Chapter 460: Chapter 460

Li Kai hastily grabbed a bottle of water from the car’s mini fridge, twisted the cap off, and handed it directly to Song Qiao.

After gagging for a while, Song Qiao took the mineral water Li Kai offered, held it in her mouth and then spit it out, followed by drinking two more sips before she started feeling much better. She waved her hand, "It’s okay, I probably just haven’t rested well these past few days. You drive; I’ll take a nap in the car on the way to buy some food to take back."

Seeing Song Qiao’s pale complexion, Li Kai still felt uneasy, "Sister Song, otherwise let me take you to the hospital to have a look."

"No need, I’m fine." Song Qiao leaned back against the seat, raised her hand to pinch the bridge of her nose, and seeing that Li Kai was still standing there unmoving, clearly worried about her, she sighed and said, "I’m just feeling a bit unwell, a rest will do, if I feel uncomfortable later on, then I’ll have you take me to the hospital."

Hearing Song Qiao say this, Li Kai didn’t push further, nodded his head and got into the driver’s seat, and soon the car drove away.

Sitting in the car, Song Qiao’s gaze fell on the scenery gradually receding outside, her hand subconsciously resting on her stomach.

In fact, she knew what was wrong with herself, having felt something amiss just yesterday. It was still somewhat unbelievable to her, even though all her symptoms now resembled morning sickness, she hadn’t gone to the hospital to check, so for the time being it was just a hunch, and she hadn’t completely confirmed whether she was pregnant or not.

She hadn’t told anyone, including Lu Jingchen, her grandfather, or Ning Wan...

She was afraid this was a false alarm.

Originally, she had planned to tell Lu Jingchen if it was confirmed, but now, seeing Lu Jingchen appear on the set to specifically visit Zuo Yuqing, she had dismissed the thought.

Anyway, she was already considering leaving this place, and her marriage to Lu Jingchen was also nearing an end.

Lu Tianming’s words to her yesterday, she had taken all to heart.

Nowadays, her status really didn’t fit in with living in An City, being with Lu Jingchen, and much less suitable to be the Lu Family’s Young Mistress.

Lu Tianming disliked entertainers, even more so women with the status of an entertainer as the Lu Family’s Young Mistress, but yesterday Lu Tianming had also made it clear, given the choice between Zuo Yuqing and her, he would prefer the former.

About fifteen minutes later, the car stopped outside a coffee shop. Song Qiao had Li Kai wait outside for her, while she walked in alone.

Since this place was still in the suburbs, with a few residential areas and some villas around, not many people came here, and at the moment, there were only a few people in the coffee shop.

The decoration of the coffee shop was nice, although not as luxurious as those in the city center, nor as large as those coffee shops, it could still be considered exquisite.

The coffee shop had been open for many years. In the past, Ning Wan and she would often take a taxi here on weekends when they were not working or had no classes, and they would sit for an entire afternoon.

This time, the film crew happened to be less than a twenty-minute drive from here, so she had Li Kai drive her over.

She pushed open the glass door and the wind chime above made a very pleasant jingling sound. The proprietress was at the counter doing accounts, and without lifting her head, she courteously said, "Welcome."

When she looked up and saw Song Qiao, who had already stepped in, she was at first startled, then her face immediately lit up with a surprised smile, "How come you’re here? It’s been so long since you and Miss Ning came by, I thought you had forgotten about my little coffee shop."

The proprietress looked to be around thirty, with a head full of large waves tied up, revealing a classic oval face. While her facial features together were not strikingly beautiful, they were delicate, and at least to someone with high aesthetic standards like Song Qiao, the proprietress was also a beauty.

After getting to know the proprietress during several visits, Song Qiao learned that she opened this coffee shop after graduating from university and had been running it for years. Due to its location, the coffee shop’s income wasn’t high, yet because the property was left to her by her parents, she didn’t have to pay rent.

Song Qiao knew the proprietress had a very nice name—Nan Huan, twenty-eight this year. She previously had a boyfriend who went abroad for studies and they separated. After ending her first love, she hadn’t dated anyone else, remaining unmarried and single to date.

Song Qiao also knew that the proprietress was an author on a novel website, had published a few books, but that was just a hobby, so even though she was somewhat famous, her main focus was still on running the coffee shop.

