Chapter 33: Incurable Disease
Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Editor: Karai
When Yun Yingzhi entered the examination room, he once again met the doctor in the white lab coat. The doctor opened his personal terminal, bringing up Yun Yingzhi’s scan records on the light screen before them. Yun Yingzhi couldn’t read any of the medical terms, but he clearly saw his own name and date of birth.
Name: Yun Yingzhi
Age: 19
The rest was a blur of technical jargon he didn’t understand. He stole a glance at the doctor’s face, watching carefully. The doctor’s brows were slightly furrowed, his expression serious. Yun Yingzhi sniffled, his heart tightening. Maybe… maybe he really did have something serious.
“You’re only nineteen,” the doctor said quietly.
“Mm.”
The doctor sighed softly.
At that moment, Yun Yingzhi felt certain—his time was running out. He didn’t know how long he had left to live, but he knew what he had to do first: pay Wei Yuanqing back, maybe refund Ji Xiaobo and Jing Haomiao too, and then devote everything he had left to designing a source weapon for Yun Yinghui. He tried to hold it in, but failed—his head lowered, tears dripping silently onto his knees.
The doctor rested his chin on one hand, still staring intently at the projected scan, seemingly unaware that Yun Yingzhi was crying. “Where are your family members?” he asked.
Yun Yingzhi froze. So the doctor was going to contact them—to have them prepare for his funeral? His stomach stirred faintly again. Trying to steady himself, Yun Yingzhi whispered, “I… I don’t want them to know.”
He didn’t want Yun Yinghui to know because his brother was still on the battlefield; he didn’t want to worry him. He didn’t want General Yun or Madam Yun to know because—deep down—he knew they never cared about him. He had once read stories on the StarNet about neglected children who hurt themselves just to gain their parents’ attention.
Even as a child, Yun Yingzhi had known that General Yun and Madam Yun didn’t care about him. No matter what he did—no matter how outrageous—it never made them sad, only embarrassed. The only one who would truly grieve for him was his loving older brother.
He couldn’t let him grieve again.
The doctor still hadn’t looked away from the scans, his tone grave. “But your condition is very serious. You need to tell them.” He paused, then added, “You won’t be able to handle this on your own.”
“It’s okay,” Yun Yingzhi murmured. He wanted so badly to ask—was it really untreatable? If so… how much time did he have left? After a moment of hesitation, he decided he should at least message Yun Yingyao again—to leave his last words.
He wanted to tell her that once he was gone, she should take care of Yun Yinghui in his place. But… no. He didn’t have the right to ask that of her. Still, he typed out a message:
Yun Yingzhi: Yingyao, after I’m gone, please take care of Mom and Dad for me. And… can you also comfort big brother in my place?
Yun Yingyao immediately started sending him video calls. Tears streamed down his face as he declined each one.
Yun Yingzhi: Don’t send me video calls. I don’t want to answer.
Yun Yingyao: Yun Yingzhi! Don’t you dare do something stupid!
He blinked in confusion. Something stupid? What was she talking about? He was stunned for a moment—and then it hit him.
Before he could even explain, she said, “I already called the police.”
Yun Yingzhi’s eyelid twitched. A huge question mark formed in his head.
Yun Yingyao: Do you really like Huai Boshe that much? You’d do something like this over him?
His heart skipped a beat, cold sweat beading on his forehead. What “something like this”? Over Huai Boshe? She called the police?! So—she thought he was going to commit suicide out of heartbreak? And since she’d reported it, the police would definitely rush to “save” him.
Soon enough, the headlines would read:
The second son of General Yun’s household, heartbroken and suicidal, prompted a large-scale rescue operation—only for authorities to discover he wasn’t attempting suicide, but had in fact been diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Yun Yingzhi’s face, pale from despair only moments before, flushed bright red. The embarrassment was so strong he wanted to bury himself alive—no, dig a hole big enough to fit the entire Yun estate. Hands trembling, he quickly tried to message Yun Yingyao back, begging her to cancel the report.
But before he could, the doctor looked up and asked, “Why are you crying so hard?”
Yun Yingzhi lifted his gaze. Their eyes met. His eyes were rimmed red, his whole face tear-streaked and pitiful.
The doctor sighed again, handed him a tissue, and said gently, “Don’t cry. You need to control your emotions—it’ll only make things harder on your body.”
How could he control his emotions when he was dying? He wasn’t afraid of death itself. He was just unwilling to leave—his brother, his friends, his parents… even his little sister, who never once called him brother.
The thought made him cry even harder. No, this wouldn’t do. Even if he was dying, he couldn’t go out like this—completely humiliated. He had to contact Yun Yingyao again, make her call the police back immediately.
The doctor paused for a moment, then asked suddenly, “Who’s the mother of the child?”
