When she saw [AAA]'s message, Gu Xi was stunned.
Her fingers quickly tapped on the keyboard and she replied almost instinctively: [How did you know?]
[AAA]: You saw it in the chat.
After that, [AAA] sent a screenshot over: This was the first status that Gu Xi had posted in this account: [Hello, I'm Gu Xi.]
[AAA] usually paid attention to other statuses, not to mention that Gu Xi's status had been there for a while. Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have seen it.
But just now, he had changed his registration information. He had deleted his uncle's information and replaced it with his own. He had also added the guardianship information.
An idea flashed through his mind. [AAA] suddenly remembered that the [X] Brotherhood in the group chat was also under the age of 16 like him, so he had used his family's information to register.
The more he thought about it, the more curious he became. Thus, he went to check [X]'s information. He wanted to see if there were any clues.
In the end, he saw this status and those two extremely familiar words.
— —
On the other side, when she saw the screenshot sent by [AAA], a look of realization flashed across Gu Xi's face.
"So that's how it is …" It seemed that she had exposed herself.
At that time, Gu Xi had just gotten her new name. She had felt smug and had posted this status in the chat.
At that time, she had zero friends on this account, so she hadn't thought that anyone would notice.
It didn't matter if it was an aisle. They would still meet later on.
As she thought about it, Gu Xi calmly replied: [Yes.]
[AAA] quickly replied: [Name?]
[X]: [Yes.]
[AAA]: [Girl?]
[X]: [Yes, I wrote a message.]
Was it strange?
It felt like the other party had just replied and was very surprised.
[AAA] was indeed very surprised: [He had always thought that [X] was a man. The other party had treated it as a brother!]
Although [X]'s information had been filled in and her gender was indeed female, who would believe in something like QQ? Was it usually filled in randomly? She could fill in her birthdate casually, but she couldn't fill in her gender.
In order to infiltrate a girl's group, there were some people who got the contact information of a certain girl and created a smurf account with the 'gender' of a girl.
He had never thought that [X] would be a girl, and it was very likely that it was a girl he knew.
Excluding the possibility of someone with the same name and surname, he only knew one person named "Gu Xi".
— —
Gu Xi felt that the other party's question and attitude were a little strange. Puzzled, he thought of something and asked the other party: [Do you know me?]
Upon receiving Gu Xi's message, [AAA] trembled and replied almost without thinking: [Yes.]
His answer was clean and decisive.
Gu Xi raised his eyebrows in confusion when he saw the three words that the other party replied almost instantly.
After waiting for a while, [AAA] sent a new message.
— That's it? After asking if her name was Gu Xi, he didn't say anything else.
And then? Gone?
Gu Xi felt that this was too similar to the usual style of AAA.
However, Gu Xi didn't pay much attention to this small interlude.
Of course, she would never have thought that the talkative guy holding the phone and chatting with her at this moment was Sheng Xiuyan.
— —
While Gu Xi calmly fell asleep, Sheng Xiuyan was holding the phone with a thunderous expression on his face.
He admitted that he had let go of himself a little by using a sockpuppet, but that was also because he treated [X] as a like-minded buddy.
Who would have thought that the other party was actually a girl, a girl that he knew?
Sheng Xiuyan flipped through his chat history with [X] and instantly felt even better.
What the hell did he send?!
He couldn't even look at it. Could he withdraw it now? It was to destroy it.
His lifelong reputation … was too embarrassing.
After struggling with himself for a while, Sheng Xiuyan couldn't help but send a message to [Lin].
[AAA]: You did it on purpose?!
If [X] was Gu Xi, would that guy, Gu Yanlin, have found out?
At this moment, Sheng Xiuyan had obviously overlooked a problem — since he was using sockpuppets, Gu Yanlin might really have found out.
…
The next day, Gu Xi went to school as usual.
Because Gu Shao was sending her today, the driver drove directly to the school gate.
As soon as Gu Xi got out of the car, she saw Sheng Xiuyan at the school gate in the distance.
