DSF Chapter 134

“Zuzong, do you think the screensaver I set up is effective?”

Sun Tianjiao lifted his phone and waved it in front of Yan Yibing.

Yan Yibing glanced over and saw a bright animation of the God of Wealth, with gold ingots bouncing out from behind his head and landing in various corners of the screen.

“You’ve made some big money again?” Yan Yibing asked.

Sun Tianjiao held up two fingers triumphantly in front of Yan Yibing. “Two endorsement deals, signed at high prices!”

“Hmm, you’re amazing.” Yan Yibing sniffed and took a big gulp of hot water.

His eyes were a bit red, his hair slightly disheveled, lacking vigor.

Only then did Sun Tianjiao notice something unusual about him.

“What’s wrong with you?”

“I’m feeling a bit under the weather. I’ll go home early today and get some rest.”

“I think you should forget about the cruise. They’re probably drinking every day. Last time, you ended up in the hospital after catching a cold and drinking.”

Yan Yibing wasn’t too concerned. “I know now not to mix cold medicine with alcohol. Besides, I’ll definitely be fine by then.”

Sun Tianjiao fretted worryingly. “There aren’t good doctors on the cruise. Do you have any common sense about life? What if something happens?”

Yan Yibing, feeling listless, casually replied, “It’s fine. Han Mo will be there.”

“What?”

Yan Yibing paused, his gaze involuntarily shifting, reflecting the sunset glow. “I mean, there are plenty of people with common sense, they can tell me what to do.”

Sun Tianjiao finally let go of his doubts, chattering on, “Come on, it’s a bunch of big guys, how could they be so meticulous?”

“Okay, enough about me, where did you go yesterday?”

“I went golfing!”

Yan Yibing chuckled, “Didn’t you say it’s expensive and not fun? Only someone with water in their head would spend money on it.”

Sun Tianjiao smirked proudly, “It’s different this time. A client took me out and taught me how to play a few rounds. Let me tell you, the interactions between clients are quite something.”

Yan Yibing’s family ran a law firm, so he had some understanding of clients. Some could easily sign high-value contracts without bargaining, perhaps because some bosses didn’t want to haggle and had money to spare.

But it was strange for someone to sign a high-value contract and then take their second party out to play golf for entertainment. It didn’t make sense.

“Which client would be so clueless?”

“Come on, Bian Shu is amazing. He’s handsome, wealthy, polite, talented… Ah, the world is so unfair.”

“Why is he so good to you?”

“What do you mean by ‘so good to me’? Bian Shu is good to everyone.”

“Can someone like him still do business?”

“He runs a big company, with a different mindset. You think everyone’s like that Chen Jiang? Half a year’s endorsement deal took me half a month.”

Yan Yibing advised cautiously, “No one is nice for no reason. I suggest you be more vigilant.”

“Playing golf is being nice to me, right? Isn’t Han Mo taking you to the hospital practically maternal level care?” Sun Tianjiao brought up Han Mo as an example because he knew Yan Yibing and Han Mo weren’t on good terms.

Even two arch-rivals could temporarily set aside their grievances and worry about each other’s safety. So, him playing golf with Bian Shu was completely normal.

Yan Yibing: “….”

Yan Yibing: “If you put it that way, human nature is quite complex.”

Sun Tianjiao: “Right? Seemingly unreasonable, but there are plenty of reasonable things.”

Yan Yibing nodded in agreement.

Late at night, at the Bian family villa.

As Bian Shu rubbed his temples to stay alert, he continued to review the documents.

The Bian Group was involved in various fields, some highly profitable while others perennially in the red. However, to seize the market, they had to continue investing funds.

During this period, Bian Shu had been trying to find ways to turn the tide of losses. However, he still needed to learn a lot, as every decision he made was related to the future of these subsidiary companies and the lives of countless employees.

Bian Ning knocked on the door and came in with a cup of coffee, a bag of sugar packets dangling from her mouth.

“Brother, brother!”

She spat out the sugar packet as soon as she could and eagerly called out to Bian Shu.

Bian Shu raised his head. “Why aren’t you asleep yet?”

Bian Ning skillfully tore open the sugar packet, mixed the sugar into the coffee, and stirred it with a spoon. “Have you ever seen a high school student go to bed before midnight?”

Bian Shu lowered his head again, placing a question mark on a certain contract. He said lightly, “Don’t come here to crash and laze around in the future. Go home quickly.”

