Chapter 3: Mental Power Disorder – “Xiao Jin is a robot; Xiao Jin doesn’t get tired.”
The arrival of the protagonists made Yu Xia’s already sour mood even worse.
He curled himself into the bed, pulling up the thin blanket while explaining to Xiao Jin: “They aren’t brothers; they’re the troublemakers.”
Perhaps because it was sensitive to the words “troublemakers,” Xiao Jin immediately reacted: “Troublemakers. Xiao Jin heard Mr. Xie and Dr. Yu talking about them. They are the ones who put you in the hospital. Xiao Jin’s most important task is to protect Yu Xia from these two people.”
Hearing this, Yu Xia actually felt a bit touched: “Then how are you going to protect me?”
Before Xiao Jin could answer, the person outside the door could no longer hold back: “Yu! Open the door! I know you’re in there. Don’t think this is over. I’m telling you, it’s impossible!”
Yu Xia sighed. He reached out to grab the pillow, propped it up against the headboard, and leaned back lazily: “Forget it. Xiao Jin, go open the door. If we don’t let them in, there will be no end to it today.”
Besides, he was currently a bit confused about which side to trust—the original owner’s memories or the book he had read.
If he followed the descriptions in the book he read, the original Yu Xia was a cannon fodder who usually relied on the Orphanage Director’s favor to boss the protagonist shou around. He treated him almost like a slave, making him do this and that. The protagonist shou had tried to complain to the nannies and vent to his peers at the orphanage several times, but no one was willing to listen; only a few people told him to take it in stride.
But in the original owner’s memories, almost all his energy was spent dealing with the dull pain in his body. He knew of Yun Shaocheng as a fellow orphan, but his relationship with him wasn’t close at all. He couldn’t even recall Yun Shaocheng’s name immediately.
While Yu Xia was lost in thought, Xiao Jin slid to his bedside: “Yu Xia, the two troublemakers have entered. Do you have anything you want to say to them?”
Yu Xia was still somewhat immersed in his thoughts and didn’t react immediately: “No… weren’t they the ones who came looking for me?”
Xiao Jin advised him solemnly: “If you don’t have anything specific to say to them, I should kick them out. Xiao Jin’s most important task is to keep these two away from Yu Xia. They will make Yu Xia angry, and if Yu Xia gets angry, his condition might worsen. Dr. Yu said that if Yu Xia’s condition worsens, everyone in the hospital might get sick.”
Yu Xia wanted to tease the little robot, but the protagonist gong didn’t have such a good temper. He strode over and stood by Yu Xia’s bed, looking down at him: “Yu, I don’t know what kind of illness you’re faking, but it’s an indisputable fact that you caused Shaocheng and me to land in the hospital. I’m here to give you fair warning: you’d better be prepared to pay compensation, otherwise…”
Before he could finish, the little robot slid its rollers in front of him and analyzed the situation for Ye Zhichen with total seriousness: “That’s not right. You were the ones who caused Yu Xia to be hospitalized. Before coming to the hospital, Yu Xia had been at the orphanage without leaving, fulfilling his duties as a patient with Mental Power Disorder perfectly. However, you went to Yu Xia and said provocative things to him, leading to his mental power backlash and affecting several people. Logically, you are the ones who should pay compensation. Mr. Xie should be handling that right now!”
Ye Zhichen was momentarily silenced by the robot’s words. He frowned and asked: “Mental Power Disorder?”
Xiao Jin nodded repeatedly: “Yes. It’s written in Yu Xia’s medical records. Yu Xia’s Mental Power Disorder has lasted for three years. He comes to the hospital for checkups every two months, and the hospital has complete records. It was you who caused Yu Xia’s mental power to become unstable.”
Mental Power Disorder was an extremely rare condition. The cause was usually a person developing extremely high mental power during their differentiation phase around age fifteen, while their physical constitution was too poor to withstand it.
When a person’s mental power rank is six levels higher than their constitution, they risk being turned into a vegetable by their own mental power. There is no other treatment for this condition except for the patient to work hard at exercising to raise their constitution to match their mental power.
But people with high mental power were too rare; even in the entire Empire, they were few and far possible. The last person with Mental Power Disorder was Dr. Lu Yao.
Now he was being told that this person, who usually had the energy to humiliate Yun Shaocheng and was now lying in bed looking sickly, was actually a patient with Mental Power Disorder?
What a joke!
Ye Zhichen’s frown deepened. Just as he was about to say something else, the optical computer on his wrist “beeped” several times. A call was coming in.
