CH 2

Xu Zhi opened Weibo private messages, and after scrolling up half a page found QiCai Studio’s private message, and typed on her phone to reply, “I can work with you, I don’t want a reward, I need you to do me a favor.”

The air was hot in the blazing summer heat.

Xu Zhi held the phone and looked at the screen, waiting with a slim hope. The screen went dark, and she planned to put it away and head to the auditorium alone. The screen suddenly lit up with a new message from Qi Cai Studio.

Qi Cai Studio: “Go ahead.”

“Is Mr. Qi in Beijing? Can he attend my graduation ceremony? In the name of a friend.”

Qi Cai Studio: “In person? How old are you? What’s your name?”

“Xu Zhi, twenty-three years old, graduating from undergraduate school this year. I wrote “Trapped” when I was seventeen, and I can send my signing document with Tomorrow Media to prove myself. If Mr. Qi can come, I will agree to your invitation.”

When Xu Zhi’s grandmother was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer at the age of seventeen, she wrote her first song “Trapped” in desperation and posted it on the online platform under the stage name Yu Mu, which unexpectedly became a hit.

Qi Cai was a superstar who debuted at the age of twenty and had been popular for eight years. Whether singing, creative ability or fame, he was at the top, by definition, Xu Zhi’s curiosity to ride the ladder couldn’t touch him.

Half a year ago, during a live streaming event, Qi Cai casually sang a song on the internet, which happened to be “Trapped”. Qi Cai sang a climax section, and # How Amazing Professional Singers Are # trended and it became the top trending song on various platforms.

Qi Cai’s singing was truly stunning, as the originally gloomy song gained new life through his unique voice.

After that, Qi Cai Studio came to buy the copyright of “Trapped”, but the copyright of this song was in the hands of Tomorrow Media.

The other party backed off and wanted to work with Xu Zhi on a new song.

This was a very good opportunity for Xu Zhi. It was superstar Qi Cai, and there was a long line of people who wanted to write songs for Qi Cai. If she could seize the opportunity, her value might be different. But Lu Ming refused unceremoniously, Lu Ming and Qi Cai had been deadly rivals for many years, he wouldn’t allow Xu Zhi to write a song for Qi Cai.

The matter was left unresolved, and last week Qi Cai Studio contacted her again. After a week, Xu Zhi replied to them.

Qi Cai Studio: “I can’t make this decision, I need to check.”

“Zhi’er, who are you messaging? Aren’t you in a hurry?” Xia Qiao was in a hurry, probing to look at Xu Zhi’s phone and saw the word Qi Cai, “Didn’t you say you don’t follow stars? Why are you watching Qi Cai? Although Qi Cai is worth chasing, but is this the time to chase stars?”

Xu Zhi continues to send messages: “A University Conservatory of Music auditorium parent seat thirty-nine, nothing needs to be done, when the ceremony is over Mr. Qi can leave, I will not harass Mr. Qi, nor will I speculate with him. This may be absurd, but it’s important to me.”

Click send.

Xu Zhi raised her eyes to Xia Qiao’s eager face, with the entire school behind her.

The sun rose above, the thick green trees were whitened by the sun, and a few clusters of delicate red flowers curled around the edges. The school building divided the ground in two, half of which was sunburned white, half of which fell in dark, deep shadows.

In the distance, the impassioned music of the auditorium came from a distance, too far away, to the entrance of the school had been faintly inaudible. It was faint, like a symphony of fate.

The studio of Qi Cai was late in replying, obviously politely rejecting her absurdity.

Xu Zhi lightly pursed the corners of her lips, holding her cell phone and walking in the direction of the auditorium with her head down. The sun was blazing hot, her palms were cold, the blood in her body felt cold.

A few steps away, she quickly took out her phone and opened Weibo to withdraw the last message.

Forget it.

Qi Cai studio: “Mr. Qi just left the airport,even if he rushes, he may not be able to arrive by 9:39. How about you send a post first, the studio will help you with it.”

Xu Zhi stopped in her tracks, she stood under the hot sun, looking at the reflective phone screen by the sun. For a long time, she turned her head to look at Xia Qiao, she had almond eyes and the curvature of the eyes was just right. The double eyelids were somewhat shallow at the end, and the eyelashes were long and dense, her eyes were bright, “I invited Qi Cai to my graduation ceremony.”

Xia Qiao touched Xu Zhi’s forehead, and then touched her own forehead, frowning, “No fever, how come you’re talking nonsense?” Her hand fell down and wrapped around Xu Zhi’s shoulders, sighing, “Sister, it’s really not that bad, being hurt by a scum doesn’t mean you should be angry to the point of delirium. If you don’t want to find another person, let’s just go in. Who dares to say that you lied, I will scold them back. I am fierce, and I will protect you.”

Xu Zhi’s words were so unbelievable that Xia Qiao was beginning to doubt whether her being with Lu Ming was real or not.

Xu Zhi was an ordinary good-looking talented poor student, her family should be very ordinary, she had no parents. She lived in schools for the four years of college, during the summer she’d occasionally go to work summer jobs, before the luxury car transport, she dressed normally.

Xu Zhi handed his phone to Xia Qiao and showed her the chat log, “I’m Yu Mu, this is the chat log between me and Qi Cai Studio just now.”

