Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself

People all soaked in the pool, and several guys were boldly showing off their bodies—even though they weren’t anything special.

The girls were a bit reserved at first, gathering together to chat about swimsuits, makeup, and ways to keep in shape.

Then the chatty Liu Yicheng and Mo Yunchu led an interesting topic.

"If we swapped gender roles and went back to being single, would you still be with your partner or choose someone else who made your heart flutter more?"

The first to answer was Qian Ling, who started with an incredibly touching story.

"Actually, it was Yanyan who first showed interest in me. I still remember it was a rainy day, and when I came out of the cinema, I found it was pouring heavily. I hadn’t brought an umbrella, so I sat in the cinema lobby, waiting for the rain to stop in vain, feeling quite vexed.

She came to pick up a friend, but the friend left with someone else, so she sat next to me, upset, with her umbrella, not speaking. Then a kid bumped into her, causing her to fall on me, and when we both said sorry, she recognized me immediately...

She lent me her umbrella, and feeling embarrassed, I first offered to take her home. After returning, she messaged me, saying she liked me and asked if we could be friends."

Next to him, Ling Yan, cooperating, showed a sweet smile, reminiscing about the past, occasionally making a playful remark.

Then Qian Ling sighed, "If I could go back to that time, no matter if roles swapped or not, I’d definitely pursue her first. Letting a girl be the one to chase for so long was not gentlemanly."

Ling Yan shed tears in the hot spring pool, throwing her arms around him in a silently touching scene.

Yu Xia silently lifted his glass for another sip.

Next was Lin Shuangyin and Mo Yunchu’s tale, following a similar format of remembering, choking up, and then silently hugging.

When it came to Liu Yicheng, he was silent for a while, then spoke with a hoarse voice about his past sweetness with Zhou Yu, relating the various things Zhou Yu had done for him.

He described Zhou Yu as a brave and deeply affectionate perfect girlfriend, and when Zhou Yu was moved, he self-mockingly added, "If we went back to that time, she probably wouldn’t do those things again, and if I were her, I also couldn’t be that brave."

He hadn’t even choked up yet, and the others were already crying.

Yu Xia felt like not shedding a few tears would make him out of place, so he looked down pretending to be sad.

Xie Qingci was lost in thought, wondering about something else.

The baton of storytelling quickly passed to them, and Yu Xia gave the emotional storytelling privilege to Xie Qingci while holding a wine glass as a story listener.

Which touching scene would he start with? Saying he fell in love at first sight?

Then Xie Qingci said, "If we swapped roles, we might not be together."

Yu Xia: "???"

Everyone looked at him curiously.

He remained calm, analyzing the situation by swapping roles with Yu Xia.

"If I were her, with stable development in the industry, a good reputation, and the greatest ambition to act in more good dramas, there’d be no need for me to get involved with a newly debuted idol, as that wouldn’t be beneficial for a skilled actor.

Besides, someone just in their early twenties, immature, impulsive, without money or ability, might only get a brief popularity for about six months—why on earth would I choose such a person?"

His analysis was quite genuine, and the others were intrigued.

After a pause of two seconds, he continued, "Also, her previous boyfriends were all elites, none of them weak. Even if there was a fling for novelty, there wouldn’t be any need to make it public, thus avoiding fan wars. So, by swapping roles, she has a lot of choices."

Yu Xia resorted to strategic drinking again.

The phrase "all the ex-boyfriends were elites," when said by him, came with an inherently sarcastic tone.

Lan Hui asked, "But you two are still together. Despite having many choices, she still chose to be with you and even made it public, indicating she genuinely likes you."

Oh, thinking about it this way, it’s sweeter than real sweetness.

Xie Qingci chuckled, "Because I was persistent."

"What nonsense, how are you persistent?" Yu Xia glanced at him, "At most—when you insisted on waiting at my door with a high fever until I got back from the set."

There’s more to this story! Liu Ji asked, "You waited at her door, then what? Confessed?"

"No."

To prevent him from portraying himself in some bizarre way, the storytelling privilege was retrieved by her.

"When we were filming ’Burning Spring,’ a guy who might have been an anti-fan or an obsessed fan claimed to have my phone number and pretended to be my friend, blatantly coming to the hotel where our crew was staying to knock on my door in the middle of the night."

Lan Hui widened her eyes, "That scary?"

"Hmm, I thought that was already scary enough, but unexpectedly, while I was filming at the set during the day, that person shoved a pile of random photos into my room and used a phone to take a picture of my room number.

As it turned out, Xie Qingci had returned to the hotel early and caught that person, beating them up. Later, while having a high fever, during the day he’d act normal but at night he’d be unclear-headed, worried that I was in danger, so he waited at my door until I came back before going to his room to rest."

Simple words told a simple tale, ultimately rendering it into a profoundly moving tale of affection. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

The others listened and began discussing, Lin Shuangyin was so moved she clutched her heart.

Yu Xia and Xie Qingci exchanged a glance over their wine glasses, with him lightly smiling at her, causing her to quickly look elsewhere—at the sky and ground, pretending to sip her wine and see the scenery.

The comments were tears mixed with sweetness.

[Having a high fever yet still waiting at the door for the person he likes to come back before resting, oh why don’t I have such a boyfriend/biting a towel and sobbing, accusing the heavens of unfairness.jpg]

[Oh my gosh, how terrifying, stalkers knocking at the door in the middle of the night. If it weren’t for Xie Qingci discovering, Yu Xia would have been in danger.]

[Younger brothers are definitely clingier when they have a fever, but they weren’t even together at that time, don’t know how they got through it.]

[Come on, he’s having a fever, not *!]

[Hahaha, I was initially moved to tears, but that made me laugh.]

[In this situation, if it weren’t for Xie Qingci persisting, it wouldn’t have worked out.]

[Those wooed through relentless efforts turn out differently, even exchanging glances sizzle with electric sparks.]

[Brother, don’t say that, what’s not good about you, where are you not competent? You’ve been hot for over a year now and will keep going. You have the confidence of someone in love!]

[I realized that the previous fan wars only hurt the two of them without serving any other purpose. Xie Qingci felt inferior, and Yu Xia wavered, nearly causing my CP (Couple Pairing) to meet an early demise!]

[I never really got how Yu Xia liked Xie Qingci before; it felt like she just casually agreed to someone’s pursuit when idle. But she did just refute Xie Qingci’s self-deprecating words!]

[Yu Xia is just like my dad, not highly cultured, doesn’t like to show it, but truly likes you.]

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PS:

He Ci: The funniest joke of the year—Xie Qingci feeling inferior, hahahahahaha how could he possibly feel inferior! Hahaha!