Bian Ning exclaimed, “I’m here for a serious matter! Have you seen my crappy master? How does he look? His voice sounded pretty good to me before.”

Bian Shu’s pen paused, and the black ink slowly spread out, leaving a small damp spot on the blank white paper.

“Yeah.”

“What does ‘yeah’ mean?”

“He looks pretty good.”

“What do you mean by ‘pretty good’? Is he handsome? How tall is he? What’s his physique like? Did you take a photo? Show me.”

Bian Shu fixed his gaze on her and took a deep breath. “Why are you so curious about him? Your own budding romance is almost impossible to hide, and you still remember your in-game master from elementary school?”

Bian Ning pouted. “Can’t I be curious? Who said I’m in a relationship? There are just too many people chasing after me!”

Bian Shu didn’t want to chat further. “I don’t have a photo. People’s Network was pretty popular back then. You know his school, go find him yourself.”

Bian Ning blinked inexplicably. “What’s People’s Network? What does it have to do with People’s Video?”

Bian Shu: “Use the search function.”

Bian Ning: “You’re just brushing me off!”

Bian Shu ignored her and lowered his head again to look at the documents.

Bian Ning simply sat on the small sofa beside her brother and researched the People’s Network mentioned by her brother.

She found that it was a place similar to an online alumni association, where it was easy to find students from the same school and year, and it even automatically pushed notifications for upperclassmen and alumni.

Many people of her brother’s generation used this website to leave messages and share their lives.

However, most of the accounts were now inactive, with some even stopping updates for four or five years.

This website seemed to have few people maintaining it and hadn’t been upgraded for a long time.

Bian Ning thought People’s Network was pretty good and wondered why it had been eliminated by the times.

In order to search for her lousy master, she registered for an account herself and set it to F University’s finance department.

With more specific information, she looked up and asked, “Brother, which year was your crappy master?”

“Same age as me.”

“Oh.”

“Then what’s his name?”

Bian Shu paused before saying, “Sun Tianjiao.”

Bian Ning burst into laughter. ” A proud son of heaven? His parents must have high expectations for him. Unlike our dad, who named me ‘Bian Ning’ just because Mom wanted to drink lemon tea when she was giving birth. Fortunately, it’s ‘Bian Ning.’ If it were ‘Bian Lemon,’ I’d be speechless.”

Bian Shu rubbed his forehead.

He had his own share of helplessness.

When his mother was pregnant, they happened to pass by the ruins of the Song Dynasty’s Liu Shu, who was famous for his photographic memory and early fame. To express their good wishes, his father directly named his son Bian Shu, without even wasting time to find a fortuneteller.

After all, what ancient people had verified was reliable.

But Bian Shu really wanted to tell Bian Ning that he wasn’t A proud son of heaven, but rather a spoiled Jiao.

Fortunately, he held back.

Whether Bian Ning could find him or not had nothing to do with him.

But Bian Shu clearly underestimated the familiarity of young people with the internet nowadays.

After some twists and turns, Bian Ning finally found someone who matched most of the features.

“Did he register with the wrong name, or is he using an alias? There’s only one Sun Tianjiao in this year’s finance department at F University.”

Bian Shu’s eyelids twitched.

She really found him?

Although he knew it was possible to search someone’s past through social networks, it was very impolite, so he hadn’t looked up Sun Tianjiao.

But now Bian Ning found him.

He found himself unable to resist, unable to resist wanting to see what Sun Tianjiao was like during his college days, when they were chatting online.

Bian Ning muttered to herself, “Ah, he’s not the muscular type, more like a baby face. Looks quite young.”

“Hahaha, his hairstyle back then was really weird. Luckily, he was quite plain. Otherwise, if you look at it with today’s standards, it would be a public execution.”

“Ah, he’s really so plain. If he doesn’t dress up in college, how is he going to find a girlfriend?”

Bian Ning commented as she looked.

There was a subtle flutter in her heart.

This was the person who used to be chased after by her, the one who accompanied her through countless quests and gave her thousands of equipment in the game. Maybe it was because of the game filter, she even found Sun Tianjiao’s baby face quite likable.

It seemed like she didn’t hate him as much anymore.

Sun Tianjiao probably hadn’t used this account for a long time, so there was no deletion of records or locking. The bits and pieces of his college life were laid bare for all to see, along with earlier, more childish remarks.

