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Chapter 138: Hopefully, no reader is looking in the mirror in this chapter.

"what?"

Jin Chao was even more confused. "It doesn't matter whether I sell or not, right? Why not?"

Shen Kang, however, simply replied, "For personal reasons, I cannot disclose."

Jin Chao had been Shen Kang's roommate for over a month and knew that if Shen Kang didn't want to talk about something, asking wouldn't help, so he stopped asking and started to think about it silently.

Just then, Feng Moquan returned. As soon as he entered the dormitory, he saw Shen Kang and said, "Old Shen, I've thought about it, and I've decided not to work for you anymore. Today will be the last day."

Shen Kang glanced at him. "No problem. You want to do it yourself?"

Feng Moquan wasn't as embarrassed as Jin Chao had been, and directly admitted, "Yeah. I've been researching your trial voucher lately, and I've discovered something—it's the last chance to get on board! If I don't sign up now, I'll miss the last opportunity. You know, I'm not single anymore, and I need to save money for the future, so of course I can't miss this opportunity."

Feng Moquan spoke with great enthusiasm, unable to hide his anticipation.

At first, he did think that working like this was fine, and he didn't need to live in fear like Jin Chao.

But as time went by, he watched as the price of the experience vouchers rose day by day, and he also watched as Jin Chao's assets increased day by day, tumbling upwards. As a result, Feng Moquan became more and more unable to stand it.

If you don't make the money you could have made, then you've lost money.

In particular, he and Jin Chao both believed that 6.5 yuan was the upper limit for the price of the experience voucher, and now the price of the experience voucher had reached 5 yuan, so this was the last chance to get on board!

So Feng Moquan finally made up his mind to start his own business. He'd been helping Shen Kang collect and sell coupons these past few days, earning a hundred a day, which meant he'd made several hundred. With that capital, he decided to catch this last train.

Just as Feng Moquan was envisioning the future, Shen Kang poured cold water on his hopes, "Old Feng, I have something to tell you. I'm going to be selling trial vouchers in bulk for five yuan each from now on—"

Shen Kang then told Feng Moquan what he had just told Jin Chao.

Feng Moquan was struck dumb, and like Jin Chao, he kept asking why. Shen Kang only said it was for personal reasons and that he couldn't reveal anything.

After telling his two roommates about it, Shen Kang ignored them for the time being and started browsing the internet.

He had previously hired people to hand out flyers for Xianyu.com at the entrances of various dormitory management stations, and the new trial vouchers also featured Xianyu.com's promotional materials. In addition, with the promotion of promotional materials from Yangbei Forum, Xianyu.com's traffic since the start of the campaign has been quite good and has been steadily increasing.

The most important thing is the buying and selling of experience vouchers.

This has now become the mainstay business of Xianyu.com. Click into the "Tickets" section, and there are hundreds of posts about buying and selling experience vouchers.

Besides experience vouchers, other secondhand items are now being bought and sold online, such as secondhand bicycles and secondhand MP3 players.

If you're buying or selling secondhand items on the Yangbei Forum, you'll need to go into the secondhand section and browse through the posts one by one. But on Xianyu.com, you can simply search in the search box on the homepage. For example, if you want to buy a secondhand bicycle, just search for "bicycle" in the search box, and all the bicycles currently being bought and sold on Xianyu.com will automatically appear.

This convenience greatly attracted customers to the Yangbei Forum's Yangke University Campus Second-hand section. Many customers began to use Xianyu.com to replace the trading function of the Yangbei Forum's Second-hand section, resulting in a significant decrease in trading posts on the Yangke University Campus Second-hand section.

Several students from other schools have even posted secondhand trading information on Xianyu.com. However, currently, the vast majority of Xianyu.com's customers are still students from Yangko University of Science and Technology.

As Shen Kang was watching, Feng Moquan leaned over, looking a little embarrassed. "Old Shen, um—I think I'll continue working for you."

He thought for a while and realized that since Lao Shen was doing this kind of thing, he wouldn't make much money working alone, so he might as well continue to take a salary.

"no problem."

Shen Kang turned to look at him, noticing the embarrassment on his face, and then changed the subject: "Speaking of which, National Day is coming soon. Didn't you say you were going to give Zhong Lin a gift? Have you decided what to get her?"

Speaking of this, Feng Moquan perked up, "I've got my eye on an MP4 player, a big screen one, it's 699 yuan, I'm planning to give it to you. Lao Shen, what do you think?"

