I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

At the entrance of Shen Kang's apartment building, there were flower beds and trees on both sides. The light from the upstairs windows shone down, and with the streetlights not far away, the area was still quite bright.

Shen Kang was pulled by Feng Moquan into the shade of a tree, where their figures disappeared.

Feng Moquan finally spoke up: "It's that story you told me before National Day about that 'weird best friend' situation. The two of them were texting each other very frequently, which seemed hopeful, but it was actually very hopeless. The girl was just using the boy as an 'emotional dumping ground.' If this situation lasts for more than 40 days, it becomes dangerous..."

When Feng Moquan said that, Shen Kang finally remembered what the "story told before National Day" was.

After Feng Moquan finished speaking, he also said, "So you and Zhong Lin have been together for 40 days?"

Feng Moquan didn't speak, but simply nodded silently.

Shen Kang replied, "I think I saw you move slightly, but it's a bit dark here, so I can't see what you mean."

"..." Feng Moquan had no choice but to say, "Yes, 40 days have passed."

Shen Kang then asked, "And you're still in this state?"

"Yes."

"Didn't you do anything?"

"I confessed my feelings to her." Upon hearing this, Shen Kang perked up, wanting to grab a handful of sunflower seeds to listen while munching on them. Unfortunately, there was nothing around except a tree, so he could only listen. "How did you confess?"

"I just bought a bouquet of flowers and then invited her to a place where there weren't many people..."

Feng Moquan spoke softly.

After listening, Shen Kang felt a little regretful: It was just a very ordinary confession. He bought a bouquet of flowers, met her in a secluded place, and told her that he liked her. She replied that he was a good friend, but she didn't plan to date at the moment and just wanted to focus on her studies.

It was so bland and tasteless that it didn't even have that awkward part like arranging candles in a heart shape on the ground.

After speaking, Feng Moquan asked, "Do you think the timing is wrong? Is she really just planning to focus on her studies right now? If I wait a few more years until graduation, will I still have a chance?"

Feng Moquan looked at Shen Kang with hope.

He now genuinely believes that Shen Kang is a master of love: when he and Zhong Lin were chatting enthusiastically and everyone unanimously thought that he and Zhong Lin would naturally become a couple, only Shen Kang subtly hinted that he would fail if he confessed his feelings, and Shen Kang was right! Clearly, Shen Kang is a true master of love.

Therefore, Feng Moquan really wanted to hear from this master something like, "Yes, she is indeed focused on her studies now. As long as you stay with her and wait patiently for a few more years, she will definitely succeed."

This gives him hope.

It's like a drowning person desperately wanting a straw to save them.

But Shen Kang simply asked in return, "Do you believe it?" Feng Moquan thought for a moment and said, "I believe it."

"..." Shen Kang gave him a thumbs up.

When it comes to playing dumb and deceiving oneself, I, Brother Feng, am the best.

After giving Feng Moquan a thumbs up, Shen Kang said, "Since you believe it yourself, why did you ask me to come down here? You could have just waited."

After saying that, they were about to go upstairs.

But as soon as he took a step, Feng Moquan grabbed him again.

But Feng Moquan held him back without saying a word, just trying to stop him from running away, which was quite annoying.

"Luckily there are no mosquitoes now. If you dragged me here to feed mosquitoes in the summer and didn't say a word, I would definitely beat you up, you believe me?" Shen Kang said cursingly, but did not force himself to leave.

After a moment of silence, Feng Moquan finally spoke, letting out a long sigh: "Old Shen, tell me, how can I understand women like you do? If I understood women like you, I think I would be able to have an unbeatable relationship and date whomever I wanted."

His tone was full of envy.

Shen Kang then retorted, "Do you think I'm the Discipline Inspection Commission, able to talk to whomever I want?"

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Besides, trying to understand women is inherently impossible. Do you know anything about quantum mechanics?" Feng Moquan looked puzzled but nodded nonetheless. "I've heard a little about it, but I don't understand it."

Shen Kang: "Actually, the difficulty of dealing with women and quantum mechanics is about the same."

Feng Moquan was even more puzzled, wondering how a woman could be related to quantum mechanics: "How so?"

So Shen Kang started giving him an analogy: "Suppose you have a girlfriend, and for Christmas, your girlfriend wants you to give her a Nokia N96 phone."

"You said you wouldn't see her off, and she said she just wanted to test whether you loved her or not. Sure enough, you still don't love her."

"If you say you're giving it to her, she'll actually accept it and then say thank you with a big smile."

"So does she want this Nokia N96 or not? Before you gave it to her, she was in a superposition of wanting and not wanting, both states coexisting. She both wanted it and didn't want it, just like in quantum mechanics. But once you said you'd give it to her, she collapsed into a definite state of wanting it, just like in quantum mechanics."

In conclusion, Shen Kang said, "Since you don't understand quantum mechanics, why do you expect to understand women? So, don't date. Be a happy bachelor like me, how wonderful and joyful!"