Yun Yingzhi froze, his mind blank. The mother of… what? “Th-the mother of the child?” he repeated dumbly.
The doctor frowned. “The other biological parent of the two children in your abdomen. If not the mother, then what— the father?”
Yun Yingzhi stared at him, completely dazed. Two? Two children? Did the doctor just say there were two inside him?! The child’s mother? But he was a man—how could he possibly be carrying another woman’s child?
Yun Yingzhi said, “Wait, so a man can get pregnant with a woman’s child?” His face was filled with shock, his pupils trembling nonstop.
The doctor said, “It seems the child’s other biological parent is also a father.”
Yun Yingzhi: “…” So not only could a man carry a woman’s child, but he could even carry another man’s child. Yun Yingzhi had already been red all over, but now the skin exposed outside grew even redder, as if steam was about to rise off him.
No— That wasn’t the main point! The point was that he didn’t have a terminal illness—he was pregnant! For a fleeting moment, Yun Yingzhi subtly felt that compared to having a terminal illness, being pregnant didn’t sound all that unacceptable after all.
Suddenly, his mind jolted. No—wait! Yun Yingyao just said she had called the police. That meant his earlier assumption needed to be changed to: The second son of General Yun’s mansion attempted suicide out of love. The police rushed to the rescue, only to discover the young man wasn’t trying to kill himself—he was pregnant.
Yun Yingzhi thought, and immediately realized that soon everyone in the Loos Empire would know he was pregnant—and not just with one, but with two. His heart pounded wildly, thump, thump, thump. He was so mortified he wanted to claw his way out of the palace walls. Just imagining it made him feel like he’d rather have a terminal illness instead. This was way too embarrassing.
The doctor looked at Yun Yingzhi and asked, “Who’s the other father of the child?”
Yun Yingzhi instinctively wanted to tell the truth, but caught himself immediately. Now wasn’t the time for that—he needed to contact Yun Yingyao first. He didn’t want to become the empire’s top headline or trend on the hot searches again.
He said, “Wait a second,” and quickly sent a private message: Yun Yingyao, don’t get the wrong idea. I’m not trying to kill myself. Cancel the police report, now!
Yun Yingyao: Then why didn’t you answer my video call?
Yun Yingzhi: Just cancel it first!
Yun Yingyao: Before, when our brother called you, you always replied no matter how busy you were. Why didn’t you answer me?
Yun Yingzhi’s eyelid twitched wildly. His mind had been entirely focused on his talk with the doctor, and then on preventing this embarrassing disaster, so he hadn’t even noticed he’d missed Yun Yinghui’s video call. He felt like an ant on a hot pan, completely frantic.
Then Yun Yingyao made it worse: I know where you are. The police will be there soon, and so will I. If you dare do something stupid, I’ll never forgive you.
Yun Yingyao: If anything happens to you, our brother will be heartbroken too!
Yun Yingzhi realized that no matter what he said now, Yun Yingyao wouldn’t believe him. In a panic, he sent a video call request. Almost the moment he sent it, Yun Yingyao answered. At that moment, Yun Yingyao’s long hair was messy, her eyes red, and she was driving a hovercar.
Yun Yingzhi said, “Yun Yingyao, why are you crying?”
Yun Yingyao snapped, “Would I be crying if you weren’t about to do something stupid?”
Yun Yingzhi said, “No, A’Yao, I don’t want to argue right now—just cancel the report first.”
Yun Yingyao said, “Yun Yingzhi, no matter what it is, we can talk it out. Death doesn’t solve everything.”
Yun Yingzhi shouted, “Yun Yingyao! I’m not going to die!”
Yun Yingyao shot back, “Then why did you leave me your last words?”
Yun Yingzhi: “…” He froze, and his voice dropped several notches as he said, “No, you misunderstood. I thought I had a terminal illness.”
The middle-aged doctor, who had been silently watching the siblings’ entire drama, said, “It’s not a terminal illness. He’s just pregnant.”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
Hearing that through the call, Yun Yingyao let out a sigh of relief. “Thank goodness it’s not terminal. Just pregnant, that’s all… Wait, what?” Through the projection, Yun Yingzhi watched Yun Yingyao’s hand on the hovercar controls tremble as she yelled, “Pregnant?! Pregnant?! Yun! Ying! Zhi!? You’re pregnant?!”
Yun Yingzhi: “…” Yun Yingzhi and Yun Yingyao were only a year apart. Their relationship wasn’t exactly close, but they had grown up together. In all those years, this was probably the first time Yun Yingzhi had ever seen Yun Yingyao lose her composure like this.
Yun Yingyao stared at him in total shock. Yun Yingzhi was equally stunned, but he still nodded slowly. “Yeah. Pregnant.” He paused, then added softly, “I just found out myself.”
