In the café.
Xu Xia talked about her trip to Southeast Asia with excitement, "I never expected I’d be so popular in Southeast Asia too. It’s such a pity you didn’t come with us, the concert was really thrilling. It was practically a massive sing-along..."
Sitting opposite, Luo Xiaoqian stirred the milk in her cup, her mind elsewhere.
Seeing that her mood was off, Xu Xia stopped her narrative. "Luo Xiaoqian, my friend, what’s wrong with you?!"
"It’s nothing." Luo Xiaoqian gently shook her head. "Other than the concert, didn’t you guys go have fun?"
"Of course we did!" Xu Xia scrutinized her, got up to sit beside her, and nudged her gently. "Hey, did you have a fight with your Emperor Leng?"
"Nope."
"No?" Xu Xia rolled her eyes. "Your face clearly has a big ’yes’ written all over it. Come on, tell me, what’s going on?"
"It’s really nothing."
"Impossible. Since you don’t want to talk about it, I’m going to guess." Xu Xia frowned, looking at her closely. "I heard that when a woman is pregnant, it’s the time men are most likely to cheat. Is your guy not getting enough at home and went looking elsewhere?"
"Cut it out." Luo Xiaoqian rolled her eyes at her.
She didn’t worry one bit about Leng Zimo straying.
Luo Xiaoqian was startled, "He has a girlfriend."
"Pfft!" Xu Xia rolled her eyes. "At that engagement party, his knight-in-shining-armor act was so obvious even an idiot could see he’s into you. Did he actually confess his feelings to you? Luo Xiaoqian, you’re so lucky having two such great guys fall for you. How do you expect the rest of us plain Janes to live?"
Luo Xiaoqian didn’t make a sound, and Xu Xia had no idea of her troubles.
Today was already the fifth day, and she still didn’t have any solution.
"For this kind of thing, there are only two ways out: one is if he falls for another woman, and two is if he forgets you. But that second option is highly unlikely, unless he’s like one of those soap opera guys who get into a car accident and get amnesia... Wait a minute!" Xu Xia suddenly brightened up. "Hypnosis—I know a Hypnotist Master who might be able to help you."
Luo Xiaoqian turned her face away, her eyes filled with skepticism. "Hypnosis?"

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