Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 264: The College Boy and the Housekeeper
The entire street’s snacks, they explored one by one, sniffing the scents and checking the prices.
There weren’t many people around at noon; perhaps the evening is the main scene here. At the moment, even the stall owners behind the grilled squid stands were absent.
After checking a few places, Xie Qingci decided to have grilled fish.
The kind wrapped in paper, the grilled fish meat crackled, mixed with the fresh scent of vegetables and the spicy aroma of seasonings, it was especially tempting to one’s sense of smell.
Yu Xia sat down and first took a sip of water, then stretched her neck to look outside, feeling a little uneasy.
"Will this grilled fish take too much time? I’m worried that if the pursuers catch up with us, we won’t be able to escape."
Xie Qingci shook his head, "It’ll be quick."
While waiting for the food, he inquired about the location of the restroom, then asked Yu Xia, "Want to use the restroom?"
Yu Xia was taken aback, was this asked specifically for her? Could he be worried that she would feel embarrassed?
She went to the restroom, and upon returning, saw him asking a guy in the store for directions.
One sitting, one standing, the two of them talked over a map on their phones; from this angle, Xie Qingci looked no different from any somewhat green college student.
It was at this moment that she truly realized, Xie Qingci really was just a university student.
She walked back and sat down, Xie Qingci stopped his inquiries upon seeing her and said "Thanks" to the guy before sitting back across from her with his long legs, saying:
"It’s a bit far to go back to the hotel, but I roughly memorized the way back. Let’s leave after finishing our meal."
"Alright, we need to hurry. If they can’t find us, they might turn to lying in wait at the hotel."
Now, with the power of the internet, you can find any news.
Fortunately, the hotel is quite high-end and manages customer room information well, so their room number won’t be exposed. Hence, even if the pursuers lay in wait, as long as they manage to get inside the hotel, they can rest until six in the afternoon.
They had already completed their task anyway.
Thinking of this, Yu Xia relaxed a bit, waiting for their paper-wrapped fish to be served.
Within two minutes, a waiter brought over an electric grill plate, the already cooked grilled fish emitted a soft sizzling sound in the special oil paper, and as the paper was opened, a stalk of green bamboo shoots slid off the fish’s back into the broth, splattering a commanding aroma.
The scent was so enticing that Yu Xia’s stomach almost growled.
"Dig in, be careful, it’s hot." Xie Qingci ordered a small soy milk, inserted a straw, and placed it by her hand.
Yu Xia habitually said thank you, then realized and scolded him in the first sentence: "Be more frugal with money."
In the second sentence, she asked him: "Is there any particular reason for eating grilled fish with milk?"
"I don’t know either, it’s just how everyone eats it." Xie Qingci responded.
He recalled eating at a grilled fish restaurant near school with friends, a friend was having a good time with a junior female student, to avoid awkwardness and embarrassment, they invited everyone along. The fish ordered was quite spicy, the junior was eating it despite her lips turning red and tears coming out, still wanting to continue eating. His friend hurriedly ordered a bottle of soy milk that had been chilled, the glass bottle was handed cautiously with a straw to the junior’s mouth.
The junior took a couple of sips amidst the cheers from other friends, her lips felt better, but her face turned red too. When the two of them made eye contact, things became a bit uncomfortable, neither dared to look at each other while passing food.
At that time, he thought if Yu Xia could sit in that same restaurant with him, he would also order her a bottle of milk, insert a straw, hand it over in front of everyone, and serve her fish, removing the bones.
If she agreed to have a meal sitting together with him.
"How does it taste?" Currently, he could only ask this relatively less ambiguous question.
Yu Xia ate two strips of green bamboo shoots, her chopsticks still picking at fish meat, quickly nodding as she responded.
"Pretty good, tasty, just a bit salty and spicy. Without rice, it feels like something’s missing."
"Then let’s order some rice." Xie Qingci said, about to call the waiter.
Yu Xia swiftly stopped him.
"No need, just share a bit with me, I’ve eaten so much recently, can’t just recklessly consume staples anymore."
Xie Qingci pursed his lips, shared some rice with her, then asked for an empty bowl, pouring in hot water.
"If it feels too salty and spicy, you can wash it before eating."
"Alright, you eat your food, don’t mind me."
At lunchtime, the comments in the live chat decreased a bit, but most were still discussing Yu Xia and Xie Qingci’s intriguing affair.
[Don’t be fooled by Xie Qingci acting ambiguously, Yu Xia is pretty receptive too, are they hyping a scandal? For traffic]
[I just feel that sometimes the atmosphere between these two is just too natural and harmonious]
[Yu Xia just cleared up her scandal, and now it’s being stirred again?]
[There’s no need for them, if they were stirring things up, how could it be so bold, the show crew and their company would have Xie Qingci hold it all by hand? Better just notify fans that they’re together]
[Xie Qingci carries a weight of three hundred pounds hahaha those trikes are rented by our school students for moving luggage hahaha]
[So envious of this young lady, being so close to Xie Qingci/only able to watch with envy.jpg]
[This pup also calls himself brother hahahahaha! Sometimes fate is just wonderful!]
[Wei Yaoyao, the most exhausted sponsor ever]
[Wuwuwu brother is so considerate, isn’t this exactly the boyfriend type I’ve been hoping for?]
[This is near our school! I want to take a cab over to eat here!]
[The pursuers really went to lay in wait at the hotel! Xiaxia you won’t be able to get back!]
[Changed clothes, it’s Xie ’College Student’ Qingci now, whiz whiz whiz~ Brother hurry up and film a youth campus drama!]
[Hahaha Ling Luo and the others picked up a drawing card task, also heading over here, wonder if they’ll run into each other]
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Eating to the end, Yu Xia’s lips were hot from spice, she needed to drink half a bottle of milk to recover; though this spicy feeling continued to spur her appetite. The hot water she used for washing vegetables already had an oil layer floating on it.
"No more, I really can’t eat anymore." Yet she was still washing a piece of cauliflower, saying this, she then put it in her mouth.
Xie Qingci leisurely pushed those vegetables aside, turned the remaining tender fish meat from the tail towards her.
"It’s okay to eat the fish meat, it’s not spicy."
She took a tissue and wiped away tears from the spice, saying: "But the fish with no sauce doesn’t have much flavor."
Wanting to eat, yet complaining, using her words, would be being difficult. However, Xie Qingci didn’t show any impatience, using public chopsticks to pile all the fish tails onto her plate.
"How about now, a bit of sauce but not too much, shouldn’t be too spicy."
She showed a smile: "Thanks, after eating this piece, I won’t eat anymore."
"With so much exercise, eating a bit more is fine, anyway, the manager’s not here, we’ll have to do some running later on. Eat freely."
She raised an eyebrow, "True."
Saying this, she took another sip of milk, licking her lips, her glistening lips red as roses, looking quite tempting.
Xie Qingci glanced briefly, then picked up a glass of cool boiled water and took two sips.
