Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 103: When Even Chickens and Dogs Ascend to Heaven
The hard-earned triumph was gone in the blink of an eye.
Song Xi angered everyone, and suddenly, people everywhere wanted to give him a beating.
Yu Xia was especially furious.
She was supposed to have the most points! Now with everything reset to zero, who knows if she can still be number one?!
She and Yu Kuang stormed through the square, grabbing people and asking, "Where’s Song Xi? Have you seen Song Xi?"
They looked fierce and menacing, as if ready to raid a house and kill someone.
Song Xi heard their voices while he was still in the garden path and quickly hid.
But Yu Xia, with her Eyes of Golden Flame, had already spotted his back, and immediately charged.
"Song Xi! Give me back my points!!!"
Song Xi backed away, waving his hands, smiling as he spoke, "No, no, Yu Xia, don’t be impulsive. I didn’t mean to do it either. Who would’ve known a card worth three points could have such a huge effect."
"Well, you should compensate me then. I was just first a moment ago!"
She stood in front of him, not too close, keeping a safe distance, and said, "How about this? You buy another card. Maybe it’ll rewind time again and restore everything."
"Okay, I’ll buy it, I’ll buy it."
As he raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, his movements were as smooth and pleasing as those when dancing, nodding with a smile. He pushed his glasses with the hands raised in surrender and kept them there properly.
He resembled a suave villain smiling gently at the police, making people suspect he had more tricks up his sleeve.
Honestly, such a cultured scoundrel is quite charming.
What a pity.
Song Xi glanced at Yu Kuang, asking them, "As compensation, why don’t I give you the power to choose the card?"
Yu Kuang, as expected, said "Ladies first" and handed the choice to Yu Xia.
But she didn’t play along.
"I won’t do it. If I choose wrong, I’ll just have to stew in my own fury. But if you choose wrong, at least I can curse you out a bit."
Song Xi: "...Alright then."
He was "escorted" back to the display cabinet to carefully choose a card.
This time, the display cabinet had the point values labeled on the props cards, which was better than the blind draw before.
Song Xi bent over to look at the props cards inside, explaining to them carefully:
"I still have fifteen points left; maybe buying a more expensive card might net me a good one."
Yu Xia instinctively rebutted this logic, "That’s not necessarily true. Didn’t the powerful card earlier only cost three points? Plus, this time all values are labeled, definitely intended to create distraction."
The smile flickered in Song Xi’s eyes.
"You’re right, then I’ll..."
"Xie Qingci successfully purchased ’Ruyi Soft Armor’, deducting six points, automatically nullifies any six attacks while scoring normally!"
"Xie Qingci successfully purchased ’Incense Chicken Card’, deducting nine points, all guests’ scores equal to Xie Qingci’s scores from within the past hour!"
Yu Xia’s eyes lit up.
"What an empire we have here!"
Song Xi tugged his lips.
"After this, everyone’s scores depend on Xie Qingci. Good news. So, should I still buy this card?"
Yu Xia scanned his expression, smiled and said, "No need to buy it, this already looks promising. I fear if you buy another zero-clear card, then there’s no hope."
Afterward, she summoned Yu Kuang and kindly told him, "Let’s go, let’s go urge our friend Xie Qingci for a one-hour crash course."
Her steps became lighter, jogging backward toward the square. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
Yu Kuang was still sighing over his second wall chart being confiscated while Song Xi walked beside saying something.
Soon, they found Xie Qingci.
He was swaggering in the middle of the square, still watching the koi in the fountain pool.
Not only did the three find him, but others also gradually surrounded him, everyone gathered together.
Xie Qingci glanced over Yu Xia and Song Xi, clapped his hands and stood up.
"Actually, I think there’s no need to compete. What do you say?"
He had his score raised to sixteen in this hour, then utilized the Ruyi Soft Armor to automatically nullify six attacks, gaining six points effortlessly and claimed victory instantly.
Shu Ran hugged herself, "That’s not necessarily true. If we don’t cooperate, everyone’s scores will still be zero after an hour, and if you use another prop card, it’s merely a faster way to score six points than any of us. Moreover, if we still don’t cooperate then, your card can’t even be used."
Yu Xia nodded in agreement, sincerely said, "One hour will pass rapidly, and by then, the kind card purchaser turns out to be the one at the bottom. So, in essence, this hour demands our cooperation for mutual success. You collaborate properly, and we can finish work early, how about it?"
What else could he say; with a "let’s see you refuse" expression, Xie Qingci chuckled inwardly and nodded obediently.
"Alright then. How to cooperate?"
"Gang him up!" Wei Yaoyao jumped in, "Everyone gangs up to attack you, feed you moves to boost your score skyrocketing!"
Xie Qingci nodded again, "That works. Who’s first?"
Shu Ran decisively stepped back.
Then, He Mingjie and Song Xi also stepped back.
Wei Yaoyao eagerly said, "Then let’s start first? We assembled the whole science subject triad, everyone else also knows... He, what’s your wall chart?"
He Mingjie didn’t reply immediately, seemingly considering his words, yet Shu Ran exposed him with one statement.
"His wall chart is quite interesting, and is actually the only ’serious’ one."
"What’s it called?"
"’Jade Maiden Heart Scripture’."
"...Sounds like a good recipe!"
He Mingjie shrugged helplessly, "Luck isn’t great, imagine if they gave me a ’Heart Scripture of the Fierce Man’, I’d have already been the undefeated champ by now."
"Jade Maiden Heart Scripture isn’t bad, though," Yu Xia raised a brow, "It’s not embarrassing, better than... uh-uh-uh..."
Midway her words were muffled by someone covering her mouth while others deliberately made bizarre noises to disrupt her.
Shu Ran decisively instructed them to commence with their attack immediately.
"An hour is fleeting, feed Xie Qingci moves promptly, stop chit-chatting."
Yu Xia’s back pressed against Shu Ran’s chest, raising a hand for an okay, tilting her head over, winking playfully at her.
Only then did Shu Ran let her go.
Wei Yaoyao and Ning Yunchao readied themselves for action, striking with unrefined Mantis Fist and Tai Chi Boxing, making both appear a bit foolish.
Especially Wei Yaoyao, with his wool curls billowing in the breeze, hardly fitting the "Cultivation World" setting, more like seniors practicing Tai Chi Boxing at a park.
Yu Xia intended to perform the Crane Spreads Wings, but Chi Qiao beat her to it.
She glanced at Xie Qingci, who was subtly watching her with a smile on his lips.
An inexplicable embarrassment swept over her, clearing her throat, opting to act normally.
"Let’s begin."
Wei Yaoyao cried out sharply, "Ice skill of How much!"
Ning Yunchao laughed and followed, "Take my move of Front Moonlight!"
When it came to Chi Qiao, he was already laughing uncontrollably, crouching to shout out weakly, "Gah... Gagaga~ Gaha gaga!"
