Reborn, Who Needs Romance?
Chapter 37

Don't Get Too Many Partners

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"No, I was just joking to comfort Old Jiang. How could I chase a girl for three years? A rich second generation like me? Impossible!"

Cao Guangyu regretted it and tried to argue.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah."

Zhou Chao didn't want to hear him say more, so he grabbed some toilet paper and headed to the bathroom.

"I really dated five, but it got boring, and I realized being single is the way to go."

"I got it, Old Cao, but can you stop following me around? I'm going to the bathroom. If you want to argue, go find Ren Ziqiang!"

Zhou Chao, holding the roll of paper, stopped at the bathroom door, annoyed by Cao Guangyu, and reached out to close the balcony door.

Cao Guangyu had no choice but to turn to Ren Ziqiang.

Ren Ziqiang was lying on the bed chatting with Pan Xiu, his smile reaching his ears, and he paid no attention to Cao Guangyu's words.

"Aqiang, you should understand, right? A rich second generation like me can't be a... what was that word, Old Jiang, what did you call it? I think it's quite fitting."

Jiang Qin laughed, "Licking dog."

Cao Guangyu nodded vigorously, "There's no way I'd be a licking dog!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Ren Ziqiang was busy chatting, his face full of perfunctoriness.

Cao Guangyu instantly became angry, "Old Ren, you're not respecting me."

"I'm chatting with Pan Xiu!"

"What are you chatting about?"

"Uh..."

"Damn it, don't tell Pan Xiu I'm a licking dog. How am I supposed to face anyone in Financial Class 3 if you say that?"

Cao Guangyu didn't wait for Ren Ziqiang to turn his phone around; he caught the key words and couldn't help but curse.

Ren Ziqiang also felt wronged. I was having a good chat here, and you had to keep talking about licking dogs in my ear, so I just typed it out.

QQ in 2008 didn't have a recall function, which made the story even sadder.

Cao Guangyu stared at him, not saying a word, and finally lay lifelessly on the bed, silently staring at the white ceiling.

Tonight, he lost love and dignity.

The summer night was hot as fire, but the Lin University dormitory only had two fans, one hanging above the dormitory door and the other at the top of the balcony door. The old fan blades rotated wildly under the power of electricity, making a buzzing sound that sounded like a little old man coughing up his lungs.

Jiang Qin, while sticking his head out to catch the breeze, used his computer to communicate with Su Nai about the specific details of building the website.

However, this senior from the third year didn't seem to know what she was doing, and her replies were always very slow, even with typos. This didn't seem like the behavior of a techie; it was more like she hadn't touched a computer in years.

"Senior, I found a few websites similar to your needs. You can take a look first. I have something to do."

"?????"

After a long while, Su Nai sent a few pictures, along with website addresses, all of which were relatively mature websites at this stage. The frameworks and basic structures were very clear, and they were highly compatible with Jiang Qin's needs.

Jiang Qin studied them for a long time and felt that these websites seemed to have some common problems: they made the homepage very full in order to show the richness of the content.

The basic section was a must, but things like hot rankings, keyword searches, and external links were completely unnecessary, because these things not only made the entire page bloated but also made website users waste too much unnecessary time filtering out things they didn't want to see.

Of course, the product managers of large websites weren't just freeloaders. They did this mainly to give advertisements enough viewing time, so they could only sacrifice user experience.

Jiang Qin typed a line of comments and sent it to Su Nai, offering several suggestions.

But she still seemed to be busy and didn't reply.

I seem to be the client here. Why do I have to wait for a reply like a licking dog? What could she be busy with in the middle of the night that she doesn't even reply to the boss's messages? She really hasn't been beaten by society yet.

Jiang Qin grumbled and closed the chat box, then reached out and opened Hong Yan's QQ account, asking if she was okay.

No matter what, today's events started because of him. If he didn't even offer a simple greeting, it would be too inhuman.

Hong Yan's reply came quickly, first sending a smile, then saying that nothing was wrong, just that she and Chu Siqi weren't talking to each other anymore.

The smile emoticon in 2008 represented a genuine smile and had absolutely no negative meaning, so Jiang Qin was slightly relieved.

No one could stand Chu Siqi's arrogance. After all, she had been spoiled by her parents since she was a child and felt that the whole world should revolve around her, but as long as you ignored her, it didn't matter how big her temper was. Hong Yan was a smart girl and should understand this kind of cold treatment.

But I thought dating was something even dogs wouldn't do, so why am I acting like a scumbag now? Jiang Qin felt depressed. Is a romance tribulation a necessary trial for a reborn person?

Then, Jiang Qin opened Feng Nanshu's QQ again, asking if she was adjusting to staying overnight at school. Feng Nanshu didn't say she was homesick, only that she felt Lin University's night was very dark, with her words seemingly revealing her longing for home.

Besides that, Yu Shasha also sent him a message, asking if he had met with Chu Siqi. But Jiang Qin was extremely shrewd and immediately determined that she must have heard about today's events from Wang Huiru, otherwise she wouldn't have asked out of the blue. So he pretended to be offline and didn't reply.

And besides the chat messages, there seemed to be several friend requests in his notification list, with the remarks all in the format of Financial Class 3 XXX, mostly girls.

One of them was Jiang Tian, whom Cao Guangyu highly admired, which was a bit beyond his expectations.

[Jiang Qin, I'm Jiang Tian, add me as a friend]

Just as Jiang Qin grabbed the mouse, he suddenly felt a large, thick hand on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Teacher Lü standing behind him, looking at him with a very complicated expression.

"Teacher Lü, good evening. Are you here for a room check?"

Teacher Lü hummed in acknowledgment, then said earnestly, "Jiang Qin, you're quite handsome, but as a student, you should focus on your studies. Lin University doesn't object to students dating, but don't get involved with too many."

Jiang Qin: "?????????"

Before he could even finish speaking, Ren Ziqiang and Zhou Chao burst out laughing like dogs, and halfway through their laughter, they felt it wasn't enough, so they bent over, laughing and pounding the bed.

"Alright, alright, stop laughing. I came this time partly for a room check, and partly to inform you that military training officially starts tomorrow morning. Everyone should go to bed early and not be late, so you can give the instructor a good impression."

Teacher Lü said his piece as a matter of routine, then turned and left the dormitory, going to the next dormitory to say the exact same thing.

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