Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 128: Yu Zhi

Song Xi was already a bit PTSD about the word "obedient." As soon as he heard it, he inexplicably gave a cold laugh and left him behind, walking forward alone.

"I’ll wait to see how far you can go."

Xie Qingci remained unfazed, "No need for you to worry."

The two parted ways, and suddenly Wei Yaoyao, who was walking ahead, glanced back at Xie Qingci before turning away to continue chatting with someone.

...

After Wednesday, Yu Xia only had two days of free time left. With the second performance on Saturday, the second ranking announcement, and after the announcement of the third competition song selections, she would be joining the crew for filming.

Actually, even in these two days, she couldn’t find much free time. She had to squeeze in a visit to the program crew to check on her hardworking little brothers practicing diligently.

Once the songs were announced and the guest assistants were revealed, she had to join the selected team to rehearse the program.

Next week, tough ahead.

Her luggage for the crew was all packed, and Yu Xia and Shu Ran had agreed to visit the program crew on Friday morning.

The brothers were as hardworking as ever, and she also took the opportunity to enjoy a bit of Xie Qingci’s singing. There was nothing much else to do, so the two of them left after the visit, each going their separate ways home.

It was then that she received a piece of news from the crew.

In the drama "Different Paths," the male role with the most scenes originally had an actor lined up, but for some reason, the actor bailed out, so the crew brought in Yu Zhi as a replacement.

Yu Zhi, best actor at the Light and Shadow Awards the year before last.

Her ex-boyfriend.

He Ci laughed for a full three minutes in the office after hearing this news.

"What a coincidence, they had to change actors at the last minute, and it just happened to be switched to your ex-boyfriend, who just happens to be playing your ex-boyfriend in the role. So fateful!"

Yu Xia sat there unperturbed, looking at him speechlessly, "Is it really okay for you to be gloating like this? Aren’t you afraid that my past feelings for him might rekindle and affect my career? I’m not sure if I have a romance brain."

"Come on, you dumped the guy for your career back then. And you think you can get back together with him just like that? Don’t I know you? You might even start something with some other actor instead."

Yu Xia raised an eyebrow, "Really?"

"Of course not!" He Ci rolled his eyes and stroked his chin, pondering, "It’s even possible the director called him in just because of your relationship. After all, former couples tend to deliver more authentic performances."

She took a sip of the unopened coffee from his desk, waking herself up. "Makes sense. Unfortunately, our past isn’t that colorful. In the drama, I’m supposed to point at his nose, yell, and give him a slap."

He Ci was faintly excited, "So thrilling?"

"..." She knocked on the table, "I just got everything clarified. What if CP fans spread rumors again? I want to maintain my good name!"

He Ci thought for a moment, "What’s there to be afraid of? Your characters aren’t officially paired in this drama; that character already has a girlfriend, okay?"

Yu Xia knew this too.

"But I’m just afraid the audience will obsess over an unofficial pairing, which isn’t unheard of."

"Alright, alright, I get it. Just focus on the drama, and I won’t let your hard-earned reputation be tarnished." He Ci waved his hand.

"Good to know."

She stood up to leave, hearing He Ci mutter something behind her.

"Such a playboy, and you’re suddenly so concerned with reputation, as if it’s to prevent misunderstandings."

Yu Xia touched her nose and quickly slipped away.

She was indeed worried about some people’s misunderstandings.

A Song Xi was already enough to drive Xie Qingci crazy at times. With another ex-boyfriend coming into play, particularly one with a lot of CP fans like Yu Zhi, wouldn’t it make him even crazier?

She didn’t contact Xie Qingci that night. During dinner, feeling a bit bored, she browsed through Weibo, suddenly having the urge to search for her name alongside Xie Qingci’s.

There were a lot more results than the last time, and the leading one was posted by a CP fan.

Her interest piqued, she continued scrolling.

"What’s this ’Desire CP’...?"

The name is a bit too fitting, isn’t it? And what’s with "silly sweet younger brother × playboy older sister"?

Xie Qingci, silly sweet?! These fans still haven’t seen the essence behind the appearance!

As she scrolled and commented, she discovered that someone had even created a CP video of her and Xie Qingci!

Upon clicking, she found her clips were from roles she had played, all sorts of villain characters, while Xie Qingci’s clips were from his Dormitory Diary, quite scarce but edited to appear very obedient.

The pieced together story was something like "a well-behaved and good-looking simple boy, due to family issues, gets noticed by a well-connected socialite, who brings him home, overwhelms him, and conveniently launches his debut."

Just like the cliché ’selling oneself to bury one’s father’ plot.

Yu Xia watched it three times, almost touched by the melodramatic plot.

She never imagined she would one day play a villainous socialite in a CP, all thanks to the ingenious fans.

Besides the video, some people had written short stories, with a group of fans begging for more content and drama down below.

Refreshing again brought up another video.

This time the editor added another character, mischievously including Yu Zhi.

The story shifted to "A once innocent socialite, after being deceived by her boyfriend, starts to play around, drunkenly spending a night with the simple boy, and eventually falls in love with him, kicking the returning ex-boyfriend to the curb."

A fan even captioned it: "If you can’t give me happiness, I’ll find someone else who can."

Yu Xia: "..."

What a thrilling story, why don’t these fans write scripts? The film and television industry is in real need of talents like this!

After watching for half an hour, goosebumps emerged, and she quickly left, searching for her own name again.

As expected, Yu Zhi’s name and the "Pisces CP" popped up.

She casually flipped through it, losing interest, and set the phone aside.

Anticipated by the netizens, Saturday arrived quickly. The stage for "Limited Youth"’s second public performance unfolded.

Nine teams took their turn to parade on stage, with Ning Yunchao’s team performing first. They were the creative group, presenting entirely original songs and dances, performing impressively, and earning high opening scores.

This time it was a knockout system; the team that stood until the end would advance all its members to Class A.

The second team was Song Xi’s.

Song Xi always chose songs that played to his strengths. This time, it was a charismatic, skill-showcasing dance, costumes in a black and silver layered shirt combo, with black mesh underneath.

The effect was like black stockings, and as soon as he appeared, the fans below started screaming.

Yu Xia watched him with her chin resting on her hand, a faint smile on her lips, eyes deep-set.

While his character might be questionable, his dancing was indeed fascinating, intensively technical, far surpassing the others in his group.

She fairly gave him a high score, the mentor even praised him a couple of times during evaluations.

The broadcast cut to the waiting area, where Xie Qingci looked at Yu Xia’s smiling face on the screen expressionlessly, his fingers slightly pained from touching the rhinestones on his clothing, yet he didn’t even frown.

He reminded himself internally, Song Xi isn’t anything special.