I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

The queue in front of the lobby counter moved forward little by little, and it was almost Shen Kang and his group's turn.

Shen Kang and the others stopped standing there and went to join the queue.

The teachers and students of Pingxi College discussed it and then joined the queue, right behind Shen Kang and the others.

There was already a crowd of students at the counter. When the two teams went over, everyone saw that they were all there to participate in the competition, so they greeted each other and got to know one another.

So we learned that there were four participating teams: Pingxi College, Huayi Teachers College, Qiannan Nationalities University, and Yangke University.

The teachers and students of Huayi Teachers College are checking in now.

In the group, the two girls looked around and then focused their attention on Shen Kang. They whispered among themselves, thinking that Shen Kang was the most handsome of all the boys, outshining all the others.

Some extroverted students even chatted with students from other schools.

Since everyone was here to participate in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, the easiest thing to talk about was the competition itself. We talked about our respective tracks: Yangko University of Science and Technology, Pingxi College, and Huayi Teachers College were all participating in the challenge competition, while Qiannan University for Nationalities was participating in the practical competition.

After announcing the track, everyone started chatting about the competition, and naturally, they also talked about their respective teams' events.

When talking about their competition projects, Yao Shubin, the captain of Huayi Normal College and the captain of Hepingxi College, were quite confident, after all, they were all elites who had fought their way up from the school and city-level competitions.

Shen Kang, the team leader from Yangke University, was holding his phone, head down, sending text messages, and didn't participate in the discussion—Zhou Man had sent a message asking about their hotel stay.

This sudden text message further convinced Shen Kang that Zhou Man had deliberately arranged the hotel change. So he replied, pretending he knew nothing, and simply said the hotel was quite nice.

To outsiders, his demeanor made him appear somewhat introverted and unapproachable.

So the captain of Qiannan Nationalities University didn't wait any longer and spoke up directly: "Actually, there's nothing wrong with the challenge competition, but I still think that the actual combat competition is more challenging."

Qiannan Nationalities University sounds similar to Qianlin Nationalities University, but they are not the same school. Furthermore, Qiannan Nationalities University is not located in Yangcheng, but rather in Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.

The captain of the team from Qiannan University for Nationalities is named Yu Zeliang, and he has dark skin.

After saying that, Yu Zeliang continued, "Of course, once I actually started doing it, I realized how challenging it was, but I managed to persevere."

Without anyone else asking, Yu Zeliang pulled out a cell phone and said, "Here, this is the business."

One of the students took a look and was quite surprised. "Nokia? You got the Nokia distribution rights?!"

Yu Zeliang pointed his finger in the air, "Look more carefully."

The student looked more closely and noticed the difference—Nokia's English name is NKA, and this phone's English name is NKA.

"No... open?"

Yu Zeliang said, "We usually call it 'Nokia Duck,' like the duck in 'duck.'" As he spoke, he pulled out a cell phone from his body, "And this one, Motorola Spicy, like the spicy in 'chili pepper.'"

Everyone now understands what kind of business this team is doing in their practical competitions—selling counterfeit mobile phones.

Yu Zeliang said, "I know some of you might think selling counterfeit phones is wrong, but that's student thinking. Last month, our team earned 38,000 yuan!"

Yu Zeliang held up three with one hand and eight with the other.

"Thirty-eight thousand!" Everyone was shocked.

Yu Zeliang, on the other hand, had a weary expression, as if he had seen through the illusions of the world. He shook his head and said, "Adults only care about interests."

Adults only care about interests... The students pondered these words, thinking about the number "thirty-eight thousand," and looking at Yu Zeliang's weathered expression, they felt that Brother Yu was too mature.

Afterward, Yu Zeliang completely took control of the conversation, talking about his business experiences and involving many business people and people from outside the school. The students around him were stunned, realizing that Brother Yu was indeed very mature and not at the same level as them.

The two girls from Huayi Normal College also shifted their attention away from Shen Kang and focused on Yu Zeliang, feeling that Brother Yu was more charming.