It was so humiliating—he would’ve preferred having a terminal illness. Thinking about it, Yun Yingzhi decided that his pregnancy wasn’t even the most important thing right now. What mattered most was canceling that police report. He said, “Yingyao, hurry and cancel the report.”
On the other end, Yun Yingyao took a deep breath, glared at him, and silently canceled it. Yun Yingzhi watched her do it and finally exhaled in relief. Thank goodness. QAQ. He wouldn’t be headline news or the top search result anymore! He absolutely didn’t want to be famous in this way. Then Yun Yingyao’s voice turned icy. “Who’s the other parent of the child?”
Under her sharp, suspicious gaze, Yun Yingzhi didn’t dare refuse. He lied carefully, “That night… I drank too much. I don’t remember anything.” He paused, then quietly shifted the blame. “When I woke up, the person was gone.” He added, “I even asked the front desk, tried to find out who it was, but there were no traces left.”
Yun Yingyao’s composure cracked again. She roared like an angry dragon at him through the screen. Yun Yingzhi flinched, his hand shaking as he immediately hung up the call. He let out a long, weary sigh of relief—but then… He received a new incoming call. From Yun Yinghui.
Yun Yingzhi didn’t dare answer. After a moment of hesitation, he declined the call and sent a private message instead: Brother, A’Yao misunderstood. I wasn’t trying to kill myself, and I’m not sick. I’m perfectly healthy.
Yun Yingzhi nervously hoped that Yun Yingyao hadn’t told Yun Yinghui about the pregnancy. But the more he thought about it, the less sure he felt. So he sent Yun Yingyao another message: Don’t tell our brother about this.
Almost immediately, Yun Yingyao replied: I already did.
Yun Yingzhi just felt a wave of misery wash over him.
In front of him, the doctor in the white coat watched his flustered state with genuine curiosity. After a brief moment, the doctor said, “Your family seems to—”
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. The doctor glanced toward the door.
A voice called from outside, “Dr. Bai, here’s the situation. Someone reported that the patient in front of you is… special. Um, meaning we should pay careful attention to him.”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
Dr. Bai: “…”
From the exchange between Yun Yingzhi and Yun Yingyao, Dr. Bai roughly understood what had happened and simply said, “Alright.”
Thanks to his sharp hearing, Yun Yingzhi caught snippets of conversation outside the door between the nurses.
“Yeah, this client—his family called the police. They thought he was going to commit suicide. Lots of cops came, but thankfully it was just a misunderstanding.”
Another nurse, clearly knowing more, added, “After they realized it was an accident, they found out the patient comes from a very unusual family. His brother specifically contacted us, telling us to take good care of him.”
“What’s wrong with him?”
“The medical records are sealed, and his personal data is locked. But those who’ve seen his case say… he seems to be pregnant?”
“Whoa!”
“Seems like it’s even twins.”
“Impressive!”
Inside the room, Yun Yingzhi felt completely defeated. The only silver lining was that he hadn’t ended up in the headlines. His mind was in chaos.
Dr. Bai stood and said, “Come on, I’ll take you to obstetrics.”
Yun Yingzhi’s body stuck to the chair, unwilling to move.
Dr. Bai said, “This is the oncology department. Staying here won’t help you.”
Yun Yingzhi shook his head rapidly, whispering, “I don’t want to go to obstetrics.”
Dr. Bai sighed. “Whether you plan to keep the children or terminate the pregnancy, you need to see obstetrics.” He paused, then added, “According to Loos Empire law, terminating a pregnancy without malformation is illegal.”
Yun Yingzhi’s eyelids twitched uncontrollably. Everything had happened too suddenly. Before this, he had never even considered whether to keep the children, and even now his mind was a fog.
Dr. Bai said, “Your situation is unusual. For your own sake, and for the sake of the two lives in your womb, I strongly recommend you see a specialist now.”
Yun Yingzhi hesitated but, under Dr. Bai’s guidance, reluctantly stood and moved toward the obstetrics department.
On the way, Yun Yingyao rushed into the hospital and met him. Yun Yingzhi, recently having told Yun Yingyao his “last words,” was annoyed that she had revealed his pregnancy to Yun Yinghui, and silently shook his head, refusing to acknowledge her.
Yun Yingyao stood coldly beside Dr. Bai, not even glancing at him. Normally, Yun Yingzhi would have had to wait in line, like when he registered earlier. But thanks to Yun Yinghui’s connections, he bypassed registration and went straight to the consultation. His attending physician was changed to another doctor, very young, under thirty, surname Lan.
Dr. Lan and Dr. Bai exchanged professional terminology that Yun Yingzhi couldn’t understand. He glanced left and right, finally spotting Yun Yingyao. Yun Yingzhi thought her gaze at Dr. Lan looked highly confrontational, full of suspicion.
