Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 302: You Two Slept in One Tent?!

"But you guys should have gone to the second station. If you skip points, it doesn’t count!" Yu Xia tried hard to remind them.

But Ling Luo couldn’t think that much right now. Seeing their pursuers about to rush to the riverside, her heart was in her throat.

"We won’t skip it. We’ll just sit for a bit and then go back later. We can’t just wait here to be caught; we definitely can’t outrun them!"

Yu Xia took a deep breath and stopped arguing with them. Instead, she turned to the boatman and said, "Sir, can we float down the river to Yellow Mud Mountain? We’ll charter the boat."

The boatman cheerfully said yes, and they handed over five yuan each for a boat ticket, watching the boat drift further and further away from the riverbank.

Ling Luo and Luo Sheng were dumbfounded at this moment.

"What does floating down the river mean?"

"Aren’t you guys going back to the other side of the river? Where are you heading?"

Yu Xia: "We’re heading to the third station. Otherwise, why would we double back?"

As she spoke, she leaned out to see that the pursuing captors were several meters away from the boat, which made her slightly relieved.

Two of the captors attempted to run along the riverbank, trying to intercept them downstream, but they soon ran out of path. The water varied in depth, and they dared not wade through it, so they had to return and find another route in frustration.

The captors couldn’t catch up, the boat drifted in the middle of the river, the danger faded, and Yu Xia turned back to Xie Qingci to grab a bottle of water to celebrate.

Ling Luo and Luo Sheng were huddled in a corner like little chicks, looking bewildered.

Xie Qingci asked them, "If you plan to get off midway, you’ll need to go further downstream. That way, you’ll have to walk an even longer distance to the second station. Or do you plan to follow us to the third station?"

Going to the third station would mean giving up this episode.

Yu Xia, enjoying the breeze, tucked her hair and reminded them, "If you come along, you have to pay the fare. Don’t think you can hitch a free ride."

Ling Luo appeared reluctant to leave the boat but couldn’t decide, so she turned to look at Luo Sheng beside her.

"What should we do?"

Luo Sheng looked pained, bowed his head to think, and said, "Let’s find a good place to stop and disembark. It’s only the second day; even if we’re caught, we still have an excuse. Voluntarily giving up would be too lame."

Ling Luo nodded in agreement.

"Alright then." Yu Xia said to the boatman, then sat back and scrutinized the two of them.

Their posture straightened subconsciously under her gaze, much like a farmer inspecting chickens in a coop.

"Did you guys not sleep last night? Your dark circles are about to hit the floor."

Ling Luo quickly touched under her eyes, grimacing, "We slept, but not well. The tent was too small, and Luo Sheng is tall and big. I couldn’t even turn over, and I was also afraid of bugs..."

"You slept in one tent?!" Exclaimed with surprise, Yu Xia quickly realized she was too excited, "Oh, sorry, I forgot you two are a couple."

Being a couple, sharing a tent was understandable.

Ling Luo blushed slightly and explained, "We wanted to save space, so we brought only one tent."

"I get it, I get it," she acted as though everything was perfectly normal, "That way, you could bring an extra item. What did you bring?"

Luo Sheng said, "Pretty much the same as you, a knife, a lighter, and we brought a bag of bread."

"The bread was finished yesterday afternoon," Ling Luo added, feeling aggrieved, and her eyes started to turn red again.

The sight of the little beauty crying tugged at Yu Xia’s heartstrings, so she gave her a couple more glances.

Xie Qingci acted as if he didn’t see her, only speaking with Luo Sheng throughout.

"So you’ve been hungry since last night?"

Luo Sheng chuckled bitterly, "Yes, couldn’t find anything to eat at all. How about you? You guys must be doing well, right?"

"Not too bad. We found a village and bought some food, then caught some fish in the evening. We had all three meals." He said it nonchalantly, but Luo Sheng could easily sense the pride and bragging in his words.

Ling Luo chimed in, "Huh? How come we didn’t see any village? Xie Qingci, you can catch fish too?"

Xie Qingci: "Yu Xia caught them."

Ling Luo was even more incredulous, "Yu Xia, you can catch fish too?"

Sitting like a boss, Yu Xia casually flipped her hair, "Talent, just talent."

Xie Qingci suppressed a laugh, tightened the cap on the water bottle next to her, and put it back in the backpack.

Seeing the bottle of mineral water, Ling Luo and Luo Sheng both followed its path with their eyes.

"Where did you get the mineral water?"

Xie Qingci: "Bought it, at the second station."

"Well, are you guys selling it?" Ling Luo asked him, "We’re dying of thirst."

He kept his head down, organizing the backpack, not looking at her, and only said, "Ask Yu Xia, I follow her decisions."

The two of them turned to Yu Xia, who was already prepared to collect payment.

"We do have a bottle of water for sale. Considering it includes our labor and transportation fees, this bottle that cost two yuan and a dime, I plan to sell it to you for two-fifty. That’s not too expensive, right?"

Ling Luo gulped and hurriedly pulled out money, "Not expensive, not expensive... But what do we do if we don’t have change for fifty cents?"

"Easily solved," she reached out for the money, "Just give me three yuan, I can also sell it for a bit more against my better conscience."

Ling Luo: "..."

Such a refreshingly shameless profiteer exists in this world!

Tearfully selling one bottle of water, making a fine profit of ninety cents, Yu Xia pulled out money to count, flipping through a few modest bills as if they were worth millions.

The couple, now hydrated, leaned against the boat’s canopy, eyeing their gear with envy and jealousy:

"Xie Qingci, why are you carrying so many branches and vines?"

Xie Qingci: "For exploring, to block wind around the tent, and also to string fish."

"Then why are two vines tied around you and Yu Xia?"

Xie Qingci: "The slopes are steep, this way Yu Xia won’t fall."

Ling Luo shot a look of "I’m so jealous, sis" and suddenly felt immensely dissatisfied with the way she and Luo Sheng had spent their day and night.

"We never thought of using this method. At night, the wind blew the tent around, I was too scared to sleep, and I fell too..."

Luo Sheng didn’t look pleased, "Didn’t you say to pitch the tent right there? Plus, I offered to carry you, and you refused."

"I was worried about you; you were already tired... And you’re saying it’s my fault!" Ling Luo began to rub at her eyes, ready to cry.

Luo Sheng, exasperated, didn’t even need to look at her to console, "Alright, alright, my fault, my fault, don’t cry."

A bit perfunctory.

Yu Xia occasionally glanced at them, noticing the dynamic shift from when they first met—all lovely-dovey and now filled with impatience. Her intuition told her it wasn’t good.

In the entertainment industry, many celebrity couples heat up their relationships on shows only to cool off and break up quickly, especially after participating in romance variety shows. Some even break up during filming, faking affection afterward.

I wonder if these two can last through this season.

"Sister, do you want to throw the fish basket into the water and see?" Xie Qingci’s voice pulled her attention back.

She shifted her gaze from Ling Luo and Luo Sheng to him.

"Right now? Sure, let’s see if any silly fish will swim in."