436 Shi Xi Went Back To School
There weren’t any major changes until the filming of [Meeting You In the Depths of Time] was completed.
Shi Xi was serious about filming, and the production team’s progress was fast.
Xie Yunzhou maintained his position as the number one spare tire. When he was dissatisfied, he would urge his subordinates to make acquisitions. He finished what he was supposed to do for the first quarter in a month.
Although it was tiring, everyone received a lot of bonuses. It could be considered a relief.
After Nan Wan was taught a lesson by the director, her manager reminded her to film quietly and no longer focus on the trending topics.
Xu Ziqing entered the Shi Corporation and did her job conscientiously. She did not dare to slack off.
The man who had hurt Tao Yuxuan had become a vegetable. Xu Ziqing was afraid that the man would wake up and did not dare to take any action.
Under the peaceful life, there was a turbulent undercurrent.
..
Shi Xi flipped through the professional book and felt a little helpless. “I’ll go to school by myself. You can accompany Lou Ruicong.”
Han Chuan said plainly, “I’m afraid that you’ll cause trouble in school.”
“You should be more worried about Lou Ruicong,” Shi Xi said softly.
“This week is the exam week. I won’t arrange any jobs for you. You can study in peace.” Han Chuan ignored Shi Xi’s whisper and said, “After you finish the exam, record the interviews, and shoot the commercials. I’ll follow you.”
“What do I have to worry about? Why don’t you follow Lou Ruicong?” Shi Xi put down the book and said, “He’s the one who needs to be worried about, right?”
Lou Ruicong’s EQ, saying that his EQ was zero was just a compliment.
“I didn’t arrange any assignments for him,” Han Chuan said straightforwardly. “When there’s a good script, I’ll send him in directly.”
“Are you afraid that he’ll offend someone?” Shi Xi asked.
The corner of Han Chuan’s mouth twitched slightly. “Yes.”
With Lou Ruicong’s personality of not drinking a toast, Han Chuan was really worried when he let Lou Ruicong go.
Shi Xi said thoughtfully, “Don’t you have any other artists under you?”
Han Chuan said, “When this show airs, if the response is good, I’ll take in two more.”
A top manager would not only bring one or two artists under them.
Shi Xi wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Han Chuan.
“Read your book carefully. You are not allowed to fail the exam.”
Shi Xi continued reading.
How could she fail?
When she returned to Haicheng University and saw the busy people beside her, Shi Xi felt as if a lifetime had passed.
The last time she came to report was the last time.
Zhu Lin gave Shi Xi the things she needed for the exam and said, “The exam venue and seat number have been sent to you. We’ll go to the hotel first. Call us after you finish the exam.”
Shi Xi replied and looked at the exam venue.
Where was the big staircase classroom?
Shi Xi could only stop a classmate and ask, “Hello, may I know where the big staircase classroom is?”
The one who was stopped was a girl. She enthusiastically pointed the way to Shi Xi and said, “It’s that green building.”
“The green building.” Shi Xi looked over and smiled. “Thank you.”
“No problem.”
After pointing the way, the girl realized that the girl who asked for directions seemed to be Shi Xi?
That was impossible, right?
Why would Shi Xi appear here? Maybe they just looked alike.
In the huge Haicheng University, there were always some people who were interested in the entertainment industry. Soon, someone recognized Shi Xi.
However, because it was exam week, no one had time to pay attention to her.
However, the photo of Shi Xi appearing in Haicheng University had already been posted on the campus forum.
[Shocking! Shi Xi appeared in the green building!]
There was also a photo taken secretly in the post.
Although the angle was confusing, Shi Xi’s beauty could still be seen.
[Why is Shi Xi here? Is she here to film? Or to play?]
[So I didn’t see wrongly. It’s really Shi Xi! She even asked me for directions. She’s really beautiful!]
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437 Was Waiting To See Shi Xi Capsize
In a short while, someone who knew the situation stood up.
[Don’t you guys know that Shi Xi got into Haicheng University?]
