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Chapter 135 Your Old Father

Although Guo Pinyan lost, she was still a little unconvinced: "Old Shen, I feel like you were prepared, it wasn't something you came up with on the spot."

Shen Kang said, "Whether I've prepared it or come up with it on the spot, why don't you prepare it first? Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared."

"Then you wait, I'll go back and think it over carefully, and we'll have another competition next time." —

The three judges were all recruited from the street and were not familiar with them. So now that the competition is over, two of them are not saying much and are just quietly waiting for the milk tea to be made.

Only one of the boys, who was very tall, almost 1.9 meters, looked at Shen Kang and asked, "Hey classmate, let's get to know each other? My name is Yin Zhiqian, a third-year biotechnology student."

Shen Kang smiled at him and said, "Shen Kang, a freshman majoring in e-commerce."

Seeing Guo Pinyan and Liu Jing nearby, Yin Zhiqian introduced himself to them, then looked at Shen Kang and asked with interest, "Shen, those three jokes you told were really interesting. How about we add each other on QQ and chat sometime?"

After he finished speaking, he realized that what he said was a bit inexplicable, so he explained on his own: "I also like to write some jokes and post them on the Yangbei Forum."

Upon hearing this, Shen Kang became interested: "What's your ID on the Yangbei Forum? I might have even seen your posts."

Yin Zhiqian was a little embarrassed and said, "Your old father."

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After saying that, he immediately explained, "My ID is 'Your Old Father,' it's not to take advantage of you, don't misunderstand."

Shen Kang himself wanted to create an interest-based community, which was somewhat modeled after Yangbei Forum, so he often browsed Yangbei Forum. He also frequently visited the main section of Yangbei Forum, "You Say, I Say," and paid attention to some things, so he actually saw this ID before and remembered it.

"So you're 'your old father'? I've actually read your posts; they're quite well-written."

Shen Kang's words were not flattery.

In the "You Say, I Say" section of the Yangbei Forum, most of the discussions are between ordinary students who talk about campus current events and gossip. However, a few students also write jokes or anecdotes.

Among them is "Your Old Father," who often receives quite a few replies.

Shen Kang added, "I remember you wrote a story about counting off, about an instructor during military training who had students count off, and the students ended up hugging a big tree."

Upon hearing that Shen Kang had indeed read his post, Yin Zhiqian perked up and smiled sheepishly, "Actually, I also found the number reporting post elsewhere and then copied it to the Yangbei Forum."

"All writing is plagiarism, after all," Shen Kang said, then exchanged phone numbers and QQ numbers with Yin Zhiqian. Afterward, he asked, "By the way, Senior Yin, do you know any other people on the Yangbei Forum who, like you, like to write jokes?"

He didn't genuinely enjoy writing jokes or want to connect with people; rather, he was preparing for the future of the Beiming Community. The Beiming Community needed content to defeat the Yangbei Forum, so it needed content creators. And joke writers were excellent content creators.

Yin Zhiqian nodded. "I know two people. Would you like to meet them? I can introduce you sometime."

Shen Kang said, "Thank you so much. I thought you were a basketball player because you're so tall. I didn't expect you to like writing jokes."

Yin Zhiqian laughed and said, "You're right, I really am in the basketball club. Just like writing jokes, it's one of my hobbies—"

After chatting for a while, Zhu Jingdong finished making six cups of milk tea and handed them to the three judges. Yin Zhiqian thanked him and then took his leave.

Guo Pinyan then spoke up, asking curiously, "Old Shen, you also like writing jokes?"

Shen Kang casually made up a story: "I like to write a little when I have nothing to do."

Guo Pinyan was furious: "You fucking knew this all along!"

After his anger subsided, he felt less upset about the loss. Old Shen had come prepared, while he had only made things up on the spot. His loss was not unjust and was understandable.

Just then, a girl carrying books walked from the other end of Xiaodong Street leading to the teaching area, attracting the attention of many people along the way. It was He Qiuzhu.

She went straight to the milk tea window and greeted Guo Pinyan and Liu Jing, "Hello, Guo Pinyan, hello, Liu Jing."

Guo Pinyan was still furious when she saw her nuclear-level girlfriend, Shen Kang, arrive. She immediately said, "Hello, your man is terrible!"

He Qiuzhu's eyes lit up, thinking to herself that Lao Guo's words were really pleasant to hear.

Shen Kang knew that He Qiuzhu had class this morning, and last night he specifically told her to come to study room 302 after class.

Although he made this milk tea shop purely to match the social aspect of the 302 study room and it had nothing to do with He Qiuzhu, since the milk tea shop was already open and He Qiuzhu liked to drink milk tea, it was natural to inform her.

"Try it and see how it tastes."

