The two stared at each other, wide-eyed.

"If you're so rich, how come you're still single?" Li Qingshan's sudden question caught Qiang Ge off guard.

"Mind your own business, you're such a chatterbox." Qiang Ge, embarrassed and angry, put on his sunglasses, lay down, and stopped talking.

"Have someone make Chinese food for dinner, preferably Hunan style," Li Qingshan said, glancing at Qiang Ge.

Qiang ignored Li Qingshan, picked up his phone to send a message, and then stopped moving.

"How's Hancheng doing? It's been over a month, and no one's been talking in the group chat. Did they get arrested for corruption?"

"Busy, I haven't seen him for over a month. Look! That girl in the red dress and all black is his girlfriend." Li Qingshan pointed at Yuri, attracting several women to pour water on him.

Qiang sat up, pulled his sunglasses down a bit, and looked Yuri over carefully. "She's quite pretty, and her smile is lovely."

"Are any of them still single? How about introducing me to one?" Qiang patted Li Qingshan and muttered to himself.

"Would your mother agree to you marrying a foreign woman? They're all good girls, I can't ruin someone's life."

"What do you mean? My mom said as long as I don't date foreign girls, it's fine. I'm serious. I also want to experience the bitterness of love." Qiang Ge said, looking like a lovesick fool.

"I'll introduce you to him later; whether you can win him over depends on your abilities."

Li Qingshan shut up after he finished speaking, not wanting to say anything more.

After filming the pool scene, they went to the inner room to film, and Li Qingshan and Qiang Ge also went down into the pool to soak.

Filming didn't finish until 8 PM. The staff all went back to the hotel, but Girls' Generation and their two managers stayed behind.

"Let's stay here tonight and have a pool party later. No outsiders, just the group of us," Qiang suggested at the table, and the girls cheered.

One dish after another was served. Those who liked spicy food ate until they were sweating profusely, while those who didn't like spicy food looked at the brightly colored dishes with some regret.

Jessica was so spicy she kept hissing and wanted to eat more, while Li Qingshan kept handing her water and tissues, watching with amusement.

On the other side, Yoona was sticking out her tongue from the spiciness, looking incredibly cute.

After dinner, everyone went to sit by the pool to digest their food.

Brother Qiang arranged for a DJ, and the sound system and projector had just been set up. The DJ then began to test the sound.

Soft, energetic, electronic, and even heavy metal music all came together.

Tiffany was the first to get excited, pulling Sooyoung to start dancing. Then everyone got up, laughing and joking around.

Li Qingshan looked at Jessica beside him, who seemed half-asleep, and asked, "Tired?"

Jessica's head bobbed up and down. She snapped back to reality when she heard Li Qingshan's voice, looked up at him, and narrowed her eyes into slits.

Li Qingshan greeted Qiang Ge, then picked up Jessica and carried her back to her room.

Jessica became more alert after being picked up, and let Li Qingshan carry her to a large guest room.

Li Qingshan put Jessica on the bed and turned to close the door. Jessica grabbed Li Qingshan and whispered softly, "Don't go, I want you to stay with me."

"I'm closing the door, I'm not going out." Li Qingshan was a little surprised; Jessica was being unusually clingy today.

Li Qingshan closed the door and saw Jessica's flushed face, wondering what the little girl was up to.

Jessica crawled down next to Li Qingshan and lay down in his warm arms. Li Qingshan sensed something was wrong, touched his forehead, and worried that Jessica might have caught a cold from playing in the pool that afternoon.

My forehead felt a little hot, and I was about to get up to get the phone when my right arm was grabbed. "Don't move, I want to stay here."

Li Qingshan found it strange; Jessica hadn't been drinking, so she might really have caught a cold.

"You have a slight fever, shall I take you to the hospital to get it checked out?" Li Qingshan asked with concern.

Jessica snuggled closer to Li Qingshan, whimpering, "No~! I want to sleep."

Li Qingshan helped her cover herself with the blanket, then held Jessica as she lay down to sleep, gently stroking her back like he was soothing a child.

Jessica hummed contentedly, and soon her breathing became even, indicating that she was fast asleep. Li Qingshan also closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Li Qingshan woke up early in the morning, but Jessica was still asleep. Li Qingshan touched Jessica's forehead and found it was still a little hot.

Li Qingshan slowly withdrew his hand, stood up gently, afraid of waking Jessica.

I picked up my phone, checked it, went out to the kitchen, cooked a bowl of lean meat porridge, and brought it back to my room.