There were really many people who did not know.
Below this post was the voting post for Haicheng University’s campus belle.
[Haicheng University’s Annual Campus Belle Selection]
Originally, Lu Zheng and Yan Qin were fighting for the position of Haicheng University’s campus belle. However, the moment Shi Xi’s photo was posted, the campus belle selection ended.
Yan Qin was a freshman beauty in the Music Department, while Lu Zheng was a senior who had occupied the position of campus belle of Haicheng University for three consecutive years.
The two of them were in different grades, but they were both the campus belle of their respective departments.
However, Haicheng University only had one campus belle.
Originally, everyone thought that the campus belle would be chosen from these two people.
In the end, Shi Xi arrived.
Immediately, someone uploaded Shi Xi’s photo to the voting for the campus belle selection.
Because she was coming to school, Shi Xi didn’t have any makeup and she was dressed very low-key. However, the exquisiteness of her brows and eyes couldn’t be concealed no matter how hard she tried.
Even if it was a photo from the angle of death, one could still see that the girl’s skin was whiter than snow and her facial features were exquisite.
Shi Xi’s votes were outstanding.
She was worthy of being the campus belle of Haicheng University!
The various marketing accounts naturally wouldn’t let go of this fresh gossip. They immediately started to post articles, sending Shi Xi onto the hot searches.
#Shi Xi, The Campus Belle of Haicheng University#
@Unkillable Rabbit: [Do you think it’s okay for Shi Xi to be chosen as the campus belle of Haicheng University?]
@The Originator of Gossip: [So Shi Xi is actually the campus belle of Haicheng University. She’s so beautiful, but she’s actually so outstanding in her studies.]
@What’s Wrong With the Marketing Account: [Shi Xi is the campus belle top student, right? Which girl doesn’t want to become such a person?]
There were a lot of pictures attached to the marketing account, and there were even enough pictures of Shi Xi’s stunning nine-palace style.
[…]
The praise from the marketing account made the fans flattered.
F*ck!
After getting used to the dark drafts, when they suddenly saw the marketing account praising Shi Xi, they actually felt a little uncomfortable.
[Our Xi Xi is just an ordinary student. The exam is approaching, so everyone should pay more attention to your studies!]
[Welcome to Shi Xi Xi! All-rounded artist, top student, top beauty! Every day of being a fan of Xi Zi’s life is a surprise!]
[…]
In the midst of praise and the modesty of the fans, the black fans could not sit still.
[Isn’t she just admitted to Haicheng University? The scores of the art students are already low, so she can’t be considered a top student, right?]
[Shi Xi is always on the set, how would she have time to study? And she still has the nerve to market the character of a top student? Are the fans really not afraid of rolling over?]
[Let the fans brag. I’d like to see how many points Shi Xi can score in the end.]
[…]
After Ji Yin saw this comment, she was very worried for Shi Xi.
As the president of Shi Xi’s support group, Ji Yin was very clear about Shi Xi’s schedule.
Every day, she was either on the set or on the way to the set.
How could she have the time to study?
At this moment, Ji Yin instantly came to a realization.
How could the shabby marketing numbers be trying to praise Shi Xi?
This was trying to kill Shi Xi!
The marketing number would send out black drafts of Shi Xi every day. Could it be that they didn’t know of Shi Xi’s schedule?
Although university courses weren’t considered difficult, there were very few who could possibly get high marks.
Right now, Shi Xi was the top student of the school. Once the results were out, she would immediately return to being a vase-like student of Shi Xi.
After thinking things through, Ji Yin immediately told her fans not to spread the ‘top student of the school’ persona.
But it was already too late.
The persona of Shi Xi as the top student of the school had already been fixed by all the big marketing numbers.
Many haters were rubbing their fists, waiting to see Shi Xi capsize.
Among all the people, the top student persona was tall and easy to attract fans, but it was also the easiest to capsize.
