Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 224: Infinite Escape Pilot Episode

The voice on the other end of the phone continued without pause, still saying, "It’s best to wear sneakers and sweatpants. I checked the weather recently, and the temperature isn’t very high. A jacket is definitely needed."

Yu Xia replied with an "uh-huh" while packing her things, and the conversation went smoothly, even though it wasn’t exactly a discussion.

The staff quietly asked, "Have you been on the phone for a long time? Did you give him any suggestions?"

This is called a discussion, where you say one thing, and I say another, allowing the audience to deduce their relationship and respective living habits, among other things.

Yu Xia nodded, "I gave him a lot of suggestions."

"Like what?"

Xie Qingci’s voice came from the other end, answering for her, "Like suggesting I buy a car to escape faster."

Staff: "..."

[Hahahahahaha I’m dying of laughter!]

[Yu Xia: Brother, want to buy a car? You buy, I ride, we escape]

[We’re participating in a survival show, not enacting a scene with the crew where you drive away and we chase you, Xiaxia]

[Their relationship seems really good, huh]

[After cooperating twice, they spent two months together filming last time, so naturally there’s a good relationship]

[I look forward to the brother taking the sister... not escaping, but surviving!]

[What, has wilderness survival turned into eloping away?]

[Hurry and start! People who can’t eat without variety shows can’t stand waiting any longer!]

Yu Xia felt a bit awkward, pulling out her specially bought super sturdy suitcase, and asked Xie Qingci, "What do we need to bring? I can fit a week’s worth of food and toiletries here. If you have anything you can’t fit, I can help pack it."

Xie Qingci: "Are you planning to escape with a suitcase?"

"..." She closed the suitcase. "Just tell me what I need to bring!"

Xie Qingci chuckled deeply, and after laughter, said, "I think the production team will definitely make us keep only the essentials, and everything else will be taken away. So, just bring the essentials for living, and I’ll bring the rest."

"Essentials..." She thought for a moment, looked at the camera, and asked the production team staff, "Can I bring a suitcase full of money?"

Staff: "..."

Xie Qingci: "..."

After persuading her to give up on that idea, the items she packed finally returned to a somewhat normal range.

"Take some clothes and socks. These are new, and if they’re really not needed, they can serve as headgear to rob the production crew."

Xie Qingci: "...Thank you for thinking so thoroughly."

Could wearing cotton socks as a headgear suffocate someone?

"Also, sunscreen is needed. And if you bring sunscreen, you need makeup remover. And if there’s makeup remover, makeup remover pads must be brought, right? Wet wipes are necessary too. Bees love coming out in this season... Hey, Xie Qingci, don’t wear clothes in bright red, green, or yellow. Bees are easily attracted to those colors."

Xie Qingci: "...Okay."

"Also, cold medicine, band-aids, and a sun hat. Oh, there’s a wig here! I can disguise you then, ensuring that the people chasing you won’t recognize you!"

Xie Qingci: "...I’ll just bring some useful stuff myself; I’m worried that everything you have will be confiscated when the time comes."

Yu Xia didn’t care much. If it was going to be confiscated, she would accept it, but what if? What if she could take it with her? Everything she brought could serve unexpected purposes!

So, she started packing even more eagerly.

"Nylon rope, which I specially bought, is great for tying things! And it can be used to dry clothes. A small knife, for cutting finer branches. A net, to collect water at night. A plastic bottle, for making a water purification device. These are things I was inspired to buy from survival shows. And you’d never guess, I specially bought roller skates!"

She took the shoes out of the shoe box, showing the sneakers with hidden wheels underneath that could be summoned by tapping the heel.

After describing their use to Xie Qingci, Yu Xia excitedly asked, "Do you want me to buy you a pair too? It’ll be effortless to slide along, and if someone catches up, you can easily shake them off!"

Xie Qingci remained silent for a while before gently declining her offer.

"I think the countryside development in our country is quite good; these things might not be necessary."

Yu Xia was stone-faced: "Oh."

Thus, the discussion ended, and Yu Xia, with her confidence bruised, decided to bring all her suitcase items anyway.

The next day, with a mindset of "what if it proves useful", she laboriously dragged it to the set.

...

On the first official broadcast day of "Infinite Escape", seven groups of fourteen guests gathered at the center square in Hai City.

In March, the spring breeze gently caressed the face, and the clear skies stretched endlessly, with trees budding new branches.

The sunlight cast its rays on the towering buildings within the city, awakening the drowsy steel forest, as the sun rose higher, the light and shadow boundary moved lower along the office buildings, and the sunshine fully seized the territory.

Cameras surrounded the square, with seven new flying cameras from Zhipu Electronics silently hovering above everyone’s heads.

When Yu Xia arrived, the elderly women around the square had just started their exercises with square dancing, and she accidentally blended in, dragging her suitcase along.

The cameraman initially didn’t notice her because her sports outfit looked quite similar to the elderly women beside her.

If Xie Qingci hadn’t spotted her at first glance and went over to greet her, they might have missed her.

"...Is this everything you brought?" Xie Qingci asked, taking the bulky twenty-six-inch suitcase with a somewhat complicated expression.

Yu Xia quickly glanced at him, nodded, and confirmed.

His outfit today was something she hadn’t seen before, with a hoodie, cargo pants, and combat boots, looking somewhat like an escaping special forces soldier. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Xie Qingci pushed the suitcase ahead, while she followed with a backpack, eyeing his long legs, reminding her of He Ci’s repeated warnings on the phone last night.

"Look less at him, keep your distance, don’t call any nauseating nicknames, and most importantly, don’t touch him! No physical contact!"

She thought this could only be selectively followed.

As they walked in front of the cameras, Yu Xia greeted the other six groups of members.

Of those, she only knew two people, and neither well. She carefully observed the others, trying to assess who might be their competitors on the road to victory.

Her gaze moved sequentially, landing on the new couple in the middle, almost getting blinded by their brilliance.

It wasn’t the radiance of the Bodhisattva Guanyin saving all beings; it was their fashion brilliance, elevating the fashion level present at the scene.

A trench coat with jeans, a chic wool skirt with ankle boots, the pair leaned intimately together, holding hands while shaking hands with her, leading Yu Xia to use both her right and left hand to finish shaking hands with them.

"Hello, Sister Yu Xia. I’m Ling Luo, and this is my boyfriend Luo Sheng."

The girl’s voice was sweet with a natural coquettishness, making her ears tingle.

Yu Xia saw them exchange a loving glance, rich with affection, then moved her gaze to Xie Qingci, standing tall, casually leaning on the suitcase handle, looking at her with his eyes half-lidded, shivering slightly in the breeze.