Rise and Slay: From Scandal Queen to Academic Genius
Chapter 80: Two Major Universities Issue Joint Statements

Chapter 80: Chapter 80: Two Major Universities Issue Joint Statements

The girl in the white sweater was furious.

She couldn’t comprehend why these retake students competing with Ji Xizhi were speaking up for her.

Are these people stupid?! If they take down Ji Xizhi, wouldn’t their chances of getting admitted increase?

The girl couldn’t even imagine the extent of the harm they suffered during the retake.

When the gap is too big, who would dare to take down a goddess; even if they did, they couldn’t reach Ji Xizhi’s level. It’s better for everyone to joyfully enroll and learn from each other once they become classmates!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and eventually, she posted a Weibo.

Implying that all these retake students were bribed by Ji Xizhi, anyway, celebrities have money!

This sparked a public outcry.

Among the retake students, two were already confirmed by Qing University Law School teachers, and Ji Xizhi was already accepted by Jiang Qianli.

That evening, the official account of Qing University Law School immediately updated a message.

Qing University Law School Admissions: Statement: Our school has no exam leakage incidents. If you believe otherwise, we welcome netizens to sue all our law school members.

This statement magnified the implications of the previous insinuating Weibo post.

Previously, people hadn’t thought much about it; accusing Ji Xizhi of cheating didn’t seem wrong since she was a celebrity, a public figure who naturally attracts criticism. But people forgot that accusing her of cheating implicates the entire Qing University Law School faculty.

Accusing Ji Xizhi of cheating implies Qing University Law School didn’t protect the exam properly? How could it have been stolen so easily?

Netizens, caught in the swirl of unfair exam accusations while mourning their failure, suddenly realized the absurdity of the situation.

Now that reason returned, they realized how ridiculous the account threatening to report was.

You can’t even substantiate the report, what’s with the misdirection? It’s easy to spread rumors with just words!

While the netizens were angry, Ji Xizhi’s initial test venue school also posted a message on their official account.

Beijing Normal University official account: Our exam rooms are equipped with high-resolution cameras, ensuring absolute fairness in the examination process!

This Weibo post didn’t attract much attention at first.

However, a comment below did.

[dhrg: There’s actually something; I hesitated to speak. Only after the exam did I realize that I was in the same exam room as Ji Xizhi. During the exam, I didn’t recognize Ji Xizhi, but I did notice her. Before the exam, I went to the restroom and saw a girl in a black jacket with a panda plush icon on her back saying she planned to lock Ji Xizhi in the restroom to prevent her from taking the exam.]

This comment exploded like water in hot oil.

Scholars seeing this had their eyes burning.

[What’s this about locking her in a restroom? What’s this about preventing her from taking the exam?!]

[She’s working so hard, studying every day, now she’s being accused of cheating and prevented from taking the exam! What did she do wrong?]

[I just want to know, who did this?!]

This comment’s screenshot quickly spread across major marketing accounts, soon trending.

Many scholars noticed this description of attire. When Ji Xizhi left the test room, many reporters bombarded her at the door. Everyone rushed to the video records of then, frame by frame, to find this person.

Previously, the girl in the black jacket performed far better than the girl in the white sweater, almost definitely securing a retake offer. She was aware of the happenings online due to the white sweater girl’s Weibo.

But now, all indications point to her.

She panicked, afraid of being swept into this whirlpool. Clearly, she did nothing, yet stands to lose her chance of admission because of this.

The girl in the black jacket was filled with fear; she didn’t wait for netizens to find her. She proactively opened a small Weibo account, confessed everything, accused the girl in the white sweater, and even exposed all the complaints the white sweater girl made about Ji Xizhi’s exam results.

By the time the girl in the white sweater realized it, it was too late.

The two clashed and argued directly on Weibo, soon being taken away by the police for questioning.

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Online, Ji Xizhi’s exam-related topics remained highly popular.

Ji Xizhi didn’t pay attention; she was busy live streaming with fans to watch the next episode of .

In fact, Director Wang hadn’t mentioned guest live streams for the next episode. Usually, a guest live stream after the previous episode is enough to maintain the hype.

However, Ji Xizhi voluntarily joined the next episode’s live stream, especially with her current high popularity. Director Wang had no reason to refuse, readily agreeing.

The other guests, upon hearing Ji Xizhi would join the variety show live stream, mostly came. Last episode’s broadcast was a hit, and everyone gained followers.

Getting exposure this episode, except for Ji Fengyuan who didn’t need it, everyone else showed up.

Director Wang’s excuse for Ji Fengyuan’s absence was simple: busy with family affairs.

Except for Zhong Yulu, who slightly stiffened upon hearing this excuse, she never planned to join the next episode’s live stream.

She’s aware of the intense screen couple play with Ji Fengyuan in this episode, which would be fine if they were together.

But they aren’t together.

Since recording ended, Ji Fengyuan hardly contacted her, his perfunctory excuse matching Director Wang’s to the netizens.

Zhong Yulu felt resentment inside, but outwardly maintained a professional smile. She greeted fans upon entering the live room, adjusted her camera, and prepared to watch the show.

The variety show was about to start, and Ji Xizhi was also adjusting her live stream camera.

Today, Director Wang specifically reminded them to not just focus on watching alone but to communicate more with fans and discuss the show’s storyline.

Ji Xizhi had previously studied the contract signed by the original owner with Director Wang, which did require cooperation for later promotions, so she agreed.

The next episode of had reached the phase where guests fought for live popularity. Qin Yutian had just let the pig escape, prompting Ji Xizhi to search for it.

Ji Xizhi watched the variety show while also keeping an eye on the live room comments.

Since many scholars were busy battling on Weibo, there weren’t many comments in Ji Xizhi’s live room, just a few scattered ones asking.

[Can someone explain the pig search process in detail? It seems interesting!]

Ji Xizhi glanced at the question and then at the edited variety show, which indeed hadn’t thoroughly outlined her logic behind the reasoning.

Ji Xizhi thought for a moment and decided to explain it verbally on the spot.

"For reasoning, start with analysis, establish the final goal, then motivation, analyze from the pig’s living habits..."

Ji Xizhi explained in great detail, complementing the visuals of the currently airing show.

The scholars, having returned from their Weibo battles intending to console Zhi Zhi and shed a tear, clicked back only to hear a vivid analysis of pig habits.

Their sobbing abruptly stopped: "???"