Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself

Thanks to Yu Xia’s hard work, they finally moved back to the little building.

Xie Qingci had enough of the nights where he was five or six meters away from her, so he moved all their luggage to the upstairs big bedroom in one go.

Yu Xia still maintained the demeanor of "this home was earned by my hard work" as the head of the house, sitting in the downstairs courtyard drinking tea like an ancestor.

The staff mentioned that over the next three days, they would welcome a new guest to stay with them.

And the new guest was a friend of the ladies.

"My friend?" She was a bit curious, "Who?"

The staff shook their heads and mysteriously said, "We can’t reveal it, but you can take a guess."

She mentioned two names of her friends from the industry, but the program crew denied them.

Who could it be?

She pondered this question and even asked Xie Qingci about it during dinner.

"Who do you think it is?"

Xie Qingci lowered his eyes, eating, not answering, but lightly said, "I don’t know all your friends."

He thought her next line might be "I’ll introduce you next time" or "I’ll take you out for fun next time," but instead she said, "True."

And that was the end of it.

He smoothed his lips and dragged her favorite dish in front of himself.

Yu Xia was just about to use her chopsticks to grab the dish when this move completely baffled her.

"What are you doing?"

Xie Qingci: "Didn’t you tell me to eat more and grow taller? This dish is quite appetizing."

"...Appetizing it may be, but why drag it in front of yourself? That’s quite rude."

He put down his chopsticks: "Yes, I’m being rude."

"......" What’s he up to now?

She recalled every word she said earlier and felt there was nothing wrong.

"Did I upset you?"

Xie Qingci lifted his eyelids: "No."

"Then what’s up?"

"I don’t know your friends, and you’re okay with that?"

She sighed: "What’s abnormal about that? You’ve only been in the industry for a short time, and with the film circle... Oh, I’ll introduce them to you next time we’re out. Or should I draw a friend genealogy for you now?"

He didn’t speak but picked up his chopsticks again.

Yu Xia held back her words and finally called him: "Like a little kid, so childish."

Xie Qingci glanced at her and didn’t refute.

That evening, she paid for her remarks.

It was pitch black, all silent with no cameras or microphones, when Xie Qingci patiently asked her repeatedly:

"Am I childish?"

"Hm? Am I childish?"

"Sister, open your mouth and talk."

"Babe, I didn’t really bully you, why are you looking at me like that?"

Yu Xia couldn’t even speak, only muttering to herself.

Sometimes a man’s competitive spirit is inexplicable; everything’s fine to say, except for calling him childish—then it’s endless.

...

Everyone was quite interested in the arrival of a new guest.

After half a month of seeing the same familiar faces every day, there was no novelty anymore. Plus, the guest was a friend of the ladies, which felt like having the girls’ family come to the husband’s house to support them, ramping up the anticipation.

However, the program crew was likely aiming to surprise them, so the new guest’s appearance was rather sudden.

Yu Xia was washing fruit—not specifically avoiding washing fruit for Xie Qingci—when someone knocked on the door outside the courtyard.

Xie Qingci got up to answer the door, while she stood in the living room entrance with an apple, hands on her hips, looking out.

Someone followed behind Xie Qingci with a suitcase, and a familiar face stunned Yu Xia for five seconds.

She pushed open the window abruptly, leaning out: "Why is it you?"

Yuan Wang became lively seeing her: "Good morning. Why can’t it be me? What are you eating? Give me one too."

"No, how come it’s you?"

Yuan Wang spoke through the window: "Why not me? Am I not okay? Just happened to have the schedule free, okay?"

Ah, true, with friends in the entertainment circle, schedule considerations are necessary.

But she still let out a small sigh.

"Why is it you?"

The bullet comments echoed her confusion.

[Why is it Yuan Wang, haha! This is slightly researched as her last rumored partner in Yu Xia’s dating rumors!]

[Let’s recall the trending topics of the time—#Yu Xia and Yuan Wang in love due to filming seems cohabitation#, #Yu Xia and Yuan Wang built a love nest and raised a beloved dog#]

[Rumored partner vs. current boyfriend, my favorite drama for sure]

[Even Yu Xia was shocked, the program crew carefully selected a rumored partner, haha]

[But they really are friends]

[Compared like this, Yuan Wang does seem a bit goofy]

[For some reason, looking at them makes me laugh, and why are they talking through a window, it’s like visiting someone in jail]

[Xie Qingci: Am I invisible to you? I’m standing right here, do I not have a presence?]

[I’m really going to die of laughter, when Xie Qingci opened the door, Yuan Wang nodded with his suitcase as if he was afraid of being rejected by the brother-in-law, haha]

[Countdown to Xie Qingci getting jealous, the program crew surely has bad intentions this time, hehehe]

[...]

Yu Xia took another bite of the apple, shaking her head to herself, then introduced to Xie Qingci indistinctly: "You should know him, he’s called Yuan Wang, visited my set during filming."

Then introduced to Yuan Wang: "This is Xie Qingci... as you know, my boyfriend."

Yuan Wang: "Alright, alright, no need to flaunt, even cavemen on the top of the mountain know you two are dating. You think I’ve been tricked by unscrupulous businesses onto the show? Do you think I don’t know I’m here for a dating variety show?"

He followed behind Xie Qingci into the living room, polite in behavior towards Xie Qingci, but rambled on verbally towards Yu Xia.

Yu Xia pouted, turned her head to see Xie Qingci’s more composed expression, thought about it, and held the apple towards him instead of eating another bite.

"Want some?"

Xie Qingci’s lips were pressed against the apple’s skin, first giving her a bland look, then reluctantly biting like a little wife.

Yuan Wang couldn’t bear to watch: "Can’t you show me where to put my stuff? I’m the guest here!"

"Too bad, bear with us. Apples oxidize easily."

After they finished the apple together, she showed him the last available room. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

"That’s your room. Let me tell you the co-living rules—have work in your eyes, take initiative in washing dishes and sweeping, whenever you enjoy others’ labor, remember to praise them and say thank you. Oh, where’s your cat? If it moves in too, I don’t want to see cat hair anywhere outside this room."

Yuan Wang: "I think you might misunderstand my role here. I’m here as a guest, do you know what that means? As a guest, I just need to bring my mouth."

Yu Xia didn’t argue, she turned to tell Xie Qingci: "Don’t cook his lunch, let him take his big mouth to chew greenery."

Yuan Wang: "..."