Chapter 449: Chapter 449: Hot-Blooded Youth Instantly Becomes a Domestic and Caring Boyfriend

Zhou Yu seemed like someone who desperately needed others to scold her awake; what she’d heard wasn’t enough, and she demanded harsher words.

It was as if just one more slash would break the fragile relationship between her and Liu Yicheng and finally set her free.

"What if Xie Qingci becomes like him? Treats you the way he did me? What would you do?"

Yu Xia: "I’d bury him alive."

Others: "..."

Is that something you can say?

Zhou Yu let out a breath, swallowed awkwardly, and said in a daze, "So he really doesn’t like me at all, does he? He’s the one who made me this way, so it’s reasonable that I can’t keep going."

"Stop joking, criticizing him doesn’t mean you’re blameless," she said bluntly and mercilessly, "Who cares about right and wrong at this point, just break up and cut your losses."

Zhou Yu was speechless.

Zheng Jinjin came over with a few questions, and Lin Shuangyin and Lan Hui were also talking eagerly.

Ling Yan, probably fearing a rebuke, wasn’t participating enthusiastically.

Since ancient times, humans love to gather and chat, from seventy or eighty-year-old elders who gather daily to gossip, to kids who can chatter on after eating a piece of candy, storytelling exchanges are a part of mental sustenance.

By the time the teaparty ended, Lan Hui and the others left with a look of wanting more, even as they walked out of the yard. Yu Xia could see them from over the courtyard wall, still hand in hand, heads together, continuing their conversation.

She turned and looked at the circle of photographers and staff, pondered for two seconds, and asked, "Did I talk too much? I said it wasn’t my business."

The staff quickly assured her she hadn’t.

They wished for her to say more; this is, after all, the effect they wanted for the show.

Yu Xia sighed, walked back to the small building with her hands clasped behind her, like an old man who has seen much of the world.

The village elementary school’s friendly basketball game ended at five, the sun was tardy and left early, clocking out in advance, while treacherous clouds loomed and blocked the excessive light.

Xie Qingci, holding a basketball, walked past the canola fields, found the vendors who had changed the location of their produce stalls, and bent over to pick out vegetables.

He was sweating profusely, but his actions and expressions while selecting vegetables were meticulous.

The hot-blooded basketball youth instantly turned into a homey and considerate boyfriend, with a group of people watching him in astonishment.

Mo Yunchu laughed and asked, "You’re buying vegetables? Are you cooking, or is Yu Xia cooking?"

Xie Qingci replied while picking through the vegetables, "I am."

Wang Xuchun: "Aren’t you worried about buying too much? What if the girls idle away and already bought some?"

Listening, Liu Ji couldn’t help but say, "Really... so what if you buy too much? What if no one buys any, and the vegetable stalls are gone later, then what will we have for dinner?"

Wang Xuchun chuckled awkwardly, scratched the back of his head, and squatted down to pick vegetables too.

As Liu Yicheng had more experience, after squatting down, he didn’t immediately choose vegetables but first asked the vendors, "Did any girls come to buy vegetables this afternoon? The pretty ladies who came with us."

The vendor shook her head.

"Didn’t notice anyone buying from me anyway."

So they hadn’t bought any, and then he picked some leafy greens and a few tomatoes.

A group of men carrying vegetables parted ways at a fork in the road. Xie Qingci pushed open the yard gate and went inside, only to see Yu Xia bringing out a deck chair and dozing off under the eaves.

He stood there, holding a basketball in one hand and vegetables in the other, watching for a long time. He stood so long the photographer couldn’t help but focus the camera elsewhere to shoot some stock footage to stop this lovesick act.

Then he went past Yu Xia into the small building and came out ten minutes later all freshened up. He picked up Yu Xia, sat down on the deck chair, and cradled her in his arms.

A suddenly awakened Yu Xia, her eyes not fully open, found herself burrowed into a familiar embrace, the scent of body wash dominating her nostrils.

"...Are you crazy? I was sleeping!"

Xie Qingci reluctantly shifted a bit on the deck chair, wrapping his arms around her, their noses almost touching.

"I’m also really tired."

"Isn’t there another deck chair inside!?"

"But I just want to sleep with you."

"..." Can you not say things that lead people the wrong way?

After much effort, failing to move him, the two finally ended up squeezing together on a single deck chair for a half-hour nap.

They slept till dusk when they ate, and it was time to write the daily anonymous notes.

The showrunners also specially asked the girls and boys to write separately, assuring them that the contents would be unseen by the other side for a while, harboring expectations overnight, a small surprise, in essence.

But for those involved, the small surprise might not be there, stirring things up was the ultimate goal of such acts.

For instance, the next morning, everyone got an explosive piece of news—Zhou Yu and Liu Yicheng broke up!

The breakup was explosive, the roars and slamming doors could be heard all down the street.

Yu Xia, holding a bowl, peeked over the courtyard wall, tired of it, she placed the bowl on the wall, watched a bit more, and ate a bite of breakfast.

Turning her head, she saw the camera aimed right at her face, and she sighed in awe.

"What a lively morning."

The staff suppressed their laughter.

Xie Qingci helplessly called her, "Come back and eat."

"Got it." She replied casually and looked outside again.

Liu Yicheng was already storming down the road, Zhou Yu did not come out. She strained to peek further outside and found several heads above the flat-house exterior.

She wanted to look more, but Xie Qingci dragged her back then rifled through the mailbox outside. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Three letters.

Two addressed to "Yu Xia."

Alright, now the drama shifts home.

She conscientiously picked up her bowl and sat down, Xie Qingci expressionlessly tore open the two letters, passed her a blue note, and held onto a green one.

Before even reading the content, just seeing the color of the note made one ponder, when did the world get a shade of green this unsettling?

Who on earth chose such a note?

Yu Xia squeezed over to read it together and found the note’s text beautifully handwritten, interspersed with two little heart-emblazoned icons.

Who could be so bold?! Shocked, she thought.

Then, she read further—

[Upon closer look, you really are beautiful; when you talk, there’s a special charm. If I were a man, I wouldn’t hesitate to marry you, pretty tapes~]

Oh, turns out it was written by a girl.

She was relieved and turned to Xie Qingci, full of confidence, "Look at you, what’s with that attitude? It’s not even something that can’t be seen by others. And weren’t you pretty happy tearing these up yesterday? Why are you so keen to look today?"

"I just want to see who’s so bored writing love notes to someone else’s girlfriend." Xie Qingci glanced at her, slowly tore that note into pieces with his hands.

Yu Xia widened her eyes, "You already saw it wasn’t written by a guy, why tear it up anyway?"

"I don’t feel right, I’m uncomfortable. Isn’t having my letter enough for you?"

After speaking, he put on a convincingly pained expression, slouched his head on her shoulder, hands wrapped firmly around her waist.

"I’m so upset I can’t eat, what should I do?"

"...Starve, for all I care."