I Raised a Cub in the Military Academy Chapter 43.3

Part 3

Ten days after their birth, both cubs had undergone significant changes.

The rabbit cub was too good at eating, eating almost every hour. It had evolved from the size of two fingers to the size of an infant’s fist. Its entire body was covered in a layer of fine, soft, snow-white down; it looked like the most beautiful little fatty cub.

The white egg didn’t grow slowly either. No one knew what species was inside the shell, but in just ten days, it had grown from the size of a thumb to the size of a goose egg.

Yun Yingzhi first took the two cubs for a checkup before placing them in Yun Yinghui’s hands.

Yun Yingzhi was very nervous, fearing his body wasn’t up to it and he wouldn’t be able to participate in the preliminaries.

To him, this wasn’t just a loss of the money from fleecing wool these few days—it was a direct loss of tip money and affected the final prize of the competition.

At this thought, Yun Yingzhi’s heart felt like it was breaking.

Only one person was allowed in the examination room.

Before entering, Yun Yingzhi tapped the incubator and poked the rabbit cub, saying, “You two better be good, or Papa will give you a beating!” As he spoke, he clasped his hands together, making a cracking sound.

Yun Yinghui scolded, “Zhizhi, you can’t threaten the little babies. They’re still small and don’t understand anything.”

Yun Yingzhi felt a subtle sense that Yun Yinghui looked like those “bear” grandparents on the StarNet who spoiled their grandkids.

Yun Yingzhi gave a soft hum of agreement, then looked at the two cubs and said, “You must be good, understand?”

The white egg in the incubator moved, and the rabbit cub looked at Yun Yingzhi and let out a “da” sound.

Yun Yingzhi nodded in satisfaction and entered the examination room.

After a detailed checkup, he soon received the results.

When Yun Yingzhi saw them, he froze for a moment.

The results showed that currently…

He didn’t look like someone who had just given birth to two cubs at all. He was exceptionally healthy—the kind of healthy where he could go run laps outside.

Yun Yingzhi silently sent the results to Yun Yinghui.

Yun Yinghui was somewhat surprised. He felt that Yun Yingzhi’s constitution seemed…

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Well, unexpectedly good.

Just like the newborn rabbit cub, it was also unexpectedly a bit impressive—or rather, very impressive.

Yun Yingzhi came out of the examination room and returned to Yun Yinghui’s side.

The white fur ball that had been sitting obediently on Yun Yinghui’s palm saw Yun Yingzhi, its obsidian-black eyes lit up, and it jumped directly toward him.

The rabbit cub was only ten days old and couldn’t walk yet; this kind of jumping was simply courting death.

Yun Yingzhi and Yun Yinghui were terrified and collectively caught the death-defying rabbit cub in their hands.

The rabbit cub licked Yun Yingzhi’s finger.

Yun Yingzhi’s mouth twitched, and he poked the rabbit cub’s head with his index finger.

The rabbit cub immediately tumbled backward, looking exceptionally fragile.

Distressed, Yun Yingzhi straightened the rabbit cub, only to see the white egg bouncing around in the incubator in protest from the corner of his eye.

Yun Yingzhi’s eyelids jumped. Worried that the white egg would crack itself, he immediately picked up the incubator. Sure enough, the white egg stopped its reckless jumping.

However, the white egg rolled to the edge of the glass, its little white body nuzzling Yun Yingzhi’s chest through the glass, looking super dependent on him.

Wait, did the white egg have eyes?

No matter how he looked, Yun Yingzhi couldn’t see any eyes on the egg.

With confusion, Yun Yingzhi took the two cubs and returned to the ward with Yun Yinghui.

Sitting on the bed, Yun Yingzhi’s eyes sparkled as he looked at Yun Yinghui and said, “Brother, my body is fine. I’m going to participate in the preliminaries tomorrow.”

Yun Yinghui frowned, still not really wanting Yun Yingzhi to compete.

Listening to the back-and-forth between the two, the rabbit cub looked at the egg cub.

Although the two cubs didn’t quite get along, it had to be said that as twins, they were exceptionally sensitive to each other’s emotions.

Rabbit cub: “Da.”

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The white egg bounced once.

The rabbit cub’s pair of gem-like bright eyes darted around. It moved its tiny body awkwardly, looked at Yun Yingzhi, then spun in a circle on his palm and looked at the egg cub: “Da da!”

The white egg bounced twice more.

Rabbit cub: “Ao!”

The white egg spun in a circle.

Yun Yingzhi didn’t notice the interaction between the two cubs, but Yun Yinghui saw it all.

Yun Yinghui’s eyelids jumped. He wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but he felt these two cubs were up to no good.

After receiving Yun Yinghui’s permission, Yun Yingzhi happily kissed the rabbit cub.

The kissed rabbit cub sprouted happy little flowers all over and looked smugly at the white egg.

The white egg jumped around inside the glass window as if protesting Yun Yingzhi’s favoritism until Yun Yingzhi stroked the incubator. Only then did the egg stop bouncing.

That night, Yun Yinghui slept on the caregiver’s bed nearby while Yun Yingzhi slept with the two cubs.

The rabbit cub liked to sleep on Yun Yingzhi’s chest or neck, but that night, it seemed to have moved.

In his half-asleep state, Yun Yingzhi reached around to find the rabbit cub, but couldn’t.

