Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 116 - 106: Selling Basins, Showing Faces

He Ci was obviously still very angry about what was said earlier, while Yu Xia tried to laugh it off, cautiously protecting his fragile emotions.

"Well, He, just consider my words earlier as nonsense, don’t take them to heart. Your ex not appreciating you is his loss!"

He Ci stared at her in the rearview mirror, his eyes brimming with murderous intent: "How many times are you going to emphasize this?"

"...Ha, hahaha, well, right, He, why did you come over? It’s just an indoor program, why trouble yourself?"

"I’m here to keep an eye on you," He Ci continued to look at her with that gaze and said sinisterly, "Having just cleared up everything, with all this tension recently, I won’t allow any more ambiguous affairs involving you and anyone else to pop up."

"I wouldn’t dare, I haven’t even properly admired the younger brothers’ handsomeness to avoid suspicion."

He Ci nodded: "So I think you’re not content, and will earnestly admire them in the last few episodes; I’m here to stop you anytime."

Yu Xia: "..."

This really has him seeing right through her psychological activities.

At the program crew, He Ci followed Yu Xia into the room.

Inside, the younger guys participating today were already sitting. Xie Qingci was the first to look up and see her, and after noticing her manager was behind, only called her Yu Xia and turned away again.

Wei Yaoyao happily called him too, while Song Xi beside her remained silent, the corners of his mouth slightly stiff with a smile.

He Ci looked at everyone suspiciously, as if everyone seemed suspect.

Xie Qingci is too handsome, he’s Yu Xia’s type.

Song Xi looks decent but wicked, and has strength, also seems like Yu Xia’s type.

Ning Yunchao has strong backing and talent; Yu Xia might not be able to resist.

That curly-haired one might not be Yu Xia’s type, but who knows if she’d go wild after some mineral water and wreak havoc on those curls.

And then there’s Pei Lu... wait, He Ci withdrew his gaze, looking at Yu Xia’s back, reiterating twice in his mind—

Didn’t all the rumors get clarified? Yu Xia isn’t so inclined to drama, nor so reckless, those were all just rumors in the past, how can he as her manager wrong her and misunderstand her like this?

Moreover, the younger ones are sensible, they shouldn’t be that daring.

Thinking this, he felt more at ease, his managerial skills kicking in, and he went to greet the program staff.

Today Yu Xia was very proper, she only glanced at everyone when she just entered, and barely looked at any of the younger guys otherwise, fearing He Ci would catch her "eyeballing" someone.

This was the last indoor spin-off episode; everyone was quite excited about the game this time, sitting in a row as the program crew announced the indoor game rules for this episode.

"Today’s theme is live-stream selling. We will provide you with some products, and you will choose any item in pairs to live-stream sell, the audience as viewers will express how much they want to buy the product through likes and hearts, the group with the most hearts will have the program crew donate fifty-thousand worth of items to mountainous areas in their name."

Yu Xia raised an eyebrow, the theme was elevated this time, weren’t they all thrilled to express their determination to win?

She felt eager, stretching her neck to look at the live-stream products dragged in by the staff.

A bright red washbasin costing five yuan at wholesale.

Brushes priced at two yuan each.

Elegant purple-black clothing hangers.

Unremarkable hot dog stuffed bread.

Subtly lavish, glittering coats.

And spike-studded leather pants, you have to wonder who’d want to wear those.

Words couldn’t fully express her speechlessness, how do you sell these with flair?

What about giving away the leather pants as a purchase gift?

After a bit of picking, she decided to test the waters with the big red washbasins first.

Just as she was carrying two washbasins, someone tapped on her shoulder, and she turned to see it was Xie Qingci.

Why did he suddenly come over and tap her? Yu Xia glanced warily at He Ci, then feigned calmness and asked: "What’s up?"

"Can I team up with Yu Xia? Wei Yaoyao went with someone else."

His expression was innocent, seemingly just unable to find a teammate and resorted to asking her, if she refused he’d probably only sigh in regret.

Yu Xia wiggled her fingers and smiled brightly: "Sure."

The successfully paired teams sat aside, and Yu Kuang’s team was the first to sell items. She watched seriously, occasionally clapping and laughing, looking the least bit distracted.

In reality, half of her attention was on Xie Qingci, who was chatting with Song Xi.

No, to be specific, Song Xi was proactively seeking out Xie Qingci for a talk, and he couldn’t not respond.

"You’re teaming up with Yu Xia again, you guys seem quite close."

Xie Qingci chuckled: "Yu Xia is easy to talk to; everyone gets along with her well."

Song Xi tugged at the corner of his mouth: "True enough, you’re not very outgoing, yet you often talk and laugh with her."

"Really? I hadn’t noticed, but Yu Xia is indeed quite a humorous senior, talking with her is pretty fun." His eyes were cool, though his words were flawless.

Listening to this, Yu Xia wanted to laugh.

Was Song Xi aiming to guide the audience to notice her closeness with Xie Qingci?

Didn’t they agree to keep quiet and not talk recklessly, yet he didn’t play by the rules, tsk.

He needs to be taught a lesson.

Yu Xia turned to ask Xie Qingci: "Have you thought about how you’ll introduce the products later?"

Xie Qingci turned to look at her, then at the big red plastic washbasin beside her, fell silent for two seconds before shaking his head.

"I really can’t come up with anything."

He’d never even seen these things in TV shows.

"Do you usually watch live-stream sales?" she asked again.

He continued shaking his head: "No."

Yu Xia: "So you’re planning to go on as a mascot later?"

Xie Qingci: "...Sorry Yu Xia, I may not be much help, but if you could teach me, I might be able to do something."

Yu Xia looked at the previous group, estimating the time, said: "Only live teaching is possible now, once we’re up, you watch how I operate, then just follow the lead, it’s really simple. Do you know what the core of our live broadcast is?"

Xie Qingci humbly asked for guidance: "I don’t know, what is it?" 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"It’s your good looks."

Others: "..."

See, this is what you call driven by profit, willing to sell even the younger brother’s good looks for some plastic washbasins.

When it was their turn to go on, others unconsciously leaned closer, wanting to see how Yu Xia, this profit-driven woman, would sell washbasins and give faces.

Yu Xia confidently walked up, holding a washbasin in each hand, pouting to invite Xie Qingci over: "Check the streaming equipment, be sure those dear older sisters see your face clearly."

Xie Qingci’s mouth twitched, he closed his eyes as if being forced onto a bridal sedan, taking two steps forward, tapping on the camera, reluctantly saying:

"Hello everyone, please support our live room a lot later, thank you all very much."

He indeed leaned very close, close enough for the audience to clearly see his eyelashes and pupils, the blue stubble traces also plain to see.