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The recent scenes were all action scenes. A single plot had to be shot from multiple angles. Even with regular exercise, after such an intensive shooting session, one would be exhausted.
As soon as Jiang Li returned to the hotel, she collapsed onto the sofa, too tired to even open her eyelids. Xiao Ye urged her several times to take a bath, but all she could do was lazily raise an arm in response.
"Sister Jiang Li, go take a bath quickly. If you wait until the water gets cold, you'll suffer when you get your period next time."
Xiao Ye kept nagging. Jiang Li was really annoyed by the noise in her ears. She casually replied, "Got it," and then propped herself up on the sofa.
Halfway to the bathroom, she suddenly stopped and asked out of the blue, "Xiao Ye, when was my last period?"
Xiao Ye checked her phone and counted the days. Suddenly, she exclaimed, "It's been almost two months!"
Two months.
Jiang Li swallowed hard. A bad premonition was gradually taking shape in her mind.
She recalled that during this period, she often felt nauseous for no reason, slept more soundly than usual, and even normal filming work made her feel exhausted...
Jiang Li's face changed.
"Sister Jiang Li, are you suffering from acclimatization? Or is it because your daily routine has been irregular recently?"
Xiao Ye didn't think of anything else and seriously analyzed for her, "It can't be that you're pregnant, right?"
The moment the word "pregnant" left Xiao Ye's mouth, Jiang Li's heart tightened. A primal panic welled up inside her, and a fine layer of cold sweat broke out on her back.
Xiao Ye's innocent words coincided with the thought that had just flashed through her mind.
"Anyway, since your period is so delayed, you should go see a doctor." Xiao Ye shook her head and said while holding her phone, "We don't have any shooting tomorrow afternoon. I'll make an appointment for you."
Jiang Li paused for a moment. She tried to calm herself down and slowly nodded, "Thank you."
While taking a hot bath, Jiang Li was still on high - alert in the steaming bathroom. Her mind was filled with the possible disastrous consequences.
Not to mention the negative impact of an unmarried pregnancy on a celebrity, it would be catastrophic for an ordinary woman as well.
She didn't even dare to imagine what Xiao Yanzhi's reaction would be if he found out that she was pregnant.
He might sneer, blame her, or say that she had finally achieved her goal.
No matter what he said, it wouldn't be something she wanted to hear.
She had never felt so helpless before. She squatted down and hugged her knees, letting the hot water pour down from above and hit her back.
Jiang Li tilted her head back. She didn't know if it was because she had been in the hot steam for too long, but she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her eyes, and her eye sockets became hot.
She had been making concessions without a bottom line. Why couldn't life just give her a break?
She had been in the bathroom for quite a while. Xiao Ye came to knock on the door, "Sister Jiang Li, are you done?"
Jiang Li tried to open her eyes wide, but tears still rolled down her face. She remained expressionless and wiped them away with her hand.
"Coming soon."
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She didn't sleep well that night. Several dreams intertwined. When Jiang Li opened her eyes, she felt as if she hadn't slept at all.
She woke up early, her mind in a complete mess. She picked up her phone, wanting to ask Qiao Jinrun about the early symptoms of pregnancy, but stopped typing halfway and put it down.
Given Qiao Jinrun's personality, he would definitely worry about her.
But she didn't want others to worry about her.
It only took about twenty minutes to drive from the hotel to the hospital.
The corridor was filled with the pungent smell of disinfectant, the ticking sound of some unknown instrument, and the low - voice inquiries of some patients.
All these sounds made Jiang Li's throat tighten. She wiped the sweat from her palms again and again.
She really didn't like hospitals.
There were too many partings and deaths here, which always made her feel repulsed for no reason.
She was very cautious during the examination. The doctor told her to relax, and she could only force a smile.
Waiting for the examination results was undoubtedly torture.
She stood up and sat down on the waiting chair several times. It was obvious that her mind was elsewhere.
After waiting for almost two hours, the doctor called her in.
The doctor was wearing a white coat. After seeing her sit down, he asked routinely, "Irregular menstruation?"
"… Yes, it's been almost two months."
"Have you taken any medicine recently?"
Jiang Li lowered her head and found the prescription that Qiao Jinrun had sent her on her phone, then handed it over.
The doctor took it and looked at it carefully for a while. The more he looked, the more his eyebrows furrowed.
Jiang Li was very calm. She crossed her legs and sat very upright. She tried to keep her tone as calm as possible, "Am I pregnant?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the doctor gave her a strange look.
"How could you get pregnant while taking psychiatric drugs? You're risking your life!"
Jiang Li was stunned.
The doctor explained to her that taking medicine during pregnancy was already a big taboo, and psychiatric drugs could even lead to miscarriage, birth defects and other symptoms.
"I've been feeling sleepy lately, and I've been vomiting frequently. My period is also delayed..."
"The sleepiness is because the medicine has a sedative effect; the vomiting is due to the medicine irritating your stomach; the delayed period is related to your daily routine and diet..."
"Basically, these are all side - effects caused by the psychiatric drugs you've taken, which have affected the hormones in your body. It has nothing to do with pregnancy."
"The examination results also show that you're not pregnant."
Hearing this, Jiang Li's mind went blank for a moment.
She wasn't pregnant.
When she walked out of the consultation room, she felt as if her feet were floating. Every step she took seemed to land on thin air.
Her mood was like a roller - coaster. It had gone through so many ups and downs in just an instant.
"How's the examination result?" Xiao Ye was waiting for her in the car.
Jiang Li took off her sunglasses and mask. She took a long, slow breath, smoothed the hair behind her ears, and said casually, "It's nothing serious."
It was really nothing serious.
But this small episode had caused a small tsunami in her heart.
She felt extremely lucky to have escaped this possible disaster.
What she didn't know was that someone had been following her since the moment she stepped into the hospital.
The scene of her wearing a mask and entering the gynecology consultation room was also clearly photographed.
Tan Mizong put his arm around Qin Yaoyao's shoulder and led her to the sofa. He asked her with a sly smile, "We've got what we need. What do you want to do, little fairy? I'll follow your lead."
The resident singer in the bar was singing. Under the luxurious warm light, Qin Yaoyao nestled in Tan Mizong's arms.
Her soft little hand drew circles in the man's rough palm. Her round eyes blinked, as if she were acting coquettishly, "I don't understand these things. I'll leave it all to Uncle Tan."
Tan Mizong's wife was a strong - willed businesswoman who was always decisive and straightforward.
Rarely had he met such a docile and obedient girl. Naturally, Tan Mizong was very fond of her, "Then let's start a fire first and take the wind out of her sails."