Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 376: Caught Red-Handed

The comment section was amused by the bustling scene.

[Keep it up, if you do well, you’ll get to go on the next show - "Infrastructure Chinese Style"]

[Watching this makes me want to jump in and help, just like rice planting during the busy farming season]

[The vibe is pretty good, with everyone so positive and harmonious, the last episode isn’t going to be some emotional party, right?]

[Our Xie Baibai really knows how to do so much, huh? A couple of days ago he livestreamed cooking for his birthday, what a good and capable man]

[According to people who know him, the kid lived alone throughout middle school, rarely went out with friends, so I guess he spent his time at home honing his cooking skills?]

[Mom said that a man who can’t cook will never get married, Xie Qingci you’re the top student and class leader of the virtuous man club]

[I’ve figured it out; Xie Qingci is building his and his sister’s tent, while Yu Xia is building her and Lan Hui’s cozy little nest]

[Hahahahaha do you love me like I love her?]

[The girls’ tent is surrounded by the boys’, how gentlemanly]

[New fan of Yu Xia reporting in. My queen should be sitting on a big rock whipping a chain and supervising, why is she running around carrying a half bucket of sand? /voice trembling.jpg]

[You’ve got the wrong person, this isn’t Yu Xia, this is Yu Xiaxia]

[Strongly suggest having guest stars every episode in the second season, I want to see Yu Xia and Yu Zhi!]

[Is Song Xi too tired? His eyes are still bloodshot omg, how long is the company going to exploit him?]

[...]

The peaceful and harmonious scene of building a home didn’t last long, someone collecting things on the island accidentally released the pursuers, and the people who were working hard quickly scattered in all directions.

Yu Xia didn’t run with Xie Qingci, but instead, she took Lan Hui and dashed into the forest.

They hid in the forest, leaning closely together without making a sound.

Yu Xia focused all her attention outside, listening intently, with no trace of nervousness on her face.

Her shoulder was nudged, and she instinctively reached out to pat the person’s back. It wasn’t until she felt the different texture that she realized it wasn’t Xie Qingci beside her but Lan Hui.

Lan Hui, slightly shorter than her, rested her head on Yu Xia’s shoulder, blinking at her silently asking, "Are they coming?"

Yu Xia shook her head, gently picked up nearby fallen palm leaves, and covered them as a shield.

Some noise was inevitable when moving the leaves, and just as she covered them, a head popped up in the woods to the left.

Then, another head appeared from behind a tree on the right.

It was Xie Qingci and Song Xi.

They had them surrounded from both sides, staring at her and the delicate Lan Hui in her arms with strange looks.

The scene was so reminiscent of two families catching couples in the act, it was awkward enough to leave them silent.

But they didn’t know if the pursuers would suddenly appear, so they didn’t dare move and had to maintain the scene for a while.

With her sweetheart in her arms, her posture now looked very much like someone puffing smoke after the act, and the two opposite had weird expressions, making Yu Xia feel quite uneasy.

Once there was no longer any pursuer activity, she quickly pushed Lan Hui away and stood up, rubbing her palms together.

"Fancy meeting you guys here."

Xie Qingci: "Quite a coincidence. I called out to you while running, and you didn’t hear me."

Yu Xia laughed nervously twice, trying to act composed: "Maybe I was too flustered. Lan Hui, are you okay? Since Song Xi is here, be careful and head over."

Lan Hui hesitated: "Aren’t we going back secretly to continue setting up our tent?"

Does it make a difference who you’re with?

Understanding what she meant, Song Xi’s face turned green.

Xie Qingci walked over and readily agreed to Lan Hui staying.

"Actually, this works too. If we encounter pursuers again, we can throw her out to block them and solve a powerful opponent in the process. Sounds like a deal to me," he said to Yu Xia.

Yu Xia was speechless and looked at Lan Hui.

Lan Hui looked around, laughed awkwardly, and said, "Then I’ll just stay with my teammate, bye-bye, Yu Xia~"

"You can say goodbye," Yu Xia pointed to Xie Qingci, sneaking a chuckle, "his nickname is Baibai."

Lan Hui’s eyes widened, she burst out laughing, and hurriedly ran to Song Xi’s side.

Finally, they each went back to their teams, but now they couldn’t head directly back to the beach, because if the pursuers saw the tents, they’d surely wait there for them.

So they spent the rest of the time avoiding the pursuers, searching for useful items in the woods while scouting possible escape routes.

Xie Qingci tore apart the palm leaves that Yu Xia was dragging and casually wove them into a green hat.

Considering the color was too bright, he picked some unknown little flowers to decorate it.

Impressed by his craftiness, Yu Xia gave him a look of approval and thoughtfully imitated him by making a green hat for him as well.

Unfortunately, he refused to wear it, even with the flowers attached.

They passed through a pile of rocks and waited for a few minutes behind the mountain rocks to be safe.

This place had no green plants to obscure the view, and if they stood upright, pursuers around would spot them immediately.

After a while, other team members passed by, with two pursuers indeed following behind them.

Yu Xia peeked through a crack in the rocks, showing an expression of unbearable shock.

"This episode’s pursuers... are muscle men in grass skirts."

The grass skirts on them really were an eyesore. It’s true adjusting attire with the environment is necessary, but the production team never considered the viewers’ eyesight?

Xie Qingci shared a similarly unspeakable expression.

Watching the two muscle men in grass skirts chase after Fang Yuanzhou and his team, they only emerged from behind the rocks and walked in another direction.

Thinking of dinner, Yu Xia was sizing up edible things around them, but unfortunately, this island didn’t have any fruit trees, not even a convenience store.

She mentioned this to Xie Qingci, asking him, "Without any way to get ready-to-eat food, do we have to spear fish from the sea or hunt in the mountains? The money we had left over couldn’t be used."

Xie Qingci thought for a moment and guessed, "Could it be that the show provides food, but we have to complete tasks or spend money to get it?"

She thought about it, "Not impossible, the show has always been pretty sneaky."

Nearby program team members listening: "..."

Yu Xia didn’t care if the director heard or not, throwing a casual jab, then realized a deeper insight.

"If we can buy stuff from the show, then we have somewhere to spend our money. But what if other teams don’t have money or enough money to buy things?"

Xie Qingci: "You want to aid them?"

Yu Xia: "I want to make money."

Xie Qingci: "..." That’s what you’d call making life-saving money.

Yu Xia didn’t expect him to grasp the mind of a top capitalist, continuing on her own: "If the show is that shady, I can’t help it. Spending doesn’t count, but earning does. After all, this is the last episode; buying things to sell at cheaper prices to the poor and refined goods to the rich makes sense, it’s quite fair."