Chapter 376: Chapter 300 Quite Sick Chapter 376: Chapter 300 Quite Sick Lin Lu’s family was relatively open-minded, and this had a lot to do with her mother, Meng Yue.

But Lin Qi’s question was too direct, and Meng Yue had even made a special trip to Youu Tea today, causing Lin Lu to feel somewhat nervous.

“Absolutely not!” she immediately denied.

Cheng Zhu is my boyfriend?

–Not yet.

Lin Lu could actually feel that their relationship had become quite ambiguous already.

But Cheng Zhu had been hesitating to take the initiative.

It was understandable, given his last relationship had been quite unsatisfactory. Wanzhou had shared everything with me.

But to say she didn’t feel Cheng Zhu was interested in her would also be impossible.

“I, have boundless charm! Hmph!”

But currently, they were just good friends, and I wasn’t lying about that.

When Lin Qi heard they were not boyfriend and girlfriend, he immediately lost interest.

His sister’s friend opening a popular milk tea shop wasn’t enough to pique his curiosity about the person.

But the milk tea was indeed delicious; he had even taken pictures and shared them in the group chat as a form of support.

After all, it was our family company that had decorated the shop.

However, if they really were boyfriend and girlfriend, then I’d have to meet this guy properly!

I want to see who it is to be fit as my sister’s boyfriend!

Upon hearing this, Meng Yue slightly nodded without asking further.

Lin Lu was already this old; she needed her own space and privacy.

Besides, Meng Yue always felt her daughter had no secrets from her.

If she was really in a relationship, she would definitely tell her.

The only thing Meng Yue puzzled over was, “I only bought two cups today and didn’t bring one for her. Why isn’t she upset?”

Lin Lu used to bring milk tea home and wouldn’t share a sip with her, something Meng Yue remembered well, so today she deliberately only bought two, to tease her daughter.

Lin Lu got her figure from her mother, who, although plump and exuding a mature woman’s charm with quite a bust, was still somewhat childish.

“If it had been any other time, Lu Lu would definitely have been upset by now, pouting her little mouth,” she mused, puzzled.

Little did she know that in Lin Lu’s eyes, the Youu Tea you all find so rare, the one you queue for or even scout scalpers for, she could drink anytime she wanted, and it was even personally made by the owner!

“Hmph! I have privileges, so I don’t care about it!”

In the living room, they sat together chatting casually, shifting the topic from Youu Tea to Lin Lu’s birthday.

“Lu Lu, your birthday is coming up. How do you plan to celebrate this year?” Meng Yue got excited; she loved to organize these things for her children.

Like birthdays, graduation parties, coming-of-age ceremonies…

Lin Lu actually planned to keep December 25 to spend alone with Cheng Zhu, so she said, “I’ll spend my lunar birthday with you, and for my solar birthday, I want to have a party with my friends!”

“You’re going to celebrate twice, huh? Okay then,” Meng Yue, casually leaning on the sofa in her black sweater, chuckled softly.

Lin Qi then got excited, “A birthday party? Sis, take me with you!”

“Take you? December 25 is a Thursday,” retorted Lin Lu tersely, not about to bring a third wheel.

“You should be focusing on preparing for your college entrance exams,” Meng Yue, half-reclining on the sofa, turned and glared at him.

The college entrance exam was indeed not the only path out for kids from families like theirs, but that didn’t mean it was completely unimportant.

And thinking only of playing all day was the wrong attitude.

“Oh,” Lin Qi responded.

Sitting beside, Lin Lu listened to her mom chide her brother while she texted Cheng Zhu.

She liked to share all the interesting things in her life with Cheng Zhu.

They say a desire to share is a sign of liking someone.

And from a certain perspective, there was some truth to it.

Well, only some truth, since some people do mass send.

“My mom went to Youu Tea today, but you weren’t there,” Lin Lu texted.

“Hmm? Why didn’t you tell me earlier?” Cheng Zhu replied.

“What would you have done?”

“If you had told me earlier, I would have dressed up and gone to the store,” he texted back.

“Why dress up and go to the store?” Lin Lu’s heart rate speeded up slightly.

“To coolly make a few cups of milk tea for your aunt,” Cheng Zhu’s reply made her feel this guy was really annoying.

Little did Cheng Zhu know, he sighed in relief on his side.

“Good thing, good thing I wasn’t at the shop,” he thought.

This guy wouldn’t have panicked over such a small matter, but for him, seeing parents of friends was still preferable to avoid when possible.

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The next day, Saturday.

The weekend brought a business peak to Youu Tea again.

In the queue, you could distinctly see some people who were obviously students, and probably still in high school.

There were also some busy office workers who didn’t rest at home over the weekend but came to line up for milk tea.

In fact, many big city office workers are avid fans of beverages like milk tea and coffee.

It felt uncomfortable not to have a drink while working.

The hype around Youu Tea had overshadowed all other milk tea shops in Hang City these past few days.

With Christmas fast approaching, many milk tea shops had started changing their packaging or launching some Christmas events and packages, but none could match the heat of Youu Tea.

The franchise owners were a bit stunned.

They felt as if, had they been in ancient times, they would be the ones diligently running a tavern.

