Rise and Slay: From Scandal Queen to Academic Genius - Chapter 207 - 188: This Is Clearly a Smear Against Her!
Chapter 207: Chapter 188: This Is Clearly a Smear Against Her!
Half an hour later, Ah Lu washed the makeup off her face, and only then did Xiao Yuan slowly accept the fact that she was human.
Xiao Yuan rubbed her eyes, tearfully looking at Ji Xizhi, “I thought you brought back another specialty from Escape Room…”
Ji Xizhi: “?”
Ah *The Specialty Herself* Lu: “!”
Ji Xizhi pointed to a set of books on the desk and said, “There is something, I’ve finished reading some, if you have time later, you can read with me.”
The still-sniffling Xiao Yuan fell silent.
Why does it feel like it’s still better to have brought back a specialty ghost?
Ji Xizhi’s words made Xiao Yuan swallow all her remaining sounds.
Once her mood shifted, Xiao Yuan immediately became enthusiastic and invited Ah Lu to stay for dinner.
Ah Lu only intended to check her makeup, but ended up seated at Ji Xizhi’s dining table.
The three of them ate a lively meal, and when it was time to leave, Ji Xizhi asked Xiao Yuan to pack some specialties sent from Lishui County for Ah Lu.
Ah Lu entered Ji Xizhi’s house with a backpack, and left carrying a bag of stuff.
She was so moved that her tears flowed, crying while staring at Ji Xizhi with fascination, willing to be a specialty ghost at Ji Xizhi’s home.
Seeing this familiar lovestruck look, Xiao Yuan’s scalp tightened.
She quickly jumped between Ji Xizhi and Ah Lu, reaching out to block and said, “Calm down, it’s not necessary to stay, let’s exchange contacts and keep in touch, right?”
Ah Lu thought that was a good idea and reluctantly left after exchanging contact information.
Ah Lu didn’t plan to post her encounter with Ji Xizhi online.
With Ji Xizhi’s current popularity, posting about tonight’s event would definitely attract a wave of attention.
But she refrained, only sharing meeting Ji Xizhi and the new ideas Ji Xizhi provided to her colleagues in the group, without saying much more.
Ji Xizhi is different from other celebrities in the entertainment circle, who have companies and teams, while Ji Xizhi flies solo. With previous negative news, it’s better to have fewer unwarranted trending topics.
Ah Lu thought everything through, but plans can’t compete with the paparazzi’s schemes.
Later that night, a blurry photo began circulating online.
The photo showed Ji Xizhi, Xiao Yuan, and Ah Lu standing at the door, with Ah Lu’s gesture of wiping her tears deliberately magnified, and Xiao Yuan’s posture was somehow photographed as if ready to strike Ah Lu.
The caption claimed only a few words: Ji Xizhi allegedly has conflicts with an Escape Room actor privately.
The ninth episode of “Escape Room” had just been filmed, with its buzz still going strong. Many were discussing the love-hate relationships between NPCs and Ji Xizhi, with some even shipping Ji Xizhi and the NPCs.
Many were asking for a compilation of Ji Xizhi and NPC interactions for this episode.
Then at night came the news of Ji Xizhi’s discord with the Escape Room NPC.
In the photo, the girl across from Ji Xizhi was quickly identified as “Ah Lulu who plays the ghost.”
Ah Lu had somewhat of a following on Weibo from her regular videos teaching ghost makeup, and people knew she often worked as an actor in groups, playing NPCs in Escape Room.
Seeing Ah Lu cry in front of Ji Xizhi, Ah Lu’s fans were instantly bewildered.
[Ah, this, though they’re group actors, they are people too, isn’t this excessive~!]
[I feel like in this episode of Escape Room, NPCs seem to be the most pitiful, now this picture emm… I’ll refrain from commenting to avoid being prosecuted!]
[I empathize with the group actors, I really hate diva behavior~]
[Is Ji Xizhi’s assistant really about to strike? Hit the group actor to tears??!]
[It’s not that, how do you determine she’s crying? Tears could be because sand got in her eyes, it could be emotional, or reluctant, how did this extend to bullying!]
[Luckily, the people above aren’t judges~ Otherwise, the lawyer, police, coroner, and other professions wouldn’t need to exist, judging from photos is so convenient~]
Just one picture leading to detailed assumptions.
Even the paid online trolls spoke skillfully, their words rarely mentioned Ji Xizhi, but the label of her acting like a diva was quickly etched into the hearts of onlookers.
Moreover, even if the Escape Room actor came out to clarify, it could be dismissed as fearing being bullied by Ji Xizhi again.
Anyway, clarifications never travel as far as rumors.
Xiao Yuan had just finished listing a few director invitations and had just handed them to Ji Xizhi for a glance.
Only to see the new trending topics on Weibo: Ji Xizhi conflicts with group actors; Ji Xizhi’s assistant cried the actor.
Xiao Yuan looked dumbfounded: Strike? When did she strike? Was Ah Lu really hit by her cry? Who’s crying here!
“This is just too wrong! Who’s crying exactly!”
Xiao Yuan yelled in frustration and immediately sent Ah Lu a link.
On the other end, Ah Lu had just finished being scolded by her mom, finally returning to her room, planning to write a little diary to record today’s encounter with Ji Xizhi.
Upon opening her phone, the link Xiao Yuan sent showed enlarged words on the post claiming she had private discord with Ji Xizhi!
Ah Lu: “???” Who the heck is speaking for me!
Enraged, Ah Lu logged into her main account, and upon logging in, found a rather odd private message among many.
Opening it, it was sent from a small account.
369636: Hello, I heard your Escape Room group actors were treated badly by Ji Xizhi today, being a group actor must be tiring, I understand. As long as you don’t respond to today’s trending topic, one million plus resources for promotion, I can help you transition from group actor to screen star, you have a good image, what’s the point of always playing ghosts, opportunities are scarce, seize them!
Ah Lu had just heard her mom nag about how playing ghosts isn’t good and group acting has no future, and seeing this offer, indignation rushed to her head, she immediately responded.
Ah Lu: I just love playing ghosts! Why don’t you come to the screen and show me what kind of monster you are?
After replying, Ah Lu captured the message, including the homepage link of this person, and sent it entirely to Ji Xizhi.
Ah Lu: Zhi Zhi! Look quickly!!!
Ji Xizhi was reviewing the director invitations summary from Xiao Yuan, when Ah Lu’s message prompted her to instinctively glance at her phone.
Then calmly reminded:
Ji Xizhi: Beware of online scams! Be cautious of scam mills!
Ah Lu: ?
Ji Xizhi: Large transfers can’t be trusted, telecom scams are alarming!
Ah Lu: ???
Did Ji Xizhi even see it, clearly someone was here to blackmail her!
