Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 360: I’m Investing in This Project

Song Xi felt like he was losing it, and participating more in their conversations might worsen it.

He pushed up his glasses a bit, pinched the bridge of his nose, and looked out the window.

Lan Hui was sitting by the window, their gazes met in front of it, then Lan Hui glanced meaningfully at Yu Xia’s side and whispered, "Can’t get a word in? You need to be more proactive."

Song Xi: "..."

Seeing that he wouldn’t be swayed, Lan Hui leaned over to join the discussion herself.

The group chatted and laughed for a while, Lan Hui rested back, looking at the faint reflection on the window, and said with a sigh, "Yu Xia looks gorgeous today."

Song Xi instinctively turned to look.

Yu Xia was wearing a light purple short top today, fairly figure-hugging, with a small V-neck opening that exposed her delicate collarbone without any necklace covering, with strands of hair occasionally sweeping across.

Though her hair brushed over her collarbone, she showed no sign of being tickled, yet the spectators felt it inexplicably.

He rarely saw Yu Xia dressed casually, since they almost never met privately. So, he couldn’t immediately avert his gaze.

Yu Xia, drinking water, unconsciously glanced sideways, slowly turned her head towards him, and pressed down the lid of her cup with her hand.

Their gaze collided, Yu Xia didn’t move, but Song Xi awkwardly turned his head to avoid.

"What are you looking at?" Xie Qingci called to her nearby.

Yu Xia withdrew her gaze and turned to Xie Qingci, "Looking at how nice the weather is today. If we really just play for a few days inside the unfinished building, at least we won’t have to sunbathe outside."

Xie Qingci lightly responded with an "Mhm," raising his hand to tap the car window on the right side, "You can see better this way. Look this way."

"...Got it."

As they reached their destination, what came into view was an eight-story unfinished residential building, somewhat arched, with the lower part resembling a stilt house supported by dozens of concrete pillars, allowing ventilation all around, and the wind turned into eerie howling noises as it passed through.

The ground of the unfinished building was overgrown with grass, and vines climbed up the walls, half withered and half lush green, inexplicably adding to the horror atmosphere.

"Is this episode a horror escape game?" Lan Hui swallowed nervously.

Song Xi called her to grab her stuff and asked, "Are you scared?"

"Aren’t all girls scared?"

Song Xi glanced ahead.

Yu Xia was fearless, charging ahead with a rescue rope after wearing a signal transmitter.

He chuckled knowingly and told Lan Hui, "Don’t worry, just follow behind me."

Everyone followed the procedure to search themselves, taking the escape items provided by the variety show to prepare to go upstairs.

The director, holding a megaphone, said, "This episode’s rules: There are five task stations inside the rooms of this building, what you need to do is find clues to unlock the room keys or use other methods as per hints to open the doors.

Meanwhile, pursuers are placed in five of the rooms inside this building, with the doors having two statuses: open and closed. When the door is open, the pursuer starts moving.

The biggest change in this episode: First, each guest team has one chance to redeem themselves with points. If anyone is captured, they can spend 199 points to redeem themselves and rejoin the game.

Secondly, every time all surviving guests pass a station, we will randomly throw escape packages to everyone, which may contain protective gear, food, or even a bedding set.

Now, the game begins. Good luck to everyone!"

As soon as the whistle blew, a group of people rushed upstairs.

Yu Xia and Xie Qingci sprinted up to the third floor before stopping, the others behind them saw this and abandoned the third floor, continuing upwards.

There are eight floors in total; occupying one floor per group to investigate is the best strategy.

Walking inside from the stairway, the corridor door opened, revealing two hallways on either side.

Above the corridor were simple pipe layouts and wiring routes, below was a cement floor, giving off a wild Syrian style vibe.

Inside, the lighting was very dim, the corridor was particularly long, only at a spot further in did some sunlight pour in, suggesting some hollow ventilation design there.

"This place is indeed eerie," Yu Xia unconsciously lowered her voice, "It’s so hot outside, yet it’s chilly here."

Xie Qingci looked at the surrounding rooms both ahead and behind, reaching out to push the door.

The distinctively styled doors didn’t budge, each sporting bizarre locks.

"These rooms are all locked; no clue what’s inside. Let’s check them one by one. Which direction do you want to go?"

Yu Xia pointed to the right, "This way. Turn on the drone lights, let everyone see more clearly."

With the drone, they quietly moved forward.

Yu Xia counted the rooms on her right as she walked, whispering when reaching the sunlit spot:

"This floor seems to have about fifty rooms, and each one isn’t big, likely like a single apartment layout."

Xie Qingci also shared his observations, "Every room in this line is locked, some with anti-theft doors, others with wooden doors and big iron locks, as well as password locks; haven’t seen any fingerprint lock yet."

Yu Xia furrowed her brows, "So we need to find keys or passwords one by one? If the clues are tough, even if everyone searches together, we might not open 400 rooms in five days."

"That leaves two possibilities. One, some doors are open or keys are easily found. Two, luck-dependent; perhaps just a few rooms need opening to clear the game smoothly."

Xie Qingci’s side profile was bathed in dazzling light, his dense lashes resembled fluttering butterfly wings in the glow.

Yu Xia casually admired, still managing to converse calmly, "Then let’s explore more, see if there are opened rooms. If none, we’ll have to consider how to start searching for keys. This place doesn’t seem to offer any clues for key information."

Xie Qingci lowered his head slightly, listening intently, his gaze wandering over their slightly overlapping shadows on the ground.

The drone, concealed within the light, was hard to see clearly against it; the recordings showed the two only as blurry silhouettes, akin to famous scenes from papercut love stories.

The first wave of enthusiastic commentators flooded the screen.

[Even the shadows are saying you’re a perfect match!]

[Xiaxia looks excessively gorgeous today, even the shadows are shapely!]

[Perfect match, perfect match, like leads in an idol drama, can we have a proper youthful romance movie with them?]

[Why can’t Yu Zhi join this show? I just want to see drama, just want drama! /Leopard scratching walls.jpg]

[Or has Yu Xia considered joining a variety show about rekindling with an ex? These days there are romance shows and divorce shows, why can’t there be a show about exes getting back together?]

[You’re daring, young one. I’m investing in this project; remember to sign Xie Qingci as a guest. I want to see if unrequited love or rekindling is more interesting.]

[You guys are so ruthless, hahaha]