I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

After being persuaded by Lan Qin, Zheng Changhao stopped doubting and resisting, and instead actively cooperated in handling the procedures.

During the process of completing the formalities, Lan Qin even transferred the money first, instructing Zheng Changhao to get things done immediately.

"As I said before, the earlier we act, the greater our advantage!"

Lan Qin's trust in him and her enthusiasm in helping Yangbei Forum defeat Beiming Community were truly beyond Zheng Changhao's expectations and deeply moved him.

What a great investor!

Therefore, Zheng Changhao actively began to take action and started recruiting.

He had studied the Beiming Community's model many times before and understood it very well. Previously, he simply lacked funds; now that the money was in place, he immediately knew what to do and didn't need to study it further.

Hiring! Opening a shop!

In Beiming Community's model, physical stores are essential.

Yangbei Forum wants to replicate the Beiming Community model, so naturally it needs to open offline stores. As for where to open them, Zheng Changhao already has a plan:

With 500,000 yuan, opening too many stores is definitely impossible. All things considered, opening stores at two schools is the limit.

One of the schools, without a doubt, was Zheng Changhao's home base: Yangcheng Business School.

Another school... Yangcheng Normal School is good.

……

That evening, it was already past eight o'clock, and Zheng Changhao was still in office 305, writing a business plan.

Li Xian and Wei Mingrui have already returned to their dormitories.

In room 305, there was only Zheng Changhao inside.

"Done."

After pressing the last key, Zheng Changhao stopped, satisfied. He checked the file once, saved it, and then stood up, stretching and relaxing.

He then left his workstation, walked to the window, and looked out at the Yangcheng Business School campus, which was mostly submerged in darkness, with a strip of streetlights winding out like a long snake.

Zheng Changhao watched, his pride soaring, and for a moment, he felt a sense of dominance over the world. He could almost see Shen Kang being trampled to the ground by his and Lan Qin's combined efforts.

As he watched, Jung Chang-ho suddenly frowned.

He thought of a problem.

What if—and he meant what if—Shen Kang managed to hold off the attack with his and Lan Qin's combined efforts? Or even worse, what if Shen Kang's Beiming Community came up with some more inexplicable new tricks, continuing to erode Yangbei Forum's market share and pushing it further into a corner?

It's not impossible.

Zheng Changhao thought silently.

His past encounters with Shen Kang, and the various new tricks Shen Kang's Beiming Community had come up with, kept flashing through his mind...

"no."

Zheng Changhao's eyes flickered. "As the ancients said, 'Consider defeat before victory...'"

Leave yourself a way out.

Zheng Changhao pondered quietly.

After a long pause, a decision was made.

Well, of the 500,000, about 350,000 would be invested in the Yangbei Forum, and that should be about right. If the accounts are kept neat, Lan Qin probably won't be able to tell. For example, regarding the purchase of laundry equipment for the laundry room, the specifics are definitely something I'll handle myself. As long as I negotiate with the manufacturer, whether a washing machine costs 20,000 or 30,000, Lan Qin won't know. Anyway, the washing machine is bought, and it does wash clothes very well…

After thinking it over, Zheng Changhao confirmed that there was no problem.

As for the 150,000 yuan he saved, he certainly wouldn't squander it, but would invest it in the construction of the second-hand textbook recycling platform.

With Lan Qin joining as an investor on the Yangbei Forum, I'll just have to do my best. If it succeeds, that's great, everyone's happy. Even if it doesn't, I still have a backup plan—a more powerful platform for recycling secondhand teaching materials.

After sorting out all his thoughts, Zheng Changhao looked out the window and nodded in satisfaction.

……

The sun was shining brightly that day.

Around noon, Shen Kang rode a women's bicycle and wobbled to the foot of the B8 teaching building.

Not long after, a group of people came out of the stairwell; they were the students from Computer Science and Technology Class 1 who were having their classes there.

Shen Kang stood out quite a bit next to the bicycle.

The students in Computer Science Class 1 now know He Qiuzhu's boyfriend, but they're not as noticeable as before. They might glance at him a couple of times, but then ignore him, harboring resentment: There are already few girls in their Computer Science class. They finally have someone as exceptional as He Qiuzhu, and now someone from another department has beaten them to it! How infuriating!

Before long, Shen Kang also saw He Qiuzhu at the back of the crowd.

