Chapter 48: The First Prospective Buyer Appears

"Woman, you have great taste."

Su Ruochu's pretty face flushed, and she hurriedly pushed Chen Fan away.

"Ayn, what are you doing?"

"Aren't you afraid of being seen?"

Chen Fan chuckled. "I'm being affectionate with my own wife, why would I be afraid of being seen?"

"Who's your wife?"

"You're not my wife? Then you heard it just now. The No. 8 dormitory building I live in is actually the girls' dormitory building."

"There are so many pretty senior sisters living in there. I'll go find them right now—"

"Go ahead. Once you leave, I'll be one burden less, and I can just chat with other guys instead."

Chen Fan decisively stepped back and firmly grabbed Su Ruochu's small hand.

"You win."

A flash of victorious a smile immediately appeared on Su Ruochu's face.

Chen Fan held Su Ruochu's delicate hand.

"Want to take a walk together?"

"Mm."

This time, Su Ruochu didn't refuse.

The two of them strolled leisurely along the campus road under the streetlights.

Seeming because they hadn't seen each other for the past few days, Su Ruochu was noticeably much more talkative in front of Chen Fan.

She told Chen Fan that ever since her mother caught them that day, she had been grounded at home.

Afterward, when university started, her parents even personally escorted her to school for registration.

"I wanted to let you know at the time, but my mom wouldn't let me out."

Su Ruochu explained in a soft voice.

Chen Fan smiled and squeezed her hand.

"It's fine. I rode here with Guo Shuai that day."

"Now we're at the same university, studying the same major. From now on, no one can ever stop us from being together."

Su Ruochu's face turned beet red, and she lowered her head, softly murmuring, "Mm."

Chen Fan said quietly, "Actually, I looked for you on the very first day of school, but I didn't know which class you were assigned to."

"Me too," Su Ruochu said softly, her face blushing.

Over the past few days, she had been secretly searching for Chen Fan on the sports field, but unfortunately, there were simply too many people—it was like finding a needle in a haystack.

Chen Fan glanced at her sideways.

"I certainly didn't see you looking for me. I only saw you having a lively chat with some handsome guy."

"Just now, when I saw you walking this way from upstairs, I thought you were coming to look for me. But then a sudden interloper popped up out of nowhere, and the two of you were chatting so happily. My heart was practically breaking at the time..."

This time, Su Ruochu didn't smile; instead, she explained in a low voice.

"On the day I enrolled, my mom contacted Brother Tianyuan, hoping he would take good care of me."

"Actually, I just came over to find you."

"But I didn't know which building you lived in, so I wanted to ask Brother Tianyuan for help finding it."

At this point, Su Ruochu secretly glanced at Chen Fan.

"I don't have those kinds of feelings for Brother Tianyuan. Ever since we were kids, I've always just looked at him as an older brother."

Chen Fan smiled. "I believe you."

"But you also have to understand me. Your position in my heart is far too important."

"Whenever you're involved, I easily lose my mind..."

Su Ruochu smiled and grabbed Chen Fan's wrist.

"Then I'll just stay by your side. In the future, whenever you lose your mind, I'll be responsible for pulling you back with a leash."

"Why does that make me sound like a donkey?"

That single sentence had Su Ruochu bursting into giggles.

...

Military training went on day after day, starting with simple postures like standing at attention, shouting slogans, and turning left and right.

Four or five days later, the instructors began teaching the most difficult part: goose-stepping...

Having already been through university once, Chen Fan felt a deep sense of nostalgia for all of this, and he practiced with exceptional dedication.

In the end, he was chosen by the instructor to be one of the two model squad leaders leading at the front of the formation.

The days of military training were monotonous, but by no means boring.

During the day, he hung out with his dormmates; in the evenings, he strolled around the campus with Su Ruochu before walking her back to her dormitory building.

This secret was kept for a few days before it inevitably leaked.

Faced with the interrogation of his dorm brothers, Chen Fan didn't hide it either, openly admitting that he had a girlfriend.

"Damn! I never expected Fourth Brother to be the first one in our dorm to break out of singlehood."

Luo Wenjie was filled with indignation.

"Is there any justice in this world? I'm way better-looking than you."

Wu Di, however, patted Chen Fan on the shoulder with a cheerful smile.

"Next time, find a chance to bring the sister-in-law over so the brothers can vet her for you."

Chen Fan nodded with a smile.

"No problem."

Although life was simple and fulfilling, Chen Fan's mind was still preoccupied with another matter.

Namely, that September had already arrived.

He remembered it very clearly.

In his past life, Yiyu Network was acquired by ChinaSource in September.

In this lifetime, his own Domain Network was far ahead, leaving Yiyu Network way behind in the dust.

Even if ChinaSource wanted to make an acquisition, their absolute first choice would be him.

However, because of the daily military training, Chen Fan still had no idea what the current situation was.

Finally, just as the military training was coming to an end, Chen Fan couldn't hold back any longer.

Taking advantage of the midday lunch break, he sneaked out of the school alone and headed into an internet café directly opposite the school's East Gate.

This internet café was quite interesting and had chosen a very distinct name: Global Village.

Because of the existence of the internet, the Earth had truly become a small village.

It seemed the owner of this café was an interesting person as well.

Before the summer vacation ended, Chen Fan had already received his identity card.

So this time, he didn't need to sneak around; he could openly go to the front desk and apply for an internet access card.

Booting up, entering the password, logging in.

The familiar Windows 2000 operating system was far more convenient in both fluency and usability than the internet cafés back in his hometown town.

Chen Fan didn't have time to browse anything else; he logged straight into the backend of Domain Network.

Good grief, having not logged on for a period of time, Chen Fan was practically startled by the backend data.

In less than half a month's time.

The data for Domain Network had directly doubled at the very least.

It had left its competitor, Yiyu Network, far, far behind.

It even exceeded Chen Fan's own expectations.

This result was due to multiple factors.

First, Chen Fan was the first in this era to utilize the concept of online astroturfing and hype propaganda.

Second, the completeness and convenience of Domain Network completely crushed Yiyu Network, outclassing it by at least several versions.

Third, Yiyu Network spent heavily on grandiose marketing campaigns, but due to the existence of astroturfers, it ended up inadvertently advertising Domain Network instead.

With multiple factors combining, it caused the current traffic of Domain Network to skyrocket, even far surpassing Yiyu Network during the same period in his past life.

After briefly browsing through everything, Chen Fan clicked on the backend email inbox.

Aside from a dozen or so spam emails, absolutely no one had contacted him.

Chen Fan couldn't help feeling somewhat dejected.

That shouldn't be right.

September was almost at the end of the month.

Logically speaking, someone should have set their sights on Domain Network long ago.

Why hadn't the other party made a move yet?

The reason Chen Fan created Domain Network in the first place was to sell it for a good price.

He had no real interest in running this type of website.

To put it bluntly, in Chen Fan's eyes, Domain Network was simply a commodity.

It was his first step to dig up his first pot of gold and open up the game.

Now, if Domain Network couldn't be sold, wouldn't his entire series of subsequent plans go down the drain?

Just as Chen Fan was filled with dejection, wondering where something had gone wrong.

A message suddenly popped up on the computer screen.

A new email had arrived.

Chen Fan casually clicked it open, his gaze freezing.

He hurriedly leaned his head forward and carefully read through the email.

Finally, Chen Fan smiled.

He let out a long sigh of relief.

Finally...

The first prospective buyer had appeared.