Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 161: Sis, You’re Still Too Reserved in Love

Chapter 161: Chapter 161: Sis, You’re Still Too Reserved in Love

In short, Xie Qingci is still steadily living at Yu Xia’s place.

During the day, he goes out to work, and when he comes back in the evening, he brings her some snacks and puts them next to her script for convenience.

Yu Xia feels a ridiculous sense of living a simple life like a stay-at-home wife and a breadwinning husband.

Half a month went by quickly, and she had to pack up and head to the next film crew. He Ci had already called to say he would go with the cast, and with Changhui joining the online drama, it became quite different, and he valued it a lot.

This meant Xie Qingci had to leave early, but he didn’t take his belongings. His clothes still strongly asserted their presence in her walk-in closet.

Like going on a school holiday, bringing stuff when coming and leaving empty-handed.

Not long after he left, Mei managed to enter her house, supposedly to help with packing.

As soon as she came in, she cautiously looked around and, seeing no obvious male items, she sighed in relief.

"Sis, in this half a month, didn’t you two...have a heart-to-heart?"

Even though both had their jobs and didn’t have much chance to meet, in the half month’s break, didn’t Xie Qingci really come over, not even once?

Could a pure puppy dog bear it like this?

"Have a heart-to-heart with whom?" Yu Xia was a bit absent-minded. She reacted, realizing what she meant, "Oh, you mean him, yes, we had heart-to-hearts."

Every night, heart-to-heart, they’ve now shared brainwaves. After another half month, she could rise to the heavens to be Zhi Niu.

"Did you really meet?" Mei’s heart was all worried, "Were you photographed?"

"No." She didn’t mention that Xie Qingci also lived in this neighborhood.

She appeared languid, not bothered at all, so Mei’s thoughts shifted from "You better not meet" to "You two are too cold."

"Sis, you’re too emotionally restrained."

Yu Xia: "?"

How is this restrained? How is this considered restrained?

Mei sighed, using a tone of someone who hasn’t eaten pork but seen pigs run to impart her wisdom:

"Even though dating at this time is not the best timing, reducing meetings is a must, but since you’re dating, emotions must be cultivated. He likes you so much; a little response from you could keep things going for a while. You should put some effort in."

As inappropriate as it might be, Yu Xia thought of a saying—love supported solely from one side doesn’t last long.

Pff.

She too mockingly sighed, "I feel I’ve already put quite some effort in."

Before leaving, that dog Xie Qingci held her and nibbled for a while; it was satisfying, and he left happily.

"This is what you call putting effort?" Mei weakly disagreed, "There’s not even a hint of emotional fluctuation when you mention him."

Emotional fluctuation?

"How could there not be? I have it." Grinding teeth also counts as fluctuation.

Mei: "You look like you want to eat him alive; this kind of emotion usually occurs between enemies."

"...You’re too young, pack up." Who said grinding teeth means it’s necessarily with an enemy, not always.

Mei initially wanted to impart some love experience she’d seen, but considering the lady in front of her was a cyber playboy and love expert, she simply kept quiet.

When their luggage was packed and ready to leave home, she got excited again.

"No wonder you have little emotional fluctuation; going to the set, you can meet him every day! With the drama plot as your ally, you can freely fall in love, and the secret affection will subtly spread... Hey, hey, hey, sis, wait for me."

Yu Xia got into the car and couldn’t help but yawn several times, tears flowing down her cheeks.

He Ci glanced at her: "Didn’t get enough rest?"

She paused, then said, "A bit, I’ll nap for half an hour, wake me when we get there."

"Sure, sleep. Today’s main focus isn’t on you anyway; they’re all on sending Xie Qingci over with Changhui, and the paparazzi are all after them."

The name Xie Qingci did not elicit any other reaction from her. She genuinely felt sleepy and leaned back in her seat and quickly fell asleep.

This time, the online drama was in an ancient setting, the location was quite far in the suburbs, in a film city there, where ancient architecture was replicated one to one, and many films were shot there.

Originally, their show wasn’t anything special; there were plenty of costume dramas opened every month, and even with a good cast, it might not stand out.

But with Changhui stepping in, that changed.

According to He Ci, Changhui has the ability to get a script and promote someone, and having taken an interest in this particular script means there’s potential in it.

Now, this modest online drama has a talented screenwriter, more investments, and a popular second male lead. As long as Changhui doesn’t overdo it and Xie Qingci steps up, it’s all beneficial to the crew.

And also beneficial to other actors, so He Ci valued this online drama a lot and planned to stay with Yu Xia more in the crew.

Yu Xia woke up just as they arrived at the crew, guarded by He Ci and Mei, they went quietly onto the set.

Once inside, she was called over with a smile by the director to introduce a new actor.

"This is the actor for the second male lead, Lu Jingzhi, played by Xie Qingci, a newcomer actor. During filming, you might need to guide him a bit more."

She looked at Xie Qingci’s face, her gaze sweeping over the somewhat plump manager behind him, raising her eyebrow: "Director, we know each other."

The director was stunned: "Ah, you know each other?"

Xie Qingci nodded, reached out, shook hands briefly with her, and let go.

"Yu Xia was my mentor on the show I participated in before."

"Well, that’s nice and convenient then, knowing each other, you can ask Yu Xia if you have any questions during filming, she’s quite skilled."

Then he told Yu Xia: "You too, ask him if you have any questions; you both have action scenes to shoot, so train for a while when filming the drama scenes."

This was in the script, and she had no problem with it, agreeing quickly.

Then Xie Qingci’s manager stepped out, cheerily greeted them, shook hands with He Ci, and said to Yu Xia:

"Our Xie Qingci is a newbie, though he’s taken two months of acting classes, he surely still has areas to improve, hope you’ll bear with him."

Yu Xia raised a courteous fake smile: "No problem, no problem."

Xie Qingci listened to them exchanging pleasantries about him, his gaze resting on Yu Xia’s face, a hidden smile in his eyes.

Afterward was the usual opening routine, offering incense, taking group photos, trying on costumes and makeup.

The director gave a pep talk as if hyped on adrenaline, with everyone below hunched against the wind.

Yu Xia stood to the right of Xie Qingci, who was quite tall, over one eighty tall, effectively shielding her from a lot of the wind; the uniform down jacket issued by the crew looked custom-made on him, and even with the ancient headgear, he didn’t appear out of place.

A good figure is an asset; she doubted if the crew gave her the same set of clothes or if hers was short of two ounces of down, she clutched the down jacket’s collar, huddled up like a chick and still felt cold.

Xie Qingci noticed her movement and turned his head to ask her: "Cold?"