I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Of the four people, only the little white rabbit is the simplest.

Just as Shen Kang was thinking this, the door to the coffee shop was pushed open again.

Two people walked in.

The one in front was a woman in her early twenties, with a refined appearance and wearing a skirt suit.

The one behind him was a balding man in his forties wearing a suit, carrying a briefcase.

Nie Jingjing, who was sitting at a table nearby, stood up when she saw the bald man in the suit and greeted him with some confusion: "Lawyer Qin?"

"Attorney Nie, you're here too?" The balding man in the suit chuckled, his eyes lighting up when he saw Professor Zhang. He quickly greeted him, "Professor Zhang, you're here too?"

Professor Zhang put down his documents and stood up. "Xiao Qin, you're here too?... "

As the three lawyers greeted each other, the elegant-looking lady walked over to Shen Kang's table.

She smiled at them. "Good afternoon, everyone. I'm Ms. He's friend, my name is Ruan Yue. I heard we need to sign a contract, so I'm bothering you to have a lawyer take a look. Hope that's alright?"

While saying "It should be fine, right?", Ruan Yue acted as if the contract needed to be reviewed by them before it could be approved.

Zhou Man didn't seem to mind, and smiled elegantly, "Of course, no problem, it's only right." Then she glanced at He Qiuzhu, slightly surprised.

She had noticed He Qiuzhu's actions earlier, but thought he was just playing on his phone. She didn't expect a lawyer to come.

Shen Kang, meanwhile, remained curled up on the sofa, watching the scene with a blank expression.

Okay, he admits he misjudged her; that little white rabbit isn't simple either... Damn it, there are three people, each with a lawyer, and he's the only bachelor, right?

After Ruan Yue arrived, she didn't speak to He Qiuzhu alone; she just stood to the side.

Shen Kang couldn't figure out what the relationship was between Ruan Yue and He Qiuzhu.

The three lawyers then went back to looking at the documents.

After a long while, I finally finished reading it.

"There's nothing seriously wrong."

After reviewing the documents for a while, Professor Zhang put them down, chatted with Xiao Bonian for a few more minutes, asked a few questions, and finally circled a few points on several documents. "These few places still need some revisions. What do you think, Xiao Qin?"

Qin Lu nodded, "Indeed, indeed."

Nie Jingjing quickly came over to take a look, and after exchanging a few words with Zhou Man, she hurriedly left with several documents. Not long after, she returned with new documents.

"No problem this time." Professor Zhang gave the approval after looking them over, then glanced at the four people present again and chuckled, "Xiao Xiao, putting everything else aside, just looking at them, they're a perfect match!"

Xiao Bonian, who had remained calm until now, became unusually embarrassed upon hearing this. He coughed lightly, "Old Zhang, thank you for this time. I'll treat you to a meal later... Um, you must be quite busy at school, right?"

Professor Zhang looked at him with a smile, not annoyed by his attempt to kick him out. "Alright, alright, I understand, I'll be going now." He then left happily.

"Then we'll take our leave too." Ruan Yue seemed to have only brought the lawyer to take a look and did nothing else before taking her leave immediately.

Seeing this, Shen Kang couldn't help but think to himself: Seriously, Miss Ruan, your friend is about to be adopted, are you sure the contract is okay before you leave? Didn't you even ask a few questions? Another amazing person! ...

After the others left, and seeing that everyone had no problems with the agreement, Zhou Man said, "Finally, I'd like to say two more points."

"First, forming a family doesn't require us to live under the same roof. Second, we must not reveal our relationship to each other in public, and we must keep our legal family relationship confidential. Naturally, neither of you needs to call us Mom and Dad, Mr. Xiao, and I won't call you husband, and you don't need to call me wife."

Xiao Bonian nodded, having no objection whatsoever.

Shen Kang had no objections.

He could roughly guess that Zhou Man was probably worried they might use her name for nefarious purposes, so she was taking precautions in advance. However, he hadn't planned to do that anyway, so it didn't matter to him. And as for not having to call his parents, that was even better.

It's perfect that we're just having a simple working relationship.

I'll just consider it a three-year high-paying job. I won't have to worry about the dean's tuition fees anymore, and I'll have the start-up capital to start my own business. I'm so happy.

He Qiuzhu lowered her head and remained silent, quietly tugging at the red rope chain on her left wrist. After seeing Xiao Bonian and Shen Kang nod, she finally whispered, "Okay."

Zhou Man smiled, "Then sign it."

After the four signed the agreement, this special family reached a consensus—of course, to be legally valid, some procedures still need to be followed.

"Shen Kang, the Third Welfare Home is nearby, not too far. Go and complete your paperwork first."

Shen Kang has no problem with it.

"Let's go then."

Zhou Man then asked someone to bring the car over. Xiao Bonian also got up, saying he would bring his car over as well, since he would be going back after finishing everything and couldn't come back here to get the car.

Zhou Man, Shen Kang, and He Qiuzhu waited at the entrance of the coffee shop.

While waiting, Shen Kang suddenly slapped his thigh, remembering something, "What about my bicycle?" He pointed to the locked bicycle not far to the left.

