Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!

Chapter 71: Chapter 69: Beset by Scandal

In the group chat of eight, with the girls starting to respond less enthusiastically, the conversation began to die down.

It was an unavoidable situation, especially since the most attention-grabbing, Cheng Zhu, had just posted an emoji and then remained silent.

Liu Feng was supposed to be the life of the party. Although he was good at driving the conversation, the girls were not the least bit interested in him.

Zheng Qingfeng was also sparing with his words during chats, always maintaining his cool persona.

Cheng Zhu had specifically looked at his plump hands while he was typing; although he only ever sent a few words at a time in the group, his hands were never still, clearly typing and then deleting repeatedly.

Among the Dragon and Phoenix youth, you are definitely among them!

As for Dong Dong, he was the most eager to chat. He liked Zhu Yingying, he also liked Yao Yina, and he liked Guan Jiayue as well.

But he could tell that Yao Yina and Guan Jiayue were very active at first and then gradually backed off.

Zhu Yingying was still willing to chat, but it couldn’t just be her constantly talking in the group alone, could it?

Little Dong, lacking enthusiasm, set down his phone and suddenly realized that his role as the dorm leader was rather useless. Unconsciously, Cheng Zhu had become the mainstay of room 309.

Just like now, if everyone asked him to liven up the group chat a bit, it would definitely become more heated in an instant.

He could even imagine that the girls hardly talked about him; the topics were likely all revolving around Cheng Zhu.

It must be said, Little Dong was quite perceptive.

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On the girls’ side, the conversation did indeed initially revolve around Dong Dong, after all, he was the one who first added Zhu Yingying on WeChat and invited everyone to the social gathering.

The girls asked Zhu Yingying what she thought about Dong Dong and if she wanted to get to know him better?

Zhu Yingying, a bit shyly, said they were just friends and told them not to spread rumors.

Eventually, the conversation naturally shifted to Cheng Zhu.

Before coming to school, they had all browsed the university’s forum and remembered the names Shen Qingning and Lin Lu.

Girls tend to be gossipy. After returning to the dorm, they specifically searched the forum again.

Holding her phone, Guan Jiayue became more and more astonished.

“Wow, so Shen Qingning drives a Land Rover to university?”

“Land Rover Range Rover, that must be almost two million, right?” she couldn’t help but blurt out.

This model of Range Rover was indeed priced higher than the newer models that came out later.

This made her even more suspicious that Cheng Zhu must be very rich.

Strangely enough, after confirming that Shen Qingning came from a wealthy family, she somehow became completely convinced that Cheng Zhu’s family was likewise wealthy.

While browsing the forum, they quickly stumbled upon a highly popular gossip post.

—”Shock! Campus beauty Shen Qingning is taken! And by a new freshman!”

Back in 2014, “Shock Department” headers were actually quite trendy…

But seriously, a campus goddess and a first-year student together, that’s fucking eye-catching.

Old students would want to click on it to see what bullshit was being spouted, considering the formidable aura of Shen Qingning, they’re like “I’ll see it to believe it!”

New students would be curious to know which guy was so awesome. Although we don’t even know what Shen Qingning looks like, the term “campus flower” is quite intimidating!

The post vividly described today’s welcome scene, claiming that although today’s temperature was only in the thirties, it claimed a fiery 42 degrees!

“Shen Qingning and Lin Lu braved 42-degree heat, holding umbrellas, welcoming this guy at the school gate.

As soon as this guy showed up, Lin Lu waved at him enthusiastically.

Listening to her, this guy seemed to be called Cheng Zhu? But it’s not confirmed which Cheng or Zhu, so we’ll just call him Brother CZ.

Clearly, as Shen Qingning’s boyfriend, he even won the approval of her equally goddess-level best friend—Lin Lu!

Absolutely, otherwise Lin Lu wouldn’t be so friendly to him.

Once this brother walked over, Shen Qingning took a bottle of mineral water out of her bag and handed it to him, well-prepared, not expecting the aloof goddess to be so thoughtful.

(Parentheses: Cool on the outside, warm on the inside, I’m so jealous I could cry.

Another parenthesis: Damn, he really should die!)

Additionally, the student council provided supplementary information on the scene, an inside source revealed that the vice president of the student council, Pei Yan, had offered Shen Qingning water, but was refused. This inside source repeatedly emphasized that Brother CZ was more handsome than Pei Yan.

Then, you thought it was just about handing over water?

She personally held the umbrella for him the entire way to find his dorm, accompanying him all along, only reluctantly parting at the male dormitory building.

Don’t think I made this up, or exaggerated, many upperclassmen responsible for welcoming the new students saw it, I swear if I’m lying may I be hit by a car as I step outside!”

The post was followed by an additional comment from the original poster.

“Update: Fresh battle reports coming in from the front, they were spotted together in the school cafeteria having dinner! Does this represent Shen Qingning’s stance? Amid rumors of falling into a romance, the main subject herself steps forward to tell everyone: it’s not a rumor, not a rumor, not a rumor!”

Inside the girls’ dormitory, Guan Jiayue and others were taken aback after reading the post.

Initially, they thought they had only had a meal with Cheng Zhu, but who knew there was such juicy gossip?

The group recalled Shen Qingning’s appearance and aura, how stunningly beautiful, how utterly aloof, how unapproachable!

Such a person, personally delivering water and holding an umbrella for him?

Is that even real?

Guan Jiayue vigorously scrolled through her phone, not even realizing why she was doing it with such force, starting to read the replies below.

Indeed, many of those responsible for welcoming the new students confirmed the fact, bringing undeniable proof!

Of course, amid a slew of discussion posts, there were also a few protest posts from the sycophants, like:

“There can only be one campus belle, Shen Qingning is not the campus belle, Lin Lu is!”

