[X]: [???]
[Lin]: [?]
Not only Gu Xi, but even [Lin], who was usually a man of few words, sent out a signal when he saw [3A] suddenly saying "no".
After all, [AAA] had always been the one who wanted to meet up.
[AAA]: [We don't have to meet up.]
The moment this sentence was sent out, it was immediately retracted.
[AAA]: [I meant that we'll be busy for a while.]
[Lin]: [We're not busy.]
On the other end, Sheng Xiuyan, who was holding his phone, was speechless. He wished he could just call [Lin] and tell him to shut up.
Gu Xi replied: [I'm fine.]
Sheng Xiuyan: "…" No, he's not fine.
[AAA]: [Actually, we're quite busy.]
[AAA]: [We'll meet up in the future.]
After saying this, [AAA] guiltily sent an eye-piercing emoji with a line of colorful words: [Cheers to our friendship.]
[X]: [It's okay, you go do your thing.]
Sheng Xiuyan relaxed when he saw Gu Xi's message.
He moved his gaze away from his phone and silently glanced at his uncle, who was sitting on the sofa.
[Why don't I let this guy go?] In the beginning, he had used the other party's information to sign up.
Sheng Xiuyan secretly plotted in his heart.
Shen Ye, who was sitting opposite him, inexplicably shuddered.
He looked at his eldest nephew, who was holding his phone and nodding and shaking his head. He was conflicted and frowning. Shen Ye raised his eyebrows.
It was rare to see this kid's face so expressive. What's wrong? Is he in love?
Shen Ye thought to himself.
No matter what, he was an outstanding person. Generally speaking, boys his age would not have so many emotional changes unless they were in a relationship.
Shen Ye rubbed his chin and looked at Sheng Xiuyan meaningfully.
Sensing that his uncle was looking at him, Sheng Xiuyan's expression froze. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." What's wrong with looking at you?
Thus, the two of them ended the conversation with their own thoughts.
—
After returning to his room, Sheng Xiuyan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of something.
Gu Yanlin's attitude in the group …
Don't tell me he doesn't know that [X] is his baby sister?
After all, he had indeed picked up [X] from the competition forum. After that, Gu Yanlin joined the team.
Furthermore, with Gu Yanlin's sister-obsessed personality, he couldn't wait to post Gu Xi's status on his WeChat Moments every day. It was impossible for him to be so calm after knowing that Gu Xi was in this group chat.
Gu Yanlin used a smurf account in the [Decisive Battle of Tianchuang Peak]. He did not usually go online, so it was very likely that he did not notice the status in Gu Xi's space at all.
Gu Xi probably didn't recognize who Lin was.
Thinking of this possibility, Sheng Xiuyan's eyes suddenly flashed a wicked smile. "Interesting."
…
Seeing that there were no new messages in the group, Gu Xi was about to turn off her phone and go to bed.
At this moment, a notification sounded. [AAA] sent her a new private message: I suggest you delete the status in your space.
[X]: What's wrong?
Gu Xi was puzzled.
[AAA]: Your space is not like your WeChat Moments. Anyone can join it. Furthermore, there are many different people. It's not safe for you to put your personal information there.
[X]: It's just a name. It should be fine, right?
[AAA]: The name is not safe.
Looking at [3A]'s message, Gu Xi actually wanted to tell him that her account had only been added to one group and him as a friend ever since it was registered. It was actually very safe.
However, thinking that the other party was concerned about her and that he was not being unreasonable, Gu Xi agreed and set the status in her space to only be seen by herself.
After setting it, Gu Xi replied to the other party: [Thank you for the reminder]. She even added a smiley face.
How could Gu Xi know that Sheng Xiuyan was not thinking about safety at all? He just felt that if he was going to lose face, he couldn't be the only one who would lose face. He would screw over as many people as he could.
He did not want Gu Yanlin to know that [X] was Gu Xi through that status. Therefore, Gu Xi quickly deleted it before Gu Yanlin found out.
[AAA]: No need.
