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Chapter 154 The Old Cow Wants to Eat Young Grass

Shen Kang looked at Yin Mingyang's face and, from his unusually flirtatious expression, discerned something. He was speechless: "Wait, didn't you say before that you liked a girl? How come you've turned around and taken a liking to a new one?"

Yin Mingyang firmly denied it: "What do you mean by turning around and taking a fancy to someone new? I just felt that she was a pretty nice person, and she was the one who took the initiative to talk to me just now."

After a pause, Yin Mingyang looked around to make sure no one was nearby, then asked in a low voice, "Do you think she has a crush on me?"

Shen Kang nodded haphazardly, humming twice, "Probably."

Yin Mingyang was very dissatisfied: "I'm asking you seriously!"

Shen Kang countered, "If she really likes you, would you choose the one you like, or the one who likes you?"

Yin Mingyang was taken aback, as if he hadn't considered this issue before. It was only when Shen Kang brought it up that he realized it.

Then he really started thinking hard. After a while, he asked, "Can I have both?"

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Shen Kang gave him a thumbs up, "You're awesome."

How come he never noticed in his past life that Yin Mingyang was so flamboyant when he was young? Maybe all those things Yin Mingyang said in his past life, like "I didn't date in college, I just played games," were lies—

A group of young men and women left a milk tea shop, each holding a cup of milk tea, and walked down the street. They were the same group of members from the Warm Sunshine Society of Qianlin National University who had previously volunteered at the Third Welfare Home.

The completion of a volunteer activity put everyone in a good mood, and they chatted and laughed. As the conversation went on, they started talking about the three college students they had met at the welfare home.

The first person we talked about was He Qiuzhu.

"That girl is so pretty." Several people, both men and women, exclaimed in admiration.

Hearing everyone praising how pretty the girl was, Fang Shiqi felt a little depressed.

This girl named Fang Shiqi is stylishly dressed, with long, wavy hair that reaches past her shoulders. She has a great bone structure and gives off a fashionable and beautiful vibe. She is the "flower of the Warm Sunshine Society".

Although Fang Shiqi had to admit that the girl named He Qiuzhu was indeed very beautiful, hearing everyone's unanimous agreement and praise still made her depressed—after all, she used to be the center of everyone's conversation.

Huang Jing, walking beside Fang Shiqi, noticed her best friend's expression and turned to a boy next to Fang Shiqi, asking, "Su Qianming, do you think that girl was pretty?"

Sure enough, just as she expected, the rather handsome boy named Su Qianming glanced at Fang Shiqi, smiled gently, and said softly, "Aesthetics are a very subjective thing. In my eyes, Shiqi is more beautiful."

Huang Jing let out a strange cry, and the others joined in the laughter and commotion, creating a cacophony of shouts: Everyone knows that Su Qianming likes Fang Shiqi and has been pursuing her, but he hasn't won her over yet.

Seeing that everyone's attention had returned to her, Fang Shiqi was much happier. She smiled faintly and didn't respond to what Su Qianming had said. Instead, she changed the subject, not wanting everyone to bring up the girl again. "Stop making a fuss. Why don't you talk about Huang Jing? We were all doing volunteer work just now, and Huang Jing was the only one who secretly went and chatted with that boy for a long time."

Huang Jing was very distressed: Sister, I see you're a bit embarrassed, so I deliberately provoked your suitor to back you up and save face.

Aren't you embarrassed? Is this how you repay me?

However, Fang Shiqi's words were quite effective, and everyone did indeed shift the topic to Huang Jing, and they started making a fuss again.

However, Huang Jing was quite outspoken, even a bit feisty, and said directly, "Yes, I've got my eye on him, is that wrong?"

This only fueled the commotion, and it was through their clamor that Huang Jing learned the boy's name was Yin Mingyang, and that he, like them, was a freshman at Qianlin National University. Moreover, Huang Jing acted quickly, already exchanging phone numbers with Yin Mingyang.

"Jingjing, you're like an old cow eating young grass," one of the girls teased with a laugh.

Some people said that since Huang Jing had taken a liking to him, why not bring Yin Mingyang into the Nuanyang Society as well? If everyone is in the same society, feelings will naturally develop over time.

