Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 273: I Want You to Only Look at Me

Xie Qingci felt like he was suddenly struck by tinnitus. After a while, he asked softly:

"You... are you pregnant?"

Yu Xia was like an iron-headed man, mercilessly breaking this special atmosphere.

"Pregnant, my ass."

Then she said to the other end of the phone, "What kind of messy guesses are these? Is my brother hitting menopause? If you don’t mind, sister-in-law, maybe have another daughter, so he and Yue can act normal."

Yue Ling was laughing on the other end, and Yu Heng simply cut in to say, "Anyway, get up tomorrow morning and go for a health check."

"No, I want to sleep in. Brother, you’re being ridiculous. Wouldn’t I know if I’m pregnant? It’s completely unfounded!" She sighed and rubbed the towel wrapped around her head.

Yu Heng insisted, "If you’re not, you’re not, but the check-up is still needed. Didn’t you get injured while filming? Go and get it checked."

"I’m really flattered. Such a small injury and I have to go to the hospital for a check-up. Thanks, brother, for making me feel the love of a world-class overbearing CEO."

Yu Heng: "...I’ll come to pick you up tomorrow, or do you want to go by yourself? Pick one."

Yu Xia felt he was only insisting on the check-up because he suspected she was pregnant, but such false assumptions didn’t need confirming.

So she thought it was completely unnecessary: "I don’t want to go."

Xie Qingci, who had been standing stunned by the door, walked up behind her and said quietly, "Go for the check-up."

Yu Xia looked back at him, seeing his pitiful, lost appearance.

"Alright. Brother, come pick me up tomorrow."

Yu Heng’s voice was sarcastically playful: "You were so stubborn just now, but agreed the moment he said it. Talk to you for half a day and it’s no use compared to one word from him, huh?"

It was like a regent complaining the emperor listened to evil advice.

She was at a loss, awkwardly saying: "Well, he looked like he was about to cry. If you cry too, I promise to agree to anything."

Yu Heng gritted his teeth: "...Ten o’clock tomorrow, get up early!"

Then he hung up with a beep.

Yu Xia pouted, just about to ruffle her wrapped hair again, when two arms suddenly wrapped around her waist, with Xie Qingci hugging her from behind.

She patted his hand, "What are you doing? Weren’t you going to blow dry my hair?"

He just took a deep breath and didn’t hurry to speak.

"Hey, do you really think I’m pregnant?" she asked, surprised.

Having a child before marriage isn’t exactly a great thing; could he really be looking forward to it?

He still didn’t speak, so she continued on her own: "If I were, my brother would chop you to bits. For the sake of your life, you’d better not hope for it."

"Oh, and by the way, letting a lady become pregnant before marriage is a very lowly act. If you’re not prepared, then you should take precautions. Forcing someone into the next stage unprepared and in haste is very unappealing. What are you thinking?"

"At first, I did have some hope," Xie Qingci hugged her, his magnetic voice slow but sincere, "After all, if you were pregnant, it would be our child, and we would have an unbreakable connection."

"Uh-huh, and then?"

He held her restless hand and continued, "But I actually don’t like kids much. In my plans, at least for the next three, five, or even ten years, we won’t have children."

This was the first time she’d heard him say this. She turned her head to look at his eyes, so close to hers, and asked, "Why?"

"Isn’t it good with just the two of us? I can love you forever, and you can only have me forever."

Yu Xia tapped his lips with her finger, and with their faces so close, she spoke as if whispering secret: "Sounds like you love me a lot. But that talk won’t move me. Speak your true feelings."

Xie Qingci’s Adam’s apple bobbed, his eyes seemed to ignite with an unusual light.

He said, "I don’t want anyone or anything to take away your attention from me. I want you to always only look at me."

"I am looking at you," Yu Xia moved closer, their eyelashes almost brushing against one another, "see? In my eyes, in my heart, there’s only you."

Xie Qingci breathed a couple of restless breaths.

He thought, if Yu Xia really wanted to seduce someone, just a few sweet words would make anyone fall for her.

No man could resist her charm.

He uncontrollably kissed her, holding her chin to keep her from pulling away.

Yu Xia heard his heart beating like a drum, pressed her hand against his chest, straightened up, and complied with him.

Their kiss was fervent, and by that point, they had completely forgotten about the food outside.

Until his kisses moved to other places, she finally had a chance to say a few words.

"You, you’ve been holding it in for two days, haven’t you? Yesterday, when we bumped into Xi Heng, I was still wondering why you weren’t jealous."

"Of course I was jealous," his voice was hoarse, the places his lips and tongue touched tingled slightly, "I wanted to right in the car, in front of him..."

The last two words were murmured softly yet clearly at her ear.

Yu Xia slapped his arm, a bit angrily, "You played it off so well, I thought you’d achieved enlightenment!"

"As long as you’re here, I can’t be Buddha."

He pulled a pillow over, laid her on the bed, and was just about to remove her loungewear when Yu Xia suddenly curled up uncomfortably, groaning in pain.

Xie Qingci was instantly alert, his gaze instinctively drifting to her belly, his blood frozen. It took him a moment to come to his senses, realizing it wasn’t the source of her pain.

Yu Xia reached back with her hand, pulling out the towel wrapped around her hair.

"Ugh—the button on this was digging into my back, it hurt so much."

She tossed the towel aside and realized Xie Qingci wasn’t moving anymore.

"What’s up with you?"

"I...your hair’s not dry yet, the meal’s already heated up outside, are you hungry?"

This was the first time he’d ever stopped at a moment’s notice, with such a jumbled excuse.

She sat up, looked at her belly, then at his seemingly frightened face, amused, she said, "Hungry."

He got off the bed, gathered her in his arms, holding her tightly.

"I’ll accompany you after your check-up tomorrow, okay?"

...As if she’s so eager for it.

She hit him with a pillow and glared, "Dry my hair and eat already!"

In fact, drying her hair didn’t need Xie Qingci’s help at all, since Yu Xia used a standing hairdryer and could just sit there, casually flipping through her hair while watching a show.

Xie Qingci, with nothing to do, reheated the meal one more time and ordered an extra stew, which arrived in a clay pot, looking rather luxurious.

After getting used to living frugally for the past couple of days, she frowned at the sight of the portion, asking, "How much did this cost?" 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Xie Qingci took a sip, and as he passed by her, he forcibly kissed her, letting her taste it, then casually wiped the stewed broth off her lips with his thumb, calmly saying, "Not expensive."

"..." You’re incorrigible.