Chapter 35: Daring To Tell Even This Kind Of Lie
The arrogant young master couldn’t climb through the window in the middle of the night, but he could disturb people’s sweet dreams without any burden.
So early in the morning, the door of Xuan Xia’s dormitory was knocked on loudly.
“Who is it?!” Yan Xiaowen shouted in collapse, with the impulse to grab a knife and answer the door.
“Is the female student named Xuan Xia living in this dormitory?”
It turned out that the one knocking was the dorm auntie.
Yan Xiaowen’s anger immediately dropped by more than half, and she timidly replied: “Yes. Auntie, what’s the matter?”
Xuan Xia also opened her eyes and checked the time.
It wasn’t even five-thirty yet.
“Xuan Xia, someone is looking for you downstairs.” The dorm auntie paused, then added, “It’s that good-looking guy surnamed Qin, the male student.”
Xuan Xia: “…”
Upon hearing the first sentence, Xuan Xia had already sat up, but after the dorm auntie said who it was, she directly lay back down.
Watching Xuan Xia perform sit-ups, Yan Xiaowen couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
Xuan Xia muttered: “What a nutjob.”
Then she sat up again.
Outside the door, the dorm auntie knocked again.
Xuan Xia shouted loudly toward the door: “Auntie, Xuan Xia went out for a morning run early. You tell that classmate to go look for her on campus.”
“Ah?” The dorm auntie thought to herself, she’s already gone running so early.
The dorm auntie took Xuan Xia’s words at face value, responded “Got it,” and went downstairs.
All three in the dormitory looked at Xuan Xia with shocked expressions.
Xuan Xia gave them a glance, yawned lightly, and lay back down.
Yan Xiaowen couldn’t hold back, “Xia Xia, you’re even daring to tell lies like this now?”
Xuan Xia had already closed her eyes and said flatly: “Since he doesn’t like sleeping, going for a walk and breathing some fresh air isn’t pretty good.”
Yan Xiaowen surprisingly couldn’t refute.
Sympathize with Qin Yi? Compared to sympathy, she was more surprised that Qin Yi would come looking for Xuan Xia so early.
A first time unprecedentedly, right?
Looking at Xuan Xia again, her breathing gradually steadied, clearly falling asleep again without any burden, and Yan Xiaowen was even more envious.
She thought, could this be the state of a heart like still water after falling out of love?
But her mind was cluttered, so once awake, she couldn’t fall back asleep.
She could only take out her mobile phone, scroll Weibo, and check some gossip.
In the end, the more she scrolled, the less sleepy she got.
***
The dorm auntie went downstairs and saw the handsome and upright Qin Yi waiting downstairs, so she repeated Xuan Xia’s made-up words to him verbatim.
After hearing it, Qin Yi furrowed his brows but didn’t suspect anything, thanked the dorm auntie, and turned to leave.
Having completed her mission, the dorm auntie returned to her on-duty house in a great mood.
Xuan Xia wouldn’t know how many laps Qin Yi walked around the school that early morning.
But indeed, just as she said, he properly breathed the fresh air on campus.
Xuan Xia slept until Yang Wanxiu sent her a message saying they were preparing to set off to pick her up, then she got up to wash up and pack her things.
For tomorrow’s live broadcast appearance, Yang Wanxiu had booked a full spa package for her at a beauty salon, striving to make Xuan Xia beautiful down to her hair strands on camera.
Also for tomorrow’s live broadcast, Yang Wanxiu had booked a room for Xuan Xia at the hotel where she was staying, so tomorrow there’d be no need to run around wasting time picking her up; they could head directly from the hotel to the recording location in the morning.
Xuan Xia didn’t have much to bring, except for Great Grandfather’s notebook she was reading, and she also brought the safety talisman given by Daoist Master Qin.
Originally planning to bring just one, but she always felt uneasy, so she took five at once, leaving only two in the dormitory.
