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At that moment, a technician from the Testing Center approached me, saying that the director of their center wanted to see me.
"If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Si, you may have an unborn Twin Sibling."
I nodded in acknowledgment.
"Mr. Si is quite special; you carry two sets of DNA sequences within you. This phenomenon is scientifically referred to as Chimera."
"Chimera?" I asked, surprised by the term.
"To put it simply, the Chimera phenomenon occurs during the embryonic stage when two embryos compete for nutrients. The victorious one will consume the defeated one, which may then become a genetic parasite, developing into an organ or system of the winner."
"Mr. Si, your body contains both your genes and those of your Twin Sibling, which is why your son can only establish paternity through sampling your reproductive cells. Back in 2002, there was a case in the United States where a woman’s newborn could not confirm paternity through conventional cell sampling."
"My reproductive cells and my regular cells are not the same set of genes?"
"That's correct. Theoretically speaking, you are propagating the genes of your Twin Sibling."
The thought that I carried the genes of Sibei Can sent chills down my spine. Yet, as absurd as it sounded, this was a phenomenon that could be explained by scientific theory; thankfully, it wasn't a consequence of that night.
As I was about to leave after bidding farewell to the director, I suddenly recalled something he had said earlier.
"You mentioned earlier about nutrient competition during the embryonic stage? What if the Twin Sibling has already developed into a fetus? Could there still be genetic parasitism?"
"Such cases of Chimera are rare. Once a fetus develops within the Maternal Body, they generally become independent entities."
A cold sweat broke out on my body. Sibei Can had indeed developed into a fetus within my mother’s womb at that time, and what was extracted was a stillborn without breath or heartbeat.
"But it's not impossible. The scientific community is still exploring the Chimera phenomenon. After all, the genetic sequences of Twin Brothers are indeed similar."
The director continued to explain the Chimera phenomenon using scientific theories, stating that Twin Brothers are natural samples of Chimeras. However, I felt that the sounds around me were becoming increasingly ethereal.
In a daze, I heard Sibei Can's voice from before he disappeared: "Brother, I just want you to always carry me with you. If you don't come looking for me, then I have to come find you."
So this was his final message. It turned out that my Twin Puppets brother was the true uncanny fetus.
After stumbling out of the Testing Center, I drove alone towards Wan Feng Residence.
By the time I arrived, the Wan Feng Residence had been reduced to rubble. The workers said that the location was prime, and the government planned to develop it into an integrated commercial area for tourism.
I called the owner’s phone number, which I had reserved a suite at during my wedding leave a year ago, but it was disconnected.
I then called Hong Qianqian to ask how she had been doing. She mentioned that she was planning to invite me and He Xiaoyan to her wedding with Brother Bo. She said that if it weren’t for us accompanying her to the hospital during college to have that benign uterine tumor removed, she might have thought she was pregnant all along.
When I returned home, my mother and mother-in-law were playing with He Xiaoyan and the child. I asked my mother about having a twin brother, but she insisted that I was an only child.
I inquired about Wan Feng Residence with He Xiaoyan, but she said it was because I went to Tang Village for my wedding leave, and stayed at Wan Feng Residence while it was about to be closed for renovations into a tourist area. She was upset with me for that, and I promised to take her abroad next time.
Moreover, He Xiaoyan mentioned that it was her first time visiting Wan Feng Residence during our wedding leave.
My mind spun in confusion. Could it be that everything before was just a dream? It seemed impossible; everything felt so real. The sharp pain from the ghostly figure wielding a knife against my shoulder still lingered vividly in my memory.
Yet, I couldn’t find any evidence of what had existed before. In the end, all I could confirm through the DNA Test Report in my hand was one thing—the genes of my Twin Sibling were parasitically embedded within me.
I am a Chimera with two sets of genes. I believe in things that can be explained by science and refuse to attribute anything to the Yin Yang Realm. Otherwise, I would only fall into an abyss of fear.
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