"," Feng Moquan said, looking at Shen Kang with an expression that said, "Teacher, do you think I did this question correctly?"

There was nothing they could do; after all, Lao Shen had such a beautiful girlfriend, and a cold, aloof guy who rejected any advances from other women. In Feng Moquan's mind, Shen Kang was definitely the "most romantic" among the four of them in their dorm.

Even if Shen Kang didn't ask, he wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Shen Kang about this and ask for Shen Kang's opinion.

"You two are dating, so you can give each other whatever you want," Shen Kang replied vaguely, not intending to get involved in such matters.

Feng Moquan persisted, eager to know if he had answered the question correctly. "Give me your opinion, Lao Shen. Do you think it's okay for me to give this?"

Seeing that he kept pestering him with questions about even something as simple as giving a gift, Shen Kang couldn't help but ask, "Is this your first time dating?"

Feng Mo stiffened, then immediately straightened his neck: "I've had a few relationships, but they were all in junior and senior high school. Back then, it was just taking my girlfriend out for snacks from the school gate and giving her pencil cases and such. This is the first time I've given her something so expensive, so I wanted to ask for your opinion."

"Since you have so much dating experience, and I've been single since birth, asking for my opinion is pointless. I don't know as much as you do."

After Shen Kang finished speaking, he thought to himself, "Judging from your attitude, if this weren't your first time dating, I would have eaten the shit in this whole dormitory."

After listening to Shen Kang's words, Feng Moquan thought to himself, "You've been single since birth?" Then he chuckled and said, "Old Shen, as the saying goes, two heads are better than one. Is this gift of mine any good? I'm begging you, please don't force me to kneel down and beg you."

"Then try kneeling down."

"I'm really kneeling."

"Then kneel down. If you don't, you're my grandson."

"Don't push me, I'm not very bright!"

"You talk as if someone's got a brilliant brain."

The two argued for a while, but Feng Moquan refused to kneel. Instead, he kept pulling Shen Kang and insisted on asking if it was okay for him to give gifts the way he did.

Shen Kang felt quite disappointed that he wouldn't kneel.

Finally, after being tormented by him to no avail, he simply said, "If a girl likes you, you should give her an MP4 player."

She'll most likely like it, but if a girl doesn't like you, even if you give her three MP4 players, it won't work. I see you texting Zhong Lin so enthusiastically every day, and your phone light is still flashing on your bed even after the lights are off, so you should be able to give her anything. Trust yourself!

Upon hearing this, Feng Moquan thought it made sense, but for some reason, he still felt a little uneasy and couldn't help but ask, "Old Shen, do you know any situations like Zhong Lin and I, who chat enthusiastically every day but never become a couple?"

He wanted to hear "no" from Shen Kang, but Shen Kang actually said, "That is indeed possible."

Feng Moquan was startled and reacted strongly. "No way, if they're chatting this enthusiastically, how can they not be boyfriend and girlfriend? That can't be right! You're kidding, aren't you?"

Shen Kang was too lazy to argue with him. "Then just take it as me talking nonsense."

Feng Moquan paused for a moment, then said, "Why don't you tell me, Lao Shen? In what situations do people who are having such a lively conversation like us not yet become boyfriend and girlfriend? I'm just curious."

"I heard it from a friend, I don't know if it's true or not," Shen Kang said, issuing a disclaimer first.

Then he continued, "The specific manifestations of this situation are as follows."

"1. She'll reply to your messages, and they'll be quite long. 2. She'll proactively message you and even share her daily life. 3. Sometimes you'll chat until midnight, and you'll be feeling incredibly happy in bed, thinking you've got her all figured out."

"4. She will tell you a lot about herself and her negative emotions, such as how her boss always bullies her. This will make you feel that she trusts you."

"Everything makes you think she's interested in you and that you'll be together soon."

"But you'll find that something's not quite right, there's always that little bit missing, an inexplicable sense of confusion."

Feng Moquan became increasingly panicked as he listened. All the points Shen Kang mentioned were true! Even his thoughts were exactly the same as Shen Kang's.

Shen Kang continued, "You've noticed that, firstly, most of your conversations revolve around her. She's very talkative, but she rarely asks about you. She shows a lack of concern and curiosity towards you."

Another hit! The first shot rang in Feng Moquan's mind.

