Rise and Slay: From Scandal Queen to Academic Genius - Chapter 387 - 364: She Never Signs a Useless Name
Chapter 387: Chapter 364: She Never Signs a Useless Name
Ji Xizhi gave a lecture, and she didn’t really plan to sign autographs or take photos with the students.
It was the students who followed her out, reminding her that besides attending the lecture, they also wanted autographs and photos.
Ji Xizhi didn’t refuse them and simply stood in the hallway, signing autographs for the students one by one.
The last time she signed autographs for fans was a long time ago, upon returning from the recording of “Life Experience,” when fans first came to the airport to greet her.
Ji Xizhi signed a stack of them.
After that, there weren’t many signing occasions.
Ji Xizhi took the pen handed over by the students, paused for a moment before starting to write.
What should she sign this time?
The students at the school, of course, knew what she was hesitating about.
Back when Ji Xizhi was just starting to get some fans, at the airport after the first episode of “Life Experience” ended, she signed so many autographs for fans that she filled a sheet of A4 paper.
Now, even with just two classes of students, there were about a hundred of them minus those who skipped class!
If everyone wanted an A4 sheet of a short essay, would Ji Xizhi have any time to work on the set of “Rival in Love”?
A few students gently said:
“Zhi Zhi, whatever you sign will make us happy and we will love it!!!”
“Yeah, last time you signed so much, this time just keep it simple, just write your name…”
No one wanted to bother Ji Xizhi too much, they just wanted her to sign her artistic name on the first page of their textbooks for the course.
But before they could finish expressing their thoughts.
Ji Xizhi had already thought ahead, deciding what to sign lingered in her mind for just a moment before she settled on it.
She placed the pen on the book and quickly signed a line.
Ji Xizhi wrote quickly, with a straightforward style, like taking notes in class, focusing on making each word legible.
A group of students curiously gathered around, and before they could see clearly what Ji Xizhi had written, she had already finished signing and passed the first signed book to a student in the front row, then took the second one and continued working.
Other students saw the first signed book coming out and crowded around to look.
All they could see was a line written grandly on the page.
“Isn’t this the highlight of the lecture just now? She’s really marking the key points??”
“Zhi Zhi must have mind-reading ability! Before coming out, I was thinking about asking our class leader for notes, because I was just watching Ji Xizhi during class and didn’t take any notes at all. Now… she even took notes for me?”
“The class leader is here… The class leader didn’t take any notes either! Who could manage that!”
“Covering my mouth and crying out, Teacher Ji never deceives, she never signs an unnecessary signature!”
The students were both amused and touched, looking at Ji Xizhi with eyes full of sparkling little stars.
Ji Xizhi signed another book and said, “Signing my name is not much use, summarizing the key points will help you review for the final exam!”
She really couldn’t think of a better signature.
Marking the key points in lecture notes was perfect since it was useful and easy to sign.
After all, they had all yelled at Teacher Ma that they wanted to score full marks~
Students: “!!!” It seems not getting full marks in this course is not an option!
Ji Xizhi’s words instantly boosted the morale of the students.
Shanli stood outside the crowd, watching Ji Xizhi patiently signing for so many students, while beside her, Qiu Hu had gone from the students’ favorite to being completely unnoticed.
Shanli joked, “Qiu, your popularity is dropping a bit fast, huh!”
Joking aside, Shanli’s gaze shifted from Ji Xizhi to Qiu Hu beside her.
Then she saw Qiu Hu tiptoeing and bouncing, trying to squeeze into the crowd.
Qiu Hu’s face showed more urgency than the students around Ji Xizhi, “They’re crowding too tight, Teacher Li Zi, think of a way to help me get an autograph from Teacher Ji too!”
Shanli: “?”
Didn’t expect you to be a hidden fan of Ji Xizhi!
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Ji Xizhi was helping with signing among the crowd.
Meanwhile, the university forum filming “Rival in Love” was going wild.
It started with someone casually chatting, posting about Teacher Ma catching two students skipping class, and it became a laughing stock on the forum.
Such stories weren’t uncommon on the forum, as during the shooting days of “Rival in Love,” there were daily posts about students being caught skipping classes from different classes.
If asked, they’d say they went to embarrass themselves.
People even made statistics on which teacher’s classes had the most skippers and started a poll in the forum.
Today, the forum had several such posts, and the poster found Teacher Ma catching Ji Xizhi and Xiao Yuan hilarious, so they took a photo and posted it with the comment “Most pathetic of all.”
The focus of the photo was on Teacher Ma’s expression, and Ji Xizhi and Xiao Yuan being caught, fully equipped, were not censored by the poster.
Shortly after posting, people came in, commented with “ha,” then left, with barely any hype.
After dozens of comments, someone suddenly noticed the overlooked part.
89L: Stop laughing, I zoomed in, and these two… they look a bit like my dear Zhi Zhi!
She was among the earliest batch of intellectuals and now recognizes Ji Xizhi as if she has supernatural vision; she can identify Ji Xizhi in any situation.
90L: Hahaha… Hmm? Hmm~~? Who did you say?
…
123L: Damn, I asked her classmates, it’s Ji Xizhi, it’s the living Ji Xizhi!!!
The hearts of star-chasers on the university forum almost jumped out of their chests.
Normally, everyone went to observe Qiu Hu when the crew arrived. Shen Yeyi was a newcomer; she didn’t have many fans but looked good, so she’d get some attention.
Some people at the school were interested in Qiu Hu, and some weren’t. The school’s collaboration with the crew on restrictions meant there weren’t a lot of students flocking there.
But now, Ji Xizhi had appeared! The legal consultant of the crew was here!!!
356L: Why did I go to work a side job today? I’m calling a ride back right now; I even wish the driver could fly a plane…
980L: Who’s worse off than me? I’m from this class! I took a day off to go home. Even a plane won’t get me there now. Crying rivers!
1077L: Sorry, brothers and sisters, I’ve already reached the building!
…
It was already break time after class.
Ji Xizhi had just finished signing autographs for the students and hadn’t had a chance to say goodbye to everyone.
Shanli suddenly squeezed her way in from somewhere, grabbed Ji Xizhi’s arm, and started running.
“Quick, there are a lot of students heading this way downstairs! Quickly to the resting room!!!”
Ji Xizhi only had time to shout “Be careful” before Shanli pulled her away from the crowd.
Qiu Hu and Xiao Yuan covered the rear.
Shanli led Ji Xizhi to the resting room set up by the crew in one breath.
The “Rival in Love” crew filmed in a classroom at the school, renting not only the classroom but also additional makeup and resting rooms, all prepared for the main cast.
Shanli took Ji Xizhi to the resting room of the female lead, Shen Yeyi.
For the past few days, Shanli and Shen Yeyi shared the resting room and were familiar with Shen Yeyi’s meal schedule.
Standing at the door, Shanli pointed to the classroom in front and said, “Shen Yeyi should have gone to eat at this time. She seems to be having lunch at the cafeteria today and will probably be back around twelve-thirty. Just go in and wait for me! I’ll get your meal from the cafeteria and bring it back!”
After handing over the instructions in a few words, Shanli quickly dashed downstairs.
Ji Xizhi didn’t want to trouble Shanli any further, so she followed Shanli’s instructions, pushed open the door to the resting room, and prepared to go inside.
As soon as the door opened a crack, Ji Xizhi heard a soft sobbing sound coming from inside.
