Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself

Chapter 521: Cats and Catnip

He Ci had already come across such rumors before and was quite impatient with some bored, gossiping netizens who only knew how to spread lies."You don’t need to worry about it. Both sides have issued statements, but some people just don’t want to believe the truth. These kinds of people are like stubborn religious fanatics, deaf to the truth. Besides, pregnancy is something that will naturally come to light. There are two more red carpet events coming up, and anyone with eyes will be able to see whether she’s pregnant or not."

As he spoke, he quickly logged into one of his many alternate accounts and immediately went in to argue with a tweet spreading rumors.

[Pregnant my ass; only someone with a worm-eaten brain could say something so stupid and malicious.]

[Be careful, or Xie Qingci might send you a lawyer’s letter, and Xi Heng might threaten you to turn over a new leaf.]

Having watched the whole thing, Mei thought: "..."

Is this what you call not caring? The words are practically sparking with anger.

She quietly logged into her alternate account as well.

The single-patient ward was very quiet, and the whole floor was hardly making any noise, which was perfect for resting. Yu Xia had been asleep for two hours before she groggily woke up.

The moment she woke, Xie Qingci also opened his eyes, reaching out to touch her face.

"Awake? Is there anywhere that feels uncomfortable?"

Yu Xia shook her head. The dizziness had lessened a lot, although she still didn’t feel much like moving.

Xie Qingci kissed her and asked softly, "Are you hungry? Want to eat something?"

She was indeed a bit hungry. It was almost noon, and she could faintly smell the aroma of food coming from some other room.

The scent made her stomach feel emptily hungry too.

She was just about to ask Mei to go buy a few lunches when her brother and sister-in-law came in, with their driver carrying a large bag of takeout dishes.

Yue Ling came over to her bedside with a frown, felt her forehead, and looked at her closely.

"Still feeling unwell? Your brother called me and scared me. Are you hungry? We brought your favorite dishes."

Yu Xia struggled to open her eyes wide: "Sis-in-law, why did you come too? Can you be running around like this?"

She then looked over at her brother.

Both Yu Heng and Yue Ling said it was fine.

The driver delivered the food and quickly left, leaving six people in the ward to eat boxed meals together.

These were premium boxed meals, with Yu Xia’s being rather light and the others’ being quite lavish. He Ci and Mei even got seafood sets from a famous restaurant.

Truly a mouthful of fragrant wealth.

Xie Qingci was not eating for the moment; he was personally feeding Yu Xia.

Yue Ling and He Ci were both moved by his selfless devotion and sincerity, looking at him with comfort and admiration.

However, Yu Heng had a long face, alternating between picking dishes for his wife and urging Xie Qingci to give Yu Xia more leafy greens.

Yu Xia was the only sensible one there, knowing that he always liked feeding her.

Normally, it could be like a game, playfully demanding that she sit on his lap to be fed. Now it was just perfect, letting him experience again the feeling of feeding someone who depends wholly on him like an adorable child.

If she were to call him "brother" and act coy now, he might be so thrilled he’d stay up till midnight.

But unfortunately, this wasn’t the time for that.

She took another bite of braised meat, followed by a spoonful of millet pumpkin porridge.

She chewed and swallowed slowly, as she was leaning against him and her puffed cheeks occasionally brushed against his collarbone, which seemed to enchant Xie Qingci as he watched her actions intently, boldly reaching out to poke.

Not satisfied with just poking, he even swiped his finger over her lips, pressed gently, and then bent down to kiss her.

He seemed like he was about to lose control and swallow her whole, driven into a frenzy.

Yu Xia had some understanding of his quirks, glanced at him, tapped the edge of the bowl, and opened her mouth.

"Ah——"

Xie Qingci was utterly doting, carefully feeding her another spoonful.

"Is it okay? Is it too hot? Is it hard to swallow? Want some zucchini?"

If she were as spirited as usual, she would certainly roll her eyes and say, "I’ve had several spoonfuls, don’t you know if it’s hot?" "Just feed me; no need for so much talking."

But she wasn’t in high spirits now, so she just snuggled into his neck, nodding and shaking her head, similar to a cat being spoiled.

So Xie Qingci seemed even more entranced, his feeding becoming gentler.

Yu Heng, observing them, might easily suspect what they were up to from their unusual behavior.

After eating for a bit, Yu Xia turned her head away from the dish he was about to feed her, pointing at his food, and said, "I’m done. You eat yours."

"You’ve only eaten a little," he frowned, looking quite worried. "Really can’t eat more?"

"Hmm, you eat yours. I’ll just rest a bit more."

"Alright." He opened another takeout box with one hand, and the food inside was much richer than what Yu Xia had just eaten. There was even scallion chicken, and it smelled wonderfully fragrant.

Having just said she was full, now she thought she could eat a little more.

Eyeing the scallion chicken, she looked up at Xie Qingci and made a gesture to him.

Xie Qingci picked up a piece and waved it in front of her: "Wanna eat this?"

"Yeah."

"But I’m not sure if you can eat it. Should I ask the doctor?"

"That’s alright, why don’t we just..."

Before she could slowly finish her refusal, Xie Qingci had already pressed the call bell by the bedside.

Yu Heng immediately looked up.

"What’s up?"

"She wants to eat scallion chicken. I’m asking the doctor if she can have it."

Yu Heng sat back down: "Feeling so low and still thinking about eating. If you weren’t sick, you could eat whatever you wanted by now. Once we get back, just push off recent work and focus on resting at home."

Yu Xia snuggled higher up on Xie Qingci’s shoulder, her eyes peeking out to lazily ask her handsome brother: "Which home?"

"What do you mean which home? The place you’re staying at now, can you call that your home? That’s just a regular rental."

"Li Yue’s pregnant, and Yu Yue needs care. Even if I were home, I couldn’t look after everyone. I might as well stay here with Xie Qingci around."

Xie Qingci added, "I’ve also postponed work and will stay home with her for ten days."

Yu Heng was about to say more, but Yue Ling tugged at him.

"If Xiaxia wants to stay here, let her. Just hire a cook to help them out."

Unable to offend his wife and unable to persuade his sister, Yu Heng could only direct a grim look at Xie Qingci.

But alas, Xie Qingci’s attention was entirely on Yu Xia, with no intention of engaging in any eye contact with him.

By the time the doctor arrived, Yu Heng had even less of a chance of being noticed.

"Doctor Zhang, could you please check if there’s anything here she shouldn’t eat recently?"

As soon as Doctor Zhang came in, he was greeted by the various aromas of food, clearly indicating that the patient was struggling. Besides, the illness wasn’t really serious; anything not too greasy or raw would be fine. However, the patient was still stuck with porridge, which understandably tested one’s patience.

"Let’s see... all this should be fine to eat."

Yu Xia immediately grasped Xie Qingci’s hand, urging him to feed her a piece.

Doctor Zhang chuckled: "No need to feed her so closely; it’s not that serious."

The two seemed as tightly attached as an anxious father and his sobbing daughter in the pediatric ward downstairs. Weren’t they supposed to be in a sibling relationship?

Xie Qingci didn’t even raise his head: "It’s fine; she’s a bit more comfortable this way."

Doctor Zhang thought: Well, it was just me being nosy. Perhaps this "sibling relationship" only applied to their ages?