The Young Girl's Scheme

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Qin Yanan simply watched Zhu Juntang roll around on the bed, clutching her belly, until Zhu Juntang took out her phone and started searching for questions like "Can I wear Lolita dresses and pantyhose while pregnant?", "What should I do if I'm afraid of the father of my child while pregnant?", and "Is it still a fairy while pregnant?"

Qin Yanan was speechless when she saw these questions. As expected of Zhu Juntang, even if she thought she was pregnant, her first reaction to search for things was completely different from that of ordinary girls.

"What you should be searching for now is what the symptoms of pregnancy are, how to determine if you are pregnant... Can you search for something normal?" Qin Yanan had reached her limit when she saw that Zhu Juntang's next search question was "If a fairy gets pregnant, will the baby she gives birth to be a fairy?"

Zhu Juntang rubbed her eyes, patted the bed, sat up, and darted around with her eyes wide open. "I'm going to find Liu Chang'an."

"No!" Qin Yanan quickly grabbed her and said, "You're only thinking about the possibility of you getting pregnant, but that's impossible... An Nuan didn't even get pregnant, how could you? Think about it, if it were so easy to get pregnant, wouldn't Liu Chang'an have children all over the world?"

Zhu Juntang paused for a moment, then said, "That makes sense."

"Only someone as chosen as me could possibly get pregnant," Qin Yanan couldn't help but feel a little smug.

"Look at you, so cocky." Zhu Juntang smiled, a little relieved, then looked down at her lower abdomen. "I'm not nervous anymore, but I want to buy a machine to check if I'm pregnant, so I can check for myself and others too."

As Zhu Juntang spoke, he thought about it and found it increasingly interesting. He immediately sent a message to Zhong Qing, asking Zhong Qing to get one of these machines.

Qin Yanan ignored her, as long as she didn't cry and whine that Liu Chang'an had gotten her pregnant.

Buying a machine is better than buying a hospital, and buying a hospital is better than going to the hospital. Miss Zhu went to the hospital to check if she was pregnant, and when this got out, it caused quite a stir within the Zhu Family.

After Zhu Juntang decided to buy it, he could help Bai Hui and Zhong Qing check it out. Bai Hui and Liu Chang'an had a lot of contact, and Zhong Qing often went out for late-night snacks with Liu Chang'an. He could also help Zhou Shuling and Dan Dan check it out.

As for Yan Qingcheng, Zhu Juntang felt that Yan Qingcheng actually needed to be examined, but the girl was quite stubborn and most likely wouldn't agree to such an examination that she considered unnecessary.

We can also help Qin Yanan get checked out; this is very important, as I've heard that pregnant women often need to undergo regular checkups.

Qin Yanan didn't explain much about the special nature of this gestational sac to Zhu Juntang, letting Zhu Juntang find something fun to distract her.

Zhu Juntang casually sent Bai Hui a message: You might be pregnant with Liu Chang'an's baby.

Bai Hui was startled by Zhu Juntang's message, which made her blush, but that's another story.

Liu Chang'an had already killed all the turtles. The large turtles were too tough, and the small ones were too fishy. The medium-sized turtles were chopped into four pieces, deep-fried until thoroughly cooked, then simmered with white wine, star anise, and salt until half-cooked. He then cut the turtles into small pieces, added lard, garlic, and bamboo shoots, and simmered them again. When serving, he sprinkled chopped green onions and peppercorns on top.

They could have used less salt and more soy sauce, but the color and flavor would have been too strong, which wouldn't have suited Shangguan Dandan and Qin Yanan's preferences.

After lunch, Liu Chang'an prepared to leave. With Zhu Juntang causing trouble, Qin Yanan felt embarrassed to ask Liu Chang'an to examine her body. Most of the time, Zhu Juntang was an innocent fairy, but if someone wanted to do something she was actually very interested in, wanted to know, and was willing to participate in, she would become very proactive and always be able to find something to gossip about, and then come to visit or cause trouble.