"Just over here." Gu Xi was about to go over and greet the other party.
"What's wrong?" Gu Shao asked.
"I saw my classmate, the one who participated in the last round of the science competition with me," Gu Xi explained to Gu Shao with a smile as she pointed in Sheng Xiuyan's direction.
However, when Gu Xi looked over, Sheng Xiuyan had already disappeared.
Gu Shao's gaze also lingered for a moment in the direction where the boy at the school gate had turned around and ran away. Then, he said to Gu Xi, "If there's anything you can't handle in school, or if there's anything you can't handle with your classmates, call me at any time."
Gu Shao was still thinking about whether Gu Xi had been bullied at school.
Gu Xi took Gu Shao's words as the advice of thousands of parents to their children. She grinned at Gu Shao and nodded obediently. "Okay."
"Go to class."
"Okay." Gu Xi got out of the car, waved at Gu Shao, and said, "See you, Daddy." Then, she turned around and ran in the direction of the school.
Gu Shao's chauffeur didn't drive too far away and stopped at a distance. When he saw that Gu Xi had entered the school safely, Gu Shao told the chauffeur, "Let's go to the police station."
—
On the other hand, Gu Xi came to the classroom and found that the classroom, which was supposed to be quiet and ready for the morning reading, was bustling with noise and excitement. She was surprised and curiously pulled Dong Mingming aside and asked, "What's going on?"
"Nothing. I'm just surprised that Sheng Xiuyan actually came to the classroom so early today," said Dong Mingming. It was rare for him to come to the classroom on time before the first class.
Dong Mingming explained to Gu Xi in a low voice. Then, he pointed in the direction of Sheng Xiuyan.
Gu Xi looked in the direction Dong Mingming pointed and saw Sheng Xiuyan.
It seemed that she was right at the school gate.
At this moment, a group of people were surrounding Sheng Xiuyan and discussing it as if they had discovered a new continent.
So free …
Gu Xi commented silently. Then, she looked away and took out her textbooks one by one from her bag.
She opened a notebook. It was not Gu Xi's classroom notes, but a table she had made.
"What's this?" Dong Mingming came over and asked curiously.
"The study plan I made," Gu Xi replied.
In it, Gu Xi made a study plan for two years. According to the time, it was divided into a short-term plan for this semester and a long-term plan for the future.
In the short-term plan, only the contents of the school classes were included. Gu Xi listed in detail the possible contents of her major, the professional books she would read, and the exams and competitions she would pass.
The ultimate goal of all of this was to successfully enter NTN.
Seeing that Dong Mingming was curious, Gu Xi explained her plan to him.
Dong Mingming looked at the dense list of rules and almost felt dizzy.
Are you sure this is what you're doing?
Dong Mingming couldn't help but complain. She already felt like she was being hollowed out just by settling the school classes. Gu Xi actually made so many extra study plans for herself, and they all looked so impressive.
She didn't understand the ETP and SSN competitions. She had never heard of the SSN competitions and QN leagues … Finally, Dong Mingming understood the last one, "pass the NTN exam."
"So, you made this study plan so that you can enter NTN?"
"That's right." Gu Xi nodded.
Upon hearing this, Dong Mingming's eyes moved slightly, and he had a strange expression on his face.
"You can enter NTN anytime you want, right?" Is there a need to put in so much effort?
Dong Mingming looked at Gu Xi faintly and muttered.
After all, his father was the president of NTN, and the entire technology center was almost Gu Xi's family's.
When he first heard that Gu Xi's father was the legendary Gu Shao, Dong Mingming was really shocked. He couldn't help but sigh. Indeed, behind every genius girl, there was a father who provided her with strong genes.
Gu Xi shook her head. "It's not that simple."
In the future, NTN's security system project was an ordinary project. If she wanted to come into contact with it, she had to really enter NTN and obtain its approval.
Just then, Gu Xi's phone suddenly rang with a "voice call" notification. Frightened, Gu Xi hurriedly took out her phone and turned it off.
