Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 255: Shipping Like There’s No Tomorrow
In front of the camera, the two people were unaware, but the comments in the livestream had mostly split into three factions—
Yu Xia solo fan faction, nobody deserves Xie Qingci faction, and the couple shippers going crazy faction.
Xie Qingci’s fans were highly active, Yu Xia’s fans were highly loyal, and there were also some die-hard couple shippers who wouldn’t listen to anything else, only caring about shipping them to the end, none of the three factions could overwhelm the others.
The more heated the arguments, the livelier it got, and the topic’s popularity kept rising, along with a surge in searches for the show and Yu Xia and Xie Qingci.
Just two days after the show premiered, the entry for "Yu Xia and Xie Qingci" had reached an unprecedented level of exposure, and it continued to climb.
He Ci seized the opportunity to secure some good resources, and Yu Xia’s status in the company was on the rise, with more quality resources clearly gravitating towards their direction.
However, the high popularity also had a downside, which was that more people started digging for dirt, and He Ci was busy warding off marketing accounts from writing random exposés while getting Mei to report more covert news at the company.
"Since you’re following Yu Xia every day, do you know if she has any bad habits or secrets lately? The kind that could be falsely written to discredit her."
Mei cautiously shook her head: "No, she’s very professional and never acts like a diva, always polite with every collaborator, there’s nothing else."
He Ci nodded: "Then Xie Qingci is her biggest scandal."
"..." That wasn’t wrong.
If the earlier incident of "Xie Qingci getting into Yu Xia’s car after his debut night and returning to the love nest" got exposed, it would be catastrophic.
Or if some dirt on Xie Qingci were dug up later, Yu Xia would get implicated by association with him.
So this notion was quite correct.
He Ci tapped the desk, then asked: "Have you noticed any small changes in her? Like getting a tattoo, changing her phone case, wearing any inexplicable earrings or necklaces, or buying clothes or shoes that clearly look like couples’ outfits."
That’s very thorough, no wonder he’s the man running multiple accounts, mixing in gossip groups every day.
Mei thought hard and shook her head: "No tattoos, she hardly goes out during breaks. Phone case hasn’t changed, it’s still the picture of her holding cash, she bought a lot of necklaces and earrings but rarely wears them, no abnormalities found. Couples’ outfits are even more unlikely, all her clothes are branded from endorsements, wouldn’t deliberately buy other brands."
He Ci was still uneasy.
"What if Xie Qingci decides to change his phone case to something like hers, wear a necklace expressing love for life, buy clothes and shoes similar to hers, especially tattoo her name discreetly?"
Feeling that Xie Qingci could actually do that.
Mei opened her mouth, wanting to say he shouldn’t think of Xie Qingci as that obsessed.
But after thinking about it, she said, "I think it’s impossible, if he does that he’d be shooting himself in the foot, she might just kick him away."
He Ci stammered slightly, stared at Mei for a long time, making her uneasy before he said in a deep tone: "Right, Yu Xia is very reliable in this regard."
With a determined heart, anyone messing with her career would face consequences, regardless of who they are.
He leaned back on the boss chair, crossed his legs.
"Then prepare to focus on public relations regarding her multiple romances, soon the drama with Yu Zhi will air, and the incident of being photographed with Mr. Xi hasn’t died down completely, people will splash dirt calling her a playboy."
Mei nodded solemnly, after leaving the office, she gathered together with He Ci’s assistant, sneaking to watch the show with several colleagues.
"Oh my gosh, Yu and Xie Qingci really match so well, boohoo!"
"Xie Qingci surely feels something for Yu Xia!"
"Persuade Yu, after all, it’s just dating, dating Xie Qingci is nothing much."
"Oh my, I love their looks together! Bright and cool, a match made for the world!"
...
On the show.
Sitting on a stone block outside the supermarket, Yu Xia finally stopped after eating a small portion of the cream puff.
"Hey, how did so many go missing? I feel like I didn’t eat that much."
She looked down at the cream puff bucket, shook it a bit, trying to fluff up the cream puffs to make it look like less was missing.
Xie Qingci glanced at the cream puffs inside, then looked back at her: "It’s okay, he didn’t originally like the cream anyway."
"... Then why didn’t you say so earlier?!"
Xie Qingci stood up, looked towards the entrance of the nearby community, saying nonchalantly: "Bought it anyway, eating it is happiness. He hasn’t come out yet, let’s just go in?"
Yu Xia hugged the cream puff bucket and nodded: "Alright, take out the apple, carry it in your hand, at least make a good impression."
When he held the tiger skin cake and apple in both hands, Yu Xia saw that the two plastic bags squeezed together had no gift-giving impression at all.
Instead, it was like... the meaning of carrying bones home to feed the dog after a village feast.
"Ahem," she shook off such odd thoughts, "Let’s go, let’s go."
They entered the community; opposite the entrance was a small square with surrounding seats. A lot of middle-aged and elderly people with kids were sitting together chatting, and others were adjusting the loudspeakers in the middle, probably preparing for a square dance.
Choosing the right path on both sides, Xie Qingci decided on going right.
"What if we just get in and he happens to go out?" Yu Xia asked.
Xie Qingci: "Then it’s not meant to be."
Yu Xia: "... What if we loop around inside here and still can’t meet? Ugh, why don’t we carry phones, it’d be so convenient right now."
Xie Qingci continued at his leisurely pace, glanced at the pink watch, saying, "It’s almost truce time, we’ll look for him once the time arrives for free activity."
"Then call him and ask which building he lives in, is this direction right?"
"Didn’t ask." He continued forward.
Yu Xia: "...Then what are you heading inside for? Checking feasibility for buying property?"
Xie Qingci turned around smiling: "Don’t rush, we’re not going to live in his house, knowing which building he lives in is useless. Let’s go, since you ate so many cream puffs, you need exercise to enjoy a big dinner later."
"..." What a cunning guy, really planning to trap Wei Yaoyao with such a detailed and useful plan.
She strolled catching up, holding the cream puff bucket always inconvenient, so while walking she subconsciously started squeezing cream puffs into her mouth again.
Xie Qingci noticed from the corner of his eye, filled with amusement.
Looping around from the right side, they returned to that small square again.
Compared to earlier, it was even livelier now, the square dance brigade had occupied the ground, under the darkening sky, the bustling energy was infectious, making Yu Xia, eating cream puffs, standing by unable to move, with a slight urge to join in the dance.
"How about you go outside and call Wei Yaoyao, I’ll stand here a while." She said to Xie Qingci.
"No need," Xie Qingci nodded toward the front row of the aunties, gesturing for her to see, "He’s over there."
Leading the way impressively.
