Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 368: From Now On, Your Nickname Is Xie Baibai

Chapter 368: Chapter 368: From Now On, Your Nickname Is Xie Baibai

Lan Hui stayed with her, besides being helpful in analyzing clues and completing tasks, she was just in the room playing Gomoku, patiently waiting for the two salesmen who went out to return.

Oh, right, the Gomoku pieces were made from walnut shells, using their size to differentiate black and white. The sharp edges of the walnut shells were smoothed out overnight by Xie Qingci and Song Xi to ensure they wouldn’t poke fingers.

After successfully completing the fourth checkpoint, their alliance had come to an end.

Yu Xia and Lan Hui parted reluctantly, while Xie Qingci and Song Xi pulled the teams apart with fake smiles.

From the seven groups of fourteen guests, only seven people were left, with only three complete teams remaining, aside from their two groups, there was also Fang Yuanzhou’s athlete brothers.

The final battle was about to begin.

Yu Xia and Xie Qingci returned to the iron door room on the third floor.

This time, they didn’t plan to go for first place; they just wanted to hang in there for the remaining time.

"There are so many pursuers outside now, the chance of getting caught is way too high. We don’t need to risk our lives for a single victory."

Xie Qingci nodded, with a look of "I agree with everything you said."

"Then we’ll just wait here until someone captures the flag, and then we’ll go out."

Yu Xia pondered and asked him, "Who do you think will successfully capture the flag, or do you think they’ll all be wiped out before capturing the flag?"

"I don’t know," Xie Qingci emptied out his backpack and found a leftover sausage. "Do you want something to eat? You could also take a nap, and I’ll wake you when the results are out."

... As if they’re watching a match, eating and nodding off until the last minute.

She declined the suggestion, holding onto the iron door and looking outside, waving at the black-clad burly men running around outside.

"Who are you chasing?"

"We’re not coming out, so go chase them instead."

"Go on, I won’t delay your work, bye-bye."

The pursuer was speechless, baring his teeth fiercely at her from outside the iron door.

Yu Xia chuckled happily, sitting back in the corner opposite Xie Qingci.

With nothing much to say under the camera, she made small talk with Xie Qingci:

"Do you have a nickname, little bro?"

Xie Qingci looked at her strangely.

Weren’t all his nicknames given by her? Also, why randomly call him little bro?

He thought for a bit, a bit wary: "No."

"No? Then shall I give you one?" she said, smiling.

Xie Qingci hesitated a bit, but couldn’t refuse outright, so he compromised by saying, "Why don’t you tell me first."

Yu Xia brought back a previous idea: "Look, your name has ’ci’, which means to say goodbye, so—your nickname could be Bye-bye."

He knew it.

The bullet screen erupted.

[Giving nicknames! Isn’t this what couples do?! Yu Xia, if you’re this good, just go for it and get him!]

[Even knowing it won’t be a good nickname, little bro can’t bear to refuse, sob sob sob sob]

[Bye-bye sounds great! Let’s use it as a pet name in our family! Xie Baibai is so sweet~]

[Are they really acting, or do they actually feel something? I can’t control my yearning fangirl heart anymore]

[The one who debuted first didn’t treasure their career as much as the one who debuted second, Xie Qingci, are you here to fall in love or develop your career?]

[Warm reminder: Only criticize your own idols, please don’t pick on my dear Xiaxia]

[I feel like Song Xi has a thing for Yu Xia too? Always hands things to her first, Lan Hui is always last]

[I don’t know if Song Xi likes Yu Xia, but I’m sure Fang Yuanzhou does! The way he looks at Yu Xia is like a big puppy looking at a bone, eyes shining!]

[Indeed, our Xia is still the gossip queen of the entertainment world]

[But Yu Xia seems more interested in Lan Hui, awkward smirk.jpg]

[The effort Yu Xia puts into opening a fruit can for Lan Hui far exceeds the effort Xie Qingci puts into slicing apples for her; the difference is Xie Qingci is the silent type and she’s the showy type]

[Yu Xia: It’s crucial for adorable Lan Hui to know how much I love her]

[Loving you 20% in my heart, 200% from my mouth, is this the playboy’s secret?]

[Xie Baibai! Such a cute nickname!]

[...]

Xie Qingci was quite helpless as he accepted the nickname in front of millions of viewers.

Meanwhile, he felt relieved that it wasn’t "Xie Honghong" being called out, or else he really couldn’t accept it.

The loud noise outside continued for half an hour, then came a brief silence.

However, the elimination notice soon informed them that someone else had been caught.

Another half an hour later, Lan Hui was caught.

An hour later, Fang Yuanzhou’s brother was caught.

The sun dimmed, with the sun setting, and three minutes before truce time, Song Xi was caught.

Only the lucky Fang Yuanzhou was left outside.

The electronic voice conducted the final broadcast: "Day five, 18:00 arrived, no one captured the flag, the game is forcibly ended! Now starting to calculate the scores of each team this round—"

"Calculation finished, the team with the highest score: Yu Xia, Xie Qingci team! Congratulations on winning!"

Yu Xia clapped for herself, sitting in the room.

"Wow, first again! Impressive, impressive!"

Xie Qingci couldn’t help but laugh: "It is quite impressive. Thanks to Yu Xia’s hard work."

"And thanks to little bro’s hard work too."

The two exchanged pleasantries, packed their bags, and walked out of the room.

The caught contestants and exhausted pursuers slowly gathered downstairs.

This was the only time in four rounds that the game forcibly ended at dusk, and no one was willing to stay and just casually find a hotel, so it was expected that they’d arrive back around midnight.

Everyone boarded the vehicle, closed their eyes while nodding off, and asked the production team for food; there was silence for a moment.

Song Xi looked quite upset, took off his glasses, leaned back on the chair, and pursed his lips without speaking. Even Lan Hui asked if he wanted something to eat, he just impatiently replied, "No need."

Lan Hui, looking all cute, wasn’t as soft-tempered as she seemed. Hearing him say that, she directly skipped over him and smilingly handed it to Yu Xia next door.

"Sister Yu Xia, do you want a honey croissant? If not, you can give it to Xie Qingci, we have plenty in this row, Song Xi isn’t hungry either."

Song Xi paused.

Yu Xia took it with a smile: "Maybe he’s a bit upset about not capturing the flag."

Lan Hui sighed: "That’s on me. If I hadn’t used the redemption opportunity on the first day, he could have been redeemed right away just now... and, umm, the cooldown time is three minutes, just after the truce time, so it wouldn’t work anyway."

"Yeah, and capturing the flag wasn’t useful anyway; ultimately, the score decides the victory."

As they chatted back and forth, Song Xi, sitting in the middle, turned pale at one moment and flushed the next.

Xie Qingci glanced at him, took the croissant from Yu Xia’s hand, and opened it.

"Does he really not want to eat? I’m a bit hungry, can I eat it instead? It’d be a shame to waste the crew’s thoughtful gesture."

Yu Xia and Lan Hui both nodded: "Of course."

Song Xi: "..."

Was he just outplayed?