Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself

Chapter 496: Advanced Acting Principles

After the "silly smile rule" was mentioned, Xie Qingci got scolded by Yu Xia.Yu Xia was worried that Yu Yue might learn it and end up going out and silly smiling at pretty girls on the street, wouldn’t that make him really look like a fool?

She repeatedly told Yu Yue, "Brother was just saying that to fool you. He didn’t pursue me with silly smiles, he used roses and love letters."

Yu Yue nodded like a chick pecking at grains, "I got it. So what did my dad use to pursue my mom?"

Yu Xia thought hard to come up with an educational answer, "With ability, which in your current situation, translates to grades."

Yu Yue showed a disinterested expression and quickly lost interest, running off from her side.

She sighed and turned her gaze back to the screen.

Xie Qingci had been silent just now, lazily resting his chin on his hand, watching her educate the unfortunate nephew.

Seeing her focus back on him, he asked, "Did you miss me?"

Yu Xia instinctively glanced at the balcony, then spoke softly.

"Yes, yes, yes. Say something I can say."

"Everything is sayable." His assistant brought over a meal, inside were just some vegetables, fruit, and a piece of boiled chicken breast.

Yu Xia frowned, "You haven’t eaten yet?"

"Hmm, no break during the shoot." He ate some tasteless chicken breast without changing his expression, but his brows furrowed slightly when he swallowed.

He looked rather pitiful, even more so than when he actively said he was uncomfortable with lowered eyes.

"So pitiful," she poked his face on the screen with her fingertip, "ask your assistant to prepare some easy-to-carry fast food for you, this job often messes with your schedule, you have to find ways to take care of yourself."

Xie Qingci obediently replied, "Okay," continuing to eat and frowning with every bite.

She couldn’t help but say, "Otherwise, should I come by to check on you?"

"Is that okay?" He leaned closer to the screen, his eyelashes quivering visibly, "Is it a bother?"

"Not a bother, but I can only come for one day."

"That’s fine, one day is great," he smiled understandingly and contentedly.

Mr. Yang and the assistant off-camera looked at him with complex expressions.

Witnessing Xie Qingci’s high-level acting skills of feigning pity, their feelings were complicated.

With this kind of acting, what role can’t he play? This is surely a promising future.

Just worried he might only show such high-level acting in front of Yu Xia.

After they finished their video call, Mr. Yang was about to say to hurry up and eat because filming needed to continue later.

Then he saw Xie Qingci finish the meal quickly without changing expressions, toss the box away, and turn around.

"Has it started outside? Let’s go and wait early."

Mr. Yang: ... Yu Xia, come quickly! This dude is two-faced!

...

Yu Xia stayed at home for three days, then packed up and went to where Xie Qingci was working.

But she only stayed for one day, and before He Ci could bombard her with his sinister expression stickers, she rushed back to Hai City to stay put.

He Ci was pondering giving her more jobs to keep her too busy for romance, so she could focus only on her career.

Before he could act, the long-anticipated film started auditioning for roles.

The audition times for each role were different; the role Yu Xia was aiming for had its audition time in early May.

During the gap, she locked herself in an acting improvement class and underwent strict physical fitness and shaping exercises, leaving no time for daily calls with Xie Qingci.

In the improvement class, there was also a practical performance exercise, where she had to play various roles and blend into a crowd without being recognized for two to three days, ensuring even less time and energy for video chats with Xie Qingci.

Yu Xia drew the role of a mats saleswoman, stationed in a mall with a megaphone for half a day without any buyers, having to control herself from lying on the comfy mats.

During lunchtime, while learning about mat products after eating a boxed lunch with other salespeople, He Ci came over as a supervisor and filmed her product demonstration video.

After filming, he talked to her about the latest online news.

"The love reality show curse hit again, that Qian Ling was photographed getting out of the same car with a female influencer this morning."

Yu Xia wiped her sweat, not too surprised, "It’s not surprising, can’t really call it a curse. But the show just ended half a month ago; Qian Ling shouldn’t be so stupid to expose it now."

"Do you know when the paparazzi got the shot? At six in the morning."

Shows Qian Ling was really cautious but didn’t expect the paparazzi to be so dedicated, squatting someone at six in the early morning.

She raised an eyebrow, "So how did they respond? What about Ling Yan?"

"How else to respond, just say they are friends," He Ci is very familiar with this tactic, "Said there were other people there at the time, especially emphasizing Ling Yan’s presence. But Ling Yan’s side was tougher, directly denying it and then posting a vague sad quote."

Things like "I used to believe you" "I willingly believed your lies" "I was too foolish", not directly saying if they broke up, but making it seem like Qian Ling cheated.

No one knows if it’s true.

He Ci added, "Now everyone is guessing who’ll be the next problematic couple."

Yu Xia waved her hand, "Definitely not us."

"No, on the contrary, you two top the ’definitely breaking up’ list."

"?" She frowned incredulously, "Why?"

He Ci mystically said, "Over-shown, many people think you’re faking love, some even analyze that you’re still in love with your ex, using Xie Qingci as a pastime, claiming he can’t tie down your playboy heart."

"...Boring."

He Ci: "So who do you think will be the next one?"

"Zhou Yu and Liu Yicheng, probably reconciling."

He didn’t believe it, "Fans edited videos of them, I watched them. If they reconcile, Zhou Yu must be under a spell, right?"

"There are all sorts of people in the world, in dramas, some people are willing to be someone’s parent till death."

He Ci still didn’t buy it, "That’s artistic addition, in reality, no one should be that subservient."

Unexpectedly, just three days later, a marketing account revealed Zhou Yu and Liu Yicheng’s reconciliation with a near wedding in the works.

He Ci worriedly came over, hesitated for a while, then asked her, "Is Zhou Yu pregnant?"

"You just guessed? I thought our all-knowing Manager He knew everything."

He Ci still looked worried at her, "I do know everything."

Then dropped a bombshell.

"Haven’t you called Xie Qingci in the last couple of days? Didn’t he tell you, he was photographed having dinner with a non-celebrity girl yesterday outside. The place they were eating at is a club, he went inside late at night for a private meeting with the girl."

Yu Xia was still organizing notes from her acting improvement class, her pen just paused momentarily when she heard this, and she finished writing those two words before stopping.

"Are there pictures? Let me see."

He Ci enlarged the photo for her to see.

"Based on short-lived trust in him, I guess something happened forcing him into that place. If you call to ask, remember to let him finish talking before getting mad."

"I’m not the kind of person who gets mad easily."