Translator: Abo Dammen
Editor: Scarlet
Proofreader: Kuro
Time on the phone screen read 1:37:26 and was steadily counting down to 25, 24, 23, 22….
Bai Tang sat opposite to him, deep in thought. He couldn’t explain the rapid shift of these events.
The new housekeeping aunt who arrived was ecstatic. “Is he working?”
Bai Tang affirmed with an awkward smile.
“What would you like for lunch?” The housekeeping aunt asked. “I’ll take care of it.”
Jiang Yunshu had no intention of looking up or giving an answer. So long as he settled down and maintained a certain level of concentration, it would be difficult to disturb him.
Seeing this, Bai Tang had to answer instead, “Whatever is available, Auntie. You can cook anything, we’re not picky.”
Bai Tang grew increasingly drowsy as time passed. His eyelids fluttered shut and abruptly snapped open. The long-ingrained muscle memory caused him to tense up and tuck his knees into his chest in fear as soon as he laid eyes on the alpha’s face.
His reaction was so big that Jiang Yunshu was startled. “What’s wrong?”
Oh….. Bai Tang’s eyes blinked. He had forgotten for a moment that Jiang Yunsu’s soul had already been replaced. This wasn’t Jiang Yunsu.
With wariness, he asked, “…Jiang Yunshu?”
“Mhm.” Jiang Yunshu gave his response. “It’s me.”
Bai Tang sighed with relief, stretched his body and sat back in his original position, where he was trying to fight off sleep. Despite the fact that he had already accepted the Xuanhuan-like soul transmigration was true, the fear engraved in his bones couldn’t simply disappear into thin air. He didn’t dare sleep defenceless next to the alpha.
The alarm clock went off two hours later. Jiang Yunshu voluntarily handed over the paper. “The answers are here. You can correct it accordingly.”
Bai Tang marked each question with a red pen. The total number of correct answers on the paper accounted for four-fifths of the total. “Nearly all of them are correct…!”
“If you still don’t believe it,” Jiang Yunshu said, turning to face the kitchen, “I can go show you some basic skills.”
Bai Tang already believed him, but he was a little curious about his basic skills. “Okay, okay.”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Bai Tang was assigned the task of holding a mobile phone flashlight aside. Jiang Yunshu never raised his head. As if adjusting a shadowless operation lamp on an operating table, he raised his hand naturally and adjusted Bai Tang’s hand until the light source was positioned correctly with the pork on the table.
Bai Tang gaped in admiration.
How can the knot be clamped with forceps and twisted without becoming entangled? How did he get the needle to land in the same place it did the last time? How did he manage such a steady hand and meticulous stitching?
His lashes drooped. “Surgical oncologist…” he muttered, slightly reverently. So amazing.”
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Bai Tang sliced off a piece of chicken and placed it in the bowl. He didn’t know why, but since he learned that the alpha before him was Jiang Yunshu, he became on edge. Rather than being genuinely frightened, he was simply unnerved to the point that he fumbled around in his own skin, unsure of where to put his hands and feet.
He swallowed a mouthful of rice. After a long struggle, he still asked, “I want to know…why are you helping me?”
Judging by his expression, Jiang Yunshu was confused by what he had just heard. “Anyone who sees this situation will help you,” he said matter-of-factly.
They would never… Bai Tang retorted inwardly.
“So,” Jiang Yunshu asked, “how did you find out about the switch?”
Bai Tang choked up from nervousness and like a primary school student being questioned by the principal, he began to ramble on, “It was during the rut period… The real Jiang Yunsu would never have done what you did.”
His fingers were practically coiled. He glanced at the back of the alpha’s hand, which still had a slight bruise, and murmured, “……I’m sorry.”
Jiang Yunshu felt gratified to hear it, and his tone was somehow saying “how is my son so smart” as he said, “It’s alright, it’s human nature. It would be strange if you trusted me without first testing me.”
Bai Tan observed the alpha’s expression. He wanted to say something but was hesitant. In the end, he couldn’t help but wonder, “Do you really look like Jiang Yunsu?”
“Our faces shared some superficial similarities but I can’t say there’s any genuine resemblance.” Jiang Yunshu acknowledged. “I’m not this chiselled and aggressive in appearance.”
“Oh……” Perhaps his current appearance was shaped by his thoughts, but now, Bai Tang’s impression of him would be that he doesn’t look particularly aggressive, despite the fact that his face had not changed.
