Chapter 553: Chapter 553: I Will Surely Serve You Well

The car pulled into the residential area, and Yu Xia happily and energetically ran home.

He Ci complained to Mei, "See that? Women are just like that, so easily enticed into spending money for others. Xie Qingci says a few sweet words, and she’s lost in the trap of financially supporting someone where there’s more effort than reward. Mei, you mustn’t learn from her."

Mei: "Don’t worry, He, I can’t even support myself, there’s no way I have extra money to support someone else, not even a dollar."

He Ci: "...I overestimated you. You’re so broke yet dreaming that someday you’ll end up with someone like Xie Qingci bringing them home. Pure daydreaming, unless you’re praying for someone blind."

Mei whimpered, holding her heart, unwilling to face this harsh truth.

"What if there’s someone who doesn’t need my money, just wants me? Otherwise, why do so many TV shows portray the love between a prince and a Cinderella?" 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

He Ci burst out with an outrageous laugh.

"There are situations like that, I could even direct a show about it entitled ’The Abduction: It Turns Out the Trafficker Is the Fantasy Victim’s Choice.’

"..." Mei gloomily shut her mouth.

He Ci slowly gave a conclusion, "So, when you meet someone who’s infatuated and claims to love you uncontrollably, think a bit—could something be wrong? Who acts like a moth attracted to the flame like in TV shows for no reason?"

"Sis and Xie Qingci," Mei said sullenly.

He Ci waved his hand, "That’s a rare exception. If this were a drama, they’d be the main leads. That’s why they have that dreamy storyline, understand? You’re just someone who hugs their phone screaming that’s unwilling to even buy me a $2 ice cream, you’re at most a passerby character."

Mei: "...He, it’s just because you still hold a grudge over me forgetting to buy you ice cream last time!"

While they clattered on, Yu Xia had already returned to her warm home.

The precious species she had to take care of was grooming itself at home all afternoon, clean and waiting for her return.

The kitchen was brewing soup, and Xie Qingci even bought back the pickled radishes from that BBQ shop near the university last time.

The complete kind-hearted warm man.

When she entered, she was carrying her newly purchased high fashion in one hand, and her other hand wrapped around his neck. Xie Qingci bent down cooperatively, and a loud kiss landed on his cheek.

"You’re in such a good mood? What good thing happened?" Xie Qingci asked.

Yu Xia glanced sideways at him, "Can’t it be because I miss you?"

"Gone for half a day, and you miss me this much, someone put a spell on you?" he teased nonchalantly.

"It’s not impossible either."

She teased back, then went inside to hang up the high fashion, pointing it out to him, "Does it look good?"

Xie Qingci nodded, "Looks better on you."

"Sweet talk won’t earn you perks. I bought it, spent a large amount of money."

Spending money yet so happy, does this dress hold such allure? Xie Qingci carefully observed her microexpressions, raising an eyebrow, saying, "Then what? What happened next?"

Yu Xia arranged the hem as she smiled genuinely,

"I was worried about how to earn back the money spent when my brother called saying he wants to open a branch company to invest in films and wants me to invest for shares. It hit me then, I’m still a rich second generation, even if the money just sits it’s still there, I might as well invest casually. If the film I invest in becomes a hit, wouldn’t I be able to rest even more this year?"

"You’re in your twenties, haven’t even won the TV festival award yet, and already thinking of retiring backstage?" Xie Qingci laughed helplessly.

She wagged her index finger, "The ultimate goal of striving is early retirement. Plus, the point isn’t that, it’s the money. Ah, having a boy university student at home who eats eight meals a day is hard to support."

Xie·University Student·Qingci squinted his eyes, sighing—

"So it’s about making money to support me, huh. That makes sense, I’ll just wait for you to get rich."

Then, very compliantly, he held her hand and put it on his abdomen, winking at her suggestively.

"I’ll definitely serve you well, ensuring you’ll spend happily on this."

Yu Xia: "..."

This is stepping into the lair of a seductive spider spirit.

She wanted to struggle and say something serious, like, "I’m not here to buy services, don’t come closer," but this spider spirit was just so tempting she couldn’t resist.

Maybe, since she’d already spent the money, she might as well reluctantly enjoy the attentive service.

People are just like this, indulging in self-conquest and self-surrender, she accepted rounds of service, almost unable to get up and go out to make money.

While some university male, full of energy and glowing, took care of her mental and physical health and even personally brought her soup to drink.

Also claiming that he provides one-stop service, from body to mind, from kidneys to stomach, from head hair to toes, all included in his enthusiastic care.

The service duration could be as long as needed, if the client hesitated to request more, he could spontaneously offer a two-hour overtime service, truly thoughtful to the extreme.

Under such meticulous care, Yu Xia grew increasingly weak.

In the end, she had to exclude this compulsory service from her daily routine by citing insufficient funds as an excuse.

Xie Qingci felt a bit regretful and enthusiastically offered her a repair service before it ended.

It involved pressing shoulders, rubbing waists, leaving marks of the service, almost to the point of writing "Left by Xie Qingci" on her body.

Having too many sweet days, Yu Xia proactively called He Ci, requesting to increase work to an appropriate level.

He Ci felt gratified by her desire for progress, so gratified he wanted to give her a holiday, so she could rest at ease.

After all, the television festival was just around the corner.

...

The biennial television festival was held on October 19th, at the grand theater in Hai City.

The red carpet had long been unfurled, extending all the way to the seaside square outside, with a view of the sea from the banister, and the incoming breeze dispelled the last bit of heat, leaving the photographers who had been stationed since early morning feeling refreshed and cool.

They too had their circles, taking the chance while the official inspection was ongoing and no one had entered the venue yet, gathered in groups of three or five discussing the outcome of this television festival awards.

"Besides the best lead actor and actress, there’s not much else to guess."

"It’s Yu Xia, it should be her. A few years ago, young actresses won too, but weren’t very popular, acting mostly in mundane family dramas and arty films recognized by the officials."

"This award hasn’t seemed to have been given to a ’traffic star’ before, right? Let’s see if Yu Xia can break that record this time."

"Isn’t Xie Qingci coming too? Apparently, he’s nominated for a supporting actor."

"Best actor is relatively simple. It’s been the same few people vying for it over the years, Wan Ze has already won it once, let’s see if he gets it again this time."

"Yu Xia is pretty impressive, she debuted just a few years ago and is already eligible for such awards, nobody else in the new generation of actresses has achieved this."

"Everyone thought the television festival awards were typically for middle-aged actors, except once when it went to a child star. Otherwise, it’s always been this way. If Yu Xia wins, she’ll be a mainstream top-tier actor, overtaking even first-tier stars."

"And don’t forget, she just finished filming a movie with Cheng Zhirang this year, grabbing that opportunity already makes her the number one among the new generation actresses today."