Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 333: The Frail and Pitiful Xie Honghong

Chapter 333: Chapter 333: The Frail and Pitiful Xie Honghong

Lan Hui became nervous and didn’t know which direction to change to. If Song Xi hadn’t pulled her, she would have followed Yu Xia like a compass and run all the way to the end.

After running wildly for a while, a few forks in the road appeared ahead, all branching off from the main road.

This ancient film set was built as a 1:1 replica of certain ancient buildings, complete with courtyards, gardens, bustling streets, and trees.

Each fork in the road leads to a different place. Xie Qingci randomly picked one and ran into a large courtyard.

The footsteps that had been following them were gone; Song Xi and Lan Hui had chosen different paths.

Yu Xia was already running with her mouth open for air. The wind rushed in, making her throat itch, and she couldn’t help coughing.

But if the pursuers followed, the sound of coughing would definitely attract them, so she had to suppress the urge to cough.

When Xie Qingci found a corner to stop, he pulled her to crouch behind a flowerbed. She ended up covering her mouth with both hands, her face turning red from holding it in, tears welling up again.

Xie Qingci asked her breathlessly in a low voice, "Are you okay? What’s wrong?"

He only saw her tearful appearance and didn’t hear her answer, frowning as he asked again, "What’s wrong? Want to cough? Choked? It’s okay, just cough it out."

Yu Xia shook her head while covering her mouth, half suppressing and half letting out two muffled coughs, then warily looked outside.

No one was coming after them for the time being.

She felt a bit relieved, muffled a couple more coughs, rubbed her throat, then looked up at Xie Qingci with watery eyes: "Should be safe now? Lan Hui and the others didn’t follow?"

Xie Qingci nodded, still frowning, "They probably ran somewhere else. Still feeling unwell?"

"I’m fine," she carefully lifted the pack of instant noodles in her arms to check, "Good, it didn’t get broken."

Then she handed him the roujiamo she was carrying: "Hurry and eat while no one’s here. If they catch up later, we might have to ditch the buns and won’t be able to eat."

She also grabbed the guokui, all the sugar water inside having dripped out, making it safe to eat freely. But biting the bun still made her tongue hurt a little.

Xie Qingci broke off a piece of roujiamo and handed it to her, with an attitude that left no room for refusal.

Yu Xia originally wanted to say no, but seeing his indifferent expression, she felt that if she refused, he might directly feed it to her in front of the camera, so she accepted it and ate.

To be honest, it was really quite tasty, after all, it had meat and juice.

After a simple lunch, they set off in a different direction, remaining vigilant all the way, finally reaching where they wanted to go.

Next to the ancient set was a Republic of China area and a modern area. They chose the modern area, blending in with the crowd and looking no different from tourists.

"Time Travel" was to scout the market situation. Yu Xia and Xie Qingci had discussed it, planning to wholesale some trinkets for sale.

Antique ones could be sold in modern times as ancient town souvenirs, while modern ones could be sold in ancient times, boasting exquisite craftsmanship and leading new fashion trends.

They already planned the promotional direction, just needed to acquire the goods.

The two disguised themselves as ordinary people, browsing each store along the way, finally deciding on three items.

Bracelets, wood carvings, glass earrings.

They also bought a red string with copper coins, marking the completion of their procurement task.

The current situation of the two was just shy of being working people from a foreign land, carrying a heap of items from two-yuan shops, blending into the crowd and walking along at a leisurely pace.

As they walked, they returned to the ancient set, near the back of a bank on the street, adjacent to a backyard in the Republic of China area. Trees and flowerbeds could block most of the view from the outside, so they sat discreetly in a corner.

Time was running out, and after threading the copper coins with red string, Yu Xia picked one and tied it on Xie Qingci’s left hand.

Xie Qingci did not resist, obediently extending his hand and asking while watching her put it on: "Why are you putting it on me?"

Yu Xia, figuring out the best way to position it, answered without looking up, "Because it needs to be showcased. Clients want to see the effect. If you wear it well, others will want to buy it."

After fastening the copper coin, she took out some bracelets and measured them against Xie Qingci’s right hand.

This time his hand shrank back, but was soon pressed down by Yu Xia.

She raised an eyebrow at him: "Why are you pulling back?"

Xie Qingci stiffly said, "Let’s not put this on, okay?"

"No way, these shiny bracelets look best on hands. Don’t dodge, let me put it on you to see the effect."

She pressed down his hand and placed the best-looking small persimmon bracelet on his wrist.

After putting it on, she lifted it up against the light and admired it for a couple seconds, nodding with satisfaction: "It does look good."

The following developments were predictable, as Xie Qingci passively let her put the remaining five or six different kinds of bracelets on his right hand.

These thin bracelets that girls usually like, when worn on a noticeably not slender wrist, accentuated the slightly protruding veins like a silver chain bound dragon mountain range, surprisingly looking rather good.

Yu Xia enjoyed this contrast, lifting his hand up and down repeatedly.

One bracelet slid up, got stuck at a thicker part of his arm, and wouldn’t come down. She used two fingers to help slide it down.

Her cool nails slid down Xie Qingci’s arm, causing an intolerable itch. It was as if every sensory cell in his body was excited by that slight touch, involuntarily tensing his muscles, making the veins on his arm even more prominent.

The next second, Yu Xia’s fingertips just grazed one of his blue veins, pressing down a bit to make the soft skin slightly dented.

Xie Qingci trembled slightly.

Even though her fingers were cool, so was the bracelet, it brought a quick warmth, like cold liquor scorching one’s throat after an ice-cold moment.

He averted his eyes, not daring to meet hers, letting her fiddle with his hand.

Yu Xia noticed him tremble, but she didn’t pause, gathering all the bracelets together to make a crisp sound as they collided.

"It now looks like those accessories you wear on stage. Not bad, the customers will definitely like it."

After saying that, her gaze landed on his exposed neck, showing a bit of regret:

"It’s a pity to not have anything on that neck. But necklaces are too expensive, can’t afford them."

Xie Qingci slightly relaxed his recently tensed heart, but then quickly tightened again when she picked up another item.

"This earring..."

He quickly refused, "I won’t wear that."

Yu Xia blinked, leaning in with the earring near his ear.

Xie Qingci immediately dodged back, looking like a poor soul fearing an invasion.

If anyone approached and saw them, they’d probably give this scene a shocking headline—

An evil woman forces an innocent pitying man; is it a gap in society’s security or a distortion of human morality?

Stay tuned for the first episode of "Into Society" - "The Corner Madman".