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Chapter 217: Jessica and Xiaoxuan

"Ah! Mr. Rivers really love to joke." Mr. Ma patted Long Yi's tense shoulders. Then he laughed. Surprisingly, Santa started laughing with him. Seeing this, Long Yi calmed down and chuckled. He then asked for a glass of champagne from the nearby attendant.

Slowly, the conversation continued with the men talking about the businesses. While Huang Xiaoxuan started talking to the other women in the group. That was until Mayor Dongfang, and surprisingly, his daughter also arrived. There had been rumors going on about Miss Jessica's health not being good. So, the fact that she was here, looking beautiful and perfect was truly unexpected.

What they don't know was the fact that Jessica had to use a lot of foundation to cover all the boils in her body. It had been more than a month since the last time she saw Shen Qui, and to her, this is akin to physical torture. She couldn't help it. Her body was aching not because of the red patches on her skin but because of her emotional sadness. She believed that seeing Shen Qui right now would make her feel better. 

Of course, the mayor disagreed at first. How could seeing someone heal his daughter? But when Jessica threatened her father with suicide, the mayor immediately relented and hired the best make up artist in the City to cover Jessica's body with a lot of foundation.

Jessica looked around and immediately felt a little sad when she didn't see Shen Qui. Still, she forced a smile out of her face.

"Are you looking for someone?"

Jessica eyed the woman who was wearing a cream flowy dress. She smiled at the woman that she recognized Mrs. Long.

"No— I just…" Jessica's face reddened. She quickly lowered her head. "Just some acquaintance."

"Here… I notice that you didn't get some champagne, so I asked the bartender to mix something for you. It's nonalcoholic." Huang Xiaoxuan smiled. "Just like mine."

"You are too kind. Thank you."Jessica immediately said. "Your dress looked really nice. I like that it's flowy, you look like an angel."

"Thank you. My husband picked the style for me. Your ball gown looked really nice too. Is it custom made?"

"Yes." She specifically has this white ball gown made for this charity. She wanted to have a dance with Shen Qui, and she wanted to look like his bride. So she asked her father to make the theme black, gold, and cream instead of just black and gold. She wanted to make this night, her and Shen Qui's night. "Thank you. I really love this gown too. It took them a few weeks to finish it." Jessica lied.

"That— You looked like a princess." Huang Xiaoxuan smiled. "May I know who made it. I would love to have them make another gown for me. For my maternity shoot."

As expected, Jessica widened her beautiful eyes. "You— Congratulations! I couldn't tell that you were actually— "

"Thank you. We were so excited to have him."

"Him?"

"I can feel it." Huang Xiaoxuan uttered. She had hoped that this child would be a boy. She wanted to make Long Yi happy, and she thought that having a male child would change his attitude towards her and the baby.

"I just— That is so nice. I am happy for you and Mr. Long. You know what? I will send you and Mr. Long some congratulatory gifts. May I have your calling card? I will call you once I send it." Jessica beamed. Long Yi and Huang Xiaoxuan were young and brilliant. She was certain that having connections with people like them would also help her out shortly once she would take over her father as the next mayor of this City.