Lu Lin had just opened his mouth to start speaking when Chi Nian cut him off. “Are you going to say it’s just a coincidence of having the same name? Well, coincidentally, our school’s official website also has information—you can check it. Oh, and it even has the ID number. That one shouldn’t match, right?”
“I…”
Chi Nian had fully anticipated what Lu Lin was about to say and didn’t give him a chance to speak. She continued, “Are you suspecting me of cheating? Well, feel free to report me. There’s surveillance anyway. It’s not just a matter of someone saying something.”
With Chi Nian saying it like that, Lu Lin had nothing more to argue. He stumbled out of the classroom, muttering under his breath, “Impossible, impossible.”
Once Lu Lin left, the classroom fell silent again.
“Chi Nian, sorry about earlier. I misunderstood you.” A short-haired boy was the first to break the silence.
“I really didn’t expect a celebrity to have grades this good.” The boy was straightforward, speaking honestly from the heart.
A classmate nudged him with an elbow, signaling him not to be so blunt.
The short-haired boy scratched his head awkwardly, as if regretting his own clumsiness, then gave Chi Nian an apologetic glance.
Once someone spoke up, it became easier for others to follow.
“Yeah, Chi Nian, I’m glad to be your classmate.”
“By the way, Chi Nian, is it fun being a celebrity?”
Everyone started chatting, and the atmosphere quickly became lively.
But not everyone wanted to join in.
Long Lili stood apart from the crowd, her gaze drifting lightly across Chi Nian.
She hadn’t expected that the so-called “vase” had some skill after all.
Perhaps it would be worth interacting with this person in the future.
Chen Qing watched Long Lili’s expression discreetly, unable to read her attitude. Her gaze kept flicking toward Chi Nian, looking as if she wanted to approach and speak but didn’t dare.
Perhaps because Chen Qing’s intentions were too obvious, Long Lili shot her a sidelong glance. “If you want to go, go. Why are you looking at me?”
Chen Qing clearly hadn’t expected Long Lili to speak and shivered in surprise. Now she was even less likely to approach Chi Nian.
“No, no, I wasn’t thinking of going.” Chen Qing denied it several times.
Long Lili scoffed and ignored Chen Qing, lowering her head to continue scrolling through her phone.
Suddenly, Long Lili’s eyes froze on a part of her screen. Before her mind fully processed it, her finger had already tapped it.
Since she had opened it, she didn’t mind finishing this trending post.
Her eyes scanned quickly, and she finished reading the trending post in no time.
Hah, she really had been out of her mind earlier, thinking she might want to interact with someone like Chi Nian.
Look at the way this trending post was handled.
Is the “vase” persona no longer working?
Now switching to the academic achiever persona?
Long Lili’s gaze lingered on the trending title: #Chi Nian Capital Medical University#.
Today’s turn of events fit Chi Nian perfectly. Now the whole internet knew that Chi Nian was an academic achiever, and their classmates were merely tools in her image makeover.
She had even started to change her opinion of Chi Nian just moments ago. Now she realized: a celebrity is a celebrity—there is still some distance between them and people genuinely focused on studying.
From the sudden surge of this trending post, it was clear that Chi Nian’s focus was never on studying. She still had her heart set on the entertainment industry.
Although it was unclear how she achieved the top national score—perhaps natural talent, or perhaps a result of countless top-tier resources—the one thing Long Lili could be sure of was that the academic achiever persona wouldn’t last long.
Good grades alone were meaningless here. They were in clinical medicine. Clinical medicine relied primarily on practical skills. Their major was special: they didn’t deal with piles of cold, hard data—they dealt with living, breathing people.
A person whose focus wasn’t on this? No school would dare let her treat patients.
Hah, just wait and see.
On Weibo, many shared Long Lili’s thoughts.
The news that Chi Nian had entered Capital Medical University, Class 8, had been revealed by the university itself—or perhaps by accident.
Chi Nian had been filming campus scenery for Wang Shengnan at the time. Students from Capital Medical University’s publicity department were also photographing freshmen and happened to see Chi Nian. On a whim, they took a photo and uploaded it to the official university Weibo account.
The student hadn’t recognized Chi Nian—they just thought she looked good on camera and could bring some traffic to the university.
At first, the photo didn’t gain much attention. That changed when a freshman from Clinical Medicine Class 8 commented below, revealing the identity of the person in the photo: Chi Nian, a freshman in Clinical Medicine, Class 8, Capital Medical University.
The name “Chi Nian” naturally drew attention. Seeing her associated with Capital Medical University felt incongruous. The heat spread like a snowball, quickly trending.
Initially, some people doubted the trending post, saying all sorts of harsh things.
But Chi Nian’s college entrance exam results were publicly verifiable, and with the comment from a Clinical Medicine Class 8 freshman, people had no choice but to believe it.
【I thought today was April Fool’s Day.】
【April Fool’s +10086, feeling dizzy.】
【Honestly, Chi Nian at Capital Medical University? I never expected that.】
【Right, do you remember when Chi Nian said in a livestream that she would quit the industry…】
【No way, Chi Nian is really quitting? I’d be so sad. Where would I vent my bad moods if she quits?】
【The earlier one, don’t you know? Chi Nian’s retirement statement was already released.】
【I knew that, I thought it was fake… didn’t expect…】
【Chi Nian really is leaving the entertainment industry. Another beauty gone.】
【By the way, guys, Chi Nian is studying medicine now. Isn’t that kind of surreal?】
【Yeah…】
【Yeah…】
【Yeah…】
【Yeah…】
From the comments under the trending post, netizens were somewhat dazed, but compared to her past trending posts, this was already a big change. At least the top comments no longer insulted her.
Yet some remained cautious.
【Honestly, I won’t comment on Chi Nian’s abilities, but I’m still reserved about her character.】
【Indeed, do you remember that picture of Lu Yu back then?】
【What picture? Can a class rep answer?】