I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Seeing that the middle-aged man was alone, with only a middle-aged woman by his side, Shen Kang quickly thought of something, stood up, and greeted her, "Uncle Fang."

Then, she smiled at the middle-aged woman next to the middle-aged man, whom she did not recognize.

The middle-aged man who Shen Kang never expected to be here was none other than Fang Tianming, the deputy director of the Department of Commerce.

Today, the other party was not wearing an executive jacket, but just an ordinary gray jacket. At first glance, he looked like an ordinary middle-aged man.

At the same time, Fang Tianming had no attendants by his side, only a middle-aged woman who was suspected to be the other party's lover.

For all the above reasons, Shen Kang did not use the honorific title of Director Fang or any other titles, but simply called him Uncle Fang.

Hearing Shen Kang call him Uncle Fang, Fang Tianming chuckled, seemingly quite pleased. He then introduced the middle-aged woman next to Shen Kang, saying, "This is my wife."

He also introduced Shen Kang to his wife, saying, "This is Shen Kang."

"Hello, Aunt Fang."

"Hello there."

The middle-aged woman next to him, whom Shen Kang had never seen before, was Fang Tianming's wife, Luo Liqing.

Luo Liqing still had a deep impression of the name "Shen Kang". After hearing that the young man in front of her was Shen Kang, she greeted him and looked him over carefully.

Yes, he's quite handsome. His clothing is also quite simple; he doesn't dress extravagantly just because he's a CEO. He looks like a college student, quite mature and composed…

As Luo Liqing was sizing up Shen Kang, Fang Tianming stood up and started chatting with Shen Kang like family: "Shen Kang, what are you doing here? I remember, aren't you from Yangke University?"

Shen Kang asked, "Uncle Fang, do you remember where I went to school?"

Fang Tianming laughed heartily, "I'm still quite impressed with such an outstanding student as you..."

Long Xingchen also noticed that Shen Kang was chatting with a middle-aged man and subconsciously looked over.

Shen Kang then took the opportunity to introduce them, "This is Uncle Fang and Aunt Fang, my elders. This is Long Xingchen, a student at Qianmin University. And these people inside are Xingchen's roommates. I came to Qianmin University to visit a friend, but my friend had to leave due to family matters. Coincidentally, I met Xingchen, and we've been hanging out together for the past two days. Xingchen and I also have a mutual friend who is participating in the campus's top ten singers competition today. We've come here to cheer her on."

Upon hearing Shen Kang's words, Fang Tianming understood what was going on. He greeted Long Xingchen, who was looking over, in a friendly manner, saying, "Hello, little classmate."

Long Xingchen also sat down, greeted Shen Kang's elder, and then, as if remembering something, suggested, "How about we move over a bit and make room for the two of you?"

Shen Kang did not immediately respond to this, but instead looked at Fang Tianming first.

He figured that Fang Tianming was here because he was invited by the school, and he'd probably be seated in the front row. But if it was a formal invitation from the school, why would Fang Tianming bring his wife?

This puzzled Shen Kang, so he didn't agree for the time being and decided to wait and see what Fang Tianming thought.

Seeing this, Fang Tianming chuckled and said, "We were just thinking of finding a seat near the front, but since you're here too, Shen Kang, it's fine to sit next to you. We can chat."

Upon hearing this, Long Xingchen finally stood up and asked his roommates to move inside.

Shen Kang and Long Xingchen sat in a row, with Shen Kang sitting on the far end. Next to them was the walking area, where people came and went.

As everyone moved in, Shen Kang moved two spaces inwards, and Fang Tianming and Luo Liqing sat down in the two outermost seats.

Long Xingchen and his friends weren't interested in "elders" at all, and continued to look around and chatter about things that interested them.

After Fang Tianming sat down, he glanced at Shen Kang, smiled, and before Shen Kang could ask, he said, "Actually, my daughter also participated in tonight's Top Ten Campus Singers competition. We came to see her perform."

Shen Kang understood now.

Even high-ranking officials are human and have their own private matters. It seems that Fang Tianming simply wanted to watch his daughter's performance quietly without making a fuss, so he didn't inform the school but secretly came to watch in his private capacity.

Just as Shen Kang was about to say something, Luo Liqing, who was sitting on the far side, leaned out and spoke to him first: "Little Shen, how old are you this year?"

"eighteen."

What do your parents do for a living?

"..."

Shen Kang was a little nervous, thinking to himself that women's logic was really hard to understand; they started conducting a family investigation right after they met.

Seeing this, Fang Tianming interrupted in time, "Don't pay attention to her. That's how women are. Before marriage, they worry about their own marriage; after marriage, they worry about other people's marriages. Your Aunt Fang probably just saw you and got excited, wanting to play matchmaker for you, haha."