“Now that you know,” Jiang Yunshu said intently, putting down his chopsticks, “let’s spread out that I’m the type of person who’s awfully difficult to get close to. You’re the only person who qualifies as someone close to me, aside from one of my friends.
“I won’t bind you to the legal name of our conjugal relationship; instead, I hope we have a peaceful cohabitation and companionship relation. It’s basically to ensure your personal safety. You have complete freedom of choice. If you ever meet an alpha you fancy, you are free to be with him as well.”
Bai Tang felt that he’d find it quite hard to trust other alphas.
“What about you?” Bai Tang asked, “What if you meet an omega you like?”
Jiang Yunshu felt that it was difficult for him to fall in love with others, but this kind of matter was uncertain, so he could only say, “Rest assured, I will not divorce you until I make plans for it.”
Bai Tang didn’t know what sentiments he had, so he answered in a whisper, “Hmm.”
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In the morning, Bai Tang tugged on the dog leash, “Jiang Yunshu…I’m going for a walk with Heitang.”
“Who the fuck are you addressing?” The tone of the voice was frigid and haughty.
“What…” Bai Tang turned around abruptly and saw the alpha’s hostile expression. “Y-Yunshu?”
“Say,” The alpha’s lips formed a cruel arc. He reached out, wrapped his hands around Bai Tang’s neck, and raised him to his feet. “We haven’t seen each other in a while. Have you already forgotten the rules?”
Bai Tang’s pupils dilated in horror. He tried in vain to break free from the alpha’s grip, his nails scratching clear marks as his oxygen levels dropped. Death’s breath enveloped around his neck.
Then, the scene changed.
“Cough cough cough...!” Bai Tang emerged from the garden. His trachea was burning, and he curled up on the ground, clutching his chest, and coughing violently. When he looked up, he saw a dozen sparrow corpses scattered beneath a large tree. A black German shepherd lay quietly in the centre, surrounded by a pool of blood that stained the soil red. Its empty eyes were fixed on the person who had just fallen on the grass.
Tears poured out instantly. Bai Tang hissed and screamed, “AAHHHH———”
“AAAAHHHH———” Bai Tang covered his ears, his pupils dilated. “Don’t, don’t….I’m sorry, don’t…..”
The world is a chasm.
“Don’t, don’t….I was wrong, wrong….”
Blinded, deafened, the wind untouchable with his fingers.
“Bai Tang….”
“Bai Tang.”
“Bai Tang! Wake up!”
Bai Tang gasped for breath. His body riotously jerked then fell back onto the bed. His eyelids fleeted, and gradually, he sensed that something was licking his face.
“Arf!”
When his vision focused, he saw Heitang’s furry head, its long tongue stretched out, its saliva dripping onto his face.
Bai Tang immediately got up and tightly embraced Heitang’s neck. His mouth gaped open, but no sound escaped past his lips. “Heitang, Heitang…..”
“Had a nightmare?”
Bai Tang trembled in fright as he turned his head and saw the neatly dressed alpha. All of a sudden, everything seemed to be intangible, and it made him incapable of telling which one was a dream.
“It’s me,” Jiang Yunshu retreated to the door and reassured. “Don’t be afraid.”
Bai Tang’s flexor tendons were spasming. He clenched the quilt and tried to stop it, but to no avail. “….Jiang Yunshu?”
“Mhm, it’s me. The retroflex consonant.”
Bai Tang’s voice trembled, and he asked over and over again as if unconvinced, “Shu…right? I-It’s shu? Jiang Yunshu?”
Jiang Yunshu gave a momentary glance, then he suddenly came over, bent down slightly, then pinched Bai Tang’s cheek. A slight flush of redness immediately appeared on Bai Tang’s face.
“Does it hurt?”
Bai Tang dazedly said, “Hurts.…”
Jiang Yunshu responded, “Then it isn’t a dream.”
It’s kind of funny, I feel like we know Jiang Yunshu well enough not to be surprised that he never considered the possibility of a real connection with Bai Tang 😄. And Bai Tang’s reaction reminds me of my son’s puppy (named Potato, not kidding 🙄) when she started to figure out the raccoon outside is a statue, and stopped belly- crawling past it every time 🤣.
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(ӦｖӦ｡)
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