Part 3
Yun Yinghui also agreed that Yun Yingzhi couldn’t do it. He had already planned that after he left, he would have Nangong Qing and the others help Yun Yingzhi look after the two babies at all times so that he wouldn’t be too exhausted.
The next moment, he heard Yun Yingzhi say, “Brother, can I use this inscription to trade for one year of leave for you?”
Yun Yinghui was stunned. For a moment, he didn’t even understand the meaning of Yun Yingzhi’s words.
Yun Yingzhi: “One baby is a little rabbit, and the other is a little egg. They’re both very fragile little babies. I’m so worried I won’t be able to take care of them. I’m afraid they’re too weak, and I’m afraid they’ll be mistreated.”
Yun Yinghui’s mind suddenly flashed back to the Level 4 Source Weapon’s sixth skill, “Heaven-Breaking Sword,” and the Virtual Sword Domain he saw in today’s livestream appraisal. He also thought about how Yun Yingzhi told him he absolutely had to make a Source Weapon that could simulate the Queen’s mental waves to make the Zerg legions commit mass suicide.
According to some people on the StarNet, if Yun Yingzhi wasn’t thinking about destroying the enemy, he was on the fast track toward destroying the enemy.
Now he felt that Yun Yingzhi’s body might be fragile, but his thoughts weren’t fragile at all.
Yun Yingzhi knew his request was incredibly shameless, but in order to spend more time with Yun Yinghui and for the sake of the two fragile cubs about to be born, he firmly stated his demand: “As long as Brother can extend his leave to one year, not only will I hand over the inscription, I’ll even help optimize it!”
Yun Yinghui sighed silently and said, “Regarding this matter, I will try to apply for it.”
After the two ended the communication, Yun Yingzhi opened his design interface. He thought to himself: If I can successfully optimize the spatial-restricted ability, will Brother be able to stay by my side even longer?
With that thought, he racked his brain to think of ways to optimize it.
While he was thinking, the appraisal of Source Weapons from the Xingyao Competition’s preliminary rounds continued.
According to the rules, four weapons were appraised on the first day, four on the second, and the last two on the third.
Undoubtedly, the Source Weapons appraised on the last day were supposed to be the grand finales of the preliminaries. However, after seeing the Level 4 Source Weapon Yun Yingzhi made, everyone believed it would be difficult for any other weapon in the preliminaries to surpass it.
On December 17th, the appraisal of the ten Source Weapons concluded.
As expected, the other nine Level 7 Source Weapons were far inferior in all aspects to the Level 4 weapon Yun Yingzhi had created.
The auction for the Xingyao Competition began simultaneously online and offline on December 18th.
At the same time, Yun Yingzhi had to go to the hospital.
Yun Yingzhi put on a mask and walked out of Fanse Academy in broad daylight.
Yun Yinghui contacted Yun Yingzhi and told him to wait—he would accompany him.
Yun Yingzhi still had some sense of shame. Unless absolutely necessary, he didn’t want Yun Yinghui to accompany him to the obstetrics and gynecology department.
He took a hover-car to the hospital by himself. The conclusion was the same: if nothing went wrong, the two little cubs would be born by the end of the month.
The two little cubs were moving restlessly inside Yun Yingzhi’s belly.
He touched his stomach, and as if sensing his touch, the frequency of the cubs’ movements increased.
Yun Yingzhi immediately withdrew his hand. Sure enough, the cubs’ movements slowed down again.
After saying goodbye to the doctor, Yun Yingzhi walked out of the consultation room.
In that instant, Yun Yingzhi’s pupils constricted violently as he locked eyes with Madam Huai.
Clearly, Madam Huai was accompanying the woman beside her. Yun Yingzhi recognized that person—she was Huai Boshe’s older female cousin.
Yun Yingzhi’s brow furrowed slightly, many thoughts flashing through his mind.
Madam Huai didn’t like him. She had disliked him for a long time. In comparison, Madam Huai liked Yun Yingyao very much and had intentions of matching Huai Boshe with Yun Yingyao.
Across a short distance, their gazes met.
Yun Yingzhi’s eyelids twitched, and his feet shifted, instinctively wanting to run away.
However, before Yun Yingzhi could move, Madam Huai called out his name first, “Yingzhi.”
