I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Although Shen Kang was a good person, he was also well-mannered, so he didn't ask any questions. He just tilted his head and thought for a moment, then put the pink phone on the table and pushed it towards Jin Chao.

The screen was still lit, displaying the page of that post.

"Old Jin,"

Shen Kang spoke in a calm tone, as if he were saying that the food in the cafeteria was a bit salty today. "Do me a favor. Now, use this phone to open the Beiming Community, find the person named '陌上微凉' in this post, click on her profile picture to go to her homepage, and take a look at her following list."

Jin Chao was taken aback: "What?"

"Business research".

Shen Kang remained calm. "I want to see what the interests and preferences of users in the 'refined lifestyle' category on our platform are, so that we can better optimize user profiles and content recommendation algorithms later."

Jin Chao refused outright, "Why don't you look at it yourself?"

"It's a long story, but the principle is actually quite simple. As you know, I created this website. From my perspective, I'm a platform provider, a manager, right? This involves a core product methodology issue: the distinction between the 'God's-eye view' and the 'user's perspective.' When I look at the data using my own account, firstly, my account has administrator privileges. Although I haven't opened any special backdoors, my own identity itself constitutes a kind of interference. My perspective on the data is naturally different from the perspective of a real user. You understand that, right?"

Jin Chao opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Shen Kang continued.

"This is like what? It's like you're a supermarket owner watching customer movement from the monitoring room. That's completely different from you actually shopping in the supermarket as a customer. The shelf displays and the attractiveness of the products are two completely different things. What I need to do now is for you—a real, pure, C-end user without a platform operation mindset—to use your eyes and your operating habits to help me complete this survey. Professionally, we call this 'user empathy mapping,' which is projecting myself into the shoes of an ordinary user. But I can't do that myself, so I need you to be the mapping carrier."

Feng Mo stopped studying and silently looked at Shen Kang, wanting to say, "Master, stop reading."

Jin Chao's expression had already started to go blank.

"Then why do we have to look at hers?" Jin Chao asked in a desperate attempt to find the answer.

"This is the third dimension, called 'sample typicality'."

Seeing that Jin Chao didn't seem to want to watch, Shen Kang became even more excited and showed no intention of stopping.

People are full of energy when they are doing bad things.

He glanced at "Advanced Mathematics" a few times and got sleepy. He scrolled through his phone for a while... oh no, he looked at his work for a while and still couldn't stay focused.

And now, hey, I'm all energized!

"Look at this 'Mo Shang Wei Liang'. What is she? She's a content producer in the 'Refined Lifestyle' category, and also a consumer. Her following list is like a high-quality content curation pool. By analyzing her following list and combining it with behavioral data from mature users like yourself, I can extract the core content matrix for this category. What is a matrix? It's a network of connections between different content types and different creators. Once this matrix is ​​working, I can replicate this logic to other categories, forming a virtuous cycle for the platform's content ecosystem."

Shen Kang paused, then took a breath.

"So you see, asking you to click on this profile picture isn't just a simple click; it involves a whole system of user research, content strategy, and platform ecosystem thinking. From an execution perspective, it's just a click of a finger; but from a strategic perspective, it's a crucial step for our Beiming Community in refining content operations. What we need to align now is the granularity of the execution and strategic layers, ensuring that every action feeds back into the top-level design..."

"Alright!"

Jin Chao's head was spinning from Shen Kang's coded language. He grabbed the pink phone on the table with such speed that it was as if it weren't a phone, but a bomb on a countdown.

"I think you should stop talking!"

Jin Chao started pressing the keys on his phone.

Shen Kang watched silently, thinking to himself, "Something really is going on." Jin Chao typed "陌上微凉" into the search bar in just two seconds.

These days, most mobile phones have a fixed character order, unlike later input methods that dynamically change according to user habits.

These days, typing fast relies entirely on muscle memory.

Jin Chao has a deep muscle memory for the phrase "陌上微凉" (a slight chill on the road).

Moreover, Shen Kang noticed that in those two seconds, Jin Chao not only posted the name, but also conveniently pressed the "search" button.

This made Shen Kang's expression turn somewhat strange: No, why does it feel like Lao Jin is the kind of person who doesn't follow people but just searches for their names every day to see what they're looking for? This is too practiced.

Next, Jin Chao went to the homepage and pretended to look at the following list. The whole process was smooth and seamless, without any pauses or unnecessary movements.

