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Chelsea soon disappeared out the door, but Cecilia was still stunned.

At that moment, Gabriel looked up and said to Cecilia in his sweet, baby voice, "Mommy, I got four in a row."

Cecilia snapped back to reality and looked down. Gabriel's yellow pieces had formed four in a row.

"You won, sweetie. You're so clever," Cecilia praised without reservation, and Gabriel smiled brightly in response.

Lucas, seeing Cecilia praise Gabriel, felt a little jealous.

He walked up to Cecilia and hugged her arm. "Mommy."

Cecilia stroked his head in resignation. "You're also very clever, Luke."

Watching the scene, Elena felt a little envious.

She extended her arms and cooed, "Give me a hug, boys."

Unlike Jonathan and Elliot, Lucas and Gabriel had grown up with Elena, so they loved her as much as they loved Cecilia.

The two of them both ran to Elena for a hug.

Overjoyed, Elena smiled at Cecilia and said, "See? Isn't it wonderful to have your children and grandchildren by your side? Phoebe is asking too much for wanting both a grandchild and a son-in-law she approves of."

"Yeah," Cecilia agreed.

"By the way, do you know Jason?" Elena asked.

Cecilia nodded. "I've met him a few times and also had someone look into him briefly."

"What kind of person is he?"

"His character is decent." Cecilia paused, then continued, "But they say you can only truly know a person after spending time with them. Just relying on inquiries is useless. Besides, Chelsea has only known him for a year or two."

"That's true. Time will tell." Elena added, "If I had a daughter, I wouldn't dare marry her off to a poor man."

Cecilia agreed. "I hope Jason is a good person."

"Me too," Elena replied.

However, Cecilia kept some thoughts to herself.

If Chelsea did register her marriage with Jason in secret, then he might not be a good man.

A good man, after all, wouldn't let his beloved woman get married to him without telling her parents.

Cecilia believed that a responsible man should work hard to build a career and then earn the approval of the woman's parents, not get married behind their backs.

Meanwhile, Chelsea was dragged into the car by Phoebe.

Once the driver started driving, Phoebe couldn't hold back anymore, lashing out, "Chelsea, what were you thinking? We are your parents; we gave birth to you and raised you. Yet you registered your marriage without consulting us? Did you eveni consider our feelings?"

Chelsea clenched her hands. "Mom, have you ever considered mine then? m not young anymore andd finally found someone I love. Why can't you approve of Jason? He may be poor and parentless, but he's a great person."

She then asked, "Also, those rich men you introduced to me previously—they were either handsy or divorced. Are those men really better than him?"

Phoebe was stunned, and it took her a long time to recover.

"Chelsea, a person's character is the hardest thing to judge. As for the men I introduced to you, they all shared one obvious and common characteristic," she said.

"What is it?" Chelsea asked.

"They are rich. If you marry them, you won't have to suffer," Phoebe enunciated.

Chelsea couldn't understand her. "But I won't be happy! Besides, I'm an only daughter Jason is an orphan. If he marries me, we can alt live together, and I won't be bullied."

Phoebe was taken aback. "Are you saying that when you marry Jason, he'll live

with us?"