She seemed a little listless; her usually bright eyes were now half-closed, and she looked like she was sleepwalking, dazed and confused.

She didn't even notice herself.

It was only when they were about to walk right in front of me, just as they were about to pass by, that they finally noticed me.

In the past, if I came downstairs to wait for her without notifying her, her eyes would light up when she saw me, and she would come running over in a flash.

But today, her eyes could only be described as "slightly bright." She did walk towards this side, but her steps were somewhat unsteady, far from light and agile. Instead, she seemed to be floating on clouds.

He Qiuzhu came with several of her roommates.

After the group arrived, Shen Kang asked Fu Rong and the others, puzzled, "What's wrong with her today?"

Xia Meng was too lazy to talk to him and pretended not to hear him.

Du Nanxin answered the question: "She watched your interview program alone in the living room all night. When I got up at five in the morning to go to the bathroom, I saw her still watching."

"Wow." Shen Kang couldn't help but exclaim, while also blaming himself for being too charming as an older brother, making his younger sister too proud and unable to resist watching him all night.

Then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw He Qiuzhu, still dazed, climbing onto the back seat of his car by muscle memory. At the same time, she weakly waved to Fu Rong and the others, mechanically saying, "Goodbye, Fu Rong, Nan Xin, Xia Meng."

"...Okay, you don't need to take the car today."

Shen Kang reached out and put his arm around her waist, lifting her down from the back seat. "Let's walk back. I'm afraid you'll fall off the car while you're sitting there."

He Qiuzhu responded with a dazed "Oh".

Shen Kang told He Qiuzhu and the others to throw all their books into the bicycle basket, then pushed the bicycle and followed them toward the cafeteria.

Fu Rong, Du Nanxin, and Xia Meng walked together as a group.

Over here, Shen Kang was pushing the cart alone.

He Qiuzhu walked among them, her head bobbing like a woodpecker, her eyes occasionally closing as she walked.

Shen Kang was speechless. He simply let He Qiuzhu sit in the back seat of the car, and then pushed the car in an awkward position, wrapping his arms around He Qiuzhu in his arms.

To be honest, this posture looks awkward, but it's quite practical; He Qiuzhu won't fall down.

As they pushed the cart, He Qiuzhu sat on the back seat, her head tilted to the side, resting on Shen Kang's shoulder, and fell asleep, being pushed along by Shen Kang.

It was tough on Shen Kang; his awkward pushing posture resembled that of a large, straight-moving crab.

"Watching other people fall in love is so interesting, it's so sweet," Fu Rong said happily as she walked by.

Shen Kang naturally reiterated their sibling relationship, saying that it was not a romantic relationship, but simply a brother's affection for his sister.

Fu Rong and the others rolled their eyes, thinking that Shen Kang's problem was truly persistent. He Qiuzhu was the same, completely indulging him and not arguing back.

"...Dating is a terrible thing. As the saying goes, a wise man doesn't fall in love, and even a dog in love wouldn't date." After saying that, Shen Kang continued with his push-the-cart exercise.

As they walked, Fu Rong said, "How can being in love be a bad thing? You're just exaggerating."

"It seems you've never experienced the terror of being in love. Fine, I'll show you just how terrifying it can be."

Since Shen Kang had nothing better to do, he gave them an example.

"Come on, Fu Rong, let's say I'm your current boyfriend, and you have an ex-boyfriend and a male best friend. Now, the world has changed, and it's a world where one woman can have two husbands. Between me, your male best friend, and your ex-boyfriend, which two people would you choose as your husband?"

One wife, two husbands? Is such a thing even possible?

Fu Rong got excited, but a new problem immediately troubled her: "I don't have an ex-boyfriend, so what do I think?"

Shen Kang said, "I already said it's hypothetical, so just assume there's one. How about this, I'll think of an ex-boyfriend for you. He's about the same height as Daniel Wu, maybe a little less handsome than me. As for his physique, he's 1.82 meters tall, has eight-pack abs, a V-shaped waist, and long legs. His family background is also pretty good; he's a rich second-generation heir, the kind whose family assets are worth hundreds of millions."

As Fu Rong listened and thought about it, her mouth watered. She couldn't help but ask, "He's like this, how could I still break up with him? I'm not stupid."

