Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 180: Let Me Teach You How to Block, Sis

Chapter 180: Chapter 180: Let Me Teach You How to Block, Sis

Xie Qingci was kicked out of the room again for thinking about random things.

Yu Xia fell asleep with a flushed face, cursing slightly in her heart, not even bothering to check the messages he sent.

It’s probably some clingy, cutesy words, or a simple goodnight; she’s not going to look at them.

She closed her eyes and lay there for a while. As the whole hotel fell into silence, she suddenly reached out for her phone, opened her eyes, and was completely awake.

Fine, I’ll just take a quick look, she thought.

Upon unlocking her phone, she realized the message wasn’t from Xie Qingci at all but from the previous unknown number.

Song Xi had sent a text over.

[Xie Qingci isn’t what you think; you won’t be interested in him for long]

She found it amusing.

Does Song Xi really think she doesn’t know what Xie Qingci is like? Does he think her vision of Xie Qingci is only about being nice and cute and kind?

Anything that seems too good on the surface tends to be rotten inside.

No way she likes someone who seems overly well-behaved. Xie Qingci is cunning, two-faced, and excellent at acting pitiful—she knows all that.

Yu Xia looked at the text message again, didn’t respond, and directly deleted it.

The next day was for filming martial arts scenes, where Xie Qingci was the main character.

A circle of actors and crew members sat on the film set, drinking water while watching intensely.

Good-looking people always attract attention. As Yu Xia glanced around, she noticed a few middle-aged actors couldn’t stop staring at him even while drinking, misaligning their cups’ mouths.

"This Xie is really impressive, his martial arts moves are skilled; clearly, he has a solid foundation."

"Yeah, I thought a talent show contestant was here just for show, but it turns out he has real skills and is humble and cautious."

"Also steady and polite. He even helped solve the issue with that psycho knocking incident, quite helpful."

"Solid skills, sensible, good-looking too, no doubt he’ll be popular."

"I’ve considered introducing him to my daughter. I wonder if he’s interested in dating at this stage?"

Yu Xia felt speechless; indeed, women always seem to have a bit of matchmaker instinct. They simply haven’t seen his true self!

She turned back to observe Xie Qingci again.

He looked great in ancient attire, tall and slender, rushing into the crowd with a sword, showing a powerful kick with full force, furrowing his brows and glancing left and right—all so captivating it made her heart race.

The martial artists hired by the crew were quite impressive; sometimes during pure close combat, you could hear real punch sounds landing.

She’d noticed it the night before: the dark bruises on Xie Qingci’s body had increased, even the knuckles on his hands were red.

These past couple of days, he’s been using those injuries to act pitiful and make her feel sympathetic.

A real male vixen; once she builds an immunity to his pitiful tricks, he immediately finds a new reason to appear pitiable, making her soften indefinitely.

Damn it.

She took a fierce sip of the red jujube white fungus soup Xie Qingci had brought her in the morning, vowing to learn to be a heartless person.

Mei came over with a refill while secretly passing her a piece of news.

"I’ve heard in two days there will be an arranged visit for interviews. He said Yuan Wang will come to visit the set."

She was surprised: "Yuan Wang is coming?"

Isn’t Yuan Wang’s cat dad currently in a relationship with that dog mom? Visiting now, surely that’s stirring up gossip.

Mei looked at her: "He said if not Yuan Wang, then Yu Zhi would come, since the drama you’re filming needs some buzz, and these are the only two recently."

She quickly replied: "Then let Yuan Wang come."

Just kidding, if Xie Qingci and Yu Zhi show up together, who knows what madness might ensue, even though she’s completely over Yu Zhi, current partners never like their previous ones.

Thinking it over, she asked: "By the way, do you know who’s coming to visit... hmm hmm hmm?"

"No idea, but likely someone from their group who’s recently free, I’d suppose."

Yu Xia nodded and turned back to look at Xie Qingci.

When it was lunchtime time, she wandered alone into an empty setting area, asking Mei to bring today’s extra meal.

With the unstable folding long table filled with lunch boxes, she contentedly played on her phone while waiting for Mei to unpack.

Then Xie Qingci entered with takeout, lifting the curtain with his assistant, smiling at her: "Yu Xia, what a coincidence."

Coincidence my foot.

She smiled widely: "Yes, it is. Have a seat, let’s eat together."

"Sure, thank you, Yu Xia."

Her lunch boxes had to be moved aside to make room for him, stacked on the left, leaving the right side for Xie Qingci.

With a bit of space in between to avoid getting splashed with oil, she placed her phone there, eating occasionally, checking Weibo now and then.

The two sat diagonally and didn’t talk much, while Mei’s eyes roamed around and she nudged one dish towards Xie Qingci invitingly.

"I’ve ordered a fair amount for Yu Xia, you should try some too. Everyone says this restaurant is quite tasty."

Yu Xia pushed it slightly with her finger: "Go ahead."

She was peeling shrimp, her phone beside not refreshed.

Xie Qingci politely extended his chopsticks towards the dish, inevitably leaning her way.

Eyeing the dish in the middle, he slightly stood up to get some, just as Yu Xia’s phone buzzed with a new text message, prompting him to glance down instinctively.

[Don’t believe it? He’s clearly so nasty, one day you’ll...]

The rest blurry and the message notification disappeared.

He paused with the chopsticks mid-air, then sat back down.

Yu Xia didn’t notice this, peeled the shrimp, removed her disposable gloves, and checked the message.

She deleted it immediately, then glanced at Xie Qingci.

His gaze was mild, and he asked: "What’s up?"

"Nothing much." Just play along.

She pointed at the boiled prawns: "These shrimp are quite tasty, eat more."

He nodded, put on disposable gloves, and peeled the shrimp, focused and quiet.

During this, other actors came in, and Yu Xia was eager to offer them some dishes, while Xie Qingci peeled shrimp and casually chatted with them, the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Once everyone left, he placed the half-bowl of peeled shrimp in front of her.

"Eat more if you like them."

She acted as if she didn’t notice Mei’s exaggerated expression, accepting it naturally.

"Thanks a lot."

But eating these shrimp didn’t come for free.

Having him peel the shrimp meant facing equivalent consequences.

So that very night, Xie Qingci refused to be driven away, insisting she repay the "shrimp peeling fee."

Furious, she kicked and cursed: "That’s entrapment! I didn’t ask you to peel shrimp, you did it voluntarily!"

"But you did eat them,"his tone was lazy, stopping her struggling like a salted fish as he reached for her phone and placed it on the pillow,"Come, I’ll teach you how to block someone."

"...I damn well knew you had an agenda!"

She was forced to climb over, her fingers captured and guided over the touchscreen step by step.

Couldn’t even lift her head, couldn’t even watch, all she knew was he was guiding her index finger, point by point.

Like a primary school kid holding a reading pen.

Finally, he mimicked a sound when tapping.

"See, blocked, so simple, out of sight, out of mind."

...Insane.