The Outdated Boy Group Became Popular

Chapter 23

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Xia Zhi is actually an associate professor at U University? !

This plot development was something no one expected.

From a former boy band member to a university professor today, this transformation is too big!

But if you think about it carefully, this result seems to be reasonable. When Xia Zhi first appeared, netizens felt that he seemed to be more elegant than his four teammates. Now looking back, what makes Xia Zhi different is his refined and bookish temperament.

Netizens were shocked and couldn't help but sigh: Victoria really doesn't keep useless people! Look at these members, each one is more impressive than the other!

However, the people who were trying to discredit Xia Zhi this time were well prepared, and in order to make things worse, they even hired a lot of black water soldiers to muddy the waters. Therefore, although this development caught them off guard, they could not let it go. Seeing that they could no longer discredit being called "teacher", they shifted their focus to Xia Zhi's status as an associate professor.

[Becoming an associate professor at the age of 29? That’s too outrageous! It’s hard to say whether he got the position through legitimate means.]

[Don't be so ridiculous! My relative taught at a university for 20 years and was promoted to associate professor at the age of 45. Xia Zhi was promoted to associate professor when he was less than 30 years old. I don't believe there is no trick! ]

[I heard that many universities are very corrupt nowadays. Being able to become an associate professor does not necessarily mean that one has outstanding abilities, but may also mean that one is good at dealing with people.]

[Ah, this... When I was watching the show, I thought Xia Zhi was a nice person, quiet and gentle. Now, for some reason, I feel like he's such a hypocrite...]

[The unspoken rules in the education circle are no less than those in the entertainment circle. If Xia Zhi, the associate professor, is not guilty of his post, why doesn't he dare to reveal his identity on the show?]

[Anyway, I don’t believe that someone can become an associate professor before the age of 30. I suggest that the relevant departments investigate whether Xia Zhi’s position as an associate professor is legitimate and reasonable! I’m not kidding!]

It was almost 11pm. But probably because netizens were still excited about the boy band Victoria, which had been curious for more than two months, and finally unveiled its mystery, they were still discussing the five members online. So the news that Xia Zhi was an associate professor at U University spread quickly.

The Internet is full of good and bad people. Not all of them are smart people with brains and reason. There are always some fence-sitters who will lean towards whichever way the wind blows. So as more people knew about it, some netizens who were easily influenced and had no opinions were led into the ditch by the black water army and began to doubt Xia Zhi.

There were more and more voices questioning Xia Zhi on the Internet, and many netizens tagged the official Weibo of U University, demanding an explanation from the school. So within just one hour, Xia Zhi was blacklisted and became a hot topic, and U University was also innocently implicated.

Fortunately, many U University netizens were still surfing online at this time. Xia Zhi was still very well-known in U University and was once voted as the campus male god. There was even a post dedicated to him in the U University forum. Now, when students saw that their male god teacher was being slandered, they were instantly angry and forwarded the slanderous post to the school forum and their respective classmates groups.

It is summer vacation now, and college students have nothing to do and have a lot of energy but have no place to vent it. So in the middle of the night, the excited U University students rolled up their sleeves and took to Weibo to protest against the black fans of their dear teacher Xia.

[You are the ones who are so ridiculous! Our Professor Xia received his bachelor's and master's degrees from University A and a doctorate from Germany. If you are questioning our professor's academic qualifications, please first understand the admission and graduation rates of German doctoral students! ]

[No, I can't doubt his behavior just because he is young, beautiful, talented, and promising. Also, who said that you can't be an associate professor at the age of 29? ]

[Hot knowledge: when you graduate with a PhD and go to teach at a university, you are a lecturer right after you start, and you can be promoted to associate professor after two years. Another cold knowledge: our associate professor Xiao Xia graduated with a PhD at the age of 26 [smile]]

[It's so funny, there are quotas for job title evaluation, okay? If Xia Zhi used unfair means, he would have been reported by competitors eight hundred times! How can you question him? ]

[If you had searched the U University official website for the honors that Professor Xia had won, you wouldn’t have come across such boring hot searches]

[Fuck! Are you sick? You have nothing better to do than to criticize my idol! Go read his papers before you criticize him. Oh, forget it, you can't understand it with your IQ.]

[Damn it! They actually slandered Teacher Xia. They are going to be enemies with our entire U! If anyone dares to make up stories about my idol again, be careful or I will have the people from the School of Computer Science hack your computer!]

[? I knew it was those idiots from your law school! They’re always here to conduct sting operations!]

Xia Zhi didn't often use Weibo, so he had no idea about the war on the Internet that had been caused by him. At this moment, he had just finished taking a shower and returned to the house to prepare for bed.