Luo Liqing glanced at Fang Tianming, clearly displeased. However, since they were outside, she didn't say anything and obediently kept quiet.

Fang Tianming then steered the conversation in another direction: "By the way, Shen Kang, I noticed a few days ago that the An family has almost completely taken over Yangcheng. When are they going to leave Yangcheng? Do they have any plans?"

Shen Kang said, "There's a plan. If all goes well, we'll officially set off in early December."

Since the day we reached an agreement with the two bankers, joint due diligence has begun. And perhaps because it was right after the four trillion yuan stimulus plan was launched and everyone had tasks to catch up on in November, the joint due diligence progressed very quickly once the intention to lend was confirmed. It was a world of difference compared to the previous dragging and sluggish situation.

Kang Zhengyang also frequently called and emailed Shen Kang to report on the situation there. Based on the current progress, the first loan should be disbursed by early December, allowing Anjia Housekeeping's full-scale rollout plan in Qianlin Province to begin.

"Good."

Fang Tianming nodded: "You are now considered role models. You should have lofty ambitions, go out and explore, and not be content with just staying in one place..."

While the two were talking, people who came to watch the campus's top ten singers competition that night were also entering the venue from the playground entrance.

Ma Xiaofeng arrived late, accompanied by Cai Hui.

Like the other students, the two instinctively walked forward, stood at the edge of the audience seats and looked around. Seeing that there were no empty seats in front, they had no choice but to turn around regretfully, preparing to go to seats a little later. But as they turned around, they saw Shen Kanglong and Xingchen's row.

"Shen Kang, Xingchen," Ma Xiaofeng greeted the two.

Shen Kang then paused his chat with Fang Tianming and greeted them. Long Xingchen had originally wanted to make room for the two of them, but after a short while, all the seats inside were full, so they couldn't move any further in. Ma Xiaofeng and the other woman had no choice but to look for seats at the back.

Fortunately, there aren't too many people here yet.

Ma Xiaofeng and her friend found two empty seats together two rows behind Shen Kang's row and sat down.

Shen Kang and the others were to their left front.

Cai Hui glanced at Fang Tianming and Shen Kang, and, having nothing better to do, casually asked, "Wasn't Shen Kang supposed to be visiting our school? Why did he bring his parents?"

When they passed by, they saw the middle-aged man talking to Shen Kang, and the middle-aged woman was also looking at Shen Kang. The two of them looked like Shen Kang's parents.

Ma Xiaofeng glanced in that direction, then shook her head. "I don't know."

Cai Hui had only asked casually; she wasn't genuinely interested. Seeing that Ma Xiaofeng didn't know either, she dropped the subject and looked around.

Meanwhile, Fang Tianming resumed the previous topic and chatted with Shen Kang.

"...Have you encountered any problems with the subsidies?"

"No, the department's work is quite good, and everything is going smoothly."

"That's good……"

But we were interrupted again after only a short while of chatting.

"Old Shen."

A boy's voice rang out from the side.

Shen Kang looked over.

Fang Tianming also turned his head to look with Shen Kang, and saw a male and female college student, who looked like a young couple, standing next to them, as if they were about to leave.

It was Yin Mingyang and Huang Jing; they seemed to have come to watch the match as well.

Shen Kang stood up, preparing to greet the two, when Huang Jing had already greeted Fang Tianming and Luo Liqing first: "Uncle Fang, Aunt Fang."

Huang Jing had a good relationship with Fang Shiqi and had been to Fang Shiqi's house. She also knew Fang Tianming and Luo Liqing.

While greeting him, Huang Jing was still full of doubts: Why did Uncle Fang and Aunt Fang sit with Shen Kang?

Then, a thought suddenly occurred to her, and she exclaimed inwardly: "Holy crap, Shiqi's got some skills! She's not making any progress on her own, so she's going straight to her parents, having them contact Shen Kang? What kind of tactic is this?!"

Upon seeing Huang Jing, the young girl who had visited their home before, Fang Tianming and Luo Liqing stood up and greeted her.

At the same time, Yin Mingyang was also talking to Shen Kang.

"Good evening, Jingjing, you look even more beautiful than the last time you came to our house."

"Old Shen, what are you doing here?"

"Jingjing, is this your boyfriend?"

"Mingyang, this is Uncle Fang and Aunt Fang."...

The group started talking over each other, and the scene quickly became chaotic. It was a question of whether Shen Kang would laugh or cry.

It took a while for everyone to sort out their relationships:

Yin Mingyang and Huang Jing learned that Shen Kang had come to watch the game with newly acquainted friends, and they happened to run into Fang Tianming and Luo Liqing.

