I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

"...I originally wanted to ask her to go out, but she said she had something to do, so I came to her dorm instead. As soon as I entered, I saw a woman dressed like a white-collar worker handing out fruit to the people in her dorm, and I even managed to get a box."

On the road, in the car, Shen Kang looked at the text messages he had received on his phone.

It was a text message from Yip Kam Tong.

He had just sent a text message to Ye Jintong asking what was going on, and a little while later, Ye Jintong replied with a text message.

However, this is already the second point, and we haven't even gotten to the main topic yet.

He was too lazy to wait for Ye Jintong to type any more, so he made a phone call directly. After the call was connected, he said, "Just tell me what it is. Why did you send a text message?"

Ye Jintong on the other end of the phone was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Yeah, you could have just called... I took a picture of the scene and wanted to send it to you via MMS, but your phone is too old to receive MMS messages, so I subconsciously sent a text message instead and forgot to call. So in the end, it's still because you're too stingy and your phone is too old."

Shen Kang was speechless: "So I have to apologize?"

Ye Jintong on the other end was quite magnanimous, saying, "It's alright."

Shen Kang was too lazy to banter with her anymore. "Just tell me already, what's wrong?"

Once the topic was brought up, Ye Jintong on the other end of the phone perked up, lowering her voice and saying enthusiastically, "Let's continue from where I left off in the text message I just sent you. After I got into the fruit shop, I was wondering what they did, so I asked around..."

After listening for a while, Shen Kang finally understood the whole story and what Ye Jintong's inexplicable words meant.

After explaining the whole story, Ye Jintong couldn't help but voice her doubts, asking how Shen Kang had managed to be so infatuated with He Qiuzhu. She wanted to learn how, so that she could find a handsome guy before graduation and make the most of her university years.

Shen Kang immediately pointed out the misunderstanding she had about He Qiuzhu: "Why are you making it sound like we're dating? She's our team's go-to photographer and also our corporate culture recorder. Now that the big boss is on TV, she, as the corporate culture recorder, is using the best equipment to document this historic moment. It will be an important part of the company's history and culture in the future, and it's the foundation for shaping our corporate culture. Ultimately, this is just business."

"..."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone before Ye Jintong's voice came through, "Boss, I was afraid you wouldn't see or know, so I'm letting you know that I'm giving you a thumbs up right now."

Then, Ye Jintong's voice was full of sighs: "I've seen plenty of stubborn people, and I've seen plenty of people who can talk a big game, but someone as stubborn and good at talking a big game as you, boss, is really rare."

Shen Kang retorted, displeased: "Who are you calling a rare character?"

"?"

Ye Jintong was filled with questions, feeling that his boss was becoming increasingly abstract and he couldn't understand what he was saying at all.

Now that he knew the whole story, Shen Kang didn't bother arguing with Ye Jintong anymore. "Alright, I'm hanging up."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Kang turned to look out the window, watching the roadside trees on the sidewalk rushing past one by one, and remained silent for a long time.

After watching for a while, he also looked away. "Brother Yang, I'm going to take a nap. Wake me up when we get there."

"OK."

……

Night falls and the city lights come on.

In Shen Kang's dormitory, Wang Pan, Feng Moquan, and Jin Chao were all there.

Wang Pan is online.

Jin Chao was using Shen Kang's computer to access the internet.

Only Feng Moquan was reading and reviewing.

It's already December, and there's only a little over a month left before winter break.

As a good student who has always studied hard since childhood, Feng Moquan has not completely lost his study habits in the first six months of university and is still quite proactive.

But in the entire dorm, I was the only one seriously studying...

Feng Moquan suddenly looked up at Jin Chao and asked, "Old Jin, there's only one month left until the final exams. Aren't you going to study?"

Jin Chao froze for a moment, then immediately closed the webpage, created a new Word document on his desktop, and named it "Taoist Masters on Campus".

"I've finally finished developing the idea for my novel, and now I'm having a burst of inspiration."

As he spoke, he opened the newly created Word document and started typing.

"So I'll write this first. Anyway, there's still more than a month until the final exams, and this important matter is more important to me. If this works out, I might as well not go to school anymore, so I'll focus on this first."

