Chapter 967 - 959: She’s Pregnant 1

Chapter 967: Chapter 959: She’s Pregnant 1

As captain, Rowan Drake was really concerned. He walked over and asked, "What happened to Sue Rooney?"

"Half an hour after we entered the ancient town, she said she wasn’t feeling well. I didn’t know why, so I kept her with me to do the mission. But she felt worse and worse. I took her to the restroom, and she collapsed inside."

Hearing that, everyone got worried and walked toward the two of them.

Sue Rooney was slumped tiredly against Joel Jones’s shoulder. She took a deep breath. "Sorry, I made you all worry."

Joel Jones set her down into a chair and gently patted her back.

Sue Rooney looked at everyone fussing over her and shook her head, forcing a smile. "I’m fine. At least we got the activation card."

Joel Jones’s eyes were full of distress as he added, "In the last ten minutes, Sue dragged her sick body around to find it. When she really couldn’t keep going anymore, that’s when I carried her."

Hearing that, the others were all moved.

"Sue, you worked so hard."

Rowan Drake smiled with relief. "You pushed yourself this hard for Tiana Thorne. I believe you two will definitely become the best of sisters."

At first he’d thought Sue Rooney’s strong personality would clash with Tiana Thorne, but now it seemed he’d overthought it.

At this moment, everyone’s eyes turned to Tiana Thorne.

She looked down from above at the pale-faced Sue Rooney. Half an hour into the ancient town, Sue had suddenly felt unwell—right when Tiana had just sailed through the obstacle she’d set up.

Heh.

Queen of variety shows indeed—able to adapt on the fly even in a situation like this, and immediately seize an opportunity to attract fans.

The little Foxies who didn’t know the truth would definitely be grateful to this Sue Rooney who "sacrificed" for her, and think they could be great sisters.

And off that, she could ride a wave of fans.

Right now, it looked like her sibling CP with Ethan Thorne was way more eye-catching than Sue Rooney and Joel Jones’s couple CP.

There was a high chance it would stir up hostility from casual viewers toward Sue Rooney. With this move, she instantly took back a round.

Sharp mind, as expected.

Tiana Thorne crouched down. "I studied traditional medicine. Let me check what’s wrong with you."

Sue Rooney remembered how Tiana had calmed that convulsing man with a single needle—that proved she really had the skill.

Almost instinctively, she drew her hand back, then smiled. "Thank you, but I’m really fine. Maybe I’m just too exhausted. I’ll be okay after a bit of rest."

Tiana Thorne smiled too, her gaze soft and gentle, almost impossible to refuse. "You almost passed out for my sake. Since I know medicine, how could I just stand by?"

As she spoke, she took Sue’s hand and felt her pulse.

If she hadn’t checked, fine. But once she did, she jumped in surprise.

This pulse was...

She almost blurted it out: "You’re pregnant."

As the words fell, she realized what she’d just said and stared at Sue Rooney in shock.

The atmosphere instantly shifted.

Everyone looked at Sue in disbelief, especially Joel Jones. His brows furrowed on instinct, his expression darkening.

Sue Rooney’s heart was in chaos. She hurriedly forced a laugh. "How could you tell if someone’s pregnant or not just by feeling her pulse? You must be mistaken. I’m a single girl—how could I be pregnant?"

By this point, with things having gone this far, trying to shut down the topic was already impossible.

Because this was a livestream, not something that could be fixed in post.

If it were post-production, they could just edit this entire conversation out.

Tiana Thorne’s acting had always been top-tier. Her eyes were full of worry, clearly ill at ease. "You really do have a baby. If you hurt the child because you were helping me look for the activation card, that would be on my conscience."

Joel Jones asked, "How can you be so sure?"

"If you’re interested, you can look up a few basics. I’m not spouting nonsense. I’ve treated the third master of the Shaw family, Jameson Shaw, and my fiancé Aiden Shaw. The most direct example is Rosalyn Rooney."

At that, the fans in the livestream exploded.

"Yeah, Tiana really does know medicine. Back then it was her who treated Rosalyn Rooney."

"Rosalyn Rooney almost got disfigured. If not for Tiana’s miracle hands, who knows what would’ve become of her."

"Oh my god, that’s not the point. The point is, Sue Rooney is actually pregnant. Who’s the baby daddy? Joel Jones?"

"Am I the only one who caught that Tiana said she treated the mysterious Third Master Shaw’s ’national illness’?"

Right now, Sue Rooney’s face was getting paler and paler. Was she really pregnant?

Howard Jarvis joked with a grin, "Nice, Joel. Since when did you and Sue Rooney get to the point of having a kid? Are we supposed to expect wedding invites next?"

At that one line, the CP fans were the happiest—their ship had sailed for real.

But Joel Jones only shook his head. He was furious inside but could only press it down. "Sue and I are limited to Sunday. Sue probably has a mysterious boyfriend and it’s inconvenient for her to say anything. So let’s not pry. It’s just, if she really is pregnant, we’ll have to consider rearranging the CPs."

Even if it was just an on-screen CP, in that moment he still felt a kind of being cuckolded humiliation.

That one sentence shattered all the CP fans’ hearts.

So Joel Jones and Sue Rooney really were only a screen couple. They weren’t real. Everything had just been for the show.

Sue Rooney’s heart plummeted. She’d never imagined things would turn out like this.

The reversal was way too fast.

She could practically picture the CP fans raging in the livestream chat.

She had indeed managed to ride a wave of Tiana Thorne’s little Foxies, but in doing so she’d lost something bigger—she’d lost the CP fans who’d been following her for so long.

She was unwilling!

Just one episode, and she’d lost twice in a row.

She’d always been eloquent, but everything had come too suddenly, giving her no chance at all to explain.

Seeing the situation spiraling beyond recovery, the director had no choice but to speak up sternly: "This is serious. We need to send Sue to the hospital for a check-up first."

They still needed a blood test to confirm the pregnancy before taking the next step.

Sue Rooney had no choice but to leave with the staff. Once she was away from the cameras, she turned back to look at Tiana Thorne, her hands clenched into tight fists.

She would definitely kick that manipulative bitch Tiana out of Sunday.

There was room here for only one queen.

And it could only be her!

Since Tiana wanted to provoke her, she’d let Tiana find out exactly what happens when you cross the queen of variety shows!

In the end, this episode wrapped with Tiana Thorne successfully joining Sunday as part of the big family.

The director said, "Thank you, everyone, for your hard work. The next episode’s location is set in Portentia. We’ll send you the details later from the production team."

"Got it. Thanks for your hard work, Director."

After that, no one left immediately. They all followed each other on Weibo and chatted to get more familiar.

Joel Jones kept finding topics to talk to Tiana about.

Tiana Thorne thought of what he’d said earlier about rearranging CPs. Could it be that he wanted to pair up with her?

Just then, Sue Rooney hurried over. "Tiana, Fourth Master has already booked the tickets. Let’s go."

"Okay."

Hearing that, director Yuri Lawson smiled. "Tiana, remember to bring the invoices next time. The travel expenses are covered by our show."

"Thanks, but no need to trouble you."

After a few polite words, she headed out with May Sloane.

Seeing this, Joel Jones hurriedly called out, "Tiana, wait a sec."