Chapter 160: Chapter 145: Did She Really Transmigrate into the Book?

After the banquet, all the guests left, and Feng Qin, the eldest son of the Feng Family, slumped on the sofa. Compared to his earlier suave demeanor, he now seemed a bit more childish, holding a phone with a look of great resentment.

“Uncle, you have no idea. I just got back, and something happened at the banquet. I said I shouldn’t have returned to the country! The Ji Family is already interfering with us here, he really dares. Luckily, a small celebrity helped save someone, otherwise the Old Master would definitely have punished me tonight!”

“And this cocktail party wasn’t even something I wanted to host. They said it was to train me, but my mom just pulled in five girls tonight. She’s just looking for business marriage partners, but I think I’m capable enough already, Uncle. I want to be like you, maybe I should go to Qing University to get another doctorate!”

“But even a doctorate might not be enough to escape. I heard my mom say that the Old Master is already looking for daughters of suitable families studying at Qing University this year to arrange a marriage for you, to get you back home!”

Feng Qin mumbled a lot.

On the other end of the phone, a cold voice replied, “Which small celebrity?”

Feng Qin had just returned to the country and had only met Ji Xizhi once, so he didn’t quite remember, “I think her surname is also Ji?”

“Ji Xizhi?”

When Feng Qin heard the name completely called out, he broke into a cold sweat.

Feng Qin cautiously asked, “Uncle, you wouldn’t know her, would you?”

“What happened at the banquet?”

As soon as he asked, Feng Qin almost knew, it likely wasn’t just an acquaintance.

Feng Qin: “…” Great! He seemed to have just used something from the Feng Family’s business to brush people off.

Filled with anxiety, Feng Qin recounted the entire event of the banquet from beginning to end.

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Outside the banquet, after finishing an interview, Ji Xizhi soon found Chu Ang.

The ominous feeling she had turned out to be true the moment she saw Chu Ang’s face.

Chu Ang’s expression was twisted, on the verge of tears: “Junior sister, I think my toe might be broken.”

Ji Xizhi: “…”

No surprise there!

Going home turned into going to the hospital.

Qi Zheng initially wanted to catch a ride home to chat with Ji Xizhi about the case she mentioned in Ping’an Village. He had long been planning to arrange a meeting with Ji Xizhi, but a case from Ping’an Village came up, and he had been working overtime for months. Until tonight, when he accidentally ran into Ji Xizhi and had some time to chat.

However, plans didn’t go as hoped. With Chu Ang needing to go to the hospital, it was now inconvenient for Qi Zheng to follow along, so he thought for a moment and decided to call a ride.

Unexpectedly, before he could get in a car, Ji Xizhi had already walked over.

Ji Xizhi spoke confidently: “Did you have something to talk to me about?”

Without Qi Zheng needing to speak, Ji Xizhi had already guessed that he had something to discuss with her.

Qi Zheng chuckled, “I thought you had forgotten by now!”

When they were dealing with Ping’an Village’s lawsuit, Qi Zheng had already said he wanted to meet with Ji Xizhi to discuss it. But afterward, both got busy, with Qi Zheng handling the Ping’an Village case for a long time, until they ran into each other tonight.

Ji Xizhi: “I remember.”

The ride Qi Zheng called for was arriving soon, and he didn’t bother with any riddles, quickly saying, “It’s not really a big deal, just that case you mentioned in Ping’an Village. It should be an old case of Teacher Jiang’s. Have you known Teacher Jiang for a long time?”

The question was simple, but Ji Xizhi hesitated.

She and her teacher were indeed acquainted, but not in this world.

Qi Zheng noticed Ji Xizhi’s hesitation and tactfully didn’t press further. He touched his tongue to his sharp canine teeth, and before getting in the car, he looked up lightly, “It’s nothing major, just that this case was the first one I followed. I thought you were particularly interested in me!”

After teasing, without waiting for Ji Xizhi to respond, Qi Zheng waved and got in the car.

Ji Xizhi still stood there, watching Qi Zheng’s car drive away, staying still for a long time.

“How could it be Qi Zheng’s first case?”

But she and her teacher clearly worked on this case.

It was as if a thread in Ji Xizhi’s mind gradually began to drift away.

Different worlds, the same case, the same teacher, one side followed by Qi Zheng, the other by her.

Did she really enter a book? Or was there a connection between this world and her previous one?

Ji Xizhi lingered by the roadside for a long time before Xiao Yuan called her into the car.

In the car, Chu Ang was still complaining of pain, and Ji Xizhi shelved her unanswerable thoughts, turning her focus back.

Chu Ang’s foot injury wasn’t too severe; a plaster cast would let him recover at home.

Not feeling assured about him, and to avoid further accidents on the way, Ji Xizhi dropped Chu Ang off at the dormitory entrance, then made a side trip to the office to grab her computer before going back.

Xiao Yuan couldn’t enter the campus conveniently, so she waited in the driver’s seat.

It was late, and as Xiao Yuan waited, she started to doze off in the driver’s seat, her head nodding like a chicken pecking at rice.

“Knock knock knock~”

The car window was tapped from outside.

Logically, at this hour, there shouldn’t be many people at the campus entrance, let alone someone following her as she rents different cars daily, and likely no paparazzi tailing her.

