AHDIBCB Chapter 10

The rice was mixed grain rice, but Yuan Yi had cooked it to be exceptionally soft and delicious. When Li Chengping returned home, Yuan Yi had just placed the last dish on the table.

Li Chengping usually rested at home for fifteen minutes before eating, but today, he washed his hands and changed into home clothes as soon as he arrived. He remarked, “Truly, life brings all kinds of surprises. Who would have thought I’d ever get to eat a meal cooked by my daughter-in-law? And yet, here I am, eating it—and it’s even made so well.”

Jian Yurou was also surprised by Yuan Yi’s excellent cooking skills. But beyond her surprise, she couldn’t help but feel a little regretful, sighing, “Xiao Yi, you wouldn’t know, but Li Heng used to love eating beef the most. It’s a pity… he doesn’t have the fortune to enjoy this.”

Li Chengping said, “It’s a good day, so let’s not bring up such things—it’ll only make us sad.”

Jian Yurou took a deep breath. “You’re right, let’s not talk about it. Xiao Yi, you should eat too.”

Yuan Yi served soup to the two elders and ate slowly. He had initially thought about asking about Li Heng, but in the end, he decided there was no need. The person was already gone—asking would only add to the elders’ sorrow. It was better to keep things calm.

He had already thought it through on the way here: since he had come to the Li family, no matter the reason, as long as Li Heng didn’t come back from the dead, he would probably stay and live with the Li family and get along well with the two elders.

As for everything else, he would take things one step at a time. For now, the most important thing was to change his major first. Although there were restrictions on many jobs for omegas, it wasn’t that they couldn’t work at all. In the future, he could still continue being a doctor.

After dinner, the smart cleaning robot took care of clearing the table. Yuan Yi went upstairs, and while digesting his meal, he created a detailed daily schedule.

The schedule included how many hours he would study each day, what subjects he would cover, what time he would wake up, and what time he would sleep. He even planned how much water he would drink each day and at what times he would eat fruit and nuts. The entire plan was highly structured.

Jian Yurou came by to bring him some fruit tea and happened to see his schedule. She was surprised to find that he had set his wake-up time for 4:30 AM—five minutes for washing up, thirty-five minutes to memorize medical concepts, then breakfast, a ten-minute outdoor walk, and then back to studying.

His schedule was packed to the brim, with even break times kept to a minimum—the longest being only ten minutes. She couldn’t help but ask, “Won’t this be too exhausting? You’re not just taking care of yourself anymore.”

Yuan Yi replied, “It is a bit early, but I go to bed at 10:30 PM, so I can still get six hours of sleep each night. It should be fine. I’ll try it out first. If it’s too much, I’ll adjust accordingly.”

Jian Yurou had seen students who continued their studies while pregnant, so she simply advised, “Remember, if you feel tired, don’t push yourself too hard. Nothing is more important than your health, understand?”

Yuan Yi acknowledged her concern, then pulled out a notebook he had bought earlier and retrieved a book from the spacecraft.He hadn’t taken all the books down from the spacecraft—more than half of them remained inside. Though his current spacecraft was a civilian model, it had a surprisingly spacious interior, with six seats and a small table, making it perfectly suitable as a mobile study room.

Opening his notebook, he checked today’s book list on his optical computer and listed the most pressing issues he needed to tackle:

1. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Issues

Many drug names here differed from those he had memorized in his previous life, meaning he essentially had to learn a new medical language—pharmaceutical chemistry in a foreign tongue. His goal was to quickly memorize the new drug names, understand their mechanisms of action, and accurately translate the old names into their new equivalents. This approach was far more efficient than forcefully replacing old knowledge with new information.

      2. ABO Reproductive System Studies

This was an entirely new field for him, requiring considerable time and effort.

      3. ABO Glandular Studies

Though also a new subject, it was relatively straightforward. While pheromone secretion varied greatly, glandular structures were simpler compared to other organs. Their functions and biological characteristics were not overly complex.

As for laboratory safety and management, medical mathematics, and college psychology, those could be studied at a slower pace since they were largely similar to what he had learned before. He only needed to review the differences.

Yuan Yi continued writing and taking notes until ten o’clock. Originally, he planned to read for another twenty minutes before washing up and going to bed. But as he stared at the pen in his hand, he picked up a blank sheet of paper and attempted to draw a diagram of an omega’s glands. 

Although he had no plans to study fashion design in the future, having more skills was never a disadvantage. He still wanted to retain his drawing abilities as much as possible.

Yuan Yi noticed that the original body’s line control was quite strong. In the past, his own biological diagrams had always been accurate but ugly, whereas the one he had just drawn looked much better.

Satisfied with the result, he left the drawing on the table and went to shower and sleep.

Under the showerhead, he glanced down at his abdomen. There was still a thin layer of muscle. He wondered how long it would take before changes became noticeable.

While shopping earlier, he had seen several pregnant Beta and Omega men. At first, it had seemed strange to him, but after seeing enough of them, it started to feel normal. That was just how people were—once something aligned with the mainstream, it no longer felt unusual.

Yuan Yi lay down and used voice control to turn off the lights.

Meanwhile, the Zhou household was still brightly lit.

“Mom, do you think Yuan Yi has lost his mind?”

Zhou Xingran and Fang Jing were applying face masks.

Bai Wanzhe had accepted their invitation and was coming over next weekend. Zhou Xingran was too excited to sleep and kept chattering to Fang Jing non-stop.