"2. Whenever you try to push things a little and say something ambiguous or sweet, like you dreamed about her or gave her a nickname, she will pretend not to understand and try to get away with it by making jokes, making you feel like there is an invisible wall between you."

Another shot! A second shot rang in Feng Moquan's mind.

"3. When we meet up, it's always something between friends, like eating out. There's no interaction like that between a couple, and there's basically no physical contact."

"Shot in!" Feng Moquan thought to himself, as if a third shot had been fired.

"4. She often vents her negative emotions to you. Regarding relationships, you feel that she is disheartened and doesn't want to be in a relationship. However, you have a wishful thinking that you are special and that you can influence her and warm her heart."

Feng Moquan was riddled with problems.

"5. She often confides in you about her admiration and longing for people with high abilities and good looks. She has relatives, friends, and classmates in her life whom she approves of."

Feng Mo was covered in wounds.

"6. You've been talking for quite a while, but your relationship hasn't made any real progress. If you calm down, you'll realize that you're still at the 'good friends' level, and haven't reached the sweet and intimate stage at all."

At this point, Shen Kang glanced at Feng Moquan and said, "If you've ever had an ambiguous relationship with a girl, you'll know what I mean by the level of ambiguity."

This "weirdly best friend" relationship isn't ambiguous at all. If it lasts for more than 40 days, it's not normal. Trying to confess or take things further at this point is basically a recipe for failure.

Feng Moquan, who was already covered in wounds, suddenly came back to life when he heard the number "40 days"!

It's only been thirteen or fourteen days since he and Zhong Lin started chatting so enthusiastically, less than half of the 40 days!

Feng Moquan perked up, but he was even more curious: "Old Shen, from what you've said, they seemed to be getting along quite well, so how come they didn't become boyfriend and girlfriend?"

If Ouyang Yu were here, she would definitely ask a similar question. Teacher Shen, according to your "text message coefficient," isn't that a very high coefficient? How come you can't become boyfriend and girlfriend?

Then Shen Kang would tell him that love is complicated, and there are many factors to consider when judging the likelihood of success; the text message coefficient is just one reference.

However, since Ouyang Yu wasn't there, Shen Kang spoke directly: "Someone who truly likes you will care about your feelings, instead of just talking about themselves and using you as a dumping ground. Someone who likes you won't frequently express praise and longing for other women in front of you. If she likes you, she'll most likely subtly hint that you must have many girls who like you, testing the waters."

Upon hearing this, Feng Moquan couldn't help but wonder to himself, had Zhong Lin ever subtly hinted at this to him?

After some thought, the answer is no.

However, he quickly found another angle: after all, he and Zhong Lin had only been chatting for about ten days, and girls are usually shy, so even with such subtle hints, they probably wouldn't dare to do it. She'd probably do it after a while.

Shen Kang continued, "In short, she genuinely considers you a friend because she feels you don't meet her standards for a boyfriend. You're not strong enough, not handsome enough, but you're a good person. You're gentle, patient, like to listen to her, and love to help her. You're an excellent friend and an excellent conversation partner."

"Or rather, it's an excellent emotional dumping ground."

Upon hearing this, Feng Moquan's face paled, a vague sense of foreboding creeping over him. But he immediately reassured himself, "40 days, 40 days! Old Shen's system is based on a 40-day timeframe. I've only had a little over ten days, so it doesn't fit Old Shen's system."

Shen Kang and Feng Moquan finished their casual conversation, still somewhat unsatisfied, when he caught a glimpse of someone suddenly standing beside him out of the corner of his eye, which startled him. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was Jin Chao, who had somehow appeared beside him, taking notes in a small notebook.

"Old Jin? Weren't you just sitting there thinking about the trial vouchers? What were you writing down?" Shen Kang asked subconsciously.

Jin Chao closed the notebook in his hand. "You're already selling trial vouchers for five yuan each, so there's no point in me thinking about it anymore." After saying that, he walked back and sat down again, without answering Shen Kang's question about what he was writing down.

He's recording his inspiration.

Since Shen Kang's trial voucher business is no longer viable, he has no choice but to shut it down. Perfect timing, now he can bring "Taoist Masters on Campus" back on the agenda.

I just saw Shen Kang talking so enthusiastically, so I came over to jot it down as inspiration. Maybe I can use it in "Taoist Masters on Campus" later.

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