The world of film and television starts from a young age.

Chapter 2225 The thesis was passed, and the two traveled together.

More than half a month later, Nie Xiguang took his graduation thesis to see his teacher again. This time, the teacher was very satisfied with the thesis and did not criticize Nie Xiguang because of the previous incident. Instead, the teacher praised Nie Xiguang.

"This draft is very well written. It focuses on the rapidly developing Internet industry in China, with a novel perspective and thorough analysis."

The teacher put down Nie Xiguang's paper and earnestly encouraged him: "So you see, you are capable. Why did you slack off and be lazy before?"

Nie Xiguang immediately adopted an attitude of admitting his mistake and began to flatter, "Teacher, I was wrong. I won't do it again next time. This draft of mine mainly relied on your guidance."

Actually, she didn't know much about the internet industry at first, and she only learned a lot by asking Zhou Chen. Although she did write the paper herself, Zhou Chen was a great help.

But how could her naive flattery possibly fool a seasoned teacher?

"You admit your mistake quite quickly. A little tweaking will be enough. I'll send the revisions to your email later."

"Thank you, teacher. Thank you, teacher."

"Your defense is in mid-June. Go back and prepare well. You must pass the defense on the first try."

Nie Xiguang immediately smiled happily and nodded excitedly, "Okay."

This was the result she was most satisfied with. The teacher's affirmation made her feel that her efforts over the past month had not been in vain. Not only herself, but Zhou Chen had also spent a lot of time with her during this month. Their efforts had finally paid off.

She walked out of the office happily, and went downstairs with light steps. When she saw Zhou Chen waiting downstairs, she ran towards him with a joyful expression.

"Zhou Chen, I passed, I passed."

Watching Nie Xiguang leap and bound like a happy kitten, Zhou Chen didn't hold back his praise and gave her a thumbs up.

"Impressive, I told you, you have the potential to become a strong woman. Your abilities are absolutely top-notch. Whether you can succeed depends on whether you want to do it or not. As long as you want to and put in the effort, you will definitely succeed. This graduation thesis is a perfect example."

Nie Xiguang's smile froze slightly: "It's just a graduation thesis, there's no need to praise it so much. The way you say it makes it sound like it's all my own achievement. You helped me a lot in passing this thesis. If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't have passed so easily this time."

"They're all the same, they're all the same."

Nie Xiguang was used to Zhou Chen's flattery; she wasn't easily fooled by nice words, but Zhou Chen was different. She couldn't bring herself to dislike his praise, yet she was overwhelmed by it.

The two walked out of the building and saw a lot of college students gathered on the flower bed and lawn next to them, taking photos together. Nie Xiguang was immediately attracted by this atmosphere. She couldn't help but think of herself. In a while, her college life would end and she would have to part ways with her classmates.

"Zhou Chen, when you graduated from university and parted ways with everyone, were you also very sad?"

Zhou Chen said, "I'm a guy, and separation is indeed sad, but not that serious. You girls express your emotions differently than us guys, so you might find it harder to face separation than we guys do."

When it comes to separation, no one in the world has experienced more than him; so many experiences have made him less sensitive to separation.

But Nie Xiguang is different. She hasn't experienced many separations. Suddenly having to part with her classmates of four years of university, the intense feeling of reluctance is hard for her to adapt to. She's already having a reaction even before the separation has started. She'll definitely feel even worse when the day of parting comes.

"You passed your paper today, that's such a happy occasion, you have to treat me to a nice meal, right?"

Nie Xiguang waved his hand generously: "Of course, no problem. Not to mention one meal, even ten meals would be no problem."

She was overjoyed to have passed her graduation thesis. All she had to do now was pass the defense, and she would be able to graduate and receive her degree certificate.

As for her future job, she had considered it. She had a very bad impression of Sheng Yuan before, so she had no interest in working for him. But recently, because she had been getting along well with Zhou Chen, she couldn't help but consider whether or not to go to Shanghai to work.

Of course, this is just a consideration, and we'll have to wait until she graduates to decide what will happen in the end.

During the meal, Nie Xiguang suddenly said, "My younger brother will be taking the college entrance examination in a few days. I have promised him that I would accompany him during the examination period, so I may not be available during those days."

"It's okay. I just came across a pretty good project recently and I'm planning to try to get involved with it."

"Oh, that's great. I was worried that having you help me with my thesis these days was interfering with your work."