It was his mentor.
A call from his mentor couldn’t be ignored. Ye Zhichen glared at Yu Xia, turned around, and went to answer the call, leaving Yun Shaocheng alone to face the person and the robot.
Xiao Jin ignored Yun Shaocheng. Deeply aware of its duties, it helped straighten Yu Xia’s pillow so he could lie down comfortably. Then it tucked him in: “Don’t worry, Yu Xia. I won’t let them bully you. The hospital is my territory; I have many robot brothers here!”
Yu Xia twitched the corner of his mouth: “Xiao Jin, you didn’t memorize the Robot Code of Conduct well. Robots cannot attack humans, not even for intimidation.”
Even if a robot encountered an aggressive human, it could only sound an alarm; it couldn’t take any countermeasures.
Xiao Jin didn’t mind: “Xiao Jin is a law-abiding robot and will not do anything illegal. But Yu Xia, look at these two troublemakers. Not only did they put a Mental Power Disorder patient in the hospital, but now they’ve come here to shift the blame. What they are doing is not law-abiding. Therefore, they both need legal education. I can have my robot brothers surround them and recite the Robot Code of Conduct until they can memorize it by heart too.”
As if feeling it wasn’t threatening enough, Xiao Jin added: “Xiao Jin is a robot; Xiao Jin doesn’t get tired.”
Yu Xia: “…”
This robot, Xiao Jin, was something else.
He seemed to see the protagonist shou, Yun Shaocheng, look at Xiao Jin in horror before quickly shrinking back.
Ye Zhichen’s call was quick, and he returned shortly. However, the arrogant air he had when entering was gone. His expression was somewhat contorted as he looked at Yu Xia: “Do you really have Mental Power Disorder?”
Yu Xia gave him an overt eye-roll: “Otherwise? I’d like to know why you’d come up to me for no reason to launch a personal attack. Is your life so unhappy that you have to mock a patient? You’re quite something.”
Ye Zhichen: “…”
Why hadn’t he noticed such a sharp tongue before?
But in the end, he had indeed misunderstood Yu Xia first. Now that his mentor had called, he had to go and give an explanation for what he had done.
Reluctant as he was, Ye Zhichen took a deep breath and apologized to Yu Xia with a stiff face: “Sorry. I might have misunderstood this matter. I will cover all your hospitalization expenses this time.”
Xiao Jin slid in front of them again with great agility: “The Empire pays for the treatment of citizens with Mental Power Disorder. There’s no need to pay for hospitalization at all. Your offer to cover it is basically an offer to cover nothing.”
Ye Zhichen: “…”
What was with this robot? If it couldn’t lay a hand on humans, was it programmed to argue with them instead?
Yu Xia was also amused by Xiao Jin, but he tried to stay steady, only coughing lightly: “I don’t need you to cover anything. Just worry about yourselves. Alright, I need to rest. Do as you please!”
Yu Xia’s meaning was clear. Ye Zhichen and Yun Shaocheng naturally understood and didn’t stay in the ward any longer. They took their leave.
On the way back to the orphanage, the atmosphere between Ye Zhichen and Yun Shaocheng was somewhat awkward.
Yun Shaocheng looked at Ye Zhichen with concern: “Brother Ye, are you alright?”
Ye Zhichen took a deep breath and asked Yun Shaocheng: “In the past, did Yu Xia really often make you do things he was supposed to be responsible for?”
Hearing this question, Yun Shaocheng breathed a small sigh of relief. He answered: “He did. Yu Xia’s Mental Power Disorder is indeed very serious, and he needs to move more. But he just refuses to move, so he pushed all the tasks the Director originally gave him onto me.”
Hearing this, Ye Zhichen nodded. It seemed to make sense.
However, he still explained to Yun Shaocheng: “It’s normal for Mental Power Disorder patients to be unwilling to move. Accompanied by mental instability is an endless dull pain. Generally, it’s much more comfortable for them to lie still than to move. It’s normal for Yu Xia to be unwilling to move, though it was still too much for him to give all his work to you.”
Yun Shaocheng looked at Ye Zhichen again and pursed his lips: “Actually, it’s fine. It was just some small things.”
Ye Zhichen patted Yun Shaocheng’s shoulder: “Don’t worry. I’ll help you explain it to Director Xie later. You won’t have to do Yu Xia’s share of the work anymore.”
Yun Shaocheng: “??”
What? He was going to tell the Director?
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