130: Create an environment

"Third Brother, does this Senior Ni know you have a Girlfriend?"

Seeing the message sent by Chang Heng on his phone, Shen Qian smiled. He knew this guy was probably afraid of saying the wrong thing at the dinner table later, so he was asking in advance.

"Naturally she knows, but you guys don't need to bring it up deliberately. Actually, even if you did, it wouldn't matter, but it would make Ni Zixin feel like you're provoking her."

Chang Heng recognized every word, but when they were put together, he found it a bit difficult to understand.

What did he mean by 'naturally she knows'?

She knows Shen Qian has a Girlfriend and is still so intimate, and mentioning Tan Xinxin would be a provocation.

His brain probably stalled for a few seconds.

"Third Brother, this couldn't be... a Second boat?"

"Yeah."

Chang Heng found it hard to accept for a moment, but he soon did, and incidentally understood why Ni Zixin insisted on saying they were friends and not Girlfriend.

He exchanged looks with the other two, and they leaned in.

"I asked. This is Third Brother's Second boat. Be careful with what you say later."

"No way, Boss. It's so obvious, did you even need to ask?"

"Ah?"

"Yeah, it's way too obvious. This Senior can't wait to be glued to Third Brother. Even an idiot could see there's something fishy between them."

"But she might not know about Tan Xinxin's existence."

"Based on my understanding of Third Brother, this Senior definitely knows about Tan Xinxin. And haven't you noticed? Shen Qian never avoids being intimate with Tan Xinxin at school. Where would an ordinary scumbag dare to do that?"

Chang Heng looked at the two of them, feeling a bit lost. Without realizing it, had the gap become this large? When did these two evolve? Why didn't they bring him along?

During the meal, Shen Qian and Ni Zixin sat together, while the three of them were separated. The beautiful Seniors sandwiched them in the middle. For a moment, the three of them were in a daze, as if they had returned to a Business KTV.

Fortunately, they were still sober and didn't casually put their hands on the girls' thighs. Otherwise, even with Shen Qian there, the three of them would probably be beaten to death.

After the meal, the three of them had only drunk a little wine, but the Seniors obviously didn't plan to let them go and invited them to a second round of KTV.

Halfway through singing, Ni Zixin pulled Shen Qian out of the private room. The two hadn't seen each other for a few days, and with Shen Qian suddenly giving her such a big surprise, the girl was already impatient. She went to the front desk to open another private room with a restroom and pulled Shen Qian inside.

"You really have changed a bit. You wouldn't have been this bold before."

"Just a bit?" The girl slowly approached. "If I look back now, the past me definitely wouldn't recognize the current me. If it weren't for you, I might still be a little nobody in a corner. But now I have a stage, and I believe in myself—I will step onto even bigger stages in the future."

"Everything you said before was right, but you need to change that last sentence. It's not about believing you can step onto a bigger stage in the future, but believing in me. In the future, I might give you an even bigger stage."

"Yes, you're right."

Shen Qian believed Ni Zixin's confession, but only at this moment. He just listened and let it go.

Ni Zixin, in the end, was just a tool for him to bait Tao Yan. This general direction wouldn't change. She was indeed very grateful to him now, and might even be madly in love with him, perhaps even willing to give her life if he asked.

But who can say for sure what will happen in the future?

Maybe one day in the future, she would become conceited due to long-term self-confidence, and thus feel that everything she has now was earned through her own hard work.

There are many examples in reality of what happens when you lift a woman up.

So, Tao Yan is still needed. It's just that Tao Yan has an additional role: to keep her in check, so she doesn't get too arrogant.

[achievement Unlocked: Little Secret in the KTV]

[scumbag behavior recorded]

An hour later, Shen Qian and the girl came out of the private room. Her steps were a bit unsteady, but the love in her eyes had deepened by several degrees.

When the two returned, the three roommates and the other Seniors couldn't help but look at them with a bit of ambiguity in their eyes.

Over the past hour or so, the three roommates had almost exposed everything about Shen Qian, but most of it was just bragging about how rich he was, without revealing his relationship history.

After all, in their understanding, being a scumbag was not a good thing, so it was better to hide what they could.

But their understanding was ultimately too shallow. If these Seniors knew Shen Qian was a scumbag, they might only be more excited.

However, what the three of them said also led the girls to have some speculations. But it was only speculation. They had indeed seen Second-generation rich people who spent money like water, but Second-generation rich people weren't fools; they chose who they spent it on. In their eyes, Ni Zixin wasn't worth it.

They might spend a little money to coax her, but a piano worth over a million was absolutely impossible.

This was the cleverness of Shen Qian spending this money. His core target was Tao Yan, but when everyone knew that this money was spent on Ni Zixin, what would other girls who thought they were prettier than Ni Zixin think?

If she can do it, why can't I?

People are products of their environment. When an environment becomes favorable for Shen Qian, Tao Yan will have nowhere to run, even if that Boyfriend of hers guards her every day.

And next, Shen Qian would complete the final link in this environment.

After sending Ni Zixin and the others back, Shen Qian looked at his roommates again.

"What? Aren't you coming back to the dorm?"

Shen Qian had disappeared for over an hour. Since they were all young men with plenty of 'film' experience, they roughly knew what had happened. Yet under these circumstances, Shen Qian was actually going to stay out.

"Yeah, I'm not going back."

"Incredible!" Besides that, they had no other words to describe it.

He didn't go to his car, but instead walked until he reached the faculty dormitory building.

Unlike the student dormitories, the dorm manager of the faculty dormitory was, to some extent, more like property management and security. The dorm manager would only appear when the teachers needed them; otherwise, they just stayed there to prevent intruders.

Song Shulu came downstairs, looked at the dorm manager who was binge-watching a show, and then at Shen Qian standing outside the dormitory building.

After calming her emotions slightly, she walked toward the entrance. When she led a man into the dormitory building, the dorm manager didn't even see her.

"Teacher Song, what are you so afraid of?"

"That dorm manager is usually very gossipy. She knows I have a husband."

Shen Qian took off his coat and looked at the woman before him, whose face was slightly flushed from either nervousness or excitement, and said leisurely,

"Is that so? But, Teacher Song, aren't I your husband right now?"

[achievement Unlocked: A Branch of Red Apricot]

[achievement Unlocked: Thrill of Immorality]

[achievement Unlocked: Cao Family's Aman]

[scumbag behavior recorded]