The other four people were already lying on the bed, doing their own things. Xia Zhi lifted the quilt and was about to climb into bed when Xiao Han suddenly sat up from the bed and angrily said to him, "Xia Xia, you've been hacked!"

Everyone was shocked and confused.

"Xia Xia has been out of the entertainment industry for many years, why are there still people criticizing her?" Cheng Yunan wondered, "If anyone is going to criticize her, they should be criticizing Lao Jiang."

Sang Luo also asked: "What's the situation?"

When Xia Zhi's negative search appeared, Xiao Han was surfing the Internet and happened to see the whole process, so he explained it in detail.

Sang Luo, Cheng Yunan and Jiang Zhixia all looked a little ugly. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that this was a deliberate attempt to trip up Xia Zhi, and it might not end so easily, so they couldn't help but worry.

On the other hand, Xia Zhi, as the person involved in the incident, remained very calm. He did not react much when he heard that he was hacked and became a hot topic.

"Xia Xia, why aren't you worried at all?" Xiao Han was almost anxious to death. He wanted to confront those black fans who were deliberately causing trouble, but he was worried that he would make things worse, so he forced himself to endure it.

"Why should I worry?" Xia Zhi smiled indifferently. "Let them question me, I have a clear conscience. I am not afraid even if they report me to the Education Department."

"That's true, but too many lice are annoying." Cheng Yunan also took out his phone to surf the Internet. "It's obvious that someone is trying to mess with you. I don't know if it's you or Victoria."

Sang Luo took Xiao Han's phone, took a look at it and couldn't help cursing: "What a mess! These people are brainless, they can believe such outrageous words! If this goes on, the rumors will spread more and more widely. I'll find someone to control it." After that, he picked up his phone and called his assistant.

Seeing Sang Luo so angry, Xia Zhi was curious about what netizens were saying, so he wanted to check Weibo. However, as soon as he unlocked the screen, his phone was taken away.

Xia Zhi raised his head and looked at Jiang Zhixia in confusion.

Jiang Zhixia locked the phone again and put it next to her pillow: "There's nothing interesting to see, just some uniform rhetoric."

"you have seen?"

Jiang Zhixia frowned slightly, pressed her lips into a straight line, and changed the subject abruptly: "Go to bed. It can be solved tomorrow."

Xia Zhi held her ankles with both hands, tilted her head and stared at him for a while, then curled her lips silently and said to him softly, "There's no need to be angry."

Jiang Zhixia turned around and said helplessly: "Shouldn't I be the one telling you this?"

"Don't worry, I won't be angry." Xia Zhi pulled the corners of his mouth, but there was no smile on his face, "It's not the first time anyway."

Jiang Zhixia frowned and waited for him to continue.

Xia Zhi didn't plan to explain. He just said good night and went to bed.

Sang Luo and the others were still trying to find a way to resolve the rumors on the Internet, but he was really not worried at all. He fell asleep quickly after lying down.

A rare good night's sleep.

The next day, Xia Zhi was the first one to wake up.

Sang Luo and others were busy with his affairs until late last night and went to bed very late. They probably won’t be able to get up this morning.

Xia Zhi went downstairs to wash up and make himself a cup of coffee. While waiting for the coffee, he remembered that when he was recording the reaction last night, his sister had sent him a WeChat message to protest against him for hiding the fact that he and Jiang Zhixia had been teammates. However, he was still recording the program at that time and did not reply. Later, he was distracted by things on the Internet and completely forgot about it. Now that he remembered it, he wanted to reply to his sister.

But as soon as he opened WeChat, he was shocked by more than 20 unread messages. And all 20 unread messages were from the same person - Sheng Yingying.

Xia Zhi couldn't help but feel a little worried and quickly clicked to check.

Yesterday 21:15

[Beautiful girl: You didn’t even tell me that your teammate is Jiang Zhixia! ! ! ]

Xia Zhi: “…”

He didn't dare to say yes because he knew that Jiang Zhixia was her idol and the husband of her dreams!

Xia Zhi was so shocked by the six exclamation marks that he felt a little confused. He quickly drank a sip of coffee to calm himself down and continued reading.

Yesterday 23:22

[Beautiful girl: Brother! You are being blackmailed! Who did you offend? ]

[Beautiful girl: Someone actually said that your associate professor came from an unjust background! I am so angry! I want to tear their mouths apart! ]

0:15

[Beautiful girl: [picture] [picture]]

[Beautiful girl: Brother, your students are so strong in fighting power, hahahahaha, they scolded those idiots so much that they deleted their comments]

3:08

[Beautiful girl: Damn! These netizens are so mean! They actually doxxed you! My parents’ information was even found out! And some people said that you were able to get into U of A because you have a mother who is a professor there.]

