Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 372: Supplementing Vitamins

Accompanied by just the right background music, she and Yu Zhi rode bicycles, creating a scene filled with an ambiguous and sweet sense of youthful affection, with pink bubbles continuously rising.

Yu Xia tried hard to keep a serious expression, treating this as a test of her acting skills, with not a hint of the usual reactions to watching an idol drama.

Suddenly a cold snort sounded above her head.

Xie Qingci absent-mindedly twirled her hair around his finger and asked her, "I’ve heard this show is about a story where the male lead’s blindness makes him fall for a ditsy flower?"

She calmly nodded, "Yes, the female lead is uniquely beautiful."

"Then it’s a good show."

"..."

Continuing to watch, the sweet memory ceased when the two main characters fell off their bikes, shifting to her donning high heels and walking out of the elevator with a calm expression to confront Yu Zhi.

This scene highlighted her charisma, swaying elegantly and unapproachable from the elevator to outside the meeting room.

Xie Qingci’s mood improved as he watched the show.

"You look great in that outfit."

When she barged into the meeting room with a stern face to scold Yu Zhi, his tone carried a hint of joy.

"Your voice sounds nice when you’re angry too."

Yu Xia was speechless, unsure of what to say.

After watching her personal moments for ten minutes, another female actress playing the role of a naive and sweet character appeared on the screen.

One a stunningly aggressive female director, the other a clumsy but innocent intern — standing together, it seemed the spotlight favored the naive sweet one, making the other appear as the aggressive, evil character.

Then the strong female director successfully made the intern cry, garnering everyone’s sympathy and pity for the intern.

Xie Qingci harshly criticized, "Only fools like fools, did this company finally go bankrupt?"

Yu Xia chuckled, "No, but the female lead switched jobs, starting her own company as CEO."

"Then they’re onto bankruptcy; maybe it’s unethical to blame everything on a naive intern, but sometimes one person becomes a butterfly effect causing bigger disasters."

In a good mood, he changed positions, half-crossing his legs and encircling her in the middle, wrapping his arms around her waist from the back and resting his chin on her head, like an anime boy cuddling a sturdy doll.

This position seemed to give him a lot of security, and unusually, he didn’t fidget.

Yu Xia was a bit absorbed, carefully analyzing and comparing her acting with the other actors’ performances.

Her eyes were strained from watching, yet she asked eagerly, "Do you think this show will do well?"

Xie Qingci casually responded, "Yes, the audience has watched too many shows with a pure female lead, the focus on your character might stir up discussions."

Indeed, domestic shows typically promote harmony, rewarding good, and the notion that simplicity is likable. Regardless of a woman’s efforts, she’s ultimately shown as a young girl in love or a wife in marriage.

This show is different; the female lead she plays only loves money-making in the end. Although there are a few romantic storylines midway, they’re all about utility.

Ah, speaking of those midway romantic lines...

She sat cross-legged in his arms honestly, using a tone of dedication to art to tell him:

"This character is indeed quite unique, though she does develop feelings, but they’re just small issues on her journey to prove her value."

Xie Qingci, "Oh? What small issues specifically?"

"See that guy? The one glimpsed sitting in the male lead’s office." She pointed to the person on the screen as if identifying a suspect.

He gave a knowing "Hmm," indicating for her to continue.

"Ah," she patted her knee, "It’s all to enrich the character’s layers, the female lead has a little something with that character too."

Xie Qingci, "You don’t have to be this cautious, I know it’s just for the shoot."

Without even taking a breath midway, he added, "I’ll watch the show thoroughly to see what storyline is special enough for you to mention."

Yu Xia, "..."

After hastily finishing one episode, Yu Xia logged onto Weibo to post an afterthought, then quickly turned off the projector.

She wanted to return to her room, but Xie Qingci held that anime boy cuddling doll pose without moving, so she just sat there, chatting randomly with him.

"When did you learn to ride a bike?" he asked.

Yu Xia recalled, "When I graduated from primary school."

"Have you ever sat on someone else’s back seat?" he asked again.

"Yes, my brother’s back seat, and my roommate’s back seat." She knew what he was trying to ask but mischievously didn’t say it directly.

Xie Qingci buried his head in her hair, nudging twice, his voice a bit muffled, "Have you ever sat on a boy’s back seat?"

"Nope—"

"Have you ever watched a boy play basketball?"

"Yes, but only for a few minutes, didn’t even get a clear look before leaving."

He leaned over and kissed her ear, whispering, "Seems you haven’t watched me play either."

Yu Xia turned around to lie in his arms, "Indeed not, each time I see you coming back holding a basketball, with wet hair. Why, do you want to say something?"

"I have to go back to school for testing later, will you accompany me?"

Yu Xia didn’t keep him hanging, "After going public, if I have no schedule, sure. But you’ve already filled the post-announcement time with activities, aren’t you afraid paparazzi will spot and post it online?"

Being spotted and posted online is exactly what he wanted, but he didn’t say that.

"It’s just something couples can openly do, who could say it’s inappropriate? So what if we get spotted?"

"Yeah, yeah," she dragged her voice playfully, "It’s like a kid planning the future—"

Pinching her voice to mimic a child, she exaggeratedly said, "When I grow up and make big money, I’m gonna buy a whole truck of lollipops, marshmallows, and chocolates~"

She laughed at herself in the end.

Xie Qingci pinched her ear, "I might not eat candy, but if you insist on feeding me, I don’t mind."

"Who would feed you candy, we didn’t buy any sweets at home." She teased in jest.

Xie Qingci raised an eyebrow but said nothing, tilting her chin to start another game of kissing.

Breathing heavily from the kisses, he suddenly said, "I haven’t eaten fruit in a long time, my agent says not consuming vitamins for so long will easily make me sick."

Yu Xia, still a bit dizzy, subconsciously asked, "So?"

"So for the sake of my health, you have to feed me more fruit," he whispered against her ear, "I’ll only eat what’s fed by you."

Yu Xia pushed his face away with both hands, "Eat if you want, do you think you’re a three-month-old baby?"

"If you want, I can be, after all, life is all about food, right?"

"... Seriously, I can’t with you."

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PS: That day, Xie Qingci changed the top pinned chat’s note from "Treasure" to "Candy."

Candy: You’re a bit shameless.

Xie Qingci: You’re so sweet, dear •ᴗ•