The Villainous Celebrity Wife of the CEO - Chapter 173

Fanwai Fall Off a Horse ①
There was no banquet that would never end in this world. Su Jinqing was back and Su Jishi was leaving.

After this period of contact, Su Jishi, Fang Xie, Ashan, and Xiao Xia’s relationship had been very good. During her departure, everyone was reluctant to let her go.

Xiao Xia asked her, “Sister Su, when you go back, will you be recognized, ah?”

“No,” Su Jishi denied categorically, “Do you know how many Asians there are in our graduate school combined with PhD students?”

“Uh…” Xiao Xia stalled, stuck. “I don’t know.”

“Only five. Moreover, only two speak Chinese, including me, and the other one is still on ABC.”

Geology was a poor discipline. If postgraduates developed in the engineering direction, that would be okay. There was basically no way to make ‘money’ in the theoretical direction she was taking.

You shouldn’t be fooled by the fact that studying abroad would make you sought-after, most students would still choose majors that could be practiced. Geology was a side field of study. The Institute had a limited number of recruits a year, and Su Jishi was one of the very few women in their department; a black-haired, black-eyed Chinese, as precious as a giant panda.

Later, her instructors and classmates simply called her Panda Su.

Su Jishi was not worried at all that she would be recognized when she returned to the United States.

Foreigners basically find Asians similar. Once she took off her makeup and changed into a tee, who could link her with the bright and shiny Su Jin on the screen again?

……

As she expected, after she returned to school, she went back to her quiet life in the lab—home—field—professor’s office. Every day, she would go to the research lab to write her thesis, and at night, she would wait for the moon to rise high and then go home in the darkness.

Her mentor had only two PhD students, and the other black brother had not yet graduated after six years of study.

When she returned from her leave, her mentor asked her, “Panda Su, did you settle things at home?”

When she applied for a leave to return home, she told her mentor the truth —— Her mother had died; her sister had disappeared; and she was left with a large debt to deal with —— Her mentor exclaimed, “Oh my gosh,” and quickly granted her leave.

Su Jishi replied, “Thank you for your concern. My sister is back from her break, and the debt problem has been solved.”

The mentor said, “That’s good, that’s good. By the way, what are you considering for your job? I can write a letter of recommendation for you, and of course, if you want to continue your postdoctoral studies, I can recommend a mentor for you.”

With a major like theirs, if they didn’t join a geology team in the future, then they’d have to enter the research institute to do research. No matter what direction Su Jishi wanted to go, now was the time to throw her resume out there.

Su Jishi: “This isn’t urgent. I went back to China this time and met a wealthy man who is interested in funding my research.”

A spark erupted in the eyes of the fifty-something mentor: “Which tycoon is so rich… I mean, visionary?”

For research, naturally, the more funding, the better. Her mentor’s current project was at a critical time to burn money and was in great need of sponsorship.

Su Jishi modestly said, “That rich man happens to be my boyfriend.”

Mentor: “…”

The mentor grimaced.

Upon hearing the news, Su Jishi’s black senior brother came to join in the gossip.”Didn’t you say you wanted to strive for your career for life and didn’t want to spend time in a relationship? Why have you suddenly fallen in love?”

Su Jishi thought for a moment before answering, “Actually, before I met him, I really didn’t want to fall in love. But when I went back home this time, due to some coincidences, we met. I gradually was impressed by him. What’s more, we’re physically very compatible, so I decided to get along with him first to see.”

Black Senior Brother: “Oh, you were introduced to each other?”

Su Jishi: “Not really. He was my sister’s boyfriend when I met him.”

“…”

“My sister and I are twins. He never recognized me, so I made the best of a bad bargain.”

Her senior brother immediately applauded her, struck dumb by her imperial hip-hop-like manner.

“What about your sister? Doesn’t your sister have a problem with that?”

“Her? She doesn’t have a problem with it. She didn’t love him and had only been with him for his money.”

Su Jishi didn’t know how to describe the complicated relationship between the three of them, so she simply picked out the main key point to say.

