Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 331: Never Seen a Woman Dazed by Being Called ‘Sister’

Chapter 331: Chapter 331: Never Seen a Woman Dazed by Being Called ‘Sister’

Xie Qingci was noncommittal about her way of pressuring him.

Though the idea of lending and borrowing on a large scale initially shocked him, his first reaction wasn’t to refute her. After hearing her explanation, he had no doubts and started thinking about her question right away.

What can make money quickly?

With limited capital and time, buying low and selling high is a good strategy.

They discussed for a moment, and the staff staggered back.

"The director said it’s okay. How much do you want to borrow?"

"No rush, what’s the exchange rate here?" Yu Xia asked with a smile.

"One dollar can be exchanged for two copper coins, fifty dollars for one silver."

She thought for a bit, gestured, and said, "Then we’ll borrow a hundred copper coins and two hundred dollars, totaling two hundred and fifty. Don’t exchange the deposited money into ancient currency, since silver is depreciating, and its value is still not as high as ancient currency."

The staff, a bit dizzy, complied and brought out the copper coins. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Yu Xia was very interested in counting money, happily counting the copper plates, while Xie Qingci maintained his leaning position beside her and asked the staff, "Where around here can I find red strings for sale? Or places to rent a stall?"

The staff wanted to say, "How the hell should I know, I’m just an ordinary modern variety show assistant!"

But before he could speak, Yu Xia glanced up from counting with a disapproving look.

"No wonder your business is so slow that you have to use such flashy brochures to attract customers. To gain support for your business, the first step is to solve and ease customers’ problems so that you can maintain their trust at any time. How can you not know the little things around here and miss out on big clients’ favor?"

Staff: "..."

He felt brainwashed! Can’t anyone control these two people?!

Yu Xia sighed faintly and continued counting the copper plates. A hundred copper plates were quite heavy, so she strung them together with a line and handed them all to Xie Qingci.

Xie Qingci was standing slightly to her left, supporting himself with his left hand on the sign-in machine, slightly bent over to talk to them. When she turned around, she stood relatively close to him.

From some angles, they looked like a couple having an intimate, light-hearted conversation, almost about to hug each other.

At least, in Song Xi’s eyes when he first walked in, it seemed that way.

He stood at the doorway for a second before walking in naturally.

"Yu Xia, Xie Qingci, did you guys arrive first?"

Yu Xia only looked towards the door when she heard the voice, then patted Xie Qingci, who stood straight as she stood up.

"Yeah, lucky us. Come on, you guys choose the task, we’re done, we can make room for you."

She didn’t even realize how in sync they were, Song Xi was momentarily dazed, forcing himself to look away, then said:

"What’s next? We’re kind of clueless about what to do."

Lan Hui nodded along, her sweet smile was a weapon, smiling brightly at Yu Xia: "Yu Xia, can you guide us?"

Yu Xia, who was just about to leave: "Sure, I guess."

Xie Qingci looked at her speechlessly.

He had seen men get lost in the flattery of beautiful women, and men blinded by luxury cars, but he had never seen a woman befuddled by being called ’Yu Xia’ in such a sweet way.

He never saw her enjoy it so much when he called her sister.

He glanced at Lan Hui.

Her features were all round and she sported a round bun hairstyle. Her dimples popped out, indeed very cute, sweet as if saccharin was spilling out.

Lan Hui noticed the gaze, was surprised, but smiled at him. Xie Qingci calmly averted his gaze, focusing on the eager-to-help Yu Xia.

Yu Xia briefly introduced the usage of the sign-in machine and staff, not revealing any other details. When Lan Hui asked what task she drew, she just smiled at Lan Hui’s round face.

After helping, Yu Xia couldn’t resist touching Lan Hui’s cheek.

Soft and tender, poking the dimple down felt like fingers sinking into fermented dough.

Lan Hui was startled by her poke, her round eyes flickering, just like in those original video dramas— a startled rabbit.

Xie Qingci and Song Xi stood nearby, watching her bully Lan Hui, wanting to step in and stop her.

Xie Qingci: "Sister, we should go, what if the pursuers follow them and come here."

Yu Xia regretfully withdrew her hand, went with him, patting Lan Hui’s shoulder before leaving, encouraged her, "You guys can do it."

Lan Hui nodded, covering her face.

All the while, her eyes stayed solely on Lan Hui, not sparing a glance at Song Xi.

Song Xi didn’t understand why he cared so much about this; his peripheral vision remained on Yu Xia, a bit uncertain, yet his heart confidently told him she didn’t see him in her eyes at all.

He watched her and Xie Qingci leave, then turned to stand in front of the sign-in machine, half an arm’s distance from Lan Hui, politely discussing which task to choose.

Lan Hui didn’t seem to notice his deliberate distance, cheerfully chatting with him.

Actually, his attitude was quite normal; female fans of male celebrities tend to be possessive, and even more so as a popular idol, he generally avoids suspicion when interacting with the opposite sex. Appearing on such gossip-prone shows requires more caution.

What’s abnormal is Xie Qingci.

But everyone could see that Xie Qingci only avoided suspicion with Yu Xia.

...

Yu Xia and Xie Qingci found a hidden spot to hide after leaving.

"Let’s first discuss and prioritize the tasks at hand."

Xie Qingci cooperated by sorting them out: "We need to find a place to borrow bowls, chopsticks, and hot water to eat instant noodles, or spend money on food, find a place to stay, spend the hundred and twenty dollars, find a place selling red strings to sell the copper plates, then explore what to sell for a profit. Oh, and also test how the player emits sound and the interval time."

As he spoke, Yu Xia nodded along. After he finished, she repeated the priorities in order.

"First, spend money on food and investigate accommodation costs. If it’s too expensive, we’ll buy reusable items and sleep on the streets."

"Second, explore what to sell; we have capital to purchase stock. The red string copper plate can be sold as a souvenir, though the price can’t be too high."

"During these two processes, the spending task can be completed, as there’s no rule on how to use the hundred and twenty dollars, using it to restock counts as spending too."

"Lastly, the player issue is simple. I think it’ll start sounding soon, just wait. Let’s go out and see what’s for sale."

Xie Qingci nodded, having an air of going along with whatever she says.

Wearing stuffed toys yet so obedient, and looking good while at it, he seemed cuter the more she looked. Yu Xia took the opportunity while the drone turned to discreetly hook his finger, her fingertip lightly brushing his palm.

Xie Qingci looked at her in shock, but she blinked, nonchalantly walked into the camera frame, and asked him:

"What do you feel like eating?"