A Little Monster With A Wife Is Amazing – CH12

Chapter 12: “Wife! Wife, please listen to my explanation!”

Ten minutes ago.

In the anatomy lab of the Medical Specimen Base, everyone wearing protective gear was huddled around the “specially hired expert,” intently watching his operations. The donated cadaver lay supine on the operating table. The abdominal cavity had already been opened. The man held a sharp scalpel, his movements proficient and his technique exquisite. He detached the reddish-brown liver from the layers of ligaments and blood vessels with ease.

His handling was extremely professional; the fragile liver sustained no damage, and even the edges were trimmed beautifully. Structures like the bile duct, gallbladder, and hepatic portal were preserved perfectly. When the adult male cadaver’s liver was fully extracted and placed into the dissecting tray, enthusiastic applause erupted in the room.

“Brilliant! Simply brilliant!”

Not only was Director Li completely convinced, but the several young newcomers who had just joined the staff were admiring him to the point of prostration, stars shining in their eyes as they looked at Feng Xun.

“As expected of Senior Feng—such skilled handling, such sharp knife work!”
“It’s really amazing! Swish, swish, swish, and he was done! The way he uses the scalpel is just awesome!”
“Learn from him, everyone, learn from him!” Director Li took the opportunity to remind the newcomers. “Alright, hurry up and perfuse it for fixation; don’t let such a perfect liver go to waste.”

The newcomers immediately got busy. Feng Xun’s own work had temporarily come to a lull, so he stepped aside to rest. Besides the male cadaver he had just finished, there was another corpse in this anatomy room currently being dissected—it had been delivered that afternoon. It was said to have already exceeded the “golden 24 hours.” The only two veteran employees in the specimen group were busy focusing all their efforts on this newly arrived corpse, far too occupied to supervise the newcomers.

Feng Xun glanced at the wall clock. It was already more than an hour past the normal time to leave work. However, work in this line of business depended on the condition of the bodies, so they could never really leave on the dot. Overtime was unavoidable.

Seeing Feng Xun look at the clock, Director Li thought he was in a hurry to get home. “Teacher Feng, are you in a rush to go home?”

Feng Xun shook his head: “Not in a rush.”

Director Li looked at the processing progress of the two corpses and sighed helplessly: “Looks like we’ll have to be busy for another hour or so. How about this—everyone call home and let them know you definitely won’t make it back for dinner tonight. I’ll order food for you all later; just tell me what you want to eat.”

“I won’t eat. I have no appetite tonight,” someone said with a miserable face.

The other newcomers nodded in rapid agreement—they hadn’t been in the business long, and their mental fortitude hadn’t yet reached the level where they could dissect fresh corpses and then immediately turn around to eat Mao Xue Wang without changing their expression.

“Don’t order for me, either,” Feng Xun said. “I’ll go back and eat.”

This was merely an announcement, but Director Li froze, as if thinking of something, and suddenly looked apologetic.

“Teacher Feng, today’s timing is indeed unfortunate.” Director Li said embarrassedly. “If it weren’t for the heavy mission, I would certainly have let you go. Tell your ‘better half’ at home. We won’t short you on the overtime pay; ask them to be understanding.”

Feng Xun: “?”
What weird thing has the System brainwashed him with now?

He was just about to speak when the phone on the edge of the table suddenly vibrated, and a window popped up on the screen.

[Your “Cohabiting Spouse” has sent you a message.]

“…”

Feng Xun stared fixedly at the screen for a long time. Then, expressionless, he peeled off his latex gloves and picked up the phone. He swiped to unlock the screen, but instead of checking the message, he first looked at his contacts. Sure enough, in the previously empty address book, a new number had appeared.

—[Cohabiting Spouse]
It was even pinned with a yellow star at the top.

“…”

He didn’t even have to think; the System definitely did it.

Feng Xun clicked open the message column and saw the text message sent from the other side.

[Cohabiting Spouse: Hello, may I ask if you are my wife?]

“…”

Feng Xun could practically imagine it: after that person discovered a new contact number on his phone, how his eyes must have widened in surprise, then with a blank, confused look, he had foolishly sent a message to inquire.

…Wait a minute.
In the System’s notes on the other person’s phone, was his own contact name not saved as [My Wife]?

Feng Xun’s eyelid twitched. He conveniently replied with a “?”

The person on the other end was clearly hovering right in front of their phone, as a new message came back quickly.

[Which “Wife” are you? I don’t seem to know you.]

