"What?" Qiao Jingjing's eyes widened instantly, and she sprang up from under the covers.

Chen Cheng felt quite helpless; he hadn't said anything precisely because he was worried about this kind of situation.

The women at home seemed harmonious, but there was certainly no shortage of overt and covert power struggles.

While everyone at home was still secretly competing, the eldest son had somehow been conceived just like that?

How could Qiao Jingjing not be angry?

Chen Cheng took a breath and nodded gently. "Yes, Anna is pregnant."

"It happened in April, and the due date is the end of next January."

"..."

Qiao Jingjing fell into a sudden silence.

After a long while, Qiao Jingjing raised her palm and slapped Chen Cheng on the chest.

Pia!

The sound was crisp and loud.

"Are you even human?"

"She's pregnant, and you left her there all by herself?"

Hearing her words, Chen Cheng breathed a sigh of relief instead and reached out to pull her back into his arms.

"Sister-in-law Sheng is over there helping to take care of her."

"Brother Sheng is stranded there anyway, and the Bodyguard team is too. So I just left them all there."

"That way, the Bodyguards, nannies, maternity matrons, nutritionists, and chefs are all available."

"Hospitals have been arranged in both Angel City and New York."

"Recently, I also arranged a plane to bring her mother over."

"That's more like it," Qiao Jingjing huffed softly.

As she spoke, Qiao Jingjing's eyes darted around as she asked, "So, no one else knows about this until now?"

"Wait... no, Zou Yu must know about this."

Chen Cheng nodded. "Yes, for now, only Zou Yu and Eleven know."

Hearing this, a curve unconsciously formed at the corner of Qiao Jingjing's mouth.

She raised an eyebrow, propped herself up, and looked at the Great Handsome Guy with a beaming smile. "So, I'm the first person you've confessed this to?"

"Mhm~"

Chen Cheng nodded with a smile.

Although Chen Cheng hadn't initially intended to volunteer the information...

Apart from Zou Yu and Eleven, Qiao Jingjing was indeed the first to know.

The corners of Qiao Jingjing's mouth curled up slightly. "That's more like it."

With that, Qiao Jingjing's eyes flickered, and she straddled Chen Cheng's waist. "I don't care, I want to give you a child too."

"Jingjing~"

Just as they were about to get down to business, Little Zhu's voice suddenly came from outside the tent.

Qiao Jingjing was startled and immediately dove back under the covers, hiding herself tightly with only half her face showing.

Chen Cheng looked at her charmingly naive appearance and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Ahem~" Chen Cheng cleared his throat and asked, "What is it, Little Zhu?"

"Chairman Chen, it's time to eat. The director sent someone to call for us."

"Okay, got it, we'll be there right away," Chen Cheng replied, stifling a laugh.

As soon as the sound of Little Zhu's footsteps faded, before Chen Cheng could even speak, Qiao Jingjing had already scrambled out from under the covers to look for her clothes.

"Oh, stop laughing and hurry up and get dressed." Seeing that Chen Cheng hadn't moved for a while, Qiao Jingjing gave him an annoyed glare.

"It's going to be so embarrassing in a minute."

Chen Cheng smiled and finally got up.

While picking up his shorts scattered on the floor, he said, "I'm just wearing a T-shirt and shorts, it's a quick set."

"You just showered too, just wear the T-shirt you had on earlier. No need to specially change clothes."

Qiao Jingjing froze in place, pouted her small mouth, and glared at Chen Cheng huffily. "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"They're definitely going to gossip about us later, it's so embarrassing."

Chen Cheng shook his head with a smile and said softly, "There are no kids here, everyone's an adult. What's there to be embarrassed about?"

"The more deliberate we are, the more they'll gossip. The more casual we are, the less interest they'll have in gossiping."

"Hmm..." Qiao Jingjing pondered for a moment and agreed, "That makes sense."

"Then I won't change."

The two checked each other over, and seeing nothing amiss, they finally stepped out of the tent.

From the time Little Zhu called them to when they left the tent, the entire process took less than three minutes.

"Chairman Chen, Jingjing, come and sit quickly." As soon as Chen Cheng and Qiao Jingjing arrived, Chen Wan and Director Li stood up to greet them warmly.

The dining area was also a tent, with several camping tables pushed together.

There weren't many people; those present were likely the core members of the production crew.

Chen Cheng smiled and sat down in the empty seats with Qiao Jingjing.

On the table, besides the roast duck Chen Cheng had brought, there were local dishes like Big Plate Chicken and Peppery Chicken. It looked like they had found a local chef to cook for the crew.

...

The meal lasted nearly two hours, with Chen Wan, the director, the assistant director, and other key crew members taking turns to toast Chen Cheng.

But they were very tactful; the toasting was limited to just these few people, and after one round, they didn't push for more.

Presumably, Chen Wan had given them a heads-up. Chen Cheng didn't say anything, but he noted it in his mind.

The meal could be considered a success for both hosts and guests.

Except for one person.

"Hmph! What's there to be so smug about?" Zhou Ziqi hummed indignantly as she watched Chen Cheng and Qiao Jingjing walking hand-in-hand toward the sand dunes.

Looking at their sweet figures from behind, Zhou Ziqi grew angrier the more she thought about it.

That stinky man was just a bit handsome, yet he had actually ignored her toast earlier, not even giving her a glance.

Zhou Ziqi's eyes darted around, and she hurried back to her tent.

"Abducting me to this wilderness, what are you planning to do?"

Chen Cheng looked at the sand dunes glowing golden under the sunset and joked with a smile.

In the summer of the Western Regions, the sunset could still be seen at ten o'clock at night.

It was currently the most beautiful moment of the day in the desert.

The hour of sunset.

Qiao Jingjing was stunned for a moment, then reacted and laughingly scolded, "Go on with you! Between the two of us, who's abducting whom?"

Chen Cheng suppressed a smile and didn't speak.

The two strolled along the sand dunes for a while. When they got tired, they sat down on the sand.

Chen Cheng didn't find sitting comfortable enough, so he just lay down.

Qiao Jingjing gave him a beaming look and lay down beside him as well.

Looking at the twinkling stars in the sky, Qiao Jingjing suddenly asked, "Why don't you sing that song 'The Brightest Star in the Night Sky' for me?"

"You want to hear a song?" Chen Cheng raised an eyebrow.

"Mhm," Qiao Jingjing hummed softly.

"Ahem~ Ahem~"

Chen Cheng cleared his throat and began to sing slowly:

[The Brightest Star in the Night Sky]

[Can you hear clearly the person looking up]

[The loneliness and sighs in the depths of their heart]

[Oh, brightest star in the night sky, can you remember]

[...]

Listening to Chen Cheng's gentle voice, a smile unconsciously spread across Qiao Jingjing's lips, and her gaze became somewhat infatuated.

After the song finished, Qiao Jingjing leaned down with a smile on her face and kissed Chen Cheng.

Looking at Chen Cheng's handsome face, her eyes flickered. "I heard Lucy say that you wrote this song for her."

"Uh..."

Chen Cheng was instantly stumped.

If he said yes, it wasn't quite right.

If he said no, that wasn't right either.

Chen Cheng thought about it and decided it was safer to tell the truth.

"It can't exactly be said that I wrote it specifically for her. But the first time I sang it for someone, it was indeed Lucy."

"Hmph~"

Hearing this, Qiao Jingjing gave a cute huff.

Her pouting mouth actually curved into a trace of a smile.

But it vanished in an instant. After a sigh, she lay back on the sand dune, looking at the star-filled sky, and spoke wistfully:

"You bad man, when will you stop finding more sisters for me?"