I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

The middle car of the three stopped right in front of Shen Kang.

When the back door was opened, Shen Kang saw Zhang Weihong sitting inside, and her appearance surprised him greatly: Zhang Weihong had a bandage wrapped around her forehead, a splint on her right calf, and a cane placed diagonally next to her.

After the door opened, Zhang Weihong made a move to grab her crutch.

Shen Kang stretched out his hand, "Don't bother."

Without waiting for Zhang Weihong to come out, he stepped forward and got into the car.

The two security guards next to them must have been informed in advance, as they did not stop them, but continued to vigilantly scan their surroundings.

After Shen Kang got into the car, one of the security guards immediately closed the door.

The four people who had gotten off the bus jogged back onto it.

The convoy started.

Some students who were walking on the main road quickly returned to the sidewalk and made way for them.

The small convoy slowly drove past in front of everyone's eyes.

There were many students on both sides of the road.

Everyone seemed to have been muted, completely silent, a stark contrast to the previous noisy and bustling scene.

As the three cars disappeared around the corner, the scene exploded like a punctured balloon.

"Holy crap! Zhonglanhai bodyguards or something?"

"Why does it look like a movie shoot? Is some film crew shooting a movie at our school?"

"Is that boy also a student at our school?"

"What? A reclusive dragon king on campus?"...

Chattering voices rose from all directions, everyone excitedly discussing as if they had "seen the world."

Unlike the excited guys around them, Wang Pan and his group were unusually quiet.

Wang Pan, Feng Moquan, Jin Chao, Ji Feiyan, Chu Min, Dong Xiufang.

Everyone was numb, standing there woodenly, creating a feeling of "human joys and sorrows are not shared, I only feel the noise."

The words Shen Kang had said earlier were echoing in everyone's minds.

A friend from my hometown is coming to Yangcheng on business and brought me some local specialties... He's quite busy; after delivering the things, he'll be rushing to catch his bus...

Where are the poor relatives in the countryside we were promised? Where are the local specialties we were promised? Where are the rural buses we were promised?

What's going on with this convoy of Mercedes-Benz cars? And what's with all those bodyguards who look like they're in a movie?

Don't even mention poor relatives in the countryside; even the most well-off city folks wouldn't have such an extravagant display! Anyone who didn't know better would think some high-ranking official had come!

"...Does that bastard Lao Shen ever tell the truth?"

After being numb for a while, Wang Pan finally recovered and couldn't help but curse, "If I ever believe a single word he says again, I'll change my surname!"

"You're still a king even if you turn it upside down," Feng Moquan remarked from the side.

Then, I wanted to exclaim, "I knew Old Shen's family was not simple, but I didn't expect it to be this complicated," but I suddenly became alert and swallowed the words back down.

As I said before, we shouldn't let the old man's ambition diminish our own prestige.

What's done is done. As long as they don't bring it up, Old Shen usually won't either. Let's just pretend nothing happened.

The three brothers still had a tacit understanding. Wang Pan and Jin Chao also thought of this, and silently swallowed back what they wanted to say.

Normally, this matter would have been forgotten.

Unfortunately, there were other people next to them today.

"Holy crap!"

Chu Min was so excited that she even swore, "I really thought it was some rural relative of Shen Kang visiting him, but I didn't expect it to be this kind of 'rural relative'! Yan Yan, did you see that just now? Those bodyguards were just like those in the movies, I really learned something new."

Ji Feiyan was still savoring the scene from just now. The image of Shen Kang calmly getting into the car in front of the convoy, under the "protection" of those bodyguards, kept replaying in her mind, making her feel dizzy and disoriented. She was truly stunned by the handsomeness of her idol, her body went weak, and she felt lightheaded.

"Yan Yan? Yan Yan?... "

After Chu Min called her several times, Ji Feiyan finally came to her senses.

"what?"

Seeing that Ji Feiyan finally reacted, Chu Min repeated what she had just said.

Ji Feiyan's expression was indifferent. "Shen Kang never mentioned 'relatives from the countryside' or anything like that. He just said that they brought him local specialties. We're overthinking it."

Dong Xiufang thought for a moment and added, "Indeed, Shen Kang didn't mention any relatives from the countryside or anything. By the way, Yan Yan, who do you think this person who came to see Shen Kang is? Such a grand entrance! Even the principal doesn't have such a entourage, does he?"

Ji Feiyan thought to herself, "Principal? You bumpkin." But on the surface, she remained generally calm, with a hint of smug pride that said, "I know a thing or two."

"I came out early and overheard someone calling Shen Kang. Judging from Shen Kang's tone, the person was coming to see him, so it must be this guy. Shen Kang called him 'Brother Zhang' on the phone, so I think he must be a big shot with close ties to the Shen family."