Fang Tianming and Luo Liqing learned that this young man named Yin Mingyang was Shen Kang's good friend and that he was in a relationship with Huang Jing.

Shen Kang also learned that Fang Tianming and Luo Liqing were actually Fang Shiqi's parents.

After sorting things out, Yin Mingyang and Huang Jing saw that there were no empty seats, so they prepared to go to the back to find seats.

Yin Mingyang also casually asked Shen Kang, "Old Shen, do you want to come with us...?"

Before he could finish speaking, he stopped abruptly and let out a painful cry.

Huang Jing withdrew her hand that had been secretly pinching Yin Mingyang, said to everyone, "Then let's go find seats first," and pulled Yin Mingyang away.

After walking a distance, Yin Mingyang asked, puzzled, "Why did you pinch me?"

Huang Jing said irritably, "Shen Kang was sitting there perfectly fine, why did you have to drag him away?"

"Just ask. We used to sit together when there were similar activities in junior high and high school," Yin Mingyang said matter-of-factly.

"Alright, alright."

Huang Jing was too lazy to talk to Yin Mingyang anymore, so she just pulled him to sit down in two empty seats three rows back of Shen Kang's row...

Shen Kang's side

After Yin Mingyang and Huang Jing left, the three of them sat down again.

Fang Tianming joked, "Xiao Shen, you have quite a wide circle of friends. They keep coming over; anyone who didn't know better would think you were originally a student at Qianmin University."

"I know a few of them, it's quite a coincidence, we all bumped into each other just now," Shen Kang said.

Fang Tianming nodded, said nothing more, and prepared to continue the previous conversation with Shen Kang.

"I heard that you have already established a government communications department..."

Before he could finish speaking, another surprised voice came from the side.

"Shen Kang?"

Fang Tianming turned his head and saw a group of young men, one of whom was staring at Shen Kang with great surprise.

Fang Tianming turned his head again, his expression a half-smile, and glanced at Shen Kang, his meaning clear—this is what you meant by bumping into everyone you knew just now?

Shen Kangqian smiled, stood up, and greeted the man, "Old Zhan."

This person was Zhan Yingxu from Qianmin University, whom he had met during the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. Zhan Yingxu had even treated him to a meal when he last visited Qianmin University.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Zhan Yingxu had originally planned to sit next to Shen Kang. However, seeing that there were no seats available, he had no choice but to go to the back.

After Zhan Yingxu and the others left, Fang Tianming continued chatting with Shen Kang.

It was just a coincidence that today, after chatting for a short while, another voice rang out from the side, calling out "Shen Kang".

This time it was a girl, and a beautiful one at that—it was Su Yali. Next to her were two of her roommates, who had also come to watch the competition.

……

Long Xingchen and the others sat to the side. Before, everyone was looking around and chattering away, but now hardly anyone was talking; all their attention was on Shen Kang.

"I'm starting to wonder if I'm a student at Qianmin University, or if he is," one of my roommates joked quietly.

The others, including Long Xingchen, nodded silently, deeply agreeing.

Goodness, in just a short while, wave after wave of people passed by, all recognizing Shen Kang and greeting him. And to make matters worse, this Shen Kang was from another school; it was truly astonishing.

However, Long Xingchen could roughly understand. After all, he had only met Shen Kang yesterday, and they had already become familiar with each other in just two days. With Shen Kang's social skills, it was understandable that he had so many friends in Qianmin University, right?

"What a social terrorist," another student muttered quietly, his tone full of envy.

The others nodded silently in their hearts.

We're all around twenty years old, and we really envy those who are so socially adept and have such a wide circle of friends—just imagine, when you come to another school, you just sit there and people keep coming up to greet you, how glamorous is that?

A few rows behind Shen Kang and his group, Cai Hui and Ma Xiaofeng's attention was also drawn to Shen Kang's group.

There's no way around it; they make noise all the time, so you can't help but pay attention.

"Didn't you say he was from Yangon Tech?"

Cai Hui couldn't help but ask, "Why does he seem more like a student from Qianmin University than we are?"

Ma Xiaofeng was also quite puzzled. "I don't know... but thinking about it carefully, it's understandable, right? He's quite good at making friends. He only met Yuewen, Xingchen, and me yesterday, and now we're all friends. He knows quite a few people at our school... so it's normal, isn't it?"

Cai Hui remained silent, but glanced in that direction a few more times.

She had previously thought that this student from Yang University of Science and Technology, who skipped classes in his freshman year, was a complete idiot who hadn't even developed his brain yet. But now, looking at him again, it seems that he's not entirely useless. At least in terms of social skills, he's quite strong.

This seemed to rekindle her interest in Shen Kang.

