There were make-up classes on Saturday, and the afternoon classes were in the last two periods. It was already past five o'clock when the classes ended, so there was no time to sit down and eat slowly. Xia Xi bought a wrap that she could eat while walking, said goodbye to her three roommates, and went to the teaching building where the student union meeting was held.

When she walked downstairs, Xia Xi had just finished her meal. She didn't rush upstairs. She took out a wet wipe from her bag to wipe her mouth, then took out her powder and lipstick and started to touch up her makeup.

It is impossible to study architectural design without staying up late, and it is impossible to have a perfect complexion by staying up late. It is very necessary to use makeup to cover up some of the sequelae of staying up late.

Xia Xi pursed her lips in front of the small mirror that came with the powder box, then rubbed her lips back and forth with her fingertips twice to spread the lipstick evenly. Finally, she looked at both sides of her face to make sure there were no blemishes. Only then did she put the cosmetics into her bag with satisfaction.

When she looked up, she saw several girls passing by and looking at her strangely.

Although Xia Xi was used to being stared at, she could sense whether it was with good intentions or bad. One girl, wearing a purple floral dress and a knitted vest, looked at her with a look of obvious disdain.

Xia Xi felt puzzled.

Is it okay for her to stand here and touch up her makeup?

Xia Xi didn't let this negative emotion linger in her heart for too long. She raised her hand, grasped the strap of the canvas bag on her shoulder, and quickened her pace into the teaching building.

The girls were walking in front of her, talking and laughing. Xia Xi didn't pass them, but followed them up the stairs quietly.

"That was Xia Xi just now, right? I've heard of her a long time ago, but this is the first time I see her. Why is she here at this time?" It was already quite a while after school, and no one would come here except for the student union members like them who needed to attend a meeting.

"Don't you know? She joined the student union."

"Huh? I heard she's a junior. Most people quit the student union in their junior year, so why is she still joining?"

"What else could it be? Their real purpose is not to drink, but to target our chairman." His tone was sour.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, she's so persistent. But she's right to come. Senior Xu will definitely be here today. He's recruiting a group of new people, so as the student union president, he has to show up."

After listening to their conversation, Xia Xi understood a little bit. It turned out that they were from the student union and might have admiration and love for Xu Yanfeng, so they disliked her.

I understand.

Xia Xi got the answer she wanted and stopped following them slowly. She took two steps at a time, squeezed to the edge of the stairs, and said lightly, "Excuse me."

The girls sitting next to them instinctively moved inward to make way for the people behind them. When Xia Xi walked in front of them, the girl who made way for them suddenly changed her expression. She exchanged glances with the others and silently mouthed: It's Xia Xi.

The other few people also looked uneasy. They were caught talking behind the person's back, which was really embarrassing.

The girl in the floral dress and knitted vest curled her nose and pursed her lips, rolling her eyes upwards. She didn't lower her voice, not afraid that Xia Xi would hear her: "What are you afraid of? We didn't say anything bad about her. Isn't what we said the truth? If anyone should feel guilty, she should be the one feeling guilty."

When several girls arrived at the conference room, Xia Xi had already found a seat and was playing with her mobile phone with her legs crossed.

She wore a white, hollowed-out knitted long-sleeved shirt, through which a matching tank top could be vaguely seen. Paired with a black denim A-line skirt and flat boots, she revealed a slender, white leg that was truly dazzling. It was a very simple outfit, but no one else could have pulled it off in the way Xia Xi did. It was a perfect blend of coolness and charm, neither too much nor too little.

Zhou Xiaoyu frowned, walked behind Xia Xi, and knocked on the back of the chair, reminding this person who had taken over his seat: "This is my seat, please stand up."

Xia Xi raised her eyes from the phone screen and glanced at it. It was the girl in the floral long skirt and knitted vest. The look in her eyes when she looked at her downstairs just now was not very friendly.

"Is your name written?" Xia Xi did not stand up and give her the seat as she asked, but asked seriously.

Zhou Xiaoyu frowned even deeper.

"Xia Xi, you joined the External Relations Department, right?" Zhou Xiaoyu said with a cold expression, which didn't fit the "Xiaoyu" in her name at all. "I'm the director of the External Relations Department. What are you doing? Don't you take me, the director, seriously?"

She was not there on the day of the interview with the External Relations Department. Several other people were in charge. If she had been there, she would definitely not have hired Xia Xi.

Xia Xi didn't respond, but looked at the two boys sitting opposite her. She had just met them. They were the heads of the Propaganda Department and the Discipline Inspection Department respectively. She asked, "Are the seats fixed during the meeting?"

The two boys didn't understand the undercurrents among the girls, and the head of the Propaganda Department answered honestly, "No."

The head of the Discipline Inspection Department then chimed in: "You can sit anywhere you want."

Xia Xi smiled slightly and turned to look at Zhou Xiaoyu, whose face had turned ashen. "Then why did the director of the External Relations Department say that I took her place?"

She had originally wanted to apply for the Secretariat, which would assist the presidium in its work and allow her to develop a closer relationship with Xu Yanfeng. Unfortunately, fate didn't always work out for her, and the Secretariat was fully staffed, so she had no choice but to settle for something called the External Relations Department.

Zhou Xiaoyu was indeed unreasonable and couldn't argue with her, so she pulled her chair loudly and sat down below Xia Xi in anger.

Xia Xi propped her cheek up with her hand and tilted her head to look at her. She said innocently, "I've never been a member of the student union. I've heard that some schools' student unions have serious bureaucracy, and I thought that Nanjing University wouldn't be like that. After all, it's a century-old prestigious school with a deep foundation and a well-known reputation. But just now, I heard the minister using his status to pressure others with every word. It's such an official aura that I'm suddenly a little suspicious."

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