Whenever Ji Zhaoxi thought of the look in Lu Huainan’s eyes, she felt a little irritated. What right did he have to be angry? It was all because he was so gloomy and inscrutable all the time that she had misunderstood him.
As soon as break time began, Ji Zhaoxi immediately went and stood in front of Lu Huainan.
The two of them stared calmly at each other while everyone else in the lab watched excitedly.
In the midst of their dull experiments, a little conflict and a little argument could add so much entertainment to their otherwise boring graduate-student lives.
Neither of them spoke. Finally, Lu Huainan broke the silence. “What do you want?”
Ji Zhaoxi demanded, “Open your Weibo profile.”
Lu Huainan was silent for a moment, then looked at her quietly. “What’s a Weibo profile?”
Ji Zhaoxi froze for a second before quickly recovering. She laughed. “Seriously, Lu Huainan? You don’t even know what Weibo is? You’re so hopelessly out of touch.”
In truth, Ji Zhaoxi was just as out of touch. She had only started using Weibo after becoming a streamer. Before that, she had never had anything to do with it.
But whenever she got the chance to mock Lu Huainan, she never let it pass.
“I have tons of followers on Weibo, you know. I’m a huge internet celebrity.”
Lu Huainan gave a small hum. “Now I know.”
Ji Zhaoxi continued to tease him. “But you’d better not use it. You’d definitely get cursed out by a lot of people.”
Lu Huainan fell silent again.
After thoroughly mocking him, Ji Zhaoxi left in an excellent mood.
But seriously, who on earth was L?
She opened Weibo and found that L had just reposted one of her promotional photos, though this time he hadn’t criticized her.
Puzzled, she clicked into L’s profile. Several passersby were also asking questions in the comments.
[Why didn’t you roast Ji Zhaoxi today?]
[L: I’m in a good mood…]
Ji Zhaoxi felt that her standards were much higher than L’s. At least she didn’t randomly trash people just because she was in a bad mood.
She glanced at her fan group. Wonderful. Everyone was discussing her gorgeous photos.
But in the fan group, while Ji Zhaoxi was absent, the discussion was even more heated.
[Why hasn’t her burner account been taken down yet? What’s going on? Have we gotten weaker?]
[Nope. She apparently appealed to customer service. It was only suspended for less than ten minutes before she got the account back.]
[Why is she so good at dealing with her burner account? I thought she wouldn’t even know how to appeal…]
[Who stole her burner account? I saw her secretly trying to fish information out of that sixty-year-old man again yesterday.]
[She tried to bait him? Hopefully she doesn’t end up being the one getting played…]
Ji Zhaoxi scrolled through the discussion in the fan group and couldn’t resist sending a message.
The group instantly exploded, flooding her with praise.
Ji Zhaoxi was delighted. She was just about to send a spinning-around emoji when she remembered the image she had to maintain. With great caution, she replied with a faint smile.
A restrained smile looked more sophisticated.
Just as she was about to put her phone away, another notification came through on Weibo.
L had unblocked her burner account again.
[L: You said you got into the fan group? How did you manage that? Why can’t I ever get in?]
Every account he applied with was blocked immediately.
When Ji Zhaoxi saw the message, she burst out laughing. It wasn’t her fault he was an idiot. Her fans were all incredibly clever.
She tapped out a reply.
[Ji Chaoxi’s Little Fan: You can’t get into the fan group? [Surprised] I got in just like that.]
[L: It’s probably because her fans won’t let me in. What does she usually post in the group? Take a screenshot and show me.]
Ji Zhaoxi knitted her brows tightly and typed forcefully.
[Ji Chaoxi’s Little Fan: That’s members-only content. You haven’t bought Ji Zhaoxi’s membership.]
[L: Is there a possibility that even if I bought one, they still wouldn’t let me in…?]
He was confused too. With so many alternate accounts, he couldn’t get a single one into the group. And when he had finally managed to get one in, he had been kicked out after five minutes.
Ji Zhaoxi kindly took a screenshot for him.
[Ji Chaoxi’s Little Fan: It’s exactly like this. Aren’t you supposed to be so capable? How come you can’t even get into a fan group? [Surprised]]
L didn’t reply for a long time, and Ji Zhaoxi was finally delighted.
He was having a meltdown.
Not far away, Lu Huainan cast a suspicious glance at Ji Zhaoxi, then looked down at his phone.
This page…
Lu Huainan thought of the clueless fan who had tried to fish information out of him earlier that day. He scrolled through her Weibo posts one by one.
[Ji Chaoxi’s Little Fan: Ji Zhaoxi really washes her hair every day. Passersby, don’t let this anti-fan mislead you!]
[Ji Chaoxi’s Little Fan: Ji Zhaoxi doesn’t like spicy food. Whenever she eats anything spicy, she breaks out in red rashes.]
[Ji Chaoxi’s Little Fan: Ji Zhaoxi isn’t putting on an act. A friend of mine knows her, and she really is like this!]
[Ji Chaoxi’s Little Fan: Ji Zhaoxi and I went to the same school before. She’s actually a pretty nice person, so don’t believe what that person says.]
The farther Lu Huainan scrolled through this little fan’s Weibo, the quieter he became. Every single post was defending Ji Zhaoxi against L’s comments, as if she were terribly anxious to clear her name.
And then there was that unmistakably robotic, copy-and-paste style…
Add the screenshot from just now…
Lu Huainan looked over at Ji Zhaoxi. She seemed much happier now, smiling as she chatted with the people beside her.
Highly sensitive to his gaze, she turned her head and stared at him without saying a word.
Lu Huainan: …
Lu Huainan was silent for a moment, then lowered his head.
He quietly followed Ji Zhaoxi’s Little Fan.
The very next second after he did, the fan group exploded.
[[Screenshot] [Screenshot] L followed her burner account…]
[He definitely figured it out. [Wry smile]]
[Let’s work hard tonight and take her account down for good. Then she won’t even be able to appeal. [Muscle]]
[Oh no, will Xixi be upset? Don’t take it this far…]
[Take it down, take it down! If we don’t get this burner account suspended, I won’t be able to sleep tonight!]
At that moment, Ji Zhaoxi was still immersed in the sea of knowledge, discussing the experiment with her senior colleague.
Unbeknownst to her, her burner account was gradually falling apart.
Her senior labmates all joined forces. Ji Zhaoxi felt as if knowledge was constantly being poured into her brain, only to leak out through some unknown hole.
Once she finally understood everything, she could at last relax and browse her phone for a while.
She switched skillfully to her burner account, wondering whether there was anyone who needed her to counter the hate today.
But the moment she opened it, she was stunned.
Her burner account was gone. Even the profile picture had disappeared.
The system stated that she had posted obscene content and that the account had been permanently suspended!
Not far away, Lu Huainan noticed the expression on Ji Zhaoxi’s face. Frowning, he lowered his eyes and opened Weibo.
The moment he saw the account with no profile picture, he paused.
If her fans were really that sensitive, then perhaps it did make sense that he couldn’t get into the fan group.
[Reported!]
[This farce is finally over.]
[What if she makes another burner account?]
[We’ll report every one she makes. It’s obvious at a glance whenever she says something.]
[She’ll probably cry again tonight. Let’s send her some more gifts…]
