I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

One second, Guo Pinyan was lamenting that the business of the school's laundry room wasn't as booming as she had imagined. The next second, she saw groups of students coming in one after another, carrying basins to have their clothes washed.

Shen Kang didn't have time to chat with him. He rushed over to help and also made a phone call to ask a sorting worker on the night shift to come to work early and pay him overtime.

His shift schedule is divided into two shifts: the morning shift is from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., with one cashier and one sorter, because there are usually fewer customers in the morning; the evening shift is from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., with one cashier and two sorters, because there are more people after 5 p.m.

This schedule is arranged according to the daily routines of college students.

Unexpectedly, on the first day of business, despite his deliberate efforts to control customer flow, there were still more customers than expected.

Fortunately, Shen Kang designed the laundry room's workflow to be relatively simple and straightforward, and the employees had all received prior training. After the initial chaos, they quickly adapted and made no mistakes.

After the sorting worker who lived nearby arrived, Shen Kang was finally able to get away.

Seeing that Shen Kang had finally managed to get away, Guo Pinyan, who had been watching from the sidelines for a while, exclaimed, "When you asked me to order that bracelet, I thought you were just doing it on a whim, but I never expected it to have this effect. It was totally worth the money!"

Guo Pinyan watched for a long time and heard the conversations of many students who came to have their clothes washed. She naturally understood why many students came to have their clothes washed.

"Old Shen, when you made this hand, did you think about the effect it would have?" Guo Pinyan asked, somewhat curious.

This time, Shen Kang didn't make up any nonsense: "I've thought of it."

Guo Pinyan became even more curious: "What's the intricacies behind this?" He genuinely wanted to know, hoping it might be useful in his coffee shop.

Shen Kang grew up in an orphanage, essentially raised on the charity of many families. He was nurtured by funds from the government and society, and many people helped him. Because of this upbringing, he is often willing to help others, such as when he helped Meng Dawei last time.

Now that Guo Pinyan wants to know some things, he doesn't mind sharing a bit.

"Actually, for many of them, what they're buying isn't just laundry service anymore, but a social connection. For example, Lao Guo, if you noticed your classmate wearing a bathhouse sign at school, wouldn't you be curious? If the barrier to entry wasn't high, wouldn't you want to join in the fun?"

"think."

"When the idea of ​​'joining in the fun' spreads, it forms a social attribute. If you don't participate, you'll be excluded by those around you who are. Only by participating can you integrate into the group. And humans, as social animals, are inherently so. Most people subconsciously resist being excluded, and at this point, the social attribute is formed. At this point, it doesn't matter what you're selling, as long as what you're selling has a social attribute, people will be willing to pay for it. For example, a movie, when it becomes a topic of conversation and everyone around you is discussing it, even someone who doesn't usually watch movies will go see it..."

After sharing some business insights with Guo Pinyan, Shen Kang saw that the store's operations were running smoothly and he could handle everything perfectly, so he stopped watching the store and took Guo Pinyan out for a meal.

noon

At dormitory management station number 3, He Qiuzhu carried a washbasin containing bed sheets as she walked out.

Beside her were three other girls: the very tall Du Nanxin, the petite Fu Rong who wore glasses, and the short, cute Xia Meng.

The three of them were also carrying a basin containing bed sheets.

They also received flyers at the dormitory management office and learned that a new laundry room had opened on campus. This news was fantastic!

You know, clothes and pants are fine, but bed sheets are really troublesome to wash by hand. None of them have washed their bed sheets since the start of the semester.

I was planning to change the bed sheets in the next couple of days and help each other wash the sheets we took off, but now that there's a laundry room, we went to wash our sheets together.

Although the four of them walked together, none of them spoke; they remained silent, creating a subtle atmosphere.

The main reason is still because of Shen Kang.

Everyone in her dorm knew that He Qiuzhu had a boyfriend, Shen Kang, the pretty boy who came to the basketball court to ask He Qiuzhu for money during military training.

Fu Rong couldn't accept this reality: she had grown quite fond of He Qiuzhu over this period of time, and had practically regarded He Qiuzhu as the female lead "Luwei Weiwei" Bei Weiwei in "Love O2O". Therefore, He Qiuzhu's other half should also be a dazzling guy like the male lead "Yixiao Naihe" Xiao Nai, how could he be a gigolo who lives off a woman!

So, during the class dinner last night, Fu Rong couldn't help but say a few extra words. She first praised a senior student from the Computer Science Department named Zhang Qianzhi, and then "incidentally" compared him to Shen Kang, belittling him and implying that Shen Kang was not good enough for He Qiuzhu. As a result, He Qiuzhu became unhappy and hasn't spoken to Fu Rong since last night.

And that's how the atmosphere among the four of us in the dorm ended up like this.

At this moment, each of the four had their own thoughts:

He Qiuzhu sulked, thinking that she would only be able to speak to Fu Rong tonight.

Fu Rong felt very wronged: she was clearly doing it for He Qiuzhu's own good, not wanting such an outstanding girl to be deceived by a pretty boy, so why was she giving her the cold shoulder?

Du Nanxin secretly felt that the pretty boy Shen Kang wasn't good enough for He Qiuzhu, but she never said it aloud. Her father had told her that matters of the heart are like drinking water—only the person experiencing it knows whether it's hot or cold—and that she shouldn't interfere in other people's relationships.

The short, cute Xia Meng thought to herself, "Fu Rong, you stepped on Shen Kang last night, but why did you praise Zhang Qianzhi? You should praise me instead. A beauty like He Qiuzhu is only fit for me. Shen Kang is no good, and Zhang Qianzhi is even worse—neither of them are good enough!"

Then he secretly sniffed He Qiuzhu's perfume, secretly admiring it—his scent was so lovely, he wanted to be her little puppy...

Perhaps feeling the atmosphere was too awkward, Du Nanxin cleared her throat after leaving the dormitory management station and started making conversation, trying to break the awkwardness.

"By the way, Xia Meng, did you know that our school doesn't allow laundry rooms?"

Xia Meng reluctantly returned to reality from her sister's Chanel-inspired reverie, replying, "Where did you hear that from?"

Du Nanxin breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the topic come up.

Then he quickly added, "Just before we left, I was chatting with senior Zhou Wenjie on QQ. We were talking about going to this newly opened laundry room to wash our sheets. He said he also wanted to open a laundry room last year, but after asking around, he found out that the school doesn't allow laundry rooms, so he couldn't open one."

Xia Meng was a little puzzled: "Then how did this laundry room get started?"

"Senior Zhou Wenjie also found it strange. He said he thought the school had opened up its policy, so he immediately went to ask, but it turned out he still couldn't open. He guessed that the laundromat was opened by someone in the community who had a close relationship with the school. Speaking of which, Senior Zhou Wenjie is indeed very outstanding. Although he didn't manage to open this laundromat, he did open a printing shop."

"So what if he's outstanding? You want to pursue him?"

"Hehe, Xia Meng, you know he wants to pursue you, so he's using this roundabout approach with me." Speaking of which, although Xia Meng is short, only 156 cm tall, she has a very cute face. If it weren't for He Qiuzhu being a big obstacle, Xia Meng would definitely be considered the most beautiful girl in the Computer Science department.

"Come on, I'm not interested in him." Xia Meng politely declined, afraid her sister would misunderstand...

After some awkward small talk, the four of them finally arrived at Jiahe Laundry Chain.

"Wash the sheets."

The students in the dormitory handed over the basins one by one, paid the money, and took the cards.

He Qiuzhu was the last to arrive at the cashier's counter and placed the basin there.

The cashier also greeted them.

"Hello, boss."