Four were safely put into her bag for storage, and one was kept on her person.
The business car was still parked in the old spot. After Xuan Xia got in, the business car first returned the way it came, heading back to the hotel.
After greeting Xuan Xia, Yang Wanxiu talked about what happened after yesterday’s official announcement.
“Xia Xia, there are now some not-so-good comments about you online.”
“Hm?” Xuan Xia subconsciously took out her mobile phone.
Seeing that Xuan Xia was unaware, Yang Wanxiu quickly said: “If you don’t know, don’t look. It’s just a tiny bit, no big impact.”
Xuan Xia still logged into her Weibo account.
The message notifications were almost exploding.
Overnight, she gained several thousand fans, and her private messages were filled with countless entries.
She scrolled through them and quickly knew what the bad comments were.
Following from last night when someone claiming to be a Jiang University student explained her to netizens, close to midnight, another person claiming to be from Jiang University re-explained her in the bustling gossip field.
This time, the explanation wasn’t just about being a top student or campus belle, but her love-hate entanglement with the campus heartthrob.
Saying she was a tea bitch, arrogant, bullied female classmates, wedged into others’ relationships, clung to the campus heartthrob relentlessly, and entangled without end.
At the same time, many verifiable examples were listed, guiding netizens to judge her.
And just the one about wedging into others’ relationships was enough for the internet’s little police and little judges to put her on trial.
Looking at those listed examples, Xuan Xia didn’t even need to use one percent of her intelligence to figure out who was pulling aggro for her.
She read these to Yang Wanxiu, then asked her: “Is this the thing?”
Yang Wanxiu nodded awkwardly.
Because she didn’t know if what was said online was true or false, Yang Wanxiu couldn’t put on an appropriate expression or say suitable words.
Xuan Xia just smiled and joked about herself: “Congrats to me for getting hate fans right as I debut.”
And very likely long-term devoted hate fans.
Being a celebrity requires a strong heart, especially when facing bad reviews.
Yang Wanxiu had originally worried her heart wasn’t strong enough, so she didn’t want her to see the online comments, but unexpectedly Xuan Xia was quite open-minded and could even self-deprecate.
However, Yang Wanxiu still comforted her: “This kind of thing won’t stir up big waves; after all, it’s all hearsay, no pic no truth.”
Xuan Xia put away her mobile phone and smiled, saying: “Yes, the truth can always be clarified.”
Just as Yang Wanxiu said, no pic no truth, all hearsay; later she could also give her own hearsay account.
It’d just be about who had better eloquence.
“Right.” Hearing her say that, Yang Wanxiu made a judgment in her heart; it seemed it was fake.
That was good.
***
The car arrived at the hotel, and Yang Wanxiu led Xuan Xia to the booked room.
Yang Wanxiu herself was staying in a standard room, and she booked a king bed room for Xuan Xia.
The clothes for tomorrow’s live broadcast were already hanging in the room: a set of red sports uniform.
Looking at the clothing, Xuan Xia was a bit surprised: “Are all guests wearing sports uniforms tomorrow?”
Yang Wanxiu nodded yes, “Because it’s a live broadcast, plus there are games, there’s no time for female guests to change clothes, so they’re all uniformly wearing sports uniforms.”
She added: “Female guests all have this red-and-white colored sports uniform, and male guests all have black sports uniforms.”
Regarding clothing, Yang Wanxiu had already confirmed that everyone had the same, no differential treatment.
Then she took down the sports uniform, “Try it on first, then see what hairstyle would suit.”
“Mm.”
The sports uniform was loose-fitting, so Xuan Xia could put it on right there.
Yang Wanxiu looked at Xuan Xia in the sports uniform and kept nodding, her eyes full of admiration; a beauty is a beauty, she could even make a sports uniform look great.
Moreover, the red brought out Xuan Xia’s better complexion, with lively eyes and brows, tender red lips; beyond the pleasing beauty, there was also youthful vitality.
