I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

"Old Shen, what do you think?" Wang Pan asked again, his eyes looking at Shen Kang with expectation.

"Well……"

Shen Kang thought for a moment and decided to reveal more information so that Wang Pan could make his own judgment, and he would not get involved in the matter.

"Actually, I know this Happy Yueyue."

Shen Kang pointed to the private message chat history on the screen, "I've actually spent many days at Qianmin University these past few days, and that's how I met her. I also happened to go online with her and see what she did on the Beiming Community. From what I've seen, she replies to every single private message."

Long Yuewen was probably too eager to manage the "Happy Yueyue" account well. Every time she went to the electronic reading room, besides posting, she spent all her time replying to private messages. Shen Kang noticed all of this.

The three remained silent.

"..."

A moment later, Feng Moquan was the first to speak, "Really? Old Shen, you didn't go abroad, but went to Qianmin University?"

Shen Kang was exasperated. "Who said I went abroad?"

No one answered.

Only Jin Chao asked again, "Really? Old Shen?"...

Faced with everyone's doubts, Shen Kang directly took out his phone, found Long Yuewen's phone number in his contacts, and said, "This is her phone number. Shall I call her now and introduce her to you one by one?"

The three men immediately backed down and said no, they believed him, and in their hearts they truly believed him: judging from Old Shen's demeanor, it seemed he was telling the truth.

Old Shen didn't go abroad, didn't go on a yacht, didn't throw a swimsuit party or anything like that; he just went to Qianmin University for a few days.

Thinking of this, Feng Moquan and Jin Chao felt much better.

Wang Pan, however, became increasingly silent.

If what Lao Shen said is true, then Lao Shen said she would reply to everyone's private messages...

Shen Kang also looked at Wang Pan.

As he was watching, Wang Pan suddenly clapped his hands, as if struck by a sudden realization, "Maybe she'll reply to everyone, but that doesn't contradict the fact that she's interested in me! It's like a girl talking to many guys, but that doesn't contradict the fact that 'one of those guys is her boyfriend'!"

"..."

Shen Kang felt that Pan Ge was a true logical genius.

The four of them were chatting idly when someone suddenly knocked on the door.

The four of them turned around and saw a boy standing at the door.

The door from the small dormitory to the living room was open, and the boy knocked twice on the open door.

"Shen Kang, you're back?" the boy asked with a smile.

Shen Kang replied, "I'm back."

They all recognized the boy at the door; he was Jiang Yateng from the next-door dorm room and also a member of their E-commerce Class 2.

"Nothing much, I just saw you seemed to be back, so I came over for a visit." Jiang Yateng said as he walked in, carrying a small bag full of sunflower seeds.

Walking over to the four people, Jiang Yateng picked up a small bag and held it out to them, saying, "Here, grab a handful each."

The four of them then grabbed a handful each.

After distributing the sunflower seeds, Jiang Yateng placed the bag directly on Wang Pan's table, grabbed a handful, leaned against the wardrobe, and asked casually while cracking open the seeds, "What were you guys talking about just now? It sounded so noisy outside."

Jiang Yateng was outside when he heard the commotion. One of the voices inside sounded familiar; it seemed to be Shen Kang.

Shen Kang is back?

Jiang Yateng peeked out the door to make sure Shen Kang had indeed returned before going back to get a bag of sunflower seeds and coming over for a visit.

……

"They're talking about Lao Shen."

Wang Pan interrupted, afraid the topic would return to Kaixin Yueyue, "He said she hasn't been at school these past few days; she went to Qianmin University."

Jiang Yateng, munching on sunflower seeds, said, "Shen Kang, what are you doing at Thousand Minzu University? I remember you were going to participate in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, weren't you?"

"Well, I was originally going to participate in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, but something happened, so I stayed at Qianmin University for a while," Shen Kang said briefly, not intending to say more.

But Jiang Yateng seemed quite indifferent to this: "Something happened? What happened?"

Shen Kang could only elaborate a bit more: "There was an industry conference at that hotel. I attended it briefly, and then went to the High-tech Zone with one of the bosses to discuss work, which made me late and unable to return to school with everyone. Since I was already there, I figured I might as well go to Qianmin University to visit some friends, so I went there."

Jiang Yateng became even more interested. "An industry conference? What industry conference? Why are you attending one of these?"

"Uh, it was an industry conference for the manufacturing sector. One of the bosses there knew me, so he introduced us."

Did they personally invite you to this industry conference?

"Um."

"Were you just participating, or did you actually speak up?"

"Uh, someone spoke."

"Awesome!"...

Wang Pan, Feng Moquan, and Jin Chao were all numb.

