren’t you going to open it up and look?”

“I noticed it when I passed by the window earlier. I thought it seemed quite suitable for you.”

“But as for me, when I buy something for you, I only buy what I like myself, so I wouldn’t have asked you beforehand,” he continued, playing up the overbearing CEO act.

Cheng Zhu kept going on and on.

Chen Jieyu listened on the side, occasionally glancing at the shopping bag, occasionally looking at him.

This woman, in a night shared at the guesthouse, lying next to him, had thought in her heart:
“Cheng Zhu, don’t be bad to me like them.”

“But, but don’t be too good to me either.”

These were the true thoughts in Chen Jieyu’s heart.

At this moment, Cheng Zhu urged her again to open it and look inside.

Then, Chen Jieyu finally stretched out her hands, cautiously opened the shopping bag, not even daring to damage the packaging bag at all.

Soon, she saw a black “killer bag.”

It came again, that sober sense of sinking.

Sinking is a terrifying thing in itself, let alone consciously watching oneself sink bit by bit.

“Right? Isn’t it quite suitable for you?” Cheng Zhu turned his head to look at her. “That day I entered your room, I observed the style and color schemes of the bags you bought. Cool, right?”

“Mhm,” Chen Jieyu nodded slightly.

Then, seeing Cheng Zhu finishing changing into the slippers, she graciously picked up his white sneakers and placed them next to her own at the door, aligning the two pairs neatly.

Just this simple scene made her think, “That’s really nice.”

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(ps: First update, seeking monthly ticket.)