“Screw you! Jiang Cen is the campus belle!”

“Is my Zhang Qiqi not worthy?”

Besides that, there was also a large volume of condemning voices, a bunch of guys who had given up on their defenses, began cursing vociferously. Especially the old students, thinking about how none of them had managed to win over the campus belle in these few batches, and a freshman had done it before even starting university, what the fuck was that all about?

There were also insiders claiming, this Brother CZ was bossing around the goddesses in the cafeteria; his attitude was terrible, I heard it clear as day, he even said outright: “Why are you stupidly standing at the door, come over here!”

Someone else replied, “Exactly, exactly! In the end, it was Lin Lu who went to get the food, he didn’t even budge from his seat, and Lin Lu even specifically brought him a bottle of Coke, fuck!”

“Huh, seems like even goddesses can be mistaken, not gentlemanly at all, we’re good men and would never behave like that.”

“You’re sick, how can you treat your girlfriend and her best friend like that!”

“Is it just me who thinks he’s a role model?”

“Gives me chills, no, shouldn’t good treatment between lovers be mutual?”

Of course, there were also comments below suggesting it might not necessarily be a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, maybe they were just ordinary friends.

The girls in this dorm watched and watched until they felt utterly baffled.

Yao Yina slumped in her chair, legs stretching lifelessly forward, completely deflated.

She was really into Cheng Zhu’s type of rascally handsomeness!

Originally, she thought, even if there were top-tier beauties around Cheng Zhu, they might not end up together, she could give it a try, who knows if she could win him over?

As the saying goes, “men chase women over a mountain, women chase men through a veil.”

But from the posts, it seemed Shen Qingning was also putting in effort?

Giving water and holding umbrellas.

Facing such a formidable rival, just thinking about her aura, let alone competing openly, she couldn’t even muster the courage to be a secret homewrecker!

Guan Jiayue was still reflecting on herself, having already concluded that Cheng Zhu was definitely top-tier wealthy, wondering if she could find a chance to penetrate his circle and then look for prey.

As for Cheng Zhu himself, she really didn’t dare to think further. Her own little tricks of pretending to be pure were useless against his absolute god-level good looks.

Speaking of which, the people of room 309, despite being at the center of the gossip whirlwind, found out about the rampant school rumors even later than the girls.

At eleven o’clock at night, everyone was already lying in their beds playing with their phones.

Dong Dong and the others saw Cheng Zhu was typing and thought he was chatting with the goddesses, but he was actually issuing tasks in the “Persistent Visit” work group.

Currently, the shop operated on a two-shift system, the shop too popular, bustling even at two or three in the morning.

Suddenly, Liu Feng was the first to speak up, saying, “Damn, Brother Zhu, you’ve become a hot topic on Technology University’s forum!”

“What’s so strange about that, becoming a campus celebrity was just a matter of time,” Cheng Zhu continued deploying tasks in the work group without looking up.

Everyone wanted to retort, but at the same time felt there was nothing wrong with his words.

It really was hard to keep a low profile.

“But Brother Zhu, everyone is saying that you and senior Shen Qingning are in a relationship, fuck, wouldn’t this actually be quite helpful for your relationship progress?” Liu Feng suddenly slapped his thigh while in bed.

“Huh?” Cheng Zhu really couldn’t help but look up at him this time.

He thought he was famous for his looks, but didn’t expect it to be for a scandal.

Although he had anticipated this consequence from the beginning, he didn’t expect that the scandal’s popularity would even surpass that of his handsomeness.

The people of room 309 each took out their phones and started browsing forum posts and comments.

Seeing some annoying comments, Dong Dong was somewhat incensed, saying, “I fucking want to tell them, Brother Zhu also received sunscreen from senior Shen Qingning, what are these people talking about, can’t ordinary friends offer water or help with an umbrella?”

“It’s obvious you’ve never had a girlfriend, would your fucking girlfriend take the initiative to hold an umbrella for you? You should be holding the umbrella for her, tilting it towards her side constantly! Whatever she wants to drink, you should immediately go buy it!” Dong Dong seemed to fall into reminiscence.

Speaking of which, the other three guys in the dormitory had just been shown up by Cheng Zhu, thinking rather than envying alone, better to let everyone envy together, let these barking fools take a good look, someone casually sends him triple-digit-valued sunscreen before military training! See what a high-quality ambiguous phase looks like!

Cheng Zhu, leaning on his pillow, arched an eyebrow, said, “When did I ever say this sunscreen was from Shen Qingning? I warn you guys not to spread rumors on the forum!”

The three of them: “???”

Phew! So it wasn’t from Shen Qingning, huh? We thought too much, good, good, I was just saying, where did such a perfect campus goddess come from, us guys are famous for only being worthy of giving gifts on holidays, not receiving them.

Feeling a bit better, their minds were slightly at ease.

Dong Dong, the type who never learns his lesson, couldn’t help but ask curiously, “So, who did give you that bottle of sunscreen then?”

He sharply sensed that guys wouldn’t normally give such a thing to each other.

“Lin Lu,” Cheng Zhu casually replied.

Always reserved Zheng Qingfeng, who was usually a man of few words, couldn’t help but freak out first, exclaiming, “Damn!”

Liu Feng and Dong Dong just felt a chill going down their spines, sensing that those three words carried an enormous amount of information!

They had never before considered that the sunscreen might have been a gift from Lin Lu.

Everyone had a bad hunch, that over the next four years of college, the dorm room might often resound with the sounds of teeth gnashing in the middle of the night.

Meanwhile, in a finely decorated three-bedroom apartment near Technology University, Shen Qingning, in her pajama shorts, lifted her long well-proportioned legs and kicked open the slightly ajar bedroom door of Lin Lu.