The fact that the vice presidents of two prestigious universities, Tsinghua and Peking University, personally came to compete for Zhou Chen was spread by Li Kaile in the group chat.
The group chat exploded again.
"The fact that a vice-principal-level leader poached Zhou Xuebao shows how much these two prestigious universities value him."
"Yes, I've never heard of a vice principal personally taking action."
"Zhou Xueba's scores speak for themselves. He can choose any university in the country. It's perfectly normal that no school would want to miss out on such an outstanding student as Zhou Xueba. I wouldn't be surprised if even a prestigious foreign university came to poach him."
This statement resonated with everyone in the group, who unanimously agreed.
The classmates in the class were envious, but few were jealous, because everyone knew that Zhou Chen had earned his place through his own hard work.
Soon, the news that Zhou Chen rejected invitations from Tsinghua and Peking Universities and decided to go to Peking University spread quickly. This matter not only became a hot topic among the students of the high school, but also attracted considerable attention online.
Many media outlets reported on this:
Zhou Chen, the top scorer in the province with 761.5 points, rejected Tsinghua and Peking Universities and chose Yanda University instead!
A young man from a small town defies fate and is sought after by various universities, ultimately choosing to join hands with Yanda University!
Tsinghua and Peking Universities missed out on a genius, and Yenching University won another victory!
"Brother Chen, you're like a celebrity now. A lot of people are talking about you. You're famous now."
Li Kaile saw a lot of news about Zhou Chen and was even happier to see that Zhou Chen's popularity was comparable to that of a celebrity than he himself had become famous.
Zhou Chen remained calm and did not become arrogant or complacent because of the media reports. He knew that the greater the current attention, the bigger the waves would be if those vampires in Zhoujia Village went to war with him, leading to a concentrated attack on him by those who were unaware of the truth.
"Huh?"
"Brother Chen, look!"
suddenly,
Li Kaile handed over his phone, and a news article appeared in front of Zhou Chen.
Zhou Ling?
Zhou Chen's expression flashed, and he read through the entire news article.
A moment later,
Zhou Chen frowned slightly, while Li Kaile looked puzzled and asked, "Brother Chen, what's wrong with her? She used to spread rumors and smear you, but now she's saying nice things about you in front of reporters. Has the sun risen in the west, or has she finally seen the light?"
"Take a look at the comments below."
Zhou Chen returned the phone to Li Kaile.
Li Kaile quickly scrolled through the comments below, and soon his expression changed. "How could this be?"
The comments were almost entirely critical of Zhou Chen, with many saying that she was cold, heartless, and didn't care about her sister.
"She didn't seem to say anything bad about me, but that had a much better effect than if she had said something bad about me in front of reporters."
Zhou Chen explained in a deep voice.
It must be said that Zhou Ling has finally figured things out this time. Instead of using the foolish method of direct attack, she has adopted a more sophisticated approach. By saying that he is such a competent and successful older brother, she contrasts his current life with that of living in a dilapidated house, creating a huge contrast that arouses the suspicion of those who are unaware of the situation, followed by sympathy, and finally anger, leading them to spontaneously stand up for Zhou Ling.
"She deliberately flatters Brother Chen, letting netizens discover her own unsatisfactory life and collectively attacking Brother Chen. She's so despicable. I thought she had changed for the better, but things are even worse than before."
Li Kaile was furious. He had never seen such a shameless person as Zhou Ling. She clearly owed Zhou Chen's family a debt of gratitude for raising her, and not only was she ungrateful, she also frequently went against Zhou Chen. It was as if she had raised an enemy.
"Brother Chen, we can't let public opinion completely side with him. Let's find a reporter to clarify things and let netizens know the truth."
Li Kaile immediately made the suggestion.
Zhou Chen shook his head. "Explaining now will only make people think I'm covering up, which will only make things worse. Let's let things play out for a while; the real show is yet to come."
Um?
Li Kaile didn't quite understand. Could it be that something similar to what Zhou Ling did, a disguised attempt to smear Zhou Chen, was about to happen?
Will two other ingrates cause trouble?
Li Kaile didn't know, but he felt that Zhou Chen's words, "Let the bullets fly for a while," sounded familiar; he had said that phrase before.
The current situation is definitely under Zhou Chen's control. There will definitely be a solution to those negative opinions in the end. I remember the last time I said this, public opinion was tilting in Zhou Ling's favor. Now, it's just a similar scene being replayed. In the end, it will inevitably be Zhou Ling herself who loses face.
Li Kaile had great confidence in Zhou Chen, even to the point of blind worship. In his mind, there was nothing Zhou Chen couldn't do or solve.
On the other end,
"Second sister, if you're willing, I'll contact reporters and have them interview you."
"Just tell me how you were frugal at school, how you saved money on food and meals, how you worked as a tutor, etc. You don't need to say too much else."
"If you don't want to mention him, that's fine too, just talk less about him."
Zhou Ling arrived at the hotel and found Zhou Na, persuading her to participate in the interview. Her previous interview video had already begun to circulate, causing some people to spontaneously speak out on her behalf.
Adding Zhou Na to the mix would make this story even more convincing.
Therefore, if Zhou Chen wants to eliminate the negative impact, he has to take the initiative to offer them benefits.
Zhou Ling has come to terms with it. She and Zhou Chen can never go back to their former brother-sister relationship. Since Zhou Chen treats her as an enemy, she doesn't need to be polite. She will take every benefit she can from Zhou Chen.
Zhou Na is not interested in interviews. She doesn't want to be posted online and talked about. This is a double-edged sword; if not handled properly, it can harm her.
Having figured this out, she promptly called Cai Xiaowei and asked her to delete the previous interview video.
Zhou Ling wanted to take advantage of Zhou Chen's status as the provincial top scorer to give various interviews, but she felt this was not a good thing.
Most importantly, she doesn't want to ride on Zhou Chen's popularity or appear in the public eye as Zhou Chen's sister. She wants to break free from everything related to her family of origin, so she should completely sever ties with the people and things from her past.
"I will not give interviews, you don't need to persuade me."
Zhou Na expressed her opinion, thought for a moment, and then said, "If you just want to be on TV and give interviews, that's fine. But if you also want to go against him, I advise you to give up. You've fought with him so many times and failed every time. You should learn your lesson. You can't beat him."
"Second sister, I didn't want to fight him, you're overthinking it..."
Zhou Ling quickly denied it.
After all, she didn't want Zhou Na to know that she was there to use Zhou Na for the interview in order to achieve her and Zhao Kun's plan.
"I hope I'm overthinking it. Take my advice and don't provoke him anymore."
Zhou Na knew Zhou Ling was lying, but she was too lazy to investigate further. She was about to go to university and didn't want to cause Zhou Ling any more trouble.
If Zhou Ling insists on going her own way, we can only let her have her way.
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