Gu Xi's Penguin account only had one group chat and one friend. Usually, there would be messages at this time, so she didn't think to set it to "do not disturb".
"Who is it?" Dong Mingming asked casually.
"A friend I met during a competition," Gu Xi explained. She glanced at her phone and saw that the voice call was from [AAA].
The next second, the other party sent her a message: [Be careful. You pressed the wrong button.]
Gu Xi replied: [It's fine.] She thought about it and realized that she had set all her software to "do not disturb" during school hours.
— —
On the other end, Sheng Xiuyan stared at Gu Xi. It only took two seconds for his expression to change from nervousness and a glimmer of hope to despair.
And the way he looked at Gu Xi became more and more strange, and there was a hint of despair in his eyes.
— — Looks like it's really the same person.
Sheng Xiuyan thought to himself.
Sheng Xiuyan only felt embarrassed when he thought about the pile of nonsense he had said to the other party and the bunch of flattery he had given [X].
Wherever there was a crack, he would let him slip in.
The people around him wondered what Sheng Xiuyan was thinking, but when they saw that Sheng Xiuyan was "peeking" at Gu Xi again, they sat down and started gossiping.
"Brother Yan, to be honest, if you really like Gu Xi, go and confess to her."
"That's right. You can't have a crush on her. Brother Yan, we support you!"
"It's true. With our Brother Yan's ability, the chances of success are very high. Hehe."
The corner of Sheng Xiuyan's eyes twitched when he heard their chatter. What the hell are these idiots talking about?
"When did I say that I like Gu Xi? Don't be blind. "Sheng Xiuyan's face darkened and he said in a deep voice.
But these people believed him.
"Really? Brother Yan, why do you always look at Gu Xi? Your eyes are like that, that … Hehe. "
"That's right. Brother Yan, when did you pay attention to other girls?" It would be wrong to dislike them.
"That's right. Brother Yan, look at Gu Xi's strange eyes."
Sheng Xiuyan: "…" Blame my ass! Can't you tell that I'm embarrassed?!
Not noticing the irritation in Sheng Xiuyan's eyes, the people beside them continued gossiping.
"That's right, that's right. Brother Yan, why are you helping Gu Xi campaign for votes?"
"And he's doing it very hard ~"
"…" Sheng Xiuyan had no answer to this question.
The first time he forwarded it was because Gu Xi was in the same class as him. Since he was reposting it, he reposted it too.
As for the many times after that, it was all because of external pressure.
Sensing that Gu Xi seemed to be looking in his direction, Sheng Xiuyan's back stiffened. Then he yawned inexplicably and lay down to sleep.
He didn't realize at all that he was trying to cover up something that only made it more conspicuous.
Retracting her gaze, Gu Xi raised her eyebrows and asked Dong Mingming, "Do you feel that Sheng Xiuyan seems a little normal today?"
"Is he?" Dong Mingming also glanced at Sheng Xiuyan. "No. Is Xiu like this every day?"
Sleeping is normal.
Gu Xi nodded noncommittally and focused her energy on the competition plan in front of her.
Although it was just NTN, many schools had organizations that made exceptions for the admission of students to competitions that gave bonus points.
But not every competition had bonus points.
Gu Xi wrote down the competitions that she was qualified to participate in and separated out the ones that had bonus points for NTN.
There were more than 20 competitions in total and eight or nine of them that she could participate in. The most recent competition was the 'Soviet Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competition'.
Gu Xi had seen the school post about this competition on the forum before.
Because this type of competition wasn't related to mathematics, physics, or chemistry, and would give bonus points for the middle school entrance examination, the school would specially organize participation. Generally, students were free to form teams and voluntarily signed up.
— —
During the class break, Gu Xi went to the Ban Ren's office.
Hearing that Gu Xi wanted to sign up for the 'Soviet Youth Innovation Competition', Ban Ren frowned slightly.
"I'm also against you participating in this type of competition, but this kind of competition takes a long time and wastes more energy. In comparison, I think it's better for you to participate in more academic competitions. This kind of 'Youth Innovation Competition' can wait until you're in high school," Ban Ren advised.