Wang Pan turned his head, glanced at it, and thought to himself, "The deterrent effect of reviewing is still the greatest."

Jin Chao started talking about writing this novel back in September, but he didn't even start until December. And now, hey, to avoid studying, he's actually starting to write!

Your learning ability is truly impressive.

Wang Pan was thinking this.

Feng Moquan let Jin Chao go, then turned to look at Wang Pan: "Brother Pan, there's only a little over a month until the final exams, aren't you going to study?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Pan cursed inwardly, "Do you really have to grab someone to study with you?"

Although he doesn't have a "serious business" like Jin Chao, such as writing novels, he still has his own tricks up his sleeve.

"It's time for dinner."

Wang Pan immediately changed the subject.

He said, "It's time for dinner," but Wang Pan didn't get up. Instead, he turned around and looked at Feng Moquan and Jin Chao.

Feng Mo remained silent and did not mention the matter of reviewing.

Jin Chao, on the other hand, entered a state of complete absorption, concentrating intently on typing away at the keyboard, the sound of typing never ceasing, as if his inspiration was flowing freely.

The room fell silent for a moment, broken only by the rapid tapping of Jin Chao's keyboard.

At this point, if anyone gets up to go eat, they will be greeted by the other two saying, "Please bring me some food."

All three of them knew this, because they had all experienced it themselves.

This five-word curse is terrifying.

Therefore, no one dared to get up and eat.

Let's see who can hold out the longest.

three minutes

Crackling, crackling...

ten minutes

Crackling, crackling...

twenty minutes

Wang Pan has started going online again, Feng Moquan has continued reviewing, and Jin Chao is still typing away.

One hour later

All three of them were starving.

Feng Moquan's stomach even made a rumbling sound.

The rapid clatter of keyboard clicks abruptly stopped.

Jin Chao spoke, breaking the silence in the room.

"Let's go to the cafeteria for lunch. I'm starving."

This suggestion is acceptable, as long as it's not about eating alone or bringing food for someone else.

So the three of them got up, left the dormitory, and went to the cafeteria.

As Wang Pan left the dormitory management station, he inexplicably remarked, "Three monks have no water to drink."

Jin Chao and Feng Mo didn't understand either, so they pretended not to hear it.

At this time, the fast food windows would have been closed long ago.

The three of them went upstairs, ate some beef noodles, and came downstairs after they were full, chatting as they walked.

As Jin Chao exited the south gate of the second canteen, he remarked, "I feel like I haven't done anything yet, how come the semester is almost over?"

Feng Moquan wholeheartedly agreed, "Yes."

Wang Pan puffed out his chest slightly and said, "That's you guys. I feel that this semester has been very fulfilling. I was the class monitor and joined the student council. My life, if not extravagant, was certainly exciting."

Jin Chao and Feng Mo ignored him completely, and the two of them started talking, lamenting the fleeting time and the emptiness of university life. It seemed like they hadn't done anything at all, and in the blink of an eye, the semester was almost over.

Wang Pan also really wants to join.

In reality, his life was far less colorful than he described—he was indeed busy and tired. There were always all sorts of trivial matters and meetings, keeping him busy and exhausted. He didn't experience any excitement at all, and he even wished he could quit his jobs as class monitor and student council member.

However, Pan Ge is concerned about his image, so resigning is out of the question, and he won't tell anyone how annoyed he is with these two jobs. Instead, he has to pretend to be enjoying them immensely.

So for now, all I can do is keep quiet and not join Jin Chao and Feng Moquan's conversation.

Meanwhile, Jin Chao and Feng Moquan were chatting about "empty lives" and "the fleeting nature of time," and naturally, they also started talking about Shen Kang.

"...So, what do you think Old Shen is doing right now?" Feng Moquan asked.

Jin Chao said, "I don't know. But this time it's been going on for quite a while. Usually, even if he doesn't come home at night, it's only for a few days, but this time it's been almost half a month, right?"

Wang Pan perked up, finally finding a point to join the conversation: "11 days."

He remembers it perfectly clearly.