Moreover, Yin Mingyang also came to the welfare home today, which means that he, like them, is enthusiastic about public welfare activities and should not refuse to join the Warm Sunshine Society.

The idea was unanimously approved by everyone, and Huang Jing also thought it was good.

Then someone went a step further and suggested, "We have an event tomorrow, so why don't we just have Yin Mingyang come along too?"

This suggestion was unanimously approved. Everyone also wanted Huang Jing to call Yin Mingyang on the spot so they could watch the performance, but Huang Jing said she would go back and make the call herself, which was a bit of a disappointment as she couldn't fulfill everyone's wish to see the performance.

At this point, the conversation naturally turned to the last of the three people they met at the orphanage—the boy.

Because Shen Kang went to see the director shortly after entering the orphanage, and they left again quickly after he returned half a day later, everyone had the shallowest impression of him. Apart from the title of "master", the only other impression they had of him seemed to be that he was "lazy".

After all, his two friends had been doing volunteer work and playing with the children, while he just disappeared for a long time before reappearing. What else could it be but laziness? Maybe he found a place and slept for half the day.

Therefore, everyone in the Warm Sunshine Society had a so-so impression of Shen Kang. Especially after Huang Jing learned from Yin Mingyang that Shen Kang was a student at Yangke University, a second-tier university, the stereotype of students from second-tier universities was further reinforced.

A group of people strolled along, sipping milk tea and chatting. As evening fell, they dispersed and went home.

After returning home, Huang Jing also went into her room and sent a message to Yin Mingyang, telling him about the Nuanyang Society's activity the next day and inviting him to come along.

When Shen Kang and the other two received Huang Jing's text message, they had already finished their visit to the orphanage for the day and were on their way back.

Yin Mingyang was sitting in the back seat of the car, bantering with Shen Kang, when his phone rang. He picked it up, his eyes widened, and then a wide grin involuntarily spread across his face. He eagerly shoved the phone forward, wanting Shen Kang to see it: "Old Shen, Huang Jing texted me, saying they have an event tomorrow and want to invite me. Does this prove she really likes me? I'm not wrong, am I?"

Shen Kang glanced at the message briefly, reading it in one go, before continuing to watch the traffic ahead. "There are two possibilities right now. One, she just sees you as a fellow philanthropist and wants to recruit you into the Warm Sunshine Society. Two, she's really interested in you, and the event is just an excuse to spend more time with you."

Yin Mingyang spat, "Nonsense, I know it's one of those two possibilities. Which one do you think is more likely?"

Shen Kang said, "I've never been in a relationship, so you're asking me this? You're asking the wrong question. I can only say that, based on my imagination, it's probably the second one. If she really likes you, this one is more likely."

Upon hearing this, Yin Mingyang's face lit up with a wide smile, his wrinkles crinkling up from laughing. He never imagined he would be the one being pursued; this feeling was exhilarating!

Shen Kang glanced at Yin Mingyang in the rearview mirror and thought to himself, "They say it's easy for a woman to pursue a man, but looking at Yin Mingyang like this, if Huang Jing really makes her move, she could win him over in no time. If she really wants to, she'll probably devour this virgin Yin in no time."

After enjoying himself for a while, Yin Mingyang lowered his head, preparing to reply to the message. However, his fingers moved back and forth, typing and deleting messages repeatedly. After a long while, he still hadn't sent a single message.

He was still a novice with no experience. After feeling smug, he slowly started to feel uneasy, afraid that his reply might not be good and that the other party might misunderstand. He had to carefully consider every word.

Not only that, Yin Mingyang also thought about tomorrow's "date". Although the text message said it was an activity of Nuanyang Society to visit and comfort the elderly living alone, in Yin Mingyang's mind, tomorrow would be his first date with Huang Jing!

What should I wear on a first date? What should I say? How can I make a good impression? ————

A thousand thoughts flashed through Yin Mingyang's mind, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. Finally, he simply looked up and said, "Old Shen, how about I talk to her and you come with me tomorrow?"