Feng Moquan was a little dizzy and a little palpitated by what Shen Kang said, thinking that this thing was indeed hard to understand. As for Shen Kang's claim of being a bachelor, he was too lazy to care—Old Shen could say such self-deceiving lies eight hundred times a day, and he was truly a master of pretending to be confused and deceiving himself. His roommates were too lazy to bother with it.

Shen Kang glanced at Feng Moquan and added, "Old Feng, do you now feel that you love Zhong Lin deeply, that she's your one true love and that will never change?"

Feng Moquan thought for a moment and said stubbornly, "It's not that exaggerated." But that was actually what he thought, otherwise he wouldn't be feeling so bad.

Shen Kang said, "You're just a typical case of not having enough contact with girls..." He originally wanted to say that you had no choice, only one option, so he hypnotized himself to love the other person more, to contact more girls, and to have more choices. He also wanted Feng Moquan to go to the 302 study room more often to study and contact more girls, and to put it on Shen Kang's tab, as if he was paying for his brother to get rid of his emotional troubles.

But then I thought about it again, and Wang Pan was also my roommate. Wang Pan often went to the 302 study room, and he always paid for it himself.

If he only paid for Feng Moquan's bill, he wouldn't be able to explain it to Wang Pan.

So he swallowed his words back, silently thinking that he still needed to come up with something new to let Feng Moquan have more contact with girls.

So what should we do? Create something entirely new, or start with our existing shops and websites?

As Shen Kang pondered, he actually came up with an idea, and then began to think about it more deeply...

Feng Moquan stood to the side, intending to wait for Shen Kang to finish speaking, but seeing that Shen Kang stopped halfway through, he didn't wait any longer and confidently said, "Old Shen, are you thinking that if I interact with more girls, I won't like Zhong Lin so much anymore? You're mistaken."

Feng Moquan believed that his love for Zhong Lin was genuine. No matter how many other women he met, it wouldn't shake that belief.

Shen Kang was momentarily distracted by Feng Moquan's words. He glanced at him and said, "You'd better be. Here's what I'm planning: I'm thinking of putting together something that will allow you to meet more girls. Are you brave enough to participate?"

Feng Moquan subconsciously thought of something: "Study Room 302?"

Shen Kang shook his head: "No, it's something new. So, are you brave enough to participate?"

Feng Mo puffed out his chest. "What's there to be afraid of?" "Okay, if things go well, I'll sign you up first. Don't back out at the last minute."

"If I back down, I'll be your son!"

"Great, I've gotten a free retirement partner."...

The next day was Monday, the day when students went to class every day.

Shen Kang had something to do today, so he naturally skipped his morning class again and wandered over to A16.

A16 is the student entrepreneurship base of Yangko University of Science and Technology.

With Dai Qiu's help, Shen Kang's office space was approved smoothly. It was located on the second floor of A16, in rooms 211 and 212.

Shen Kang first went to the startup center office to get the key, then went to the second floor, taking the opportunity to look around the surrounding rooms.

These rooms are labeled with various names, such as Education Center, Spark Media, and even more prestigious ones like Zhilian Technology. But without exception, all the rooms only have signs on the doors; the doors are all closed now.

Looking through the windows facing the corridor, there was no one inside. It was unclear whether it was because the business had closed down or because it wasn't their office hours.

Because there was no one around, the walk was quite quiet and felt rather empty.

After arriving at the doors of rooms 211 and 212, Shen Kang opened the doors and went inside to look at both rooms. Like the rooms he had seen before, these two rooms were laid out as ordinary classrooms. There were no desks and chairs like in a regular classroom, but rather some chairs and long tables, which were more convenient for working. In addition, there were some whiteboards and other such items.

Perhaps because no one has used it for a while and no one has cleaned it, there is a lot of dust in the room.

Overall, Shen Kang was satisfied with the two rooms—mainly because the rooms and electricity were free, which was a real benefit from the school's support.

After checking the room, Shen Kang made a few phone calls to ask everyone if they were available. They finally decided to meet at the room at 12:30 pm, and then he left.

After lunch, seeing that it was almost time, Shen Kang carried some buckets, mops, and rags to the downstairs of A16 building—all of which he had bought at the boutique supermarket on Xiaodong Street.

When I got downstairs, I found that the members of the Singles Association, Ye Jintong, and Ma Liang were already there. These were all people who would be working in this office space in the future.

"Let's go."

Shen Kang called out, distributed some of the cleaning tools he had bought to others to help carry, and then led everyone upstairs to room 211.

"This will be the office space for our Beiming Community and Xianyu.com from now on..."

Yin Zhiqian looked around and was very satisfied with having a private office space that he could use at any time in the future.

Although their singles association is a formally registered club at the school, it's newly established and therefore doesn't have a fixed venue. Every time a club activity is planned, everyone has to apply for a venue several days in advance and wait for approval before they can hold a group activity.

Having such a venue will make activities much more convenient. The other members of the Singles Association shared the same thought as Yin Zhiqian, so they were all quite happy.

