Chapter 150: Vest
At this time, after looking at the transcript, Gu Wanrong had a plan that kept floating in her mind—graduating early.
When she first traveled back to when she graduated from high school, she thought about spending her four years of university life as usual. Now that half a year had passed, her thoughts had changed.
Since she had already finished all the courses for the four years, and had already experienced the four years of university completely in her past life, then spending another four years in university had no meaning for Gu Wanrong.
Moreover, during this winter vacation, the days of traveling everywhere were more interesting for Gu Wanrong.
Gathering a touch of emotion in Sanya and contacting a completely different culture in Paris.
Walking paths never walked before, seeing scenery never seen before. Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles; instead of appreciating the world from books, it is better to truly experience and feel it.
Having made the decision, Gu Wanrong acted immediately and sought out the counselor to ask about the requirements for early graduation.
[Gu Wanrong: Teacher, are you free now?]
[Chen Sheng: I am.]
[Gu Wanrong: Teacher, if I want to apply for early graduation, what documents do I need to prepare in advance, and what requirements must my grades and credits meet?]
[Chen Sheng: Student Gu, why are you thinking of applying for early graduation? The first semester of your freshman year has just ended.]
[Chen Sheng: I looked at your final grades; they are very good, but the conditions for early graduation are not easy to achieve. Have you thought it through?]
[Chen Sheng: Are there any difficulties?]
[Gu Wanrong: Teacher, I have thought it through. I have finished all the undergraduate courses, and grades are not a problem.]
[Chen Sheng: After completing the credits and passing the graduation thesis defense, and if the college leaders and your supervisor discuss it in a meeting and agree to sign, you can graduate.]
[Gu Wanrong: Thank you, teacher.]
The requirements the counselor mentioned were a piece of cake for Gu Wanrong; early graduation was achievable.
After finishing the conversation, the counselor still couldn’t understand why the well-off Gu Wanrong wanted to apply for early graduation. On the other side, Gu Wanrong frowned at the messages in the family group.
When she took over this Gu Wanrong’s body, in her memory, those relatives of hers had ignored her for years.
Now, why were they all asking where she lived and inviting her to have a New Year’s Eve dinner?
In previous years, when her grandmother was still around, hadn’t they failed to invite them to New Year’s Eve dinner?
After thinking about it, Gu Wanrong directly replied with the words “not going” in the group. As soon as the message was sent, someone immediately saw and replied, all of them persuading Gu Wanrong to go.
Gu Wanrong ignored them until a voice message from her Young Ancestor came out.
[Young Ancestor: Rong-mei-er, I haven’t seen you for New Year for a few years. Let our big family have a reunion this year; I also want to see how you are doing.]
The Young Ancestor was the youngest sister of Gu Wanrong’s great-grandfather. At ninety-seven years old, she was the only one of the five siblings of that generation still alive. In her memory, the Young Ancestor had always been very gentle to the younger generation and had always been kind to Gu Wanrong.
It could be said that after Gu Wanrong had no relatives left, the reason no one coveted her family wealth was due to the Young Ancestor’s presence as an elder. It was just that she was old, and the Gu family members were cold to Gu Wanrong, and she couldn’t control it; she had a big family of her own.
Listening to the voice message of the only person who was good to her, Gu Wanrong finally decided to go back and see the Young Ancestor.
She notified Butler Liu of her decision to go to C-City in two days.
After returning home, Gu Wanrong found that her Dǒudǒu account had been recognized as the same person as “HuanBuWanMoney,” and the account had also been certified with the identity of Chairperson of Qianyuan Group and the second largest shareholder of TiTo.
Seeing this, Gu Wanrong simply changed her Dǒudǒu nickname to “HuanBuWanMoney.” Unexpectedly, just a status update about the name change reached the trending list.
After looking around, she realized that Jing Xiu’s fans had put in a lot of effort.
Remember the portrait Chu Mengchun gave Gu Wanrong while traveling in Sanya?
Chu Mengchun said she was a self-media blogger. At that time, she asked Gu Wanrong if she could put the video online, and Gu Wanrong only said it was fine as long as her face wasn’t shown.
After that, Chu Mengchun edited the video, @-ed Gu Wanrong’s Dǒudǒu account, wrote the caption, and sent it out. After Gu Wanrong saw it, she commented on the video with a photo of the framed portrait.
The video was quite popular. One netizen who saw the video recognized Gu Wanrong as the person who had previously posted a picture of a garage full of luxury cars under another blogger’s post.
Combining the two—one was a private garage full of luxury cars, and the other was a large villa displaying a not-very-valuable portrait—the conclusion that her family background was top-tier came out. Then someone argued, looking for loopholes to say she wasn’t a rich person at all.
The two sides, those saying yes and those saying no, argued like this, getting more and more heated.
And other sharp-eyed netizens found that in the Sanya travel photos Gu Wanrong previously shared on Weibo, a silhouette of her surfing on the waves completely matched the portrait in terms of clothing, time, and location.
And this account was certified with the identity of the Chairperson of Qianyuan Group. This time, the conclusion that she was a wealthy person was truly irrefutable.
If that were all, the heat would still not reach the level of trending news.
However, Yishang Entertainment, a subsidiary of Qianyuan Group, had launched the nationally popular boy group Endless-9. The “HuanBuWanMoney” account had long been found and followed by the boy group’s fans.
Such a dramatic process of her “vest” being exposed was quite popular among the fan base, and since it was linked to the extremely popular Endless-9, the marketing accounts were naturally willing to join in.
Then Gu Wanrong changed her Dǒudǒu account name and the certification reached the trending list.
The comment sections of both accounts were extremely lively, with the vast majority being boy group fans watching the fun.
[Good Little Dog: Praise the Big Boss’s taste! Continue to look more at my Jing Xiu.]
[Jing-Xiu Forever: Who understands the joy of your bias being personally discovered by the Big Boss?]
[-Younger Dog Xiu-Xiu-: The Big Boss’s Dǒudǒu account still has Jing Xiu’s registration video saved to this day; she hasn’t deleted it.]
[Kyoto Zhijing: Boss, look at our Zhou Zhijing—a “Ge-Jiang” who can be salt or sweet, gentle and considerate.]
[Nine-Nine Forever: When will the Boss release the first album? The wallets of the fans are ready!]
[Five Kilograms Not Enough: (Photo certification). The Boss is the second largest shareholder of TiTo; in the future, the promotion of our Nine’s new songs will truly be in our home base.]
[Meat Bun Doesn’t Eat Meat: Today’s wish is here: when can I jump ship to Qianyuan Group, ahhhhh?!]
[Puppy Forget-Forget: Envy, jealousy, and hate. When will the Boss take me in? I’m not after the Qianyuan employees’ year-end gifts; I just want to contribute to your career.]
Translator’s Note: “Dǒudǒu” (抖抖) is a fictionalized version of Douyin (the Chinese version of TikTok). “Vest” (馬甲 – Mǎjiǎ) is internet slang for an online alias or alternative account. “TiTo” is a fictionalized version of TikTok. “Ge-Jiang” (哥醬) is a fan-term for an idol who is like a cool older brother. “Salt or sweet” (可鹽可甜 – Kě yán kě tián) refers to an idol who can be cool/sharp or cute/sweet. Gu Wanrong’s secret is finally out!
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