Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 276: Are You Willing?

He Ci’s warning had been heard by Yu Xia, but sometimes, even when you’re clear-headed about the pros and cons, you might not make the choice you think is best.

She made a call to Xie Qingci.

Once the call connected, she asked solemnly, "Do you need me to cooperate? Should we expose the relationship now?"

Xie Qingci was silent for a moment, seeming to walk away from a room with people, then he asked her, "Are you willing?"

"Let’s just treat it as humanitarian help for a colleague." She couldn’t bring herself to say any sweet, mushy words.

Xie Qingci chuckled, thinking "stubborn yet soft-hearted," adding warmth to his tone: "No need, even if exposed, it wouldn’t be very effective. Besides, I don’t want to use our relationship as a bargaining chip."

Announcing their relationship openly at the right time was what a healthy relationship should deserve.

Instead of using this matter as a shield during chaos, which would turn their relationship into stale dessert, bound to sour eventually.

Yu Xia had anticipated his response, not finding it strange.

"Alright, if you need any help, let me know. Changhui is very strong; as long as the management doesn’t mess up or abandon you, it won’t be too difficult."

"I know," he responded simply, then shifted to talk about her check-up, "How did the examination go?"

This definitely wasn’t asking about specific results, the report wasn’t out yet. She secretly rolled her eyes: "Nothing to worry about!"

"And everything else?"

She stammered slightly and glanced at Yu Heng in front, whispering, "There’s a lot to tell; I’ll inform you when you’re back."

Xie Qingci immediately apologized: "I might not be able to come over in the next few days."

"That’s expected, just listen to your agent." Perfect time to rest a bit, to avoid encountering that doctor tomorrow and being reminded of that matter again.

Just thinking about it made her feel embarrassed, so she quickly changed the topic: "Calm the fans down; true fans believing in you must be feeling helpless right now too."

"Mm, I’ll keep that in mind."

With nothing more to say, Yu Xia hung up the call and went online using her small account.

In front, Yue Ling waited until she finished the call and then asked, "What’s going on?"

"Xie Qingci was blackened by the rival family," she blinked, stating subtly, "Rumors say he’s being kept by a rich woman."

Yu Heng: "Is that rich woman you?"

"At my age, I’m only rich young lady! If it were me, would my agent still be so calm? I’d have been intercepted and taken to the company by now." She believed He Ci would indeed do such a thing, after all, while ’rich woman’ is still fine, ’kept’ greatly damages reputation.

Yu Heng sneered: "Did you ever consider it might be true? What if he’s really seeing a rich woman behind your back?"

Yu Xia lifted her slender hand, looked at it appreciatively as she twisted it left and right: "If that were true, I’ll use this hand, which costs thousands in maintenance, to smack him into reciting the humanitarian terminology."

Yu Yue hung both hands around her arm, saying affectionately: "Aunt, you don’t need to take action. If that handsome brother betrays you, I’ll rush over and beat him up!"

Looking at Yu Yue’s handsome face, she was moved to tears: "Yue, no wonder I always get blamed for your narcissistic gene, you truly are a good nephew. But you know the word ’betray’? Can you write it?"

Yue Ling naturally exposed him: "He probably can’t, yesterday writing in the diary, couldn’t distinguish ’spine’ either, ended up using pinyin."

Yu Yue: "Muu—Mom, you promised not to mention it again!"

Yu Xia patted his thin shoulders, saying: "Don’t worry, what if you can’t write it? Being able to construct oral sentences is enough, and getting reprimanded by the teacher to rewrite the diary five or six times you’ll learn eventually."

"Can I use the sentence ’handsome brother betrayed aunt’ in my diary? Aoo aoo aoo! Aunt, don’t hit me! I’m almost ten years old!"

Yue Ling looked at the two of them fooling around, shook her head, and continued asking: "Were you thinking of exposing your relationship to prove him?"

"He wouldn’t dare to make that request." Yu Heng replied first, his tone indifferent, mixed with frustration for his sister’s selfless spirit.

Yu Xia shook her head: "No, he refused. But eventually, we will expose it; I estimate by the end of this year."

Xie Qingci and his group are disbanding around July-August, by then, his work should have aired, and have another one in storage, by then he certainly won’t want to keep undercover relationship anymore.

Plus, the birthdays of two people might also be an opportunity.

Yu Heng stated: "Dating without being able to be open, really don’t get what you see in him."

He had always been displeased with Xie Qingci.

"I appreciate his being utterly fond of me, his persistence with me."

She led the conversation to him, formally explaining his biased prejudice towards Xie Qingci.

"Bro, if you were a big star, met your sister-in-law, extremely liked her, would you expose the relationship upfront? You know very well, in these scenarios, the female side easily gets criticized, he doesn’t want to avoid being open."

"Don’t compare me with him."

She nodded: "Fine, then let’s compare me with you. If you were me and liked a trending star quite a lot, given emotional and career considerations, would you agree to a temporary undercover romance? Like if my sister-in-law is an emerging star, her situation isn’t suitable for immediate official announcement, would you be willing?"

Yu Heng leisurely responded: "Don’t compare me with yourself either, I don’t have any past relationship, nor only a bit of affection for your sister-in-law."

"... you’re truly amazing. Sister-in-law might as well make you sleep with Yue tonight!"

Before Yue Ling could respond, Yu Yue protested first.

"Aunt, have you considered my feelings?!"

"Seeing your disdain, why don’t you sleep with your mom, leaving your dad alone in the empty room." She teased gleefully.

"A ten-year-old boy sleeping with mom, saying it is embarrassing."

Yu Heng said, meanwhile his eyes kept darting towards Yue Ling.

Yue Ling scolded him: "What are you looking at, keep your eyes ahead."

...

The family ate out at a restaurant, considering Yu Xia was currently caught up in Xie Qingci’s scandal, likely to be photographed on the way home, Yu Heng and the others directly took her to her doorstep and even went in for a while.

Yue Ling carefully arranged the packed items, continuously giving reminders to Yu Xia.

"These dishes and pastries shouldn’t be kept too long, finish within two days."

"The meat and vegetables are fully prepared, when the time comes, just wash and stir-fry."

"I put yogurt on the dining table, Xiaxia, drinking it cold isn’t really good."

"Why is there stuff still frozen from last time? Don’t eat this."

The room was filled with her gentle voice, making the three Yu family members drowsy.

A while later, Yue Ling suddenly let out an "Oh", asking: "Xiaxia, are you taking medication?"

Yu Heng instantly sobered up, frowning as he stood, discovering if she had hidden something prohibited.

"What medication?"