And this new shop?

It was like a high-class brothel!

Too provocative, the operations of this shop were too provocative!

These days, people at Technology University also frequently discussed Youu Tea.

For university students, some things seemed too far away, but milk tea was quite close to their lives.

But the price was indeed high for ordinary students, not very friendly.

At this moment, Luo Xi, a high school classmate who had a secret crush on Cheng Zhu, was gathering her roommates to go buy Youu Tea, offering to treat them.

Two of the girls in the dorm immediately got excited, already discussing what they wanted to drink.

“Cheese Mixed Berries looks good!”

“I think the roast Black Sugar Bubble Milk Tea seems the tastiest.”

“Xixi, Jingjing, which one do you guys want to drink? Shouldn’t we get different ones so the photos look better?” one girl even suggested.

Sitting aside, Yue Lingjing weakly spoke up, “Uh… can I not go?”

“What’s wrong?” Luo Xi immediately asked with concern.

Yue Lingjing bowed her head slightly, unsure how to respond.

Could I tell you it’s because my senior sister keeps sending me all sorts of messy drawings, the male lead looks a lot like Cheng Zhu, and I’ve deeply immersed myself, now a bit scared to see him?

Previously mentioned, Yue Lingjing, this girl had absolutely no interest in real people, not even the popular male stars were considered handsome by her, she probably just preferred two-dimensional characters more.

But she couldn’t withstand the “fusion of man and manga”!

Cheng Zhu, in her eyes, had completely become a “man ripped from manga,” like a character stepped out right from a comic.

More fatally, Hu Yan, this devilish artist, drew some… “Illustrations”?

Yue Lingjing, demure and classic in beauty, now wearing a long cotton jacket looking serene and scholarly, said, “I’ve gained some weight recently, I want to diet.”

“Ah? Where? You call this fat? You clearly got thinner,” Luo Xi almost wanted to hold her face to question her.

Additionally, she remembered something else and quietly said to Yue Lingjing, “Jingjing, didn’t Cheng Zhu tell you last time that you could ask your uncle to pay attention to his new project? He must have been talking about the milk tea shop.”

Yue Lingjing’s uncle worked in a venture capital firm and had been keeping an eye on Youu Come to Play, but Cheng Zhu was keen to sell the shop.

It turned out the claw machine business had indeed been worsening.

Whether Cheng Zhu had foreseen this or if the new owner was… just bad, or maybe it was a bit of both, as bystanders, Yue Lingjing and Luo Xi couldn’t be sure for a time.

Regardless, the result was there, Cheng Zhu’s timely retreat looked very suave!

Yue Lingjing looked at Luo Xi, not sure if she was trying to assist Cheng Zhu or just inviting everyone to enjoy milk tea and support her high school classmate’s business.

“That, okay then,” Yue Lingjing agreed.

“I hope he isn’t in the shop when we get there,” she thought to herself.

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Of course, Cheng Zhu was in the shop.

And at that moment, he spotted a familiar face in the queue.

The female Starbucks employee, Wang Bingqing.

“Today, not wearing the uniform, I almost didn’t recognize her,” he thought to himself.

Wang Bingqing was just on the pleasant side of plain, her casual clothes didn’t add anything–in the eyes of this guy, they were even worse than the Starbucks uniform.

This woman was off today, most importantly, today’s nitpicky manager, Lei Zi, was also home sick!

Ha, what a perfect time to queue for Youu Tea!

“Cheese Mixed Berries, here I come!” Wang Bingqing headed straight to queue after lunch.

What? You say Youu Tea and Starbucks are kind of competitors?

That’s for clerk Wang Bingqing, not for me on my day off, what’s that got to do with me?

No way, no way, I’ve been craving Cheese Mixed Berries for a long time, every day tidying up Youu Tea’s empty cups at Starbucks, do you know how hard it is for me?

Yes, more and more people come to Starbucks to order a dessert or pastry and then sit down to drink Youu Tea…

Gradually, Wang Bingqing felt a little dazed.

She always found herself cleaning milk tea cups left on various tables, feeling like she was working for Youu Tea!

Which Starbucks employee has to throw away so many milk tea cups in a day?

“What on earth is so tasty about it!” she might be one of the most eager people in Hang City for Youu Tea.

Unfortunately, Lei Zi was too petty; even if it was her day off, if Lei Zi was in the store, she wouldn’t dare to queue up, afraid of his criticism.

Lei Zi would definitely scold her, saying she was slapping her own Starbucks in the face!

–Ah, the woes of a lowly employee.

Wang Bingqing had even been considering asking a friend to help her queue up–hey hey, guess what, Lei Zi got sick!

Sick at just the right time!

“Richard must be weakly lying in bed watching his American TV show right now,” Wang Bingqing guessed.

After buying Cheese Mixed Berries, she brazenly walked into the opposite Starbucks.

The manager not being there today, the rest of the staff also acted a bit more “reckless.”

Two female employees immediately approached her, asking, “Is it good? Is it really that good?”

In front of them, inside Starbucks, Wang Bingqing boldly took a sip of the cream on top, then mimicking Lei Zi’s tone and demeanor, squinting her eyes, she came out with one word: “delicious!”

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