However, they didn't get to see it for long. Soon, the procedures for Huayi Teachers College were completed.

The teacher in charge called everyone to leave, telling them to go to their rooms and put their luggage down first, and then the group left.

Jiang Chuan, the team leader from Huayi Normal College, walked at the front, holding a plastic cup of orange-red beverage, looking a bit depressed.

He had originally wanted to shine in front of that very pretty girl from Yang University of Science and Technology, but it seemed that Yu Zeliang had stolen the spotlight from him...

At the same time, two middle-aged men walked over, followed by two young followers.

This kind of setup is also very common in the lobby of the Haobo Hotel today. You can tell at a glance that it belongs to people attending the business conference hosted by Niu Haisheng.

It seemed they were heading to the front desk to check in, but as they passed by the group of teachers and students from Huayi Normal College, one of the men accidentally bumped into Jiang Chuan.

Caught off guard by the sudden collision, Jiang Chuan spilled his drink on the middle-aged man, staining most of the right side of his black suit red.

The middle-aged man flew into a rage and grabbed Jiang Chuan's arm, shouting, "Don't go yet!"

One of his henchmen quickly pulled a handkerchief from his bag and came over to try wiping the wound.

Upon seeing this, the teacher leading the group from Huayi Teachers College quickly came up as well.

The middle-aged man started yelling at Jiang Chuan: "Can't you watch where you're going?!"

The teacher leading the group from Huayi Teachers College arrived at that moment.

The teacher in charge hadn't noticed this area before and didn't know what was going on, but upon seeing the scene, he saw that the man's suit was mostly stained red, and quickly apologized, "I'm so sorry..."

Jiang Chuan was already a little annoyed, and now that he had clearly seen the man bump into him, and then this man tried to accuse him first, he retorted, "I was walking along just fine, you clearly bumped into me yourself!"

The middle-aged man laughed angrily. "You mean, I bumped into you, caught your drink with my clothes, and got my own clothes dirty? Am I out of my mind?!"

Jiang Chuan said, "Anyway, that's how it is..."

An argument broke out, and the noise quickly attracted the attention of people nearby.

Niu Haisheng was chatting with someone in the lobby lounge when he noticed the commotion and looked over.

A shopkeeper nearby said, "What's going on, Mr. Xiang? Why are you getting into a scuffle with a child?"

Niu Haisheng waved his hand, displaying the air of a big brother, and said, "Let's go take a look."

As he spoke, he led the way in that direction.

The other business owners nearby naturally followed suit.

At the counter, Shen Kang and his group were already processing the paperwork when they noticed the commotion and looked over.

The hotel, of course, noticed the situation and sent someone to handle it. The hotel staff behind the counter remained calm and orderly, processing everyone's paperwork without moving or causing any disturbance.

Mao Manyi and Xu Wenjie were about to complete their procedures and were standing near the counter.

After looking in that direction for a while, Mao Manyi lowered her voice and said, "It looks like a fight is about to break out."

Xu Wenjie then said, "The hotel staff have gone over too, so a fight shouldn't break out, right?"

Mao Manyi complained, "This is really outrageous. How could something like this happen in the lobby of a big hotel?"

Then Mao Manyi worried for a moment and said, "I think we should just stay in Yangcheng and not go to the other places."

Xu Wenjie hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Mm."

When they were in Taiwan, they had heard some news about highway robbers and other such incidents.

Looking at it now, the people here are indeed quite barbaric. They seem ready to fight at the slightest provocation in the lobby of a five-star hotel in the provincial capital. If they went to a more remote place, it could really be dangerous...

When the incident occurred in the lobby on the first floor

Sun Hongjun had already returned to the monitoring room and gone inside.

Sun Hongjun thought it would be best to keep an eye on Shen Kang and accompany him throughout the process, but based on his prediction of Shen Kang's personality, doing so would only backfire, so he gave up on the idea.

