Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 275: Overwhelming Scandal

Yu Xia felt that her face must have become a prime example of a Red Fuji apple-grade blush.

To say something like this... right in front of her sister-in-law...

Xie Qingci! I’m dead!

She buried her head into her arms on the table, her ears turning red with heat.

Yue Ling patted her: "What’s there to be ashamed of, it’s not like your brother’s here."

The doctor also said, "There’s nothing unspeakable about it, have some water to calm down, then I’ll ask you a few more questions."

She played ostrich, wanting to cry but having no tears, for quite a while before she slowly raised her head and stammered:

"But, but I haven’t, in these past few days..."

Not the day of the show, the past three days, or even last night—although last night was close, it didn’t actually happen.

The doctor chuckled, "I meant recently, not just in these days, and it’s not just about frequency, there’s also..."

"No need to say more, I get it!"

She quickly stopped the doctor, her face flushed as she tried to appear calm, "Aren’t there other questions? Ask something else."

After finishing the check-up and leaving, Yu Heng was already sitting in the waiting room. When he saw them come out, the first thing he asked was, "How did it go?"

Seeing her face was as red as if she’d been slapped, he frowned and asked a second question, "What’s wrong with you? Why’s your face so red?"

Yu Xia pressed the back of her hand against her face to cool down, glaring weakly, "Don’t ask too much about girl stuff, it’s not what you’re thinking anyway."

Yu Heng sighed with relief.

Yue Ling looked around and, not seeing Yu Yue, asked him, "Where’s Yue? You came over before he finished his check-up?"

"He’s done," he sat down again, picking up a cup to drink water, looking as if he was in the office reading documents, "He’s still crying in the bathroom."

"Crying? Why?"

"He only grew three centimeters taller this year, it hurt his self-esteem," Yu Heng said coolly.

Yue Ling didn’t know which of the father-son duo was more speechless.

Not until twelve noon did the family’s health check-up truly end.

One with a flushed face, one with a sulking face, got banished to sit in the back of the car.

Yu Xia still made an effort to comfort Yu Yue: "Don’t be sad, kids at this stage don’t grow much, but when you reach middle school and high school, you’ll shoot up to 180 cm in no time, don’t worry."

Yu Yue’s eyes were full of hope, glistening with tears: "Really?"

"Of course it’s true, your dad was like that," she babbled randomly.

Yu Yue barely steadied his upset heart and reciprocated the comfort, "Then auntie, you don’t be sad either, in your twenties it’s hard to be light, but when you’re old you’ll suddenly become lighter, so don’t rush."

"...Well, thank you so much for that." This darn kid!

Yu Xia, in a grumpy mood, sat back, not wanting to see this annoying nephew, and casually took out her phone to take a look.

The screen showed unread messages, she clicked to see, finding it was from a few minutes ago, sent by Xie Qingci.

[Hong Hong: There’s a bit of a situation at the company, I have to step out for a while, don’t wait for me to get home, call me if you need anything.]

She prepared to reply, intending to give him a good telling off—it was his actions that made her so embarrassed today.

She typed: [It’s your fault, I embarrassed myself big time today...]

As she typed, it felt wrong, and she deleted it to retype.

[Special reminder from the doctor: don’t let that life get too frequent...]

This wasn’t quite right either, it felt quite embarrassing, so she deleted it again.

Just as she was about to type again, the screen suddenly showed an incoming call from He Ci.

She raised an eyebrow, wondering what was up to call at this time, and picked it up slowly:

"Hello? He, I went for a check-up today, I didn’t go out and mess around..."

He Ci’s tone was quite urgent: "Well, thank you very much. Have you seen the online news? Xie Qingci’s been attacked, and it dragged in Shu Ran and Changhui Entertainment. Wow, this came in quite the bombshell. Don’t respond to anything online for me!"

Yu Xia immediately frowned, sat up straight, and asked seriously, "What’s going on? In what way?"

He Ci: "Remember the day we went to shoot the magazine? There was a rumor online that Shu Ran was in a relationship, and a scandal about Xie Qingci and some unknown girl, remember? You poked holes in all the dishes at that time."

"...No need to bring up irrelevant details. I still remember, but wasn’t it cleared up quickly?" She remembered the magazine side praising Changhui Entertainment’s quick response.

"It was cleared up quickly, so no one cared at the time. But turns out, it set the stage, and today the real deal hit."

He Ci took a deep breath and then got to the point: "Today, someone claimed that the man in Shu Ran’s previous scandal was actually some nouveau riche boss, saying Changhui pimps out its artists! Saying that the reason Changhui took on Shu Ran amid all the slander was because she agreed to this disgusting condition."

Yu Xia’s first reaction was that it was impossible.

"What does that have to do with Xie Qingci? Aren’t they targeting Shu Ran? Or the whole Changhui Entertainment?"

"Don’t know, but now Xie Qingci has naturally been dug up for accompanying rich women! Saying he went from an unbacked trainee to being scouted by Changhui, rising to fame so quickly because there’s capital propping him up, thanks to accompanying rich women! As for recently getting close to you, they say it’s all a publicity stunt to gain traffic, while misleading the fans."

He Ci’s tone carried a touch of admiration, each claim was well-reasoned and logically sound.

Not to mention, to those unaware, the recent interaction between Xie Qingci and Yu Xia indeed seemed like a publicity stunt, somewhat confirming the rumor’s validity.

Combined with the half-true, half-false Shu Ran affair, it’s easy for people to believe.

He clicked his tongue twice, then added: "Changhui just has three artists all together right now. We’ll see if that Lin Lian also gets some dirt exposed recently. If it stops at this, it’s likely that a rival is targeting Xie Qingci for rising too fast and drawing jealousy."

Yu Xia casually said "mm" to indicate she roughly understood the main points of the issue now.

She was silent for a couple of seconds, prompting He Ci to warn her again cautiously:

"There will unavoidably be lots of mentions of you online in the next couple of days. You’re not allowed to respond to anything, understand? Your popularity just rose, you know how hard it is to move from second to first-tier, I absolutely won’t let you pull dumb love brain maneuvers!"

She pondered, then asked seriously, "If we expose it at this time, which outweighs the other, the benefits or drawbacks? Use your professional insight and analyze it for me, He."

"You know already! The benefit is that he might be able to clear up and whitewash, the drawback is you’ll be done for! Alright, you don’t even need to say anything, give me your account for safekeeping these two days, don’t go online surfing." He had managed her for a few years, he knew her well, her serious inquiry showing she still had her wits about her.

Some artists, even when their managers begged and pleaded, wouldn’t use their heads, and plenty of such fools have faded into silence over the years in the entertainment industry. Yu Xia was definitely not one of those.