Panicked, he sat up and looked around for the rabbit cub in distress.

Then…

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the rabbit cub, which had somehow gotten into the incubator and was hanging its tiny body on the white egg, licking it.

Yun Yinghui also got up, looked at Yun Yingzhi, and asked in a low voice, “What’s wrong?”

The rabbit cub, which was licking the white egg inside the incubator, froze. With a paji sound, it fell off the egg shell.

Yun Yinghui: “…”

Yun Yingzhi: “…”

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There was a moment of silence in the room.

The rabbit cub lay on its back inside the incubator, pretending to be asleep.

After a pause, Yun Yinghui said, “…The two cubs’ relationship might actually be quite good.”

Yun Yingzhi’s eyelids jumped. He opened the door to the incubator, stroked the egg cub which seemed to be radiating grievance, and then picked up the rabbit cub.

Yun Yingzhi poked the rabbit cub’s head and lectured, “Jiaojiao, you can’t eat your younger brother.”

Yun Yinghui: “…” Was it that brutal?

Yun Yinghui, always looking at the rabbit cub through a filter, said, “Zhizhi, don’t misunderstand Jiaojiao.”

The rabbit cub licked Yun Yingzhi’s finger, its voice soft and sweet: “Da.”

Yun Yingzhi patted the rabbit cub, looked at Yun Yinghui, and asked, “Brother, how do you think Jiaojiao got into the incubator?”

Yun Yinghui: “…”

Logically, it was impossible for the egg cub to use spatial ability to bring the rabbit cub inside.

The rabbit cub blinked its bright eyes at Yun Yingzhi.

Yun Yingzhi covered the rabbit cub’s eyes and gave the command: “Go to sleep.”

The little fellow closed its eyes unwillingly. It had been pretending to sleep, but eventually, it really drifted off.

Around seven o’clock, Yun Yingzhi got up quietly to wash up. He whispered to Yun Yinghui, handed the two cubs over to him, and left the ward.

Immediately, only Yun Yinghui and the two cubs remained in the room.

Ten minutes after Yun Yingzhi left, the rabbit cub sniffed and opened its eyes.

Yun Yinghui’s eyelids jumped, giving him a bad premonition.

The rabbit cub moved its tiny body and looked around as if searching for Yun Yingzhi. Not seeing him, it looked at Yun Yinghui, its large eyes welling with tears and its voice full of a sobbing tone: “Da?”

Yun Yinghui picked up the rabbit cub to feed it milk and said softly, “Jiaojiao, be good. Don’t cry. Papa went out and will be back in a bit.”

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Rabbit cub: “Da da?” Tears plopped down.

Yun Yinghui was about to say something more when he suddenly felt a spatial fluctuation.

Yun Yinghui knew instantly that the egg cub was about to cause trouble.

However, the rabbit cub was even faster than Yun Yinghui.

Almost the moment it felt the spatial fluctuation, the rabbit cub, which still couldn’t walk well, scrambled…

Yes, it literally scrambled toward the incubator, its tiny body clinging tightly to the glass cover like a little rabbit pancake.

Yun Yinghui: “…”

The white egg inside the incubator bounced once.

Rabbit cub: “Da!”

Yun Yinghui wondered: what on earth were these two cubs communicating?

No, that wasn’t the point. the point was…

Yun Yinghui looked at the rabbit cub with a subtle gaze.

Clearly, the egg cub intended to use spatial ability, but before Yun Yinghui could stop it, the little bunny stopped the egg cub first.

A ripple spread from the rabbit cub, enveloping the entire incubator and preventing the egg cub from escaping.

The rabbit cub was so small, but perhaps the egg cub’s spatial ability had given it a sense of pressure. To suppress it, it had already awakened a sealing-type ability, and it could even impressively obstruct the egg cub’s tricky spatial ability.

The egg cub seemed a bit angry and bounced twice more inside the incubator.

Rabbit cub: “Ao!”

Yun Yinghui: “…”

Yun Yinghui wondered where the rabbit cub had learned that cry.

The egg cub continued to bounce twice.

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The rabbit cub let out an “ao” sound, seeming even more angry. It reached out its tiny, tiny, tiny paw…

And slapped the glass window hard. the glass shattered.

Translator’s Note: Talk about sibling rivalry! One has a top-tier “Spatial Jump” and the other counters with “Space Sealing.” Poor Yun Yinghui is just a bystander to this supernatural infant squabble. And can we talk about Jiaojiao “eating” his brother? I guess rabbit instincts are stronger than we thought!

Terms used:

  • Star Glory Competition (ę˜Ÿč€€å¤§č³½): The major competition MC is participating in.
  • Preliminary Rounds (預賽): The second stage of the competition.
  • Pure Defense-type (å…Øé˜²ē¦¦ē³»): The specific requirement for the current round.
  • Fleece the wool (č–…ē¾ŠęÆ›): A Chinese internet slang meaning to take advantage of a system or get freebies.
  • Jiaojiao (嬌嬌) & Taotao (귘귘): The cubs’ nicknames. Jiaojiao implies “delicate/pampered” and Taotao implies “naughty.”
  • Space Sealing (å°éŽ–é”žē•°čƒ½): The rabbit cub’s newly awakened ability that blocks spatial movement.

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