[Beautiful girl: They even scolded my parents! I’m so angry! I can’t stand it! I will fight them to the death!]

Xia Zhi couldn't help but frown when he saw this, and immediately wanted to make a voice call to his sister, but when he thought that his sister had fought for him until three in the morning and was probably still sleeping, he gave up.

As a result, Sheng Yingying called first.

Xia Zhi quickly picked up the phone.

"Brother! You finally got up!" Sheng Yingying was pleasantly surprised. "I sent so many messages but you didn't reply. I was so worried. All the troubles have come to you, how can you still sleep?"

Xia Zhi didn't want to argue with her sister, so she asked directly, "Are you awake or not? How are your parents? Have they seen the news online?"

"I didn't sleep at all. I spent the whole night fighting those people who slandered you online." Sheng Yingying yawned after she finished speaking. "My parents don't know about the news online yet. They don't even know that you are participating in the show. You also know that they don't go online."

Xia Zhi was relieved at this point, and told her sister: "Watch them these few days, don't let them go online, I will find a way to resolve the online issues as soon as possible."

"Can it really be solved?" Sheng Yingying was worried. "I watched it all night and it felt like someone was deliberately trying to mess with you. Did you offend anyone?"

"I'm just an ordinary teacher. Who can I offend?" Xia Zhi smiled bitterly. "Don't argue with me. They are just paid trolls. There's no point in arguing with them."

"I know, but I'm just angry!" Sheng Yingying said angrily, "You don't know! Before your students stood up to clarify for you, those people said so much nasty things! Some people even said about you... about you... Oh, I can't even say it!"

Xia Zhi smiled knowingly: "No matter what others say, I just have a clear conscience."

"Well, the Internet environment is much cleaner this morning, and there are fewer people questioning you," Sheng Yingying asked, "Did your big teammate take action?"

"I think so." Xia Zhi said, "Since it's all resolved, you don't have to keep paying attention to it. Didn't you say you didn't sleep all night? Aren't you sleepy? Go to bed quickly."

"Yeah, I'm really sleepy." Sheng Yingying said thankfully, "I used to think it was a pity that you left the entertainment industry, but now I feel lucky that you left early. You said that you just went back to participate in a variety show and so many people were staring at you. If you stayed in the circle, you would be criticized every day. It's scary to think about it."

Xia Zhi picked up the coffee and took a sip without responding.

"doing what?"

Xia Zhi was a little distracted just now and was startled by the sudden voice behind him.

Sheng Yingying, who was waiting for her brother to speak on the other end of the phone, was also startled: "Who is talking?"

But Xia Zhi didn't hear his sister talking. He turned around subconsciously when he heard the voice, and saw Jiang Zhixia walking behind him at some point, with a tone of complaint unconsciously in her voice.

"Why are you walking without making any sound?"

"It was obviously you who was too engrossed in the phone call."

Xia Zhi was stunned. Why did the tone sound a bit... resentful? Involuntarily, he raised his head and looked at Jiang Zhixia curiously.

Jiang Zhixia looked back at him calmly, but soon lost her temper and turned her eyes away as if nothing had happened. She asked him softly, "Have you had breakfast?"

Xia Zhi shook his head.

"What to eat?"

"Whatever." Xia Zhi said, then remembered that the phone was still connected, so he quickly called into the phone, "Yingying?"

Jiang Zhixia, who was about to leave, suddenly paused and slowly stopped.

"Go to bed now, stop playing with your phone." Xia Zhi was busy urging his sister to go to bed, so he didn't notice him. "I'm going to hang up first. Don't quarrel online anymore. Do you hear me?"

Xia Zhi was about to hang up the phone when the next second Sheng Yingying's high-pitched scream came from the phone.

"Wait a moment!!!"

"Hiss—" Xia Zhi felt a buzzing in his ears and tinnitus for a moment. He quickly put the phone away, feeling angry and helpless.

Sheng Yingying excitedly shouted on the other end of the phone: "The person who just spoke to you was Jiang Zhixia, right?"

Xia Zhi looked up at the sky in silence.

Sheng Yingying's voice was so penetrating that even though the phone was not on speaker, Jiang Zhixia could still vaguely hear her name from a distance, so she couldn't help but ask, "Who are you talking to?"

"it's me… "

Before Xia Zhi could even utter the word "sister", Sheng Yingying heard his words and shouted excitedly on the other end of the phone.

"My idol! My husband! It's me! He's calling me!!!"

"Husband I love you!!!"

Jiang Zhixia: “…”

Xia Zhi: “…”

In the following years, Sheng Yingying would feel so embarrassed whenever she thought of this scene...

(End of this chapter)