Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself

Chapter 504: Thank You~

Yu Xia didn’t quite trust his photography skills, and who knows how bad this pose would look once it’s taken.She demanded Xie Qingci hand over the photo for her to review.

Xie Qingci seized the opportunity to negotiate: "If you look at it, you have to let me take another one."

"You’re trying to trick me? If this one doesn’t look good, the next one will?"

He gestured towards the large full-body mirror opposite them.

"Pose in front of the mirror, and I’ll take the photo. Is that okay?"

Yu Xia looked at him suspiciously: "What are you up to? Don’t you already have a lot of photos of me?"

His phone’s lock screen and home screen were both of her, and even his chat app background was her. Luckily, he chose edited photos for the lock screen, which looked quite nice.

Xie Qingci shook his head: "Not enough, not enough couple photos."

"What kind of couple photo do you want?" she asked, "Didn’t the show send you the couple photos already?"

"Photos taken by others are different from ones taken by yourself. Shall we take one? Please? Sis? Babe?"

He breathed softly into her ear, making Yu Xia’s ears tingle, prompting her to quickly nod.

"Alright, alright." She knew he’d use this trick on her.

Xie Qingci succeeded, pulling her to stand in front of the mirror.

Yu Xia looked at the two of them side by side in the mirror, feeling a bit out of it.

There was a super large mirror inside the gate of her high school, meant for students to correct their appearance.

Every time she returned to school, she would stop there for a while with her classmates.

Back then, most girls were shy, too embarrassed to stand in front of the mirror boldly, but she didn’t care, treating it like her dressing mirror at home. Twice, she even saw a boy behind her blushing while secretly looking at her.

The correcting effect wasn’t obvious; rather, students used the mirror as a place for boys and girls with a crush on each other to glance at one another.

Her classmate once said, "A boy likes you. Wouldn’t it be nice if one day someone stood beside you looking at you in the mirror, instead of being sneaky like now? You certainly wouldn’t like this."

She had anticipated it, but soon lost interest and rarely went to that mirror again.

Now, seeing Xie Qingci gazing intently at her in the mirror, she suddenly smiled a little.

"What are you staring at me for? Be more subtle with your gaze. Aren’t we taking a photo?"

Xie Qingci still stared at her in the mirror, raising his hand to stroke her hair, then wrapping his arm around her waist.

The two people in the mirror were pressed together, his arm looping around her waist, even covering her stomach, creating a parabolic curve with her waist.

"Does this look like..."

Yu Xia quickly answered, "An inverted K?"

Xie Qingci: "..."

He was speechless, glancing down at her and lifting his phone to take action.

"We need a pose."

Yu Xia: "Isn’t this enough? The photo would hardly be presentable."

"Not enough," he lightly nuzzled her nose and whispered, "Give me a kiss."

"...So that’s what you’ve been waiting for all this time. I must tell you, taking intimate photos during a passionate moment is just hormonal false affection. Afterward..."

Xie Qingci directly leaned in to block her mouth.

Simultaneously, a flash from the phone captured the kissing photo.

He didn’t let her go, still operating his phone with one hand, then turning off the screen, holding her in both arms, and continuing the deep kiss.

That was how Yu Xia’s first day of dance practice was interrupted.

Afterward, she strongly reprimanded Xie Qingci.

"With you around, I can’t practice in peace. Do you know how bad this behavior is? It’s like a poor student disrupting a good student’s studies. People like you should be condemned!"

Having had his fill, Xie Qingci lazily responded with "Mm," "Yes," "Indeed, I should be condemned," showing little sincerity in accepting criticism.

Yu Xia crossed her arms and looked at him.

"Go to work tomorrow, don’t stay home and bother me."

"Isn’t it bad to cast me aside after using me? Don’t I have any other value? Just now you even said I... mmph."

Yu Xia covered his mouth with her hand, righteously declaring, "Your value is in going to work to earn money, shining brightly at your job, lighting up the night, and moving the world."

Then she continued holding his mouth, freeing a hand to grab his phone.

"Let me check your schedule. There’s an announcement tomorrow, right? You’re still the car ambassador. Look at your endorsement fee, it’s just a fraction of this car. Quick, take more jobs and make more money to support the family. At your age, can you really just take it easy?"

"..." He pulled her hand off his lips, "You’re making me feel down. I’m losing motivation to work. Why don’t you support me?"

Yu Xia was both amused and exasperated by his audacity.

"Support you? Sure, next time we meet your parents, I’ll just say I’m taking care of you for fun."

Both of them were taken aback by these words.

Yu Xia suddenly remembered she had promised Xie Qingci to meet his parents, and Xie Qingci just recalled that he had indeed secured this benefit.

He grabbed her hand, his tone insistent: "Yes, you promised to come home with me to meet my parents. Let’s do it during Lunar New Year. They’ll likely come back this year."

Yu Xia hesitated: "There’s no rush... I haven’t even told my brother about this."

Dealing with Yu Heng would be troublesome, but—

"Sis, you’ll find a way, right? You already promised me, you can’t back out. Your brother loves you so much, he wouldn’t let you struggle."

"You’re really like a delinquent luring a classmate into mischief," Yu Xia emphasized, "Also, my brother might be considerate of me, but he won’t be as nice to you."

He was unfazed: "To achieve a goal, sacrifice is necessary."

He finished speaking, then leaned in with electrifying charm and breathed against her.

"Sis, you already promised me. You’ll find a way, right? My parents will be thrilled, and it’s probably their only time back in these two years. We’ll have to meet them eventually. Will you come home with me this year? Sis? Babe? Fishy?"

Yu Xia was still pondering how to talk to her brother about this when she heard "Fishy," which made her eyebrow twitch.

"What did you call me?"

"Fishy, don’t you like it? Lots of people call you Xiaxia, but only I call you Fishy."

Her skin tingled as if electrified; she felt the nickname tested her endurance to the limit.

"Only you get to call me Sis, and it’s forbidden to call me that."

Xie Qingci: "So you agree? Sis."

"I didn’t say that!"

"Fishy—"

"...Let me think about how to tell my brother."

Xie Qingci smiled and kissed her.

"Is the name really that scary? My friends in relationships love calling their girlfriends by either their last name or repeated parts of their name, easily creating a unique nickname."

Yu Xia glanced at him: "Then I’ll call you by your English name, Xiexie (Thank you)."

Thank you himself: "...Alright, maybe that method isn’t practical."

This time it was Yu Xia’s turn to burst into laughter, leaning on him. The more she thought about it, the funnier it seemed.

"Thank you, Thank you, that name is indeed special."