He stopped eating the sunflower seeds in his hand and just stared at the two people in front of him.

Especially Jiang Yateng.

Hey buddy, what are you doing here?

Who told you to ask these questions?

Old Shen himself glossed over it in one sentence, but you insist on asking so many questions, going into such detail, digging to the bottom of things. What are you trying to do?!

The three of them tacitly avoided asking Shen Kang what he had been up to these past few days, just to avoid being pissed on by him. But now, Jiang Yateng came over for a visit and blew up the dam.

Thanks to Jiang Yateng, the three of them finally know what Shen Kang has been up to these past few days.

Feng Moquan couldn't help but imagine himself from Shen Kang's perspective:

I led my team to participate in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

When I arrived at the hotel, I ran into a business owner friend who told me that they were holding an industry conference there.

The conference organizer happened to be there too. Upon seeing me, he was immediately struck by my appearance and warmly befriended me. He not only invited me to attend the conference but also earnestly requested that I speak at this industry conference. I had no choice but to reluctantly agree.

I gave a speech at the industry conference on the second day.

Below are all big bosses in related industries. This one owns one factory and is worth tens of millions, that one owns two factories and is worth twenty million, and the one before that is even more impressive, owning four factories and worth over fifty million! ...

Anyway, all those bosses in the audience, if you add them all together, their net worth is probably in the billions!

And now, they are sitting below, looking up at themselves speaking on stage.

His speech was brilliant and engaging.

After the speech, the audience erupted in applause!

As I walked off the stage, business owners kept smiling and handing me their business cards, wanting to get to know me...

You know what, if you put yourself in Lao Shen's shoes and imagine it, it's really exhilarating, like taking a drug.

Feng Moquan thought to himself.

At this moment, Shen Kang had also finished answering Jiang Yateng's questions.

Jiang Yateng finally said "Oh," and "I see."

Wang Pan breathed a sigh of relief.

it is finally over.

"old……"

Wang Pan opened his mouth, trying to quickly change the subject. But before he could finish speaking, Jiang Yateng's voice rang out again, interrupting him.

"That's not right."

As if suddenly remembering something, Jiang Yateng raised his question: "According to you, you went to Qianmin University on the third day, so why did you only come back now?"

"Well, it's because something happened."

"What's wrong?"

Shen Kang kept it brief, saying only, "I've started a new project."

Jiang Yateng insisted that he elaborate: "What new project is it?"

……

Jiang Yateng was like a walking encyclopedia of questions, constantly asking questions. Shen Kang then gradually revealed the answers.

So, Wang Pan learned how Lao Shen and Kaixin Yueyue met.

Furthermore, thanks to Jiang Yateng, Wang Pan also learned about the living conditions of ethnic minority and Han students at Qianmin University, the Miao embroidery project, and that Kaixin Yueyue created this account to "promote ethnic culture, enhance ethnic understanding, and foster ethnic integration," as well as the establishment of the Miao Embroidery Technology Alliance. All of this was orchestrated under Shen Kang's guidance…

Wang Pan's expression grew increasingly pained, as if he wished he could gouge his own ears out.

He doesn't want to hear it!

Damn, Lao Shen is getting more and more outrageous.

In the past, Lao Shen only had some money and a girlfriend who was as beautiful as an angel. But now he's starting to value things and is moving towards "social responsibility".

What is he trying to do? Is he trying to become a prominent young person in Dangyang City?!

Wang Pan wished all these things had happened to him.

Unfortunately, all of this happened to Shen Kang.

Wang Pan could only sigh and, in the gap between Jiang Yateng and Shen Kang's conversation, interjected, "Old Shen, I really want to go deaf myself."

Shen Kang felt bewildered and blurted out, "Deafness? That's a sign of an emperor!"

"?"

Wang Pan felt completely bewildered.

But soon, he suddenly smiled: Fortunately, Old Shen's mind isn't very sharp, and he often says some inexplicable things or does some inexplicable things—this guy is even so crazy that he can chase half of the campus just to scare a stray dog!

Thankfully, this version of Old Shen makes him somewhat sympathetic and less unlikeable...

Feng Moquan glanced at Wang Pan, feeling a bit strange, wondering why Wang Pan had suddenly started laughing inexplicably and eerily.

But he got used to it—Brother Pan wasn't very bright and was always talking nonsense.

So without thinking too much, I continued to happily put myself in Shen Kang's shoes, following his narration, and began to imagine my own "Great Storm of a Thousand People".

Jin Chao, at some point, brought over a small notebook and had been quietly jotting down these inspirations.

He gets tired and exhausted after writing his novel for a while, but when he recalls these inspirations, he gets energized again.

……