He sent her a private message: Yun Yingyao, the way you’re looking at Dr. Lan is extremely rude.
Yun Yingyao: Lan is your attending doctor.
Yun Yingzhi: And your manners?
Yun Yingyao: He looks so young.
Yun Yingzhi paused, then said, “Teachers always said, don’t judge by appearance.”
Yun Yingyao: He’s just too young.
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
They were clearly talking past each other. Before Yun Yingzhi could respond, Yun Yingyao sent another message: Let’s change hospitals.
Yun Yingzhi: No need.
Yun Yingyao: Do you know what they’re saying?
Yun Yingzhi froze, listening to the two doctors’ conversation.
Yun Yingyao: The two babies in your womb are quite different—very special.
Dr. Bai said, “Yes, they are somewhat different in form.”
Dr. Lan: “Their birth timing isn’t necessarily the same. We need careful observation.”
Yun Yingzhi felt scared and asked, “Dr. Bai, Dr. Lan, is something wrong with the babies?”
Both doctors looked at him in unison. Yun Yingzhi remembered the nurse’s sympathetic gaze earlier and his thoughts veered toward the idea of a terminal illness again.
Dr. Lan smiled at him. “Don’t worry. Just relax.”
Yun Yingyao asked, “Please explain clearly—what’s his current situation?”
Dr. Bai said, “Yun, your second form is a white rabbit, correct?”
Yun Yingzhi nodded.
Dr. Lan said, “Here’s the situation. The two lives you are carrying are of different forms. One is human. The other is a second form. It’s still small, so we can’t determine the exact second form yet. It might follow you, or it might follow the child’s other father.”
Yun Yingzhi: “…”
Yun Yingyao: “Hmph.”
Yun Yingzhi quietly glanced at Yun Yingyao from the corner of his eye, sensing that she seemed to be carrying a forty-meter-long sword behind her. Yun Yingzhi shivered slightly and turned his gaze back to the two doctors.
Dr. Bai said, “The humanoid little baby should be born around forty weeks. What’s uncertain right now is the second-form little baby.”
Dr. Lan added, “If the second-form little baby follows you, it might be born within thirty to ninety days. That means, during the upcoming period, this little baby will enter a rapid growth phase.”
Yun Yingzhi felt his face twitch. It was a little terrifying. Just a moment ago, he had only learned he was pregnant. Now, he was hearing that his baby was about to be born.
Dr. Bai continued, “Of course, if the second-form baby follows another father, it might enter the rapid growth phase early on, then slow down later. When it will finally be born is still unknown.”
Upon hearing this, Yun Yingyao let out a quiet “hm.” At that moment, Yun Yingzhi and the two doctors all had the illusion that if the child’s other father appeared here, Yun Yingyao might really brandish a forty-meter-long sword. Yun Yingzhi shivered again. Today, Yun Yingyao gave off a slightly terrifying aura.
Dr. Lan said, “Mr. Yun, because we don’t know the exact situation of the second-form little baby in your womb, we hope you can come for a checkup twice a week from now on.”
Yun Yingzhi’s mouth twitched. Everything had happened too suddenly. He didn’t want to come to the hospital for checkups at all, especially to the OB-GYN department. But thinking about it, if he didn’t come, the second-form little baby might be born while he was asleep.
So… Would the second-form little baby he was carrying look like him or like Elvis? What exactly was Elvis’s second form? A huge question rose in Yun Yingzhi’s mind.
He looked at the two doctors and obediently responded with a soft “Okay,” though he remained thoroughly confused.
After leaving the hospital, Yun Yingzhi thought about what he should do next. Should he return to Fansa Academy? He probably had to go back, right? Ah, that’s right—tomorrow Yun Yingyao would leave Fansa Academy with the other genius students for special training.
Yun Yingzhi looked at Yun Yingyao. Yun Yingyao grasped Yun Yingzhi’s wrist. Yun Yingzhi froze for a moment, his gaze blank as he looked at Yun Yingyao. Yun Yingyao pulled him into a levitating car and headed straight to Imperial Star First Hospital.
Despite Yun Yingzhi’s resistance, Yun Yingyao, using “Big Brother asked me to bring you here” as a reason, took him for a new round of examinations.
Yun Yingyao, judging people by appearances, requested once again that a highly experienced doctor handle Yun Yingzhi’s treatment, implying that she wanted an older doctor. During the examination, Yun Yingzhi clung to hope and silently prayed that the previous tests had been misdiagnoses. The result… was exactly the same.
Yun Yingzhi felt deeply regretful. The tests had been correct—there were indeed two little babies of different forms inside his womb.