……

After seeing Su Yali off, Shen Kang sat down, about to continue discussing the An family's business with Fang Tianming, when he saw that Fang Tianming was just smiling and silently watching him, keeping his mouth shut and not saying a word, as if he didn't intend to speak.

"Uncle Fang?"

Fang Tianming then spoke, with a smile, "I dare not speak anymore, for fear that before I've finished, another one will come."

Shen Kangqian laughed: "Don't exaggerate, it's really gone now."

After joking with Shen Kang, Fang Tianming got down to business. "Alright. Let's continue... Where were we?"

"...I forgot too."

The two looked at each other and laughed.

Fang Tianming found this kid interesting: he often interacted with all sorts of big bosses, but he had almost never met a boss of Shen Kang's age before, except for Shen Kang. Interacting with him wasn't as tiring as interacting with other bosses; Shen Kang possessed both the shrewdness and maturity of a businessman and the youthful energy and liveliness of a young man, making him quite pleasant to be around.

"Then let's not dwell on what we just talked about, let's talk about something else."

Fang Tianming decisively stopped dwelling on it and said somewhat more calmly, "According to you, the An family is about to expand, and this is a crucial moment. Instead of staying at the company all day and studying at your own university, what are you doing here at Qianmin University?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Liqing perked up his ears.

She wasn't interested in what Fang Tianming had talked about with Shen Kang before; she was more interested in the things between her daughter and Shen Kang.

Her first impression of Shen Kang was quite good.

The "wide circle of friends" display she just saw slightly lowered Shen Kang's opinion of her: Shen Kang seemed too good at handling things, and Luo Liqing felt that her stupid daughter wouldn't be able to control him.

However, if Shen Kang did come to Qianmin University specifically to watch their daughter's performance, just as she thought, then Shen Kang would get extra points.

But Shen Kang's answer disappointed her.

"It was also for some official business."

Shen Kang didn't hide anything and told Fang Tianming directly, "Besides Anjia, I also created two websites, both based on university campuses. I came to Qianmin University this time specifically for these websites."

"Oh?"

Fang Tianming seemed somewhat interested. "What website? Tell me more about it."

Shen Kang then briefly explained the matter of the website.

Naturally, the conversation turned to the website's setbacks at Qianmin University. However, Shen Kang didn't speak ill of Qianmin University; he simply mentioned that the website's progress at Qianmin University was not going smoothly, so he came up with some other solutions, which he has been working on for the past two days.

Fang Tianming didn't interrupt, but listened silently.

After Shen Kang finished speaking, he said, "Let's talk more about the Miao culture and Miao embroidery you mentioned."

When Shen Kang mentioned this point earlier, he didn't say much and simply skipped over it.

But Fang Tianming wanted to know more.

Upon hearing this, Shen Kang explained in detail: "Actually, it's a two-pronged approach. One prong is promoting Miao culture, which is the external effort; the other prong is integrating and innovating Miao intangible cultural heritage, which is the internal effort. We've already made some initial attempts at this in the past two days..."

Shen Kang first explained the situation regarding the post with the dragon moon pattern.

Fang Tianming seemed quite interested in this, interrupting him from time to time to ask about the specific details, which was somewhat like trying to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

Shen Kang's words were all true, not made up, and he was not intimidated. He reported out all the detailed figures and details.

After listening, Fang Tianming exclaimed in admiration, "The internet has indeed made the world more convenient. Traditional media isn't even needed; just a few of you can achieve this. And tell me about your internal strength..."

Shen Kang then explained the situation regarding the Miao Embroidery Technology Alliance.

Fang Tianming continued to interrupt from time to time, just like before, to ask about the details inside.

Shen Kang naturally answered fluently.

……

Long Xingchen sat next to Shen Kang, turning his head every now and then to look in Shen Kang's direction, his expression somewhat puzzled.

Shen Kang and Fang Tianming's conversation was neither deliberately loud nor deliberately low-pitched.

So although the scene was quite noisy, Long Xingchen was sitting right next to the two of them and still managed to overhear some of it, such as "your company," "going global," "subsidies," and "I made two websites"...

If Shen Kang said this to a college student, the student would assume that Shen Kang was just habitually bragging, since Shen Kang had done it before.

But now, Shen Kang is facing an elder.

Long Xingchen's impression of Uncle Fang was that he was a rather serious person; it was unlikely that Shen Kang would boast to him. Besides, since Uncle Fang was Shen Kang's elder, he should know Shen Kang quite well. Under these circumstances, why was he so serious about what Shen Kang was saying…

Could it be that everything Shen Kang said before was true, and he wasn't just bragging? Is he really the owner of some housekeeping company? And that website is his too?

This incredible thought flashed through Long Xingchen's mind.