As soon as they entered the monitoring room, they heard Sun Yu's voice from the monitor, "Mr. Sun, something's happened in the lobby!"

"Something's happened?!"

Sun Hongjun's heart tightened, and he quickly took two steps forward. Then, he saw the argument taking place in the lobby through a surveillance camera.

What bad luck! I just left and this happened right after.

Sun Hongjun cursed inwardly and hurriedly walked outside.

……

Niu Haisheng was closer to the scene and had already led his men to the location of the dispute.

"Mr. Xiang, why are you arguing with a child?"

Niu Haisheng walked up to Mr. Xiang and said something first. Only after he finished speaking did he notice Mr. Xiang's suit, which was stained red. This made Niu Haisheng laugh: "Haha, it's even dyed. How festive!"

This Mr. Xiang is none other than Xiang Lingdong.

Seeing Niu Haisheng approach, Xiang Lingdong still couldn't hide his anger: "Mr. Niu, it's not that we're arguing, it's just that this kid spilled his drink on my clothes. Is it wrong for me to make him apologize?"

Before Niu Haisheng could even voice his opinion, Jiang Chuan spoke up first: "You bumped into me yourself, why should I apologize!"

Xiang Lingdong laughed. "Mr. Niu, you be the judge. He says I bumped into him and used my own clothes to catch his drink. Do you think that's reasonable?"

Jiang Chuan didn't give Niu Haisheng a chance to speak, and preemptively said, "That's how it is!..."

Niu Haisheng watched this scene and chuckled to himself, thinking, "You, Xiang Lingdong, are already quite old, yet you're getting involved in this trivial matter with a little kid. Don't you find it embarrassing?"

The teachers leading the group from Huayi Normal College noticed that teachers and students from other schools were looking over in the lobby, and they gradually gathered around.

He also wanted to resolve this matter as quickly as possible, to make a small thing disappear and avoid giving others a spectacle. So he shouted, stopping Jiang Chuan, "Alright! Jiang Chuan, apologize to this gentleman."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chuan looked unconvinced and felt wronged, pursing his lips tightly.

The students from Huayi Teachers' College were indignant and dissatisfied, saying, "Teacher Zhai, this person bumped into us on his own." "Yes, we saw it clearly, he bumped into us himself, why should Jiang Chuan apologize?"...

Teacher Zhai hesitated upon seeing this.

Seeing this, Niu Haisheng thought to himself, "It seems that Lao Xiang might really have been walking without looking where he was going and bumped into something."

So he coughed and began, "President Xiang..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xiang Lingdong interrupted him.

"What's up, Mr. Niu?"

Xiang Lingdong looked at Niu Haisheng with a half-smile, "You also think I bumped into it myself? Or do you expect me to apologize?"

Upon hearing this, Niu Haisheng felt the gazes of the surrounding business owners, which made him laugh heartily. "Of course not. Didn't you just ask me to judge? I think you're right. How can you bump into someone and use your clothes to catch their drink?"

These people were all guests invited by Niu Haisheng to attend the meeting, and Niu Haisheng obviously couldn't side with the students.

"Mr. Niu is the most reasonable one."

He praised Ling Dong and then started tugging at the boy named Jiang Chuan.

Faced with the students' anger, the teacher in charge, Ms. Zhai, dared not force Jiang Chuan to apologize and was in a real headache.

At this moment, the hotel staff came over and tried to persuade him, but Xiang Lingdong didn't give them any face.

More teachers and students gathered around, including some from Qiannan Nationalities University. Then, some students from Huayi Teachers College looked towards the Qiannan Nationalities University students, their eyes filled with hope as they looked at Yu Zeliang. After all, in Yu's previous account, he had presented himself as a seasoned and experienced man; perhaps he had a solution?

But Brother Yu remained silent and made no move.

However, the teacher in charge of the team from Qiannan University went up to try and mediate, but it was no use, and Xiang Lingdong still rejected him.