Sheng Xiuyan felt a little guilty when he heard this.
Thinking that [AAA] had not participated in the discussion before, Gu Xi simply told him again in a private message.
[X]: I added some functions to the whole design. I sent the general idea in the group.
[AAA]: Yes, I did.
[X]: I drew a rough drawing according to my own ideas. Do you have any conflicts?
[AAA]: Okay.
[AAA]: Yes, very good.
This was not a perfunctory remark. He had carefully looked through Gu Xi's sketch in the group chat just now and could not help but be surprised. If he remembered correctly, Gu Xi should not have known much about this area before. Unexpectedly, after just a few days, Gui could already draw a rough technical design without any mistakes.
On the other side, Gu Xi stared at his phone for a long time. When he did not see any new messages from the other party, he unconsciously revealed a surprised expression.
— — That's it? That's it?
Under normal circumstances, [AAA] would definitely follow up with a long string of flattery after sending this message.
But today, [AAA] did not say anything.
Why did the chatterbox from before suddenly change?
Gu Xi was not used to the other party's concise and comprehensive reply.
"Is it really because he's too busy?" Gu Xi muttered.
However, after a while, [AAA] suddenly sent another message: [Good night.]
On the other end, after sending these two words, Sheng Xiuyan threw his phone away as if it had burned his hand.
— —
The next day, just as Gu Xi had expected, before class even started, the discussion about her "outstandingly ugly" headgear on the forum changed.
At first, someone discovered that Gu Xi's WeChat Moments had a new profile picture, so they took it to the forum to talk about it.
[Quick! I have a friend in Class 7. Gu Xi changed her WeChat profile picture.]
[Damn, it's true.]
[Based on that post on Gu Xi's forum?]
[Nonsense, it's already been promoted to 'hot'. How can Gu Xi, the person involved, not be there?]
[But Gu Xi directly changed her profile picture. What the hell is this?]
[What the hell? I just want to say that it's too good, hahaha.]
[You said it's ugly, but she changed it to a profile picture. How honest.]
[As long as you don't think it's ugly, it's not ugly?]
…
Later, someone discovered that not only did Gu Xi change her profile picture, but even Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi changed their profile pictures. Moreover, Gu Chenyi even shared a funny GIF of the four of them together on her WeChat Moments.
Instantly, the forums and some chat groups were in an uproar.
[Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter. Did Gu Chenyi and Gu Yanxiao take the same picture? What's useless?]
[Yes, if the pictures of the three of them are on the photo wall, the effect will definitely be great.]
[Gu Chenyi and Gu Yanxiao were taken later, right? Are they supporting Gu Xi?]
[That should be the case, but I just want to say that this style is so funny, hahaha.]
[Indeed, I thought it was a little ugly before, but now that it's a profile picture, I think it's better. Moreover, the four of them together look mysterious.]
[That GIF is so funny.]
[I like this style.]
The originally ugly and awkward photo had now become funny and creative in the comments of the public.
—
At this moment, Dong Mingming was holding her phone and participating in the comments with a happy face.
However, her focus was different from others.
"Gu Xi, is this the legendary brother of Gu Yanxiao? Gu Yanlin? "Dong Mingming pointed at Gu Xi's profile picture on Gu Yanlin's WeChat Moments and said excitedly.
"Yes," Gu Xi replied. However, what did she mean by "legendary"?
"You don't know, Gu Yanlin is a god-like legend in A University and the Affiliated High School of A University." Even though Gu Yanlin had graduated, he was still a legend in the Affiliated High School of A University.
Thinking of how Gu Yanxiao had told her that Gu Yanlin was a real genius, Gu Xi nodded deeply.
On the other hand, Dong Mingming was already holding her phone and becoming infatuated.
"I didn't expect Gu Yanlin to be so handsome even though he's been living here for a long time!" Previously, she thought that Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi were already handsome enough, but she didn't expect Gu Yanlin to be the most handsome in her family.
