Translator: Abo Dammen
Editor: Ainden
Proofreader: Musk
“Is Jiang Yunsu really not coming back?”
“Mhm.”
“H-He’s really dead, right?” Bai Tang’s nervously eager eyes were fixed on Jiang Yunshu. “Right? He will never reappear again…”
“Mm, he’s really dead.”
Bai Tang grabbed Jiang Yunshu’s shirt and stared. “You’re not going…you’re not going to die right, aren’t you?”
“Mm, I won’t leave,” Jiang Yunshu answered. “Bai Tang, it’s okay.”
Ever since he had that nightmare, Bai Tang needed to repeatedly ask him these questions just for reassurance. Aside from that, he was avoiding discussing the details of his nightmare. As soon as the subject was brought up, he would become anxious and his face would turn white, a telltale sign of extreme fear that could be seen by anyone.
“Bai Tang.” When the situation was still the same for the fourth consecutive day, Jiang Yunshu had to intervene with a wave of superstition. “Dreams are all reversed and fake.”
In his blue and white school uniform, Bai Tang stood at a loss. The instant his face turned deathly pale and he raised his hand to cover his ears, he appeared to experience a mental flashback.
To properly deal with the nightmare, Jiang Yunshu needed to know what it was. “Dreams will be ineffective if you say it. Tell me, don’t be afraid.”
In a classic defensive crouch, Bai Tang curled up on the couch with his chin resting on his bent knee and the hem of his school uniform coat draped over his calf.
He was not a very superstitious person; however, he was terrified to the point that he would grab hold of any comfort that presented itself. He repeated, “I-It will be ineffective if you say it…? “
Jiang Yunshu affirmed, “Mhm.”
Bai Tang’s pupils trembled. Images of a dark Jiang Yunsu and a hollow-eyed Heitang kept playing in his head. He trembled even more as the two merged. “I…I dreamed of him, he came back… He strangled me by the neck and I couldn’t breathe at all…”
Bai Tang’s eyes quickly glanced to the left and came back, his teeth chattering. “Just, just in front of that creeper wall…”
No wonder Bai Tang never went there these days, and whenever he was eating in the living room, he’d be too stiff. It turned out to be because he was trying not to look there. Jiang Yunshu frowned and said, “It’s not real. He’s not coming back.”
Bai Tang buried his face in his knees, and at the end, he almost choked up, “And Heitang…Heitang is covered in blood… Wuu, under that tree in the garden, under that tree…”
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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“Okay, coming!” Bai Tang dropped his schoolbag on the sofa, and out of the corner of his eye, he noticed something different about the house.
The large green creeper disappeared, leaving only a hollowed-out white shelf.
Noticing Bai Tang’s line of sight, Jiang Yunshu said, “I moved it in the garden with auntie.”
It would be a lie to say he wasn’t touched. Bai Tang’s heart was completely limp and numb. It was a long-forgotten sense of someone caring for him. He slowly paced over. “….Thank you.”
“It’s nothing. You can decorate that shelf,” said Jiang Yunshu. “I saw that young boys all like to print their own photos and stick them on to make photo walls.”
Bai Tang raised his head, his eyes lit up. “I-I will!”
That’s why three days later, Jiang Yunshu saw the shelf full of Heitang’s photos.When it bit the sofa, when its foot stepped into the water basin, when it was biting their trousers, eating grass, lying on its back and acting like a spoiled child, etc.
Jiang Yunshu: “….”
After a few days, Bai Tang’s condition improved a lot, close to being stable.
At 7:10 on Monday morning, Bai Tang was awakened by the alarm clock. He changed into his new school uniform as if sleepwalking, his eyes still bleary from lack of sleep. He wrapped his ankles with his white socks. Heitang charged in, raised two of its front paws, and stepped on the lower back of its little owner. “Arf!”
Heitang now stood up in line with Bai Tang’s waist. Bai Tang was facing the full body mirror and tidying up the collar of his white shirt uniform he had always worn on Monday. Knocked back by his dog, he staggered. He turned around in shock and checked the hem of his shirt. Sure enough, there’s a grey paw print that has already bloomed. “Heitang, your paws are dirty!”
“Arf arf arf!” As if it’s dirty!
Forced to do one more laundry, Bai Tang walked out the door and put the shirt in the laundry basket. Heitang followed behind.
When going through the flight of stairs to reach the bathroom, Bai Tang held the handrail to support himself with using both hands and leaned down, his eyes trained slightly to the ground. The alpha wore a dark grey suit and stood tall leaning against the kitchen counter as he drank hot water.
Bai Tang’s toes unconsciously curled up, loosened, curled up again, and then he asked nervously, “Is it Jiang Yunshu?”
“It’s me.” Jiang Yunshu looked up at him and said pleasantly, “Good morning.”