Chu Min grasped the key point: "Brother Zhang? Although Shen Kang is usually quite easygoing with us, he doesn't seem to have ever addressed us as 'brother' or 'sister' or anything like that? Then it seems he really is an important person."

Upon hearing this, Wang Pan suddenly perked up and casually interjected, "Old Shen usually calls me Brother Pan. Just so you know."

"Uh-huh."

Chu Min gave a perfunctory reply, then asked Ji Feiyan, "Feiyan, do you know how much this kind of security team costs per day?"

Ji Feiyan felt a little uneasy; she didn't know why.

However, she had heard some things about this, but she didn't know if they were true or not. But then she thought, if she didn't know, they certainly wouldn't know either, so she could say whatever she wanted.

Reassured, she smiled gently, maintaining her composure. "These security teams are generally not rented by the day, but on a long-term contract. So, there's no such thing as a daily rate."

"Oh? Is that so?"

Not only Chu Min, but also Feng Moquan and the others all had expressions of "just found out".

Seeing that everyone genuinely didn't understand, Ji Feiyan felt even more at ease and continued, "Think about it, what's the most important reason why such big shots hire these security guards? Of course, it's for safety. But if you just find some people on short notice, who knows if they're reliable? So, these teams are usually long-term employees. Without a long-term test, they can't be allowed into this circle."

"So that's how it is."

Everyone suddenly realized the truth of the matter and nodded in agreement.

After chatting for a while, Wang Pan saw that Ji Feiyan and the others were chattering away, talking about Lao Shen and how shocked they were by Lao Shen. He got a little annoyed and simply dragged Feng Moquan and Jin Chao to the cafeteria.

Ji Feiyan and the others followed the crowd who had finished their exams and slowly walked towards the cafeteria, chatting about what had just happened along the way.

"...So how much do they usually earn per month?" Chu Min asked again.

Ji Feiyan glanced at her as she walked, thinking to herself, "Why do you ask so many questions? And every single one of them is about money. Isn't that vulgar?"

Ji Feiyan also didn't know the answer to this question.

However, since it had already been confirmed that everyone was indeed completely unaware of these things, she felt free to speak freely.

"There are options for 20,000, 30,000, and 40,000. It depends on individual ability."

"...Japanese Yen?" Chu Min couldn't help but ask.

Ji Feiyan remained calm. "Of course, it's RMB."

"Holy crap!"

Chu Min couldn't help but exclaim again, "A monthly salary?"

"nonsense."

"So tall!"

Dong Xiufang couldn't help but say, "After we graduate, we probably won't have such high salaries, right?"

Chu Min replied, "Definitely. I'd be grateful if my first job paid five thousand."

"Working as a security guard is so lucrative?" Dong Xiufang couldn't help but ask, "How can these big bosses afford to do that?"

Ji Feiyan corrected her, "Those are called bodyguards, not security guards. For ordinary people, 20,000 a month, or a team of 100,000 to 200,000 a month, is quite a lot. But for people like Shen Kang, it's like our monthly phone bill. Would you hesitate to spend a few dozen yuan on phone bills every month?"

"I really can't bear to part with it," Chu Min complained. "I got the SIM card when school started. The senior who signed me up promised that if I got the M-Zone card, all calls to other people would be free and unlimited. But look what happened! Only calls between M-Zone users are free, and that's only for the first three months. After that, you have to reach a certain spending limit every month, so it's about the same as just making regular calls."

When this topic came up, Dong Xiufang also felt a pang of emotion: "Yeah, this card of mine, they said it was only 1 cents for calls, no roaming charges nationwide, and could be used at home, but it only costs 1 cents at school. It costs 4 cents to go to the city! It'll probably be even more expensive when I go home in a few days, I'm so annoyed. Don't call me during winter break, let's chat on QQ or send a text message if needed..."

Ji Feiyan didn't know how the topic had turned to "senior students getting membership cards".

It's alright, she was also very interested in this topic and chatted endlessly with her two best friends, denouncing those damn senior students from back then.

"I trusted that senior student because he looked alright and seemed honest and reliable, but I never expected him to swindle me like this!"

"The senior student helped me move my luggage, and I really felt bad refusing."

……

Inside the school, three cars were driving on the main road.

Shen Kang, sitting in the back seat of the middle car, glanced at Zhang Weihong's legs. "Brother Zhang, what happened to you? Did you fall while trying to ice skate like the young people?"

"What a load of nonsense."

Zhang Weihong chuckled, somewhat taken aback by Shen Kang's thought process.

Then he said calmly, "I was in a car accident. Luckily, I can still move and I'm not seriously injured."

Shen Kang thought about Zhang Weihong's entourage this time and remained silent.

Zhang Weihong glanced at him, knowing he had guessed the gist of it. After thinking for a moment, she took the initiative to say, "I've been doing some things lately that have touched on some people's interests, so someone wants me dead. But I'm pretty tough; I'm not that easy to kill."