Gu Xi didn't know what Dong Mingming was muttering in her heart. Otherwise, she would have replied to her, "That's because you haven't seen Dad."
"Also, this kind of aloof handsome guy is super delicious!" As Dong Mingming spoke, she held Gu Xi's hand and said, "I've decided. From today onwards, I'll be a Lin fan! Help me get an autograph when you're free! "
"Besides, Gu Yanlin is so aloof. Why would he wear such an ugly mask to take photos? He's the best brother in the world!"
Gu Xi didn't deny the last sentence, but the corners of Gu Xi's mouth twitched when she heard the words "aloof".
Gu Yanlin? Aloof? Sorry, she didn't feel that way.
Gu Xi glanced at Dong Mingming leisurely and patted him on the shoulder. "You can be a fan." Don't blame me if the house collapses.
However, by the time Gu Xi finished the second half of her sentence, Dong Mingming's attention had already changed to something else.
"Gu Xi, Gu Xi, hurry up. There are people in the forum who are begging for the same mask as yours!" Dong Mingming pulled Gu Xi's hand and gestured for her to use her phone.
Gu Xi looked at the latest comments on the forum. Indeed, many people had begun to talk about the mask.
[I like this profile picture. Where can I find the same one? I want to get one.]
[Yes!]
Unfortunately, many people searched on a certain website but couldn't find such an ugly one.
[Be a good person and help everyone find one. Just post your own photo.]
[The photoshopped one has no soul.]
…
At this moment, the original creator of the mask jumped out and said: He made the mask and it's the only one on the Internet!
[Actually, I was supposed to make a frog mask according to the picture. However, I didn't find any green materials and casually used a mildewed green eyeshadow from my mother's makeup box that I haven't used in ten thousand years. I'm so bad at making a cute frog into an alien. I'm guilty.]
This explanation made everyone burst into laughter.
However, soon, someone found a key point:
[So this mask isn't Gu Xi's, but someone from the Literature and Art Department?]
[Such an ugly mask. Seriously, why would she use it at that time? There are obviously so many good ones.]
[Also, after looking at the photos carefully, only Gu Xi used that alien mask … Sorry, it's a frog mask.]
[I'm afraid someone deliberately tricked Gu Xi, right?]
[Damn, who would be so vicious?]
[I can't help but think of conspiracy theories.]
[Yes, I felt something was wrong when I saw so many comments that were obviously defaming Gu Xi yesterday.]
…
"Finally, someone has found the key point!" Dong Mingming said excitedly as she listened to everyone's discussion. Most people weren't blind.
— — If they continued digging, they might be able to find out that Gu Xueer deliberately tricked Gu Xi!
Dong Mingming thought to herself.
However, she thought that it was too simple.
Before everyone could find out who tricked Gu Xi, the official account of the Literature and Art Department posted a post: It was an apology for his mistake. The frog mask was the painstaking effort of the department's staff, so it was not abandoned. The mask was randomly chosen. Other people used it, but the effect was not good, so they changed to other masks. Gu Xi's mask was not recorded at that time, so they did not contact her to take the photo. The person in charge of the photo wall did not notice and directly used it.
An explanation and an apology successfully stopped everyone's discussion about the "conspiracy theory".
Dong Mingming said angrily, "This must be Gu Xueer's doing! He didn't want this matter to escalate, so he simply did this. "
"He's too scheming. He didn't want his image to collapse, so he simply used the name of the entire Literature and Art Department to block the disaster for her!" Dong Mingming muttered unhappily. She had already decided to become a hater of Gu Xueer.
"Hmph, he's really good at pretending." Gu Xueer was the goddess of the school.
After a moment of nausea, Dong Mingming suddenly laughed again. "Hehe, but Gu Xi, let me tell you a piece of good news. Your votes have increased again."
After a night of reversal, more and more people were speaking up for Gu Xi in the forum.
[The Gu family's appearance is really good. Such an ugly mask doesn't affect her appearance at all.]
[That's right. She likes Xi Shen because she's good at acting. Her appearance is just an added bonus.]
