I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

When Shen Kang pushed open the partition of the semi-private area and walked back, the table had almost finished eating.

Yin Mingyang was drinking soup with his head down when he heard the noise. He looked up and his eyes lit up. Huang Jing also looked over at him, and Cheng Haohao and Xu Siyu sat up straight as if by reflex. Everyone looked over at the same time.

Shen Kang returned to his seat, put the two books back on the edge of the table, and as if nothing had happened, picked up his chopsticks and took a bite of the half-cold stir-fried green beans.

"Why aren't you eating anymore?" He chewed on a string bean and glanced around.

Cheng Haohao chuckled dryly, "We've eaten enough."

To be precise, everyone had finished eating, but no one suggested "let's go." Instead, they all tacitly dawdled, wanting to wait and see if Shen Kang could return from there. After all, they had never had someone like Shen Kang in their circle before.

And lo and behold, Shen Kang actually came back.

Shen Kang said "Oh" and picked up another piece of food with his chopsticks.

Gu Pengfei didn't speak, but looked down and played with the lighter. This time, instead of spinning it, he held it tightly in his hand, as if he were holding an old lighter that could no longer be lit.

After hesitating for a while, Xu Siyu asked in a low voice, "Shen Kang, what do those people from Philip's want with you?"

Everyone perked up their ears at the question.

Shen Kang simply said, "It's nothing, I just want to cooperate with you."

"Then why did you come back?"

Shen Kang said, "We couldn't agree on the terms."

He said it so casually, like he was saying, "The fish is a little salty today," but everyone at the table was dumbfounded. What kind of company is Philips? Countless distributors are vying to cooperate with them, and now, judging from Shen Kang's words, they are actively seeking to cooperate with him? And in Shen Kang's words, it's just a matter of "the terms weren't agreed upon"?

But it's also highly authentic, because everyone saw and heard it with their own eyes and ears that it was Philip's people who came to invite Shen Kang over.

Cheng Haohao and Xu Siyu exchanged a glance, but didn't dare to ask anything more.

Shen Kang took a couple more bites, and seeing that everyone had indeed finished eating, he suggested that they stop eating here.

Everyone agreed.

Chen Yue took the opportunity to suggest that since it was still early, they should move on to the next event. After saying that, he looked at Shen Kang and asked, "Shen Kang, what do you think? Should we go to a karaoke bar, or something else?"

Everyone else looked over as well, and it seemed that they all followed Shen Kang's lead. As long as Shen Kang said what to do next, they would do it.

Gu Pengfei watched from the sidelines, feeling frustrated: In the past, he was always the one to make the decisions at times like this, but now everyone seemed to be leaving the decision to Shen Kang.

But if you ask Gu Pengfei to step forward and say, "Let me offer a suggestion," he wouldn't dare. No, it's not that he wouldn't dare; Gu Pengfei just feels it's pointless, hmm.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Shen Kang slowly stood up, picked up the two books, and said, "You guys go have fun, I won't go. It's getting late, I should go home and study."

Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze instinctively fell on the book in Shen Kang's hands, filled with awe: He truly is a super student, so self-disciplined! Just a moment ago he was discussing business with Philip's people, and now he can still remember to study, and even resist the temptations of a life of luxury. This student is incredibly self-disciplined.

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Yin Mingyang and Huang Jing, on the other hand, were looking to the left and right respectively, just like their mothers who were walking left and right.

Since the meal was attributed to Gu Jinhua, everyone skipped the step of splitting the bill and simply left after tidying up.

After arriving outside, the group lingered for a while, discussing how to hail a taxi and preparing to go home.

If Shen Kang goes out with everyone, they are all happy to have another round. But if Shen Kang doesn't go, everyone inexplicably feels disheartened and feels that it would be better to go home.

"Shall we take three taxis?" "Shen Kang and Yin Mingyang's bicycles are still at the coffee shop." "Huang Jing is on one of their taxis, that's perfect." "That makes sense."...

Outside the hotel, a man in his early twenties, dressed in a suit and tie, looking like an insurance salesman, was already standing there, smoking.

Upon seeing Shen Kang and his group emerge, the man immediately threw away his cigarette and approached them. His gaze swept through the crowd and settled on a boy with two books tucked under his arm.

"Is this Mr. Shen Kang, CEO?"

The man greeted him with a broad smile.

Shen Kang glanced at him. "Yes, I am. And you are?"

