Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself

Yu Xia still politely refused.

"It’s not because of that. I just really don’t want to eat."

Ling Yan showed an "I get it" expression and jokingly called out to Xie Qingci.

"Why don’t you peel some shrimp for Yu Xia? These shrimp taste good."

Xie Qingci paused his conversation with Mo Yunchu, turned around, looked at her plainly, and then said something odd.

"I just noticed you haven’t touched that cold dish of houttuynia."

How could he be paying attention to other girls? The others also stopped chatting and looked at them.

Ling Yan, feeling a bit nervous for some reason, replied with a smile, "Because I don’t really like the taste."

Xie Qingci: "I thought it was just because Qian Ling didn’t serve you any."

This dialogue was nearly identical to the earlier exchange between Ling Yan and Yu Xia, and Ling Yan’s expression immediately froze.

Yu Xia laughed and smoothed things over: "Don’t mind him, he’s young and doesn’t know the art of conversation."

Ling Yan forced a smile.

[Are you not eating because no one is serving you? Hahahahahahaha, who’s going to die of laughter from this]

[Ah, is this really Xie Qingci’s personality? Sticking like glue to his elder sister while throwing punches at others]

[Obviously fuming just now, but one touch from Yu Xia and everything’s fine, it’s just too sweet, ahhhh! / Biting the corner of the blanket and rolling on the bed.jpg]

[Didn’t expect that, did you? The camera already captured all your little gestures and whispers]

[Laughing to death, Zhou Yu and Liu Yicheng are just like me and my coworker, pretending to have a good relationship while secretly wishing to smash a keyboard over their head]

[I thought Zheng Jinjin was the annoying type, but so far, what she’s said has been pretty normal. It’s Ling Yan who’s, emmm...]

[Lin Shuangyin and Mo Yunchu have been together for three years, and they’re just like good brothers now, without that passionate love vibe]

[Last year, he was too shy to make eye contact while receiving dumplings, and now he’s baring his teeth and scaring people away just by standing near Yu Xia]

[When will heaven bless me with a man like this?! I’d be willing to offer up a duck!]

After returning from the restaurant, Xie Qingci changed his clothes and went to the village school with Mo Yunchu and the others.

Under the clear sky, a few handsome guys were standing by the roadside, holding basketballs, chatting and laughing, creating a beautiful and picturesque scene.

Yu Xia stood at the gate of the yard, bidding farewell to Xie Qingci, watching them as they walked through the rapeseed field, reluctantly withdrawing her gaze.

What followed was likely the girls’ talking session. Women in love and those looking forward to love always have endless things to talk about, much like high school girls whispering in the dorms after lights out.

But she hadn’t expected Zhou Yu to approach her proactively.

Led by Ling Yan, five girls arrived together at the house, spoke a few words in the yard, went into the living room to tour the small building, and then Zhou Yu suddenly asked her:

"Were you laughing at Liu Yicheng and me at the dinner table earlier?"

The others turned, wide-eyed, holding their breath as they looked at the two of them.

Yu Xia didn’t even raise an eyebrow.

"You’re overthinking it." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Zhou Yu asked again, "Do you think we should have broken up long ago? Do you find it ridiculous that we’re maintaining this relationship?"

"Whether you break up or not doesn’t stop me from enjoying my life. If you love each other passionately and happily ever after, I can still offer my blessings."

She placed her teacup on the table with a light clink, then looked at Zhou Yu, making her awkwardly turn her head away.

Zheng Jinjin interjected with a smile, immediately breaking the awkward atmosphere.

"Zhou Yu, are you trying to discuss everyone’s relationship insights? Why don’t we all share our thoughts? As someone looking forward to love, I also want to hear the seniors’ opinions."

She wrinkled her nose, self-deprecatingly saying, "I feel like being too eager for love isn’t good; it can easily turn me into a love-obsessed fool. I urgently need rational comments to wake me up."

Lin Shuangyin joined in: "Actually, I’m quite worried too. Mo Yunchu and I have been together for three years, and for too long, I feel like our relationship is already starting to decline."

Lan Hui and Ling Yan also chimed in, but Yu Xia and Zhou Yu remained silent.

Yu Xia felt the current topic hadn’t touched upon her relationship status, and she didn’t have much to say about being in a long-term relationship.

After a long silence, Zhou Yu managed to respond to one of Lin Shuangyin’s remarks.

"Maybe distance does make the heart grow fonder; being together for too long can easily lose its freshness. Men tend to maintain relationships through novelty."

Zheng Jinjin: "It’s the same for both men and women. I also feel like I maintain my interest in a guy through novelty."

Lin Shuangyin then asked, "So how can we keep this novelty going?"

Ling Yan: "Perhaps the way Qian Ling and I do it is better? It’s like a book—if it’s yours, you just toss it in the study and leave it alone, but if it’s not, you keep yearning for it."

Lan Hui asked Yu Xia, "Yu Xia, what do you think? How do you maintain freshness?"

This time, all eyes were on her again.

Being known as the entertainment industry’s scandal queen, having had three high-quality boyfriends, she had a reputation that sounded like she was experienced enough in relationships to write a book. Everyone subconsciously thought her opinions on relationships would be the most impressive.

Yu Xia thought for a moment and said, "It depends on the situation."

"If you’re just experiencing a normal phase of fatigue in a good relationship, then you can spice it up with some small surprises for each other."

"But if it’s already a prolonged period of arguments, cold wars, and you even find dating exhausting—it’s like a spoiled drink, why should I force myself to imagine it as a fresh drink and swallow it?"

This statement was almost directly targeting Zhou Yu and Liu Yicheng.

Zheng Jinjin listened intently, propping her chin up, and smiled at Zhou Yu: "Why don’t you let Yu Xia analyze it for you? Girls helping girls is a good thing, and whether you break up or not doesn’t affect them."

Yu Xia glanced at Zheng Jinjin.

Zhou Yu was silent for a moment, the expression on her face uncomfortable, as she looked at Yu Xia and asked, "Do you think... if you were me, what would you do?"

"Break up," she answered without hesitation.

This answer was probably expected by Zhou Yu, whose expression didn’t change much. With a blank face, she asked again:

"But this relationship has lasted five or six years. With so much time invested, so much liking, two people have five or six years of memories together, can you really just say break up and break up?"

Yu Xia took a breath, telling her seriously and carefully: "Wanting to break up after five or six years isn’t a sudden thought. Your patience, your affection is being consumed bit by bit, to the point where you don’t even want to maintain pretenses anymore, what’s left to hold onto in this relationship?

Do you still like him? Then you indeed need someone else to wake you up. A person who is willing to consider others’ feelings but doesn’t care about yours, making you into a disliked character only to stand by and criticize you, what’s good about that? Have your standards for him dropped so low that as long as he can walk upright, use the bathroom, and eat meals, that’s enough?"

"You’re here for a relationship, not to serve yourself up for abuse, nor to be on a salary to rescue men who’ve gone astray."