"That's not right, that's not right, there's no way you can't catch up." Dan Brooks corrected, glancing at Chad Bennett, who was itching with anxiety, feeling a bit embarrassed and uncertain, so he went all in, egging Chad Bennett on: "You can't think like that, you need to change your perspective. Just look at those art films stored on your MP5—it's always beauties paired with ugly guys, hot chicks with fools. If good cabbage isn't eaten by pigs, who else should eat it? If my bro doesn't get the hot girl, who should? Haven't you noticed in your videos, all those blonde beauties end up with black guys? Maybe Emily Walker is also waiting for you to do her, just like you're waiting to do her."

He was doing his utmost to incite, lowering his voice, eyebrows dancing, looking all mysterious. Chad Bennett was left flustered, glancing at the boss, then at the third brother. In their expectant eyes, it really did seem like there was a lot of encouragement, and with so many precedents of pigs eating good cabbage, the more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed. His confidence soared, and he nodded vigorously: "Alright, when we get back to school, I'll go find her."

"Good, that's the spirit. No wonder you're my second brother," praised Victor Smith.

"Yeah, you really have guts. You don't seem like a second-in-command at all—you're leadership material."

Dan Brooks said with a smile, then turned to start the car. Chad Bennett's dream girl changed every three days, so neither of them took it seriously. This guy would never give up, no matter what, so there was no point in trying to talk him out of it.

But Chad Bennett was really fired up. When it came to Emily Walker, he kept saying this chick's skin was whiter than a carp's belly, her lips redder than chili peppers, her figure slimmer than a yam, and some part of her body might even look like an abalone—just thinking about it almost made him swoon... He kept describing and describing, until even he was nearly drooling. All his metaphors came from food; apparently, all Brother Chad could compare to were tasty things—he really didn't have much experience with beautiful women.

As Chad Bennett went on animatedly, Dan Brooks and Victor Smith laughed and chimed in. Amid the jokes, the topic shifted to the cafeteria strike. Chad Bennett finally stopped talking about the campus beauties and vividly recounted how Director Shi and the department head had a rough time in dorm 222. Judging by his story, it seemed Chad Bennett was playing dumb a bit himself. As for Victor Smith, he said the school was being too much—the cafeteria food was bad, and instead of making changes, they went after the ringleaders, and even worse, they actually suspected the three of them for no reason.

At this point, unexpectedly, Dan Brooks smiled mysteriously and said, "They weren't wrong to suspect us. If I didn't lead this, who would!?"

"Ah!?" The other two were stunned. Chad Bennett immediately complained, "Why didn't you tell me about such a great thing?"

"You're a celebrity at Luyuan, not suitable for this kind of thing, right?" Dan Brooks explained. This explanation made Chad Bennett quite satisfied, and he said proudly, "That's true." But Victor Smith was left speechless, saying, "So it really was you? So all our arguing turned out to be covering for the bad guy."

Dan Brooks smiled and recounted what happened. He wasn't involved the whole time, but as the saying goes, a famous person attracts attention. Sometimes trouble finds you even if you don't look for it. This incident involved another well-known girl at school, surname Song, given name Siying. There had been a lot of internal strife during the student council elections, so she wanted to stir up trouble for the council and the school. She had quite a background—niece of a TV station director—and was pretty famous, at least on par with Chad Bennett.

As soon as this girl was mentioned, Victor Smith pictured the one who always drove a red MINI to school—the type who existed purely for gossip, changing boyfriends more often than clothes. Naturally, this kind of girl was out of reach for the three struggling brothers. But hearing the reason for the incident, it turned out the student council's internal conflict had become an external one. The sports department guys weren't really petitioning for the students; they were just being used. That made the whole thing seem a lot less interesting.

But Chad Bennett didn't see it that way. Hearing the reason, and realizing the boss was behind it, he was first surprised, then full of admiration. Thinking of today's commotion, he summed up all his feelings in one sentence: "Boss, I really admire you. You've gone from doing bad things yourself to successfully getting others to do bad things for you. You've leveled up."

"Haha... When there's injustice, someone has to step up; when the road is rough, someone has to tread it. If you can't even complain about not having enough to eat, people won't treat you like a person wherever you go—what's the point of living like that? My motives are different from theirs. I just want to stir things up a bit; at least improving the food isn't a bad thing. Er Lei, do you think what I did counts as chivalry?" Dan Brooks turned his head and asked. Chad Bennett, biting his finger, listened intently, full of envy, and nodded: "Of course it does."

That gave Dan Brooks a chance to brag. He said proudly, "I never told you guys, but the Dan family has a big name in Luzhou's history. Erxianzhuang is only twenty li from my house. My dad said that's where we moved from. My ancestors were buddies with Qin Qiong... There's a play in the Shangdang Bangzi opera called 'The Tale of the Bandit,' and that's about the Dan family's deeds..."

There really is an Erxianzhuang in Luzhou, said to be where Qin Qiong met Dan Xiongxin while selling horses. The boss often claimed kinship with Dan Xiongxin because of his surname. Victor Smith laughed and cut him off: "Come on, Brother Brooks, don't try to pass off breaking the rules as chivalry. Bennett's worldview is already messed up enough by you."