After several such encounters, Xiang Lingdong's temper seemed to be escalating, his language becoming increasingly foul, and his actions more violent, as if he were about to make a move at any moment.

Just then, Chen Kexu, who had been standing motionless like a clay bodhisattva beside him, seemed to have seen something and suddenly stepped forward, pressing down on Xiang Lingdong's hand that was clutching Jiang Chuan's clothes.

"?"

Xiang Lingdong looked at Chen Kexu with a puzzled expression.

Chen Kexu then brought his mouth close to Xiang Lingdong's ear, his lips moving as he whispered something.

Xiang Lingdong's expression gradually changed, and his eyes darted around as if he were looking for someone.

The onlookers nearby found this strange, and many of them subconsciously followed Xiang Lingdong's gaze, searching around for the unknown object.

Finally, Chen Kexu stretched out his finger and quietly pointed in a certain direction.

Xiang Lingdong's gaze followed.

Seeing this, everyone subconsciously looked over and saw that where Xiang Lingdong's gaze was focused was a young man in front of the hotel lobby counter.

The young man was quite handsome, and looked like a college student. He was talking to a man who looked like a teacher in his forties next to him.

Seemingly noticing everyone's gaze, the young man looked over at them.

This young man was none other than Shen Kang.

Seeing the scene before him, especially the two people involved, one pointing at him and the other looking at him... Shen Kang didn't know what was going on, but a strange premonition arose in his heart.

Then, Shen Kang saw the tall, thin middle-aged man, whom he didn't recognize but who had been pointing at him from afar, quietly withdraw his finger and smile at him from a distance.

Then, the man who had been covered in the drink, who had been angry the whole time, managed a smile and smiled at himself from a distance.

"..."

No, do I know you?

Shen Kang was puzzled.

However, Xiang Lingdong, the person involved, had no doubts.

After forcing a smile at Shen Kang, who was far away from Ling Dong, Ling Dong looked at Shen Kang's student attire, then at Jiang Chuan, who was also dressed as a student, and finally at the group of people around him who were obviously college students. He seemed to be deep in thought and slowly released his grip on Jiang Chuan's clothes.

"Never mind, it's not a big deal," Xiang Lingdong said, his tone suddenly changing completely.

"?"

Everyone was completely baffled.

Chen Kexu nodded silently and chimed in, "It's just a spilled drink, a quick dry cleaning will do..."

Jiang Chuan, the person involved, was also completely bewildered.

He just stared blankly, and saw that Xiang Lingdong had let go of him.

Then, Xiang Lingdong, still wearing the suit with the spilled drink, turned around and left with Chen Kexu and two followers, as if nothing had happened.

Niu Haisheng watched from the side, seemingly lost in thought, glancing several times at the male college student in front of the counter.

Not only him, but several other business owners nearby also glanced at the male college student at the counter several times, all thinking the same thing: Who is this guy? Old Xiang didn't even give Niu Haisheng face, yet he's inexplicably showing respect to this person from afar? ...

Not only them, but also the teachers and students who gathered around, as well as the hotel staff, all looked at Shen Kang in front of the counter, each with their own thoughts and expressions.

Although they didn't know exactly what happened, it was clear that the person involved's friend had seen the boy and then told the person whose drink had been spilled. Subsequently, the person involved also saw the boy.

Judging from the behavior of the person involved, he clearly realized that the college student whose clothes he had grabbed was "in cahoots" with the boy.

So, the person who had been so persistent and defiant towards everyone immediately gave them face, backed down, and the matter was resolved peacefully...

At this moment, Sun Hongjun also rushed to the scene and saw this scene.

The conflict disappeared.

The onlookers were all looking in the same direction.

Sun Hongjun followed everyone's gaze and saw Shen Kang over there.

"..."

Facing so many gazes, Shen Kang was just as bewildered as everyone else, but he wasn't intimidated and gave everyone a bright smile.

Since things have come to this, let's smile for now.