Shen Kang was exasperated: "She invited you, it was a date between the two of you, what's the point of me going?"

Yin Mingyang disagreed: "Look at what you're saying. I've seen some girls bring their best friends along on their first date with a guy."

"You're a boy, not a girl."

"Boys are the same." Yin Mingyang gave an example: "A guy in the dorm next to ours went on his first date with a girl, and he brought along his experienced best friend so that his best friend could act as his strategist and give him advice."

When Yin Mingyang said that, Shen Kang thought of the "strategist" type of content he had seen in some short videos in his previous life. He never expected that he would be dragged into becoming a strategist by his good friend back in 08.

Shen Kang declined a couple more times, but Yin Mingyang persisted relentlessly.

Shen Kang could only think about his schedule for tomorrow: he didn't need to worry about Xiao Qingxuan for the time being, let her be a good employee; everyone at Anjia Housekeeping was doing their own job, and it wasn't his business as the boss; the most important thing was that Xianyu.com needed to integrate online banking payment.

He had already discussed this matter with Li Su on the phone while he was at the welfare home after the group from Nuanyang Society left.

Currently, Xianyu.com cannot integrate online banking payment functionality.

They had experience connecting with banks to implement online banking payment systems, so they knew clearly that banks had requirements for merchants to access the online banking payment function. It wasn't something that any personal website could just do; there were quantitative indicators regarding the scale of business transactions.

Anjia Home Services initially secured its partnership with banks because of its substantial offline business volume, rapid business growth, expanding user base, and large workforce.

However, Xianyu.com does not currently have this capability.

Xianyu.com currently has only four employees: Shen Kang, Ma Liang, Ye Jintong, and Shi Jian—a typical student project. Its current customers are mainly students from Yangon University of Science and Technology, a relatively small number. Moreover, these students mostly use offline transactions and don't have a history of using online banking payments.

The only real use cases for online banking payments are the users that Ye Jintong brought in from the SOG anime forum, and the number of those people is even smaller at present.

Given the scale of the operation, it would be difficult to persuade banks to integrate online banking payment functionality for them—this was Shen Kang's assessment. Li Su shared the same prediction.

It seems that Xianyu.com can only integrate online banking payment functionality after it reaches a certain scale.

But what if we want to add a payment channel now to make it convenient for people from the S0G anime forum to use?

The result of Shen Kang and Li Su's discussion was to borrow a route, specifically the route through the An family's territory.

Anjia's official website offers online banking payment functionality. Xianyu.com can partner with Anjia and utilize Anjia's online banking payment service.

He has arranged to discuss the specific plan with Li Su tomorrow.

"I really have something to do tomorrow."

Shen Kang said this, then changed the subject: "But you can ask her first, is your date tomorrow morning or afternoon? If it's a full day, I definitely can't go. If it's half a day, I can adjust my schedule to go with you. But I can't be your strategist, I'm just going with you."

Yin Mingyang immediately beamed with joy. "Then let me ask." He then sent a text message asking for the time.

Upon receiving Huang Jing's reply, Yin Mingyang immediately reported, "This afternoon, Old Shen!"

"Okay, I'll take care of some business tomorrow morning, and then we'll go together."

After Shen Kang finished speaking, he glanced at He Qiuzhu in the passenger seat next to him and asked, "What about you? Do you want to come with us tomorrow?"

He Qiuzhu shook her head: "President Zhou said he's going to take me out to play tomorrow."

As she spoke, her eyes showed some hesitation. On one hand, she wanted to go out with Shen Kang, and on the other hand, she wanted to go out with Zhou Man. She felt it was a difficult choice. However, since Zhou Man had invited her first, she should go with Zhou Man according to the principle of first come, first served.

When Shen Kang heard that Zhou Man was going to take He Qiuzhu out, he didn't say anything more: "Okay then."

At this moment, Yin Mingyang, who was behind, sent a text message to Huang Jing on the other side, asking if it would be okay for him to bring Shen Kang along.

A while later, Huang Jing sent a text message saying that everyone was doing charity work and there were more and more people involved, so of course it was possible.

This finally allowed Yin Mingyang to breathe a sigh of relief.

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