Translator: Abo Dammen
Jiang Yunshu awoke with goosebumps hidden beneath his clothes. He tactfully rejected, “I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
Bai Tang’s face became glum, and the light in his eyes dimmed. “Why? I think it’s excellent. It fits perfectly…”
Jiang Yunshu remained silent. It was a bit too pitiful to see Bai Tang so down and out, but the thought of being compared to an angel made him feel awkward.
“Angel, you’ve arrived!”
“Do you want a cupcake, Angel Jiang?”
“Angel, I’m leaving hehe!”
It’s not a good fit for me. Jiang Yunshu shuddered.
Fortunately, Bai Tang was someone who valued other people’s opinions and would never make a decision on his own.
While feeling befuddled, he stated, “Then let’s change it… You’re 8 years older than me so how about gege? Shushu?”
He wasn’t old enough to be considered an uncle yet. Jiang Yunshu retorted quietly to himself. Gege was appropriate for his age. Still, there was something unsettling about picturing such a lovely kid constantly chasing him and calling him gege…
Jiang Yunshu suggested, “Call me doctor.” Because it was one of the most common addresses he had encountered in his past life, he had grown accustomed to it and didn’t find it corny.
Bai Tang’s heartbeat quickened. He didn’t suggest calling him Dr. Jiang because of his vehement refusal. Surely Zhou An had referred to Jiang Yunshu by that name, he reasoned. He felt very fortunate and grateful that he resembled Zhou An; after all, it was because of this resemblance that Jiang Yunshu saved him, but he didn’t want to address him the same way Zhou An did.
Bai Tang opened his mouth but ended up saying, “Okay…”
Jiang Yunshu’s head throbbed after a while of staring at Bai Tang’s wilted little face. “If that’s what you want to call me then it’s fine, but only if you’re really scared, okay?”
“I-It’s fine?” Bai Tang had a nickname that he lost and then regained. “Thank you!”
Jiang Yunshu moved in closer and extended his hand towards Bai Tang. “Would you like to try now?”
When Bai Tang looked up, he noticed that Jiang Yunshu was still a good two metres away from him. Uncomfortable at once, he slowly loosened his tense body enough to place a fingertip on the alpha’s palm.
Jiang Yunshu curled his fingers, took Bai Tang’s hand in his, and asked in a businesslike manner, “How do you feel?”
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“A-A little nervous…” A dry and warm palm touched his own. Bai Tang’s little Adam’s apple bobbed up and down.
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“Let’s try it again tomorrow,” Jiang Yunshu suggested. “There’s no need to rush, take your time.”
When Bai Tang returned home from school the next day, Jiang Yunshu extended his hand. “Let’s try again?”
They held hands for much longer than they had the day before, and by the time they finally did separate, Bai Tang’s palms were damp with perspiration.
“How do you feel?”
Bai Tang rubbed his hands on his uniform pants, still stuttering, “Nervous…My chest hurts and is churning, and my heart still aches…”
“Okay.” Jiang Yunshu quipped, “Let’s continue tomorrow.”
On the fifth day, Bai Tang’s eyes turned deep red. They’d been holding hands for 5 minutes. “Dr. Jiang, i-it’s fine now…”
Jiang Yunshu, “How do you feel?”
Bai Tang did a facepalm with both hands and said self-defeatingly, “….I don’t know!”
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So when Zhou Zhaoyu came to check on the progress that Sunday, he was expressionless and looked at the two of them with his arms folded, as if they were conducting some mysterious ritual.
Jiang Yunshu, “Hold hands?”
With outsiders watching, Bai Tang felt a little shy. “…Okay.”\
The distance between the two was so huge that two Heitangs could fit. They faced each other with their right hands raised flat, their palms touching, as if they were performing a cultivation method.
Zhou Zhaoyu, “….”
Zhou Zhaoyu stifled the profanity about to spill out from his throat, especially when he saw Bai Tang who blushed like this. He almost couldn’t exhale.
Jiang Yunshu asked, “How is it?”
Zhou Zhaoyu inhaled deeply and made an effort to remain as composed as possible. “The physical contact I’m referring to is carried out on the premise that Bai Tang is not mentally prepared, such as touching him unexpectantly. Touching him will trigger a recap, so you’ll need to give him a few minutes to prepare his psychological defenses. How could his mental and physical reaction be any different if he knows you are Jiang Yunshu and that you will never hurt him again?”
Zhou Zhaoyu reevaluated, “It’s my fault. I didn’t count on this extra layer being here, but it’s good to have nonetheless. Allowing Bai Tang a week to get used to your touch is more conducive to his condition’s stable recovery.”
Both of them nodded their heads in agreement.
Zhou Zhaoyu sighed and said, “Pack up, let’s go to the hospital. It is best not to perform imaginal exposure therapy in an environment where you normally live. You should bring an extra set of clean clothes, Bai Tang.”
Bai Tang seemed to have cooled down, if it weren’t for his red earlobes. He packed a set of clothes and placed them in his pure white schoolbag. “Senior, I’m done.”