Shen Kang had already leaned back in his chair, his hands behind his head, and said nothing.

Feng Moquan watched from the side, his vision both clear and blurry, only noticing Jin Chao's fluid and graceful movements—had you seen "God of Gamblers"? His hands were even faster than the God of Gamblers'.

How smooth is the operation? So smooth that Jin Chao doesn't even need to think about where the person is or how to find them; his muscle memory directly guides his fingers, getting to the target in one step.

What does this mean? It means that Jin Chao had watched quite a bit before.

It's not "I followed it and occasionally saw it," it's "I specifically searched for it, and more than once."

Feng Moquan got excited too.

He craned his neck, peering over Shen Kang's shoulder to look at the phone screen. But instead of seeing pictures in the Beiming Community personal space (translated as app), he only saw a username – "Mo Shang Wei Liang".

Feng Moquan pulled his head back, lowered his voice, and asked Shen Kang very politely, "Old Shen, who's this? Jin Chao's girlfriend?"

Clearly, it wasn't just Shen Kang who noticed; Feng Moquan noticed it too.

Shen Kang shook his head. "I don't know, but I do know that if our Beiming Community added a 'Visitor Ranking' feature, Lao Jin would definitely be in the top five of this 'Mo Shang Wei Liang' list."

Jin Chao stiffened, and stopped pretending to look at Mo Shang Wei Liang's following list. He silently raised his head.

After a long pause, he finally spoke.

"Old Shen, may your son be born without an anus."

Shen Kang chuckled, "I'm not getting married, so why would I have children? You're just daydreaming."

Feng Moquan chimed in, "Yes, don't change the subject. Now is the time to explain your problems, Lao Jin..."

The three of them were whispering to each other, which was really rude. It made a girl in the first two rows get up and move to a few more rows forward.

Even so, Wang Pan slept soundly, showing no sign of waking up.

Meanwhile, under the combined attack of Shen Kang and Feng Moquan, and having been tricked and exposed by Old Shen, Jin Chao had no choice but to surrender.

"It's nothing really, I just occasionally look at her posts..."

According to Jin Chao, he initially stumbled upon Mo Shang Wei Liang's post by chance and thought the person took good photos. Later, he would check it out from time to time.

But it's not a crush, definitely not.

Jin Chao simply felt that the lifestyle was quite novel, completely different from his own, and quite interesting, like experiencing a different life.

That's it? Shen Kang was very disappointed.

Then he noticed someone was looking at him. He turned his head and saw Feng Moquan looking at him with two words in his eyes—"Do you believe me?"

Shen Kang returned the look with his eyes – I believe you.

You actually believe that?

He's already said that, what can you do? Are you going to force him to admit he has a crush on her?

That's true...

"What are you doing?" Jin Chao couldn't help but reach out and stand between the two, interrupting their eye contact.

"It's nothing."

Shen Kang withdrew his gaze.

Having already said what he needed to say, Jin Chao relaxed a bit and asked, "Old Shen, doesn't your website shut down these kinds of rumors?"

"Who is it, the one who posted that Mo Shang Wei Liang uses secondhand items?" Shen Kang asked.

Jin Chao nodded, "Mm."

"Why the lockdown?"

Shen Kang leaned back in his chair, his expression as if he were pondering a calculus problem.

Jin Chao was taken aback: "Isn't he spreading rumors? Saying that someone uses secondhand goods, but that person is clearly not that kind of person."

Shen Kang didn't answer directly, but instead asked, "Old Jin, let me ask you a question. Have you seen anyone criticizing Li Su on the Beiming Community?"

"I think... I've seen it before." Jin Chaoqiang tried to remain calm.

Feng Moquan wanted to laugh: he knew this better than anyone else. It was a month ago when he and Jin Chao took turns using Shen Kang's computer. He had seen Jin Chao cursing under a post about a headless muscular man.

Feng Moquan knew about that headless muscular guy; he was quite popular on the Beiming Community, with many fans, especially female fans. You could always see some outrageous comments from girls in his posts. That headless muscular guy was also aloof and always seemed busy, unlike Lao Shen, who was idiot and approachable.

The headless muscle man has many male and female fans, and his aloof and cold image naturally makes many guys unhappy.

One evening, when Lao Shen returned to the dorm, Jin Chao was looking at the post about the headless muscular man again. Lao Shen casually said, "Lao Jin, do you also want to learn how to build muscles? This guy's name is Li Su, he's my friend. If you really want to build muscles, I'll give you his phone number."

