“Alright, what do you want?”

Wang Qi said naturally, already pulling out two large cups.

—When it came to his little cousin’s friends, he certainly wasn’t going to be stingy.

Ye Wangxing didn’t hesitate, directly ordering one iced milk tea with 30% sugar and one sugar-free lemon water.

Just looking at it made Wang Qi feel like his teeth would fall out.

But after confirming the students’ preferences, he didn’t say much. Instead, Ye Wangxing began asking about the foot traffic for the day.

“…Quite good. You’re really clever, always so quick-witted. With such a big mascot in the middle of the street doing all kinds of funny things, who wouldn’t stop and take a look?”

Wang Qi chuckled.

Behind him, various power banks were plugged in and charging.

Wang Qi was Ye Wangxing’s uncle’s son, the first in the Wang family to attend university. Unfortunately, because he came from a rural background, the educational resources weren’t great, and he didn’t know much about choosing a major, so he ended up studying business administration.

This major meant that even though Wang Qi had excellent grades in school, he still hit a wall when looking for a job.

It was either 996 work culture, working yourself to death, or starting a business.

But his family didn’t have much capital, so in the end, Ye Wangxing’s parents helped him out and they went into business together, opening the milk tea shop. The shares were divided as three for Wang Qi, three for Ye Wangxing’s parents, and four for Ye Wangxing.

Though it was a small shop, and the shareholding sounded a bit funny, Ye Wangxing’s parents, despite being honest people, were middle-aged and had enough life experience to make that decision.

This small shop hadn’t seen any fame or fortune even after it opened.

…That is, until Ye Wangxing arrived, and it was on the verge of closing down.

A week ago, Ye Wangxing thought: …I was supposed to be stealing the spotlight, not running a milk tea shop simulation game.

There wasn’t any match-three puzzle game, but the closure of the shop seemed pretty normal. After all, the failure rate for beginner entrepreneurs was similar to the success rate of American rocket launches.

—Even if it succeeded, it would still crash somewhere in the sky.

Fortunately, Ye Wangxing had a cheat sheet, and 19 helped calculate the success rate. After making major reforms, the previously plain milk tea shop managed to break through with its low prices.

Recently, not only did the revenue come back, but there was also a profit.

And the attention value gained from the random task allowed Ye Wangxing to gather the last bit of money to purchase a biological body.

In Ye Wangxing’s eyes, he was just doing it for the task, but in Wang Qi’s eyes, his little cousin was a genius.

Even if his grades were just average, so what? Who’s to say his talent wasn’t in other areas?

Just by reforming the milk tea shop and finding the cheapest supplier, Wang Qi was already in awe.

He couldn’t help but wonder how his little aunt and uncle, both such honest people, raised such a bold child.

Wang Qi stroked his chin thoughtfully, and then found the answer later that evening when he was counting money.

“…So, your two brothers helped you with fascia blade relaxation, and the principal decided to add more school rules?”

Ye Father asked curiously, and the little money in his hand was quickly placed aside, with electronic payments being the bulk of it.

“Yeah, honestly, it’s kind of weird. Old Li got so angry for no reason, but luckily, he’s still reasonable. After we explained everything, he just had us write a reflection and that was it.”

Ye Wangxing pursed his lips as he spoke: “I already had enough homework today, and then I had to write a reflection. If it wasn’t for Yan Yi helping me with it, who knows when I’d get to sleep tonight.”

Wang Qi listened to his little cousin and couldn’t help but feel his brow twitch.

—Which student calls the head of the teaching department “Old Li” without fear? And can someone really casually say they had someone else write their reflection?!

“Ah, that must have been tough on your classmate. I’ll have mom add more jasmine milk green tea for you tomorrow morning. I remember you said your classmate doesn’t like sweet stuff, this should be just right.”

Wang Qi saw his aunt, who didn’t seem angry but rather pleased, and immediately understood how his little cousin developed that fearless “monkey king” personality.

But… it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Wang Qi thought to himself, completely unaware that his thoughts had already been influenced by his aunt and uncle.

However, this fascia blade…

Thinking back to the small videos he’d seen online about fascia blades, Wang Qi recalled the sounds in those clips. He suspected that it might not have been an overreaction from the teaching department.

With that noise, if it happened in a school, the head of the teaching department’s scalp would probably have exploded.

Wang Qi’s thoughts wandered, but his hands kept moving.

He still had to deliver the milk tea, or rather, go to a fixed address.

The school.

This order was one Ye Wangxing had brought in. When Wang Qi first went to deliver there, he thought he had arrived in a refugee camp.

Some students were even crying while drinking, it seemed a bit exaggerated.

Later, Wang Qi found out that although the food in the school canteen was clean and nutritious, it didn’t taste good. According to the students, it was like they were eating cardboard.

“If you didn’t know better, you’d think we were studying abroad. The food was that bad, and they wouldn’t let us go out to buy something else. We had to secretly get Ye Wangxing to bring some, and I haven’t had lemon water in two weeks! Boohoo, and it’s so cheap but so delicious, boohoo.”

This was the heartfelt lament of the students when Wang Qi delivered milk tea last night.