As a result, after her senior brother heard it, he made up a whole torrential drama in his head.

He thought, Who says the Chinese are conservative? If the story of Panda Su and her sister were adapted into an American drama, this year’s Emmy Awards would be theirs!

……

Some time later, Su Jishi’s mentor informed her that an official Chinese geological exchange group would be arriving in their institute for an exchange, which included not only front-line researchers from the Chinese Academy of Geosciences, but also some university professors and a few investors who came along for the visit.

Since Su Jishi was the only Chinese in the faculty, his mentor wanted her to help receive them.

Su Jishi casually obliged.

The visiting delegation all started at the age of 45. If Su Jishi had bumped into Maggie Cheung or Lin Qingxia, she would have been flustered. Although she and the popular starlet Su Jin were identical, she expected them not to recognize her.

… It was her negligence and carelessness that caused her to eventually capsize.

On the reception of the group’s arrival in the afternoon, Su Jishi was picked from the research room by her mentor and was pushed out to be the interpreter.

Su Jishi was almost rooted in the lab these days for the final data of her thesis, and she completely forgot about the task assigned to her by her mentor. When she was pushed out, her hair was casually tied into a bun, and she didn’t even have time to change into a formal dress.

But as an old geological dog, if she was bright, neat and beautifully glamorous, then she wasn’t a good dog.

Su Jishi hurried to the gate, only to see a team of more than thirty visiting scholars gathered there. They were all black-eyed and yellow-skinned, all her compatriots.

When Su Jishi took a closer look, she suddenly realized that among the crowd, there was actually an acquaintance —— the Dean of the Geological Institute, Zhang, with whom she had met twice and with whom she had even filmed a movie!

Su Jishi: “…”

Su Jishi, the old dog, started to panic.

Su Jishi hid behind a tree, looking at the old professors talking from afar, and hurriedly called Fang Xie, who was far away, to ask how to solve this situation.

Fang Xie was shocked: “Can’t this job be pushed?”

Su Jishi: “I can’t push it!”

Fang Xie: “Can’t you say you aren’t feeling well?”

Su Jishi: “I just helped my senior sister lift a 50-pound stone sample before I left home!”

“…” Fang Xie said with a headache, “Then it seems that the only way left now is to quit school.”

Su Jishi: “…”

Su Jishi hung up the phone and decided to tough it out.

She let her hair down to shield her eyes, borrowed clear glasses from another school girl passing by, straightened her clothes, pretended to be the heroine of the “Super Girl” manga, and walked to them calmly.

The Su family sisters were naturally beautiful, but the bare-faced Su Jishi was indeed quite different from the bright and glamorous Su Jin online.

Before she became Su Jin, she didn’t know how to wear contacts and couldn’t figure out where to put her false eyelashes. Now that she had ‘fallen back into the world’, she wore loose work clothes and had the style of a mature researcher in her every move. When she looked in the mirror before going out everyday, she wondered who was the real her; the person in the mirror or the actress on TV.

When she thought of this, Su Jishi’s heart, which was floating in the air, gradually fell.

She took a step towards the group of old professors.

The visiting group was informed in advance that there would be a Chinese student to lead them around the campus, but they didn’t expect it to be a young girl.

Geology in China was limited by various factors. There were always more men than women, and only a few women were studying for their PhDs. The ratio of men to women in the delegation of scholars today was a disparate four to one.

Therefore, everyone’s eyes that fell on Su Jishi contained tons of questions.

Su Jishi responded frankly and introduced herself.

“Hello, teachers. I’m a Chinese volunteer sent by the university, a doctoral student in the field of Quaternary Geology. My name is Su…”

“—— Su Jin?” Dean Zhang exclaimed in the crowd, “Why are you here?”

Su Jishi: “…”

Dean Zhang suddenly realized: “Ah, I know. Are you participating in that kind of variety show spoof show, huh?” While saying that, he looked up from side to side, trying to find hidden cameras.

Su Jishi paused for a few seconds, blinked, and threw out a soulful triple question: “Who is Su Jin? Is she a Chinese actress? Do I look a lot like her?”