She didn't want Gu Xi's studies to be affected because of this — the monthly exam was coming again next month.
However, Gu Xi's attitude was very firm.
"Teacher, I want to participate in this competition to broaden my horizons and enrich my knowledge outside of academic subjects." Gu Xi tried to make her participation as simple as possible.
Then, Gu Xi promised, "I can handle the current classes. I promise that participating in this competition won't affect my studies."
Gu Xi's last sentence was exactly what Ban Ren wanted. After pretending to think for a moment, Ban Ren finally agreed to let Gu Xi sign up.
"I'm just emphasizing that you can participate, but you must learn the courses in school well first. It won't affect your studies." Ban Ren emphasized again.
Gu Xi agreed happily.
"Okay, I'll print out a registration form for you. Fill it out and give it to me."
"By the way, I have some relevant materials left by the previous students. You can take them back and have a look."
Although Ban Ren agreed reluctantly, she was a little vague about her support for Gu Xi.
Thus, Gu Xi made a trip to the teacher's office and only obtained a registration form. She also obtained a pile of materials and questions from the previous competitions that the teachers had taken out after rummaging through boxes and cabinets.
— —
As soon as Gu Xi came out of the office, she saw Sheng Xiuyan at the end of the corridor, who was holding a phone with a conflicted expression.
On the other side, Sheng Xiuyan also seemed to have sensed something and saw Gu Xi.
Sheng Xiuyan was stunned and turned to leave in the next second.
Looking at Sheng Xiuyan's back view as he left in a hurry, Gu Xi had a suspicious look on her face. She shouldn't have any conflicts with him, right? Moreover, because Gu Chenyi, Gu Yanxiao, and Sheng Xiuyan had a bad relationship, Gu Xi was not as close to him as before.
Although Gu Chenyi told Gu Xi about Sheng Xiuyan's dark history one day when she had nothing to do, wasn't it good to be close to Gu Xi? Besides, Sheng Xiuyan should know about it himself.
Why did she feel that the other party looked like he was running away?
Gu Xi muttered to herself.
At this moment, Sheng Xiuyan, who had already taken a few steps, stopped, turned around, and walked in front of Gu Xi.
Glancing at the stack of documents in Gu Xi's arms, Sheng Xiuyan frowned slightly and said coldly, "Give it to me."
"I'll take it for you."
"Thank you." Gu Xi smiled at him and thanked him.
As the two of them walked together, Sheng Xiuyan secretly glanced at Gu Xi beside him. No matter how he looked at it, she looked like the [X] that he knew …
As he thought to himself, Sheng Xiuyan lowered his eyes and glanced at the registration form that Gu Xi had placed on top of the documents.
"Are you participating in the 'Soviet Green Creation'?" Sheng Xiuyan asked.
"Yes." Gu Xi nodded.
"Let's go together."
"Huh?" Gu Xi was stunned.
"Yes, I was planning to participate in this …" The more she explained, the stranger she felt.
—
On the other side, in NTN.
Gu Shao was looking at the information that Wang Wu had found in his office.
Based on the information, Gu Xi should not have encountered any trouble in school. Moreover, when she came to The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, she seemed to get along well with her classmates.
Gu Shao's worries lessened a little.
At this moment, Wang Wu said, "In addition, the netizens that you asked us to check have been confirmed."
Excluding Gu Xi's normal family and classmates, the only netizen on Gu Xi's social media account, who was the [AAA], was actually Sheng Xiuyan.
"Sheng Xiuyan and Miss Xiaoxi are classmates. In addition, he is the grandson of Mr. Shen and the child of Miss Shen. He is also related to the young masters." Wang Wu paused and said, "They are all related to each other. Miss Shen is chatting with him online. Sir, you can rest assured."
Hearing Wang Wu's words, Gu Xi glanced at him indifferently and did not comment.
— There is nothing wrong with their relationship, but rest assured?
Haha.
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