This gave Wang Qi a sense of mission, as though he wasn’t just secretly delivering milk tea to students but was actually delivering supplies to them.

Wang Qi thought to himself as he carried a whole box of milk tea to the usual spot—the alleyway on the left side of the school.

The iron fence of the school was just beside him.

About a dozen students were already waiting eagerly behind the iron railing.

“Brother, brother,” they shouted nonstop.

This made Wang Qi almost think he had joined a band of outlaws.

The students were quick, taking the milk tea and fruit tea from Wang Qi’s hands and gulping it down. The sound of “brother” calling slowly faded as they drank.

When only the two large cups, specifically ordered by his little cousin, were left in his hands, Wang Qi felt a bit awkward for making his cousin’s friends wait so long.

But as he looked up…

—He immediately took a step back.

It was simple: they were tall.

Looking at the two, who were definitely over 190 cm, Wang Qi couldn’t help but think: —Are these kids growing on fertilizer?

How are they all so tall?

And they were handsome too, with a well-defined and fit physique.

Looking at their faces, which were even more handsome than celebrities, and their muscles filled with explosive power, Wang Qi felt a pang of envy.

These guys were standing out like cranes among chickens.

But Wang Qi didn’t forget to hand over the milk tea.

“Thank you, cousin.”

The two said in unison. However, Wang Qi thought he might have imagined it—he could have sworn he saw the two exchange a glance.

The atmosphere between them was definitely not friendly.

But they were still quite polite.

Wang Qi, deep in thought, turned around to start packing up, completely unaware of the horrified expressions on the faces of the two students’ roommates who had arrived with them.

‘…When did these two start speaking so kindly to others?’

Zhang Le and Li Jun, the two roommates, were wide-eyed in disbelief as they watched their friends look at the milk tea as if they were gazing at their girlfriends.

They then simultaneously shivered, feeling a chill down their spines.

Wang Qi, after finishing packing, planned to leave the school. It wasn’t because he was afraid of getting caught—after all, teachers drank milk tea too. Late-night self-study sessions weren’t just students slogging away, the teachers were working hard too.

Several cups of milk tea were handed out as Wang Qi reached the school gate.

However, he couldn’t act too blatantly, after all, the principal wouldn’t have an easy time if things got out of hand.

With that thought in mind, Wang Qi ignored the strange expressions of his cousin’s two friends and turned to leave.

But then his eyes met a few pairs of eyes.

He saw a few students perched on the school wall, most likely skipping class, and without missing a beat, Wang Qi averted his gaze—then, with the speed of someone wearing a mascot costume, he dashed out of there.

Zhou Mu, who was sitting on the wall, raised an eyebrow: “…”Where did this big black rat come from?

When Zhou Mu got down, he instantly drew everyone’s attention.

This made him feel a bit awkward.

The students around him felt a bit awkward too.

Some of the more timid girls, seeing Zhou Mu and the several thug-like boys behind him, instinctively huddled together.

They feared nothing more than having to deal with people like them.

Zhou Mu quickly got over the awkwardness, tightened his jawline, and began sizing up the people in front of him.

He noticed everyone holding a cup of milk tea and narrowed his eyes, realizing that these students had likely ordered the milk tea together. He had heard some rumors, but he wasn’t particularly interested in milk tea himself.

However, among the crowd, there were two students who caught his attention.

They actually liked this overly sweet stuff?

But as soon as he processed that thought, his resentment bubbled up again.

Zhou Mu’s brothers, eyeing the milk tea hungrily, were about to step forward to grab one, but Zhou Mu stopped them.

He glanced at the milk tea cup and clicked his tongue dismissively.

“Why drink such cheap stuff late at night? Don’t you feel disgusted holding this trash? And isn’t this from Ye Wangxing’s shop? Aren’t you worried about what they might’ve put in it?”

Zhou Mu’s words immediately sparked anger among the students. Hadn’t they tried flavored milk tea before?

They knew exactly what was in it! When Ye Wangxing was sourcing the materials, many of the class members had even offered suggestions.

They had worked hard to make sure the ingredients were top-notch. As high school juniors, they were at the peak of their knowledge, and they could make up history as if it were fact, so finding suppliers and ensuring safety standards was a piece of cake for them.

They had even helped weed out poor-quality ingredients.

Now Zhou Mu was insinuating that their supplier was unreliable?!

The students were furious.

But they had to admit, there was a slight sense of inferiority creeping in. After all, the milk tea was cheap.

This mixture of anger and self-doubt was palpable among the students.

Before they could act on it, however, a shadow moved past them, heading straight toward Zhou Mu.

The surrounding students quickly recognized the figure—it was Nan Jiu.

Zhou Mu had already braced himself, ready for a confrontation, his posture set. But…

Nan Jiu simply passed him by without a glance, and a disdainful voice reached his ears.

“Heh, jealous.”

—And then Nan Jiu took a sip of his milk tea.

Zhou Mu: “…”

“Ahhhhhh how dare you ignore me-!”

“Boss, calm down, the patrol teacher is coming, let’s go back first!”

“Boss! The dorm is closing!”

 

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