Li Xu didn’t immediately answer Wang Linlin’s question.

Telling them the truth directly would be a huge blow to the young woman and her boyfriend.

He had to be careful.

He had to lay some groundwork to mentally prepare them for the harsh reality.

Li Xu looked at Du Qiang and asked, "Sir, how would you describe your relationship with the patient?"

Du Qiang was taken aback by Li Xu’s sudden question.

He hadn’t expected Li Xu to ask something like that, which made him even more flustered.

He assumed Wang Linlin really did have a terminal illness and that Li Xu was testing whether he could handle the blow.

Du Qiang immediately grabbed Wang Linlin’s hand and declared firmly, "Dr. Li, Linlin and I have a wonderful relationship. I love her very, very much. No matter what illness she has, I can take it. I will absolutely stay by her side, through thick and thin."

Du Qiang’s words were so sincere and heartfelt that the viewers in the livestream chat were deeply moved.

"Way to go, Brother Qiang."

"This is true love! I’m literally crying."

"Linlin picked a good one."

However,

after hearing this, Li Xu couldn’t help but think, ’You won’t be able to take it.’

’Unless his sexual orientation was... different.’

Li Xu pulled his gaze away, turned to Wang Linlin, and continued to lay the groundwork. "Miss Wang, while I was taking your pulse just now, a name suddenly came to mind."

Wang Linlin looked puzzled, having no idea what Li Xu was getting at.

Li Xu continued, "How does the name Wang Dazhuang sound to you? You might want to consider changing your name."

The moment he said that, the clinic fell deathly silent.

Wang Linlin was completely floored. She had absolutely no idea why Li Xu would suddenly bring up a name like that.

Especially one so masculine and unrefined.

Du Qiang was dumbfounded, too. He glanced from Li Xu to Wang Linlin, completely baffled.

The viewers in the livestream chat absolutely exploded:

"Holy crap! What the hell is Dr. Li talking about?"

"Wang Dazhuang? That name is so hick."

"Has Dr. Li gone crazy?"

"What’s the joke? I don’t get it at all."

"Is Dr. Li implying her illness is serious and she should change her name to improve her luck?"

"Hahaha, Wang Dazhuang! I’m dying!"

"Damn, what a wild move by Dr. Li. I seriously don’t get it."

Wang Linlin’s face was a mask of confusion,

completely unable to grasp the situation.

But as a streamer, she’d seen her fair share of drama and quickly composed herself.

She asked, feigning a casual tone, "Dr. Li, what do you mean? Wang Dazhuang... Does that have something to do with my condition? Is there something seriously wrong with my body?"

She paused, forcing a smile. "Just tell me directly. I can take it. Whatever the bad news is, I’m prepared. I grew up with my grandparents and I’ve been through a lot. There’s nothing I can’t handle."

After speaking, Wang Linlin deliberately tugged on Du Qiang’s hand, as if to show Dr. Li that she had someone there to support her.

In the livestream chat, viewers posted a flood of comments: "Don’t be scared, Linlin!" "Stay strong, Brother Qiang!"

Li Xu looked at Wang Linlin’s grim, tragic expression—as if she were a hero marching off to her doom, never to return—and didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

His attempt at laying groundwork hadn’t helped her sense the truth at all. Instead, it had made her mistakenly believe she had a terminal illness.

It was a classic case of good intentions gone wrong.

He shook his head. Just as he was about to drop the pretense and tell her the truth,

Du Qiang suddenly shot up from his chair.

His eyes were fixed fanatically on Wang Linlin’s stomach, his face alight with excitement.

"Darling..."

Du Qiang cried out, pulling Wang Linlin into a tight embrace.

Wang Linlin was startled by Du Qiang’s sudden embrace.

She struggled a little and asked in confusion, "Brother Qiang, what are you doing?"

Li Xu was also taken aback by Du Qiang’s sudden move.

’Could it be that Du Qiang understood my hint?’ he wondered.

’He looks so happy. Don’t tell me... Du Qiang is actually into femboys?’

Uh...

’If that’s really the case, it would actually be a good thing for Wang Linlin.’

However,

Du Qiang’s next words left both Li Xu and Wang Linlin completely dumbfounded.

Hugging Wang Linlin tightly, Du Qiang said excitedly, "Darling, you’re... you’re pregnant! You really are! Let’s have the baby. Let’s have it, I’ll raise it... I’ll definitely be a good father."

"Huh?"

Wang Linlin’s mind went completely blank.

’I’m "pregnant"?’

’Pregnant?’

’Du Qiang is going to be a father?’

She pushed Du Qiang away and retorted, "Du Qiang, what are you talking about? How could I possibly be pregnant? I’ve never even had a period! It’s impossible for me to get pregnant."

Li Xu stared at the young couple, who had morphed from a "paragon of true love" to a "pair of lunatics" in the blink of an eye, his jaw hanging open in astonishment.

Just a moment ago, he’d been moved by Du Qiang’s deep affection,

but in the blink of an eye, Du Qiang had dropped the bombshell announcement about a "pregnancy."

At that moment, only two words echoed in Li Xu’s mind: "Holy crap."

’Wang Linlin’s physiological condition—no uterus, no ovaries, biologically male—made pregnancy completely impossible.’

’He had no idea how Du Qiang had even made the jump to pregnancy.’

"Darling, don’t get upset..."

Seeing Wang Linlin’s anger, Du Qiang quickly explained, "I’m not making it up! Dr. Li said it!"

"Me?!"

Li Xu snapped out of it, exasperated. "When did I ever say Miss Wang was pregnant?"

After hearing that, Wang Linlin shot Du Qiang a furious glare. "Du Qiang, you heard him. Dr. Li never said I was pregnant. Where on earth did you get that idea?"

Du Qiang explained awkwardly, "I... I heard it... from the viewers in the livestream chat..."

"The viewers said it?!"

Wang Linlin was speechless. "We’ve been streaming for this long, and you still believe everything the viewers say? Are you an idiot?"

Li Xu hadn’t been paying attention to the scrolling comments, so he didn’t know what the viewers had been saying.

Du Qiang quickly recounted the comments he’d just read.

A moment ago, when Li Xu had mentioned the name "Wang Dazhuang,"

the viewers had all started talking at once.

"Why did Dr. Li bring up Wang Dazhuang?"

"Who’s Wang Dazhuang?"

"Is it one of Dr. Li’s patients? Or a relative?"

At first, the chat was filled with guesses about who "Wang Dazhuang" could be.

However, it wasn’t long before some "clever" viewers made a bizarre connection between Li Xu’s abrupt mention of "Wang Dazhuang" and Wang Linlin’s earlier admission that she’d "never had her period."

"Wait! Did you guys miss something obvious?" a sudden comment popped up. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"What key point?"

"Didn’t Linlin say she’s never had her period?"

"Yeah, so? What does that have to do with Wang Dazhuang?"

"I have a wild theory. Is Dr. Li asking about Wang Dazhuang to hint that Linlin is pregnant? And... that it’s a boy?"

That one comment instantly set the entire chat on fire.

"Holy crap! That logic is god-tier!"

"It’s possible! Missing your period is a sign of pregnancy, right?"

"And ’Wang Dazhuang’ totally sounds like a boy’s name."

"Dr. Li is a genius! He’s hinting that Linlin is pregnant with a baby boy."

"Brother Qiang is a beast! Scored on the first try and made a little ’Wang Dazhuang’."

"No wonder Dr. Li asked about Brother Qiang and Linlin’s relationship. He was worried about their family dynamic after the pregnancy."

"Brother Qiang’s gonna be a dad! Congrats, congrats!"