The XYY Gene Chapter 1

In my previous life, my sister-in-law had three miscarriages and tried every folk remedy imaginable before finally conceiving a baby boy.

During prenatal genetic screening, they discovered the baby carried the XYY chromosome—he might be born with XYY syndrome.

As a psychologist specializing in criminal genetics, I analyzed case studies of XYY syndrome and the potential consequences for the entire family.

My sister-in-law wanted to keep this hard-won boy she'd longed for.

But my brother said, "Keep him? What if he kills me someday!"

My mother chimed in, "That's right. Just terminate and try again! If you can't give birth, Marcus will find someone else who can!"

Later, my sister-in-law was forced to abort the child and could never conceive again.

She cried and cursed me, calling me a murderer.

My brother said I was the villain who ended the Morrison family line.

And my mother blamed me for killing her grandson, asking me, "Why don't you just die?"

They hated me for years. Eventually, they stormed into my practice, destroyed my reputation by shouting that I was a killer, and pushed me from the seventeenth floor.

When I opened my eyes again, looking at the genetic screening report, I smiled and said, "XYY syndrome kids just have a bit of a temper. It's no big deal."

After being pushed from the seventeenth floor by my sister-in-law, I returned to the day of the genetic screening results.

My mother was anxiously asking the doctor, "What does chromosomal abnormality mean? Is my grandson going to turn into a granddaughter?"

My sister-in-law looked pale but still explained what XYY syndrome meant.

My brother Marcus stood nearby smoking, silent.

I was about to leave when he reached out and grabbed my arm.

"XYY syndrome. Autumn, you're a psychologist, right? Have you ever treated patients like this?" He continued, "Do you think we should keep this child?"

My mother immediately grabbed my other arm and said sternly, "Autumn, this is your own nephew! If you make Sarah abort him, you're a murderer!"

This was the baby my sister-in-law had conceived after three miscarriages—my mother's long-awaited grandson.

If this pregnancy was terminated, my sister-in-law would never conceive again, and the Morrison family line would end.

In my previous life, Marcus had asked me the same question.

But XYY syndrome is a genetic defect encoded in DNA—how could it be easily changed through human intervention?

Documented cases showed that the crimes committed by those with XYY syndrome were shocking. They had violent tempers, easily became aggressive toward those around them, and even posed threats to human life.

If they truly kept this child, they would need to invest enormous effort to shape his worldview and cognition.

Back then, I had told them all this, hoping they would consider carefully.

My sister-in-law had cried and begged my mother and brother to keep her child. "Mom, I'll watch him, educate him. Autumn will help me too, right?"

But it was useless. Marcus and my mother still forced her to abort the child.

To them, they could always have another child, even with a different woman.

But their own lives? Those were precious.

After that abortion, my sister-in-law's body was damaged, and she could never conceive again.

So they directed all their anger and resentment at losing a son and grandson at me.

Marcus and Sarah blamed me. They said if I hadn't told them to abort the child, maybe after he was born, they could have raised him properly.

My mother cried and called me the family disgrace, saying Marcus and Sarah had been bewitched by me into killing her precious grandson.

They stormed into my practice, smashing and shouting. Finally, Sarah lost control and pushed me from the seventeenth floor.

As I lay on the ground, my body mangled and lifeless, they said, "She fell by herself!"

"What kind of psychologist can't even help people and gives bad advice? We just came to reason with her!"

"Who knew she'd get so emotional and fall!"

They escaped legal punishment.

But I came back.

I came back to make them pay what they owed!

I smiled. "From what I understand, XYY babies just have worse tempers. The whole 'born criminal' thing is just a possibility. Possibilities don't always happen, right?"

"Whether to keep the baby is ultimately your decision."