Shangguan Dandan didn't leave with Liu Chang'an because she had a large box of effervescent tablets. Qin Yanan promised to drive her back and also buy Shangguan Dandan some clothes and cosmetics. So after dinner, Qin Yanan invited Zhu Juntang to play cards with Shangguan Dandan.

Qin Yanan had Shangguan Dandan on WeChat. Shangguan Dandan would post on her Moments, mostly things like how she got a good hand of cards that day, and selfies with a slightly eerie feel after Zhou Shuling did her makeup.

Liu Chang'an walked to the location Bai Hui had sent him. Bai Hui had recently bought a house there. Several white houses were scattered on the hillside, surrounded by sycamore trees, red prince weigela, and many lilacs. It must be very beautiful when they bloom.

The lilac blooms in spring, but the weather still carries the chill of late winter. Bai Hui stands under the lilac tree, unusually dressed in a white, artistic long dress, with a thin linen scarf casually draped over her shoulders, revealing her delicate collarbones. A beautiful young woman can brighten up a gloomy and dreary day with just a touch of color, bringing the vibrant colors of spring into the air.

Her cheeks were flushed, like a green apple just beginning to turn pink with ripeness. It was all Zhu Juntang's fault. She sent a message saying that she might be pregnant with Liu Changna's baby and that she needed to buy a baby testing machine for her.

Bai Hui had finally managed to adjust her mindset and felt that she could get along with Liu Chang'an as usual, but little did she know that Zhu Juntang would act so inexplicably, which inevitably made the girl, who had never thought about or experienced these things, feel shy and embarrassed.

"There's a coffee shop downstairs in the third building, the atmosphere's pretty nice, let's go sit down." Bai Hui didn't invite Liu Chang'an upstairs. After all, she was a single girl living alone, and without a good reason and a sufficiently close relationship, how could she casually invite a man upstairs?

"Well, why are you suddenly interested in the Book of Songs?" Liu Chang'an asked casually. He hadn't made any great contributions to human civilization, but he was quite skilled at singing and playing with men and women in the mountains, fields, cities, and water towns back then. He just didn't expect that later generations would collect these poems and form them into cultural classics.

"Xiao Tang found a copy of the *Classic of Book of Songs * with a particularly artistic decor, bought it, and gave it to me as a gift. She said it would look especially beautiful in photos, whether held in your hand or used in a particular setting. I flipped through it casually, and it's quite charming; many of the poems are just as good as the ones we learned in class." Bai Hui smiled, then pointed ahead, "It's over there... wait."

After walking only a few steps, they saw the coffee shop Bai Hui had mentioned, but it wasn't open for business yet.

"It's not open." Liu Chang'an also noticed this. These coffee shop owners, who like to open a coffee shop in a very artsy and bourgeois environment and can't rely on the surrounding customer flow to meet their daily needs, are often just that casual.

Bai Hui crossed her arms and said somewhat embarrassedly, "I thought the door was open. I figured I hadn't walked far anyway, and I wasn't wearing many clothes, so I went upstairs to get something to wear before coming back down."

"What floor is your apartment on?" Liu Chang'an looked up.

"The third floor," Bai Hui pointed, "Look, it's that one."

"The balcony looks nicely decorated."

"Yeah, the balcony is pretty big. I'm planning to decorate it into a place for dancing and taking photos... There are already tables and chairs there..." Bai Hui suddenly seemed to remember something, a hint of wanting to show off in her eyes, "It looks quite nice, what do you think? Having some tea on the balcony sounds nice too. The nearest coffee shop or teahouse is quite far away..."

Bai Hui crossed her arms, glanced back upstairs, and looked at Liu Chang'an with a hesitant or uncertain expression.

"Alright, let me see the professional production workshop of the otaku dance UP master." Liu Chang'an nodded.

"It's not like my dances are mass-produced. I practiced them very hard, okay?" Bai Hui said irritably, then turned and walked upstairs.

Liu Chang'an followed behind her. Bai Hui casually took out her phone and saw a message: Can I open for business now? We agreed on 1,000 yuan, and we'd open at 2 PM. It's almost 2 PM now.

Bai Hui quickly deleted the message; the person had sent it to the wrong address, and she couldn't understand what it meant.