Chapter 565: Chapter 565: Introducing You to Wild Animals

Yu Xia still didn’t know anything about it, she had found a beautiful place and wanted to share it with him, but the signal was indeed not very good in the wild, so she could only send him two photos and then describe it to him over the phone.

That’s how they handled it last time when the signal was bad too.

But as soon as the phone connected, she heard some noisy chatter on the other end.

"Are you still on set?" she asked.

Xie Qingci confessed honestly, "No. I’m at a class reunion, at a club called Yuanben, there are more than twenty classmates..."

"Stop, stop, I didn’t ask for so many details." Explaining so clearly made it seem like she was some fierce inspector checking up on him.

She didn’t expect him to be at a class reunion, then said, "Well, have fun, call me when you get back to the hotel."

"Don’t," Xie Qingci stopped her, the signal in the wild was bad, who knows if she’d be able to pick up if he called back later, "Go ahead, it’s okay, I’ll take the call on the side."

He stood up and made a gesture to Zuo Ling, indicating that he would step out for a moment.

People who were talking all craned their necks to watch him walk out, then exchanged looks with each other.

The door was opened and closed, blocking out the conversation from inside and out.

After a moment, someone muttered.

"The packaging effect of the entertainment industry is really good."

"What do you mean? Are you jealous? He was good-looking even before he entered the entertainment industry."

"Come on, Huang Ze, isn’t it just because your girlfriend used to like Xie Qingci? What’s there to be jealous about? It’s not Xie Qingci’s fault."

"But really, I didn’t expect, when Xie Qingci talks about love he is no different from ordinary people, his tone softens when he answers his girlfriend’s calls."

"Get it straight, that’s Yu Xia. I couldn’t imagine Yu Xia would be taken by my classmate."

"I really want to see Yu Xia, to make Xie Qingci fall in love at first sight and be so crazy about her, she must be really beautiful."

"But Yu Xia is a few years older than him."

"Hah, are you picking on others now?"

"Alright, alright. Looking at him, he won’t stay long, why not ask him for an autograph later? My classmate is a top celebrity, mentioning this is really impressive."

"By the way, should we talk about Chu Yao again? Chu Yao said Yu Xia was going to take revenge on her and wouldn’t let her graduate or find a job, isn’t that a bit too much? She’s been acting really off lately."

This was hard to say, everyone looked at each other.

Zuo Ling jokingly said, "Let’s not, you think she would bully a student for fun? If Chu Yao wasn’t over the line, would Xie Qingci deal with an old classmate?"

Someone asked, "How over the line? What did Chu Yao do?"

"What else could she do, harass him, thinking liking Xie Qingci makes her his mom, also tried to scam him. If they really wanted to make trouble for her, she’d be standing in court now."

Those present gaped in disbelief, and the girl speaking for Chu Yao also fell silent.

Outside the door.

Xie Qingci found a quiet, empty spot to take the call, leaning on the windowsill that extended outwards, elbow resting back, leg slightly bent, looking very relaxed.

"Where did you guys go today?"

Yu Xia tried to describe it, "An undeveloped canyon, and we passed a waterfall. If it hadn’t been cold, everyone would have wanted to swim. We also encountered a dirty little calf downstream and helped it take a bath. The filming crew said we’ll pass by a minority village tomorrow and can eat some local dishes."

"Was it fun?"

"Very fun. The starry sky here is beautiful, I’ll send you two photos to see." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Within two seconds, he received two starry sky photos.

The edge of the night sky seemed to carry a dark blue and purple tint, looking splendidly bizarre, dotted with starry brightness, the blurred outlines of trees and mountains in the distance describing just how vast this piece of starry sky was.

After looking at them, he asked, "Why aren’t you in the picture? I want to see you."

Yu Xia grumbled playfully, "I don’t have makeup on, and I’m all dirty."

"I don’t mind, I’ve seen you in every state."

"No way," she still refused, "I absolutely can’t let photos that damage my image go out. You’ll have to imagine, imagine a worldly beauty lying on the grass looking at the stars."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xie Qingci heard faint laughter from her side. Maybe it was her assistant or others from the filming crew laughing at her.

Xie Qingci couldn’t help but laugh, "A worldly beauty is hard to imagine, you need to send some photos over to give me something to base my imagination on."

Yu Xia quipped, "You’re a pest," and then sent him a photo.

Xie Qingci thought it was a selfie, but when he opened it, he found a selfie of a cow.

"...Why did you send me a picture of a cow? Did you take it with a headwear on?"

"There’s my reflection in the water under the cow’s head."

Xie Qingci: "...Is this the only way to catch a glimpse of your true appearance?"

Yu Xia immediately burst into a delightful laugh.

He couldn’t help but chuckle along.

"Looks like you’re really having a great time out there, you almost forgot about me, right? You drag even the daily call to midnight to remember."

Yu Xia definitely wouldn’t admit to this accusation.

"It’s not dragging; it’s just the signal’s bad outside. If you must think I’ve almost forgotten you, fine, tomorrow I’ll take your photo on the trip, alright? If we encounter any wildlife, I’ll introduce you to them."

"..."

A behavior that could leave one speechless, but thinking of her stifling laughter as she points to his photo to the wildlife, saying "This is my boyfriend, you can get acquainted," he found it—just too cute.

So he said, "It’s not impossible, I’ll send you a photo, and your assistant can record a video as proof tomorrow."

Yu Xia didn’t expect him to take it seriously.

"No way, you believe this too? If I actually did that, everyone would think I’m crazy."

"No, that’s because you love me so much, everyone would understand."

Yu Xia: "...Shameless."

Followed by a few seconds of quiet, then they both spoke up at the same time.

"I..."

"You..."

Noticing that the other had something to say, they both stopped and waited for each other to finish, resulting in another moment of itchy silence.

Then Xie Qingci asked, "What did you want to say?"

"Um, aren’t you at a class reunion? It’s not good to be on the phone for so long, why don’t you go back and have fun?"

"It’s only been a little over ten minutes, and you already want to hang up? They all know it’s your check-in call, they totally understand."

Yu Xia let out a small "tsk," "What check-in, who checked in? I just wanted to share my life with you."

"Yes, sharing how much fun you’re having outside, having so much fun you almost forgot about me. When are you coming back?" After the busiest period, he missed her more and more.

Yu Xia: "In another week. Was that what you wanted to ask just now?"

Xie Qingci lowered his gaze, his eyes aimlessly falling on the slight arc where his shirt hem was lifted by his belt, casually saying:

"No, what I wanted to say was—I really miss you, do you want to come back early to see me?"