Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 317: Take Care of Your Body

After a moment, He Ci’s voice trembled as he gave his evaluation.

"Beast, truly a beast."

Yu Xia remained silent, feeling like she had sacrificed too much.

Tonight, Xie Qingci must compensate her with his own body! 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

She sighed, while He Ci, who was taking deep breaths, already started pulling out his phone to check work schedules, murmuring manically,

"Let me see what events you guys might run into on the street later... Besides that variety show... I’m done for, an illustrious and capable manager, finally attaining the top position in the company’s manager rankings, my lifetime reputation is going to be ruined because of you. Back then I saw you were good looking, could act, and had a CEO brother, and joyfully signed you. How come I didn’t see that you’re an unbearably impatient beast."

Yu Xia: "..."

He seemed in dire need of an oxygen machine.

Teased all the way, Yu Xia remained wordless, with her mind replaying the mental bullet screen of "Xie Qingci knows massage," "Xie Qingci’s body is smooth and shiny," "Xie Qingci is incredibly delicious," "It’s all to openly have a taste of meat," and so on, suppressing her urge to vindicate herself.

Finally, they arrived home.

Before getting out of the car, she couldn’t resist giving He Ci a couple of excuses that could partly clear her name.

"Actually, Xie Qingci talked too much this time in front of the camera, so directly and clearly, anyone with a brain would know he’s crazy in love with me now, so can I still pretend to be oblivious?

The netizens aren’t fools either, they’d criticize me for being pretentious. Now there are only two choices: either keep him at a distance, which is impossible, or the second option, going public is the best choice."

So it wasn’t her being impatient.

He Ci, while fiddling with his phone, perfunctorily listened to her explanation until the end.

"Finished? Okay, got it. Go meet your lover upstairs then. I hope you can still get up when I look for you tomorrow."

He turned back and finally said something not so perfunctory while looking into her eyes: "Your strong desires should be measured against your own body."

"..."

Bang—she slammed the car door shut, heading upstairs with a wooden expression.

From now on, her dignified and cool image would be tagged with four words—consumed by lust.

Back home, she tidied up once again, almost scrubbing a layer of skin off. Soaking in the bathroom for over an hour, the steam filled the entire room, and in the April weather, she once again started to sweat.

After leaving the bathroom, she felt like a dish of meat and vegetables freshly out of a high-temperature steamer.

Glancing at herself in the dressing mirror, her whole body was pink, the collarbones beneath her nightgown had a reddish sheen with a hint of watery gloss, which was the steam from the bathroom.

As she couldn’t wait for dryness while inside, she simply grabbed body lotion and started applying it in front of the mirror.

First her arms, then her neck, then pulled down her strap halfway and rubbed from her shoulder to below her collarbones.

Just as the smooth white body lotion touched her chest, there was a slight sound at the door, then Xie Qingci, wearing a hat, entered using the key he had taken from her.

Apparently, he didn’t expect to encounter such a scene, taking two steps and then stopping.

The two of them looked at each other across the living room, Yu Xia calmly withdrew her hand from her nightgown collar.

"Why are you here at this time? No other work scheduled?"

Xie Qingci cleared his throat, seeming uneasy, and placed the items in his hands on the living room table, responding, "No other arrangements for now."

As he spoke, he took off his hat and opened his jacket.

Yu Xia had already bent down to rub her legs, not looking at him, chatting leisurely: "Have you thought about what you were supposed to? Told your manager yet? Also, Changhui invested in ’Burning Spring,’ should know better about its updates, when is it broadcasting? This series isn’t airing on TV but only online, so getting airing permissions should be easier."

"Haven’t decided yet."

Yu Xia frowned, lifted her head, and released a threatening "Hm," with the ending rising.

"What did you say?"

Xie Qingci approached her, lifting her horizontally.

"Thought it over almost completely but seeing you scrambled my brains, so who knows what to say, where do you want it?"

Yu Xia still held the misty blue bottled body lotion, irately swinging her foot to kick him: "I haven’t finished applying my body lotion!"

Carrying her into the bathroom, Xie Qingci said, "You’ll need to wash anyway, apply it later."

"I don’t want to shower again shortly! My skin will wrinkle."

Xie Qingci paused, looking at her, then smiling with meaning: "Alright, then I’ll try to extend this interval."

"..." Damn, this enterprise-level understanding.

Seeing that Xie Qingci was already adeptly placing her on the anti-slip mat, she hurriedly grabbed his hand.

"My manager said, I can’t indulge in pleasures like this anymore... I have serious business to do tomorrow, and the most effective method to preserve energy is, you know what."

Her implicit desire was swapped for indulgence in pleasures, a more palatable phrasing.

Xie Qingci took away the body lotion bottle from her hands, wiped the frosted glass wall in front of him, removing the water droplets to reveal a slightly clearer area.

Then he kissed her ear, whispered: "That’s really unfortunate, my way to preserve energy is the opposite of yours. Abstinence? Impossible. I have boundless energy to spend on you."

The whisper made Yu Xia’s ears warm, intending to say something, a "rip" sound followed, chilling her chest.

"...Xie Qingci! I just bought this! It’s expensive!"

"I’ll compensate you. Five sets, will that do?"

"Do you think it’s a bulk purchase! That shop only has this one style of nightgown, two sets I find repetitive, let alone five!"

"Is three sets for ripping okay? The expensive ones really are different, even the tearing sound is nicer than ordinary fabrics."

"...Xie Qingci, you pervert!"

The escalation of events was predictable. Outside, the sky shifted from light to dark, with the bathroom once again filled with steaming mist.

If before she was merely a half-cooked steamed dish like Eight Treasure Duck, now, Yu Xia thought, she had become a soft and flavorful steamed pork, trembling on someone’s chopsticks.

This shameless diner Xie Qingci, once mentally sated, carried her out to feed her.

She lay on the sofa as if a paraplegic patient feigning to be a pancake, while Xie Qingci cooked in the kitchen.

Probably not in much of a cooking mood, he simply steamed a few buns. Listening to that, Yu Xia wistfully looked at his back and theatrically said,

"Yes, after you’re full, you start being perfunctory with me. Indeed, men are nothing good, thinking a few buns can appease your girlfriend. Why not go all the way, steam two plain ones without filling, I won’t starve overnight anyway."

Even Xie Qingci couldn’t help but laugh, turning back to look at her; under the light, her eyes and brows carrying a flirtatious flair, mimicking Daiyu was quite fitting.

"I thought you liked the buns from that small shop in the first episode of the show. Doesn’t seem like it now, already fond of something more tasty?"