The sound of the door opening woke Jessica. She stretched twice, looked refreshed, and sat up. "Wow, it smells so good! What's this?"

Li Qingshan placed the porridge on the bedside table. "I made you this meat porridge. Eat it later, it's hot now."

Jessica pouted, "I'm hungry, I want to eat now, you feed me."

Li Qingshan thought Jessica was very cute at that moment, then blew on her to cool her down and fed her spoonful by spoonful.

"Let's go to the hospital later. I think your temperature is still a bit high."

"I have a photoshoot this afternoon, I'll wait until I'm done. I think I've caught a bit of a cold."

After they finished eating, Jessica pounced on Li Qingshan, and their intimate moment sparked a romance.

Neither of them left their room that morning. In the afternoon, Jessica set off with the team, showing no signs of fever or cold.

Jessica was in good spirits in the afternoon, taking photos at the mall. She was exhausted after shopping all afternoon.

Taeyeon and Jessica went to the restroom together. While washing her hands, Jessica suddenly felt nauseous and started dry heaving.

Taeyeon patted her back, "What's wrong? Did you eat something bad for lunch?"

Jessica kept gagging and couldn't stop. After a while, Taeyeon handed her a tissue. "Could you be pregnant?"

Jessica was stunned when she heard Taeyeon's words; Taeyeon had just said it casually.

"I'll go to the hospital with you after filming tonight," Taeyeon said, feeling it was best to get to the bottom of things and resolve the issue as soon as possible.

Jessica didn't say a word from beginning to end. After the filming ended that night, the manager prepared to send the Girls' Generation members back to the manor.

Taeyeon grabbed her manager, who was lagging behind, and said, "Oppa, could you ask two people to come with us to the hospital? Jessica isn't feeling well."

"Okay, just a moment, let me get them settled first." The agent arranged for several cars to take the others away.

"Oppa, don't tell anyone about going to the hospital later." Jessica's expressionless words stunned her manager.

Finally, the agent took the two of them to the hospital alone. When Jessica held the test results and listened to the doctor's words, she was not surprised at all; she was indeed pregnant.

It's been almost 5 weeks, and Jessica's pregnancy symptoms are quite obvious. She's only just realized why she's been experiencing mild stabbing and cramping in her stomach lately.

When Taeyeon saw Jessica coming out of the doctor's office, she asked with concern, "What happened?"

"It's nothing, just a low-grade fever," Jessica smiled, seemingly relaxed, while Taeyeon frowned and looked at her without saying a word.

Taeyeon understood; it was just as she had guessed. The reason she hadn't said anything was because she was afraid her manager would find out.

The three got into the car. The manager was in the front passenger seat, and Taeyeon held Jessica's hand, looking worried.

Jessica clutched the lab report in her hand, gazing at the street scenes flashing by outside the car window, remaining silent the entire way.

Back at the manor, the three entered the villa's hall, where a group of people were having dinner in the dining room.

When Jessica entered the restaurant, she saw Li Qingshan serving soup to Lin Yoona, and she immediately felt annoyed.

Jessica would never have cared about such behavior in the past, but now for some reason she just can't stand it.

When Li Qingshan saw Jessica come in, he waved for her to sit next to him.

"Where have you been? Why are you so late?" Li Qingshan ladled a bowl of soup for Jessica and placed it in front of her.

Jessica sat down expressionlessly, took a few deep breaths, and said, "Nothing much, I went to the hospital. I have a slight fever."

"Oh, did you get the medicine? Where does it hurt?" Li Qingshan asked, reaching out to touch her forehead.

Jessica suddenly pulled away from Li Qingshan's hand, "It's okay, I'll be fine after a good night's sleep."

Li Qingshan's hand paused in mid-air for a moment before he put it down. He didn't pay much attention to it, knowing that sometimes when you have a cold, you feel uncomfortable if someone touches you.

Li Qingshan served Jessica another bowl of rice, and Jessica smiled at him.

She picked up her chopsticks and ate a few bites of food, but then lost her appetite. Today's meal was all Cantonese cuisine, which was too bland. She preferred the stronger flavors of Sichuan and Hunan cuisine.

Li Qingshan served Jessica a lot of food, but she only drank the soup and didn't eat any more.

"You guys eat first, I'm going to lie down for a while." Jessica wiped her mouth, got up, and went straight back to her room.

"I'll go take a look," Li Qingshan said to the people at the table, then got up and followed them.

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