…
These comments gradually suppressed the previous comments that were deliberately slandering Gu Xi.
In the voting for the "student representative", Gu Xi's votes increased by leaps and bounds after this incident. She surpassed Gu Xueer's votes.
Gu Xueer put in so much effort to do this, but he didn't expect that Gu Xi's votes would surpass his. He's probably regretting it now.
Dong Mingming held her phone and thought secretly.
—
On the other side.
In the third-year classroom, Gu Xueer's friend was paying attention to the changes in the votes in the voting area.
When her friend saw that Gu Xueer had dropped to second place, she nervously called out to Gu Xueer. "Xue 'er, bad news. Your votes have been surpassed by Gu Xi!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Xueer's expression froze. She secretly glanced at the votes. Not only did Gu Xi's votes surpass hers, but they were also increasing. Gu Xueer's eyes flashed with ruthlessness.
However, Gu Xueer quickly regained her usual expression when she faced her friend. She smiled widely and expressed that she didn't care. "It's a vote anyway. It's normal to see who's up and who's down.
"Moreover, because of the mistake of the Arts and Arts Department, Gu Xi was wronged. Out of sympathy, everyone voted for her."
Her friend didn't see Gu Xueer's hand trembling as she held her phone. Seeing that Gu Xueer was so calm, she nodded and comforted her. "But it's probably just for a while. Your votes should still be higher. Don't worry."
She admitted that Gu Xi's grades were good, but the students of the Arts Festival represented talent. In terms of talent, Gu Xi couldn't compare with Gu Xueer at all.
At this time, another friend came over. "Xue 'er, you said before that you and Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi are siblings. If Gu Xi and Gu Yanxiao are cousins, do you have a relationship with her?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Xueer shook her head. "No. Although I used to hang out with Gu Yanxiao, I've only met Gu Xi once. I don't know what happened before. She was just brought back."
Gu Xueer's explanation wasn't very clear, but when the two people next to him heard this, they naturally thought of a word: illegitimate daughter.
The two of them looked at each other. In the end, because the class bell rang, they didn't say anything else.
— —
On the other side, after the matter calmed down, Gu Xi logged out of the forum.
After class, Gu Xi went to the office to hand in the registration form for the Green Creation Competition yesterday to the form teacher. She was even pulled aside by the form teacher and asked with concern, "Is there a lot of homework? Is there a lot of stress?"
Gu Xi was a little unaccustomed to her caring attitude.
After returning to the classroom, Gu Xi took the competition instructions from the form teacher and gave them to Dong Mingming.
"So, in fact, we only need to submit a more complete idea?" Dong Mingming asked after the instructions were completed.
"Yes." Unlike the Heavenly Creation Competition, this kind of competition for young and middle-aged students didn't require them to produce actual projects or research results. More often than not, they only needed to provide an innovative idea or a simple model.
"That's simple. Come up with a space program or design a submarine that can dive to 15000 meters. Oh right, oh right, the news mentioned something about green energy. Why don't we research in this direction?"
Dong Mingming became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke, but when he met Gu Xi's gaze that said, "Are you kidding me?", he gradually became timid.
"Can't, can't I?"
Gu Xi: "Can you be more realistic?" At least, she could barely do it.
Even if they didn't need to produce actual results, the competition's experts had to evaluate the feasibility of the project.
"Which ones are practical? Dog walking equipment? The car in the supermarket? These? "Dong Mingming thought for a while and said.
"Yes, something like that." Gu Xi nodded and said, "For example, right now, what are the more popular things that the public cares about?"
"Think about it, popular things …"
After thinking for a while, Dong Mingming said, "Beauty, medicine, celebrities, and livestreams count, right? Oh right, there's also health maintenance. "
Her father posted health maintenance on his WeChat Moments every day.
Upon hearing Dong Mingming's words, Gu Xi's eyes suddenly lit up and she thought of an idea. "I have an idea!"
"What? Tell me quickly. "
"We can do a livestream with color, smell, and taste!"
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