This place was like a secret world, quietly open but hardly visited. Or perhaps one day, this website would disappear completely, and all the data would be destroyed with it.

Countless youthful years turned into desolation, which was quite regrettable.

So, why was such a good place phased out by the times?

Bian Ning continued to scroll down, clicking on the homepage of the classmates who had left messages for Sun Tianjiao.

Of course, the ones she clicked on were all female classmates.

Some of these classmates had deactivated their accounts, and some had set permissions.

Among those who hadn’t set permissions, finally, one person mentioned Sun Tianjiao.

@Tang Keqing: Hahahaha, Sun Tianjiao got dumped! It was an online relationship too!

The replies below were all filled with laughter, everyone seemed happy, as if Sun Tianjiao’s breakup was something worth celebrating.

It was probably two days later that Sun Tianjiao replied.

@Sun Tianjiao: So what?

@Tang Keqing: Just think about it. The beauty from the Wharton School of Business at UPenn will earn a million a year as soon as she graduates. Why would she be interested in you?

@Sun Tianjiao: Hmm.

@Tang Keqing: We told you before, don’t even think about swan meat. You can’t even afford the money for studying abroad, so how can you meet her in person?

Sun Tianjiao didn’t reply.

The more Bian Ning read, the more choked up she felt inside.

Why is this person so harsh with their words?

If anyone dared to speak to her like that, she would have already smacked them with a brick.

The beauty from Wharton School of Business should be referring to her brother, so why did he experience a breakup?

Could it be that it wasn’t Sun Tianjiao who deleted him first?

Bian Ning had a sudden realization.

“Darn it! Did he really mistake you for me and think I was you?!”

She had never told Sun Tianjiao that her brother helped her with the account, because she thought Bian Shu didn’t have much time to spare.

And Bian Shu was busy, extremely busy, too busy even for her, let alone chatting with her crappy master.

So, because she revealed her identity as a girl, Sun Tianjiao thought this was a female account.

And then, while her brother was chatting with Sun Tianjiao, Sun Tianjiao fell for her brother’s talent.

No wonder.

It wasn’t some green tea disciple sabotaging things behind her back; it was Sun Tianjiao thinking she was a transgender person deceiving feelings and equipment.

Damn it!

Such injustice!

Bian Ning was flustered, and finally, Bian Shu couldn’t continue working.

He sighed, “Give me your phone.”

Bian Ning: “Huh?”

Bian Shu: “I want to take a look.”

Bian Ning blinked and handed her phone to Bian Shu.

With a glance, Bian Shu saw the conversation between Tang Keqing and Sun Tianjiao.

Bian Ning: “Hey, hey, hey, that’s not it. That’s his classmate, go back.”

Bian Shu dodged Bian Ning’s hand while holding the phone. “Wait, I remember this person.”

Bian Ning: “Huh?”

Bian Shu logged into LinkedIn and searched for Tang Keqing’s name.

Sure enough, among many Tang Keqings, there was one who had visited his profile at the top.

LinkedIn is a social networking website for professionals, where every registered user has a detailed resume. Everyone can expand their network through the website, and there are many headhunters on it looking for equivalent talents for clients.

In Tang Keqing’s resume, her education history was detailed.

Undergraduate at F University, Master’s in English Education at Wharton.

Bian Ning: “Brother, she went to the same school as you!”

Bian Shu: “It seems we sat at the same table during the Thanksgiving event.”

Bian Ning: “Are you familiar with her?”

Bian Shu thought for a moment. “Helped her carve a turkey.”

Bian Ning pursed her lips, unconsciously siding with her crappy master. “Look at how she mocked my crappy master back then, and you helped her carve a turkey.”

Bian Shu’s expression changed, seemingly surprised by how things turned out.

He murmured softly, “Shouldn’t have done it.”

Bian Ning glanced at Bian Shu with a meaningful smile. “Brother, back then, did you also like my crappy master?”

Bian Shu squinted his eyes, then casually clicked on Sun Tianjiao’s profile, saying, “Who said that?”

Bian Ning: “Don’t pretend. Otherwise, why would you be so kind to help someone with their graduation project? You couldn’t even be bothered with your own sister’s high school entrance exam!”

Bian Shu looked at Bian Ning seriously, puzzled. “Have you ever considered the gap in intelligence between you two?”

Bian Ning: “….”

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