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438 Rose Petal
Meanwhile, Shi Xi was still taking her exams. She had no idea what was going on outside.
What top student?
She was just an ordinary female college student.
After she finished her exams, Shi Xi handed in her papers and left the examination venue early.
Han Chuan came to pick up Shi Xi with a serious expression. “You’re trending.”
Shi Xi turned her phone on. “Isn’t it normal for me to be trending? What’s there to be surprised about?”
“It’s different this time.” Han Chuan frowned slightly and said, “I keep feeling like someone is adding fuel to the fire behind the scenes.”
Shi Xi had already turned her phone on. Before she could open Weibo, she saw the entertainment news that was being sent.
[Shi Xi has appeared at Haicheng University. She will definitely get the top student’s script!]
“Isn’t this pretty good?” Shi Xi clicked on it and quickly browsed through it. She said happily, “They didn’t slander me, they didn’t scold me. The entire article is praising me for being smart and good-looking.”
Han Chuan said affirmatively, “This is flattery.”
Shi Xi was puzzled. “Flattery?”
Zhu Lin explained, “It means praising you too much, making you vain and conceited, or making passersby dislike you.”
“I know what flattery means.” Shi Xi was puzzled. “But I’m a straight-A student! As for the campus belle… with my looks, being the campus belle is nothing, right?”
Zhu Lin said to Han Chuan, “They’ve already achieved their goal of making Shi Xi vain and conceited.”
Shi Xi: …
Han Chuan looked at the comments and said calmly, “If you continue to be so conceited, the passersby will be even more disgusted with you.”
“No way? Don’t people like to be true to themselves?” Shi Xi asked.
“Everyone likes to be true to themselves, but they don’t like to be arrogant!” Han Chuan could not help but scold, “Go back and read your books properly. You have to get more than 80 points in every subject!”
Shi Xi: “That’s too easy.”
Han Chuan: “…”
It was already tiring enough to bring Lou Ruicong along.
Why were there so many narcissistic people in the entertainment industry?
He was so tired.
Were there not many normal people?
“I’ll go to the Public Relations Department and take down this trending topic.” Han Chuan was tired.
“There’s no need to take it down. It would be a pity to take down the trending topic that the fans painstakingly created.” Shi Xi was already thinking about whether to post on Weibo to increase the popularity.
The corner of Han Chuan’s mouth twitched slightly. “Your topic suddenly became the 7th trending topic. Anyone with eyes can see that this trending topic is bought.”
There were already quite a number of netizens in the comment section who were ridiculing Shi Xi as a hot search marketing celebrity. She did not know anything and only knew how to buy trending topics.
“You bought it?” Shi Xi asked.
“Of course I didn’t buy it!” Han Chuan suppressed his anger and said, “How could I possibly buy such a hot search?!”
Shi Xi could not understand why Han Chuan was so angry.
Just like how Han Chuan could not understand why Shi Xi was so relaxed.
Zhu Lin advised from the side, “Xi Xi is so smart, she will definitely do well in her exams. Besides, Xi Xi is already a top student since she can go to Haicheng University. Now that she has withdrawn from the trending topic, it seems like she is spending money to cover it up.”
Han Chuan looked at Shi Xi.
Shi Xi raised her hand. “I guarantee that I will score above 90 points in every subject.”
Han Chuan was expressionless. “It’s best that way.”
It wasn’t that he didn’t trust Shi Xi.
It was just that there were too many underachievers in the entertainment industry.
Han Chuan had seen too many ‘top students’ being ridiculed by passersby. He didn’t want Shi Xi to follow in their footsteps.
*
After returning to the hotel, Shi Xi was chased into her room to read.
Shi Xi swiped her room card and opened the door. There were scattered rose petals beneath her feet.
Huh?
The petals extended from the door all the way in.
Shi Xi walked along the petals and saw a large bouquet of red roses in the living room.
On the roses, there was a card.
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439 I Thought You Were In the Bedroom…
Shi Xi picked up the card.
The handwriting on it was strong and elegant.
