Chapter 126: A Yan University Graduate?

Chapter 126: Chapter 126: A Yan University Graduate?

Nan Zhi and her old classmate didn’t talk for long.

But the entire livestream chat exploded over it!

[So Nan Zhi went to college? Why did I always think she was completely undereducated?]

[I think that was just a rumor. She never gave a straight answer about it before and would just hem and haw whenever college was mentioned, so people just assumed she never went.]

[Damn, what a big talker! A PhD? Couldn’t get a position at her own university so she went to teach at X University instead? She’s bragging to the high heavens!]

[She must be a paid actor, right? X University is a top-10 school in the country! If she’s Nan Zhi’s classmate, wouldn’t that make her only in her twenties? And she’s a professor at X University?]

[Okay, fam, say no more. I’m going to X University’s official website right now! All their faculty and staff are listed publicly on the site!]

[...I’m back from my search. It looks like there really is a Sun Xiu, but her bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD were all from Yan University.]

[Yan University? The Yan University we’re all thinking of? The top university in the country? The one that if I got in, my parents would carry me on their backs and run around the whole village to celebrate?]

[Does that mean Nan Zhi graduated from Yan University? No way, no way! What a bombshell!]

...

If Nan Zhi had announced she was a Yan University graduate right from the start of her career,

People would have viewed her through the lens of her academic achievements and tossed out a few compliments, but they wouldn’t have been particularly surprised.

But things were different now.

In the public’s mind, Nan Zhi was just an uncouth, undereducated woman who revealed her lack of culture every time she opened her mouth.

Although the variety show, *Cub*, had refreshed many people’s perception of her...

Some impressions were deeply ingrained!

And now, someone had suddenly jumped out to tell them—

Nan Zhi was a top student from Yan University?

This completely subverted everyone’s expectations!

Everyone’s first reaction was disbelief. It had to be a rumor.

Their second reaction was to verify it.

But the more they dug, the more real it seemed.

A few years ago, Nan Zhi wasn’t famous.

After she became well-known, a Yan University graduate had claimed to know her, saying Nan Zhi looked a lot like his college classmate.

At the time, Nan Zhi’s reputation was terrible, and her public appeal was poor.

Netizens immediately challenged the person, demanding proof.

Whether he got scared off or was just too busy, the person never appeared again.

And so the matter was dropped.

Now, after so much time had passed, people who remembered the incident found their certainty beginning to waver...

Then, someone decided to go big!

They @’d Yan University’s official social media account, demanding confirmation from the source!

Many people jumped on the bandwagon.

Some were genuinely curious, some had malicious intentions, and others were just there for the drama...

While Nan Zhi was busy in the kitchen, the production team, who was constantly monitoring public opinion, repeatedly tried to find a suitable moment to warn her but never got the chance.

Besides, the situation was resolved faster than they had anticipated.

Perhaps it was because #NanZhiYanUniversity had started trending;

Perhaps it was because too many people had flooded the official account asking for the truth;

Or perhaps the person managing the official account just happened to be free at that moment;

...In any case, Yan University’s response came quickly.

[Yanjing University V: After verification, we can confirm that Nan Zhi is indeed a graduate of our university, Class of ’XX.]

This caused a huge stir!

[What is this, the plot twist of the year?! I’m floored!]

[Could she have cheated or used connections to get in? It just doesn’t seem like her...]

[Is someone questioning the fairness of our country’s college entrance exams? Or are you questioning our top university? Why don’t you report it with your ID card, then?]

[I bet Nan Zhi is one of those book-smart academic types who isn’t good at talking to people and has low EQ. That’s the only way to explain her past interview performances.]

[But that doesn’t make sense! The Nan Zhi we see now is calm and capable, which fits my stereotype of a Yan University genius perfectly. I’m seriously starting to think her body was possessed by someone else these past few years!]

[Could it be because of her pregnancy? Isn’t there a saying that pregnancy makes you dumber for three years?]

[Possession? Come on... Why not just say she has schizophrenia or a second personality!]

[Please don’t deify Yan University students. They’re normal people, too!]

...

「At the same time.」

In a hospital in Yanjing, the hospitalized girl also received the news.

Just a few minutes earlier, she had been on the phone with Li Shan.

Having watched the entire livestream, the girl was furious and wanted to curse Li Shan out.

But what happened?

Li Shan was even more defiant than she was, actually blaming her for messing things up!

He even said that if she hadn’t egged him on, he wouldn’t have ended up in such a miserable state!

’Hilarious!’

’It’s obviously Li Shan’s fault for being so useless he couldn’t even fool a dying old man, and now he has the nerve to blame me?’

’Besides, I paid him, didn’t I?’

’He’s this arrogant even after failing his task! He deserves to be ruined!’

The girl angrily smashed her pillow.

After a good round of venting, she was about to go online to read the comments...

’What?’

’Nan Zhi... no, the body I used to have... graduated from Yan University?’

"System! Why did you never tell me about this!"

The girl was as furious as if she’d just lost a winning lottery ticket!

At the same time, she was deeply confused!

Back when she was in that body, her life had just gotten worse and worse. She made no progress on her mission, the little villain she lived with was a cold, monstrous creature, and even her one redeeming feature—her beauty—was gradually fading...

Why did everything change the moment the original owner woke up?

The girl didn’t think it was her fault. She was convinced the system had hidden crucial information from her!

She yelled and threw a tantrum, demanding an explanation from the system.

The system had remained silent the whole time.

Perhaps it just couldn’t take it anymore.

Suddenly, a violent electric current coursed through the girl’s entire body!

Every nerve in her body felt like it was being ravaged and destroyed. A heavy pressure on her heart made it impossible to breathe.

The intense feeling of near-death terrified the girl!

A full ten seconds passed before the current vanished from her body.

The girl finally recovered. Like a fish thrown onto the shore and left to suffocate, she gasped for air, her eyes rolling back in her head.

The system’s voice from the void reached the girl’s ears, and for the first time, it carried a human-like, chilling coldness:

[Are you calm now?]

The girl nodded frantically, hugging her head and shrinking into the corner of the bed.

She no longer dared to shout, much less boss the system around.

System: [I have reminded the Host before that the system cannot fully read the original owner’s memories. It can only provide partial information. It was suggested that the Host dig deeper and integrate into the identity on her own. The Host chose to ignore this.]

The words she had used to curse Li Shan for his incompetence now echoed in her ears.

Her own words had come back to bite her.

But the girl didn’t dare to argue. Trembling, she apologized to the system.

The system was finally satisfied.

[The Host is advised to advance the mission as soon as possible. Failure will result in the punishment of obliteration.]

The girl was trembling uncontrollably, her face deathly pale.

Before, she had never taken that threat seriously.

In her eyes, this world was her game, the system was her underling, and she was the one and only female lead.

But now, she was wide awake.

’So...’

’I really could die!’

「Out in the hallway.」

A passing nurse muttered in surprise:

"Huh? How come she’s not having a fit today? It’s so quiet it’s almost weird..."

The nurse’s gaze casually swept over the information on the plaque by the door—

[Patient: Chang Mu]