I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

When the group finally managed to carry the things back, Jin Chao was a little exhausted.

"Drinking is prohibited in the dorms. How about we go to the iron gate? I'll climb over first, and you guys can slowly stuff the stuff in, little by little?"

Wang Pan was afraid they would ask him to figure out how to deal with the dormitory supervisor, so he quickly nodded, "Okay, that's good."

Shen Kang was too lazy to bother. "Forget it, it's too much trouble. The gaps on the handles over there are too narrow. A case of beer can't fit through at all. We'd have to unpack it and take it out one bottle at a time. How troublesome is that? Fine, you guys don't need to worry about it. Just go through the dorm manager's station."

The group exchanged glances and then followed Shen Kang.

When they arrived at the dormitory management station, the three of them slowed down and followed behind Shen Kang.

Shen Kang took the lead.

Two boys were passing by the dormitory management station when they saw Shen Kang and his friends brazenly carrying two cases of beer to the station. The two boys couldn't help but stop and watch the spectacle.

Drinking alcohol is strictly prohibited in the dorms. These guys are obviously freshmen, young and fearless, but they're still too naive. They could have easily smuggled the bottles in individually, hidden in their clothes. Moving things like this, isn't that reckless?

Seeing the mocking expressions on the two boys' faces, Wang Pan and his two friends felt even more guilty and didn't dare to lift their heads.

Then, Aunt Qin, who was on duty, turned her gaze over.

Seeing several students blatantly carrying in two cases of beer, Aunt Qin raised her eyebrows, straightened her body, and was about to stand up and angrily rebuke and stop them.

As he stood up, he saw Xiao Shen, who was leading the way.

So he sat down again and continued to concentrate on playing cards with others on Lianzhong.

The school doesn't allow students to drink alcohol in their dormitories, partly out of concern that students might get into trouble if they drink too much. But Xiao Shen is a steady kid; with him around, nothing will happen.

Two boys who were just about to watch the commotion were surprised to see Aunt Qin suddenly rise and fall in place.

"..."

Just as Shen Kang and the others were about to go inside, one of the boys couldn't hold back any longer. He didn't leave the dormitory and went straight to the window. "Aunt Qin, didn't you see?"

As he spoke, he gave a wink to Shen Kang and the others who were passing behind him.

"What do you see?" Aunt Qin didn't even turn her head.

The boy winked and turned his head slightly, just in time to see Shen Kang glancing at him. Thinking he'd been discovered and was already over, he didn't bother hiding it anymore and said in a low voice, "They brought in two cases of beer!"

Aunt Qin finally managed to shift her attention temporarily, avoiding Shen Kang and the others, and looked towards the dormitory exit. "Where?"

The boy was a little anxious, so he secretly pointed towards Shen Kang and the others who were about to go in, saying, "Over here, over here!..."

Aunt Qin was probably getting old and a little slow-witted. After a while, she finally turned her attention to the entrance inside the dormitory management station.

By this time, Shen Kang and the others had already gone inside and disappeared.

"Where is anyone?"

The boy wasn't stupid; he finally figured something out and stopped talking, saying, "Maybe I was mistaken," and prepared to leave.

Aunt Qin called out to him, "Stop! Which dorm are you from? What are you doing here?"

"..."

……

After passing the dormitory supervisor's station, Wang Pan and his group slowed down.

"That person is disgusting!" Wang Pan muttered.

He had never encountered anyone like this before. "Even the aunt doesn't care anymore, so why are you being so nosy?" His heart had been racing just now.

Fortunately, it seems that Old Shen's "Face Fruit" ability came in handy again, and he managed to get through the ordeal without any major incident.

Feng Moquan also chimed in, "My heart was racing just now! Luckily, Lao Shen, you have a lot of influence. I never expected that you and Auntie had such a connection?"

"We chat when we're in and out of the dorm and have nothing else to do."

Shen Kang didn't pay much attention to what had just happened, and simply asked, "Shall we go back to the dorm for a drink?"

"Okay." "Alright."

Wang Pan and Feng Mo both agreed.

Only Jin Chao hesitated for a moment, looked up at the sky, and said, "How about we find a lawn to drink on? The environment would be more comfortable."

Shen Kang glanced at him, recalling the post Jin Chao had written before. After a moment's thought, he said, "Indeed, the dorm environment is a bit cramped, but drinking on the lawn is like being a monkey."

The so-called "lawn" in their community-style dormitories is just an area surrounded by low shrubs, with some saplings and grass planted inside.

The four men were drinking inside, and passersby looked at them no differently than monkeys on display in a zoo.

"Let's go to the rooftop for a drink," Shen Kang said.

