Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 127: Who Told You to Disobey?

Yu Xia had no idea what was going through Xie Qingci’s mind. She was leisurely eating an orange and turned around to see that Xie Qingci still had several segments left, and it seemed he had only eaten one piece all this time.

She remembered he didn’t particularly like these sweet and sour fruits, so she looked at the fruit platter on her side, picking and asking, "You don’t like these oranges, huh? What would you like to eat? I’ll get it for you."

Xie Qingci casually replied, "Grapes, they’re sweet."

Yu Xia’s hand shook for a moment.

"Grapes, huh, we just happen to have some. Purple and green, which one do you want?"

"The ones with fewer seeds."

She picked a few green grapes without changing her expression and handed them to him, "We just have some."

Xie Qingci opened his palm for her to place them and thanked her with a smile, his attitude was very good.

To thank her for taking care of him, he "repaid kindness with kindness" by peeling an apple, cutting it into small pieces, and placing it with a toothpick between the two of them.

She ate the apple while he slowly ate a few green grapes, his long lashes slightly lowered, hair obediently falling just above his brows, giving him a quiet and well-behaved look.

[Our obedient little brother looks so good!]

[Our Qingci is truly a gentleman, taking good care of the girls, this is such a good habit]

[So our little brother likes grapes! Then our fan base should be called the grapes?]

[No, considering the type he eats, we should call ourselves the green grapes, right? It even has the ’Qing’ character, so it’s green grapes!]

[Our affection/lust CP, even not speaking and just eating fruit, is so sweet, wuwuwuwu, little brother always takes care of his sister, such a gentleman who can even do handstand push-ups, who wouldn’t like him?]

[Xie Qingci treats Yu Xia so well, I haven’t seen him be this nice to anyone else]

[Kidding me, it’s full of guys in the base, how can he be nice? And talking about Shu Ran, come on, he’s quite gentlemanly to Shu Ran too, right?]

[Before, when he took care of Shu Ran, someone said he was using Shu Ran to climb up Changhui, now some say he doesn’t care for Shu Ran, it’s hilarious, you’ve said it all, you guys might as well perform the whole show yourselves]

[Help me, I’ve been sold on the "puppy brother × playboy sister" vibe, now watching Yu Xia handing over the green grapes feels like she’s casually tossing dice, so exciting!]

[CP fans step aside, Xie Qingci is independently beautiful, no dating for idols]

[Don’t be so absolute, after Su Yan, Cheng Yiding, and Li Yang, this unwritten rule isn’t so rigid anymore]

[As long as they don’t pull dumb stunts like courting solo fanbases while dating, or proposing at concerts, or suddenly revealing someone’s in their room during a live broadcast, I’m okay with the rest]

[After so many scandals, I’m no longer greedy, with so much news recently, I just hope he works hard, keeps clean, and doesn’t waste such a good-looking face]

For a moment, the live comments shifted instantly from "Xie Qingci is so handsome" to discussions about recent idol scandals.

Due to explosive gossip in the past two weeks, the popular idols are laying low, and fans, facing a series of stumbles, have almost moved from shock to acceptance, lowering their expectations of stars repeatedly.

As for the boys in what’s likely the last talent show, they garner a lot of affection and are constantly reminded by fans to "stay clean" and "be cautious" during live comments.

Yu Xia had noticed too. Fans were amusing, almost nagging like they were watching over children, reminding them daily to behave.

Back to the show.

When Shu Ran walked into the little dark room as the third successful identifier, she only saw Yu Xia and Xie Qingci quietly eating fruit, not conversing.

Seeing her come in, they both stood up in sync.

"Shu Ran, you’re the third, how did you guess it?"

Shu Ran sat down, sipped some water, and wiped her sweat before saying, "Simple, seeing that everyone had been tried once, and thinking about how you got taken away with your mouth covered, I figured it out—the saddest ones are the spectators."

When the story is sad, they feel sad, when it’s sweet, they feel resentful and sad. The performers suffer from just one story, but they watch a dozen stories, so they suffer the most.

In the end, she knew the writers well, they loved throwing surprises like that.

Yu Xia chuckled, pushing the plate of apples beside her over.

"Try this, little brother cut it himself."

Shu Ran raised an eyebrow and looked at Xie Qingci, saying, "Not bad craftsmanship, didn’t see any messy spots. At the end-of-year company party, you could perform apple peeling."

Xie Qingci widened his eyes slightly, "Apple peeling for a party performance?"

"There’s just the three of us in the company now," she put down the apple after eating two pieces, "Before, when it was just me and Lin Lian, I even performed demonstrating how to pin up hair in one minute."

Yu Xia: "... Your company is quite something."

Xie Qingci then took the opportunity to ask about her company, seemingly curious, "What about your company’s gala, Yu Xia?"

"A countryside-style banquet, eating and drinking, watching performances, then waiting for red envelope handouts."

Their company’s end-of-year event last year even went a bit viral online because they made a compilation of excellent performances by their actors, and all those who appeared in the segments got additional red envelopes.

At that time, she was sitting in a corner eating and drinking, happily receiving a 666 yuan red envelope.

Xie Qingci laughed, "That sounds interesting."

"It would be quite interesting for you to perform apple peeling at your annual event," she said gleefully, "No wait, you came out of singing and dancing, you should definitely perform that!"

Shu Ran thought for a moment, "Yeah, we didn’t have an idol before, now we finally have performances to watch! Lin Lian always sings the same song every time, the company is tired of hearing it by now."

After saying that, she laughed, and so did Yu Xia, while the two of them, the only women on the show, supported their heads, chatting and laughing, as Xie Qingci quietly peeled apples for them.

After half an hour, seven people had succeeded in identifying, while the remaining five lost the rights to enjoy premium treatment and earn points, leaving them to come out well-fed and watered, casting resentful, piteous glances.

Yu Xia felt refreshed, standing under a big tree in the shade, listening to the show crew gathering all the boys to introduce them one by one to the camera.

Just coming out of an air-conditioned room, the temperature difference was quite significant, and she felt a bit uncomfortable. She thought to herself, it is indeed the last episode of the game, the crew has been very good to the boys, this "farewell ceremony" is pretty nice.

Once filming was completely over, she didn’t pay attention to Xie Qingci and hurried out to get into the minivan, her sweat almost washing off her makeup.

Xie Qingci watched her run off quickly, stayed behind, looking in that direction with tight lips, tapping his tongue against his upper teeth, then turned around to follow the others back to the dorm area.

Song Xi walked beside him, both quiet. Once they reached the lawn close to the dorm building, Song Xi suddenly spoke, self-mockingly, "Yesterday, gossip about me surfaced, about smoking, not too severe or exaggerated. It’s apt to serve as a lesson to me, don’t you think?"

Xie Qingci looked straight ahead, his expression calm, "Who told you not to listen."