Yun Yingzhi froze in place, his eyelashes trembling. He didn’t even dare to look Madam Huai in the eye right now.
In a daze, he thought back to the distant past.
At that time, he was still very young.
He and Yun Yingyao went to the Huai family for a visit to play with Huai Boshe.
The children needed a nap, so the three of them went to different rooms.
Yun Yingzhi couldn’t sleep. He lay on the bed for a while and decided to go find Huai Boshe, but he overheard the conversation between Madam Huai and Huai Boshe.
Madam Huai asked, “A-She, do you like A-Yao?”
Huai Boshe replied, “Yingzhi is very good-looking.” He answered irrelevantly.
The smile on Madam Huai’s face was gentle as she said, “But, A-She, good looks don’t mean everything. You can’t just look at the exterior when judging a person.”
Huai Boshe: “Mother, what should I do?”
Madam Huai: “You have to look at his character and talent.”
“Yingzhi is very good,” Huai Boshe said.
Madam Huai gently stroked Huai Boshe’s head and said, “A-She, do you really think Zhizhi is better?”
Before Huai Boshe could respond, she added, “A-She, why don’t you look at A-Yao more, hmm?”
The young Yun Yingzhi didn’t really understand their conversation, but he was very sad. That day, not only did he fail to nap, but he also suffered from insomnia that night.
It was from that moment on that Yun Yingzhi began to dislike Madam Huai.
Madam Huai walked gracefully toward Yun Yingzhi and asked, “Yingzhi, why are you here?”
Yun Yingzhi’s eyelids jumped wildly. For a moment, he didn’t know how to answer.
Just as he was feeling suffocated, a staff member walked up to Yun Yingzhi and said with a smile, “Mr. Yun, the two little babies need a lot of nutrition. For the children’s sake, you must take your medicine on time.”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
Madam Huai: “…”
Madam Huai’s eyes silently drifted toward Yun Yingzhi’s abdomen.
Yun Yingzhi felt incredibly awkward. At this moment, he especially hoped the little cub with spatial ability inside him could take him through a spatial jump. However, the little cub didn’t help him jump today, so he could only rely on his own two legs to flee in panic.
Yun Yingzhi’s heart rate quickened. He was a bit scared.
Or rather, very scared.
The relationship between Madam Huai and Madam Yun was quite good. He felt that Madam Huai would definitely tell his mother about this.
The very next moment, Yun Yingzhi received a communication from Madam Yun.
Yun Yingzhi didn’t want to answer, but he didn’t dare not to. Since he was a child, his fear of Madam Yun seemed to be branded into the depths of his soul.
Compared to General Yun, he was more afraid of Madam Yun.
Taking a deep breath, Yun Yingzhi answered the call.
The moment the connection was made, Yun Yingzhi saw Madam Yun on the other end, and…
The background.
It was his room. Madam Yun was currently in his room.
At this moment, Madam Yun was holding the tiny baby bottle Yun Yingzhi had bought for the little rabbit cub.
Yun Yingzhi’s eyelashes trembled, tears already clinging to them. The overall impression he gave was one of extreme fragility.
Madam Yun looked at Yun Yingzhi with a cold face and said, “Yun Yingzhi, you have never done what I told you to do before.”
Yun Yingzhi shrank back. He wanted to say something, but didn’t dare to.
Yun Yingzhi lowered his head. Even through the projection screen, he didn’t dare face Madam Yun directly.
Madam Yun said, “Yun Yingzhi, look up.”
Yun Yingzhi’s lips trembled slightly, but he looked up at Madam Yun’s command. Then he saw Madam Yun directly crush the baby bottle he had bought for the little rabbit cub.
Yun Yingzhi bit his lip, not daring to speak.
“Yun Yingzhi, in the past, I didn’t let you touch Source Weapon manufacturing. I made you enter the Combat Department. I told you many times not to become the shame of the Yun family,” Madam Yun said.
Yun Yingzhi said, “Mama, bu-but…”
Madam Yun interrupted him: “You’re pregnant.”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
Yun Yingzhi’s face turned deathly pale. He didn’t dare say a word.
Madam Yun: “As a man and a military academy student, you actually got pregnant.”
Yun Yingzhi could not refute it. He had no way to argue; it was a fact.
