Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself

Watched "Stars Babysitting Show" at the threshold for half an hour, the Little Potato woke up in the room.

The kid was quite whiny after waking up, lying in Xie Qingci’s arms humming and whining. Hearing the kids outside shouting about being hungry, he also started patting his tummy saying he wanted snacks.

But where could they find snacks?

Yu Xia turned her gaze to Xie Qingci again.

"It’s time for you to show off your cooking skills again."

Xie Qingci then asked Little Potato, "Should I make noodles for you?"

"No noodles, I want cake, I don’t want noodles!"

"Then it’s fried eggs," her patience ran out, "that’s all there is, nothing else."

The kid could read faces too, although still dissatisfied, he stopped talking as he sulked in Xie Qingci’s arms, just rubbing his face against his shoulder.

Fried eggs were made by Yu Xia herself, and she shared some with the other kids. Lin Shuangyin, considering that the kids were hungry, boiled some tangyuan for them, and Zheng Jinjin cut up a plate of fruit.

But none of it was welcomed.

The kids were shouting "I hate fruit" "I don’t want to eat" "I hate you", and then letting go, flipped the noodle bowl over, spilling hot noodle soup onto Lin Shuangyin’s leg, and splashing some onto Ling Yan’s face squatting nearby.

The clatter of the bowl hitting the floor startled everyone.

Ling Yan was trembling with anger, standing up tense and wanting to be angry but knowing he couldn’t hit the kid, so he vented by kicking over a nearby stool.

Lin Shuangyin was crying from being scalded, and Mo Yunchu hurriedly took her to the room to check the burned area.

The two children were left unattended, probably realizing they did something wrong, sniffling without wailing loudly.

But everyone had run out of patience.

Little Potato stared blankly at the scene, holding back tears that were about to escape, timidly looking at Yu Xia.

She seemed to know who truly was in charge among the older siblings.

Yu Xia didn’t say anything, pursed her dry lips, and pushed the rejected fried eggs over again.

"Eat."

No mood for more words, battling kids is exhausting.

Little Potato reached for a couple of apple slices next to him, speaking his plea softly, "I want to eat fruit."

"Alright, eat, that has nothing to do with you."

She picked up a fork and ate the fried egg herself, even feeding Xie Qingci a piece.

"Is it good?"

Xie Qingci nodded, "Tasty."

He pulled up a stool and sat opposite her, their knees facing each other, then he found an orange segment and fed it over, quickly kissing her.

"Well done."

"Not too bad."

She swallowed the orange, thinking that older kids are less worrisome.

The irritation in her heart was slowly soothed, as they intimately discussed what to eat for dinner, Little Potato munching on an apple, occasionally peeking at them, with his tender little hands feeding the remaining fruit to their mouths.

"Like, kiss."

Yu Xia stared at her intently, until she was about to pout and cry again, then eating the fruit, she planted a kiss on her tender cheek.

"Like Little Potato, kiss Little Potato."

Xie Qingci seized the chance to kiss both the big one and the small one, then Little Potato broke out in laughter, showing his white little teeth.

[Disturbed into leaving and coming back to still find them crying, if I had the energy of these kids I wouldn’t be stuck without promotions and pay raises now]

[I don’t understand, how can such small kids have such sharp voices, wearing headphones feels like hearing an air raid siren]

[If they’re not collapsing, I am]

[Here I offer my highest respect to all new parents and kindergarten teachers, you all work hard!]

[Feels like Yu Xia wants to explode, but has to remember she’s an artist who can’t randomly curse on the show or show impatience towards kids]

[I understand why Yu Xia said she doesn’t want kids before, one crying pair can drive you crazy]

[But Little Potato really knows how to read faces, nervously seeking comfort from older siblings]

[Wow, who said Yu Xia has a bad temper? Isn’t she doing fine? She can still handle kids]

[Like means kiss, the little brother seems like a big dog comforting its owner ooooo]

[Turns out I only like watching romance, not parenting shows]

[...]

Because Lin Shuangyin was scalded, and Ling Yan had a tantrum and cried refusing to come out, the courtyard scene was quite chaotic for a while.

With no one able to calm a group of crying kids, staff were helplessly forced to join in, then the program team had no choice but to end the babysitting task early.

The kindergarten pickup van drove in again, taking away six children.

Little Potato wiped tears and waved goodbye to Yu Xia and Xie Qingci.

Xie Qingci hugged her one last time, they both kissed her face again, then put her on the van.

Watching the van leave, Yu Xia said, "Pinch me awake, I even feel a bit reluctant."

"... You won’t feel that way in a few minutes."

A few minutes later, the director gathered them in the courtyard.

Lin Shuangyin had changed into wide pants, leaning against Mo Yunchu with red eyes. Ling Yan had a stiff expression, clearly very displeased with the task setup.

The director hadn’t expected that group of kids to be so uncontrollable and even caused guests to be injured, with intentions to soothe everyone, he spoke a couple of degrees gentler.

"In the task we just had with the kids, surely you’ve noticed that emotions aren’t only sweet when undisturbed, there might be people like those kids between you, and troublesome matters like babysitting.

The sweetness of love can make one overlook many problems, but people need to rationally view problems, to see from behind every matter the temperament of both partner and oneself, to recognize whether you truly are sweet and happy now, and whether the other is worth considering for later."

After some thought-provoking words, the compensation segment began.

"Considering everyone was indeed frightened by this task, the program team has decided to take you out tomorrow for a good relaxation and experience a true dating scene."

Zheng Jinjin curiously asked, "Where to?"

"Two hours away from the town, there’s a natural hot spring resort."

Hot spring retreat!

The previously downcast group immediately perked up with excitement.

Yu Xia was also quite looking forward to it, enjoying natural hot springs at public expense, such a perk is nice.

It’s been two years since she last went to a hot spring, she had planned to not take jobs in winter, find a snowy place to enjoy the view and soak in hot springs, she had saved several videos on her phone.

Xie Qingci suddenly turned to her and asked, "Are you excited?"

"Aren’t you?"

"Nothing to be excited about," his tone was cold, "not soaking privately anyway."

Girlfriend in a swimsuit soaking in hot springs chatting in front of cameras and everyone, he just felt irritable. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

More irritating than a bunch of kids collectively wailing earlier.