Chapter 525: Torture the Tsundere Again
Cheng Zhu's words echoed in the Land Rover.
The pupils of Shen Qingning's beautiful eyes dilated slightly in an instant, and her rosy lips opened slightly at this moment. She turned her head with surprise and looked at the man with closed eyes.
When Cheng Zhu said this, his voice was very soft, as if it was a little weak?
But the car was extremely quiet, so I could hear it clearly.
Shen Qingning knew in her heart that the tickets for the concert were from Cheng Zhuji.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have torn the first ticket into pieces and then glued it back together.
Every ticket was placed in the drawer of her room, along with a Pikachu keychain that Cheng Zhu had helped her catch in the arcade, and a Polaroid photo taken at the hot pot restaurant.
But the problem is that knowing it is one thing, but directly talking about it is another.
What's more, she always felt that Cheng Zhu should have gone to the concert alone.
At this moment, Shen Qingning turned her head and looked at him.
Cheng Zhu was still leaning back with his eyes closed. After asking this question, he fell silent again.
He didn't move or say a word. I don't know if he was waiting for a reply or if he was really feeling very uncomfortable after being drunk.
Shen Qingning bit her teeth lightly, and finally her shoulders drooped slightly, and she chose to answer:
"received."
After giving the answer, she actually had the desire to continue exploring.
She wanted to know why Cheng Zhu sent her the ticket.
She wondered if Cheng Zhu had gone alone.
She wanted to know what Cheng Zhu was thinking.
But after getting the reply "received", this dog man just nodded slightly and fell silent again!
He just closed his eyes, didn't move, didn't say a word, but didn't get out of the car!
After all, he was drunk and didn't stay away on purpose.
Even the king of heaven would be drunk!
Cheng Zhu thought: "I'm not a stubborn and arrogant person like you. I was obviously drunk, but you said you weren't drunk even after asking me so many times."
"Hey! You were the one who asked me when we first got in the car, asking me if I was drunk. I told you straight away that I was!"
The man is one-third drunk and will act until you cry.
Cheng Zhu is not just three-tenths drunk now. Shen Minglang, this alcohol monster who doesn't know how to live or die, can really get him drunk. He is almost seven-tenths drunk now.
This actually made Shen Qingning feel a little uncomfortable.
The silent atmosphere in the car made her want to speak several times.
She just felt that this topic suddenly came up and then ended so abruptly, and she felt a little unwilling.
This feeling was like everything the two had experienced before, with no idea where the emotions came from, but suddenly coming to an end.
Shen Qingning looked at Cheng Zhu's expression and saw that he was still calm and did not frown because of discomfort. He just looked drowsy, so she spoke in a cold voice:
“Why did you send me tickets?”
Cheng Zhu didn't say "I owe you" because these three words would really make it seem like I owe you something.
His reply was: "I promised you."
Looking at the man's face, Shen Qingning listened to these words, and a wave of sadness rose in her heart for no reason.
The previous scenes emerged in her mind. At the beginning, Cheng Zhu said that he wanted to bribe her, so he invited her to the concert, and asked, "What? No bribe?"
She agreed to go to the concert together and accepted his "bribe".
At that moment, she felt a little sweet in her heart.
But the sweeter the memories, the more hurtful the moment will be.
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she stared at Cheng Zhu who had his eyes closed. She asked coldly, "Then why do you keep sending it to me?"
"Because I promised you that I would go and see it, but you never went." Cheng Zhu replied.
"So you went." Shen Qingning quickly grasped the point, and her voice still sounded a little cold.
The dog man chose to remain silent at this time to show that he agreed.
Because following the rhythm of the conversation, the feeling he gave at this moment was naturally more like tacit agreement.
After all, if you didn't go to see it, how would you know whether I went there or not?
What's more, during the concert, Cheng Zhu went to the city where the concert was held.
But later I probably got disappointed and didn’t go again, but the ticket is still being mailed.
By responding with silence, the man is leaving himself some way out.
Well, silence doesn’t mean consent, maybe I just don’t want to talk.
But if you think so, I can't help it!
After all, he is Xiaolu's boyfriend.
You are going to go to a concert out of town with your girlfriend's best friend. What do you mean?
Cheng Zhu is indeed a master-level existence, but it is impossible for him to have 100% control over the situation and perfectly control the development of events.
Especially when it comes to emotional topics, while everyone is chatting, someone might suddenly get emotional and lose their rationality, which can easily lead to a breakdown in the conversation!
Once someone falls into extreme emotionality, all routines may be useless.
Therefore, he actually habitually leaves a way out.
You can attack when you advance and defend when you retreat! This is the way to go!
Chen Qingning looked at Cheng Zhu with complicated eyes, and finally said softly: "Let's leave it at that."
Cheng Zhu remained silent.
After a long while, he let out a long breath, slowly opened his eyes, and said, "Thank you for sending me here."
