Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 157: My Brother Is Here!!!

In the kitchen, the two of them stood together, each with their own task, chatting casually as they cooked leisurely.

Xie Qingci was helping out, watching her add the meat to the oil and then swiftly and skillfully lift the glass lid to shield her face. It almost made him laugh.

The lid-lifting action was much more skilled than her cooking moves.

The pork belly sizzled in the oil, and she dumped the bowl of green onions, ginger, and garlic in, then quickly called out to him, "Quick, pour in the chopped tomatoes."

Throughout the process, she never put the lid down.

He was just about to add the tomatoes when she stopped him.

"No, no, I forgot to add the bean paste! Wait a minute."

Xie Qingci: "..."

He was quite doubtful about whether the final result would be safe.

But cooking together felt different, amidst the chaos there was joy, and they kept talking and laughing nonstop.

Once the potatoes were added and water was poured in to let it stew, Yu Xia wiped some sweat and explained seriously to Xie Qingci.

"I’m just a bit rusty. But don’t worry, the final taste won’t be bad."

Xie Qingci didn’t doubt her, considering the only seasonings added were soy sauce and oyster sauce, even if they just boiled a spatula it wouldn’t taste bad.

He nodded with trust: "What’s the name of this dish?" 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Tomato and Potato Stewed Pork Belly."

"...Very specific, very realistic. Does your brother really love it?"

Yu Xia couldn’t exaggerate too much at this point and sighed quietly.

"He used to love it, but ever since my sister-in-law came, he hasn’t eaten food made by others. But it’s okay, he’s the kind of man completely satisfied just having a wife, I’m not keen for him to taste it anyway, his son, however, likes it a lot, just like before."

With a smile in his eyes, he glanced at her, recalling how she rarely talked about her family.

He asked nonchalantly, "Isn’t it said that nephews take after their aunts? Does he resemble you?"

"Of course not!!!"

Yu Xia vehemently denied any similarities between Yu Yue and herself.

Xie Qingci curved his lips in a smile: "Oh?"

The "oh" was quite intriguing, and Yu Xia thought he didn’t believe her words and was doubting her, so she went on to describe Yu Yue’s foolish behavior, emphasizing the differences between the aunt and nephew.

"My brother’s son is named Yu Yue, meaning joyous, but growing up joyous seems to have almost killed his dad with anger. He’s just in fourth... oh, this semester, fifth grade now... Anyway, back in fourth grade, he could fail Chinese exams!"

"Imagine failing Chinese, not knowing how to use idioms, yet daring to write love letters to female classmates! And not just one, he wrote to three at the same time! Coming home each day, he texts with someone called Little Strawberry or Little Banana, imagining himself as the world’s most handsome, thinking every female classmate is mesmerized by his unparalleled charm, and after a breakup, even called me crying."

He really shamed our family.

Xie Qingci listened with a nuanced expression, raising his eyebrow and saying, "Already wooing three female classmates in fourth grade... a family talent?"

Yu Xia glared: "What do you mean?"

"Nothing," he chuckled quietly, "He must like having you as his aunt?"

"Of course, his dad only has eyes for his mom, and his mom only has eyes for his dad, if he doesn’t like me, who would he like?"

The pot simmered away, steam rising, and she looked at his features seriously once more, then said, "Maybe he’d even like you."

Xie Qingci paused, turning his head to look at her: "You need to let us meet first to know that."

She waved a hand: "There’ll be a chance."

She just said it casually, thinking they would eventually meet family later if they stayed together long-term.

But she didn’t expect that day to come so soon.

...

In the following days, Yu Xia and Xie Qingci spent shamelessly blissful couple days at home.

Unlike more than a year ago when Yu Xia would appear and disappear suddenly, now it was Xie Qingci occasionally going out to work while she slept soundly at home, and by the time she woke, he was usually back.

Then when he came back, she’d end up sleeping another half day, and in this cycle, their relationship heated up quickly.

Recently, Yu Xia only had a script to review, so she hadn’t been out. Xie Qingci, on the other hand, had to attend martial arts classes, acting lessons, various singing and dancing trainings, and still had to shoot commercials. He was out all the time, able to rest only every two or three days.

After just under ten days, it happened to be Xie Qingci’s rest day, and they slept until noon with him hugging Yu Xia, not letting her get out of bed.

At this time, the phone on the bedside started vibrating.

Yu Xia tensed up, pushing him away to pick up the phone, thinking it might be He Ci or Mei calling. She even shushed him in advance, gesturing for him to keep quiet.

But when she picked it up and saw the huge "Brother" on the screen, she was so shocked that her hands trembled, almost dropping the phone.

She quickly reached out to grab it, fumbled twice without succeeding, and the phone ended up landing in Xie Qingci’s hand, who glanced at it, raising an eyebrow.

"Answer it." He handed it over.

Yu Xia took a deep breath, turned her back to him to answer the call, missing the pondering look on Xie Qingci’s face.

"Hello, Brother?"

Yu Heng’s voice was as steady and strong as usual: "I remember you said you were at home these days? Your sister-in-law and I came by, bringing you something."

"Oh oh oh, just leave it with the security, no need to trouble yourselves, I’ll come down later to get it."

Yu Heng: "No need, I drove straight into the underground parking garage, let’s take you out for a meal."

A ding sound came from the other side as he continued, "We’re in the elevator now, the card measures are pretty secure, good thing you gave your sister-in-law your card earlier on. We’ll be there soon, get ready."

"..." She was completely stunned, turning to look at Xie Qingci, words tripping over each other, "No, Brother, you shouldn’t... I can just come down directly, you don’t have to go to the trouble of bringing it up... Actually, I’m not home right now."

Yu Heng gave a deep "Hmm": "What do you mean? You’re not home, but just said to leave it with the security to pick up later? Yu Xia, are you up to something?"

"No, Brother, it’s just that..."

"Open the door."

Yu Xia: Uh-oh, it’s over.

She quickly hung up the phone, hurriedly getting dressed and then urging Xie Qingci to get up.

"My brother is here, hurry up and get dressed!"

Xie Qingci moved swiftly, preparing himself before hearing her say again, "In a moment, I’ll go out, you stay in the room and keep quiet, they’ll leave shortly."

Xie Qingci paused, his expression chilling.

"Aren’t you going to leave quickly? You want to leave me alone at home? Why, am I someone you can’t let others see?"

Yu Xia laughed dryly, reassuring him with a few words: "No, no, it’s just so sudden, I haven’t figured out how to explain to my brother, he might not even agree to us being together yet, can you bear with it for a while?"

Xie Qingci was almost amused by anger, with her attitude it was as if they were having an affair.