Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 322: But I Love You

This item wasn’t bought by him, so it must have been bought by her.

He repeatedly questioned, and Yu Xia pushed his face away, gruffly saying:

"It’s an emoji keychain, can’t you see?"

Xie Qingci slipped one of the keychains into his pocket. She clicked her tongue and asked him, "What are you doing? That’s mine."

"Isn’t it meant to be a gift for me? It’s a couple’s keychain." He blinked and asked.

"..." She wanted to say no, but meeting his gaze, she could only rebut, "If you want it, just take it, why so many words?"

"Thank you, sis. I’ll wear it well. Can I wear it on camera before the public?"

Yu Xia: "What do you think?"

He shook his head, "What a pity. But it’s okay, it’s only a bit over three months left."

He sighed to himself as Yu Xia packed everything back into the blue gift box, pushed him slightly, "Put it back."

"No hurry."

Xie Qingci hugged her, adjusted her position so that she faced him directly, and then lowered his head to gaze at her.

Yu Xia quickly braced herself against his shoulder, "What are you doing? Put me down, I’m hungry and thirsty, I’m weak, how can you still manage to bite me like this?"

"I won’t bite."

He cupped her face, gradually getting closer, gently brushing her nose with his affectionately, his Adam’s apple bobbed twice as he asked the question he’d been holding back.

"Do you love me, Yu Xia?"

At that moment, it was as if the wind stopped and the trees stood still, the whole world waiting for her answer.

Yu Xia couldn’t avoid it, opened her eyes to meet his gaze, pursed her lips, and said, "I don’t know how to define the word love."

She said, "Is it the peak of liking? Is it trust? Or is it the ability to face each other candidly without reservation? Even familial bonds tied by blood can’t always use the word love. How should two people without blood ties and not much time together discuss love?

For instance, I love my brother very much, but that’s accumulated trust and reliance over more than twenty years, every moment within. If he did something bad that upset me, maybe my liking for him would decrease a notch. People are emotional beings, and it’s through interaction that they develop feelings.

So I think if I were to love you, it would have to be based on time. Before that, I can only say, I truly like you a lot."

"But I love you." He whispered.

Yu Xia paused, listening to him say, "My understanding is different from yours. In my view, liking is to stop short, even if we are no longer together, thinking of you in the future might make me sad and regretful, not daring to ask about your news again, but that’s about it.

But love is jealousy, it’s a burning flame. Not being able to see you, hold you, or have you makes me so miserable that I can’t do anything, can’t eat or sleep. Seeing your poster feels both hateful and longing.

I can’t imagine you with someone else, nor can I bear people around talking about you while it has nothing to do with me. Liking means you could have been mine once, but love means you must be mine."

This is somewhat biased, or rather obsessive. The world has many who love fervently but only wish for the other’s happiness, not seeking to make the person who brings her happiness themselves, right?

Yu Xia’s thoughts were chaotic, but her hand already touched his face, soothingly stroking it.

"So, must I give you equivalent love?"

Xie Qingci wanted to say yes, but suddenly remembered the conversation he had with Yue Ling before.

Yu Xia isn’t someone who lacks love. When others give her chocolates, even her return gifts are somewhat careless. If you only insist she gives all her chocolates to one person, it probably won’t succeed. But he can be the one who receives the most from her.

His eyelashes trembled, lowered his eyes, and said, "No need. I don’t demand equality in feelings, as long as the person you like the most is me."

He paused for a moment, then asked nonchalantly, "You don’t have a lot of people you like, right?"

This expression didn’t quite look like "a little love is enough."

Yu Xia was familiar with his act of playing the victim but interestingly never found it annoying.

She kissed him once, "Liking is also very precious, okay? Just like with wine, you’re high-proof and I’m low-proof, but that doesn’t mean you can say I’m watered down, right?"

After speaking, she kissed him again, seeing he wanted to speak, kissed him once more.

She kissed him until he had no temper left, couldn’t speak, and then welcomed his fierce retaliation.

The two entangled, Yu Xia, already low on strength, was kissed until she nearly couldn’t breathe.

Yet Xie Qingci could still find the mind to think.

He didn’t really need a lot of answers because the items in that box had already given him the answer.

He once thought those worthless items Yu Xia took away would end up tossed carelessly in unknown places, but she collected and kept each one well.

He thought his untethered affection had, in fact, been reciprocated long ago. Only at that time, Yu Xia didn’t realize it, and neither did he.

The clothes she often washed, the retained hair clip, the used pencil, the names written stroke by stroke, and the couple keychains bought but never given, were all budding expressions of her love.

The resentment of being abandoned dissipated, fading away in this bright April day.

——

Yu Xia had lived a few days of indulging herself, physically and mentally relishing substantial meals three times a day.

Xie Qingci seemed filled with adrenaline, eyes shining like a wolf’s day and night.

On the day he left, she felt the sky was high and clear, as if she could step outside with a kite and fly it eight thousand miles away.

In the bathroom, looking into the mirror while applying a face mask, she whimsically considered putting a paper outside the bathroom door.

It would read [For Proper Washing Only].

But this would only be like covering one’s ears to steal a bell, she thought, and gave up the idea.

After tidying herself up, it was already ten o’clock, and a friend called to invite her out for a meal.

It was a friend from within the circle, actors she’d worked with before and gotten along with well, along with two hosts.

There wouldn’t be any popular idols.

Actually, there’s still some divide between actors and idols, if an idol doesn’t act and an actor doesn’t appear on variety shows, there’s not much chance to meet each other.

Thinking she might as well relax, Yu Xia agreed, applied makeup beautifully, wore a mask and hat, and drove herself to the designated place.

The friends she worked well with were both male and female, and they met at a fancy hot fish pot restaurant.

This area was where celebrities often come, surrounded by private clubs, hotels, and a street of nightclubs, perfect for friends dining together and then continuing to have fun.

Since it’s where celebrities frequent, it basically also means it’s a place where paparazzi and gossip often show up.

When Yu Xia arrived, several friends in the private room were whispering while looking outside.

She took off her mask and asked, "What are you guys looking at?"

A female host turned around and pointed outside to her.

"Didn’t you participate in that talent show before? Wasn’t there a newcomer who looked like Cheng Yiding? Look, dating a rich woman."