I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

When Shen Kang received Yin Mingyang's call, he was in the campus of Yangcheng No. 13 Middle School, pushing his old bicycle toward the gate—riding bicycles was prohibited on campus.

"Is it going to be exposed that I'm being kept by a rich woman?"

Shen Kang was bewildered and helpless: "I've said it so many times, that's my investor. But why are you suddenly calling about this out of the blue?"

Instead of answering, Yin Mingyang asked, "Did you have your rich aunt send a convoy of cars to the school gate to show off for you today?"

"Uh...you could say that."

Although it wasn't for showing off, and he didn't want a racing team, Shen Kang was too lazy to explain.

"Wan Zihao and his friends saw you! The whole class group is talking about it now; it's quite a scene—a real spectacle of drums, firecrackers, red flags, and a sea of ​​people!"

Even through the phone, Shen Kang could almost see Yin Mingyang talking animatedly.

Then Shen Kang said "Oh".

Yin Mingyang on the other end of the phone was taken aback. "Oh? Aren't you going to do or say anything?"

Shen Kang retorted, "What do I care what they think? Even if they do what you fear and eventually suspect I'm being kept by a rich woman, so what? Will I lose a piece of my flesh? Will I lose a single penny?"

Public opinion can sometimes be incredibly valuable, capable of wiping out billions overnight, and at other times it can be completely worthless.

If public opinion harms his interests, Shen Kang will definitely try his best to reverse it.

But since his classmates' opinions wouldn't harm his actual interests, he was too lazy to waste his time on them—they didn't care if he thought he was Qin Shi Huang.

Yin Mingyang was stunned.

Yeah, will we lose a piece of meat? Will we lose a dollar?

He thought Shen Kang's words made a lot of sense! But when he tried to think about it, if he were in Shen Kang's shoes... although he knew the reasoning, he still couldn't seem to be able to be so carefree and indifferent.

He felt that he was still too concerned about what others thought.

"What should I say if they ask me about you?... No, someone's already asking me!" Yin Mingyang exclaimed.

"It's that simple, just say you don't know."

"Alright."

After hanging up the phone, Yin Mingyang gave a unified answer to the classmates who had asked him questions in the class group.

"I don't know."

Zou Jiajia sat in front of the computer, looking at the messages in the class group.

During this time, she felt that her relationship with Shen Kang was progressing rapidly!

She sent many QQ messages to Shen Kang, and Shen Kang would reply to them. He would also often send her "hehe" messages, which meant that Shen Kang was happy chatting with her.

Even when Shen Kang ends a chat, he always says "I'm going to take a shower"—he even tells me he's going to take a shower, which is a bit like spoiling me.

This steady progress in their relationship pleased Zou Jiajia, and after seeing You Junjie's description of the scene in the class group chat, she immediately started fantasizing:

In her fantasy, a convoy of luxury cars pulled up and stopped in front of her. Shen Kang, dressed in a formal suit, stepped out, elegantly extended his hand, and said to her, "Princess, please get in the car..."

I'm so excited I'm shaking!

However, Zou Jiajia also had a problem: how did he manage to be exposed? Sigh!

She was the first to post the message, "You Junjie, are you dreaming?", trying to stir up trouble, but she couldn't stop it...

Just then, someone sent a message in the class group chat.

"Wait a minute, I just saw Shen Kang leave the school gate, riding that rusty old bicycle! You Junjie, did you mistake him for someone else?"

In the class group chat, people were already discussing whether Shen Kang was the illegitimate son of an Arab prince in China. However, this message immediately sparked a new round of discussion.

Zou Jiajia's eyes lit up, and she quickly started typing, taking the opportunity to stir up trouble.

"Yeah, I just went to the school gate to buy shaved ice and saw him riding that old-fashioned bicycle out. According to you, didn't he leave school a long time ago?"

At the same time, Wan Zihao, sitting in front of his computer, was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: I had mistaken him for someone else! I knew it, nothing I thought was right!

So he quickly typed: "To be honest, it was a bit far away at the time, so I couldn't see very clearly. It just looked like Shen Kang, but it might not be."

Next, in the class group chat, some people said that Wan Zihao and the others might have mistaken him for someone else, some said that Shen Kang might have gone to school again for some reason, and the most outrageous ones even started to analyze whether the orphan Shen Kang had a twin who had been separated since childhood, and that the twin was a super rich second generation! Isn't that how Jackie Chan's "Twin Dragons" was portrayed?

In an instant, the entire northwestern Shanxi was thrown into chaos.

……

Shen Kang didn't care about anything in the class group chat: only graduates with nothing better to do had time to discuss these things; he was busy starting his own business.

After collecting data on mid-range and high-end residential areas in Yangcheng, going to the labor market to investigate, and returning to continue writing the plan... After a busy afternoon and evening, Shen Kang got up very early the next day, around 7 a.m., and sat in the living room waiting for Xiao Bonian to get up.