Wang Pan's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again. "I don't have the key."

Each dormitory building has a rooftop terrace accessible from the sixth floor. However, the doors leading to the rooftop terraces in each dormitory building are usually locked.

"It's okay, I have the key."

"..."

After a brief silence, Wang Pan couldn't help but ask, "Old Shen, does your family own this school?"

Shen Kang chuckled, "I wouldn't dare. This is a public school, and it only has one owner, which is the state."

Since Lao Shen had the key, there was no need to make any further decisions. Everyone agreed to go to the rooftop for drinks—drinking on the rooftop, wouldn't that be amazing?

So the four of them excitedly returned to their dormitory and headed straight for the sixth floor.

Shen Kang took the lead and pulled out a key to unlock the door: for convenience, the locks on the doors leading to the rooftop in every building of Dormitory Station No. 5 are all opened with the same key.

He usually keeps the key with the dorm supervisor, but he borrowed it once and, being the cautious person he is, made a copy—and here it is, in use now.

After closing the door, the group went up to the rooftop and got excited. They found a sheltered spot, put down two cases of beer and other odds and ends, and without caring that the ground was dirty, sat down and started taking out the beer, eating cooked food and dried fruit while drinking.

Everyone was afraid of being eaten by others, so at first they all rushed to eat and drink. After eating and drinking for a while, seeing that they probably wouldn't be able to finish, they finally slowed down and had time to talk.

"Old Feng, are you raising fish? They've been drinking for ages and the amount doesn't seem to be decreasing, drink up!"

Wang Pan looked around and saw that Feng Moquan's bottle still had more than half full of wine, and immediately scolded him angrily.

Feng Moquan argued for a moment, "This is already my second bottle!" But he still picked it up and took another sip.

Shen Kang turned his head and glanced at Jin Chao.

He was sitting on the ground, leaning against the wall behind him, holding a beer bottle in one hand, looking up at the night sky.

Yangke University is located in the suburbs, and the environment is okay; you can vaguely see a few stars.

"What are you looking at, Lao Jin?"

Wang Pan came closer again and, following Jin Chao's gaze, glanced up at the sky.

"Star."

"Of course I know they're stars. I asked you why you're looking at the stars?"

Jin Chao finally lowered his head, took a sip of wine, and found it a bit bitter. He smacked his lips, as if savoring the bitterness.

"I was thinking, I couldn't see any stars at all when I was in high school."

Jin Chao said, "Our county town wasn't very big, but it wasn't small either, but the light pollution was extremely serious. Every night after evening self-study, I would ride my bike home, look up, and see nothing in the sky, just a hazy gray. At that time, I thought, when I go to university and go to a different place, will I be able to see the stars?"

Shen Kang smiled and asked, "Now that you've seen it, what are your thoughts?"

Jin Chao smiled, then looked up at the stars again. "Yes, I see them. They're so beautiful."

Wang Pan wasn't completely drunk yet, but seeing Jin Chao's flirtatious behavior, he started to understand what was going on.

"...Still not behaving yourself, still acting horny! Hit him!"

Feng Moquan immediately came over and, together with Wang Pan, started punching Jin Chao again.

Shen Kang stood to the side, gathering his energy in his dantian, his waist and stance in perfect harmony, breathing heavily, just like the bronze figures in "The God of Cookery" who stood in front posing when the eighteen bronze men ganged up on Stephen Chow.

After the commotion, bottles were scattered all over the floor.

Wang Pan got up, dusted off his hands, opened a new bottle, blew half of it into the bottle, and burped.

He sat for a while, then suddenly spoke up: "How come a semester is already over? I still remember when school started, Old Feng was still calling Old Shen 'Uncle,' it seems like just yesterday."

"Get out!" Feng Moquan shouted angrily.

Shen Kang laughed, and also remembered the time when he dressed "more maturely" to send He Qiuzhu to school on the first day of school.

After his angry rebuke, Feng Moquan also spoke up: "I remember it too. Back then, I really thought Lao Shen was a ruthless academic genius, but damn it, I hardly ever saw him attend class all semester."

"Yeah, yeah, I thought Lao Shen was just joking when he said he wanted me to help him with his final exams, but it turns out he was serious!"

Wang Pan was initially angry, then realized, "Luckily, I'm not stupid. Hey, I'm not studying either! If I'm not studying myself, Old Shen has no reason to ask me to review for him, right?"

"..."

Shen Kang silently gave a thumbs up, "You're the smartest, Brother Pan. I can't think of anyone else who can take advantage of you."

Wang Pan was increasingly convinced: "That's right."

The group then began to chatter, lamenting how quickly time flies.

