Rise and Slay: From Scandal Queen to Academic Genius - Chapter 254 - 233: I Am an Orphan
Chapter 254: Chapter 233: I Am an Orphan
In the living room on the first floor of the small house for the “Life Experience” program team, a few guests were all sitting around the sofa, each holding a phone and browsing.
Director Wang was sitting not far away, tightly frowning.
The main live broadcast room of the program team hadn’t been closed, and the recording was still ongoing. However, due to the influence of trending searches, the live room’s traffic had exploded, and there were a lot of uncivilized words in the comments.
Apart from cursing Ji Xizhi, some were also cursing Director Wang himself.
Director Wang didn’t care about the curses directed at him. In the entertainment industry, which director hasn’t been criticized by the audience at some point? That’s what makes a good director.
His main worry now was Ji Xizhi.
The staff arranged by the program team had already gone to pick up Ji Xizhi, but they hadn’t returned yet.
The few fixed guests of the program team and Director Wang were all people in the circle who were familiar with Ji Xizhi, but none of them had ever heard that Ji Xizhi had family members.
Nobody knew the exact situation, so they could only wait on the spot.
Director Wang was anxiously checking trending searches and looking at the live stream bullet comments to clear water army trolls.
By chance, he glanced to the side and saw the PD following Ji Xizhi squatting next to a plastic bucket, watching fish, the most relaxed among the anxious crowd.
Director Wang, who missed the part of the livestream due to a big meal: “?”
“Where did you get this fish?”
Isn’t the PDs of the program team supposed to be industry kings? Since Ji Xizhi joined the show, he only saw everyone secretly studying. He never thought they’d relax!
Ji Xizhi hasn’t even cooled off yet! Do they already want to lie down?
No! This is absolutely not allowed! If Ji Xizhi leaves their program team, what will happen?
Director Wang was so anxious that he pulled out several strands of his own hair.
The PD indeed wasn’t worried, having reported the situation to Director Wang. After Director Wang asked people to go and pick Ji Xizhi up, he stayed to watch the fish.
He usually fished for fun at home, but catching fish like this while going out to sea was different.
While watching the fish, the PD responded to Director Wang: “Teacher Ji asked me to bring back the fish!”
Director Wang paused his hair-pulling action: “Ji Xizhi went to sea to catch fish?”
PD: “No, it was given by the villagers in the village!”
Director Wang: “????? What are you saying?!”
Dead memories started to surge again.
Director Wang was in anguish over here.
Not far from the live camera, the other guests sitting on the couch also didn’t look well.
They scrolled through the trending search comments, encountering all sorts of insults.
“This person doesn’t look like even a bit like Brother Zhi Zhi! How can a brother have such fierce eyes? If my brother looked at me like that, I’d give him a slap,” Le Qiqi began to complain.
Her situation was different from the other guests on the show. She didn’t care about entertainment industry resources and had no burdens, so even during the live stream, she’d say whatever she wanted.
The live stream audience, who was eating the drama, was amused by Le Qiqi’s words.
[The heiress sure is the heiress, wonder what her brother thinks seeing this!]
[I don’t know how her brother feels, but her sister-in-law must have a strong opinion! Yao Bao’s expression: Don’t look at me, it has nothing to do with me!]
Not only did Le Qiqi speak on the live stream, but she also casually used her Weibo account to help spread the counter-trending news.
Reposted//Le QiqiV: Lawyers, DM me. Intellectuals first! Help Ji Xizhi sue the haters, generous rewards, no upper limit.
Ji Xizhi’s fans were fighting in the live stream room, reporting the water army and collecting evidence. When they saw Le Qiqi openly debunking rumors and even recruiting help,
everyone got anxious.
[Front row, Qiqi, give me a chance, give me a chance to go to court! I didn’t get selected last time; I cried for three days and nights!]
[The heiress’s no upper limit? I remember the first time Le Qiqi appeared on “Escape Room,” she offered 50k RMB; this no upper limit, how much is it going to be? Rich lady, my CV is DM’ed to you, please check~]
[OMG, is it too late to become a fan of Ji Xizhi now? I’ll send you my CV, and I’ll immediately register as a fan!]
[??? It’s the first time I’ve heard of fake registration as a fan! 6, sister, you are the chosen worker!]
[What the hell? I just went to the bathroom, and you’ve started without me? Too wicked!]
A competition where intellectuals do it for love and non-intellectuals do it for money officially began.
Ten minutes later, Le Qiqi’s Weibo DMs exploded and couldn’t even be opened.
In the office of Hangxing Entertainment, President Huang had already planned everything smoothly. He witnessed Ji Xizhi’s negative trending search top the list, with a purple explosive character beside the tag. The rhythm of the passersby had successfully been misled by the water army, with criticism and moral coercion filling the front row.
“No matter what happens, he’s still your brother!”
“Mom carried you for ten months; anyone with a conscience wouldn’t be so cold-blooded! Unfollowed, goodbye!”
“It’s rightful to support one’s parents. Forget about the brother, but how could Ji Xizhi do this! Better to raise a barbecue pork bun than her!”
…
All kinds of comments wrapped around like invisible shackles.
President Huang looked at how the public opinion was incited and almost smiled to the back of his ears.
He brought up his phone keyboard with one hand and lightly typed Ji Xizhi’s name in the search box, entering Ji Xizhi’s Weibo.
He wanted to see if Ji Xizhi had lost followers. If she lost a lot, he could buy new trending tag words again.
But alas, things didn’t go as he wished,
Ji Xizhi’s Weibo followers didn’t decrease; they even increased!
Under the dual hot searches, she still gained followers???
President Huang: Liver pain!
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Shortly after Le Qiqi finished posting on Weibo, Ji Xizhi returned with Bai Zhe and the staff sent by the program team to pick people up.
At this moment, everyone’s attention was still on Ji Xizhi, so no one really noticed how Bai Zhe returned with Ji Xizhi.
As soon as Ji Xizhi entered the house, several guests got up and surrounded her.
“Zhi Zhi, is that really your brother? He doesn’t look like you at all, and I’ve never heard you mention family! I heard you had a hard time terminating your contract with your agency, but I never heard you had family. I thought…
The first to speak among them was Sheng Yaoyao. She held Le Qiqi’s hand from the moment she stood up, stopping her from speaking, and then began to ask questions.
The program’s live broadcast was still ongoing, and Sheng Yaoyao intentionally left her last sentence unfinished.
Having experienced a lot in the entertainment circle, she knew how to guide a whitewash in front of the camera.
Sheng Yaoyao’s way of questioning merely served to remind all viewers that during Ji Xizhi’s lowest times, her family never showed up, but now they’ve appeared when she’s popular, indicating a big problem.
The audience in the live stream understood.
Ji Xizhi certainly understood, knowing Sheng Yaoyao was giving her a platform to clarify.
However, since Ji Xizhi didn’t have much evidence on hand, she just straightforwardly said, “No blood relation, I was adopted, so it’s normal not to look alike.”
As Ji Xizhi calmly said this, everyone in the small house was shocked.
“Adopted??? What about your biological parents…”
Ji Xizhi shook her head: “Never met them, I’m an orphan.”
Originally, Sheng Yaoyao thought Ji Xizhi had met scumbag parents. But upon hearing she was adopted, she suddenly felt sad.
Among everyone, there was only one person who wasn’t sympathizing.
Zhu Xiu’an, who had just lost to intellectuals in a battle for a job, looked up to hear Ji Xizhi say she was an orphan.
Zhu Xiu’an’s eyes lit up, letting out a long sigh: “Orphan? Wow, that’s the kind of persona I’ve admired since I was little; you’re too lucky!”
