Xie Mi and Shen Yeqing spent a leisurely while enjoying the air-conditioning in the bubble tea shop. By the time they finished their drinks and returned to the villa, Xiao Jingxi had posted a new update on Weibo.
The PR response was late, but it had finally arrived.
[Xiao Jingxi]: Yes, Xie Mi and I were together.
We met in high school. Our first encounter was in the cafeteria, where we both wanted the same serving of sweet-and-sour ribs. There was only one portion left, so I let her have it. That was where our story began.
Later, she started pursuing me. At the time, I was focused entirely on my studies, so I turned her down. But she never gave up, finding all sorts of ways to appear in front of me. Under that relentless barrage, I admit it: I fell for her.
I gradually grew used to having her around. If I went a day without seeing her, I would start looking for her. That made me realize something: I had fallen in love with her. Finally, after we started university, I accepted her confession, and we became a couple.
But I was attending the Film Academy then and had already started acting. My career was taking off, so we agreed to keep our relationship a secret.
Because I was so busy with work, we rarely had time to meet. Most of the time, we could only talk over our phones. Perhaps that was what left her feeling insecure about our relationship.
There was no change of heart, no cheating, and certainly no third party. None of those melodramatic scenarios happened.
All there was was a crisis of trust caused by a lack of communication.
I started promoting a pairing with Xu Shuangrong partly out of sympathy for