Seeing the three people were stunned, Pei Qian emphasized again: "Add it immediately!"

He Desheng was the first to react, nodding, "Okay, President Pei."

Adding a line to the promotional page was simple; it was just a matter of finding an empty spot on the original image and Photoshopping in a sentence.

He Desheng didn't question President Pei's actions at all, but Zhang Wang and Ma Yang were heartbroken, as if their souls had been snatched away in an instant.

But Pei Qian didn't want to waste time arguing with them and turned to leave.

There was nothing to be done; President Pei was just that benevolent.

Even though these customers were all acting as if they'd lost their minds, renting Sloth Apartments and buying Fully Automatic Squabble Machines, frantically using money to stab President Pei in the back, President Pei still couldn't abandon them.

Writing these words on there might save a few!

...

Meanwhile, at the Sloth Apartment in Building 9 of the Binhu Community.

Qiao Liang had already signed the contract and moved into the top floor of this building.

Actually, he had wanted the top floor of Building 8 more, but that seemed to have been rented out by a fanatical fan of Chen Lei's long ago.

So, he could only settle for second best and rent the top floor of Building 9.

It had to be said that being able to rent the top floor of Building 9 was also a stroke of luck. If he had been even a few minutes later, the floor would probably have plummeted.

Because the downstairs was already crowded with people wanting to rent apartments, and the few apartments here simply weren't enough to go around.

Looking at the vast lake view outside the window, Qiao Liang felt a surge of happiness.

He hung all the clothes he had brought in his suitcase in the master bedroom's closet and then put the suitcase in the guest bedroom's closet.

Although there was only this small amount of storage space in the entire room, it was enough for Qiao Liang.

In this apartment layout, the huge living room only had some decorative crafts, and the decorative bookshelves couldn't be used as storage space, but in this way, Qiao Liang could focus on enjoying the 180-degree lake view.

Huddling on the sofa with his laptop, editing a video, Qiao Liang felt it was worth it!

For some reason, his thoughts suddenly calmed down, and he really wanted to think about some problems and make a video!

Could this be the magical effect of the Sloth Apartment?

Here, it really seemed to help with thinking…

Wait, that's not right.

It seemed like something was missing.

Qiao Liang suddenly realized that the Sloth Apartment he had rented seemed to be missing its soul: there was no Fully Automatic Squabble Machine!

Yes, he had to get one!

In fact, Qiao Liang had wanted to buy one last night, but considering that he would have to carry it with him when he moved, it was better to buy it directly for the Sloth Apartment.

Although the Sloth Apartment, in principle, didn't allow him to add furniture or change the layout, the concierge would tacitly approve of a Fully Automatic Squabble Machine.

Qiao Liang immediately searched online for a Fully Automatic Squabble Machine and successfully found the purchase page.

However, after clicking on it, Qiao Liang was stunned.

Because he saw an eye-catching line on the purchase page.

"It's expensive, it's boring, and it won't improve your thinking ability. Maybe you can spend the money on something more meaningful."

Qiao Liang was stunned.

What did this mean?

It wouldn't improve thinking ability?

The official denial of the Fully Automatic Squabble Machine's deeper meaning?

Qiao Liang clearly remembered that he didn't seem to have seen this sentence when he looked at this page last night.

Why add this sentence specifically?

Qiao Liang hurriedly went online to check the comments of netizens, only to find that not only did the Fully Automatic Squabble Machine page have this line, but the Sloth Apartment also had an eye-catching line: Living here will not improve your thinking ability.

The tone seemed very flat, as if emphasizing an objective fact.

Qiao Liang was even more confused.

What did this mean? He had just moved in, and President Pei was already pulling this on him?

What was the intention of emphasizing this? To negate himself?

But, this place really helped with thinking!

Qiao Liang could clearly feel that this environment was very simple and had a strong artistic quality, which really helped to calm down and stimulate inspiration.

Then why did the official still emphasize that this place would not improve thinking ability?

Qiao Liang thought for less than two minutes and suddenly understood.

"So that's it!"

"I understand!"

"I just… I wonder if the netizens can see it?"

After confirming the answer in his heart, Qiao Liang flipped through the comments of netizens, and a gratified smile quickly appeared on his face.

"What do the newly added explanatory texts on the Sloth Apartment and the Fully Automatic Squabble Machine mean? Could it be that what CEO Li said before was all fake?"

"Yes, it's all fake, everyone, don't rent or buy them! Leave them all to me!"

"I've already moved in, and this environment really helps with thinking. Moreover, this Fully Automatic Squabble Machine really makes people think deeply."

"Then why add these two sentences of explanation? Doesn't this have the opposite effect?"

"These two sentences actually contain a dialectical way of thinking. What is the connotation of the Sloth Apartment and the Fully Automatic Squabble Machine? It's to let you think independently, don't believe what others say, and don't follow the crowd. Then, if you don't think independently and blindly move into the Sloth Apartment and buy a Fully Automatic Squabble Machine, wouldn't that go against the connotation of independent thinking?"