"My surname is Li, Mr. Shen, you can just call me Xiao Li. I was sent by Mr. Zhang Demin." Xiao Li gave a brief introduction, glanced at the group of young men and women, and said, "Mr. Zhang said it's hard to get a taxi at this hour, so he asked me to arrange it. Mr. Shen, what do you think?"

Shen Kang sighed, "Mr. Zhang is being far too hospitable." Then, changing the subject, he added, "Since Mr. Zhang is so kind, I won't refuse. We need three cars; is that alright?"

"Sure, no problem."

Xiao Li readily agreed and quickly took out his phone to call someone to drive over.

While the two were talking, the boys and girls who had been chattering away just moments before fell silent and simply watched, thinking to themselves, "Wow, they even have someone come over to arrange transportation."

Then, I quietly collected materials.

From now on, whenever they're bragging to others, if anyone dares to say something like "I have a friend who's incredibly awesome," they can bring this up: "You know Anjia Home Services, right? The boss is my friend. Once, we went out to dinner and ran into a senior executive from Philips, who wanted to collaborate with us. That's Philips, a top international brand! Hey, they actually refused! The Philips people weren't angry at all; after dinner, they even offered to arrange transportation for us. But that's not the most outrageous part. The most outrageous thing is that this friend of mine is also a super genius! You can't even imagine how incredibly brilliant he is…"

Xiao Li made the arrangements quite quickly.

Soon, several cars arrived. They weren't anything fancy, mostly Accords or similar vehicles, but they were still much more comfortable than taxis.

Shen Kang was initially reluctant to move, but since the car was arranged for him, he had no choice but to take on the role of "half a host" and started asking everyone about their approximate addresses, arranging seats for them according to the principle of proximity.

When they were assigned to the second car, Chen Yue and Lin Miaomiao had already boarded. Before getting in, Xia Nan suddenly stopped, turned around, and asked Shen Kang a question.

"Do you still keep that empty bottle?"

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"Can you still hear the sounds of that evening coming from inside?"

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Even though Shen Kang was a veteran of countless battles, he was completely baffled by these two inexplicable questions and didn't know how to answer them.

But in Xia Nan's eyes, it was "silence".

She didn't say anything, just smiled and cutely waved to Shen Kang, "See you next time."

After saying that, he got into the car and closed the door behind him.

After Xia Nan's car drove away, only Shen Kang, Yin Mingyang, and Huang Jing remained at the hotel entrance.

Shen Kang walked back to the two men, and without changing his expression, asked, "Old Yin, what's an empty bottle?"

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Yin Mingyang suddenly clapped his hands, "Oh no! I forgot to lock my car when I left it in front of the coffee shop!"

Shen Kang then looked at Huang Jing, "What were those sounds at dusk?"

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Huang Jing grabbed Yin Mingyang's arm and dragged him towards the back seat of the last car. "Hurry up, it might not have been stolen yet!"

What exactly did these two people tell me behind my back?

Shen Kang watched as the two hurriedly climbed into the back seat of the car and quickly closed the door, clearly not wanting him to sit in the back. He thought to himself.

Then he smiled, stepped forward, opened the passenger door, and climbed in.

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Because he had fabricated too many strange stories about Shen Kang the day before, Yin Mingyang did not call Shen Kang to go online early the next morning.

He was home alone and spent the whole morning memorizing "The Memorial to the Throne on the Eve of the Expedition".

Around noon, Yin Mingyang got really tired of memorizing his lessons and wanted to call Lao Shen out to go online again. But before he could even make the call, Cheng Haohao called first, saying they were short of players for their mahjong game and wanted Yin Mingyang to come over.

Yin Mingyang was both happy and worried when he received the call: he was happy because it seemed that he had been accepted by Huang Jing's circle; he was worried because he still had feelings for Shi Mengting, and if he became too familiar with Huang Jing's circle, it would be even more troublesome if some messy things happened in the future.

But let's live for the moment. After hanging up the phone, Yin Mingyang immediately headed to the address Cheng Haohao had given him, completely forgetting about Lao Shen, who had just wanted to call him.

Old Shen, who had been forgotten by Yin Mingyang, really didn't have time to go online with Yin Mingyang at the moment.

At this moment, Shen Kang was not even in the High-tech Zone, but in the Wutai District.

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Wutai District is the old urban area of ​​Yangcheng, and can be considered the central urban area.

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Zhengye Street is the district center of Wutai District, and can also be considered the "city center" in the traditional sense of Yangcheng.

In a small alley near Zhengye Street, in a private room of "Wu Laoliu's Home-Style Cuisine," three people were dining: Shen Kang, Tao Yinchu, and Zhong Weiting.