Xiao Yuan opened her sleepy eyes and looked out the window, only to see an unexpected person.

…

By the time Ji Xizhi finished picking up her laptop and walked out of the campus gate, it was almost past ten.

As soon as Ji Xizhi got in the car, she saw Xiao Yuan’s worried expression.

Xiao Yuan: “Sister Zhi Zhi, did you hurt your hand tonight?”

Ji Xizhi was taken aback by the question and instinctively raised her right hand. She said, “It’s no big deal.”

Hearing this, Xiao Yuan was almost certain that Ji Xizhi’s hand was indeed injured!

Xiao Yuan was extremely frustrated, “It’s all my fault, I didn’t even notice. If I’d known earlier, I would have taken you to see a doctor after sending Chu Ang to the hospital. Sister Zhi Zhi, why didn’t you tell me?”

“It’s not a big deal, just a minor injury. It should be fine in a few days as the bone wasn’t hurt,” Ji Xizhi said nonchalantly. Compared to injuries in the past, this could be easily ignored. It was just that in the urgent situation earlier, she accidentally bumped it while restraining that middle-aged man—it’s not a big problem.

Xiao Yuan seemed much more stressed than Ji Xizhi and stepped on the gas to drive home.

Then, magically pulled out a bag of medicine, with notes on the boxes about how to use them.

Xiao Yuan meticulously matched them, forcing Ji Xizhi to apply some sedative and anti-swelling medication.

There was already a red patch on the back of Ji Xizhi’s hand extending to her wrist. Xiao Yuan felt heartbroken. She hadn’t known Ji Xizhi for long, but she already considered Ji Xizhi family. Now that Ji Xizhi was really hurt, she couldn’t care less about other people, or any acts of bravery. She just wanted Ji Xizhi to not be injured.

“Don’t do this again next time!” Xiao Yuan rarely stood her ground in front of Ji Xizhi.

Ji Xizhi agreed quickly, “Okay.”

“If no one breaks the law, that is.”

Xiao Yuan: “…”

What’s the use of such a promise?!

After applying the medicine for Ji Xizhi, Xiao Yuan, still fuming, secretly snapped a photo and posted it on her Weibo.

Ji Xizhi tried to hide it, but as her only assistant and possibly part-time agent, Xiao Yuan felt it was her duty to inform everyone.

During the time Ji Xizhi participated in variety shows, Xiao Yuan completed her learning tasks and watched some agent training videos every day.

Now was the perfect opportunity.

Even though the rumors on Weibo had been dispelled by the academic community, there had been no official response.

Ji Xizhi didn’t have a company, so Xiao Yuan stepped in as the official entity.

Xiao Yuan: #JiXizhiJiTingzhou# Hope everyone will protect themselves even when doing acts of bravery!

Xiao Yuan intentionally included today’s controversial hashtag and attached a photo of the medication as an illustration.

Less than a minute after Xiao Yuan’s Weibo post, the tag related to Ji Xizhi and Ji Tingzhou, which had previously disappeared from the trending topics, returned to the number one spot.

However, it wasn’t Xiao Yuan’s post that caused it; she didn’t have many Weibo followers, and most people didn’t even know what her Weibo account was. So, initially, fans didn’t notice her post.

The tag was actually just bought by Zhong Yulu.

Zhong Yulu couldn’t understand why Ji Xizhi’s fanbase was still growing after Ji Fengyuan brought down Ji Tingzhou.

Ji Xizhi was clearly promoted with the Ji family’s resources!

Zhong Yulu made up her mind and spent a significant amount of money to push the trending tag back to the top.

Given more time, surely some clues would be uncovered!

Zhong Yulu had absolute faith in the black fans’ abilities and kept a close watch on the trending list.

Refreshing every few minutes, at first, the hot topics were all centered around Ji Tingzhou.

Within half an hour, the hot topic switched to Ji Xizhi.

Zhong Yulu was overjoyed, but upon clicking in, all the comments were:

[OMG, did Zhi Zhi get hurt, damn it, black fans should just die!]

[Ahhh, is Zhi Zhi okay? Damn, our Zhi Zhi is so nice, and yet there are still idiots spreading rumors!]

[Ugh, so heartbroken, Zhi Zhi is really just and righteous. I’ve never wanted to support a celebrity so badly until now, crazy to give Zhi Zhi all my love~]

[With an idol like this, I think I’ll never experience what it’s like to unfollow in this lifetime! Sisters, charge ahead!]

Xiao Yuan’s Weibo post, riding this wave of trending topics, was discovered and shot straight to the top.

The entire internet began to sympathize with Ji Xizhi.

Zhong Yulu, expecting the black fans to expose dirt, instead saw a wave of clarifications and sympathy.

Ironically, this solidified Ji Xizhi’s fan base even further.

Zhong Yulu was so angry she almost spat blood.

Looking at Ji Xizhi’s name on the trending list, a flash of fear crossed her eyes.

Once, twice, it could be forgiven, but this had happened too many times to count.

Ji Xizhi always managed to escape unscathed and turned her reputation completely around from being universally blacklisted.

A brief image flickered in Zhong Yulu’s mind, like a disjointed memory—Ji Xizhi submerged in the sea, surrounded by police tape everywhere.

A chill rose in Zhong Yulu’s heart.

Is Ji Xizhi really someone from this world?

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