Nie Xiguang herself didn't know why, but she had gotten used to Zhou Chen sitting next to her. So now that her thesis had passed, while she was happy, she also felt a little reluctant, because she felt that now that her thesis was finished, did Zhou Chen have no reason to stay and accompany her to the library?

Also, Zhou Chen has been spending most of his time with her these past few days and hasn't been working. She was worried that she might be affecting Zhou Chen's work, but hearing him say that now has comforted her a lot.

What project have you taken a liking to?

"It's related to your thesis. It's an internet project, somewhat similar to a campus network, but more geared towards the public."

Nie Xiguang's eyes lit up. Her thesis was about the Internet, and her passion for it hadn't faded yet. So when she heard Zhou Chen talk about it, she was very interested and began to discuss it in depth with him.

It was only a little before 1 p.m. when Nie Xiguang said enthusiastically, "When you came to Jinling before, I said I would show you around properly. But because of my graduation thesis, you've been with me the whole time, and I haven't had time to show you around properly. Now that my thesis has been temporarily passed and I just have to wait for the defense, I'll show you around Jinling properly."

"That would be wonderful."

Zhou Chen had no reason to refuse, and the two of them headed straight for Confucius Temple after leaving the restaurant. Since Jiangning University was very close to Confucius Temple, Nie Xiguang decided to make Confucius Temple their first stop.

Starting from Confucius Temple, Nie Xiguang took Zhou Chen to various tourist attractions in Jinling for the next two days.

Although Zhou Chen had been to these places countless times, he pretended not to have been there much in front of Nie Xiguang, letting Nie Xiguang have a good time being a tour guide.

As Jiang Rui began his college entrance exams, Nie Xiguang focused on accompanying him and stopped going out with Zhou Chen.

The college entrance examination lasted for three days. The first day went smoothly, but something awkward happened on the second day. Because Jiang Rui and Zhuang Xu's younger brother Zhuang Fei were taking the exam at the same school, Zhuang Xu specially took his younger brother Zhuang Fei to the exam venue on the second day after learning that Nie Xiguang was accompanying Jiang Rui. That's when he met Nie Xiguang.

Upon seeing Zhuang Xu, Nie Xiguang was surprised, then glared at Jiang Rui, who quickly shook his head, indicating that it had nothing to do with him.

In the past, Jiang Rui would have tried his best to help his sister when she encountered setbacks in her love life. However, after meeting Zhou Chen and discovering how much his sister Nie Xiguang cared about him, he naturally stopped trying to matchmake Zhuang Xu and his sister.

Although he thought Zhuang Xu was good, Nie Xiguang had been entangled with Zhuang Xu for so long without any results and was always hurt. On the contrary, after being with Zhou Chen, he could clearly see that his sister was very happy and had become much more cheerful.

For his younger brother, nothing else mattered, as long as Nie Xiguang was happy.

So of course he wouldn't be so tactless as to try and put his sister and Zhuang Xu together again.

Seeing Jiang Rui shake his head, Nie Xiguang knew he wouldn't lie to her, so she could only nod awkwardly at Zhuang Xu without saying anything.

After Jiang Rui and Zhuang Fei entered the examination room, Zhuang Xu finally had a chance to speak with Nie Xiguang alone.

Using the excuse that Nie Xiguang had invited Zhuang Fei to dinner yesterday, he invited Nie Xiguang and Jiang Rui to dinner today. Nie Xiguang couldn't refuse, so she had no choice but to agree. She felt that Zhuang Xu wanted to repay this favor, so if he wanted to repay it, then let him. Anyway, she didn't plan to have any further involvement with Zhuang Xu, so it was good to settle things cleanly this way.

So the two of them went to a nearby restaurant. Zhuang Xu quickly ordered a few dishes and then told the waiter to wait until the time was right before serving them.

There were only two people. Zhuang Xu took the initiative to start a conversation and wanted to talk to Nie Xiguang, but Nie Xiguang was very uncomfortable. She had been taken advantage of by Zhuang Xu and Ye Rong more than once, so she did not want to get entangled. If it weren't for Jiang Rui, she would not have sat with Zhuang Xu today.

Zhuang Xu came over today, but his real intention wasn't the trip. Zhuang Fei is taking the college entrance exam, so it doesn't matter whether he's there or not; after all, they're both adults.