Madam Yun’s lips curved into a slight smile. Even though she was smiling, it was colder than ice. “From now on, Yun Yingzhi, you will no longer be a child of the Yun family.”
Yun Yingzhi’s eyes widened, his pupils constricting violently. Tears streamed down his cheeks.
He wanted to say he didn’t want this, but facing Madam Yun, he couldn’t even voice a refusal.
Madam Yun said, “Your brother and your sister both have great futures. Your existence will tarnish the reputation of the General’s Manor. Yun Yingzhi, I hope you take care of yourself in the future.”
Yun Yingzhi’s body swayed, tears falling continuously. He wanted to call out “Mama,” but didn’t dare.
In the final moment of the call, he heard Madam Yun say, “Throw away all of Yun Yingzhi’s things,” before she hung up.
Yun Yingzhi stood there in a daze, then started running, wanting to rush back.
His things—those were all his things, his memories from childhood to now.
The gifts Brother gave him, the gifts Master Alvin gave him, and the gifts from his friends. They weren’t necessarily expensive, but every item was a precious memory.
Yun Yingzhi didn’t realize that he was already sobbing uncontrollably. At the same time, his abdomen began to contract.
He had to go back to the General’s Manor. He had to go back.
Suddenly, a figure blocked Yun Yingzhi’s path.
Yun Yingzhi’s eyelids jumped. He looked up slightly to see Yun Yinghui.
Yun Yinghui cupped Yun Yingzhi’s cheeks with both hands, removed his mask, and gently wiped the tears from his face. “Zhizhi, what happened?”
Yun Yingzhi said, “Bro… Brother…”
There was no color on Yun Yingzhi’s face, and fine beads of sweat had broken out on his forehead. He seemed to be enduring great pain.
Yun Yinghui directly picked Yun Yingzhi up horizontally and moved quickly toward the hospital.
Yun Yingzhi tried to struggle a bit. “Brother, Mama… Mama doesn’t want me anymore. Mama is going to throw all my things away. Brother, I…”
Yun Yinghui’s footsteps stopped.
The two looked each other in the eye.
Yun Yinghui said in the softest voice, “It’s okay.”
Yun Yingzhi looked at Yun Yinghui with vacant eyes.
Yun Yinghui said, “Brother is here. Brother wants you.”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
Yun Yingzhi hugged Yun Yinghui tightly, no longer struggling.
Yun Yinghui comforted him softly, “It’s okay. Brother will leave with Zhizhi, hmm?”
Hearing this, Yun Yingzhi cried even harder, sobbing and choking on his tears.
Yun Yingzhi: “Brother, waah…”
Yun Yinghui: “Hmm.”
Yun Yingzhi: “Dada, waah…”
Yun Yinghui: “Hmm.”
Yun Yingzhi: “Mama, waah…”
Yun Yinghui paused. He wasn’t sure if it was his imagination, but he felt Yun Yingzhi was crying even more pitifully. He responded softly, “Hmm.”
Yun Yinghui carried Yun Yingzhi upstairs.
Yun Yingzhi sobbed, saying his heart hurt—his heart hurt very much—and incidentally, his belly was hurting along with it.
The doctor looked at Yun Yingzhi with a complicated expression and said, “Mr. Yun, you are about to give birth.”
Too shocked, Yun Yingzhi momentarily forgot the pain. He looked at the doctor with a dazed expression.
The doctor said, “Let’s go, to the delivery room.”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
Yun Yingzhi looked at Yun Yinghui hesitantly.
Yun Yinghui’s brows were knitted tightly into a frown, but even so, he was afraid of scaring Yun Yingzhi. He asked softly, “What’s wrong, Zhizhi?”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
Yun Yingzhi had a doubt: Should he continue crying, or should he scream in pain, to best express his current state of being both heartbroken and shocked?
Translator’s Note:
Terms used:
- -ge / Brother: Used as both a familial term and a sign of closeness.
- Zhizhi: A common nickname format in Chinese (doubling the last character of the name) to show affection.
- Zerg Queen (蟲皇): Literally “Insect Emperor/Empress,” referring to the ultimate leader of the alien Zerg race.
- Xingchen (星辰): Means “Stars” or “Celestial Bodies.” It’s a very poetic name for an alias!
See you in the next chapter for the birth of the cubs!
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