“Mm.” Zhou Zhaoyu stood. “Let’s go.”
The three arrived at the Imperial Capital Hospital’s Psychiatry Department, pushed open the first psychological consultation room, and found Qin Zhongnan wearing a white coat and drinking hot tea inside. He sighed when he spotted the trio. “Here’s how my weekend with my wife will go…”
Zhou Zhaoyu kicked his calf with his instep before he could finish speaking, and he immediately stopped talking.
Bai Tang was extremely embarrassed, and said shamefully, “….I’m sorry, Dr. Qin.”
“It’s okay, just ignore him,” said Zhou Zhaoyu. “He just feels uncomfortable if his mouth is kept shut. He asked me how you were recovering yesterday.”
Qin Zhongnan, who was exposed, adjusted his glasses, his expression never changing. “Don’t tell him that, I’m shy.”
Zhou Zhaoyu didn’t speak. He pushed open the door of the inner room. “Bai Tang, come in here. Mr. Jiang, just sit outside with Dr. Qin.”
The room was very pleasant, with a plush white bed and warm golden lights. Ivy pots were placed near the couch, and the ivy leaves hung down naturally, like a curtain of green waterfalls.
After repositioning a chair next to the bed, Zhou Zhaoyu said, “Bai Tang, I want you to be mentally prepared first. You may find imaginal exposure difficult. But don’t worry, if something goes wrong, I’ll stop.”
Bai Tang pursed his lips, his expression a little shaken. “Senior…don’t scare me.”
Zhou Zhaoyu instructed Bai Tang to remove his shoes and coat and lie down on the bed. “I wasn’t scaring you, but I can’t say for sure. Anyway, take my word for it, have faith in me, and just imagine.”
The pillow was covered in a strewn of raven hair. Under the low lighting, Bai Tang nervously studied Zhou Zhaoyu’s face.
Zhou Zhaoyu deepened his voice and spoke slowly, “Okay, Bai Tang, close your eyes first. Follow my instructions, take a deep breath, 1, 2, 3… relax your body. One more time, take a deep breath…”
Seeing that Bai Tang’s body gradually relaxed, he started today’s therapy content, “Bai Tang, imagine that Jiang Yunshu is standing right in front of you now…”
The two alphas waiting outside the door were also talking at this moment. Jiang Yunshu said, “Dr. Qin, I think you know that I’m not from this world.”
Qin Zhongnan was shell-shocked. “I honestly had no idea. One thing I do know is that you weren’t the abusive man before.”
It would appear that Bai Tang did not share this information with Zhou Zhaoyu. Jiang Yunshu explained the general situation to Qin Zhongnan before saying, “I wouldn’t say that everyone in the world I came from had equal rights, but at the very least, our law was put together. Has it ever crossed Dr. Qin’s mind to advocate for omegas’ civil rights and interests?”
Qin Zhongnan’s expression finally turned serious. “Speak.”
“I want centralised breeding facilities to vanish from this world,” Jiang Yunshu stated unequivocally. “However, it’s possible that this aim is impossible to achieve in just a few years, in the next several decades, or even in my lifetime. I…”
“AHHH———”
A hysterical scream unceremoniously burst from the room inside, followed by intermittent crying and whimpering.
Jiang Yunshu immediately stood up and looked at Bai Tang’s direction. “What’s happening?!”
Qin Zhongnan stopped him. “Calm down, this is a normal reaction of phobia patients undergoing imaginal exposure. Zhaoyu is inside so it’s fine.”
But Bai Tang’s crying lasted for a while. Perhaps because his broken voice was really heart-wrenching and grievous, the two alphas outside the door synchronously fell silent.
“Bai Tang, open your eyes.” Zhou Zhaoyu stroked Bai Tang’s sweaty face. “Look at me, it’s okay.”
Bai Tang’s pupils were slightly dilated as he desperately inhaled for air.
Imagination was a very magical and also an uncontrollable thing, which was why Zhou Zhaoyu said that it would be more difficult for Bai Tang, because if he imagined Jiang Yunshu, he’d inevitably think of Jiang Yunsu.
However, Zhou Zhaoyu did not end today’s therapy. After Bai Tang nearly calmed down, he asked him to envision the same image again.
Bai Tang’s clothes were completely wet, his brows knit. His breathing was disordered, and sweat and tears mixed on his face. The images of Jiang Yunshu and Jiang Yunsu kept switching and overlapping in front of his eyes until they merged into one.
Jiang Yunsu stared at him stolidly with a cruel smile on his lips, and mercilessly whipped the iron rod in his hand. Time and time again, blood strewn onto the wall and dripped down.
Bai Tang screamed once more.
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Priority: [It’s to fight for omega rights] It’s not to have complete equal rights nor to overthrow alphaistical society.
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Haha they’re both so awkward about touching! It’s a million times better than Bai Tang living out his abuse over and over though 🥺. I’m also super curious if Jiang Yunshu’s earlier hypnosis has anything to do with how he doesn’t get close to people.
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