Forced Me to Regress, Huh?

Wang Wei’s attitude was very clear. As long as Shen Minglang could arrange for this so-called friend to meet him for a meal, he could pick the place.

Wang Wei took the initiative to ask, “Brother Lang, how about going to Guiyu Mountain House?”

This restaurant was expensive, with an average cost of over a thousand per person.

And if there was a bottle of good wine, the meal would easily run up quite a bill.

Shen Minglang wasn’t foolish. From Wang Wei’s reaction, he could tell just how impressive this new store called Keep Coming was.

He ignored the invitation and typed directly, “From what you’re saying, this store isn’t bad?”

“It’s not just not bad. It’s about to blow up!” Wang Wei still had this bit of discernment. “The operations are amazing, really amazing!”

This only left Shen Minglang even more puzzled.

Cheng Zhu was just a high school graduate. Where did he get these skills?

Could someone in his family be involved in e-commerce? Or had he received guidance from an expert?

But no matter the reason, one thing was clear: this young man definitely had some real talent.

In contrast, Wang Wei’s family had provided him with a generous startup fund, and they frequently took him to meet some of Hangzhou’s top e-commerce bosses. Recently, they had even enrolled him in courses. But despite all of this, he hadn’t achieved much.

What a waste!

Shen Minglang recalled that, at his birthday party, Wang Wei had tried to show off in front of Cheng Zhu and even wanted to give him advice.

Looking back now, his tone, his manner, and today’s conversation… Fuck, why do I feel like I found your ID card, and it’s the joker in a deck of cards!

He replied perfunctorily to Wang Wei, “I’ll ask him about the meal.”

He had no intention of asking Cheng Zhu at all. Cheng Zhu even wanted to keep the store name a secret, so it would be odd for him to want to have a meal with Wang Wei.

Unaware, Wang Wei quickly typed, “Alright, thank you, Brother Lang! I’ll treat you to drinks another day!”

“Drinks are fine. Just call me anytime,” Shen Minglang agreed readily.

“Great! And you can bring your cousin too.” Wang Wei added, “I’m talking about Little Cheng.”

Wang Wei held a grudge and was looking for an opportunity to get back at him for the humiliating drinking session last time.

Shen Minglang read the messages again and found it more and more interesting. Little Cheng, Little Cheng, still calling him Little Cheng. With the way you’re acting now, if you two really met, you’d have to call him Teacher Cheng!

* * *

After hiding the Keep Coming products in his room, Shen Minglang went downstairs.

Shen Qingning was still leisurely eating fruit. She looked up at him and pointed to the plate across from her. “Hurry up and eat. Auntie cut them a while ago.”

He nodded, sat across from his sister, and started eating the fruit.

As he ate, he couldn’t hold back his urge to share. Ah! I only promised not to tell anyone the store name and what you’re selling. I didn’t promise anything else!

So he said to his sister, “Ningning, let me tell you something. I just checked out Cheng Zhu’s e-commerce store. This kid is really impressive!”

He rattled off some seemingly professional terms he had just picked up from Wang Wei, trying to sound as though he knew a thing or two about e-commerce.

Shen Qingning casually poked at the fruit on her plate with her fork, listening with a faint sense of interest.

In Shen Minglang’s mind, Cheng Zhu was knowledgeable, professional, and eloquent.

But to Shen Qingning’s ears, it was: “Blah blah blah… Cousin is so amazing! Blah blah blah…”

Finally, Shen Minglang concluded, “Cheng Zhu is probably going to make a fortune.”

The cold and aloof girl stabbed her fork into a piece of kiwi and said lightly, “I see.”

Based on her understanding of her brother, since he said Cheng Zhu was going to make a fortune, it definitely wasn’t a small sum.

Speaking of which, due to their parents’ social circles, many young people around the siblings had chosen to start their own businesses at an early age.

These people had a head start far beyond the average people and usually had smoother sailing in the beginning.

They had confidence, the capital to take risks and learn from mistakes, and the courage to act freely.

However, it was truly exceptional for a high school graduate to create a thriving business single-handedly during the summer break between high school and college.

Shen Qingning placed a piece of kiwi on her rosy lips. After chewing and swallowing slowly, she asked, “What’s the name of his store?”

“Huh?” Shen Minglang, hearing his sister’s question, wanted to change the topic with a laugh, but then he decided to give up on the pretense and said directly, “I promised him to keep it a secret.”

This made her delicate eyebrows furrow slightly in puzzlement. “What’s there to keep secret? Besides, isn’t he selling women’s clothing?”

“Maybe he doesn’t want you guys buying out of friendship. We ambitious men are all like that!” Shen Minglang spouted nonsense.

Unexpectedly, Shen Qingning blurted out, “Lin Lu doesn’t know either?”

“Of course not,” he replied instantly.

“Oh,” she replied softly, her brows relaxing a bit. “Got it.”

Shen Minglang looked at her, puzzled. “Why are you asking that?”

Shen Qingning thought, Yeah, why am I asking that?

She set down her fork. “I’m done eating.”

Then she got up and left the table.

As Shen Qingning went upstairs to her room, she thought, Have I been paying too much attention to them lately?

Back in her room, she put on her earphones and eagerly picked up a romance novel.

Who would have thought that in the eyes of the students of Sci-Tech University, this unapproachable and unsmiling ice goddess—this rich and beautiful woman with a powerful aura who drove a Range Rover to school—was actually a seasoned fan of romance novels who wouldn’t read anything without tragedy and suffering?

She had indeed said to Lin Lu, “Only fools fall in love.”

The wise might not fall in love, but they could still indulge in reading about it.

* * *

In the afternoon, Cheng Zhu checked out a few rental properties and finally rented a house. It’s only 2014, and rent in Hangzhou is already not cheap.

In his past life, Cheng Zhu had bought a large flat in Hangzhou.

He had just stopped by to take a look. It was still an old residential complex that hadn’t yet been redeveloped into commercial housing.

Compared to a few years ago, the housing prices in 2014 are already quite high.

But compared to what comes later, they still seem cheap.

And it’s not just housing prices. Even gold prices will soar in a few years.

Cheng Zhu, who had achieved success at a young age, naturally had a few acquaintances working in banking. These people would often post gold price updates and encourage everyone to buy gold from the bank.

He had looked into 2014’s gold prices recently and found they were a full two hundred yuan lower than at the time of his regression!

Of course, he wasn’t considering hoarding property or gold bars now. He had plenty of methods to make money, and there were many opportunities to seize in the coming years.

After renting the house, he bought a high-spec laptop on the way home.

His parents wouldn’t say anything about the new laptop. They would just assume he brought it with his graduation money and might only ask about it casually.

He was a college student, so having a laptop was perfectly normal.

In the dead of night, just as Cheng Zhu was brainstorming black hat tactics to promote his store, he received a message from Shen Minglang.

Attached were several images, all of which were not suitable for viewing alone in the quiet of the night.

“Cousin, an influencer is wearing your stepmother dress!”