Chapter 308: The Spineless Little Rich Girl

Kindly offering to paint her good friend’s nails, even doing it herself without complaint or expectation of reward, only to be slandered as a pervert – Jiang Qin was so angry he almost lost his appetite.

This was because negative emotions can indeed affect the sympathetic nervous system, causing slow contraction of the stomach muscles, leading to insufficient gastric motility and thus reduced appetite.

Fortunately, Jiang Qin had a mature soul and strong self-regulation ability. He didn’t stoop to the little rich girl’s level.

Eating and drinking as usual to maintain a cheerful mood, right?

If he lost his appetite every time he was wronged, he would definitely become malnourished.

Half an hour later, Feng Nanshu puffed out her pink cheeks and curled her snow-white feet together, her eyes full of coquettish air.

“I want to call you big brother now,” the little rich girl said coldly.

Jiang Qin stood up and rubbed his knees. “No, you’re not allowed to call me that right now. Let me calm down first.”

“Silly bear…”

The little rich girl thought Jiang Qin was a bit silly, like a dumb bear, and a bit like herself eating chili peppers – obviously unable to handle it but still couldn’t resist.

He even called himself dumb when he was just as silly.

Feng Nanshu leaned back against the sofa, curling up her long legs and rubbing her feet with her hands. Her eyes were glued to Jiang Qin the whole time, watery and looking like a content cat lounging in a warm spot.

“Are you hungry?”

“I’m hungry, my stomach is empty. I want to eat with you.”

Jiang Qin gently opened the locked door and peeked out. Seeing no one around, he fully opened it and led the clingy little rich girl out to Linchuan University’s second cafeteria.

Due to the influx of new students, the entire cafeteria was packed. Every stall had a long line, with people curiously watching the cafeteria ladies’ fancy hand movements and the magic of making meat disappear from the ladle in the blink of an eye.

Hey, I didn’t even blink! Where did that piece of meat go?

The cafeteria ladies were quite skilled: It’s all in the wrist.

Jiang Qin held the little rich girl’s hand and looked inside from the entrance. Feeling a headache coming on, he said, “It’s too crowded inside. Hold onto my shirt so you don’t get lost and start crying.”

Feng Nanshu looked at him confidently and coldly. “Jiang Qin, I never cry.”

“So are you going to hold on or not? If you’re brave, don’t hold on and let me see how courageous you are.” Jiang Qin pulled out a wrinkle in his shirt and waved it in front of her, clearly trying to tempt her.

The little rich girl couldn’t resist after holding back for a while. She reached out and grabbed tightly. “Jiang Qin, I have no backbone at all.”

“Your self-awareness is quite clear, it’s just that your expression is too cute. It’s a bit damaging to our friendship. Don’t do this again next time.”

“Then please say the first half of that sentence a few more times.” Feng Nanshu tugged on his shirt, pattering along behind him.

The cafeteria hadn’t changed much in the new semester, seeming to still have the same old options. Jiang Qin found the stall with the shortest line, handed over a Zhonghua cigarette, and chatted with the boss for a while before asking him to get a bowl of beef brisket noodles and braised pork rice from the back kitchen.

University cafeterias were basically run by integrated contractors now. The serving staff didn’t care whether the food at their stall sold or not. Clenching a cigarette between his teeth, he went and brought back two portions.

When Jiang Qin turned around with the tray in hand, he found that his little rich girl was gone, leaving only a crumpled wrinkle on the back of his shirt.

“This girl, did she really get herself lost?”

Jiang Qin’s heart tightened. Carrying the tray, he squeezed through the crowd, searching everywhere.

But there were simply too many people in the cafeteria. Everywhere he looked there were people and the buzzing noise surrounding him. It was too hard to find someone.

Boss Jiang’s expression grew anxious. He almost called the people in Room 208 to come help look for the lost boss’s wife, but before he could put down his chopsticks, he spotted Feng Nanshu around the corner.

The little rich girl’s eyes were clearly panicked, her pale pink fists clenched and arms trembling slightly. Her expression was as cold as ice.

It wasn’t until she saw Jiang Qin waving not far away that the little rich girl’s icy protective coloring instantly turned into a pitifully aggrieved look. She trotted over in her little leather shoes.

“Jiang Qin, don’t run around anymore. I couldn’t find you and almost started crying.”

Jiang Qin looked at her while holding the tray. “Didn’t I tell you to hold onto my shirt? Why did you let go?”

“There were too many people and I couldn’t hold on. Next time we come I’m going to tie you up.” Feng Nanshu looked both pitiful and serious.

“You sure can think. Then won’t I become Fugui?”

Jiang Qin found a seat and set down the tray. Seeing the hint of tears in Feng Nanshu’s eyes, his heart softened immensely. He kept feeding her until her eyes were full of delight, barely eating a few bites himself.

