Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 325: You Taste Like Sprite

Xie Qingci didn’t want to talk about other people with her. After she finished speaking, he pointed at the screen and asked:

"Is it time for the face mask?"

Yu Xia glanced at the time, went into the bathroom to wash her face, and just after she finished without drying off, Xie Qingci’s voice started echoing from outside.

"I want to watch you."

Facing the mirror in the bathroom, Yu Xia rolled her eyes and said loudly, "What did you say before? Just listen to the sound, and now you’re setting conditions. The word ’inch by inch’ is tailor-made for you!"

Inch by inch? Xie Qingci is quite the skilled "craftsman" by now, completely unbothered by her retort, and instead fell quiet without a word.

The silence made Yu Xia uneasy. As she applied face cream, she stood at the bathroom door, looking at the screen that was propped up.

The two of them made eye contact through the screen, Xie Qingci flashed a quiet smile and said again, "Will you take me inside?"

"...You really resemble a surveillance camera that gained consciousness."

She placed the phone on the shelf next to the bathroom mirror, completing the subsequent skincare steps under his watchful gaze.

He even attempted to seek skincare advice from her.

"What’s that white stuff? Can it stretch?"

"Do you have to apply something after the face mask?"

"Can you buy me that hair band you’ve on your hair?"

"What’s the flavor of the lip balm? Rose or grape?"

"I feel like I’ve tasted it before. The last one was kinda like a Sprite flavor."

Yu Xia really wanted to write "stop" on his face with the lip balm.

"Where’d you get a Sprite flavor? Did you kiss the wrong person?" She said with a blank face.

Xie Qingci paused: "Then I must have tasted wrong, maybe I need to try it a few more times to get it right."

Yu Xia: "No need for all that trouble, I’ll slice a piece for you, just take a couple of bites and you’re good."

"......"

He finally managed to quiet down a bit.

With the skincare routine complete, Yu Xia took the phone back out, standing in front of the dressing mirror by the bathroom, pulling her robe open to check.

Tomorrow is the third episode of "Infinite Escape," and she had to ensure there were no visible marks on her body.

Firstly, on her neck, around the collar, and her waist, these are spots that are easily exposed.

She pulled the collar open and thoroughly checked twice, then turned around with her back to the camera to glance at the back of her neck.

And as expected, she found a rather dark hickey on the back of her neck.

"This is your doing, you’ll pay for the concealer!" She glanced at the phone screen, speaking with annoyance.

It’s difficult to cover that area, and just a rub from the clothes collar can wipe off most of the concealer.

The more she looked, the angrier she got. She turned the phone around, facing the camera towards the wall, not wanting to see his face.

He lazily called out, "That’s my fault, should I buy you a box of concealer?"

"Do you think I run a wholesale market?"

"Then, can I buy them one box at a time for you?"

"Do you think you’re sponsoring a brand?"

"...Then I’ll buy what you like, as many as you want, is that okay?"

"Do you think I’m lacking in money?"

Xie Qingci: ".....Then what should I do?"

"Don’t do anything."

Xie Qingci pretended to be obedient, sincerely saying, "Then I can’t do that."

Yu Xia rolled her eyes and started checking her waist. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

This area is more sensitive, so she opened her robe completely to inspect. Then, under the bright lights, she found apart from more visible spots, other marks were densely scattered.

It was quite shocking; Yu Xia took one look and immediately closed her robe again.

"Xie Qingci, you’re so dead!"

Xie Qingci couldn’t see, he could only guess the situation based on the change in her tone, and then he casually asked:

"What happened? Turn around and let me see. How can I willingly admit my mistakes if I don’t see them myself, sister?"

Yu Xia: "Do I need you to admit your mistakes? I just need to convict you."

"...Okay, so I’m guilty, right? As a grown man, I think I should take responsibility for this situation, I’ll be right there to offer myself."

"If you come, I’ll send you to the moon," she lifted her leg to look, raising her voice, "you even bit me! Are you a dog, Xie Qingci?!"

Xie Qingci coughed: "Sorry, I couldn’t help it. But I didn’t bite too hard."

"Yeah, one row of bites, force spread across each mark isn’t hard," she said sarcastically, "next time I’ll bite you and you’ll know how hard it is."

Xie Qingci paused for two seconds, seemingly quite expectant: "Can you?"

"..." Forget it, there’s no reasoning with a nutcase.

For the past few days, he’s been helping with her baths in the mornings, and she hasn’t even opened her eyes. She didn’t know these messy marks were so alarming.

Seriously, this is insane.

She looked around and found several bite marks like this, and without thinking, cursed him again, "Are you a dog? Making marks everywhere!"

"Yes, I’m your dog, didn’t I say that before?"

The phone screen turned away, she could no longer see his face, only hear his voice, which apathetically seemed to say, "I’m unapologetically stubborn."

Yu Xia wanted to hang up on him directly.

After discovering that box yesterday, his attitude grew significantly more self-assured, his thick-skinned level their highest yet. Regardless of what was said, he was nonchalant, listening lazily then moving on, continuing to push inch by inch afterward.

She turned the phone back around, speaking seriously, "I’ll deprive you of the right to listen to the sound."

Xie Qingci leaned closer, blinked slowly, and asked in a low voice, "Can you bear it?"

"Beep beep beep—"

Yu Xia told him the answer directly with her actions, then watched the screen as the call redialed, laughing at the phone alone.

...

The third episode of "Infinite Escape" brought in a new wave of viewers.

One reason is that in the last episode Ling Luo and Luo Sheng argued, which even affected Yu Xia and Xie Qingci. That segment went viral online, successfully attracting a batch of onlookers.

The second reason is that in the last episode, Xie Qingci practically admitted to liking Yu Xia, "The untold story between a newly debuted top idol and a popular actress," and "Surviving in the wild with my secret crush" are titles full of appeal that everyone loved.

Of course, there’s also a third reason: Ling Luo and Luo Sheng announced their breakup simultaneously two days ago and withdrew from the show. The production team temporarily found two new guests to team up and replace them.

As for who those new guests were, Yu Xia didn’t bother to find out; it wouldn’t affect her regardless of who was chosen.

So on the morning of the shoot, when she saw familiar faces at the gathering spot for guests, she was surprised for two seconds, then continued on to chat with Tan and others.

It’s quite a coincidence, but thinking about it, it’s reasonable. The new guests were Song Xi, and another was a newcomer actress known for an online drama, going in for a cute appeal.

The suave bad boy with gold-rimmed glasses and the adorable round-faced girl who looked naive and sweet — handsome guy and pretty girl, they seemed like a good match.

However, the show wouldn’t hype a romance between them. That would unnecessarily offend the fan base, accomplishing nothing worthwhile.

Instead, there’s a possibility of hyping the brotherhood between Song Xi and Xie Qingci from the same group.

Yu Xia looked at Song Xi, who was coming over to greet them, patted their joined hands amicably, and said nostalgically:

"Good, good, good, I’m reassured that you maintain such good relations."

Xie Qingci: "?"

Song Xi: "?"