I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Shen Kang and his dormitory

Shen Kang, Wang Pan, and Feng Moquan stood in front of the civil service exam notes, each with three pens in front of them, just like their mother's oath of brotherhood in the Peach Garden.

Shen Kang didn't know why he was standing there.

Logically speaking, with all this hard work studying lately, failing shouldn't be an option for me—but since I'm already here, I might as well say goodbye.

After the ceremony concluded, the three dispersed and returned to their respective seats.

At this moment, Jin Chao was looking at the post he had just published, feeling a little frustrated—it had only been a short while since he posted it, and there was still only one comment below.

"Too long to read."

Although Jin Chao didn't expect his post to go viral, since he had posted it, there must still be some hope, at least it shouldn't be too mediocre, right?

As it turns out, well, hey, it really is just mediocre.

"well……"

Jin Chao shook his head.

Shen Kang returned at this moment, glancing casually at the screen. "Just like those other people, got your iPod and posting a review? Bad data? Lao Jin, this is all text, why aren't you posting any photos? That's definitely bad data. I saw you taking photos just now, weren't you? You clearly have photos, why aren't you posting them?"

Jin Chao shook his head. "I don't want to put it on. It feels like the vibe will be off if I put a photo on it."

After saying that, he even made a self-deprecating remark: "Damn it, if I had known it would turn out like this, I wouldn't have bought this iPod at all..."

As he spoke, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Shen Kang with a forced smile.

"Old Shen, can I return it? As you can see, I just received it today, just opened it, and haven't used it yet."

Shen Kang was amused by him, thought for a moment, and said, "Okay."

Before Huanhuan.com went live, he and Wen Chulan had discussed its after-sales policy.

Wen Chulan and his team meant that since this was their first time using this secondhand model, it was better to play it safe and not rush things, but to ensure stability.

Shen Kang considered everyone's suggestions and decided to temporarily abandon the launch of the seven-day no-reason return policy on Huanhuan.com. After a period of trial operation and accumulation of data, a decision would be made on when to launch the seven-day no-reason return policy on Huanhuan.com based on the data.

Therefore, Huanhuan.com currently does not offer a seven-day no-reason return policy.

He's essentially giving Jin Chao a back door. His plan is to buy it himself and then sell it to Wen Chulan at a secondhand price, covering the difference himself. He'll also provide the return data to Wen Chulan, accumulating data bit by bit.

"Really? That's great!"

Jin Chao was overjoyed.

However, when Shen Kang was planning to pack up the iPod and put it in the laundry room so they could send it to the warehouse when he went to the study room the next day...

Jin Chao looked at it, then hesitated, "Wait a minute."

"What?" Shen Kang paused his actions.

Jin Chao thought for a moment and asked, "Can I use it for a few days first, and then decide whether I want to return it?"

Shen Kang cursed and swore, "You son of a bitch, you're really pushing your luck." But despite his cursing, he didn't refuse. "Fine, you can use it for two days. If you want to keep it, then keep it. If you really don't want it anymore, just tell me."

Jin Chao felt better. "Okay, thanks, Lao Shen."

He felt that having Lao Shen as a roommate in the dormitory was quite an advantage.

Then, Jin Chao started fiddling with importing songs into the iPod. However, after a while, he couldn't figure it out.

Shen Kang stood by and watched, offering some guidance: "This 'Guozi' thing is a bit complicated. You can't just drag and drop songs in; you have to download iTunes first to put them in."

After fiddling around for a while, the two downloaded iTunes and finally started importing songs.

Jin Chao doesn't usually listen to music; he was just trying it out for the first time. So he didn't pick and choose, and simply packed up some local songs that Shen Kang played on his computer using Qianqian Music Player and put them directly into the iPod.

After finishing all that, Jin Chao went back to his seat to study his new toy, giving his seat to Shen Kang.

So, the dormitory returned to its usual state, with some studying and others playing on the computer.

However, unlike the past few days when Wang Pan was suffering from internal conflicts due to not being able to study properly, tonight Wang Pan had just gone through the "Reiki Ritual" and felt that the exam was in the bag. He was in a very good mood and was even humming a little tune while surfing the Internet.

About twenty minutes later, Shen Kang, who was checking emails, suddenly heard a loud shout from Wang Pan's end.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap!..."

This series of shouts immediately drew the attention of Shen Kang and the others.

Before Shen Kang could ask what was going on, he saw Wang Pan stand up from his computer, turn his head sharply, and stare at Jin Chao with a shocked expression.

Shen Kang immediately glanced at Jin Chao and saw that Jin Chao looked completely bewildered.

"What's going on?"

Shen Kang finally asked the question.

Wang Pan remained silent, simply staring at Jin Chao. After a while, he finally spoke: "Old Jin, your username on the Beiming Community is 'Undying Evil God,' right?"

Upon hearing this online name, none of the four people in the dormitory showed any unusual expression; they were all strong individuals.

Jin Chao nodded, feeling that Wang's question was pointless, "Yes."