Shen Kang shook his head, brushing away a strand of He Qiuzhu's hair that had fallen in front of his nose, and continued pushing the cart like a crab, "Of course it's because your current boyfriend is better. What's there to doubt?"

He felt that Fu Rong's question was nonsense.

As Fu Rong walked, she turned her head to look at Shen Kang, who was pushing the cart in an awkward posture like a crab.

"...Alright then."

She reluctantly accepted Shen Kang's assumptions and then began to think about them seriously.

Before she could even speak, Shen Kang interrupted, "You really want to? Let's break up!"

"..."

Fu Rong remained silent.

Du Nanxin, who was standing nearby, was also amused.

Shen Kang laughed as well: "See? That's the scary thing about being in love."

After letting them experience it for a while, Shen Kang said, "This is only the first trap. Now let's ignore the first trap and assume that I, as your current boyfriend, have accepted the scenario of having one wife and two husbands. You continue thinking."

Fu Rong then remembered something else.

Based on Shen Kang's assumption and line of reasoning, the current boyfriend is definitely the one to choose. The other one is either the ex-boyfriend or the male best friend.

After a moment, Fu Rong had her answer and said, "The first one, I would definitely choose you, my current boyfriend."

Shen Kang nodded without saying anything.

"It seems choosing my current boyfriend is the obvious answer," Fu Rong thought to herself, and continued, "For the other one, I'll choose my ex-boyfriend."

She still can't let go of Daniel Wu, the rich second-generation, with his eight-pack abs, V-shaped waist, and long legs.

Shen Kang said slowly, "You still can't let him go. Fine, I knew I was just a substitute. Let's break up!"

"..."

Fu Rong immediately changed her mind again, "Then I'll choose you for one and my male best friend for the other."

Shen Kang: "Huh? You actually have a male best friend behind my back? Let's break up!"

"..."

Fu Rong was truly at her wit's end.

Du Nanxin laughed heartily.

Shen Kang thought to himself, "They're still too young. Their statement had such a glaring flaw; they could easily have countered." Fu Rong, however, was stunned. "Still so young," she thought.

Just when the group had different thoughts

Xia Meng, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up: "I'll break up with you first, and then we'll be best friends. That way, you'll be both my male best friend and my ex-boyfriend. If I choose my male best friend, it's you; if I choose my ex-boyfriend, it's also you."

"!"

Fu Rong and Du Nanxin were both shocked.

"Wow, it really is!"

"Xia Meng, you really are a genius at romance!"

Both of them exclaimed in surprise.

That's the standard answer.

Xia Meng's expression was self-satisfied and indifferent. Despite her petite appearance, she exuded a mature and sophisticated aura, and even gave Shen Kang a provocative look.

It's as if to say, "If I answer like this, how will you respond?"

Shen Kang pushed the cart with heavy effort, responding to Xia Meng's answer.

"You actually want to break up with me? Break up!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

Three girls, looking as helpless as men.

They thought this was the correct answer, but they never expected Shen Kang to find an angle to use...

The group chatted and laughed as Shen Kang pushed the cart all the way to the second canteen.

After waking He Qiuzhu, everyone went inside to eat.

He Qiuzhu was indeed very sleepy. Shen Kang noticed that as she ate, her head almost pierced the plate. So he stopped eating, took the chopsticks from He Qiuzhu's hand, held her head with one hand, and used a spoon in the other to feed her.

Now He Qiuzhu was much more comfortable. She closed her eyes and ate whatever she could get her hands on, then took another bite. She perfectly embodied the idea of ​​being served food.

"...I really want to put them both in a sack, one in Antarctica and the other in the Arctic," Du Nanxin couldn't help but complain.

Xia Meng half agreed: Shen Kang could indeed be put in a sack and thrown into the Arctic to feed polar bears, but her sister couldn't be put in a sack.

Fu Rong, however, was puzzled: "It's so sweet." She was enjoying it and thought it made her feel good while eating. She also dreamed that her future boyfriend would pamper her like that.

And so, while feeding and talking, the meal was almost finished.

When Shen Kang learned that they had no classes in the afternoon, he planned to take He Qiuzhu back to her dormitory so she could catch up on her sleep, but his phone rang.

He took it out and saw it was a call from Ye Jintong. As soon as he answered, Ye Jintong's voice came from the other end, "Boss, something's happened! Yangbei Forum has started throwing money around!"