Only after the old physician said this did Zhao Qiao’Er’s face finally light up.

What the others said didn’t matter; what this old physician said was what counted.

For a moment, Zhao Qiao’Er was so happy she could have jumped for joy.

She knew it was bound to happen sooner or later, of course.

But when it actually happened, the excitement of having a child at her age was still overwhelming.

Overcome with excitement, Zhao Qiao’Er had the old butler give large red envelopes to everyone who had come.

Of course, it wasn’t just for the physicians.

Everyone in the Zhao Family household, and even all the Travelers, received a red envelope.

Lu Yuan stood to the side, extremely satisfied.

’Just look at that~’

’This is all my handiwork!’

After the physicians had all left, Zhao Qiao’Er looked over at Lu Yuan and shot him a devastatingly flirtatious glare.

"Well, you’ve done it now~"

"You really went and knocked your auntie up~"

Lu Yuan roared with laughter and eagerly replied,

"Today is truly a double blessing."

"We have to go all out and book a huge feast at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion tonight."

But Zhao Qiao’Er suddenly grew a little bashful, lowering her head.

"Telling people about it... it’s a little embarrassing..."

At her side, however, Song Meiqin raised an eyebrow.

"What’s there to be embarrassed about? It’s amazing."

With that, Song Meiqin turned to Lu Yuan, a look of surprise on her face.

"But our Yuan’Er is even more incredible."

"No one else could tell, but our Yuan’Er and that old physician saw it right away!"

Hearing this, the two women beside him suddenly started to wonder.

They both quickly looked toward Lu Yuan.

’That’s right!’

’Now that she mentions it, how did that happen?’

Basically every physician in Taiping City was here.

Nine out of ten of them said she wasn’t pregnant, and the last one said it was hard to say and he wasn’t sure.

The ones who claimed they weren’t sure probably hadn’t detected anything either.

They just saw the grim expression forming on Aunt Zhao’s beautiful, mature face and got scared.

They were afraid of displeasing the Black Widow and getting their entire families killed.

That’s why they changed their tune, saying they weren’t quite sure or that it was hard to say.

But in reality, not a single one of them had been able to diagnose it.

The old physician was the only impressive one; he saw it right away.

’Now that they thought about it, how long had Lu Yuan been studying medicine?’

’And it’s not like he’d hired some master physician to teach him, either.’

’He was just teaching himself from a book.’

As the women of the house stared at him like this, Lu Yuan just raised his head proudly and declared,

"I’m a genius, of course!"

"I can learn anything in a flash!"

And the family believed him.

After all, the entire city of Taiping had seen just how capable their man was.

For a moment, not a single one of them doubted him.

’Their man really was a genius.’~

’If he weren’t a genius, could he have invented things like the bicycle and started a newspaper agency?’ 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

They just found his smug expression a little amusing.

Meanwhile, Lu Yuan was inwardly relieved.

’You know, there’s something to be said for herd mentality.’

’Even though I was confident in my medical skills...’

’...when so many physicians said she wasn’t pregnant...’

’...it actually started to shake my confidence a little.’

’Now that this is settled, I can just trust my own judgment from now on. I won’t need anyone else to confirm it.’

...

「Seven or eight o’clock at night.」

The Zhao Family had booked out the entire Drunken Immortal Pavilion.

Today was a family banquet, just for Lu Yuan and his large, extended family.

His Second Uncle, Third Uncle—the whole clan was there.

It was a truly lively affair.

Lu Yuan also spotted his father-in-law and mother-in-law, whom he hadn’t seen in a long time.

However, from the looks of it, his mother-in-law seemed a bit listless.

It wasn’t because of his affairs with Aunt Zhao and Aunt Song.

How to put it... his mother-in-law had actually known about those things for a long time.

After all, when Su Changliang had come over for dinner during the New Year, he’d seen everything.

He would have definitely gone back and told his wife all about it.

So that wasn’t the issue.

"Mom, you seem a little low on energy. Are you sick?"

Lu Yuan asked curiously, looking at his mother-in-law, who was seated diagonally across from him.

Lu Yuan’s mother-in-law turned to him, quickly waving her hand with a smile.

"It’s nothing, it’s nothing..."

"I just haven’t been sleeping well lately."

His father-in-law, sitting beside her, looked like he wanted to say something, but after a moment’s thought, he remained silent.

Seeing her like this and hearing her words, Lu Yuan knew his mother-in-law was hiding something she didn’t want to talk about.

Since that was the case, Lu Yuan didn’t press the issue.

He just said to his mother-in-law,

"You and Dad should stay in the city for a few more days. Don’t be in a hurry to go back."

"You can stay here and keep Liyan company."

In response, Lu Yuan’s mother-in-law waved her hands dismissively.

"No, no, spring is here. There’s work to do in the fields..."

Hearing this, Lu Yuan scoffed.

"What work? You think we can’t afford to feed you?"

"From now on, don’t worry about the farm work. You’re not young anymore."

"I know you don’t like living in the city, so if you stay in the countryside, just relax and enjoy yourselves every day."

His Second and Third Uncles, who were sitting nearby, also chimed in, trying to persuade their sister-in-law.

One good thing about Lu Yuan’s mother-in-law was that she wasn’t stubborn.

Seeing that everyone was insisting she stay for a few more days, she agreed to stay.

However...

Lu Yuan’s mother-in-law still said,

"Well... I’ll stay for a few days then."

"But we’ll stay at your Second Uncle’s place during that time."

"We’ll come over to the main house during the day."

Hearing this, Lu Yuan was completely baffled.

"Why?"

His Second Uncle’s house was a long way from the Zhao Family residence.

Second Uncle’s family lived right in their restaurant.

It was a large place; the restaurant was in the front, and there was a big courtyard in the back.