In their dorm, who doesn't know everyone else's online name?

Wang Pan then asked, "Old Jin, are you having an affair with Lu Tinglan?"

"???"

Shen Kang, Feng Moquan, and Jin Chao were all completely baffled.

Wang Pan didn't know how to explain it, so he simply said, "You'll see when you come over."

Seeing that there seemed to be some juicy gossip to be had, Shen Kang got the most excited. Relying on his martial arts skills, he jumped up from his chair and was the first to go to Wang Pan's side. Feng Moquan and Jin Chao followed soon after.

Shen Kang stood behind Wang Pan, occupying the most central position, watching Wang Pan's fingers gesture on the screen.

"This is a post that Lao Jin just made..."

"I Am No Longer a Lonely Star"?

Upon seeing the post's title and recalling Wang Pan's earlier words, Shen Kang's gossip alarm immediately went off, and he became very excited.

Then, together with Feng Moquan, we read through Jin Chao's post.

The post wasn't long, and I finished reading it quickly.

Shen Kang fell silent.

He then questioned, "No, Lao Jin, what do you mean? Every machine we use at Huanhuan.com undergoes a complete data wipe before being delivered to the customer. There's absolutely no way there would be any songs left over from the previous owner! This is slander! I'll sue you for slander!"

Jin Chao quickly pleaded, "Old Shen, don't get agitated, don't get agitated. Isn't this for the needs of literary creation? You know, if I were to write that I go back to my dorm first, then download that i-something app, then import the song, and then go out again, wouldn't the artistic conception be completely ruined?"

Shen Kang was exasperated. "I know this is for your literary creation, but you can't just slander someone's innocence like this!..."

Feng Moquan was also very dissatisfied: "Old Jin, what do you mean? Every time Wang Pan and I went out to eat, did we not invite you? Every time we went to class, did we not invite you? What do you mean by 'going to class alone, going to the cafeteria alone, and returning to the dorm alone'? On the contrary, sometimes you left the two of us behind!"

Jin Chao continued to plead, "Don't get agitated, isn't this for the needs of literary creation?...

Wang Pan couldn't hold back any longer.

"No, what are you all focusing on? Is that the important thing?"

His hand tapped repeatedly on a certain spot on the screen.

"That's the important part!"

Shen Kang and the others finally followed Wang Pan's finger and looked in that direction.

Then I saw that it was the first hot comment under this post, which was purely driven by popularity, and it was quite popular.

"You are no longer a lonely star." — A Slight Breeze on the Road

There were so many replies that you couldn't even see them all on the main post page; you could only see a few.

Only by clicking through can you see everything.

"Interesting. This is the first time I've seen Lu Tinglan comment on someone else's post in the past few days."

"Holy crap, 'I'm no longer a lonely star,' 'You're no longer a lonely star.' What does that mean?!"

"Are you guys using secret signals here?"

"I'm not pretending anymore, I'm coming clean, I'm jealous. What kind of nonsense is this? It's like a primary school student's essay. If this is acceptable, then I'm acceptable too, I'm going to write one too!"

"What are you going to do? I bet you're having trouble even getting onto the kang (heated brick bed)."

"No, he didn't even post a single photo! How are we supposed to know if he even bought it? This is a rigged competition! I demand a rematch!"

"I just want to know, which song is 'I'm just a lonely star' from?"

"Tell me, are you having an affair with Lu Tinglan?!" Wang Pan grabbed Jin Chao and questioned him fiercely.

Jin Chao looked up from the computer screen, still bewildered. "I don't know."

He really didn't know.

He had thought his post was going to get buried, but to his surprise, Lu Tinglan actually saw it! And not only did she see it, she also replied! And not only did she reply, but she also replied with this rather ambiguous sentence!

Am I really a genius at love? ...

Wang Pan and Feng Moquan, two single guys, gave Jin Chao a good beating, hitting him and even raiding his bird's nest, partly to vent their personal anger.

They've both been trying for half a year and are still single. And what about Lao Jin? He's never been nearly as proactive as them, but now it seems like Lao Jin is about to beat them to it? And with Lu Tinglan, currently the most popular girl in school?

Only by striking can the people's anger be appeased!

While Wang Pan was fighting, he also invited Shen Kang: "Old Shen, you should throw a couple of punches too, it's really fun."

Shen Kang, being such a mature person, wasn't very interested in such childish behavior and waved his hand.

"Never mind, I'll just hit it a couple of times."

Then, get into position.

Wing Chun

Sun-shaped punch!

……

Jin Chao was quite amusing. After being beaten up by the three of them, he was actually overjoyed. He immediately called Shen Kang and the others to go downstairs and buy two cases of beer, as well as some cooked food and dried fruit at the boutique supermarket on Xiaodong Street. Jin Chao paid for everything, and it was clear that he was genuinely happy.

Shen Kang watched this unfold and thought to himself, "Old Jin is such a fool. It's not even a proper deal yet, and he's already such a sucker. If things really go smoothly, wouldn't he treat us to a meal at Zhongtanghui?"