Mr. Xu, standing on the podium, remained the most composed. After a flash of surprise in his eyes upon seeing Chen Ke, he showed no further reaction. However, he was quite interested in Chen Ke's description of the future internet.

Chen Ke's Q&A session with the business leaders in the audience finally came to an end. Judging from their satisfied and excited expressions, it was clear that they admired Chen Ke and were even more interested in his vision of integrated network and intelligent development.

Fu Xin was also very excited; it seemed that they wouldn't have trouble finding partners for their next project.

After Chen Ke bowed to express his gratitude, the host continued on stage to proceed with the next part of the program.

Seeing this, Mr. Xu turned off the news live stream and said with deep feeling, "Chen Ke is very farsighted. He has a deep and thorough understanding of the development of the Internet, which enabled him to seize the opportunity to develop online business. His shopping APP business model can be said to have pioneered a new era. Students, put what you have learned into practice. Chen Ke has already left you far behind."

Mr. Xu's simple words made most of the students lower their heads in shame. Just yesterday, they were spouting nonsense, mocking and humiliating him, but today he slapped them so hard they couldn't even get up.

Chen Ke had just stepped down from the podium when he saw Liang Xiang. Without thinking twice, he walked straight over. "Were you waiting for me?"

Liang Xiang forced a bitter smile. "Things are different now. I didn't expect you to actually not ignore me."

Chen Ke smiled and said, "There's absolutely no need for that. Is there something you need from me?"

“Well, there was something going on before, but…” Liang Xiang pointed to the podium, “but it’s probably all over now.”

After all, it's hard for anyone not to know Chen Ke after today. He's a rising star in the business world, and his first battle in the business world was not only brilliant but also a resounding success. Now, everyone who goes out will greet him with a smile and call him "Chairman Chen".

When the news comes out tomorrow, all the rumors circulating online will be debunked. There's nothing to worry about. What we should be worried about are those who spread and promote these rumors.

Chen Ke's status is not what it used to be, so the damage caused to him by the rumors is also incomparable to what it used to be. It all depends on his attitude, but none of this has anything to do with him.

Seeing this, Chen Ke nodded, "If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

"Hey." Liang called out to Chen Ke, hesitated for a moment before speaking, "If I had found you yesterday, I probably wouldn't have said these things, but I still want to say sorry to you, even though it seems a bit late and it won't do any good."

Chen Ke was somewhat surprised that Liang Xiang would apologize to him. He really hadn't cared about what happened before. The original owner's behavior was indeed annoying, and it was normal for them to have such opinions.

He moved out immediately after he arrived, and there wasn't really any real conflict between him and Liang Xiang, so it didn't matter whether Liang Xiang apologized or not.

“You don’t need to apologize,” Chen Ke said truthfully.

"I definitely have to say it, whether you accept it or not. I used to judge you from my self-righteous high ground, but I never realized that I had been trapped by my narrow-minded perspective. On one hand, I was afraid of my father's achievements, feeling that I would live my whole life in the shadow of others' glory and accomplish nothing. On the other hand, I was arrogant and looked down on others..."

Liang Xiang gave a self-deprecating laugh. "Speaking of which, I have to thank you. Your success is like a slap in the face, but it has also brought me to my senses. I have decided to follow my father's arrangements and study abroad. He has always been against me studying computer science. Actually, I don't really like this major either. I just didn't want to follow his arrangements."

But now I realize that the path my parents laid out for me was far more correct than the one I impulsively chose out of spite. I'm definitely not suited for computer science; even if I studied hard for another ten years, I probably wouldn't achieve what you did, so I don't want to waste any more time.

After listening to Liang Xiang's words, Chen Ke remained silent for a while, and finally said, "Then I wish you all the best in finding your own path in the end."

Although he never intended to influence anyone through his own efforts, Chen Ke was happy to see someone become a better person because of him.

Chen Ke, having to return to school for a makeup exam, left directly with Fu Xin and Bai Rongrong.

Outside the venue, Bai Rongrong looked at Chen Ke with eyes full of admiration. "You're so unassuming. I've seen so many sides of you before, but I never knew you were like that." Bai Rongrong had even fantasized about confessing her feelings to Chen Ke before, but after today, she completely gave up that idea.

The gap between them was too great, so great that Bai Rongrong had no confidence that she was worthy of Chen Ke. Therefore, the admiration in her eyes when she looked at Chen Ke was now well hidden, and only worship remained.

Chen Ke smiled and said, "Sorry, it wasn't intentional."

"Oh, why are you apologizing? I was just venting. But now those people online have nothing to say. I really slapped them in the face in the live stream. It was so satisfying."

At this point, Fu Xin also said, "It's just a malicious rumor that's easy to debunk. We don't want to pay attention to it just to catch the person behind it."

Bai Rongrong suddenly realized and immediately asked, "Are there any clues?"

Fu Xin: "Don't worry, it's been locked down. They'll probably be invited for tea soon."

"That's good. I was just talking about a post that a fan imagined. The netizens didn't react that strongly."

The three exchanged a few more pleasantries. Bai Rongrong had just finished her live stream and was in a hurry to start it again later, so she wouldn't leave for the time being. Fu Xin had to go back to the company immediately to handle some matters. In the end, Chen Ke could only take the subway back to school alone to prepare for his make-up exam.

Unbeknownst to him, thanks to the news broadcast and the online reversal, someone recognized him as soon as he got on the subway, secretly took two handsome photos of him for his own enjoyment, and then posted a picture of his back view online to "show off."

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