Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 298: Will You Come to My Wedding?

Nibbling along the way, after Yu Xia finished that grilled fish quite preciously, they finally reached the second task point.

It was just like the first task point, with a check-in machine and one staff member.

They scouted from a distance and found no other guests or pursuers, then approached with relief.

Xie Qingci discussed with her: "Should we choose the fast-forward task or the regular task?"

Only the first and second points have fast-forward tasks, and these tasks can only be chosen by the first group arriving here.

If they drew the fast-forward task this time, as long as the task was completed, they would be the only ones with Fast Forward Cards, and they’d have two.

As long as there isn’t someone who keeps drawing cards like a pro, no one can beat their task completion progress.

However, the fast-forward tasks are really hard. If they fail, they’ll have to go back and complete the other tasks, which wastes a lot of time.

Yu Xia pondered, touching her chin: "How are the pursuers tracking us this time? If our phone location is constantly on, they shouldn’t be able to catch up to us." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

The staff member explained: "They can only check your location once every half hour, and by the time they reach your location, you’d already be somewhere else. Early on, their tracking speed won’t be too fast."

"So, it gets harder the further along we are?"

Yu Xia turned and beckoned Xie Qingci with her finger, and he obediently leaned in, ear close to her.

She whispered, "We’re probably the fastest group now. The pursuer from last time said he’d focus on stalking us this time. I bet they’re paying a lot of attention to our location changes. They think we’re important so they’ll get here really quick and might ambush other guest groups."

Xie Qingci followed up: "By then, there’ll be more pursuers, and they might share information, knowing our route and destination, catching us would be easy."

"Exactly," she nodded, "Spending more time upfront isn’t an issue, we need to speed up later. So we should choose the fast-forward task."

Xie Qingci clicked the fast-forward task on the check-in machine and took out the task card it dispensed.

"One person stands to braid the other’s hair, while the other sits and identifies one line of lyrics translated into English amidst music, both must complete ten braids and translate the lyrics to Chinese within five minutes."

After he read it, Yu Xia looked up at his short hair.

"Can you even have ten braids with that?"

The scrutinizing gaze made Xie Qingci tense up, and he shook his head: "I can’t, my hair’s too short."

The staff kindly reminded: "If it’s short hair, you can just braid a little, as long as it’s not just random grabbing."

No sooner said than done, the "dexterous" Yu Xia immediately pressed Xie Qingci to sit on a stool.

"Hand me the elastics, I can give him ten braids in two minutes!"

The staff suppressed laughter and handed her various colored elastics, watching her excitedly play with Xie Qingci’s hair.

And Xie Qingci stiffly sat without moving.

"Ready? I’m starting the music," the staff pressed a button, and the five-minute timer began.

Loud music blared, messy sounds of several songs played simultaneously like two gangs of elderly women arguing at a market, accompanied by thunder and rain, a great test for the ears.

Yu Xia gathered Xie Qingci’s hair while rubbing her ear.

"Where did you find this synthetic music? It’s loud enough to make ears numb."

Not expecting an answer, she quickly tied up one red elastic, then carefully braided it.

This requires skill; hair too short is hard to braid, a bit longer can only manage a semblance, from the camera angle, one could see Xie Qingci’s head sprout a single colorful elastic-tied braid.

Xie Qingci tried to ignore the pain on his scalp and focused on the music.

After barely catching two English words, Yu Xia suddenly leaned to his ear and shouted: "No, no! Your hair can’t handle ten braids! There’s too little long hair! Can you braid?"

Without answering, Xie Qingci directly stood and swapped places with her, pressing her shoulders to sit down and reaching for the elastics.

With time running out, Yu Xia didn’t ask further, handing him the elastics with one hand while quickly untangling her hair with the other, flicking it twice to hang loose and messy over her shoulders.

"Hurry, hurry!"

She estimated the task to be a failure but was determined to try hard before admitting defeat.

For focus on the music, she simply closed her eyes, slightly tilted her head to catch the English lyrics, while Xie Qingci clumsily divided and braided her hair.

He made simple three-strand braids, like ropes are often braided, but hadn’t braided a girl’s hair before, so wasn’t adept; the braids loose, strands uneven, some thick, some thin, scattered messily.

Both were focused, Yu Xia listened like a robust man, Xie Qingci lowered his head like a diligent wife, creating a weird yet oddly harmonious feel, making the viewers feel complex emotions.

Yet this wasn’t the weirdest; when five minutes was up, Yu Xia, with a mop-like hair, translated the subtle lyrics, escalating the bizarre atmosphere to the peak.

Single-mindedly aiming to win and translating the English into a familiar lyric without thinking, she shouted.

"You must come to my wedding because seeing you gives me security!"

Xie Qingci, behind her, flinched.

The staff couldn’t help but laugh like geese behind the check-in machine.

[Let it go, Yu Xia, that scene’s suffocating]

[Hahahahaha oh wow hahahaha]

[The beautiful secret love story instantly turns into a morally questionable sensational love triangle]

[Did I misjudge Xie Qingci? Is there a gentle and kind little girl inside him? / Struck by lightning.jpg]

[Especially with the towering braid hahahahahaha]

[Maybe swapping genders would make progress smoother? Who doesn’t love a senior overpowering a rookie love story?]

[What’s the show thinking picking this song hahahahaha]

[Yu Xia really seems like a tough guy being pampered in a Northeast bathhouse]

[Xie Qingci seems bewildered, killing me with laughter hahahaha]

[Xie Qingci, you can braid hair?! Where did you learn that?]

[Such dense hair, so envious (Don’t ask, just the author’s mood)]

[Who can resist the outwardly cool, muscular, but actually kind-hearted gentle brother slash wife? Tears once again trickle from the mouth]