As Shen Kang spoke, he directly inserted a straw into a cup of milk tea that had already been made, pausing for a moment—it was all because of Lao Guo's crude remark about "inserting a straw" earlier, making him feel strange even when inserting a straw now. Then he handed the milk tea to He Qiuzhu.

He Qiuzhu took the milk tea, took two sips, and said, "It's delicious. Shen Kang, is this the milk tea you guys have been researching these past few days?"

She's been coming over often these past few days, and every time she arrives she sees Shen Kang and the others researching milk tea.

Shen Kang nodded, "Hmm—" He went over the details about the real milk and tea leaves again, and finally said, "If you want to drink milk tea in the future, you're only allowed to come here. You're not allowed to buy it from Wonka Milk Tea. This money is only for me to earn, understand?"

"Okay."

Listening from the side, Liu Jing finally understood what was going on. She pinched Guo Pinyan and said, "Old Guo, look at him! He opened a bubble tea shop so his girlfriend could drink healthier beverages!"

Guo Pinyan hugged her and said, "Didn't I open a coffee shop for you? I don't even like drinking coffee. It's because you like it that I opened it."

"Really? This coffee shop was opened for me?"

"Of course it's true! I just thought it was too cheesy, so I haven't said it yet."

He Qiuzhu silently drank her milk tea beside him, her eyes glued to Shen Kang.

Shen Kang thought she looked like a little hamster, which was kind of cute, so he looked at her too.

He Qiuzhu looked away after being stared at for a while, then took two more sips and temporarily put down the straw, saying, "Shen Kang, are you free tomorrow?"

Shen Kang asked directly, "What do you want to do?"

"I made plans with Ruan Yue, but it's a bit far."

Shen Kang still remembered Ruan Yue; she was the woman who brought a lawyer to help He Qiuzhu review the contract the day he first met her. According to He Qiuzhu, Ruan Yue was also a good friend of hers, so he understood that she had a date with her best friend and wanted him to take her home, but he was still a little puzzled.

"It's already the 28th, and the National Day holiday starts the day after tomorrow. Why did you guys choose this time? Aren't you going to do it during the National Day holiday?"

"Ruan Yue is not in Yangcheng during the National Day holiday."

Shen Kang thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll pick you up tomorrow."

At the same time, she wondered if this counted as introducing her brother to her friend.

After making 20 cups of milk tea, Guo Pinyan paid and left with the milk tea. Before leaving, Shen Kang promised Liu Jing that he would prepare 50 trial vouchers for her, selling them to her for four yuan each, which would then be given directly to Guo Pinyan.

In addition, Shen Kang specifically instructed them to give the 20 cups of milk tea to their female classmates and friends. This is because women make up the majority of milk tea consumers, and giving them to women is a way to target customers as much as possible and develop as many potential customers as possible.

After finishing her milk tea, He Qiuzhu lingered with Shen Kang for a while before returning to her dormitory.

Shen Kang continued to keep an eye on things, selling milk tea sporadically, and instead of going to the cafeteria for lunch, he ate directly at the shop.

The work-study student who used to bring meals to the home and laundry room also started bringing meals to the staff of Study Room 302 after it opened, at Shen Kang's request. Now that Yanyu Chaji has opened, he's naturally bringing an extra portion. Anyway, he's already making two trips a day, so it doesn't increase his workload much.

It was while Shen Kang was eating at the restaurant that his phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Qian Ming'en calling.

Shen Kang was somewhat surprised.

Qian Mingen rarely called him, and he didn't know why.

"Feed." Shen Kang said, tucking his phone between his shoulder and tilting his head as he ate.

Qian Ming'en's voice came through the phone: "Where are you right now?"

"Study room 302, lunchtime."

"That's perfect. I've heard you mention your study room 302 before, and I said I'd go check it out, but I've been so busy with things that I haven't been able to go. Now that I have some free time, I'll go and see it for myself, which will be fulfilling my promise."

"Sure, you're welcome anytime. Dean Qian, when are you coming?"

"Let's do it now."

"Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Kang put it down, a little puzzled. He had indeed informed Qian Ming'en about opening the 302 study room before it opened, and Qian Ming'en had been somewhat worried, saying he would come and check it out, but hadn't. He thought Qian Ming'en had forgotten about it; why was he bringing it up again today? ————

Qian Mingen arrived quite quickly.

Shen Kang had just finished eating when Qian Ming'en arrived.

However, Qian Ming'en did not come alone; there was another person with him.

The man looked to be in his fifties, wearing black-rimmed glasses, with a slender build, thick hair, a buzz cut, and a polo shirt.

Judging from his position, Qian Mingen was slightly behind by half a step.

Who is this?

Shen Kang didn't recognize the stranger, but judging from Qian Ming'en's position, the stranger was probably a school leader with a higher rank than Qian Ming'en.

After glancing at the milk tea window, Shen Kang went out to greet them, "Welcome, welcome, welcome to inspect our 32nd floor."

Study room!