There were only two short words:
[Open the door.]
It was Xie Yunzhou’s handwriting.
Shi Xi walked to the bedroom door in confusion and opened the door.
There was nothing there.
Could it be in the bathroom?
It couldn’t be that perverted, right?
The bathroom was made of transparent glass. Shi Xi glanced at it.
It was empty.
Wait, it can’t be outside the door, right?
Shi Xi opened the door and indeed saw Xie Yunzhou outside.
“After considering it for so long, you don’t want to open the door?” Xie Yunzhou looked at the girl with a faint smile in his eyes.
“No, I thought you were in the bedroom…” Shi Xi thought to herself, ‘You already sent the flowers in, why didn’t you come in?’
Shi . Romantic Insulator . Straight Woman . Xi.
“Do you want me to hide in the bedroom next time and wait for you to find me?” The smile in Xie Yunzhou’s eyes deepened.
“Uh, just knock on the door next time.” Shi Xi was glad that she didn’t say that she thought he was in the bathroom, so she quickly changed the topic. “Why did you come to Sea City?”
Xie Yunzhou: “I’m on a business trip.”
Shi Xi blinked and stared at Xie Yunzhou.
Xie Yunzhou: “There’s a project that’s cooperating with the people from Sea City. The company could have just sent a random person, but I wanted to see you, so I came alone.”
The people from the company knew that President Xie was personally on a business trip, so they were very concerned about this 500,000 yuan project.
At the same time, they were very puzzled.
It was just 500,000 yuan, and the profit was only a few tens of thousands, yet President Xie was actually making a trip personally!
There was a knock on the door.
Xie Yunzhou said, “It should be the dinner I ordered.”
“Let me go open the door. You can just sit there.” Shi Xi was a little afraid that the person who knocked on the door would be an over-zealous fan or paparazzi.
If there was a man in her room, she would not be able to clear her name even if she jumped into the Yellow River.
When she opened the door, it was Han Chuan standing outside.
Han Chuan walked in and said calmly, “I’m here to supervise your studies.”
Shi Xi: ?
I don’t need supervision!
My studies aren’t bad!
“I–” Shi Xi did not stop Han Chuan.
When Han Chuan walked in, he saw Xie Yunzhou sitting on the sofa.
He paused and asked, “President Xie, why are you looking for Shi Xi so late at night?”
Xie Yunzhou said calmly, “I’m looking for Xi Xi for dinner.”
Han Chuan looked at the flower petals on the floor and the fresh flowers on the table and thought to himself, ‘Like I would believe you!”
“Shi Xi, if you want to date, I won’t stop you.” Han Chuan lowered his voice and said to Shi Xi, “But you have to look at the time. There are two exams tomorrow. If you don’t revise and date, do you want to fail?”
At the end of his sentence, Han Chuan could not help but raise his voice.
Shi Xi raised her hand and said sincerely, “I’ll revise after dinner. I promise!”
Han Chuan said, “It’d better be like this.”
When Xie Yunzhou heard the words ‘revision’, love’, and ‘failing’, he looked up at Shi Xi and said, “You have to revise tonight?”
Actually, there was no need.
Shi Xi shrugged and said, “Yes.”
In order to make Han Chuan feel at ease, she would continue reading.
“I’ll help you revise,” Xie Yunzhou said.
Han Chuan: “…”
Shi Xi: “…”
There was another knock on the door. This time, it was the waiter who delivered the food.
Seeing this, Han Chuan tactfully left.
With Xie Yunzhou teaching Shi Xi, it shouldn’t be a problem, right?
Shi Xi looked at Xie Yunzhou and asked, “Are you really going to teach me?”
Xie Yunzhou narrowed his eyes. “You don’t believe me?”
He was a top student after all.
“It’s nothing. Actually, I know everything. It’s just that Brother Han thinks I’m a bad student,” Shi Xi said. “Let’s eat first. I’m a little hungry.”
After eating, Xie Yunzhou took out Shi Xi’s book.
