Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 248: Carrying the Bride

The Pingzhang Folk Museum is actually quite spacious, with more than just this area displaying exhibits.

So the guests and the pursuers are able to play the cat-and-mouse game for quite a while.

Yu Xia and Xie Qingci sneaked into the second exhibition hall, quietly observing every place, trying to quickly find clues.

However, they didn’t even know in what form the clues would appear. They searched and searched but didn’t see anything suspicious, only feeling confused.

Yu Xia leaned against the side of a display cabinet and whispered to Xie Qingci, "Did you see any clues?"

Xie Qingci smirked, she thought this meant he had found something, and she got a bit excited, but then he shook his head and said, "No."

"..." What the hell are you grinning about?

She rolled her eyes at him, leaning on the nearby display case, looking around and muttering, "There’s no hint or anything, how long is it going to take to find something like this? I wonder how the others are doing, the pursuers haven’t even come in here."

There are passages connecting the exhibition halls, but because of the museum’s unique layout, the closest hall to the first one is actually the fifth hall, and the second hall is tucked away in a corner with not many people wandering.

Xie Qingci whispered just like her, "Only one group came just now, they couldn’t get in, so the pursuers went out to catch them; they won’t come in for a while. But it will be trouble once the remaining three groups come in."

"That’s true, but I think the pursuers must have left someone guarding the entrance, and the rest might not be able to get in."

So for now, it’s just the two of them inside, giving them an advantage in finding clues.

She glanced at Xie Qingci.

At this moment, there was a tacit understanding between them, and Xie Qingci quickly grasped her thought and asked a question:

"If the clues are in here, we indeed have an advantage, but I’m afraid the clues might be outside or both inside and outside."

Yu Xia’s legs were a bit numb from squatting, so she shifted her weight to the other foot, took a deep breath, and said, "It’s okay, overall the situation is good for us, let’s search more carefully."

Plus, there’s air conditioning in here, the breeze is a bit strong but pleasantly dry, maintaining the perfect temperature so it doesn’t feel stuffy no matter how long we stay.

... Wait, it’s only March, the outside temperature is quite pleasant, why is the air conditioning on? And the wind so strong?

She looked up at the ceiling.

In large buildings like this, they use centrally integrated air conditioning systems embedded in the ceiling, with only the vents exposed, painted in the same color as the interior decor, making them hard to notice.

With the museum lighting mostly focused on the exhibits, the overhead lights aren’t very bright. The two of them sneaking around never looked up, so they hadn’t noticed anything above.

As they looked up, they discovered that in the four corners of the ceiling, at the air vents, there were four red silk ribbons fluttering in the breeze.

Xie Qingci stared at them for two seconds and said, "There are words on them."

Yu Xia held her breath, crouched and moved closer to examine them carefully from below; the ribbons and words were identical to those shot out from the drone earlier.

Damn, they really are!

She turned to look at Xie Qingci.

The two shared a silent gaze and then burst into laughter.

"After all that searching, they were just above us. Maybe all the air vents in the other exhibition halls have them too."

"It’s not an easy spot to find, given you have to avoid the pursuers, you can’t just look around openly."

After murmuring a few words, they focused their attention back on the red silk ribbons.

Yu Xia stood on her tiptoes, reaching up, but her fingertips were still far from the bottom of the ribbon.

"It’s too high, your turn." She moved out of the way.

Xie Qingci jumped lightly, his height and long arms allowing him to touch the ribbon, but he couldn’t grab it down.

"There’s a display cabinet nearby, if I jump a few more times I might be able to get it, but I could easily hit the exhibits."

That wouldn’t be worth it, the museum might just catch them then.

Yu Xia frowned in thought, "If only you had something to stand on..."

Xie Qingci looked at her.

Yu Xia: "...You want me to be your stepping stool?! Don’t even think about it! I’m so skinny, you’d break me just stepping on me!"

Xie Qingci paused, speechless and helpless: "How could I? I was thinking of carrying you up."

Do I look like a maniac who steps on girls as if they were steps?

Yu Xia chuckled awkwardly, the two of them stared at each other for a while.

Then Xie Qingci squatted in front of her again, patting his shoulder: "With my height plus your upper body and your reach, it should be enough."

Yu Xia hesitated a bit.

"I already felt bad for letting you carry me, and now this... stepping up feels even worse."

Xie Qingci paused, squatting and turned to look at her: "You plan to step on me to get up?"

"What else?"

He tried to keep a straight face: "Who climbs onto shoulders by stepping on them? Are you thinking of doing a twenty-year circus act for balance?"

Yu Xia: "..."

He patted his shoulder again: "Just sit up here."

Yu Xia’s eyelid twitched, feeling a bit embarrassed by the position.

But glancing at the ribbons so high above and looking outside at the pursuers who could come in at any moment, she cautiously supported herself on his shoulder despite feeling awkward and carefully climbed onto his shoulders.

She never felt as acutely as in this moment, that Xie Qingci’s shoulders, seemingly not so broad, were actually wide and muscular, giving him great strength, and she felt completely stable sitting on them.

Xie Qingci easily stood up, Yu Xia, caught off guard, clung to his head, and then quickly let go once steady, keeping herself taut.

Xie Qingci had one hand loosely around her leg and asked, "Can you reach it?"

The height made her feel as if she had suddenly grown to 1.9 meters tall, and she felt a bit dizzy looking down. She wanted something to hold onto for support so she could extend a hand to grab a ribbon.

After searching around, she cautiously grabbed his ear, "Just for balance, don’t worry."

Xie Qingci didn’t respond for a few seconds before he finally said, "Okay."

She extended her hand to grab the ribbon; with this height, it was easy to reach. She started to untie it.

The ribbon didn’t come off easily, her arm grew tired, so she paused halfway to rest.

Apart from this, they were wary of the pursuers entering from outside, Xie Qingci facing the entrance, watching for any movement, reassured her, "No rush, if it doesn’t work, we can go to another hall and get it there, take your time."

She nodded, let her arm down and shook it gently, then said, "I want to use both hands to untie it."

Xie Qingci immediately reacted: "Alright, where would you like me to support you?"

"The knee would be good."

Then Xie Qingci placed his hands on her knees, helping to steady her.

The two cooperated well, and Yu Xia quickly took down the ribbon, then they squatted in a corner to examine it closely.

"Southern Bus Station."