The dishes weren't fancy, just four simple dishes and a soup, but it was more than enough for three people.

"The preparations in Wutai District are all set. Now it's time to check on Linshui District..."

While eating, Tao Yinchu chatted with Zhong Weiting about work, his expression not very relaxed.

It's hard to relax.

After all, after half a year, Anjia Technology's first self-developed product, the "Anjia 1 Electric Toothbrush," is about to be launched and sold.

Today, the group of them came out to do the final checks, to inspect the sales preparations at each service point in Yangcheng City, to ensure there were no oversights, in order to welcome the official launch of the "Anjia 1 Electric Toothbrush".

This is Anjia Technology's first major test.

As the de facto head of Anjia Technology, Tao Yinchu is under a lot of pressure. During this period, he has devoted all his energy to this project, and he wants to personally handle every detail, for fear that any mistakes will lead to poor sales.

Compared to him, the big boss Shen Kang seemed far too relaxed.

Thinking of this, Tao Yinchu couldn't help but look at Shen Kang across from him.

Shen Kang had finished eating and was quietly reading a book.

...That's fucking bizarre.

Tao Yinchu once again exclaimed inwardly, and couldn't help but look up at the sky outside, seriously wondering if the sun had risen in the west today.

When he called Shen Kang in the morning, Shen Kang said he was reading and studying.

Tao Yinchu initially thought Shen Kang was joking, and even laughed heartily, saying that President Shen was becoming more and more humorous. He added that he, Tao, was usually a very aloof person, but he was amused by this joke.

After all, they had known each other for almost half a year and kept in touch frequently. Sometimes, Tao Yinchu would even go to the school to report to Shen Kang in person. How could Tao Yinchu not know what kind of person their boss, Shen Kang, was?

Compared to President Shen, even his own son is a model student.

When they finally met, Tao Yinchu was a little bewildered to see Shen Kang get out of the BMW with a computer textbook tucked under his arm.

Later on, Tao Yinchu became even more confused.

While they were checking the material list, the quantity of samples, and the placement of the demonstration cards at the Wutai District service station, Shen Kang was reading a book.

He leaned against the old chair at the station entrance, flipping through his book.

Sunlight streamed in slantingly from the alley entrance, falling on the pages of the book. A staff member came over to change the water in the water dispenser, and Shen Kang pulled his legs in slightly, his eyes remaining fixed on the book.

While they were having a small meeting at the site, calling the service staff over one by one to discuss commission plans, door-to-door sales scripts, and customer registration forms, Shen Kang was reading a book.

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He sat in the far corner, turned to a new chapter in his book, and read it intently.

As a housekeeper was reciting her response to a customer asking, "What's the difference between this toothbrush and Philips?", Shen Kang paused in his book-flipping, looked up at her, and said, "I'm going to say something." Tao Yinchu thought he was about to speak, but Shen Kang simply picked up his cup, took a sip of water, and continued reading.

As they walked from Tianchang District to Wutai District, while waiting at a red light at an intersection, Shen Kang sat in the back seat reading a book.

He laid the book out on his lap, reading the section on "virtual memory." Zhong Weiting asked General Manager Shen if the Linshui District wanted to keep more samples, and Shen Kang said, "You decide." Zhong Weiting said then they should distribute the samples according to the Tianchang District's quantity first, and Shen Kang hummed in agreement, turning the page...

Tao Yinchu initially thought it was truly outrageous.

Anjia's first self-developed product is about to go on sale, and as the person in charge of Anjia Technology's daily operations, I've been dreaming about the materials list every night these past few days. Shen Kang, on the other hand, carries a book with him everywhere he goes, reading it like a parent accompanying their child to an exam.

But now, looking at Shen Kang quietly reading, Tao Yinchu slowly began to have some inexplicable feelings.

For some reason, he gradually felt a sense of security, as if he saw an incredibly thick and strong anchor standing there, giving him a sense of stability and peace.

Tao Yinchu noticed this change in his own mindset, and after careful consideration, he suddenly realized the truth.

So that's how it is. It's certainly not good to be unnerved or unimportant, but being too nervous or overly concerned is also bad, just like a bowstring stretched too tight will break. President Shen was actually using this behavior to reassure everyone, preventing them from making mistakes due to excessive tension, and keeping everyone in a highly efficient working state that is "united, focused, serious, and lively."

"President Shen, you're brilliant!" Tao Yinchu seized the opportunity to flatter him, his eyes full of admiration.

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Shen Kang looked up from his book, puzzled.

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