Shi Xi took out a cup and poured water for the two of them.
Seeing the cup that Shi Xi brought over, Xie Yunzhou’s eyes were filled with surprise. “This is the cup that was made before?”
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440 Didn’t Seem Very Smart
Xie Yunzhou naturally remembered that he and Shi Xi had once made cups together. But he didn’t expect that Shi Xi still had this cup.
“Yeah, I thought it was pretty good, so I kept using it,” Shi Xi said. “But the one you made was used by me. My assistant mixed up the cups, and I only recognized it after drinking water.”
They made the simplest cup, and both cups were very similar.
Only by looking at the bottom of the cup could one distinguish them.
Shi Xi used the cup made by Xie Yunzhou.
Xie Yunzhou held the cup, and his heart warmed slightly.
He didn’t expect that after going around and around, the cup made by Shi Xi would still fall into his hands.
Xie Yunzhou smiled and said, “Go study. If you do well in this exam, I’ll give you a gift.”
Shi Xi said, “You can give it to me in advance.”
She would definitely do well in the exam.
“I’ll give it to you when the results are out.” Xie Yunzhou insisted on his principles.
Shi Xi could not help but ask, “What gift?”
Xie Yunzhou slapped the table. “Go study first.”
Shi Xi sat opposite him and said, “Feel free to ask any questions.”
Seeing the girl’s confident look, Xie Yunzhou raised his eyebrows and asked a simple question.
Shi Xi answered smoothly.
Xie Yunzhou flipped the book and continued to ask questions.
Even if it was a difficult question, Shi Xi only paused for a moment before she could answer it.
Xie Yunzhou closed the book.
There were no more questions.
The girl he liked didn’t look very smart, but she was very smart.
“Do you know how smart I am?” Shi Xi blinked and said, “The fans call me the campus belle, the top student!”
Xie Yunzhou: “…”
She didn’t seem to be very smart.
*
In the following days, Xie Yunzhou returned to Feng City because he finished his work too quickly.
Meanwhile, Shi Xi finished her exams for a few subjects and waited for the results to come out peacefully.
No, she wasn’t at peace.
As soon as she finished her exams, Han Chuan arranged a red carpet for her at the Golden Jade Gala.
And it was with Lou Ruicong.
“Both of you should take this opportunity to promote the show. No one is allowed to make any mistakes, understand?” Han Chuan instructed.
Lou Ruicong was dressed in a suit and looked very handsome. He lifted his chin slightly and said, “Don’t worry, I will help Shi Xi overcome the nervousness of walking on the red carpet.”
Shi Xi glanced at him and thought to herself, ‘The one Brother Han is worried about is you!’
What was there to worry about?
“The red carpet and interviews for the Golden Jade Gala will be broadcast live. Remember, don’t talk nonsense.” Han Chuan did not want to argue with Lou Ruicong anymore.
These two people did not have any peace of mind.
The car stopped at the red carpet and Lou Ruicong walked down first.
The lights flickered and were aimed at Lou Ruicong.
Because of Shi Xi’s new drama, the media all knew about the male lead who acted with Shi Xi.
He was handsome, his acting skills were superb, and he was from the same company as Shi Xi.
However, he rarely appeared in front of the camera.
At this moment, Lou Ruicong’s appearance attracted everyone’s attention.
Shi Xi was in the car, speechless.
Don’t you know how to help me get out of the car?!
These high heels are really high!!
Looking at the straight man outside the car, Shi Xi gave up on this idea. She held onto the car door and got out of the car.
In an instant, a gentle, sweet, and graceful smile hung on Shi Xi’s face.
She was wearing a mermaid dress today. Layers of gauze were stacked on her shoulders, and the entire dress was made up of bling bling sequins. Her long hair was tied up, revealing her white, slender swan neck. She wore a diamond necklace around her neck, which made her face smaller and her collarbones more exquisite.
The two appeared on live television, raising the red carpet’s average looks.