"Understood! So these two sentences are reminding us: if you don't use your own brain to think, and just believe what others say, then even if you use the Sloth Apartment and the Fully Automatic Squabble Machine, it's useless. They can't change a person's way of thinking. That is to say, don't overstate or mystify the meaning of these two things."

"At the same time, it's also hinting to us that what really needs to be changed is the way we think about problems, and don't rely entirely on external things."

"Well, that makes sense! If you only know how to blindly follow the trend, it's useless to move into the Sloth Apartment."

"But then again, the Sloth Apartment creates an environment, and the Fully Automatic Squabble Machine provides a carrier, which is still helpful for our thinking, there is no doubt about that. It is only a 'catalyst' effect, not a panacea."

"As expected of President Pei, even adding two explanations at random is so philosophical!"

"I want to buy it even more!"

After reading these comments, Qiao Liang nodded slightly.

Yes, netizens were indeed becoming more and more accustomed to President Pei's way of thinking and no longer needed him to stand up and interpret it.

Perhaps in the near future, after every riddle of President Pei appeared, netizens would spontaneously interpret it and dig out the deep meaning behind it. That would mean that his mission was complete!

President Pei's riddle this time was really simple, and everyone had cracked it in a second.

Qiao Liang happily placed an order for the Fully Automatic Squabble Machine, patiently waiting for it to be delivered.

He took out his laptop, huddled on the sofa while looking at the lake view, and repeatedly read He An's long Weibo post several times.

Sure enough, each reading brought some new insights.

To this day, Qiao Liang still hadn't given up, because President Pei had once told him that as long as he gave up using *Feng Shen Zhi Zuo* (Creation of the Gods) to interpret *Fen Dou* (Struggle), he would be able to obtain the true answer to the *Haunted House* video.

Therefore, Qiao Liang had been constantly studying He An's long Weibo post as a key.

Qiao Liang felt that He An's long Weibo post's interpretation of the game *Fen Dou* itself should already be in a perfect state, and no matter how much he studied it, he shouldn't be able to study any new content.

So, what about outside of the game *Fen Dou*?

After the recent Sloth Apartment and Fully Automatic Squabble Machine incidents, Qiao Liang vaguely felt something, but it seemed difficult to grasp.

He could feel that he was now missing a clue, a clue that could string everything together.

And once he found this clue, all the doubts would be solved!

Qiao Liang was trying hard to think about all the content of this period of time, including Haunted House, Take-Out, *Fen Dou*, Sloth Apartment, Fully Automatic Squabble Machine, Managed Gym, and Tengda Life App, while searching for information online through various keywords.

Suddenly, Qiao Liang's eyes lit up.

On the internal forum of Handong University, he found a post titled: Full Sharing of President Pei's Speech on the Concept of Wealth in the Science Hall.

This was a hot post on the internal forum of Handong University, with many replies, but it didn't seem to have been widely reposted to the external network.

Qiao Liang wasn't a student of Handong University, so he couldn't reply under this post, but he could view the full text.

"President Pei's speech?"

"It seems to be true."

"It hasn't been circulated?"

Qiao Liang was a little skeptical about the authenticity of this manuscript. In theory, when a celebrity like President Pei gave a speech at a school, it would definitely be known to everyone, right? How could it be so low-key that even the manuscript hadn't been circulated?

But after carefully looking at the students' replies below, Qiao Liang realized that President Pei didn't seem to have been present in person at the time, but had entrusted someone else to read the manuscript.

"So that's it, no wonder the popularity is so low. However, the content of this speech seems to have deeply touched the students."

"Well… Since it's a manuscript written by President Pei himself, then it's necessary to study it."

Qiao Liang began to read the full text.

This speech was aimed at all the poor students funded by Tengda, and the theme of the speech was to explore the "concept of wealth." The full text only talked about one thing, which was what President Pei thought the concept of wealth was like.

Obviously, this speech was hoping that poor students could correctly use the money that Tengda had donated to them.

But what surprised Qiao Liang was that in the speech, President Pei didn't emphasize that these poor students should "save money" or "be frugal," but explained the concept from another perspective.

Many poor students had fallen into a misunderstanding of the concept of wealth, which was to equate "wealth" with the "money" they could dispose of, mistakenly believing that the correct concept of wealth was to try their best to spend less money and consume less.

But President Pei put forward a new concept in the speech: for young people like them, the most valuable wealth was not the money they owned, but their attention.

Therefore, don't save all the money and be reluctant to spend it, and don't buy some meaningless things that are only used to satisfy your vanity, and don't spend it on entertainment activities that distract your attention and make you addicted.

Where should the money be spent?

It should be spent on places that allow you to concentrate on thinking, and you should use money to leverage your attention, so as to maximize the wealth you have.

After reading this speech, Qiao Liang suddenly felt enlightened.

He seemed to have grasped the thing he had been looking for!