Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 420: The Working Husband and the Stay-at-Home Wife
After being teased, Yu Xia was determined to make Yu Yue call Xie Qingci "Uncle" this time.
Yu Yue, being a cheeky but honest person, replied: "But brother is still in school, very young."
"So you call me ’Aunt’ and my boyfriend ’Brother’, what’s that all about?"
Yu Yue looked at Xie Qingci.
Xie Qingci was standing by, opening the window for ventilation, resting his hand on the windowsill, with one leg bent against the wall, showing he’s powerless.
Yu Yue pondered for himself, hesitantly saying: "Then shall I call you ’Sister’? But dad will beat me up, family relations cannot be changed... or, Aunt, you can change your last name so it’s not Yu?"
"...I won’t wait for your dad, I’m going to beat you up right now."
Xie Qingci pretended to be a kind brother and stopped her, ensuring Yu Yue couldn’t see the gesture from this angle, and took the opportunity to give her a kiss.
After kissing, he earnestly said, "There aren’t many places to play around here, but the scenery is quite nice. During the day, you guys can go for a walk, and once I’m done filming, I can join you."
Which roughly meant the local entertainment was basically just walking.
However, Yu Xia wasn’t really there for fun, so she nodded and agreed.
"Your part in the film will be done in a few days, right? We can all head back together then. Yu Yue is still thinking about eating teppanyaki squid before the Lunar New Year."
Xie Qingci: "Grilled squid?"
She showed disgust, "Yeah, a few days ago when I went out, there was a street vendor selling grilled squid. He was staring at that cart like he was drooling. It looked as if he was starved at home and hadn’t been fed by my elder brother."
Yu Yue felt a bit embarrassed, his ears were red, yet he was trying hard to express to Xie Qingci: "But that squid was really tempting, so delicious! And the vendor was even wearing a Snoopy hat!"
Xie Qingci chuckled, "I’ll take you out for some once we go back."
Yu Xia eyed him suspiciously.
He certainly didn’t look like someone who enjoyed roadside grilled squid, nor like a gentle brother kind enough to cater to a brat, so pretending to be an attentive big brother seemed rather odd.
That reminded her of what the assistant director mentioned earlier about "a family of three".
After pondering for a couple of seconds, she searched online.
Sure enough, those ever-resourceful paparazzi were crouching around and snapping photos of them, and upon searching her name, the latest gossip updated to #Yu Xia Visits the Set Like a Family of Three#.
Such a sensational headline, it was hard to resist clicking in to read.
In the distant and blurry photos, the three of them appeared, and since the article didn’t clarify that Yu Yue was a nephew, quite a few people actually thought they looked like a family.
Comments like "Surprise! Yu Xia has a child?" "When did they even get together?" "The entertainment circle is really a mess" were all over the place.
...Seriously lacking common sense, Yu Yue clearly looked like a big kid already. If she really gave birth to him, wouldn’t Xie Qingci have contributed to the national birth rate by the age of eleven?
Fortunately, though, the gossip wasn’t gaining much heat.
After two minutes of browsing, she got bored of it and urged Xie Qingci to head back to set while she planned to take Yu Yue out for something tasty.
Pushed by her, Xie Qingci lazily strolled outside, deliberately leaning his back against her palm as he tilted back.
"So heartless, abandoning me just like that."
They encountered other crew members in the hallway, who were glancing at them like one would at a gorilla in a zoo.
Xie Qingci couldn’t care less, and greeted them in a good mood.
Compared to their previous secret romance period, he was indeed more arrogant now.
Once she pushed him to the elevator, since it was still going up, he turned around and held her hand, unashamedly saying among the group waiting for the elevator: "When you find something delicious, make sure to bring some for me, big sis. I’ll come over once I’m done filming."
Yu Xia noticed someone pretending to touch their nose while actually exchanging looks with a friend nearby, a clear ’I’ve heard the gossip’ demeanor.
She gave Xie Qingci a light pat, "Alright, enough, off you go, and do a good job shooting."
"Ding", the elevator arrived, she watched him step inside, and as they looked at each other through the increasingly narrow gap of the closing doors, there was an inexplicable, awkwardly shy feeling.
Once the doors closed, she took Yu Yue and turned back, her phone buzzed with a notification.
She picked it up, and it was a message from Xie Qingci, who had just left, eagerly texting her.
Xie Qingci: [Doesn’t it resemble a scene where a working husband and a housewife with a child part ways in the morning?]
Xie Qingci: [Too bad I didn’t get a goodbye kiss, sigh]
Yu Xia held her phone, thinking he’s overly clingy, but couldn’t help but smirk.
Yu Yue merely watched as his aunt inexplicably started smiling.
But, being a ten-year-old kid, he wasn’t surprised by such scenes, since his dad sometimes acted like this too.
He himself would do something similar occasionally, like when Mei called him with her smartwatch.
The two returned to their room, packed their luggage, and went for a stroll.
The air in the suburbs was indeed quite nice, as they leisurely cycled along the smooth path meeting some ladies in bright red coats taking photos.
Seeing this, Yu Yue wanted to stop and take pictures too.
After snapping around with his smartwatch, dissatisfied, he insisted that Yu Xia take a tourist photo of him with the scenic backdrop.
He assumed a pose before the camera adjusted, standing under the tree gazing into the distance over the river, one hand in his pocket and the other holding a branch, feigning a distant and nonchalant expression.
—Fortunately, it wasn’t the same pose as the middle-aged ladies nearby.
Yu Xia bent over holding her phone to aim at him, good-naturedly asking if he had any other requests.
"Want some beautification? Otherwise, shall I add a filter?" A "buddha light" filter that could directly pass as an ordained monk application shot.
Yu Yue tried hard to keep a straight face, solemnly declined, and added: "Aunt, can you stop with so many questions? Just shoot, take several shots."
Rolling her eyes, she casually snapped photos as requested by the ’client’.
"I’ve taken enough. Change to a new pose."
Yu Yue thought it over, then sat on the withered grass, one leg bent and the other stretched out, with his hand resting on his knee, disdainfully looking at the camera. He even cunningly unzipped his thick coat, showing off the cool hoodie inside.
Sporting a bowl-cut hairstyle but portraying quite a fashionable vibe.
She recalled her brother wasn’t this pretentious when he was young.
As Yu Xia snapped away, she inquired: "Why are you taking so many pictures? Who are you sending them to?"
Yu Yue initially didn’t want to ruin his cool expression by answering questions, but this one truly hit home.
"Aunt, how did you know I want to send them to someone?"
"Isn’t it obvious? Why else are you taking so many shots if not to send to someone?"
Yu Yue: "You do understand me, Aunt, while Dad always says I’m just draining my phone’s battery life."
"...So who are you sending them to?"
He fidgeted a bit, then softly replied: "To Mei, my classmate. Last time, she showed me photos, and I figured I should show her mine too."
Yu Xia: "..."
Who is Mei now?
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ps:
Yu Xia: Brother, you weren’t this pretentious when you were young either.
Yu Heng: But you were, didn’t they say he takes after you?
Yu Xia: ...
