Not just the people around her, even Elly Campbell herself noticed something was wrong.

She cried and sniffled as she said, "You... you wait, next month’s, the month after next’s living expenses... all... all have been advanced."

Adam Jones was amused by her antics, and while holding her, he coaxed:

"Alright, alright, alright, no more living expenses needed, it’s all yours, let’s save it for our son’s wedding."

Elly had no idea what was happening to her. Clearly, she didn’t want to cry, but she couldn’t stop no matter how hard she tried.

She couldn’t remember how long Adam coaxed her before her emotions finally calmed down.

Those who had been cheering Adam on now came to tease her one by one.

Others spoke politely, but Lily Jones directly said:

"Just my brother, with his outdated, straight-guy proposal, made you cry like this, don’t you have any self-worth?"

Lily’s face full of disdain earned her a cold, warning look from Adam Jones.

Lily shrank back and hid behind her husband, and Christopher Moore stepped in right on cue, blocking her brother-in-law’s view, saying:

"Sister-in-law must be too touched, that’s why she’s crying. Big brother did very well today. It was more creative than when I proposed to Lily."

Behind him, Lily couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

His proposal back then was also outdated, okay? How dare he compare it with another straight guy’s.

She didn’t have the heart to crush him.

She peeked out from behind Christopher, looked at Adam, and provocatively said:

"Big brother, I heard pregnant women have unstable emotions. Could sister-in-law be pregnant?"

Lily, now several months into her second pregnancy, had been told by the doctor that it was a girl, which had made Adam envious of Christopher for a long time.

Lily’s comment was clearly meant to taunt Adam but left everyone momentarily stunned.

Jenna Clark, standing nearby, also lit up at Lily’s words.

"Yes, Elly, Lily’s right. Your earlier emotional instability—is it because you’re really pregnant?"

Elly: "..."

"That’s impossible. Just the day before yesterday, I..."

Just had my period...

Before she could finish, the smell of helicopter fuel wafted over, and she just started to vomit.

Adam Jones, who already had two sons, especially Jack, whom he watched grow in his wife’s belly, was now convinced that Elly must be pregnant.

Overjoyed, he picked up Elly and said:

"Quick, call the doctor over."

Though Elly had often been carried by Adam like this, it was the first time in front of so many people. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Feeling a bit embarrassed, she urged Adam to put her down, but he insisted on holding her.

The Old Lady, being older, always had a doctor accompanying her on her travels.

Soon, the doctor was called over.

This doctor primarily studied Western medicine, but had also learned traditional Chinese medicine from a renowned expert and naturally knew how to take a pulse.

Determining if Elly was pregnant or not didn’t require any complicated procedures; he could tell just by taking her pulse.

As he took Elly’s pulse, Adam stood nervously beside him, staring intently at him, making the doctor quite nervous too.

"Adam, don’t stare at Doctor Blackwell like that, you’re scaring him,"

The Old Lady couldn’t help but chide from the side.

But Adam wouldn’t listen and continued to stare hard at Doctor Blackwell, without blinking.