I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Although Xiao Bonian initially thought Shen Kang's words were outrageous, upon further reflection, it was indeed not impossible.

After all, he himself was a teacher at Yang University, and he was well aware of the practices within the school system; he might really be passing the buck.

"Your concerns are valid."

Xiao Bonian pondered for a moment, then took out his phone: "The vice dean of the Computer Science Department at Yang University of Science and Technology is my senior. Let me make a call and see."

After making the call, Xiao Bonian waited a while, then answered another call and said to Shen Kang, "Let's go get your access pass."

The two then went downstairs and drove their car to Building A9.

Shen Kang had been studying at a school in his previous life. Because of his part-time job, he had also interacted with some teachers, so he knew that this was the building of the School of Economics and Management.

After parking the car, Xiao Bonian led him to the fifth floor and into the vice president's office.

There were already two people sitting inside, chatting.

The slightly overweight man with a receding hairline on the left is Qian Ming'en, the vice dean of the School of Economics and Management in charge of student affairs. The somewhat thin, bald man on the right is Dai Qiu, the vice dean of the School of Computer Science.

"Senior."

"Your juniors are here! Let me introduce you. This is my junior, Professor Xiao Bonian from Yangzhou University, who researches artificial intelligence. This is Qian Ming'en, the vice dean of our School of Economics and Management, who is also our senior..."

After introductions and pleasantries, the group naturally introduced Xiao Bonian's son, Shen Kang.

Both being shrewd individuals, Dean Qian and Dean Dai showed absolutely no surprise at the fact that the father and son had different surnames.

Dai Qiu even joked, "Back in school, you were so focused on your studies and had no interest in women. I thought you were going to be a bachelor for life, but you ended up with a family, hahaha, that's great, that's great!"

Then she asked Shen Kang, "What's with this outfit? If Xiao Xiao hadn't introduced you, I would have thought you were a teacher at our school."

Shen Kang smiled slightly and said, "Men should dress more maturely after they turn 18."

The group laughed heartily, and the three alumni sat down to chat.

The three alumni gathered together, but instead of talking about Shen Kang's trivial matter, they started talking about their alma mater. They talked about the stinky lake on campus, how Dai Qiu used to pluck the old peach tree bare and make a wreath out of the petals to confess her love, and how she got punished afterwards. They also talked about the funny story of how the buildings on campus were arranged in a Bagua pattern...

Therefore, it is natural for schools of thought to form. People from the same school share too many memories and it is easy for them to feel close to each other.

Shen Kang sat beside him and listened, playing the role of a good listener.

After the three chatted for a while, Dean Qian finally remembered the important matter.

He went to the filing cabinet, pulled out a form, and handed it to Shen Kang. "Fill this out. Do you have your driver's license and vehicle registration with you? In principle, the vehicle for which you are applying for the access pass should be registered in your name. However, if it's registered in your parents' name, that's fine too."

"I brought them all."

Shen Kang was well-prepared, bringing all his documents, and quickly finished filling out the form.

The vehicle registration certificate is in his own name. This is because he was worried that it would be difficult to apply for a school access pass, so he asked Zhou Man to transfer the BMW to his name first.

Qian Ming'en glanced through the document, preparing to sign, but then noticed a few details that surprised him. He chuckled, "Xiao Xiao, you really spoil your son! You bought him a BMW 3 Series? That must have cost around 40 yuan, right?"

Dai Qiu was also somewhat surprised when she heard this.

It's not that Xiao Bonian lacks the financial means; if he were to grit his teeth, he could spend 40 yuan to buy his son a car. However, he usually doesn't do that because the financial pressure is too great.

How much doting is this on the child?

Before Xiao Bonian could speak, Shen Kang spoke first: "This wasn't bought by my dad, it was bought by my mom. I worked part-time during the summer vacation and opened a company in Yangcheng. Now that I'm here to go to university, I need to go there often, so having a car would be more convenient. So a few days ago I was planning to buy one, but my mom said that the BMW in the underground garage has been sitting there all this time and no one uses it, so she told me to drive this one first, saying that one should be thrifty and frugal."

"..."

Qian Ming'en's face twitched; he simply couldn't reconcile "driving a BMW" with "frugality."

As for how he worked to support himself while studying, which involved starting a company or something, I can't even begin to describe it.

What kind of incredibly wealthy woman did Xiao Bonian marry?

Dai Qiu was also surprised and laughed, "I didn't realize you were a boss, Xiao Shen!"

Shen Kang scoffed, "What boss? Don't laugh at me, uncles, I don't know anything. My mom just threw in the money and found the people. I was just there to work and watch the show. The only thing I did myself was spend 60,000 yuan to find a few students at my dad's university to make me a website."

Does this kid ever tell the truth? He's supposed to be a person of principle, right?

Xiao Bonian tried hard to keep his expression straight and not show any unusual behavior.

Dai Qiu was surprised by the details, "Sixty thousand yuan for a student to make a website?"

This is dozens of times different from the market price! Dai Qiu could easily get this done for two or three thousand by hiring his students.

Shen Kang was a little puzzled: "Did you spend too much?" But he immediately stopped caring, "Anyway, they're all my dad's students, we're all family, it doesn't matter if I give them a little more."

After saying that, he touched his stomach, a little embarrassed, and said, "Uncles, I think it's lunchtime. My family is hosting today, let's all go and have a simple lunch together."

Qian Ming'en glanced at his watch. "Indeed, it's lunchtime. Let's go grab a bite. It's a happy reunion of old classmates today, so don't try to pay the bill..."

Four people could share one car. Since the other three were all elders, Shen Kang, the younger generation, volunteered to be the driver and drove his BMW to take everyone out of the school gate.

Under Qian Ming'en's direction, they drove to the busiest commercial street in the university town, to a Cantonese restaurant called "Zhong Tang Hui".

Shen Kang had lived here for several years and knew the area around Yang University of Science and Technology very well, so he also knew this restaurant. Whether it was delicious or not was hard to say, but it was definitely the most expensive.

He still remembered that when he was in college in his previous life, anyone who hosted a dinner party at Zhongtanghui could brag about it.

After entering and booking a private room, we ordered food, but didn't drink alcohol. The four of us ate and chatted.

The three alumni had finished catching up, and the two vice deans were quite interested in some information that Shen Kang had previously revealed, so they brought Shen Kang into the conversation as well.

Shen Kang, just like a mama's boy, always starts with "My mom said..."

"My mom said that she opened that company for me so that I could work and study. It doesn't matter if it loses money, as long as I can learn something..."

"My mom talks about industry-academia-research collaboration, and how technological achievements and patents are the most powerful moats. I don't really understand it, but I've learned one thing: just throw money at research projects. Losing nine projects is no big deal, but if one succeeds, it's a huge profit..."

"When my dad first came to my house, I found out he was a professor, and I immediately took a liking to him. We almost became sworn brothers. I even wanted to be their best man at their wedding..."

Xiao Bonian listened to this kid spouting nonsense and his expression became somewhat strained.

Just then, a text message arrived, and he quickly looked down to read it.

It was Zhou Man who sent the message, asking if they wanted to have dinner together.

Xiao Bonian typed that there was a last-minute dinner party here, and he had already started eating. His fingers were about to move again, but after thinking about it, he didn't type any more words.

I'll tell Zhou Man the details tonight, and see how that kid is making fun of the two of them, haha.