He also did what many people do after drinking, opening his eyes wide, even raising his eyebrows, and then shook his head slightly.
Then he slowly opened the car door.
The summer nights in Hangzhou are a bit stuffy. As soon as the car door is opened, a heat wave rushes into the car.
Shen Qingning watched him get off the car and wanted to say something, but in the end she just opened her mouth.
She originally wanted to ask whether she should take him upstairs herself, as she was not very reassured.
But in the end, the words got stuck in my throat.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Zhu had already opened the door, but he slowly pulled it inwards.
It wasn't completely closed, just pulled back a little.
His hand was still on the car door, but he turned his head and looked at Shen Qingning who was looking at her. Their eyes met, and both of them had complicated expressions.
The dog man came up with a brilliant idea at this moment.
He looked at her with complicated eyes and said three words:
"I didn't go."
Cheng Zhu got off the car.
Shen Qingning watched his back as he walked in the night, gradually going farther away until he walked into the gate of Building B of Xinhang Apartment.
Cheng Zhu was indeed seven-tenths drunk, so he didn't walk very steadily.
For some reason, she felt that the back view was a bit desolate.
This scene hurt her deeply and made her feel very uncomfortable.
With all the preparations made before, how could she believe Cheng Zhu's words "I didn't go"?
I went, and I know you knew I went, but I said I didn't go when I was extremely disappointed. This is the real killer!
Shen Qingning felt as if her heart was being torn by a knife, and she felt uncomfortable because of the abuse.
Cheng Zhu had already gone upstairs, but she was still in the car, lost in thought, and had not yet driven away from Xinhang Apartment.
The dog man returned home, stood by the window and looked down, and saw the Land Rover Range Rover with its lights on in the night.
"Not gone yet." He muttered to himself.
The car stayed downstairs of his house for almost a song before driving away.
Cheng Zhu knew in his heart that the effects he wanted to achieve had already taken effect.
He has already done all the necessary preparations.
"Sooner or later, we will go to a concert in another city together." He thought to himself.
Cheng Zhu poured himself a cup of hot water, took a sip, and then half-collapsed on the sofa.
Being drunk, he planned to take a short rest and then take a hot bath.
At this time, the dog man picked up his phone and sent a voice message to Lin Lu: "I'm home. I'm drunk."
"Shen Minglang poured me drunk again, huh——!"
What followed naturally was a series of concern and heartache from the girlfriend.
The two started talking on the phone.
On the phone, Cheng Zhu also inadvertently revealed that he told her that he was sent home by Shen Qingning.
Lin Lu felt that he had drunk a lot from the way he spoke, and immediately urged him, "Hey! Go take a shower and go to bed. I'm going to hang up! Go quickly!"
"Don't get drunk and start snoring in the middle of a phone call with me, or I'll record you!"
She is still thinking in her heart that Shen Minglang is really bad and she will scold him next time!
"Okay, I'll go now." Cheng Zhu said.
After the polite Xiaolu hung up the phone, he sent a special WeChat message to Shen Qingning: "Ningning, thanks to you for sending Cheng Zhu home, he fainted as soon as he got home."
+1 for Xiaolu's merit, he is polite!
Hello Ningning, thank you for sending my boyfriend~
Little did she know that when Shen Qingning saw this WeChat message, her heart inexplicably hurt even more.
The heroine of the abusive novel is reflected in reality.
That night, Cheng Zhu slept very soundly.
The next day, he got up early and went to the company in high spirits, without any sign of hangover.
He didn't know how other people felt when they drank Moutai, but for him, even if he drank too much, he wouldn't feel bad the next day.
After arriving at the company, he started to get busy.
During the work process, I met Ningning several times.
One was a dead scumbag pretending to be stupid, the other was a dead tsundere. The two of them once again tacitly pretended that nothing happened last night and they didn't talk about anything.
Since the students are on summer vacation, the milk tea business is getting better and better.
This made them increasingly busy.
Oh, except for the milk tea shops near the school gate, the business of these shops will be greatly affected.
Time flies, and it is already mid-July.
Under the crazy offensive of Miduan, Dianping was really beaten back step by step, and its market share in the group buying market has been declining.
Under the same conditions, Zhang Tao really can't beat Wang Xin.
Once Lao Wang next door goes crazy, his attack is simply too fierce!
Looking at Wang Xin’s series of operations, this man is definitely a top tycoon in the business world!
Many of his behaviors are similar to those of the male protagonist in novels. How could Zhang Tao be able to match him?
Cheng Zhu was very clear that in the original timeline, there was another very important reason why Mituan and Dianping merged.
That is, the group buying war has been going on for so many years, and the valuations of these two companies are already so high, but in fact, they are not profitable!
Losing money, always losing money!
This will also force the two companies to merge, and then make money in this industry with a near-monopoly attitude to make up for the money they lost before.