Feng Moquan guessed that Jin Chao wanted to go to Li Su's post to curse again, but after Lao Shen said that, he was a little embarrassed and just hummed and hawed to get away with it.

It was during that time that they learned the headless muscular man was named Li Su, and was Lao Shen's friend.

"Have you seen the Beiming Community go and block those posts that criticize Li Su?" Shen Kang asked again.

Jin Chao thought for a moment and said, "I don't think I've seen it before."

"Exactly," Shen Kang said casually. "I don't ban people who insult my friends, so why would I ban them?"

"What if I scold you?" Jin Chao asked subconsciously.

Shen Kang said, "Insulting me is different. I represent our platform. Insulting me is an attack on our platform, which is malicious hacking behavior, and of course we must ban you. The law also severely punishes hackers, and we must act in accordance with the law."

"?"

Jin Chao felt something was off about the logic, but couldn't quite put his finger on it, so he simply stopped thinking about it and said, "That's different. Li Su only got a few insults because someone disapproved of him showing off his muscles. But this is different. This post is about a 'fake rich and beautiful woman,' which directly threatens someone's livelihood. If everyone actually believes that, how will Mo Shang Wei Liang post in the future?"

Feng Moquan chimed in from the side, "Old Jin, what's the rush?"

Jin Chao was taken aback, then said stiffly, "I'm just... speaking from the perspective of fairness and justice."

Shen Kang laughed. "Fine, fair and just. Then let me ask you, you know this post is fabricated, what's your reason? Because you think Mo Shang Wei Liang isn't that kind of person, you think she's a rich and beautiful woman, she wouldn't buy secondhand goods. But is this 'thinking' true? Do you know her? Do you know anything about her family situation?"

Jin Chao opened his mouth, but then fell silent.

This explains his complicated expression after reading the "conclusive evidence post": he didn't really see anything wrong with using secondhand items; even Old Shen sells secondhand items.

The key is that you can't use secondhand items while pretending to be a rich and beautiful woman; that would be very hypocritical.

When Jin Chao was in high school, he encountered this kind of person who wanted both things and then left with a "So what?" comment, which disgusted him so much that he still remembers it vividly.

If the cool breeze on the path is like this...

At that moment, Jin Chao felt that his beautiful imagination had been shattered—the female protagonist in his book, "Taoist Masters on Campus," even resembled Mo Shang Wei Liang! No way!

This explains the complex expression on Jin Chao's face at the time.

However, as he talked to Shen Kang, Jin Chao realized something: No, just because someone says something doesn't mean it is. Maybe someone is just jealous of her, spreading rumors and slandering her. These kinds of things happen a lot.

The more Jin Chaoyue thought about it, the more she felt that Mo Shang Wei Liang had been slandered and defamed. She had almost forgotten that she herself had once doubted Mo Shang Wei Liang.

So, Jin Chao then mentioned the matter of whether or not to ban the person—if he were to ban the person spreading rumors because of him, it would make him feel like a hero. Maybe…

As a result, Lao Shen's words rekindled Jin Chao's previous suspicions...

Just as Jin Chao was hesitating, wanting to ask Lao Shen what he thought about the matter and which side he should believe,

Shen Kang spoke first, "I'm not going to waste time arguing with you. If I'm not back by then, take the book back for me."

After saying that, Jin Chao saw Shen Kang walk towards the back door.

He Qiuzhu stood there, holding Shen Kang's phone in her hand, pointing it in this direction, the meaning was clear—you have a phone call, someone is looking for you.

Watching Shen Kang and He Qiuzhu leave through the back door, Feng Moquan couldn't help but say, "Do you think Old Shen has nothing better to do? How much peace and quiet can he have by changing his phone? If someone's looking for him, he'll still come looking for him. And those two, couldn't they have just sent a text message? Why did they have to come all the way here..."

Jin Chao also temporarily put aside his own thoughts, glanced at Feng Moquan silently, and thought to himself that there must be a reason why Old Feng and Zhong Lin had been entangled for so long without getting together.

Isn't this the kind of excitement and drama that's all about in a relationship?

Those who don't cause trouble are called sworn brothers.

Jin Chao silently looked towards the back door, thinking to himself, "Old Shen said he didn't know how to be in a relationship—he's even influenced me to the point of starting to understand the 'power of love'."