Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself

Chapter 499: Living Saintess

After Yu Xia got out of the car, the surrounding staff greeted her warmly.Then they quietly glanced towards Xie Qingci.

She pretended not to notice, first greeting the collaborators and saying she was just stopping by to visit and brought afternoon tea for everyone.

No one dislikes a generous person, so the greetings became even more enthusiastic. Some staff, claiming to be her fans, took the opportunity to quietly share some insider info with her.

"That girl has come to see Xie Qingci several times before but hadn’t seen him until now. She’s supposedly a background actor from the other crew, seems to know Xie Qingci, and often wanders around outside. But don’t worry, Xiaxia, Xie Qingci doesn’t seem interested in her at all; he frowns every time he sees her."

Yu Xia listened attentively, thanked them, signed an autograph, and then elegantly walked in that direction.

Xie Qingci had already spotted her, withdrawing from his expressionless state to smile and approach her for an embrace.

"Is the audition over? I missed you so much."

Yu Xia patted his back and looked past him towards Chu Yao.

She’s fairly pretty, biting her lip and looking a bit uneasy, eyes wandering before seemingly mustering courage to meet her gaze.

"Is this Chu Yao?" she turned to Mr. Yang, "Could you please find us a place to talk?"

He Ci and Mei stood on either side of her, whispering encouragement, "Stay calm, stay calm."

As if Xie Qingci, who was hugging her in the middle, didn’t exist.

Once Mr. Yang indicated a spot had been found, Yu Xia pushed Xie Qingci away and gestured to He Ci.

He Ci understood and went to invite Chu Yao to follow.

"So, what’s your plan these days? Have you asked her what she wants?" she asked.

Xie Qingci spoke of Chu Yao in a cold tone: "No need to ask, I won’t give her anything."

Helping out only to stir up trouble, he just felt unlucky.

Yu Xia’s expression didn’t change: "And then? Just let her continue to harass you?"

"We’ll be leaving here tomorrow. After that, if she wants to spread rumors, I’ll sue her."

Judging from his tone, he didn’t think it warranted much attention.

Xie Qingci grabbed her hand, frowning, "Is there anything else worth discussing? I don’t want you to listen to her nonsense. I’d rather take you to a restaurant to try new dishes."

"Aren’t you two classmates? I want to hear what she has to say."

As they spoke, they arrived at the location, and He Ci considerately offered a glass of water to the seated Chu Yao.

Mr. Yang and Xie Qingci’s assistant stood by, feeling inexplicably that this scene of love in the human world was just the façade for Yu Xia and her crew going on the attack.

After entering, Yu Xia released Xie Qingci’s hand and walked over to sit opposite Chu Yao.

"Chu Yao, right? I’m Yu Xia. I heard you’re threatening to break up Xie Qingci and me?"

She immediately labeled Chu Yao’s behavior directly, leaving Chu Yao feeling a bit morally embarrassed, pursing her lips and saying, "That wasn’t my intention."

"Then what do you want? To claim that a back view was me, and insist we’ve known each other long before, going so far as to spread that news.

You seem smart, don’t you know the backlash from fans it would incite against him? You know, yet you say you don’t want us to break up. What do you want then? A threesome?"

He Ci: ... Oh my God, grand ancestor, take it easy!

Xie Qingci’s eyelid twitched sharply, his fingers pressing couldn’t stop it.

Chu Yao reacted even more, her face turning red then white, as if her character had been insulted, squeezed out a reply: "Don’t talk nonsense! I never thought of that!"

Yu Xia impatiently replied, "Then what exactly do you want? Purely to add trouble for him and harass him? What joy do you get out of it?"

Chu Yao was so angry her breathing became erratic, but she still held back saying anything.

As if she were an innocent girl being coerced, while Yu Xia was the ill-tempered second female lead.

Completely losing her temper, she stood up, leaning on the table, looking directly at her, "You were high school classmates, then in the same department in university, you said you lingered outside his house, you like him, right? Doing this leaves only two outcomes—

Either he does nothing, and you cause his career to decline, or your threat succeeds, and he lets you name your conditions. What conditions do you want? Break us up? Money? For him to find a way to bring you into showbiz so you’re no longer just a background actor? Miss Chu, say it directly to achieve your goal faster, otherwise, I’ll run out of patience and you’ll just be chasing rainbows."

After a few seconds of silence, Chu Yao looked up at her, surprisingly responding with an accusation.

"You don’t deserve him. You think you can easily win him just because you’re a big star, beautiful, and have some money?

He’s talented, has a good family background, and a great personality, with a limitless future. He always seems to adore you, but what about you? You’re flirtatious, selfish, always putting your own interests first, only playing with him.

Do you know what consequences your indifference can cause? A person who truly loves you being abandoned, do you know how his future might deviate?"

Yu Xia found it incredible.

Is there really someone in this world who aims to save others’ futures like a saint?

For a moment, she couldn’t think of a retort to this absurd statement. Chu Yao assumed she was dumbfounded, gained some confidence, looked towards Xie Qingci, and continued:

"Xie Qingci, you’re not short of admirers, why be with someone who doesn’t truly love you? Like Zhang Qi before, remember him? Zhang Qi loved his girlfriend so much, but in the end, they broke up, and he failed his college entrance exam because of it, wasting years of effort.

You have the brain and the family, you’ve been someone admired since high school, unlike the usual girls around you, I thought you should have the ability to resist such..."

"Enough."

"Shut up."

Xie Qingci and Yu Xia interrupted her increasingly agitated speech one after the other.

Xie Qingci looked at her with a dark expression: "Incoherent and baseless, what makes you think you can judge this way? Does my behavior need your commentary? Does she need your evaluation? Chu Yao, we’re just complete strangers from school, on what grounds are you saying these things? Who I like has nothing to do with you, and what I’m willing to give is no concern of yours!"

Chu Yao looked deeply affected, her eyes reddening, seeming about to faint in disbelief.

"We were classmates for four years—"

"So what? You think that gives you the right to judge my life? Before you showed up, I didn’t even remember your name or face."

"How is that possible?! We even had a reunion after graduation, you asked me in truth or dare if I had a boyfriend, don’t you remember? I even added your contact!"

Yu Xia calmly turned to look at Xie Qingci.

"Is that true?"