His main purpose in coming here today was to target Nie Xiguang. He was a very conflicted person. He clearly cared a lot about Nie Xiguang, but he acted as if he didn't care and didn't take Nie Xiguang seriously. Moreover, every time he spoke to Nie Xiguang, he was sarcastic and veiled in sarcasm.

He felt that even if he treated Nie Xiguang like this, she wouldn't leave. As long as he did well in the future and confessed his feelings to Nie Xiguang, then everything from before would be forgotten.

That was his previous thought, but now it's different, not because of anything else, but because of Zhou Chen's appearance.

Zhou Chen's appearance beside Nie Xiguang gave him a huge sense of crisis from the first time they met. Recently, he has been unable to eat or sleep because he learned from Nie Xiguang's roommate that Zhou Chen has been with Nie Xiguang all the time, in the library.

If it were just a day or two, it would be fine, but Zhou Chen and Nie Xiguang appeared at the library at the same time for almost ten days, which is a different story.

Zhou Chen has already made it clear that he is Nie Xiguang's suitor, and Nie Xiguang's willingness to accept Zhou Chen and her constant companionship with him is enough to show that Nie Xiguang's attitude towards Zhou Chen is very different.

Therefore, for him, this was no longer a sense of crisis, but a deadly threat, forcing him to find a way to strike.

"Nie Xiguang, I heard your thesis passed with your professor. Congratulations!" Zhuang Xu congratulated Nie Xiguang with a friendly smile.

Nie Xiguang politely replied, "Thank you."

But the next moment, Zhuang Xu's smile disappeared, and he asked, "Why didn't you use the materials I gave you, but instead chose a different topic?"

Nie Xiguang said calmly, "Because I feel that the Internet field is more suitable for me. I'm sorry, I didn't use your materials, but I still want to thank you for preparing those materials for me."

"It's what I should do."

Zhuang Xu couldn't help but ask, "I heard that your suitor, Zhou Chen, helped you with your thesis this time?"

"Yes, Zhou Chen deserves a lot of credit for my paper passing so smoothly this time. He helped me a lot. Without him, it wouldn't have gone so smoothly."

Nie Xiguang made no attempt to hide his praise for Zhou Chen.

Zhuang Xu could clearly see that Nie Xiguang's attitude had changed when he mentioned Zhou Chen, which made him very uneasy.

"You and him..."

Nie Xiguang couldn't hold back any longer: "Excuse me, I'll go out for a walk first, and I'll come back after they finish their exams."

Without giving Zhuang Xu a chance to speak, she picked up her bag and strode out of the restaurant, leaving Zhuang Xu watching her retreating figure with a complicated expression.

"call!"

Stepping out of the restaurant, Nie Xiguang finally let out a long sigh. Although she no longer held any expectations for Zhuang Xu, she still felt a ripple in her heart when they were alone together. Moreover, for some reason, when she was talking to Zhuang Xu, Zhou Chen's image kept involuntarily appearing in her mind, which was one of the reasons why she didn't want to stay with Zhuang Xu any longer.

During subsequent meals, including the third day of the college entrance examination, Nie Xiguang tried to avoid being alone with Zhuang Xu, maintaining a lukewarm attitude that left Zhuang Xu feeling extremely frustrated.

As the last exam of the college entrance examination was about to end, many parents gathered at the school gate. Nie Xiguang was also waiting for Jiang Rui to come out. Standing next to her was Zhuang Xu, but Zhuang Xu's gaze was not directed towards the examination room. Instead, he kept sneaking glances at Nie Xiguang.

Nie Xiguang kept jumping up and down to look inside. Today was the last exam, and she was actually quite nervous. According to Jiang Rui himself, he had done well in the previous exams. If he also did well in the last one, he would definitely get into a university, and if he performed well, he could even get into a prestigious university.

Even for wealthy families like theirs, attending a prestigious university is a source of great pride, and she naturally hoped that her younger brother, Jiang Rui, could get into a good university on his own.

Just then, her phone rang. She looked down and saw that it was Zhou Chen, whom she hadn't contacted for two days, calling her.

She didn't care about anything else and answered the call immediately.

"Hey, Zhou Chen."

"Nie Xiguang, turn your head."

Nie Xiguang turned her head in confusion, then her eyes widened in disbelief, because Zhou Chen was standing less than five meters away from her, smiling at her.