“Good morning!” Bai Tang calmed down and then he went to the bathroom to wash up.
For today’s breakfast, auntie made a native steamed Chencun noodles. The transparent layers of the noodles were sandwiched with fried diced mushrooms, diced radishes and minced meat. Bai Tang took a bite. It was soft and smooth, so delicious that he licked his lips a couple times. Jiang Yunshu seldom spoke when eating, so the house was quiet with only the occasional sound of chewing and collision of utensils.
“So,” Bai Tang spoke first, “what are you going to do later?”
Jiang Yunshu wiped his mouth with a tissue, picked up a document pouch from the chair next to him and handed it to Bai Tang. “I’ll send you to school first then I’ll go have my name changed.”
Bai Tang took it. “Can I take a look?”
Jiang Yunshu answered, “Of course you can.”
Bai Tang followed up by taking out the alpha’s ID card and household register from the pouch.
Name: Jiang Yunsu
Gender: Alpha.
The person in the photo was Jiang Yunsu, the face he knew better than anyone, with a short crew cut, staring treacherously ahead, without a trace of expression and akin to a viper.
Bai Tang reacted greatly and turned the page, as if he had seen something dirty.
The second page of the household registration was his own information.
Name: Bai Tang
Gender: Omega
In the photo, he smiled quite shyly, his eyes curving; it was glossy and bright, as if it contained stars.
This was taken when he graduated from high school three years ago. Jiang Yunsu’s photo was taken a year ago.
Bai Tang stroked his own photo with his fingertips and said softly, “We’ve all changed a lot…”
“Mhm.” Jiang Yunshu looked up at him. Bai Tang’s body was still thin. His chin wasn’t angular, and the thin wrists beneath his blue and white school uniform looked like they’d snap at the slightest touch. He also had hair that was a little too long and fine, so it was poking out of his ears. He was now a completely different person than he had been in the photo.
Although he did his best to supplement Bai Tang’s nutrition, the long-term physical deficit could not be cured overnight. He considered whether to put traditional Chinese medicine conditioning on the agenda.
Bai Tang asked probingly, “Can you change the photo too?”
Jiang Yunshu agreed. “Okay.”
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The first class on Monday afternoon was Fengqi’s Ideology class.
Shi Muqing stood on the stage of the auditorium and wordlessly pressed the play button. Pieces of real news were cut into videos and presented to 196 teachers and students in the school.
All were silent.
Bai Tang stood among the students. Gradually, he heard someone say “trash” with their teeth clenched on his right, and also heard the sound of sniffing on the left. He too would often cry so much he turned dizzy every time he had his Ideology class before. Now, he no longer cried, but his eyes were red and his nails were deeply embedded in the palm of his hand.
“Of course, not all alphas are like this. We can’t generalise them and ignore other people’s merits. The reason why I insist on offering this course year after year is just to motivate you and to tell you all that if you don’t work hard, you can only kneel forever!” Shi Muqing said loudly with his hands behind his back.
“Although it’s true that this society is corrupt, and that there are many narrow-minded and ignorant people, at the same time, there are many people who are advancing and making a stand. All sentient beings act differently. I hope you remember today’s anger. Turn it into motivation, and be the people who keep rising and making progress!”
This was the tradition of Fengqi, which was passed on from generation to generation, and would never stop.
Shi Muqing looked towards the audience. “There are only 56 days left until the college entrance exam. For the remaining period, I invited several outstanding graduates to impart their experiences to you.”
Zhou Zhaoyu nodded, stood up, walked to the stage, and adjusted the microphone. There were four deep red marks on his palms, and they were tingling again and again. “Hello everyone, my name is Zhou Zhaoyu.”
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Hey, guys! We’re back with a BIG NEWS!! ABOSOCIETY now has a manhua available in Bilibili!!!
Here’s our Dr. Jiang
And here’s our Bai Tang!!
AAHHH!!! AREN’T THEY THE CUTEST?!!
a manhua!!! omgggg thank you for the update ~ <3
Ahhhh!!!
Ahhhhhh !!! 🤩
Too excitedd Congo wohooo
just..i don’t know the language
Anyway our Heroes are now in a lifelike form 😍😍
Yeyyy, you’re back! Keep going, Bai Tang. Thank you so much for the update <3
Hmmm… tho I have the Bilibili app, it doesn’t seem to be listed. Must be a different platform. 😭
OMG I love the art!!
Thank you for the updates!!
I wish more of these stories had a manhua, but I’m so happy this one does – I love that style too.
Bai Tang asking to see the paperwork and being so affected by their photos is a good sign of his fear fading, I think.
Cute, cute, very cute! (´∩｡> ᵕ <｡∩`)
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(ӦｖӦ｡)
Omg the manhua! Bai Tang is so pretty!
Thank you for the hardwork translator sama
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