Huo Sining couldn’t understand the look in Doctor Su’s eyes, but Gu Xu, who was beside her, grabbed her hand and pressed it firmly onto the pillow, saying:

"Wife, it’s better to let the doctor take a look. Even if we need stomach medicine, it has to be prescribed by a doctor to treat the right condition. What if it’s not caused by stomach issues?"

Huo Sining hesitated a little, but seeing Gu Xu stubbornly holding her elbow and refusing to let go, she reluctantly nodded and agreed: "Alright then, Doctor Su, sorry to trouble you."

Doctor Su didn’t speak and placed her hand on Huo Sining’s pulse. After a minute or so, she switched to the other hand.

During the pulse examination, the doctor said nothing, and the other members of the Gu Family unconsciously held their breath, staring intently at Doctor Su’s face, as if trying to discern something from her expression.

Unfortunately, from start to finish, Doctor Su’s expression remained calm and unchanging, revealing nothing at all.

After finishing the examination, Doctor Su finally looked up at Huo Sining and said, "Miss Huo, slippery pulse. Congratulations, you are pregnant. Based on your pulse, the pregnancy seems to be between five and six weeks."

Huo Sining was stunned upon hearing this, her eyes widening in disbelief as she looked at Doctor Su:

"Doctor, what did you say? You’re joking, right?"

Doctor Su originally thought Huo Sining was pretending, but somehow, Huo Sining’s expression in that moment was only shock, with no joy. It looked more like confusion, with not even a hint of happiness.

The doctor was puzzled, feeling that Huo Sining’s eyes and expression were genuine, not an act. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

The more it was like this, the stranger it was.

Just a village girl who had married into a wealthy family. Now knowing she was pregnant, she should have been overjoyed and thrilled, so why was Huo Sining displaying this expression? Did she not look forward to this child at all?

Why?

The female doctor glanced at the Gu Family members nearby—Master Gu, Mrs. Gu, Mrs. Gu, Mr. Gu, the Gu family’s eldest son, the eldest daughter-in-law, and Huo Sining’s husband Gu Xu. Everyone’s faces showed genuine joy, with no sign of fake smiles.

Except for Huo Sining, her gaze was somewhat blank, her expression stiff, even her body was rigid. Though there was a smile on her lips, it seemed forced, devoid of happiness.

Doctor Su’s eyes flashed with surprise, a hint of suspicion creeping in. After all, Huo Sining’s reaction was completely unlike a normal woman’s upon hearing pregnancy news. Could it be that this child was not of the Gu Family’s lineage?

Doctor Su’s heart suddenly sank, but quickly she restrained her impulsive thoughts.

In this situation, she knew very well that she must not say a word more. The more said, the more mistakes made—this was a lesson her mentor had given her when recommending her to work at the Gu Family, a principle her mentor had adhered to for years.

Perhaps it was her mentor’s careful and cautious nature that allowed them to stay in a place like the Gu Family for over a decade, climbing higher and higher in rank.

Doctor Su’s heart tightened, hurriedly readjusting her mindset.

Huo Sining was unaware that her unusual reaction led Doctor Su to such absurd assumptions. She was indeed caught off guard by this sudden child, but what worried her more was her pregnancy problem.

She had originally planned to find Yan Feng and Su Lan to discuss what should be done if she and Gu Xu were to have a child together, but now, without finding them, this child had unexpectedly arrived.

This inevitably made Huo Sining think back to that time in Fucheng, when the Blue Fatty hatched from an egg.

She had already been transformed into a Jiaoren, with the blood of a Jiaoren flowing in her veins, and now she was pregnant. But this was not the right time for the child to come.

Because she didn’t know what kind of peculiar thing she might give birth to—a human child or an egg? If an egg, how long would it need to be nurtured? Would it be live birth or would it require laying an egg and then waiting for it to hatch?

A series of these questions suddenly filled Huo Sining’s entire mind, leaving her brain in chaos, and she was left bewildered, growing increasingly nervous at the thought, turning pale in an instant.

She instinctively turned her head to look at Gu Xu beside her, her eyes revealing panic and anxiety, even unconsciously reaching out to tightly grasp Gu Xu’s arm, nearly digging into his flesh.

Gu Xu, upon hearing Doctor Su’s words, was initially very excited, thinking that soon he would have a sweet and lovely little daughter like his wife, with small arms and legs trailing after him, calling him daddy in a soft voice, smiling sweetly at him, reaching out her chubby arms to him for hugs, and smearing his face with saliva when kissing his cheek.

Picturing such scenes, he couldn’t help but feel thrilled, his heart melting completely as he was at a loss in his excitement.

But in the next moment, Huo Sining clutched his arm tightly, and the sharp pain brought Gu Xu back to reality.

Lowering his head, he saw his wife’s pale face.

Gu Xu’s heart stopped, suddenly realizing what his wife was afraid of.

He had just been carried away by excitement and now remembered the issue with Blue Fatty—the matter of live birth or egg birth, leaving Gu Xu troubled too.

If it were live birth, that would be fine, but if it turned out to be egg birth, that would be problematic. If they ended up with a giant egg, how would they explain it to the Gu Family? Tell the grandparents that their granddaughter-in-law was carrying a Nezha but ended up giving birth to a Jiaoren egg instead of a baby?

God knows how much chaos this would cause if the media got wind of it, and at least the secret of his wife being a Jiaoren would certainly be impossible to conceal.

Just thinking about it gave Gu Xu a headache, clearly understanding that his wife’s secret must never be revealed, or who knew how many people in biological research would go to great lengths to capture his wife for dissection.

If it ever came to that, his wife’s Spiritual Pearl and Space would likely be impossible to hide too.