However, Aunt Zhang arrived first.

Aunt Zhang is their new housekeeper, a woman in her forties with dark skin and a rather introverted personality.

Shen Kang was the one who chose her. On her first day, when Shen Kang was chatting with her, he "inadvertently" brought up the matter of the previous Aunt Liang. He also said that President Zhou planned to sue Aunt Liang regardless of the cost, not for compensation, but to make trouble for Aunt Liang and teach her a lesson.

According to Shen Kang's observation, this Aunt Zhang was quite well-behaved.

Seeing Shen Kang sitting in the living room, Aunt Zhang paused for a moment, but still managed a smile as a greeting, before asking directly, "Little brother, are you having breakfast today too?"

Shen Kang replied with a smile, "Yes, Aunt Zhang, please prepare an extra copy for me today, just the same as Professor Xiao's."

"Okay, no trouble at all," Aunt Zhang said, and went to the kitchen.

A short while later, Shen Kang saw He Qiuzhu walking over from the bedroom.

She seemed to be awake, still half asleep, rubbing her eyes as she walked. She was wearing bunny slippers and a red and white Hello Kitty cartoon pajama set. Her hair was a little messy, and there were traces of drool at the corners of her mouth...

Upon seeing Shen Kang, she paused for a moment, then rubbed her eyes.

"Good morning," Shen Kang greeted her.

"Good morning," she replied softly, then lowered her head and rushed into the kitchen. She vaguely heard that Aunt Zhang was preparing her breakfast. After that, she rushed out of the kitchen and rushed back into the hallway near the bedroom without looking up.

After more than ten minutes, she came out again, wearing a black and white checkered dress that revealed her fair and slender legs. She wore a pair of red leather shoes, and her smooth black hair was draped behind her. Her face was fair and clean, and the drool at the corner of her mouth was gone. She had the air of a cool and aloof goddess.

Then I went straight to the restaurant.

Shen Kang was a little curious, so he followed her and sat down opposite her. "Why are you up so early?"

"I'm going to see Ruan Yue today," He Qiuzhu replied in a muffled voice, seemingly not in a good mood.

Shen Kang also remembered that woman; she was the one who came with a lawyer and claimed to be He Qiuzhu's friend on the day their family of four first met.

"You don't seem very happy. Don't you like her?" Shen Kang asked instinctively when he saw that she was in low spirits.

He Qiuzhu shook her little head. "I like her very much. We are good friends."

"Then why are you looking so downcast?" Shen Kang asked, puzzled.

He Qiuzhu didn't answer, but picked up a book she had placed there and pretended to read it.

Shen Kang chuckled, "You're holding the book upside down."

He Qiuzhu was startled, quickly grabbed the book and examined it carefully, then muttered angrily, "You didn't hold it upside down!"

"How are you going to get there later? By taxi?" Since moving here, He Qiuzhu seems to have lost her uncle's personal driver.

He Qiuzhu stopped reading and looked at Shen Kang. "Ruan Yue will come to pick me up. Shen Kang, why are you up so early today?"

"I'm waiting for Professor Xiao; I need to speak with him."

The two chatted casually for a while, and before long, Xiao Bonian and Zhou Man also came in. They were both taken aback to see the two of them sitting there.

"Up so early today? It's rare to see you guys at this hour."

"We both have things to do today. She's going to see a friend, and I need to speak with Professor Xiao." Shen Kang looked at Xiao Bonian. "Professor Xiao, can I come to the school with you later? I have something to discuss with you."

Xiao Bonian looked a little puzzled, then nodded, "Okay, no problem."

By this time, Aunt Zhang had already prepared breakfast.

After breakfast, Shen Kang followed Xiao Bonian downstairs, got into the passenger seat of Xiao Bonian's Accord, and drove out of the residential area towards Yangcheng University.

Yangcheng was a bit congested during the morning rush hour, with cars constantly stopping and starting.

As Xiao Bonian drove, he chatted with Shen Kang: "Is there something you want to talk to me about?"

"Professor Xiao, actually I'm planning to start a company and I'd like to create a website for it," Shen Kang said.

"Start a company?" Xiao Bonian turned to look at Shen Kang, somewhat surprised.

He knew Shen Kang was rich, after all, Zhou Man had given the kid 300,000 yuan, but he didn't expect that Shen Kang planned to use the money to start a company!

"Have you thought this through carefully? Running a company isn't that easy," Xiao Bonian said earnestly.

Shen Kang said, "I've thought it through very clearly, and I've done a lot of market research recently. I'm going to open a housekeeping company, starting with cleaning services. This is a business segment that no one else in the market can do right now. However, I've come up with a new model: by reviewing the industry ecosystem, comprehensively reviewing existing cases, thoroughly understanding the market environment, opening up new tracks in the fiercely competitive red ocean market, and then exploring blue ocean niches. With results as the fundamental logic, we will accumulate momentum, grasp customer granularity, and immerse ourselves in seamless integration..."