While feeding the little rich girl, Jiang Qin’s gaze kept sweeping the cafeteria. He noticed that eighty percent of the people getting food were wearing camouflage military training uniforms.

These people had clear and foolish eyes. Without asking, one could tell they were probably freshmen who had just attended the class orientation and military training mobilization meeting, and had come to experience the cafeteria right at mealtime.

But as he looked, Jiang Qin actually saw Ren Ziqiang, that lazy bum who didn’t even want to go downstairs to buy food. He was now sitting among a group of girls in military training uniforms, his every move oozing with flirtatiousness.

Am I hallucinating?

Jiang Qin rubbed his temples and took a careful look. It was indeed Ren Ziqiang, and if he wasn’t mistaken, the Adidas printed t-shirt he was wearing seemed to be Old Cao’s.

Well well, this kid had finally turned over a new leaf and was about to have a run of romantic luck. Otherwise, how could he have hooked up with so many girls?

“Jiang Qin, I want more.” The little rich girl waited a while without getting the next bite and couldn’t help tugging his sleeve.

Jiang Qin fed her a piece of beef brisket. “Little rich girl, do you know that as my business grows, I’m going to get busier and busier in the coming days.”

“I’ll behave on my own,” the little rich girl said coolly.

“So understanding?”

After dinner, Jiang Qin returned to Room 208 and called the person in charge of the Shanghai branch, telling them to leave two employees to keep a close eye on the situation while the rest of the team moved to the capital to carry out the next step of on-the-ground promotion.

Just as he had said before, this time his top priority was not the number of registrations, but the coverage area. Not a moment could be wasted.

After this round of marketing, those in the Shanghai University City who were going to register should have already done so. Even if the ones who hadn’t registered were marketed to again, it probably wouldn’t have much effect, because some people were inherently insensitive to trends.

So, the marketing team members of the Shanghai branch began packing up to withdraw and continue spreading the spores to another city, letting them drift with the wind.

Of course, the promotion in Shanghai wouldn’t end just like that. After the branch retreated, the content team led by Dong Wenhao immediately took over and launched an activity called “Most Beautiful Military Training Goddess”.

This activity was similar to the campus beauty contest Jiang Qin had organized before. The rules were for users to vote and rank the contestants, with prizes awarded based on their ranking.

However, unlike the campus beauty contest, this time it wasn’t only the military training goddesses who could win prizes, but the uploaders as well. The top prize was an expensive laptop computer, aiming to create an atmosphere of everyone searching for goddesses.

You may not be beautiful, but you can discover beauty.

You may be a guy, but perhaps your aesthetic sense is quite refined.

You may not be a freshman, but you surely have thought of taking a stroll around the field to check out the pretty girls.

Jiang Qin had two goals in mind when planning this event. One was to increase the engagement of newly registered users on the forum, encouraging them to post and strengthening the stickiness between users and the website.

It’s like after you post something substantial on your social media, you keep checking it every 30 seconds to admire it again and see if anyone has complimented you.

When posting and replying becomes a habit, when users find a sense of belonging on the forum, then stickiness naturally increases.

Furthermore, once the competition heats up, situations of pulling people to vote will definitely occur. Through this word-of-mouth method, Zhihu can gain passive secondary publicity.

Of course, not many people will participate in this event at first, so Jiang Qin allocated funds to the two remaining employees to find some campus photographers to first act as shills to hype up the topic.

That guy Lu Feiyu can’t be idle either. He still needs to play both good cop and bad cop to stimulate the students’ competitiveness.

After arranging the follow-up tasks, Jiang Qin sauntered back to the dorm. Before even entering, he heard Ren Ziqiang’s grandiose voice.

“I’m telling the truth. An extremely pretty junior came to our department. Her eyes are so bright, as if they can talk. Simply stunning. And her voice is so gentle, warming your heart.”

Jiang Qin pushed the door open and saw Cao Guangyu pointing at him, “Is she as good-looking as his family’s girl?”

Ren Ziqiang paused, then waved his hand, “How could that be possible? Bro Jiang’s girl is beyond the normal scope of attractiveness.”

“What are you guys talking about?” Jiang Qin was confused.

Cao Guangyu immediately chimed in, “Old Ren attended the military training mobilization meeting for the class of ’09 Finance 2 today. Apparently he saw an extremely beautiful junior, but not as pretty as your family’s girl.”

Jiang Qin frowned at him, “Feng Nanshu and I are just good friends.”

“The moment we mention your family’s girl, you know it’s Feng Nanshu. ‘Good friends’ my foot.”

Ignoring him, Jiang Qin turned to Ren Ziqiang, “You little rascal, quite capable eh? Mixing with the freshmen class as soon as school starts?”

Ren Ziqiang smiled shyly, “It’s not that I’m capable. Old Lü is leading another freshman class this time and handed it over to Jiang Tian. I volunteered to be Jiang Tian’s assistant, that’s why I had the chance.”