In addition, Cheng Zhu was also very clear that he was now sitting in the dark corner of the poker table. If he wanted to influence the course of events, he still had an opponent!
His name is Bao Fan, and he has a nickname in the country - the King of Mergers and Acquisitions!
Why does he have such a title?
Because he facilitated three century-long mergers!
They are Didi and Kuaidi, Mituan and Dianping, Tongcheng and Ganji.com.
In addition, he was also involved in the mergers and acquisitions of Youku and Tudou, iQiyi and PPS, and Suning's acquisition of PPTV.
These added together are considered by many to be half of the Internet industry!
Half of the mergers and acquisitions in the country were done by him, which is extremely terrifying!
In addition to this person's outstanding abilities, there is another thing that people always talk about - [relationships].
As we all know, China is a society based on personal relationships.
It is easy to imagine how important the word "relationship" is.
Bringing rivals in the same industry to the same table for negotiations will test not only your business ability, but also your relationship skills.
This man enjoyed great success for many years.
But later, due to various reasons, he lost contact for a long time.
"Generally speaking, the merger of Mituan and Dianping is an inevitable trend." Cheng Zhu is very clear about this.
There are many forces behind this!
As for capital, what it wants is money!
If the fire continues like this, both sides will suffer losses.
The popularity of the group buying market has declined a lot, and everyone has begun to feel that this industry is not as profitable or valuable as everyone imagined.
Therefore, merging early is better for everyone.
If the war continues like this, it will no longer be a good deal.
"But the question is who has the dominant position!" This is what Cheng Zhu cares about most.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Xuhao came to the office building where the Youcha Company was located again.
He flew to Hangzhou today because he had work to do.
After finishing his work, he took the initiative to contact Cheng Zhu and expressed his desire to talk to him.
Cheng Zhu was also happy about this and asked him to come to the company.
"Or ice cola?" he asked in the office.
"Okay." Zhang Xuhao nodded.
Two bottles of ice cola were taken out of the refrigerator and placed on the table.
After Cheng Zhu sat down, he asked, "How are you doing lately? You must be very busy, right?"
"I'm really busy, and I have a headache every day!" Zhang Xuhao shook his head, looking helpless.
"Because of Wang Xin?" Cheng Zhu asked knowingly.
"Yes! Who else could it be because of?" Zhang Xuhao took a sip of ice cola.
But he quickly smiled and said, "However, my pressure is slightly less than before."
"What do you mean?"
"Before, Wang Xin's main focus was on Mi Tuan takeaway, and he and I were always in direct confrontation."
Zhang Xuhao continued: "You know, he has strong execution ability and rich experience. He is very scary."
Cheng Zhu nodded slightly.
Rexuehao said: "But now MiTuan has suddenly started to spend money like crazy on group buying and started to fight with Dianping. I feel a little better about it."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhu could understand Zhang Xuhao's mentality.
In this case, the stress of being hungry can indeed be much less.
Wang Xin originally planned to unify the industry by competing for the takeout market.
Now that the big brother Alibaba behind him is not strong enough, he can only start to play tricks. In everyone's puzzled eyes, he suddenly stopped concentrating on killing Zhang Xuhao and went back to attacking his old enemy Zhang Tao!
You know, the group buying field has now entered a cold winter era.
But the food delivery industry is booming right now!
It is indeed very strange for Wang Xin to do this.
But Zhang Xuhao is happy to see this situation.
After all, although Dianping has invested money in Ele.me, the real financial backer is Penguin.
Of course, Zhang Xuhao also doesn’t want Dianping to lose to Mi Tuan, because then he really wouldn’t be able to play.
Cheng Zhu looked at Zhang Xuhao, who was also a young man, and asked directly: "What is the attitude of the penguin side?"
"You've hit the nail on the head. This provides some explanation!" Zhang Xuhao's expression became more serious.
He said, "Mr. Zhang has been going to Shenzhen frequently recently. His market share is constantly decreasing, so he definitely hopes that Penguin can help him more."
"Penguin has always said it will give its full support, but its actions have not been as strong as before."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhu had the answer in his mind.
He roughly guessed that Penguin would be happy to see the merger of Mituan and Dianping.
Cheng Zhu didn't think that Zhang Xuhao was not a business genius. He was able to achieve this level in his first entrepreneurial venture. In addition to catching up with the trend of the times, his personal abilities were also outstanding. It's just that he was not as talented as the experienced Wang Xin!
Therefore, he felt that Zhang Xuhao might also be thinking about some issues.
After thinking about it, he looked at Zhang Xuhao and said, "Do you think it is possible for Dianping and Mituan to merge in the end?"
Zhang Xuhao was stunned when he heard this, then he slowly put down the Coke in his hand, sighed deeply, and his eyes under his glasses were filled with a layer of haze.
"This is also what I fear the most!" He looked at Cheng Zhu, being extremely frank.
"So, I wanted to come and ask you for advice today."
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(End of this chapter)
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