Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 299: You’re Getting Married, but the Groom Isn’t Me

Chapter 299: Chapter 299: You’re Getting Married, but the Groom Isn’t Me

Yu Xia initially didn’t think there was anything wrong with that answer, until the staff laughed so hard they could hardly breathe, and asked if she was sure about the answer, that’s when she realized.

Given their current situation, it seemed a bit... morally questionable?

She turned to ask Xie Qingci, "Do you think it’s this line?"

Meanwhile, she winked and tried hard to communicate with her eyes—guests at a wedding could also be the groom, don’t let that lyric make you think otherwise.

Xie Qingci didn’t know if he caught her meaning or not; he just answered her question: "I only heard the word ’married,’ it might be right, go ahead and confirm."

She confirmed, and the staff declared it wrong, as the check-in machine emitted a screeching laugh.

"Sorry, you both failed the fast track task! Please choose a regular task again!"

Yu Xia annoyedly shook the darn machine, and the few braids on top of her head swung along with it.

The hairstyle looked a bit funny, and the staff almost couldn’t hold back again.

Xie Qingci couldn’t even bear to look at his own masterpiece, hesitantly asking Yu Xia, "Sister, should I help you untie your hair first?" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Yu Xia flipped the swinging braids to the back of her head, waved her hand, saying "No rush," then leaned against the check-in machine, staring intensely at the staff, asking persistently.

"What’s the correct answer?"

Even though most of the English words were heard about two-thirds correctly before being scrambled together, since Xie Qingci mentioned he heard the word "married," it had to be a song related to marriage, if not this line, then which?

Staff: "Do you really want to know?"

"Did the show pick a song we’re not supposed to hear or something? Why can’t we know? Tell us already."

The staff glanced at Xie Qingci, holding back laughter about to burst, and said word by word: "The correct answer is—You’re getting married, I’m not the groom."

Yu Xia: "..."

Xie Qingci: "..."

Does the production team have some kind of issue?

[Hahahahahaha laughed twice in two short minutes hahahahaha]

[Laughing to death, Xie Qingci’s face is turning green]

[Darn it, ’I’m not the groom’ hahahahaha, why do both the wrong and right answers pierce Xie Qingci’s heart like this hahaha]

[Does someone on the director’s team have a bias towards either Yu Xia? Probably a big fan of hers hahahaha]

After expressing exasperation at the answer with an eye roll, Yu Xia fiddled with the check-in machine’s screen again and chose a regular task.

"If we can’t do the most valuable task, we’ll do the one with the highest points, let’s choose the hardest one among the regular tasks."

This time the task content was displayed directly on the screen.

Xie Qingci walked over to take a look and helped untie the braids from Yu Xia’s head along the way.

Yu Xia held her hair to avoid him pulling it painfully, ignoring everything else, and studied the task content word by word.

"Move five meters on a yoga ball, then spin on the spot, and toss ping pong balls in sequence, the total distance from the toes over three meters... Is this a relay race?"

Staff: "Yes, we were worried that after some teams fail the fast track task they might fail again in this task, get disheartened and quit the race in anger."

"... Why do I feel like you’re subtly implying us?" She glanced at the yoga ball on the field behind and the number of ping pong balls, discussing with Xie Qingci.

"Can you handle spinning and throwing the ping pong balls? I’ll work with the yoga ball."

Xie Qingci frowned: "Moving on the ball is difficult, are you confident?"

"I think so, I’ve tried standing on a yoga ball for exercise, but I haven’t tried moving five meters in one go. Let’s do it, no backing out now."

The staff marked the distance and brought out the yoga ball.

"One difficulty of this task is that the grass here is not even, making it slightly harder than on a smooth surface."

Upon hearing this, Xie Qingci furrowed his brows again, wanting to say something to Yu Xia, but she had already confidently stepped on it.

"When I fall later, just catch me."

The yoga ball was soft, causing its surface to cave in when stepped on, with Yu Xia wobbling, tightening her core and leg muscles, slightly bending to keep balance.

Xie Qingci’s hands were carefully placed on both sides of her, loosely covering, not touching her, but ready to grab her if she leaned to the side.

Yu Xia wasn’t concerned about someone guarding her side, she focused on her destination, bending and raising her head, resembling an athlete starting off on ice with an indomitable spirit.

Then with a small movement, the yoga ball did start moving forward.

After moving forward less than a meter, sweat beaded on Yu Xia’s forehead, her tensed legs feeling sore, intending to relax slightly. But the yoga ball passed over a slightly uneven clump of dirt, veering uncontrollably to the side, threatening to topple her.

Heart racing, Xie Qingci’s arm firmly wrapped around her.

Before understanding the posture, his arm gently pivoted at her shoulder, placing Yu Xia back onto the yoga ball.

"I didn’t hit the ground, so it doesn’t count as a fail, right?" he asked the staff.

The staff watched with bright eyes, hesitantly nodding.

"No, no, I guess not."

So he turned around and said to Yu Xia, "Don’t worry, keep going."

This time Yu Xia looked at him in surprise.

That arm is strong, like instantly taking her back to the gym. Her personal trainer used to lift her onto equipment in the same light and effortless manner.

But that trainer was a bulky guy with overblown muscles weighing a hundred and eighty pounds, unlike the charming Xie Qingci.

Xie Qingci didn’t know what she was thinking, but soon the yoga ball was unsettled again, and she started to tip over.

This time it was face first. Xie Qingci swiftly caught her, pressing her abdomen back as if performing a golf swing, pulling her back.

Even before her knees bent, she was back and securely standing on the yoga ball.

With such a "bug" beside her, how could she lose? Winning was the only option.

The staff wanted to remind them not to always do this, but they already moved forward, collaborating harmoniously, it was apparent they weren’t touching, yet no space for anyone or other words seemed to fit between them while speaking.

Yu Xia suddenly found it hilarious and said with laughter, "You remind me of my brother, he taught me to ride a bike like this, running alongside while I rode, I wonder who was really learning to bike or if he was learning to support it."

"So how long did it take to learn?"

She tentatively glided the yoga ball forward, voice carrying a boss-like indifference, "To spare him the trouble, I practiced when he wasn’t around, fell a couple of times and got it, when he found out I didn’t need help anymore, he even praised me for being smart."

Xie Qingci chuckled softly, "Your brother really loves you."