Reborn not to be a beast of burden, I set the rules.

It was already past 7 p.m. when I came out of the computer room.

Ye Ming walked towards his dormitory with his backpack, his mind still racing with project plans: how to design the database table structure, how to implement the user login logic, and what level of page interaction effects to achieve...

This needs to be moved forward quickly.

As soon as I entered the lobby of the first floor of Dormitory 7 in Taoyuan, I heard a commotion coming from the second-floor corridor.

Ye Ming hurried upstairs.

Reaching the door of room 204 on the second floor, I saw two young men in their early twenties blocking the way, one fat and one thin. They were holding a stack of cards and shouting, "Fellow students, the school requires everyone to get a China Telecom SIM card, 200 yuan each, it covers phone calls and internet!"

The door to dormitory 204 was open, and several people were already gathered inside.

Zhou Lei was handing two hundred yuan to the two of them when Lin Hao, standing next to him, also took out his wallet.

Chen Mo sat on the bed, frowning and hesitating.

The two people selling the China Telecom cards seemed to want to squeeze into the dormitory and talk to Chen Mo some more.

At the door of room 203 next door, Wang Chao poked half his head out, looking this way with a strangely smug smile on his lips.

Zhao Kai, a young man from Anhui Province who also lived in dormitory 203, and Adil, who had injured his arm, were also watching from the doorway, their eyes filled with confusion.

Further down the corridor, several familiar-looking boys peeked out—there was the talkative Ma Teng, the fitness-loving sports committee member Zhang Jian, and the scholarly academic committee member Chen Yu.

In the crowd, there was a tall, thin boy who was frowning as he looked at the two swindlers, seemingly thinking about something.

Ye Ming recognized him: Sun Cheng, the class monitor of Class 1, Humanities.

In his past life, he lost his ID card the day before his postgraduate entrance exam and was frantic. Without hesitation, Sun Cheng accompanied him to search for it on campus for an entire afternoon, from the cafeteria to the library, leaving no corner unchecked.

He remembered that kind of helpfulness without hesitation for many years.

He is a kind and honest person.

Ye Ming paused, then quickly walked up.

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The two men selling China Telecom SIM cards exchanged a glance, and one of them frowned: "Who are you?"

Ye Ming ignored them and looked at Zhou Lei and Lin Hao: "The school never forces students to buy these things. Have you seen any official notices?"

Zhou Lei was stunned, and Lin Hao was also stunned.

Chen Mo got up from the bed and leaned over to ask, "Ye Ming, do you know these two people?"

Ye Ming shook his head: "I don't know him."

The fat man selling the cards' expression changed, and his voice rose: "Who are you? We're senior students, just trying to help you get cards, don't cause trouble!"

Ye Ming sneered: "Senior? What's your major? What's your student ID number? Does anyone have the phone numbers for the Student Affairs Office, the Logistics Office, or any of the counselors? We'll call and verify right now whether there's any notification about 'unified processing of China Telecom cards'."

The two card sellers opened their mouths, but couldn't answer.

Wang Chao poked his head out from outside the door and interjected sarcastically, "Wow, Ye Ming's pretty good, spotting a conman at a glance? How did you know? You're not in cahoots with them, are you?"

Ye Ming ignored him and continued to question him: "Last year and the year before, there were people using this trick to scam money in the freshman dormitory. Are you going to return the money yourselves, or wait for the police to come and make you return it?"

At this moment, Sun Cheng stepped out from the crowd, stood next to Ye Ming, and said to Zhou Lei and the others in a low but clear voice, "Classmate, if you've been deceived, just say so, and we'll vouch for you."

Ye Ming glanced at him, and felt a slight warmth in his heart.

This person, as expected, stepped forward.

Ye Ming nodded, turned and went out, calling out into the stairwell:

"Hey guys, come out here! There's a scammer!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Jian, the sports committee member, and Chen Yu, the academic committee member, were the first to run over to cheer him on. A dozen or so boys poked their heads out from their respective dormitories and then poured out.

Ye Ming understood that these people were willing to come out not only because of the swindler, but also because they had seen what he had done during the military training and the start of the school year.

Zhao Kai was the first to rush over: "What happened? He just asked me to sign up for a card too."