“…”

Several newcomers who were in the middle of formalin perfusion paused for a breath and caught a glimpse of Feng Xun’s expression. They couldn’t help but freeze.

Today was Feng Xun’s first day on the job. After spending a day with this newly hired “specially employed expert,” everyone was both respectful and afraid of him—
Respectful because his technique was exquisite and his ability extremely strong; he was a true expert in the field.
Afraid because he looked like someone not to be messed with, and he never wore any expression—always cold and detached. Combined with that skilled and calm dissection technique, those who knew him saw a top-tier professional, while those who didn’t might think he was a habitual dismembering criminal with a record.

Yet, this very taciturn, cool-headed professional titan, whom everyone perceived as nearly indifferent, was now showing a clear emotional shift on the upper half of his face, which wasn’t hidden by his mask—

The man looked down at his phone, his brows furrowing and then relaxing. This repeated several times, and finally… it was as if he had been angered to the point of laughter.

He stood up abruptly, walked to a corner, and dialed a number.

The newcomers’ sensitive little antennas stood up instantly: Eh? Something’s happening!
Just what kind of superhuman could make their Great God Feng so angry he’d call to argue?

Everyone was dying to sprout ten more ears to listen to the gossip, but unfortunately, the man kept his voice very low, and outsiders couldn’t hear the content of the call.

“You’re asking me ‘which one’?”

After the call connected, Feng Xun let out a cold hmph.

“Jian Tang, how many wives do you have in total?”

A sharp intake of breath came from the other side of the receiver.
Then, a series of crashing and banging sounds followed, as if something had flipped over on the floor.

“Little Tang!”
“Are you alright!”
“You were sitting just fine, why did you suddenly fall??”

Listening to the chaotic sounds from across the line, the man couldn’t help but curl the corners of his lips.
He quickly forced the corners of his mouth back to a flat line.

On the other side.

Jian Tang, who had been so startled he had fallen flat on his back, scrambled up with difficulty. He couldn’t spare a moment to respond to his colleagues’ concerns and clutched his phone as he ran to a corner.

“Wife.” Like a guilty husband caught in the act of cheating by his wife, Jian Tang didn’t dare breathe. “Wife, Wife, please listen to my explanation…”

“Who are you calling ‘Wife’?”

“Feng Xun!” Jian Tang corrected himself immediately, his attitude of sliding to his knees in apology very good. “Feng Xun, please listen to my explanation. I really didn’t know it was you; I thought…”

Before he could finish, a series of excited, hyper-agitated shouts suddenly exploded in the background on the other end.

“Wahahahaha! What a perfect kidney! This is the most perfect kidney I’ve ever dissected in my life! It’s practically my dream kidney! Hahahahahaha! I did it! I did i…”

Bang went the sound of a door being closed; it seemed the person on the call had rapidly moved to another room. The excited shouting—the mental state of which sounded concerning—was blocked outside the door and could barely be heard anymore.

“It’s nothing,” a very calm voice came through the receiver.
“Where were we?”

Jian Tang: “…”
Jian Tang: “Uh, that sound just now…”

“Eating barbecue,” the voice sounded very certain, a certainty that brooked no doubt. “Department dinner.”

“…Dinner eating a kidney?”

“Mm.” The man’s voice didn’t waver in the slightest. “Buffet barbecue—slaughtered on the spot, fresh.”

“…”

I see.

Jian Tang subconsciously licked his lips, unable to help but think back to last night’s delicious dinner. He hadn’t tried human food before, but after whetting his appetite last night, Jian Tang now felt quite favorably toward human cuisine and couldn’t help but feel a sense of longing.

“Is… your (human) barbecue… tasty?”

“Not bad.” Hearing the sound of the youth quietly slurping his saliva, the man paused slightly.

“They also have vegetable barbecue. If you want to eat it, I’ll bring some back for you tonight.”

“Wow! Really? You can do that!”

Jian Tang was incredibly excited, but suddenly thinking of something, he withered again.

“…Thank you, but you don’t need to bring any for me.” He said listlessly. “I have to work overtime tonight; I probably won’t be able to make it back in time to eat it.”

“If it’s too late, you can eat it as a midnight snack,” the other side said. “Just heat it up.”

“Uh, what I meant by not making it back in time wasn’t about missing a hot meal…” Jian Tang hung his head, like a wilted little cabbage.

“I might have to work through the night tonight; I can’t go home.”

Silence.
A sudden silence.

This time, the man on the other end didn’t speak for a long while.

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