Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself

Chapter 506: Let Me Visit the Set

Yu Xia had some self-awareness about her reputation. Compared to making promises and guarantees, bringing up the solid good guy image of her fellow actor might be more convincing.After speaking, she lay back down, mumbling sweet words: "Don’t overthink things all day. I only like you, love you to death, and have neither the time nor the mood to ogle at others."

Xie Qingci smirked.

"Love me to death? How come I don’t feel it? You didn’t even say you love me when you texted."

"I’m a bit reserved—"

Xie Qingci leaned closer to the screen, softly coaxing her, "I can’t feel it, so I kept thinking that way just now. Say you love me?"

Yu Xia felt like a buzzing mosquito was swirling around her head. She closed her eyes and murmured a few times.

"Love you, love you, love you to death."

Mei, who had just come in to deliver something, was dumbfounded by this powerful declaration of love, staying stuck by the door for two seconds.

They love so passionately!

"Sister, I’ll leave the yogurt here. Call me if you need anything." Mei put down the things and left quickly, afraid of interrupting their solemn moment of professing love.

Yu Xia glanced back, picked up the yogurt, then pulled out the slightly squashed bread, unwrapped it, and took a slow bite.

The bread was soft and mushy, and so was the person. This scene particularly thrilled Xie Qingci, and his Adam’s apple bobbed as he swallowed.

Maybe people just fall for the contrast. A cold person showing softness, a flamboyant person becoming gentle and cute, all very captivating.

He stopped talking again, and Yu Xia glanced at him as she ate.

The person on the screen was staring directly at her, not sure what he was looking at, like a puppy that hadn’t eaten for three days.

"What are you looking at?"

"Do you like eating this bread? Should I buy a couple of boxes to keep at home?"

"...No need," What nonsense, he said this unsweet bread was awful just a few days ago.

Her skeptical gaze was obvious, and Xie Qingci leaned back a little, thinking to himself that he’d still buy some to keep at home.

"By the way," Yu Xia remembered, "aren’t you supposed to go back to school for exams? It’s almost the end of June, why haven’t you mentioned it?"

"You remembered?" His eyebrows raised for a moment, "I thought you’d forgotten I was still a student. It’s still a few days before the exams, which will likely last about two weeks. The company hasn’t scheduled too many events for me in those two weeks."

"Oh." She continued biting into the bread.

Xie Qingci again showed that strange smile.

"You promised me before to accompany me back for the exams, now you’ve broken that promise, what do we do?"

Yu Xia glanced at him, "What do you mean what do we do, it’s not something I can control, can’t blame me."

"True, but what should I do about the feeling of a broken promise that’s making me sad? Will you agree to another thing for me?"

"...You’re really shameless. Speak."

He checked the calendar, "After the exams, there’s an event, then two or three days of free time. Can I come visit you on set?"

Yu Xia took a sip of yogurt, mumbling, "Just visiting?"

Again with the strange smile, making exchanges, but ending on something so simple?

"Just visiting. What do you take me for, I couldn’t bear to ask you for too difficult a promise." Xie Qingci said, raising his eyebrows ambiguously.

Yu Xia didn’t believe a word, pondering whether to agree to him or not.

The rich old master working out, watching other men hover around, did he still miss the beautiful concubine at home a bit?

Plus, he knew how to give massages, tidy up the house, cook, he was quite valuable.

Her mind stiffened a bit, thinking too long, and Xie Qingci started acting up again.

"Why think for so long? Don’t you want me to come see you? Is there something you don’t want me to see? Just now you said you love me to death, and now you’re dodging meeting in person. Sis, your love seems a bit fake."

The words carried a chill.

Yu Xia swallowed the last bite of bread, and waved her hand grandly, "Alright, alright, you can come."

With that, the ice melted, and Xie Qingci turned to have his assistant book the ticket.

"Two weeks, wait for me."

"Got it—I’m so sleepy."

He said softly, "Go to sleep, I’ll watch over you."

And that’s how she fell asleep, the video still going. She could hear Xie Qingci’s breathing, even though it was faint, it still gave her the illusion that he was right by her side.

If only he were really here, she thought as she dazed off.

...

July was already scorching hot, with birds lazing and leaves wilting wherever the sun reached.

People hurried back and forth around, parasols couldn’t block the heat waves, only when bicycles zipped by could a bit of cool breeze be felt.

Xie Qingci walked across the school plaza with his head down, following the information in the group chat to find the exam hall.

He moved low-profiled, taking his time walking alone, and only after sitting down at his spot did he remove his mask and hat, and the people in the classroom recognized him.

"Xie Qingci?"

"Wow, you’re back?"

"Did they give you the review materials?"

Soon, people from the next exam hall ran to the door to look at him, causing a small commotion.

Xie Qingci was experienced with this kind of situation, remained seated and unmoved, his gaze casually swept towards the door, originally to see if the teacher arrived, but caught sight of Chu Yao beyond the crowd.

Catching his gaze, Chu Yao instinctively shrank back, then mustered the courage to meet his eyes again.

But he had already moved his gaze away, as if she was just another unremarkable "don’t know the name, can’t remember the face" fellow student.

Chu Yao’s face turned white.

Just then the invigilator arrived, everyone scattered, and she followed her classmates absentmindedly to her own exam room.

The surrounding finally quieted down, Xie Qingci stood up to hand in his phone, the teacher saw him and smiled.

"How’s the reviewing going? Did the class rep give you the materials?"

"They did, Mrs. Zhang."

"Hope you maintain your grades. Though you’re already a star, education is important too. Stay in the top five, and you could be recommended for a master’s program in senior year. Isn’t the entertainment industry also competing on education now? More achievements, the merrier."

Xie Qingci earnestly nodded and agreed.

Many teachers were actually quite dissatisfied with his sudden entry into showbiz.

A brilliant student who got in with high scores, with such well-educated parents, teachers had high expectations for him, probably thinking he’d follow his parents’ path and contribute to national research.

No one expected he’d turn to showbiz.

There’s a significant difference between debuting without professional training and with it, his study time was severely compressed, and initially some department teachers believed he’d take time off school to earn money, or that he wouldn’t graduate in four years, as there were precedents.

So many teachers tried to persuade him at the time, asking why he had to enter the entertainment industry, given his good family background with no need to make quick money by debuting.

The rustling of exam papers interrupted his thoughts, he chuckled, took the sheet from the person in front, recalling something Yu Xia once said.

"I don’t even know what I was thinking, that’s just what I did."