Walking straight to the counter, facing the proprietress, Song Qiao smiled and explained, "Lately, I’ve been quite busy with work and had a lot of things going on, so I haven’t had the time to come here and enjoy the desserts you make personally. Today I happened to be in the area for some errands, and I was craving for it, so I wanted to indulge." Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩•𝗳𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝕟𝕖𝕥

Nan Huan loves to hear this the most. She immediately put down the bill in her hand and said with a smile, "That’s easy to handle. If you want to eat, I’ll make it for you right now. Just go sit over there and wait a moment, it’ll be ready quickly... By the way, do you still like to drink the coffee you and Miss Ning used to enjoy?"

Song Qiao thought about it and shook her head, "I don’t feel like having coffee today. Just make me a cup of hot milk. I didn’t eat much this morning and I’m quite hungry now."

"Okay." Nan Huan’s face was constantly smiling, as if she didn’t have a single worry, "Go sit down for a bit, it’s tiring to stand. Today the staff called in sick, so I’m on my own, you might have to wait a little."

Song Qiao nodded and was about to turn around, but then she said, "Prepare two portions for me, there’s a colleague waiting for me outside. I’ll call him in, and please prepare another portion to go, also with hot milk."

Nan Huan responded and turned to head into the kitchen.

Song Qiao found a window-side seat to sit down and immediately took out her phone to call Li Kai, asking him to come in. Originally she planned to just buy and leave, but after seeing Nan Huan, she felt like sitting down to chat with her. Not wanting to leave right away, she couldn’t just leave her colleague waiting outside alone.

In the film set, after Song Xi finished shooting the scenes she needed, she walked off the filming site and saw Lu Jingchen sitting there talking with Zuo Yuqing, which caught her off guard. When she regained her composure, she subconsciously looked for her sister, Song Qiao, but after scanning around she didn’t see her anywhere.

Assistant Xue came over at that moment with some desserts and coffee, standing in front of Song Xi with a smile as perfect as it could be, "Miss Song, these are the snacks and coffee our president specially bought to treat everyone. Here’s yours..."

Song Xi glanced at him, then her eyes fell on the desserts and coffee. Not feeling an appetite, she said, "No need, I don’t like drinking coffee and I don’t fancy such sweet desserts."

Assistant Xue’s smile froze instantly, and for a moment he didn’t know what to say. The sisters’ words were the same, one being the president’s wife, and the other being the sister of the president’s wife, although they were half-siblings, they both didn’t like to eat...

This suddenly made him feel like he was at a loss for an appropriate reaction.

Song Xi didn’t pay any attention to him, walked straight on past him, and didn’t even glance at Lu Jingchen. Instead, she casually pulled over a staff member and asked, "Have you seen my sister?"

The staff member stopped, turned around to see that it was Song Xi, and showed patience without any disdain or contempt on his face. He nodded and then explained, "Your sister went out earlier, not sure what she’s up to. You could call her to check."

Song Xi said thanks and headed towards the dressing room to find her bag. She took out her mobile phone, accessed the contact list, found Song Qiao’s number, and then dialed it.

The phone rang until it automatically hung up, showing that there was no answer.

Song Xi’s expression immediately turned unpleasant, and after dialing a few more times and still getting no answer, she suddenly felt a little helpless.

Footsteps came from behind, and Song Xi turned around only to see Lu Jingchen entering directly. The already small dressing room seemed even more cramped with the man stepping in.

Her lips moved slightly, and Song Xi still called out, "Brother-in-law."

However, her tone and expression were not very pleasant, probably because she had just seen Lu Jingchen sitting and chatting with Zuo Yuqing, giving her the impression that he was betraying her sister.

Suddenly she felt somewhat averse to the man, especially as she knew that her sister had not been doing well these past few days, all because of him and his so-called ’god-sister’.

Lu Jingchen hummed in response and looked around the dressing room, then with slightly parted lips and a faint voice, he asked, "Are you getting accustomed to filming?"

Song Xi was momentarily nonplussed as to what he meant by that, silent for half a minute before saying, "Fairly accustomed, although it’s a bit tiring, everyone in the crew is easy to talk to."

"Hmm." The man hummed again and then continued, "How has your sister been doing?"

Song Xi, "..." looked at him somewhat bewildered, clearly not understanding why he was asking that.