Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 257: Xie Qingci, You Scammer

On the way to the hotpot restaurant, Wei Yaoyao’s expression remained thoughtful and frowning.

He couldn’t figure out why he was now responsible for their five-star hotel expenses.

This wasn’t asking a friend for help; it was asking for his life!

Yu Xia and Xie Qingci took off their hats and walked openly on the street. It was a truce time, so they didn’t worry about pursuers following them, feeling quite relaxed.

Yu Xia took a deep breath, sincerely praising, "It smells so good, this is the aroma I’d expect! Wei Yaoyao, you really are a good person, warm-hearted, friendly, and socially graceful. Can I order two more portions of meat later?"

Before Wei Yaoyao could open his mouth to refuse, his head instinctively nodded, "...Sure."

"You’re so kind!"

Wei Yaoyao sorrowfully leaned on Xie Qingci’s shoulder, "Bro, you guys are ganging up to scam me, right? I don’t have a bossy CEO brother like Yu Xia."

Xie Qingci: "We don’t mind."

Wei Yaoyao: "I..."

Damn, I do mind!

They previously said, "We might need your help later," but he didn’t expect it would be financial help!

Frustrated, he thought for a while and asked, "Just say it directly, what kind of help do you guys need."

"Not much, but because we’re quite broke, we can’t manage expenses for food, accommodation, and travel, so we have to ask for your sponsorship." Xie Qingci said the word "broke" with a kind of noble grace, without a trace of shame.

"Mainly including food and drink from tonight to the day after tomorrow noon, plus three days of accommodation, travel security, and some help during the task process."

Wei Yaoyao turned around and left.

"I’ll give you guys two hundred bucks, just eat by yourselves. I’m heading back."

He quickly ran, hoping not to get tangled with these two broke relatives!

He had just taken two steps when Xie Qingci grabbed him and dragged him back.

"It’s no use running now. Aren’t we brothers? Didn’t you say you would unconditionally support us whenever we asked?"

Yu Xia also joined in, earnestly saying, "You are a good person, and how can a good person give up doing good deeds right at the beginning? We’re too poor; we’ve practically brought down the national living standards. That’s why we need a modern Bodhisattva like you to save us!"

Wei Yaoyao: "...You guys are really doing whatever it takes for a meal, huh."

"No, no, no, of course we’re not." Yu Xia wagged her finger.

"So you still have some conscience left? Then let me go, find a second sponsor to share the load with me."

Yu Xia: "I meant we’re not just doing it for the food; there’s also accommodation and travel!"

"..." This is just too much, isn’t it?

He closed his eyes, dispiritedly saying, "I’ll say first, I can’t be with you guys all the time these days."

Yu Xia: "Why not?"

"You guys dragged me out to run for our lives; did you even ask the show crew and my manager? The show didn’t hire me as a guest! You guys are here for freeloading!"

They were about to reach the hotpot restaurant entrance, Xie Qingci pulled him once more, speaking softly, "No worries, the show crew will compensate you later. Come, let’s go in and tell the waiter we want a small private room."

Yu Xia walked with excitement, pushing Wei Yaoyao inside.

"Good man, good man! To repay you, the right to order goes to you!"

Wei Yaoyao: "I really must thank you guys, huh!"

Saying so, but once in the private room, out of gentlemanly manners, the menu still ended up in Yu Xia’s hands.

Xie Qingci skillfully rinsed the cups and dishes with hot water, with smooth, graceful movements, quite pleasing to watch. Unfortunately, the opposite Wei Yaoyao had no mood for admiration.

"Xie Qingci, you schemer, why are you only targeting me to exploit? Is there no one else alive in this group?"

Xie Qingci: "Aren’t you happy I considered you first?"

"Happy, so happy that tears are pouring into the South Sea."

Yu Xia interrupted, asking, "I ordered a lot of meat and veggies for you, should be enough. Can I order a plum-flavored pork rib?"

She said it in a way that suggested she wouldn’t eat those dishes and meat, exuding a kind of pitiful aura through and through.

Wei Yaoyao seemed to know her for the first time, thinking that this skill must be learned from Xie Qingci, right?

He nodded, "Sure, Yu Xia, order whatever you like, anyway, Xie Qingci will pay eventually, right Xie Qingci?"

Xie Qingci looked at his twitching eyes and nodded reluctantly, "Next time you’re on the show, come find me, and I’ll let you enjoy life too."

Yu Xia held back her laughter, gleefully checking off a few more dishes on the menu and handed it to the waiter.

"Since Xie Qingci will pay you back, can I request a deluxe single room for tonight?"

Wei Yaoyao glanced at Xie Qingci, suppressing his heartache and saying, "Sure, sure."

"Actually, there’s one more issue. We drew a complicated task and need some tools. Could you help with that?"

Wei Yaoyao became alert, "What tools? I’ve only missed your livestream for one day, Yu Xia, don’t con me out of nowhere!"

"What are you talking about, am I that kind of person?" she said, feigning seriousness.

"Glad to hear that, so what tools do you need?" He thought it would just be axes, hammers, nails, and so on.

Then Yu Xia said, "A bicycle and a well-behaved, tame dog."

"?" Wei Yaoyao showed an incredulous expression, "What kind of show is this, teaching a dog to ride a bike, that’s abuse, even tame dogs won’t do it!"

Yu Xia was wordless for half a minute.

"You’re even more crazed than the show crew."

Wei Yaoyao paused, looking at Xie Qingci, "Isn’t it so? Asking for a bike and then a dog, isn’t it about teaching the dog to ride a bike?"

Xie Qingci: "Where do you see that? It’s our task, not the dog’s task."

"..." He awkwardly chuckled twice, "Sorry, I overthought it."

As they spoke, the waiter came in with the dishes, the hotpot in the center of the table bubbling with spicy aroma, Yu Xia inhaled the scent blissfully again.

"I truly understand the meaning of ’a day apart feels like three years.’ It’s only been two days, yet it feels like it’s been two years since I last had hotpot."

Wei Yaoyao actively dipped the meat in the hotpot, "Is there a possibility that you actually haven’t had hotpot for two years? Aren’t you female stars dedicated to dieting?"

"Not at all, last time I had it was when Yuan Wang visited the set."

The next second, Xie Qingci felt a strange gaze from Wei Yaoyao on him.

"Oh yes, Song Xi and I also visited the set then and saw you eating hotpot meatballs. Song Xi even commented on Yuan Wang’s white-gloved cat being beautiful."

With these two names, there’s not much to say, Yu Xia simply replied, "Mm-hmm," while keeping her eyes fixed on the tripe she just placed in the pot.

The timing was right, so she hurried to scoop it out.

"Tripe, my tripe, Wei Yaoyao, did you scoop up my tripe?"

"I put in my tripe too! I scooped up mine!"

The two of them scooped in their respective areas. In the middle, Xie Qingci used a slotted spoon, making a turn, and all the tripe ended up in Yu Xia’s bowl.

Wei Yaoyao: ...Damn! This bootlicker!