“The imitation is quite similar, don’t imitate in the future, this is very easy to be pierced. Qi Cai is in the UK and won’t teleport to Beijing. “Xia Qiao’s suspicion deepened, feeling that she had been trapped by Xu Zhi. She had a headache, Xu Zhi was beautiful, outstanding, and talented, but her biggest flaw was her love of pretending. Because no one paid attention to Xu Zhi after being college for several years, Xia Qiao started getting along with her last year. Last summer, she was almost taken out by a scammer company. When Xu Zhi found out, she took her to the police and borrowed her money to tide over the difficulties. At that time, she swore that as long as Xu Zhi didn’t kill or harm anyone, they would always be friends for the rest of their lives. “Eating a loss will give you wisdom, and in the future, you will think more deeply and consider everything comprehensively.”

This time, Xu Zhi obviously pretended too much.

“Qi Cai came back to China.” Xu Zhi said.

“How is that possible? A hardcore fan like me didn’t even get the news.” Xia Qiao took out her phone and opened Weibo, “If he returned to China, he must have been on the hot search. Look, this hot search-”

Hot search number one, #QiCai.

Xia Qiao was confused and opened the hot search.

Today’s star news: Qi Cai appears in Beijing airport, casual and striking ……

Xia Qiao slowly raised her head to look at Xu Zhi, who was also looking at Weibo, and the first hot search was for Qi Cai, and the second was for Qin Zhen at Hongqiao Airport.

In the photo, Lu Ming was carrying a bouquet of red tulips, protecting Qin Zhen in his arms. There were many people around, and there were already security personnel protecting her, but he was still holding her, his long and strong arms tightly blocked her side, like he was holding something precious.

Despite the fact that Xu Zhi knew everything, seeing the photo made her heart hurt. The pain was slowly flowing from the heart along the blood to the limbs and bones, and it hurt to breathe a little harder.

Every time they went out, she was left far behind, dragging the luggage of two people by herself.

“Zhi’er, you read Weibo in advance, right?” Xia Qiao, a fan of Qi Cai, immediately went into the page to edit a comment , “You actually knew about Qi Cai’s return to China before me, a fan.”

“Hmm.” Xu Zhi left Qin Zhen’s topic spot, returned to her phone’s homepage, opened her camera to take a selfie, and edited a new Weibo post: graduated.

Click send.

The graduation ceremony was about to start, and the magnificent intro music played. Xu Zhi put his phone into his pocket and walked towards the auditorium, “Let’s go.”

Xia Qiao posted to follow Xu Zhi’s footsteps and walked into the auditorium. Weibo alert: pay attention to Qi Cai’s studio releasing new post.

Qi Cai didn’t use Weibo, so most of the fans followed Qi Cai Studio.

Xia Qiao clicked on the official page of Qi Cai Studio, thinking it was Qi Cai related information, and was just about to repost it.

Yu Mu: graduated.

The accompanying picture was a photo taken by the original camera, a young girl wearing a bachelor’s uniform and a bachelor’s cap facing the camera. Without any filter beauty camera, her skin was white and clear with almost invisible pores, she had beautiful eyes, and her double eyelids weren’t deep, with long and thick eyelashes. Her long black hair draped over her shoulders, and her clear eyes were calm.

Qi Cai Studio: Happy graduation!

Xia Qiao raised her eyes in a trance to look at Xu Zhi, who had already walked to the shadows. The single thin spine was clear under the bachelor’s uniform, she was lean and tall, her skin was as white as jade, and her temperament was outstanding.

What did Xu Zhi just say? Qi Cai would come to her graduation ceremony.

In the auditorium.

Shen Yao crossed his fingers and finally saw Xu Zhi walking over, raising his tone and deliberately shouting, “Xu Zhi, where is your big president boyfriend? Is he here yet?”

His voice was so loud that many people looked over.

Xu Zhi clenched her hand, the edge of the phone in her hand pained her skin, and she looked over. The expression was calm, without any emotion, just looking at Shen Yao.

“When is it coming?” Shen Yao was so impressed by Xu Zhi that he wanted to move his eyes away, but he felt too intimidated. What was he afraid of from Xu Zhi? Now it was Xu Zhi’s act of pretending to be overwhelming.

“Second Hot search Qin Zhen appeared at Hongqiao airport, Mr. Lu accompanied by the side, how will he come to her?” Another female student with red lipstick, looked in askance at Xu Zhi, and said with a smile, “You were lying.”

“Want to marry a rich person, crazy.”

Xu Zhi being together with Lu Ming, indeed, had not been public, Lu Ming said he didn’t like his significant other to be too high-profile. Xu Zhi didn’t show her face in public, didn’t give any relevant interviews, she gave up the opportunity to become famous.

When their official announcement was made, Lu Ming posted a photo of them together that was secretly taken by the media on Weibo. In the photo, Lu Ming showed his face, and Xu Zhi only had her back, and he held his hand to block Xu Zhi’s face.

The photo, now that she thought about it, Lu Ming deliberately let the media take it. They didn’t even hold hands before the photo was taken. When Lu Ming got drunk and called her to ask if she wanted to be his girlfriend, Xu Zhi went over the wall and left the school to find Lu Ming.

Lu Ming was drunk, but didn’t want to go home. She accompanied Lu Ming for a walk on the street, they were originally going their own way, when suddenly Lu Ming grabbed her by the shoulders and put her in his arms.

With the smell of alcohol, he leaned down, as if to kiss her, but in fact they didn’t touch at all.

Xu Zhi’s heart was beating like a fool at the time, at the mercy of others, unaware that this was a show.

He wanted to show it to the person he loved.

Lu Ming let go of her after a moment, rubbed her hair, and arranged for the driver to take her home.

The next day, this photo hit the news and appeared in Lu Ming’s post.

She then became Lu Ming’s unnamed girlfriend.

Xu Zhi walked to the seat that belonged to her, straightened her clothes and sat down, her heart was empty, she didn’t care about what they said.