Some people thought of even more things.

"Mr. Shen, how is the electricity bill calculated here?" Ji Chunfu asked after looking around the room twice.

Electricity is free.

The overall climate in Yangcheng is quite good. The highest temperature in summer is often around 30 degrees Celsius, so many households in Yangcheng do not install air conditioning; an electric fan is sufficient.

However, it gets unbearable in winter, often dropping below 0 degrees Celsius. And since Yangcheng is in the south, there is no central heating, so many households have their own various heating methods.

For these students at Yangko University of Science and Technology, winter is also the most painful season.

High-powered electrical appliances are not allowed in the dormitories, so electric heaters are out of the question. The classrooms also don't have air conditioning or heating, so they're just as cold. Only the library has heating.

Therefore, libraries become especially popular in winter. Particularly during the weeks leading up to final exams, it's nearly impossible to find a seat.

The library at Yang-Tsing University of Science and Technology opens at 7 a.m. But in the weeks leading up to final exams, students start lining up at the library entrance as early as 5 a.m. every day—it's terrifying.

If you go at 7 o'clock, you definitely won't get a number or a seat. Yin Zhiqian and Ji Chunfu have also done this kind of thing—getting up early to queue at the library—and they know how painful it is.

But now things are much better; they have an office space that they can use long-term and that they can come to anytime!

If everyone chips in and buys an electric heater, wouldn't we be able to enjoy heating all day without having to queue up at dawn? And the electricity bill is completely free!

This is so awesome!

Everyone had thought of this too, and they were excitedly discussing it among themselves, making the room lively.

"Boss, you've finally done something decent again." Ye Jintong was quite satisfied with this.

As she spoke, she glanced next door, as if she could see through the wall into the next room: "This should be the office space for the Beiming Community, right? And isn't our Xianyu.com office space right next door?"

Speaking of this, Yip Kam Tong was very much looking forward to it.

This was her first time meeting these people from the Singles Association; she guessed they were the core members of the Beiming Community. These people would naturally work in the same office space, and this apartment would be quite suitable for them.

Ye Jintong herself is from Xianyu.com, not Beiming.com, so logically speaking, she should have another office space, such as the one next door—Shen Kang just mentioned that the room next door was also applied for by him.

Doesn't this mean that I'll be able to occupy an entire room by myself from now on?

Thinking about this made Ye Jintong even happier. She had even started planning how to decorate her office: Hmm, a desk was a must, and she could also try to get a cheap sofa so she could lie down and rest when she got tired of working, or even work while lying down. She could also get a small TV; relaxation and entertainment would help her work better… Ye Jintong could almost see her own little world, which was incredibly beautiful.

Shen Kang's words interrupted her reverie: "What are you thinking? Of course you'll be working here with them. Anyway, this place is huge; there's room for even more people."

Ye Jintong paused, somewhat unwilling, and began to try to find an angle: "No, after all, I'm not in the same system as them. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to just work together like this?"

Shen Kang chuckled, "In my plan, the Beiming Community's mission is to drive traffic to Xianyu.com, to be a traffic portal. Both of you need to work closely together to create a more comprehensive and effective plan, so it's not good for the two of you to work separately."

Ye Jintong tried several more angles, but Shen Kang refuted them one by one. Finally, he could only say, "Boss, you've already applied for two rooms. If you don't need to get the room next door, isn't it a waste of your application?"

Shen Kang glanced at her. "Who said we don't need it? If clients come in, that area can be used to receive them. We can't expect clients to conduct business in this place where you work, can we?"

Ye Jintong rolled her eyes. "We don't have any clients!"

As for her spare time website, it's all C2C, and there are no customers yet. Beiming Community, as a campus forum, could have sold some male profile pictures and had customers, but in Shen Kang's design, there was no space reserved for male profile pictures, so there's no way there could be any male profile pictures customers.

Just because it's not there now doesn't mean it won't be in the future...

Shen Kang casually spouted nonsense, saying a bunch of rubbish about considering things from a long-term perspective and making preparations in advance.

Ye Jintong looked at him suspiciously, and finally couldn't help but say, "Boss, you're not planning to abuse your power and turn this room next door into your own private room, are you?"

Shen Kang remained calm: "Nonsense, do you think I'm that kind of person? You're just judging others by your own standards, and you're being petty and narrow-minded..." Just as the two were arguing about the room next door, a man appeared at the door of room 211, looked inside, and sized him up.

Seeing this, Shen Kang quickly abandoned Ye Jintong, who was still pestering him to give her half the room, and went to greet the man at the door. "Hello, who are you looking for?"

The man looked at him and asked, "Is this the Beiming Forum?"

"Yes."

"I'm here to buy GG."

Upon hearing this, Shen Kang turned to Ye Jintong, who had followed him, and grinned, his meaning clear: See, we have a client now, don't we? My foresight was right, wasn't it?

Ye Jintong was a little confused: "Wait, bro, didn't you check the Beiming Forum page? There's no GG slot at all, what are you buying!"