Zhou Man glanced at it. "It looks like it's about to be scrapped. You can just forget about it. I can give you some money in advance, enough for you to buy a much better one."

"That won't do." Shen Kang shook his head repeatedly. "It's still rideable. It's not good to waste it. I'm a rather frugal person."

At 18, he really disliked this old bicycle. He even felt inferior riding it, feeling that it couldn't compare to his classmates' bikes. He had wanted to change it for a long time, but he didn't have the money.

But now, having weathered many storms, he no longer cares about these things. Not only does he not feel inferior or disgusted, he actually thinks this old-fashioned motorcycle is incredibly cool!

Please, this is a genuine Phoenix brand 28-inch motorcycle, and it's even rusted! You can't find one like it in later generations!

Moreover, it was passed down to him by the dean after riding it for many years, and it carried him from junior high school to high school, riding it all the way for six years. Its collection value is simply immeasurable.

Shen Kang was planning to give this old-fashioned bicycle a long life, so how could he possibly throw it away?

"Frugality is a good virtue."

Zhou Man was not annoyed by Shen Kang's words. Instead, she glanced at him with some admiration.

After a moment's thought, he chuckled, "Then let's put it in the trunk and take it with us..."

While the group was talking, a young couple came out of a Dell store at the other end of the street.

The boy was fairly good-looking, and he kept rambling on as he walked: "...My mom said that if I can get into a top-tier university after the college entrance exam scores come out, she'll buy me a Dell laptop, the one we just saw that cost 11,000 yuan..."

The girl, wearing a short-sleeved shirt and skirt, wasn't particularly striking in appearance, but she was youthful and pretty. She listened with a smile, but inwardly she was a little annoyed: she thought Gao Ran was coming to buy a laptop, but he was just looking and not buying. The saleswoman's gaze had been rather strange; she was incredibly embarrassed.

As she was thinking, the girl casually looked around, and her gaze suddenly fixed on the entrance of the coffee shop in the distance.

That's... Shen Kang?

The girl blinked twice.

The girl's name is Zou Jiajia. She is Shen Kang's classmate and they both attend Yangcheng No. 13 Middle School.

She wasn't surprised to see Shen Kang; what surprised her were the two women standing next to him: the older one looked like a graceful and wealthy lady, while the younger one, about their age, was stunningly beautiful, and her clothes and accessories clearly weren't cheap.

Especially behind these three people, there was a well-dressed female office worker standing behind them, who looked like their follower.

Wearing a faded yellow polyester shirt, Shen Kang, who looked like he had traveled from the last century, stood out conspicuously among the group of people, giving off an incongruous feeling.

What's going on?

Gao Ran, the boy next to Zou Jiajia, also noticed Zou Jiajia's unusual behavior. He followed Zou Jiajia's gaze and immediately exclaimed, "Holy crap, it's He Qiuzhu!"

Gao Ran and Zou Jiajia's parents were friends, so the two became friends as well. However, Gao Ran did not attend No. 13 Middle School, but Yangcheng No. 2 Middle School, so he did not know Shen Kang, but he did know He Qiuzhu.

Zou Jiajia then turned her gaze to him, "Who is He Qiuzhu?"

Gao Ran pointed to the girl standing to Shen Kang's left, a girl who was breathtakingly beautiful, "She's the one by the coffee shop entrance, the girl about our age, that's He Qiuzhu, the prettiest girl in our school!..."

Gao Ran kept talking, and Zou Jiajia finally understood: the girl named He Qiuzhu was a student at No. 2 Middle School. According to Gao Ran, she was the prettiest girl at No. 2 Middle School, and her family was said to be well-off, running a business. Someone had seen a Mercedes-Benz picking her up from school. However, this prettiest girl at No. 2 Middle School was somewhat aloof, didn't have many friends, and was said to be difficult to approach.

"...The woman next to her must be He Qiuzhu's mother; it's obvious, they even look alike. But who's that boy?"

Gao Ran stroked his chin, looking somewhat puzzled.

Zou Jiajia remained silent, her mind filled with questions: If those two women were He Qiuzhu and her mother, why was Shen Kang with them? Were they family? But that didn't make sense; wasn't Shen Kang an orphan? ...

Just as I was wondering what was going on, two cars pulled up and stopped in front of the coffee shop.

The one in front is alright, it's just an Accord, but the one behind is quite eye-catching, it's a Bentley Arnage.

Zou Jiajia didn't recognize Bentley; she just thought the car looked a bit expensive.

Gao Ran recognized the Bentley logo, and although he couldn't identify the specific model, it was enough to amaze him: "Holy crap, a Bentley! People really aren't exaggerating when they say her family is rich!"

Zou Jiajia casually asked, "Is this car very expensive?"

Not wanting to appear unskilled, Gao Ran vaguely replied, "Of course it's expensive, a million or two!"

He thought a Bentley would cost at least one or two million, but what he didn't know was that this Bentley Arnage would cost more than five million after all the way.

Even a million or two is enough to shock Zou Jiajia.

"One or two million!..."

But what happened next was even more shocking.

The two men saw that after the car was parked, someone opened the trunk of the Bentley.

Shen Kang carried his rusty old bicycle and stuffed it into the trunk of the Bentley.