Ma Teng, who shared a dorm room with Zhang Jian and Chen Yu, also squeezed forward: "What scammer?"

Zhang Jian stood in the crowd, frowning as he looked at the two young men. Chen Yu leaned closer to Ye Ming and whispered, "Are they really scammers?"

Sun Cheng helped maintain order from the side: "Everyone, don't rush, listen to what Ye Ming has to say."

Ye Ming pointed at the two swindlers: "These two are impersonating senior students to scam money. Zhou Lei and Lin Hao have already paid. Has anyone else paid?"

Someone in the crowd shouted, "I paid!" "Me too!"

The two swindlers turned pale and turned to run away, but were blocked by several boys.

Sun Cheng stepped forward, blocking the entrance to the corridor: "Why are you running? Wait for the police to arrive."

Zhang Jian pounced on him and pinned down the skinny man selling the cards.

The others worked together to hold the fat man down tightly, like catching a pig.

Ye Ming took out his phone and called the police immediately.

Less than twenty minutes later, two police officers and several school security guards arrived at the scene and took the swindler away.

The money that was swindled was registered on the spot and returned to everyone immediately.

The hallway was in an uproar.

Someone shouted, "Ye Ming is awesome! He saw through the scammer at a glance!"

Zhang Jian exclaimed, "Our class monitor is awesome! We humanities students are so united!"

Zhao Kai leaned over and patted Ye Ming on the shoulder: "You have a sharp eye! I almost got fooled too!"

Ma Teng chimed in from the side, "Next time something like this happens, you'll have to call us. That fat guy is like a pig, he's fun to pound!"

Chen Yu stood to the side and said softly, "Thank you for earlier. If it weren't for you, I almost would have believed it too."

Sun Cheng walked over and said to Ye Ming with a smile, "You're pretty good, quick-witted. My name is Sun Cheng, and I'm the class monitor of Class 1, Humanities."

Ye Ming nodded: "Ye Ming, from Class 3."

Sun Cheng waved his hand: "I know you. I heard about you back in military training. If you ever need any help, just let me know."

Ye Ming looked at him, and the image of the man from his past life who had accompanied him to find his ID card flashed through his mind again.

This person is someone I should befriend.

He nodded: "Okay, then it's a deal."

Wang Chao huddled at the back of the crowd, his face turning pale and then flushed. He also thought the two were swindlers, but he was only gloating over others being cheated and didn't even think about warning them.

Zhou Lei stood to the side, his gaze towards Ye Ming complex: "Thank you, Lao Ye."

Lin Hao's attitude was noticeably different from before; his expression flickered, and he nodded gratefully to Ye Ming.

Chen Mo walked over, laughing as he playfully punched Ye Ming: "Well done, you managed to pull it off again."

Ye Ming did not respond.

Door-to-door canvassing is actually a good thing; it has a wide coverage and is highly efficient. Unfortunately, these people have misused it.

If we have projects to promote in the future and we have the funds, this would be a great approach, as long as it's used correctly.

And Sun Cheng is a kind and warm-hearted person. If there's an opportunity in the future, I should help him and mentor him.

After the lights were turned off, dormitory 204 was plunged into darkness.

Zhou Lei, lying in bed, unusually not playing games, suddenly spoke up: "Ye Ming, how did you... know he was a scammer at a glance?"

Ye Ming said calmly, "I've seen similar things before."

You can't exactly say you met them in a past life, can you?

Zhou Lei said "Oh" and didn't ask any more questions.

Lin Hao rolled over and suddenly said, "Thanks."

The voice was very soft, but Ye Ming heard it clearly.

He grunted in response and said nothing more.

Chen Mo chuckled and joked from the side, "Wow, it's rare to see such harmony in our dorm."

No one responded, but the atmosphere was definitely different from before.

He lay in bed, the darkness shutting out the hustle and bustle of the day.

Wu Ning's phone call, his parents' instructions, Li Yue and Zhang Yuan's straightforwardness, and the commotion in the hallway just now... all these things went through his mind, and finally settled on the working draft of "Rebirth Simulator".

People are at peace, the roads are paved, and helpers are available.

Tomorrow, the National Day holiday officially begins.

His first entrepreneurial venture is about to begin.