wavenovel Chapter 78 On Victory and Defeat
Chapter 78 On Victory and Defeat
After class, Chen Che saw Ma Xu outside the gymnasium and ran over to greet him, "Brother Ma, were you also practicing the Eight-Section Brocade exercise in the gym? I didn't see you there."
"No, I play volleyball outside the gym," Ma Xu shook his head and said, "Chezi, why are you talking strangely?"
Chen Che was taken aback. After attending two elective classes, he had almost been assimilated by Shang Wen without realizing it. He smiled and quickly corrected his mouth.
As the two chatted and boasted their way back to the dorm, passing the tennis court, Ma Xu suddenly pointed ahead and said, "Chezi, look, isn't that the class monitor?"
Chen Che looked in the direction Ma Xu was pointing and saw Chen Sui dressed in sportswear and a white baseball cap with her ponytail hanging out from the brim.
However, she looked depressed, and Chen Che immediately knew why.
A boy with a middle-part hairstyle, who was rather handsome, followed behind her and spoke to her solicitously: "Hey, let's be friends. My name is Lü Zhizhe, from the School of Architecture and Design. Please be my basketball partner. I'll treat you to dinner later."
Chen Sui looked impatient, but still politely declined, saying, "I'm sorry, Ms. Lü, I don't need you to treat me to dinner. I've already made plans with another girl for our game."
"It's no big deal. Just dump her now and let me be your basketball partner," Lu Zhizhe said shamelessly, completely disregarding Chen Sui's rejection and resorting to relentless pursuit.
Just when Chen Sui was at her wit's end, she saw Chen Che standing on the other side of the road, smiling at her. She quickly took out her phone and sent him a message.
"You're still laughing? Come save me!"
"Save what? Isn't this just showing how charming and irresistible you are, class monitor?" Chen Che teased her on purpose.
As for Lü Zhizhe, he was an old acquaintance from the previous life. He was the only son of the owner of a private engineering company in the city, and they used to work together on construction sites.
The two had a fairly good relationship, but unfortunately, he was really going there to work, while she was just going there for an internship to build up her resume before turning around and going back to her dad's company to become a junior manager.
Chen Sui continued to message him: "If you hadn't missed the tennis lesson, would I be being bothered by him?"
Chen Che thought about it and it seemed to make sense. It wasn't complicated at all. He could easily control this young master Lü with just a little effort.
"Squad leader, do you believe that I can make him stay far away from you right now with just one sentence?"
"That amazing?"
Chen Che walked over, while Lü Zhizhe was still entangled behind Chen Sui. He felt someone pat his shoulder. When Lü Zhizhe turned around, he saw a handsome guy looking at him with an ambiguous expression, which made him feel a little uneasy.
"Hey classmate, what are you doing?" Lu Zhizhe asked warily.
Unexpectedly, Chen Che directly touched his chest, raised her pinky finger, and said in a shy voice, "Classmate, you have such big breasts, I like them so much, can we add each other on WeChat to chat in detail?"
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In the evening, the weekly late-night tea party of the guys in dormitory 404 began.
"Old Wang, did you win or lose the card game you played with Qiao Yu last time?" Chen Che asked.
"Sigh," Wang Guangyu sighed, "We lost."
"Oh, so you're going to go to the card shop with her? I think that's what you said."
"Yeah, I went there once. The card shop was having a doubles fun tournament, and she insisted that I team up with her. Now I have to start thinking about deck building again," Wang Guangyu said helplessly.
"That's great, all good things," Ma Xu said with a smile, then steered the conversation back to Chen Che.
"Chezi, that Lü Zhizhe was bothering our class monitor during the day, but luckily you scared him away with a clever move."
"Hmm." Chen Che responded, and the memory of Lü Zhizhe's terrified expression after he finished speaking still made him want to laugh.
"But I feel like he's not the kind of person who gives up easily. Chezi, why don't you give our class monitor a try?" Ma Xu suggested after thinking for a moment.
"Brother Ma, what are you saying? The class monitor actually likes me." Chen Che smiled modestly, but of course he wasn't really modest; it was the hypocritical modesty of a top student pretending to be a poor student.
"Really, compared to that Lü Zhizhe, I feel that if you, Chezi, are more serious, you'll have a much better chance," Ma Xu said earnestly.
"Oh? What do you mean by that, Brother Ma?" Chen Che became interested.
"Think about it, your surname is Chen, and the class monitor's surname is also Chen. When you get married and have children, you won't have to worry about whose surname the child will take. Isn't that convenient?" Ma Xu analyzed seriously.
"This is a victory."
"Wow, Brother Ma, that makes sense," Chen Che chuckled.
"Let's analyze it along this line of thought..." Old Wang joined the discussion.
"The class monitor lives in the girls' dormitory next door. That Lu guy is from the School of Architecture and Design, so he must live in the South Campus. We live close by, so we have an advantage."
"These are the two victories."
"Brother Che, you're handsome and popular. If you just ask, the brothers will be your wingmen anytime. That's a triple win."
"Brother Che, you're from our own college. If our class monitor gets snatched away by a student from another college, it would be a disgrace to our college. This is the fourth point."
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"By then, the salaries of design institute staff will definitely not be as high as those of us project managers. What future is there in drawing? We can easily handle three or five projects, and as our experience grows, we become more and more sought after. This is the ten advantages."
In just a few dozen minutes, my buddies and I have already listed ten points, and you all understand them.
In conclusion, there was no way to win, and keeping the class monitor with Chen Che was practically a done deal.
"Hey guys, where did you hear all this nonsense about high salaries, promising careers, and ever-growing demand?" Chen Che laughed.
"That's what Bai Mu said. He also told us to seize the opportunity to work on the construction site. At the end of the year, a large number of migrant workers will go home, which is exactly when the construction site will be short of manpower."
He'll take us to his uncle's construction site then; earning enough for a new phone will be a piece of cake.
"More than that, didn't Bai Mu say that working on a construction site is good? It provides food and lodging, and you can even save money. Not to mention a new phone, he's already saved enough for his uncle to buy a house, a car, and get married."
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The next morning, Chen Sui called him to have breakfast together and go to the incubation park. As soon as Chen Che left the dormitory area, he saw Chen Sui looking tired and struggling to deal with the boy next to her who kept talking.
The middle-parted boy, with a camera hanging from his chest, grinned and said, "Hey, I'm speaking to you as a member of our school's publicity department. I'd like to interview you about your thoughts and feelings about being a freshman. This has a good chance of being published in the school newspaper, so I hope you'll seize this opportunity."
Chen Sui shook her head and said, "I don't need to thank you. Please go and interview other people."
Who else could this person be but Lü Zhizhe?
Chen Che approached slowly with light steps, then gently patted his shoulder: "Classmate, I have some insights and reflections, please interview me."