Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 204: High Fever

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Mei looked at Xie Qingci again, seeing his morbid and absent-minded appearance, and came to a conclusion—

It turns out that not only do men with hard hearts love to torment their partners, but women also love to torment men.

Especially those women whose hearts are locked up and guarded, they’re simply invincible.

After Yu Xia said that sentence, she didn’t say anything else, but lowered her head, took small sips of water, and played with her phone.

Today, the director’s side seemed to casually reveal Xie Qingci’s future filming schedule, saying they need to compress his time to finish all remaining scenes in one phase, and then have him participate in more public activities in the public’s eye.

Which means, Xie Qingci won’t be able to stay here for long.

The director thought she really didn’t want anything to develop with Xie Qingci, so he delivered this news to her as good news, even though he kept sighing while talking, looking very sympathetic to Xie Qingci’s unrequited love.

Yu Xia didn’t express any opinion.

In the past few days, her reactions to matters related to Xie Qingci were mostly silent, and others couldn’t discern her thoughts.

After filming a confrontation scene with a female actor in the evening, He Ci delivered Director Yan Yifei’s audition script.

"The time is set, your audition is in half a month. I looked, the time for selecting actors for this film is very lengthy, it won’t start filming without three or four months."

As she flipped through the script and headed toward the hotel, she said, "It’s normal, Director Yan is very strict in selecting actors. Wasn’t the last production like this? He delayed the start for two months because he wasn’t satisfied with the actors selected."

He Ci saw her attitude becoming slightly excited and asked seriously, "Are you confident?"

Her attitude was casual, but her tone was confident and flamboyant: "Even if I’m not confident, I’ll practice until I am."

"What if there are method actors who outperform you? There are many talented actors in this industry, not just you."

Yu Xia said, "Then I’ll aim for other roles. As long as there’s a good director, a good script, and good actors, any role is an opportunity for me."

He Ci nodded with satisfaction.

He liked her attitude, confident but not arrogant, flamboyant but not haughty.

"Perform well, I believe you can do it, and maybe score some awards at that time."

The two chatted and laughed while heading upstairs, just when they reached outside the room, someone called them.

"Yu Xia," it was Xie Qingci’s agent Mr. Yang, who didn’t look in a good mood, "Can you, can you just see him for a moment?"

Mr. Yang himself felt helpless.

Xie Qingci is talented, obedient, humble and polite, the kind of promising talent all agents like.

But no one knew he would have a love-minded focus! He immediately fell for a fellow-actor in the crew, making himself look pitiful both in and out of character, even catching repetitive high fevers without clarity. Helpless, Mr. Yang had to swallow his pride and ask for some help.

He Ci asked curiously, "Xie Qingci? What’s wrong with him?"

Mr. Yang sighed: "He started with high fever again, I’m afraid he might burn his senses away."

"What good would it do for Yu Xia to see him? She’s not a doctor."

It’s quite strange, what’s the point in having a dramatic love when it’s only unrequited?

Could it be that Xie Qingci’s perspective on love isn’t very normal?

He turned his head toward Yu Xia: "Do you want to go?"

Before Yu Xia could say anything, the neighboring room opened, and a unsteady Xie Qingci came out of the door, supporting himself.

He was indeed burning with a fever, lips pale and cracked; he looked very uncomfortable but his eyes were fixed tightly on Yu Xia.

He was about to speak when Yu Xia handed the script to He Ci and spoke to Xie Qingci: "Alright then. But I won’t go in, it’s not appropriate, let’s sort it out here..."

Her tone was calm, but one could imagine that what followed wouldn’t be pleasant.

"Don’t say it!" Xie Qingci tightened his grip on the door, hurriedly interrupting her, meeting her gaze but stiffly changing his tone, "Don’t say it, I don’t want to hear."

He Ci and Mr. Yang looked shocked, observing the two with curiosity.

This doesn’t look like an unrequited love story, could it be... Xie Qingci already confessed, but Yu Xia firmly rejected him? That’s why he’s heartbroken?

Yu Xia’s expression didn’t change, she looked at Mr. Yang: "It’s not that I don’t want to help, see, I’m useless."

Then she turned and went back into the room.

He Ci looked strangely at Xie Qingci again at the door, before following inside.

Mr. Yang turned around, seeing Xie Qingci standing there at the door, looking like a pitiful white flower battered by wind and rain.

But his grip on the door handle was so firm that his knuckles turned white, Mr. Yang knew his strength could exert over 180 kilograms of impact.

Alas, what’s the point of being powerful, still just playing with the door.

"Go in." He might have burnt up to 39 or 40 degrees once again.

Sure enough, late at night, Xie Qingci burned up to 40 degrees, a doctor was called to administer IV fluids to alleviate it.

Despite being feverish and disoriented, he kept hoarsely asking if his phone rang.

Still insisted on picking up the phone to hoarsely call Yu Xia.

Mr. Yang held him down not to move, yet he looked at them with intensely red eyes, as if on the verge of tears.

"I really miss her."

"I miss her."

"I want to see her."

"I was wrong."

Mr. Yang felt teary-eyed himself.

It’s pitiful that despite being so handsome, he couldn’t win over the one he loves, suddenly feeling quite blessed himself for having a kid at mid-life.

...

After Xie Qingci’s illness, it took ten-some days to recover.

During the day normal, but feverish at night, slimmed down considerably in just those few days, his face appearing more chiseled.

During this period, Yu Xia never saw or spoke with him privately.

All considered, after the New Year, they hadn’t properly talked for half a month, except for acting lines during filming.

His filming was nearing completion, heard that Changhui tailored a campus drama for him, with many activities lined up afterward, warming up with great fanfare, a large fan base greeting warmly every day.

Upon hearing he was ill in the crew, the fan club even sent people to visit, distributing hot milk tea to everyone in the crew.

Yu Xia didn’t manage to partake because her menstrual cycle arrived, feeling unwell and curled up in the lounge chair, dozing off all day.

She treated Xie Qingci like air, pretending as if he wasn’t there.

Mei was quite worried about her condition, even secretly asked if she was pregnant.

Yu Xia: "..."

She emphasized: "It’s my menstrual cycle arriving, didn’t you just make me some red sugar ginger tea?"

"Haha, right, I overthought it." Mei laughed awkwardly.

"What are you two whispering about now?" He Ci came in carrying a bag of fried chestnuts, handed it to Yu Xia, "New updates, wanna hear?"

"Go ahead."

"’National Escape’ (tentative) has confirmed two more guests, pairing a new singer with a veteran actor. Originally thought it’d be Luo Jue’s duo, yet unexpectedly yesterday it’s revealed they were in trouble."

"What trouble?"

He Ci looked at her: "Played around while married. Haven’t you been scrolling vigorously on your phone lately? How come you missed this explosive news?"