Feng Moquan said that he only exchanged a few text messages with Zhong Lin that ended without any resolution, and half a year passed just like that.

Wang Pan said that he only did manual labor for an afternoon, and half a year has passed just like that.

Jin Chao said that he just lay in bed and read a novel, and half a year passed by like that.

Shen Kang said that he simply opened three offline stores, founded three websites, and organized several events, creating wave after wave of fashion trends across the university and introducing a new ecosystem to Yang University of Science and Technology. He also subtly or directly rejected the advances of several beautiful women, repeatedly outperformed his competitors in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, made connections with business owners in the manufacturing industry, led Anjia Household Services to achieve pioneering development from the city to the province, increased his personal assets from a few hundred thousand to several million, established basic administrative teams within his two systems, laid a solid foundation, completed the initial integration of the two systems, and conducted two cross-company operations. The joint operation achieved satisfactory results, and he was featured in newspapers twice and on television once as an outstanding entrepreneur, delivering an important speech. He also established good personal relationships with the Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Commerce, the Branch Manager of Yangcheng Bank, and many leaders of Yangke University. He reached level 82 in the game "Tian Long Ba Bu" with all his equipment equipped with +5 gems. He repeatedly defeated He Qiuzhu and Zhou Man in PvP. He couldn't beat Xiao Bonian because Xiao Bonian must have used a script he wrote himself. After all, Xiao Bonian is the leader of the Natural Language Processing Project of the 863 Program for Artificial Intelligence, and should have the ability to write his own scripts. However, such behavior is despicable...

Feng Moquan and the others fell asleep immediately.

When Shen Kang woke up, he had almost finished speaking.

Feng Moquan and the others lamented that the past six months seemed to have passed by without them accomplishing anything.

Shen Kang said, "Yes, yes."

The four of them talked and drank more and more.

Later on, he was completely drunk and started talking nonsense.

Feng Moquan said this semester was a waste. Next semester, he's going to study like crazy, spending all his time in the library, studying until everyone else is exhausted! Zhong Lin and all that can get lost!

Wang Pan said, "This semester is a waste. Next semester, I'm going to become the student council president and dominate everyone!"

Jin Chao said this semester is a waste. Next semester, he'll work hard to finish "Taoist Masters on Campus"!

When it was Shen Kang's turn, he thought for a moment.

"Then I'll set a small goal for myself: let's earn 100 million first."

"..."

Feng Moquan was the first to yell, "Old Shen, if you can earn a hundred million next semester, I'll eat shit!"

Jin Chao followed closely behind: "Old Shen, I'll eat as much as you produce!"

Even drunk, Wang Pan was still incredibly bold: "Just bring everyone from the whole dorm! I'll eat them all!"

As the three were arguing, Feng Moquan blinked, stretched out his right hand, and looked up at the sky somewhat dazedly. After blinking again, he grinned foolishly.

"It's snowing."

It's true that drunk people are hard to judge rationally. The three of them, for some reason, started whimpering and staggering as they jumped up like three gorillas.

Shen Kang has a good alcohol tolerance, and since he had to take care of the three of them, he deliberately drank less, so he was still quite sober.

He also reached out and caught a snowflake.

After looking at it, he took out a pink phone from his pocket, stopped the recording, and saved the recording.

He didn't mean anything by it; he was just thinking that he might be able to record something sensational to blackmail the three of them into bringing him meals for the entire semester.

But things aren't bad now; maybe we'll see the three of them feasting in the future. Especially Wang Pan—with 11 people in the whole dorm, everyone pooping while Wang Pan eats—what a spectacular sight that would be!

It seems I need to work harder next semester.

Shen Kang became even more motivated.

Then, he dialed his own number.

"Hey, it's snowing! Come out and see the snow."

"Roger that! ...Shen Kang, why are there gorilla sounds coming from your end? Can you take me with you next time you go to the zoo?"

He Qiuzhu's voice sounded a little cautious on the other end of the phone.

Shen Kang explained, "Okay. But I'm not at the zoo right now, I'm with Wang Pan and the others."

Why are they yelling like that?

"I had a few drinks, a bit too much..."

Shen Kang held his phone to his ear and spoke the nonsense he usually slept through.

Their eyes were fixed on Wang Pan and the others jumping around and yelling inexplicably in front of them.

A snowflake drifted down in front of him.

From the windows of the surrounding dormitory buildings, boys kept sticking their heads out, shouting and yelling. Further away, outside the dormitory area, two laboratory buildings could be seen, squatting darkly under the night sky.

With the dormitory buildings no longer obstructing the view, the song "Happy New Year" drifted faintly over the nearby campus radio.