Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 201: Farewell My Concubine

Mr. Yang arrived quickly, hesitating as he stood at Yu Xia’s door, already seeing Xie Qingci lying at the bedroom door from across the living room.

He was twitching nervously.

"What, what’s going on here?"

"Farewell..." Forget it, if I say it, Changhui might make me pay the penalty and kick me out."

Mr. Yang opened his eyes wide: "Farewell..." rape?!

Yu Xia coolly redirected: "Farewell My Concubine."

Mr. Yang: "?"

Yu Xia casually made some excuses: "He probably read some false report, thinking I was with someone else, so he wanted to see me one last time and then give up. Somehow he got a high fever and fainted directly. I dragged him in, go have a look. Hope he’s not burned his brain."

Mr. Yang was in disbelief throughout, upon hearing he suddenly fainted from a fever, he reflexively explained:

"He didn’t sleep for over twenty hours consecutively yesterday. I asked him to rest this morning, didn’t expect him to run to you..."

If he waited all along, wouldn’t he have gone two days without sleep?

Yu Xia responded coldly with a "Hmm," saying no more.

Mr. Yang had to go in to get Xie Qingci out.

The quilt was lifted to find his clothes disheveled, and there’s a clear handprint on his handsome face.

"Did he... really not do anything else?"

Yesterday, he fought with Song Xi and definitely didn’t have this handprint, so this could only be Yu Xia’s doing?

Yu Xia ordered takeout, keeping her head down: "Ask him. The clothes were messed up by the doctor who applied alcohol to cool him down."

Mr. Yang doubted it, mainly because there was no alcohol smell on Xie Qingci.

Despite the doubt, judging from Yu Xia’s expression, even if something happened, it would be Xie Qingci’s fault.

It’s best to take him away first.

"I’m really sorry, he had some conflict with Song Xi yesterday in the team, causing you trouble. I’ll take him back first and contact you tomorrow to discuss this..."

"No need to discuss, it’s nothing, I won’t say anything about it. Just keep an eye on him."

Yu Xia looked up from her phone, displaying cool detachment. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Take the quilt with you and be careful not to get photographed on the way out."

With a sigh, Mr. Yang said no more, and left with the assistant waiting outside, taking Xie Qingci with him.

Only now did Yu Xia throw aside the phone and huddle in the sofa, staring blankly.

Her gaze drifted aimlessly around, somehow settling on the red tiger plush toy.

Cute and small, yesterday Yu Yue said it was adorable and wanted one while watching TV.

She picked it up slowly, playing with it in her hand.

When held, it was with great force; so angry in the waiting time, yet the toy remained intact, untouched.

As she played, she felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, and threw it to the ground.

Unexpectedly, the plush toy bounced back with some elasticity, landing back on her leg.

It wasn’t much, not heavy at all, didn’t hurt.

Yet somehow, tears flowed uncontrollably, running down her cheeks, dripping to her chin, and falling onto her neckline, leaving her feeling icy and uncomfortable.

The room was cold and quiet, with only her crying echoing, no one to comfort or hold her, calling her sweetheart.

...

Yu Xia started work ahead of schedule, went to the set the next morning.

She still felt sluggish, set up a deck chair outside to sunbathe and nap.

A loose, thick coat and blanket almost buried her in the chair.

Mei took a photo of her to use as an option for her work-start post on Weibo.

After enhancing the photo, Mei moved a stool to sit beside her, asking quietly, "Sis, did you guys... break it off?"

Yu Xia replied lazily: "Pretty much, just don’t let him near my room thereafter."

"Oh, okay, but, why did you break it off?"

"Because he’s blind."

She searched for her recent gossip, found a photo.

Honestly, it wasn’t really gossip because without searching, you wouldn’t see this news.

The photo was quite ordinary, the past rumors had more ambiguous photos, usually edited together.

She really couldn’t understand what made Xie Qingci go crazy.

She and Xi Heng were indeed nothing, technically speaking, Xi Heng might as well be her second brother, aside from going to her brother’s company, they might not see each other for one or two years.

She didn’t understand what there was to doubt.

Probably all boyfriends get jealousy syndrome like this? Young, impulsive, childish, and reckless.

"Forget it, don’t mention him. What’s for lunch? I feel like having some hot soup."

Mei immediately grabbed her phone to place the order.

Yu Xia felt quite touched.

See, Mei is so considerate, dating her would be better, no hassle and good food.

"I ordered nourishing soup for you, reviews are quite nice... Sis, your phone’s been ringing constantly."

"No need to mind this ringtone."

She continued to nap, covering her face with a silk scarf, basking in the warm sunlight.

In Mei’s heart, she lit a candle for Xie Qingci.

No clue what he did, yet he ended up with Yu Xia designating a special ringtone to ignore him, not blocking but not answering, looking ready to unleash a real torment.

The crew resumed in the afternoon, the director handed out New Year’s red envelopes, Yu Xia gave the money to Mei, letting her order afternoon tea treats for everyone.

Xie Qingci didn’t show up, heard he requested leave.

He Ci rushed over to inform her.

"Heard he worked two days straight, exhausted and caught a cold, went straight to the hospital with a high fever. Logically, Changhui isn’t a company that exploits artists, sigh, probably filled with ambition like you used to be."

"No, I’m not like him."

He Ci glanced at her, "You speak as though you know the inside story."

She casually threw a line: "I meant I am physically stronger, I shot underwater scenes in winter for five days, only resting four hours a day before getting a fever."

"So you’re even comparing fever limits?" He Ci remarked disdainfully.

She lapsed into silence, curling in her deck chair reading the script.

He Ci went out to take a call, soon rushed back in, enthusiastically shaking her hand with visibly exaggerated joy, nearly knocked the stool flying when he sat down excitedly.

"Honey! Great news!"

Yu Xia: "... Don’t be like this, talk normally."

She freed her hand and asked, "What’s the good news?"

He Ci calmed down a bit to say, "That escape survival show has been confirmed! You’re attending as a guest paired partner, and once on the show the crew will pair you with another guest as a teammate."

Recalling their previous speculations about Changhui’s interest in the show, he added: "Likely it’ll be Xie Qingci. But the crew probably won’t dare stir a CP between you two, so you might team up with someone else, or be arranged as a mentor-student dynamic between you."