“If Yuan Yi really manages to transfer to the medical school, then he must have cheated. If he can get into medicine without Dean Li and Professor Jian pulling strings for him, then I might as well go pilot a mecha. With his brain, he actually dares to dream about studying medicine? What a joke!”

“Why bother talking about him? If he fails to transfer, it’s his and the Li family’s embarrassment. What you should focus on right now is making a good impression when the Bai family visits.”

“Don’t be ridiculous! Why should we go out of my way to impress them?” Zhou Tandai said discontentedly. “No matter how powerful the Bai family is, they’re still just a family of merchants. Our Zhou family isn’t trying to climb up to them—you need to understand that, Xingran. Don’t undervalue yourself, do you hear me? Yuan Yi dared to make demands of the Li family, so you should have expectations for the Bai family as well.”

“Oh, Dad, how is that the same? The Li family is influential, but Li Heng is dead. Yuan Yi is practically widowed—of course, he can make a few demands. But Senior Bai is alive and well.”

“Listen to yourself!” Fang Jing scolded. “Your father is absolutely right. When I said you should make a good impression, I meant you should showcase your personal charm—not lower yourself. You have no idea how pleased they were when they heard I invited them over. Say what you will, but with your father’s status, families like theirs would be more than happy to marry into ours.”

“Really?”

“Of course!”

The more Zhou Xingran thought about it, the more excited he became. He was convinced that this was practically a done deal. Only Zhou Tandai wasn’t entirely optimistic about this arrangement.

No matter how favored Bai Wanzhe was, he still carried the Bai surname. The real wealth belonged to his maternal family—the Zhengs. The Zheng family had several children, and who knew how much of that fortune would eventually end up in Bai Wanzhe’s hands?

But that wasn’t the only thing on Zhou Tandai’s mind. Because his son constantly talked about Bai Wanzhe, he had taken the time to investigate him. It was clear that Bai Wanzhe was just a sheltered young man. Even if he was an Alpha, he wasn’t particularly impressive.

If he had to choose, he still would’ve preferred Li Heng. If Li Heng were alive, there was no way he would have let the opportunity to marry into the Li family slip to Yuan Yi. What a pity.

Zhou Tandai glanced at his oblivious wife and son. “Fang Jing, from now on, transfer 100,000 yuan to Yuan Yi’s account every month.”

Fang Jing immediately turned her head. “Why should I?”

Zhou Tandai said, “Forget about the past. From now on, Yuan Yi is our connection to the Li family. He’s not under our roof anymore, which means we need to be even more careful. We have to maintain appearances. Also, when you have time, go visit him—show some concern. As long as we can hold onto the Jian family, the money we’re spending now is just a small price to pay.”

Zhou Xingran said, “Then wouldn’t it be better to build ties with the Zheng family instead? Bai Wanzhe’s mother, Ms. Zheng Lin, is an excellent businesswoman. I heard she has significant influence within Zheng Group.”

Zhou Tanda snapped, “What do you know, kid? Go to your room and sleep. And remember—clean up the bedroom next to yours. From now on, if anyone asks, tell them it’s reserved for Yuan Yi. Understood?”

Zhou Xingran took off his face mask, grumbling reluctantly, “Got it!”

Fang Jing also removed her mask and followed her son. “I need to talk to you in a bit.”

Zhou Tandai watched the mother and son walk away, feeling a vague sense of unease. Ever since Yuan Yi left, he had the nagging feeling that something had gone wrong, as if he had made a misstep somewhere.

According to his plan, even if Yuan Yi married into the Li family, he should still be in frequent contact with him. At the very least, he shouldn’t have replaced his communicator without saying a word—Yuan Yi had never been the type to do something like that.

Yet not only had he switched his communicator without notifying him, but now he was even planning to change his major. None of this seemed like something Yuan Yi would have come up with on his own.

Could it be that the problem with the communicator was actually discovered by the Li family? Was it Li Chengping or Jian Yurou who was preventing Yuan Yi from reaching out to them?

Zhou Tanda furrowed his brows, unable to figure it out no matter how much he thought about it.

Meanwhile, Li Heng and his team had already entered the Star Bridge.

The Star Bridge was a colossal celestial structure resembling a nine-colored halo. It was a superstructure capable of rapidly transporting objects to any of the nine major human-inhabited planets. After crossing the Nine-Colored Star Bridge, Li Heng and his team quickly re-entered a signal-covered zone, meaning they now had access to the network again.

At that moment, Li Heng was staring at the front page of a past news report—”Honoring the Fallen Heroes of the Nine-Colored Star Bridge Defense Battle.”

At the top of the list of fallen soldiers: Li Heng.

Winter Wolf commented, “General, looks like we’ve been dead for nine months.”

Li Heng, legs crossed, sneered, “They really waited for just the right moment, didn’t they?”

The Nine-Colored Star Bridge opened a passage to the planet Hainar once every four years. That planet was easy to enter but nearly impossible to leave. Not only was it overrun with wild beasts, but the window for escape was extremely short.

Night Wolf added, “The time difference between the two places is significant. But judging by this… some people really never planned for us to make it back alive.”

Yang Mei hesitantly raised a hand. “General, I think… there’s something else that might be even more urgent.”

Li Heng turned to look at him. “What?”

The orderly handed over his personal terminal. “There’s a headline saying that you got married… to an omega named Yuan Yi. Apparently, he’s a freshman in college. And… it seems like he’s now… carrying your child.”