Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself

Chapter 490: If Someone Proposes Marriage, How Would You Refuse?

The remaining days passed quickly, like sand slipping through fingers, disappearing in an instant.Walking with You’s one-month relationship test was drawing to an end.

After almost a month of live streaming, whether loving couples or problematic breaking-up pairs, everyone’s online popularity had significantly increased.

Every now and then, you could see discussions about them online, which triggered deep thoughts on how men and women approach relationships, steadily increasing their influence.

This was the final test, not involving separate rooms, not involving regrouping, but rather a final examination of everyone’s relationship status.

"Imagine, if one day you have a big fight, on the verge of breaking up, and a friend wants to mediate, asking you for the reason, how would you respond to them?"

Breakups reveal character, you definitely can’t just blame the other party blindly now.

So, everyone’s answers were basically self-reflections.

Liu Yicheng: "It’s definitely something I did wrong that hurt her."

Mo Yunchu: "I was confused, and made her angry."

Qian Ling: "If we had a big fight, it would probably be due to differing views on something causing conflict. If a friend wanted to mediate, really just one of us would need to take a step back. I would clarify and then take a step back."

Wang Xuchun, as usual, took the straightforward route: "It probably means I can no longer tolerate their temper, can mediation really help at this point?"

Zheng Jinjin lightly pointed out, "That depends on whether you still like them or not. Using temper as an issue blurs the truth, you’re just not that into them anymore."

Lin Shuangyin agreed as well: "If we had a big fight and even mentioned breaking up, both parties surely have issues, taking some time apart to seriously think is most important."

Ling Yan: "I don’t see it that way, taking time apart won’t solve the problem, it might even let the conflict end without resolution, because everyone has an avoidance mentality. If I didn’t clear things up immediately, I’d just get stuck on small details, and if a friend tried to mediate, I probably wouldn’t actively reconcile because I lack security, I hope he would come to me and clear things up."

Talking about insecurity, Qian Ling held her hand, looking deeply into her eyes.

Then they started cueing Yu Xia and Xie Qingci.

"What do you guys think?"

I think you all are a bit crazy.

Yu Xia complained in her heart but said calmly, "I’d probably say the feelings have faded."

"Just like that? Wouldn’t you confide in a friend?" Zhou Yu asked.

"Not really," she paused for two seconds then denied, "unless it’s my brother or sister-in-law, but they wouldn’t reconcile us."

Liu Yicheng jokingly asked, "Are they going to encourage a breakup?"

"What else? We had a fight, talked about breaking up, I’d definitely feel terrible, they only care if I’m happy, not who my boyfriend is."

Liu Yicheng: "..." He shot Xie Qingci a sympathetic look.

Unexpectedly, Xie Qingci gave a similar answer: "If we fight and talk about breaking up, there are many reasons, but I wouldn’t explain much to friends."

Zhou Yu asked again, "You don’t like confiding in friends either?"

"Confiding is a way of venting, not a solution. If I want to mend things, I can do it myself, she doesn’t like others involving in our matters either."

Yu Xia, satisfied, patted his ear.

The director listened to them and then asked another extreme question.

"This time it’s not about breaking up, but the other party suddenly proposes, and you don’t want to agree, how would you say it?"

Qian Ling answered first: "I might not be ready yet to be a husband, or a father, I’m not sure if I can bring her happiness, I’m always afraid marriage will consume the hard-earned love we have."

Ling Yan’s eyes unexpectedly welled up, looking genuinely touched.

Zhou Yu said: "Marriage doesn’t actually change anything, it’s just time passing by with a loved one. I couldn’t feel any happiness before, would marriage really change that? To put it bluntly, he can’t give me security, nor can marriage."

Lin Shuangyin: "I occasionally think about getting married, but if it actually came to that, I might be more scared than expectant. If I don’t want to agree, that’s probably the reason."

Mo Yunchu patted her back, lowering his head to comfort her.

Lan Hui and Zheng Jinjin’s answers were simpler. As singles, their approach to marrying or not is more superficial, responses stayed on "don’t want to marry," "dating time not enough, just want our world," "want to date but not marry into their family."

It was Xie Qingci’s turn, and he gave a different answer.

"I can’t find a reason."

If Yu Xia told him she wanted to marry, become one family, really bind together forever, he’d only be afraid it’s fake, not finding a reason to refuse.

He turned to look at Yu Xia: "What about you?"

"I would just refuse—" She poked his shoulder, "Because you’re not yet of legal marriage age, I don’t want to break the law."

Xie Qingci: "..."

The others were stunned, then burst into laughter.

Thinking of all reasons and never expected this, even Xie Qingci found it funny and exasperating.

"What if you are of legal age?" It’s less than a year away.

"I still wouldn’t agree immediately, you have to get past my brother first." Yu Xia blinked, kindly reminding him.

Xie Qingci could only sigh.

Lin Shuangyin continued asking: "If we put aside these external reasons, purely from a relationship standpoint, how would you refuse?"

Yu Xia thought for a moment and said: "The timing isn’t right yet. Thinking about this issue without the intention to marry is itself a disturbance. Marriage is different from dating, it requires more consideration and adjustment, I think at this point we’re not there yet."

Everyone looked at Xie Qingci’s reaction, his expression calm, no objection, even playing with Yu Xia’s hand.

The bullet screen was full of discussions.

[If I had Yu Xia’s confidence, I wouldn’t worry about not having handsome guys to date, living freely in love without the pressure of marriage, not like my cautious self.]

[Who wouldn’t want a doting brother like hers?]

[The younger brother isn’t old enough to marry; their discussion makes me think their wedding news would hit trending next.]

[Impossible, don’t believe it, Xie Qingci just debuted over a year ago!]

[Does someone think the marriage issue is with Xie Qingci? Come on, even if Yu Xia’s heart could be kept, her domineering brother is no small hurdle, I bet Xie Qingci will be thirty and still fail to win her heart, then I’ll laugh to death.]

[Qian Ling, be honest with auntie, did you copy a standard answer from the internet? Just came out smoothly, did you think about this often?]

[This is the first time I’ve ever seen a couple with no sense of love, I thought this only existed in cliché novels.]

[Mo Yunchu and Lin Shuangyin seem more normal, no need to listen to Wang Xuchun, he won’t face this issue even at eighty.]

[Hahahahaha how mean!]