Chapter 818: Chapter 818

Yang Shuliu was a senior in the history department of S University, facing graduation.

Originally, she wanted to apply to the history department of Jing University during the college entrance examination. However, a significant change occurred in her family before the exam, causing a slight failure, and she had to settle for a local university instead.

But she had long been determined to get into the graduate program at Jing University's history department. Her roommates, who had been living with her in the same dorm for nearly four years, all knew this steadfast goal of hers.

Generally, they consciously avoided disturbing their roommate's dedicated studying.

Unless the situation was unusual.

"Liuliu, have you seen the trending topics?"

Yang Shuliu, buried in a large pile of exam preparation materials, looked up blankly at Yu Yuanyuan, who lived in the bed opposite hers. "What trending topic? The entrance exams are coming up soon. I don't have time to check trending topics! What is it this time? Is your idol trending again, and what's it about this time?"

Everyone in the dorm knew that Yu Yuanyuan's idol was Jiang Lingxi. They were even persuaded into watching the dramas and variety shows Jiang acted in. When the only movie she appeared in premiered, the dorm had gone together to see it.

Even if they didn't become hardcore fans, they were casual fans at least.

Moreover, the drama "Empress Yuan Zhao" starring Jiang Lingxi still held a special place in her heart.

Her graduation thesis was even related to historical topics about Empress Yuan Zhao.

"Oh, I can't explain it. Just look at this first."

Yang Shuliu took the phone Yu Yuanyuan handed her.

Number one on the trending list:

#Famous historian Zhang Dada harshly criticizes actress's thesis as attention-seeking#

These words separately were fine, but together, she was completely confused after reading it.

She was quite familiar with the History Zhang Dada account, having even followed it before.

The account's certification information was a guest professor at a well-known historical research institute, and something like the vice president of the Sinology Institute—titles that sounded impressive.

Although its followers didn't compare to entertainment stars, with tens of millions, it still had two to three million followers.

After all, historical research was a more niche circle. To have that many followers, it was considered the top of the niche.

She had followed it before but unfollowed it after a while.

Regardless of how much other friends who either studied history or simply loved history admired it, she always found History Zhang Dada's words too absolute, even somewhat radical. She couldn't tell if it was the person's character or if they had become arrogant.

The more she read his comments, the more uncomfortable she felt, so she simply unfollowed the account.

She was quite surprised that it was trending at the top.

But what about the part about the actress's thesis? What was happening?

How could an actress be linked to a thesis?

The entertainment world and academic circles didn't overlap at all!

Thinking this, her finger subconsciously clicked on the trending hashtag.

After reading the comments summarizing the situation by various netizens.

Yang Shuliu: "Oh dear!"

It turned out Jiang Lingxi was the actress Zhang Dada called attention-seeking!

The fact that Jiang Lingxi got into her dream Jing University's history department had trended before, not to mention there was a Jiang enthusiast in their dorm.

Even if she didn't usually pay much attention, she picked up quite a bit from Yu Yuanyuan about her.

But what she knew was related to the entertainment industry, like when was a drama airing, what variety shows she was participating in, which endorsement she had taken on, or which magazine cover she appeared on, and what awards she had won.

As for academics, she only knew that based on the timeline, Jiang should be in her sophomore year. If she successfully got into the graduate program at Jing University, she might even see Jiang Lingxi as a junior during her third year there, but that was it.

Until now, she didn't realize Jiang Lingxi had achieved much more than she imagined.

She completed four years of university courses in two years and obtained all the credits.

Graduated early after passing her thesis defense and even published the thesis.

This thesis also caused a sensation online.

Even though the thesis was questioned and criticized by History Zhang Dada as attention-seeking, followed by a slew of people jumping on the bandwagon, Yang Shuliu remained reserved in her judgment.

Firstly, she hadn't read Jiang Lingxi's thesis. Without knowing the whole picture, she couldn't comment.

Secondly, regardless of the quality of Jiang Lingxi's thesis, the fact that she completed all her undergraduate studies in two years and passed her thesis defense early already proved her considerable ability.

What's more, the professors in Jing University's history department are outstanding historians. Would they turn a blind eye during Jiang Lingxi's defense? Is that possible? Unless they didn't care about their reputation at all. Google seaʀᴄh 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭·𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦·𝘯𝘦𝘵

Thirdly, she didn't admire Zhang Dada, and his opinions didn't represent hers!

Stopped scrolling through comments supporting or criticizing Jiang Lingxi indifferently, Yang Shuliu returned the phone to Yu Yuanyuan, picked up a nearby tablet, opened a history website, and asked, "Yuanyuan, did you read Jiang Lingxi's thesis?"

"I glanced at it, but I couldn't understand much. Plus, there was too much content, making my head spin. When I was browsing the related post, I saw this topic trending again. This time, Zhang Dada's comments were really harsh. How could he say this about our Xixi…"

Listening, Yang Shuliu typed 'Jiang Lingxi' into the search bar, selected the author, and hit search.

Soon, a thesis by Jiang Lingxi appeared below the search bar.

When she saw the title, her eyes brightened.

It was actually about research on political commentary about Empress Yuan Zhao.

A bit similar to her thesis topic, except her scope wasn't as broad.

However, what Yu Yuanyuan said about it being extensive was true. Seeing the total word count on the interface, she couldn't help but click her tongue.

It might take her a whole day to read through it.

But after hesitating for less than a minute, she decisively clicked on it.

Since the topic happened to be one she liked, and the thesis had caused enough online debates to trend, with so many people paying attention, she wanted to know if it really was attention-seeking.

Or maybe, Zhang Dada was trying to boost his reputation by stepping on Jiang Lingxi's fame.

If it was the latter, that would be quite despicable!

Upon reading it, she couldn't stop.

From morning to evening, when the tablet ran out of battery, she watched it while charging, reminded to eat only by her grumbling stomach, "Just bring me a bowl of mixed noodles from the cafeteria."

A trip to the cafeteria and back, including eating, would take an hour at least. She could read a few more pages in that time!

The culprit Yu Yuanyuan: "I didn't expect her to get so obsessed!"

Even leaving her precious exam materials aside.

It wasn't until near midnight that the dorm lights went out.

Yang Shuliu sat under the desk lamp, first bookmarking the document before exiting reading mode. She exhaled deeply, stretched her incredibly stiff neck and shoulders, picked up her phone that had been neglected for almost a day, and once opened the trending list, she saw another trending topic appear at the top.

#Jiang Lingxi responds#

Her eyes immediately sparkled with determination!