Forced to Date a Big Shot

Chapter 422: Another Familiar Person

Cen Bai instantly smiled. “She didn’t want me to tell you, but since you came to ask, I’ll tell you, lest you worry about her.”

Xue Xi: “...What did she do?”

Cen Bai sighed. “She participated in a girl group selection. During the training competition, she probably knows that she can’t touch her phone for three months after entering, so she wanted to hide it from you.”

Xue Xi: “?”

Stunned, she asked, “What do you mean by girl group selection?”

Cen Bai said, “It’s a variety show called the Most Beautiful Girl. They chose 100 girls. After three months of competition and training, they will finally choose nine members to debut and form a girl group. In the beginning, she went with the intention of giving it a try. Unexpectedly, she was invited after the preliminary round.”

Xue Xi: “...”

Qin Shuang intended to develop in the entertainment industry, so it was understandable for her to participate in this.

Xue Xi paused. “Then can she... debut?”

She was not familiar with this term.

Cen Bai smiled and said, “It’s very difficult. Other people have management companies to help them create character designs, be promoted, and find topics about them to be talked about, but Qin Shuang went as a personal trainee. She’ll probably be eliminated in the first round.”

“Oh,” Xue Xi replied and felt relieved.

She did not intend to interfere. Cen Bai was in the entertainment industry and he definitely knew this better than she did. It was fine as long as the chatterbox was fine.

She had not contacted her for the past few days and she was afraid that the chatterbox was not safe.

Cen Bai smiled. “Don’t worry. She’ll be fine.”

Xue Xi: “Okay, then take good care of her.”

“Mhm.”

While the two of them were chatting, someone was handing out flyers by the roadside. When he saw her, he stuffed one into her bag without a word.

Xue Xi: “?”

She paused and took out the flyer. After taking a look, she realized that it said, “The Dance Club is recruiting new members.” If you wanted to learn dance, please call XXX and leave another call.

Xue Xi: “...”

What is this? Moreover, why does this phone number sound a little familiar?

Xue Xi paused and realized that this was the phone number on the card she had been given in the dining room just now.

Could it be that all the new members of their clubs used one phone?

Xue Xi pouted.

She had already thought it through. If she did not join the club, she wouldn’t have to waste time. She might as well study. Hence, she casually rolled up the publicity paper and threw it into the trash bin beside her before continuing to walk forward.

She did not realize that after she left, two people ran out.

One of them was extremely ugly and was wearing a denim jacket. The other was very slim and tall like a bamboo pole. The two of them looked at each other and scratched their heads. “Why did she throw it away again? Could it be that she’s not interested in dance?”

“Then what should we do?”

The short man thought for a moment and said, “Continue!”

Hence—

Just as Xue Xi was about to reach the laboratory building, someone else was distributing flyers.

This time, it was the cosplay club’s recruitment. Was the phone number still the same?

Xue Xi was stunned.

What kind of messy club is this?!

The corners of her lips twitched as she threw the paper away.

Xue Xi entered the laboratory and followed the address Mr. Guo had given her to the third floor. Many rooms here were allocated for doing different projects.

Many people thought that they could indulge themselves and have fun in university. They just had to study before the examination and pass.

But that was not the case.

After entering university, those who were idle would not be able to learn anything. Meanwhile, the truly outstanding students would think of ways to work with their teachers.

Teachers who could teach at Huaxia University were all at the professor level. They could pull in many projects, and only by doing them could they truly learn many useful knowledge.

Hence, many graduate students would address their mentor as boss.

She stopped in front of 329.

The metal door was open. She looked inside and realized that Xie Yingying, Zhang Hao, and the rest were busy writing.

Xue Xi walked in.

Hearing footsteps, Xie Yingying looked up. When she saw... the bun in her hand, her eyes lit up. “Sister Xi, you’re finally here. I’m about to starve to death!”

After saying that, she rushed over and picked up the bun to eat.

Xue Xi: “...Aren’t you guys going to have lunch?”

Xie Yingying: “Wuwuwuwu...”

Her mouth was full of buns and she could not even speak clearly. Zhang Hao gulped and explained, “We’re not free! We have to calculate everything by 2 PM!”

After saying that, he took a glance at Xie Yingying’s bun and continued calculating.

Xue Xi took a look and realized that there were some basic mathematics questions on it.

These calculations were not difficult. One value after another was added in. The problem was very complicated, but the knowledge that needed to be used was the most basic. It was equivalent to repeated calculations.

The truly complicated and core part of this project was completed by the graduate students led by Mr. Guo.

She frowned and asked, “Are you guys calculating this?”

Zhang Hao: “That’s right. They need to use this value for further calculations, so they need us to give them the final value.”

However, this was not studying at all, but working.

However, Xue Xi did not think much of it. Mr. Guo had asked them to do the project, which was equivalent to giving extra classes. It was only right for them to help the teacher calculate simple math questions for free.

Just as she was about to say that she was joining, footsteps sounded from the door.

Immediately, a neat figure walked in. It was a girl with her hair tied up behind her head. She was dressed casually, but her eyes were sharp.

The moment she entered, she frowned and sniffed the air before chiding, “Who ate the bun? Who allowed you to bring food into the laboratory?!”

Xie Yingying gulped when she heard this.

She had just finished a bun. When she saw her senior’s gaze sweeping over, she was just about to raise her hand and say that she was eating it when Zhang Hao said, “Sorry, senior. I ate it. I’m really too hungry.”

The moment he said this, the senior flew into a rage. “Hungry. To be able to feel hunger means that you’re not busy yet! Doing scientific research and development means that you have to be mentally prepared to starve! If you can’t even take the hunger, why are you still doing research and development?”

Zhang Hao lowered his head. “I’m sorry, but we can’t skip lunch even when it comes to research and development.”

The senior retorted, “Eat, eat, eat. All you know is to eat. Since you like to eat so much, why are you still here? Are you here to work or to eat?!”

Zhang Hao lowered his head.

“And you!” The senior suddenly turned around and pointed at Xue Xi. “You were the one who sent the bun, right? Who asked you to come here? Do you know what this place is?”

Xue Xi: “?”

Just as the senior was about to speak again, a voice suddenly came from the door. “What’s wrong? Why are you so angry?”

The few of them turned around in unison and saw a refined-looking man standing at the door. He was holding a report in his hand.

Just as Xue Xi was wondering who this person was, Xie Yingying whispered into her ear, “Sister Xi, this is Senior Zhou. He is Professor Feng Xingshen’s graduate student, and Feng Xingshen is the director. Hence, he has the final say in the laboratory.”

Feng Xingshen’s student?

Xue Xi suddenly understood.

The senior said, “Aren’t you just a freshman? Why don’t you do some work?”

When Zhou Hong heard this, he hurriedly looked at them.

A freshman?

He remembered that the one who’d solved Bartra’s theory was one of this year’s freshmen, right?

He was the one who’d helped the professor organize Bartra’s thesis for Xue Xi!