He then complained, "When I became class monitor, he shamelessly came up to me and made a bunch of assumptions, like he might stay out all night, and asked me to help him out. I thought he was just making assumptions, but it turns out he was serious. The previous times were one thing, but this time is the most outrageous—it's been 11 days and he still hasn't come back!"

As he spoke, Wang Pan unconsciously wondered: So, what has Lao Shen been doing for the past 11 days without returning to school?

Jin Chao and Feng Moquan couldn't help but wonder what Lao Shen was doing right now.

The three of them talked, thought, and strolled along, about to leave the open space in front of the south gate of the second canteen and head towards their dormitory.

But a car drove out of the darkness at the other end, bathed in the dim yellow light of the nearby streetlights. It drove very quietly to a stop in front of them, like a beast running silently. Combined with the car's luxurious design, it created a sense of oppression.

The back door opened, and Shen Kang, whom they had been thinking about, got out of the car and greeted them, "Brother Pan, Lao Feng, Lao Jin, what a coincidence, just finished eating?"

As he spoke, the driver's side door opened, and a driver wearing white gloves got out and said to Shen Kang, "Young Master Shen, President Zhou bought some things for you and Miss He to take with you when you leave."

Shen Kang had been sleeping in the car the whole time. Yang Lin woke him up after they arrived at the school, as he had instructed. Before they could even discuss the matter, Shen Kang told him to stop the car there, saying he wanted to have dinner, and then got out of the car.

Therefore, Yang Lin only had the opportunity to tell Shen Kang about this now.

"Oh." Shen Kang nodded. "In the trunk?"

"Yes," Yang Lin said, then jogged to the back of the car, opened the trunk, and pulled out two large bags of things.

Shen Kang went over to get the items first, and while he was at it, he glanced inside and found that there were skincare products, daily necessities and the like. They were clearly of two different styles, one for men and one for women. So without saying anything more, it was obvious which bag was for Shen Kang and which bag was for He Qiuzhu.

While Shen Kang was getting his things, Wang Pan and the others stood aside, silently watching the scene unfold.

"..."

Although they had seen the car before on the front street and the driver had called Shen Kang "Young Master Shen," seeing it again still made them a little excited.

Old Shen always comes back in this luxury car; I really don't know what he's been doing for the past 11 days.

High-society parties, beautiful socialites, golf courses, yacht trips...

Various ideas flashed through the minds of the three.

Then, thinking about their dull and boring college life, almost a semester has passed, and it seems like they haven't done anything at all, it makes them even more...

At the south gate of the second canteen, although there are not as many people as during mealtimes, there are still a few students coming and going.

Seeing this, the students who passed by all cast various glances at it.

Shen Kang then picked up the two bags and said to Yang Lin, "Alright, Brother Yang, you can go back now."

Yang Lin responded, got back into his car, and drove away.

Shen Kang, carrying a bag, walked up to Wang Pan and the other two, said a few words, and then went into the cafeteria to eat.

Wang Pan and the other two then went back to their dormitory.

After returning to their dormitory, the three continued what they had been doing before dinner: some went online, some studied, and some wrote novels. No one mentioned Shen Kang's return, as if nothing had happened.

But the three of them couldn't help but think about it. Their curiosity grew stronger and stronger.

In the end, Jin Chao was the first to lose his temper. His hands, which had been flying across the keyboard, suddenly stopped, and the clattering sound ceased.

"So, what exactly has Lao Shen been doing these past ten days or so?"

Once someone starts, things will be much easier.

Feng Moquan also stopped studying and joined in, saying, "I reckon he might have gone abroad."

"Really?"

"I think so. After all, it takes a long time. If we were going to other places, it wouldn't take this long either."

"It seems like that's actually possible... Do you think he went out to sea on a yacht? That's how it's portrayed on TV."

"Very likely."

"There might even be a swimsuit party."...

The three of them started speculating and chatting animatedly.

After a while, Shen Kang returned to the dormitory carrying a bag, and the three of them stopped in perfect unison and went about their own business.

They can talk about Shen Kang behind his back, but they can't say these things to his face. Otherwise, wouldn't that just let Old Shen put on airs in front of them?