CHAPTER 18: CHAPTER 18: WHAT, SHOULD I GO BACK TO THE WOMB?

"I’m being terribly wronged!"

"That’s a teasing laugh! A laugh of relief! A laugh exactly like Shu Ran’s!"

"I swear, I have no impure intentions towards little brother Song Xi, I’m not that much of a beast!"

Tearfully and sorrowfully explained once, and finally, He Ci reluctantly believed her.

"Your acting skills are wasted in front of me, I need to find you a script with a similar role."

"..." She slumped on the sofa, weakly asked, "Clearly it’s the same laugh, Shu Ran is dancing with them in the pool, why aren’t there rumors about them?"

The assistant peeked in and said, "There are, about her and Xie Qingci."

Yu Xia: "With who?!"

"Xie Qingci, the handsomest little brother. The hashtag is #GracefulBigSisterAndCoolHandsomeBrother’sInnocentGaze#."

Damn it! Why do they get such an artistic and elegant hashtag, while mine sounds sleazy?!

Innocent gaze, how can Xie Qingci be associated with innocence?!

The assistant looked at her grief-stricken expression and added, "If Changhui Entertainment didn’t dislike using rumors to boost artists’ popularity and suppressed the news, maybe it could’ve gotten more buzz than your hashtag, after all, they have CP fans who created super topics for them."

...Blind from this.

"What about me, do I have any CP fans creating super topics?" she asked through gritted teeth.

He Ci sneered, "You’re competing with Shu Ran now, seeing who can get more CP super topics and earn more money? If it were like that, you’d be the richest person in the entire entertainment industry!"

The assistant covered her mouth, barely containing her laughter.

Yu Xia was instantly struck, looking like a drenched dog.

Having vented, He Ci felt refreshed and gently started discussing the upcoming work schedule with her.

"After yesterday’s derived program, your online searches have significantly increased, and the company has also ramped up your promotion."

"Keep it up, the scripts the company receives should prioritize you to look at, and variety show invitations will definitely become more accessible. If you’re lucky, this year you can make me change to a bigger house."

Yu Xia weakly nodded, listened to him talk about the company’s pie in the sky, and then walked out with heavy steps.

The assistant approached and whispered, "Don’t be angry, you know how, after breaking up with his boyfriend, He Ge has been hormonally off-balance."

She gave an okay sign: "I understand, I understand."

The assistant laughed, "Exactly, you too have broken up before, with your monthly rate you’re quite familiar with situations like this."

"...Get lost!"

Her hormones were about to destabilize too.

On her way home from the company, since the car was needed for other errands, she didn’t drive into the residential area, opting to walk past the community playground and into the leafy avenue, where she bumped into an acquaintance.

Yuan Wang was sauntering with a white-gloved cat, fully equipped with a mask, hat, and sunglasses.

Anyone could notice his peculiarity, trying to hide like some fool.

She planned to walk past as if she didn’t see anything, but the cat-walking Yuan Wang spotted her, took off his mask, and excitedly greeted her.

"Yu Xia! Are you heading home?"

No shit.

Yu Xia rolled her eyes, "Otherwise am I going back to the womb?"

After saying this, she looked at the white-gloved cat at his feet and asked, "Aren’t you afraid of that dog coming after you again with the way you’re walking your cat?"

Cats and dogs are naturally adversarial, there’s a big dog in this community, along with a plump butt Corgi, both attack whenever they see a good-looking cat.

In the process, they’d trample and knock down the cat’s unfortunate owner too.

Yuan Wang was that unfortunate person.

"No, at this time that dog doesn’t go out," Yuan Wang said.

Yu Xia squinted, "How do you know?"

Yuan Wang happily said, "I asked that young lady on WeChat, we arranged to walk at different times."

"...You even got her contact?"

Yuan Wang felt a little embarrassed, lowered his head and adjusted his sunglasses, "Yes, yes. She praised how good my white gloves look."

Yu Xia took a deep breath and spoke through slightly clenched teeth:

"Her dog knocked you down and scared your cat half to death, I came out to heroically save the cat, ended up in a fake rumor with you, and got scolded by my agent! Turns out you were making overtures with her behind my back!"

Yuan Wang scratched his head, "I did clarify, but the netizens just don’t believe it."

True, that was also a fact.

That’s why she’s so pissed! If it weren’t for this nonsense, would she be forced into a boy band selection show by He Ci and deal with her ex with apprehension?!

Yu Xia was so upset she looked at the white gloves with hostility.

Yuan Wang picked up his cat, hugged it to comfort it, and awkwardly tried to make small talk:

"Aren’t you going to participate in that boy band selection show? It’s going well, I watched, there are some pretty good-looking little brothers, looking at handsome guys can lift your spirits, isn’t that nice."

"Thanks for that then."

She felt exhausted, didn’t want to talk, and waved a farewell to the foolish man and his cat.

Come to think of it, she’s scheduled to do a show with Yuan Wang to promote their drama.

Yuan Wang is among the better male actors in the circle, young, good-looking, and compassionate. That white-gloved cat is supposedly a stray he adopted from a set.

Though a bit of a fool.

Upon returning home, she changed into some liberating loungewear, collapsed onto her bed, and played with her phone.

A friend in the industry invited her to play a game, but she ignored it, fully focused on searching the name "Yu Xia" online, with the latest news being just one minute ago.

Seems her popularity was decent.

She checked out the latest Weibo post.

[Apparently Yu Xia still hasn’t let go of those young, fresh brothers?]

Yu Xia: "......"

Damn.

She continued to read downwards.

[In the past two months, every brother gets a rumor with Yu Xia, Yu Xia has been busy]

[Out of a hundred, there will always be some of the same type, Yu Xia, please spare a few fish]

[In my next life, I must be reincarnated as Yu Xia, to fly with a hundred brothers]

[Next script take the role of a female CEO rolling in a sports car, toying with the emotions of young guys, Yu Xia, you could play it naturally]

She flipped through quite a bit, and they were all basically like this.

Unwilling, she rolled over on the bed, her curves pressed into the soft sheets.

Her fingers tapped on the screen, and she searched for the name "Xie Qingci." There was already a personal super topic.

Wow, it’s filled with high-definition pictures.

[Graceful sister and cool handsome brother, I love this type of romantic setting!]

[Brother is so handsome! Don’t let the strange sister hold you back, run]

[Qingci bravely fly, we will chase you with all our might!]

[The brother is even a high achiever, why wasn’t there this kind of school heartthrob in my youth waaaah]

[Go, brother! We will support your debut!]

Her eyes blurred from seeing so much, she rolled over again, doing a two-and-a-half turn pancake roll, finally steeling her heart, switching to a small account, and searched for "Yu Xia Xie Qingci."

Very little came up, the first one being a Weibo post from last night.

[Yu Xia egged on Xie Qingci to dance the girl group dance with Song Xi, she’d rather push him for a smile]

Giao!

She angrily slapped her phone onto the pillow, out of sight, out of mind.