Translator: Abo Dammen
They arrived after Auntie had already arrived. Already done with housework, she started prepping dinner.
Jiang Ruanjia was urged to sit on a recliner with the cat in her lap as the two repositioned the chair in front of the entrance.
Bai Tang said “Cats and dogs are perfect!”
“Mhm.”
Looking down at the courier parcel that was taller than him, Jiang Yunshu staggered back to the iron gate. He didn’t know where to start. “What is this?”
Bai Tang fumbled with the small object in his arms as he said, “Hmm…a hanging chair? Maybe a swing? It might also be Heitang’s toy.”
Jiang Yunshu paced back and forth a few times, sincerely thankful he was an alpha at this times. A bag of what looked like rice was placed up to his face while he read the label, which said, “…Wicona cement.”
Bai Tang stood back and used a knife to carefully unwrap the small package. Hearing this, he turned his head and grinned shyly at the alpha, his eyes narrowing and his mouth pursed into a grin.
The box squeaked open as Jiang Yunshu used a knife to cut the tape on all four sides and tugged with all his might. Then he dragged Heitang outside and brought out the seesaw, swing, hanging chair, giant hoe, bag of heated pebbles, and iron frame.
Squatting down next to the alpha, Bai Tang would occasionally lunge forward for a kiss.
Jiang Yunshu turned his head and kissed before continuing.
Heitang would occasionally make a beeline over to join in.
Bai Tang rose up happily after receiving the alpha’s eighth kiss, but his eyes went blank for a moment and he became so dizzy that he nearly fell forward.
Jiang Yunshu’s heart was about to leap out of his chest. He extended his arms, gloves and all, to help him out.
It was natural to feel lightheaded when you stood up quickly after crouching for a long time. However, Bai Tang has bled so much that his body is already in horrible shape. After nearly five minutes of resting his body on the alpha’s, he began to have a clearer view of the world around him.
Bai Tang sighed, “Ah, I’ve been squatting for too long…”
Jiang Yunshu grimaced and stated, “A few seconds is normal. You have too little blood.” Now that he’s feeling better, he worries that Bai Tang’s body would be more susceptible to illnesses, and that he’ll have to endure even more pain as he ages.
Knowing he was in the wrong, Bai Tang straightened up, kissed the alpha on the side of the cheek, and mumbled, “I will drink Chinese medicine well…”
Jiang Yunshu said, “Let’s go see the old doctor again and have them check up on you before you start taking them again.”
Bai Tang nodded indiscriminately, picked up the small weeder with his left hand, put his right arm against the fuselage, and said, “Then I’ll go mow the lawn?”
“No, you can’t hold your hand steady now,” Jiang Yunshu stopped him. There was a sharp alloy saw blade under the lawn mower, which could cut off a person’s hand. “I’ll do it.”
The cut on Bai Tang’s left wrist was deep, and he still couldn’t apply force while it was healing. His right hand was completely bandaged, and he was unable to move his fingers. Jiang Yunshu’s anxiety was through the roof.
While Bai Tang was outside, Jiang Yunshu tied Heitang to the door, opened the faucet and handed a hose to Bai Tang and said, “You can water it, okay?”
The alpha sported a sunhat on a sunny day. Because of his current ‘job’, he no longer needed to wear his bulky overcoat, so he stripped down to a light jumper. Underneath the jumper, strong arm muscles could be seen.
Bai Tang has felt it before. Those arms could hug him in one fell swoop.
He obeyed orders and held his water hose. He watched as the alpha squatted down and helped him pull up his trousers to his ankle.
“Thank you, Dr. Jiang!” Bai Tang raised his head and smiled at Jiang Yunshu.
Jiang Yunshu was in a good mood. It was the first time he did these things with his own hands. Fortunately, he was accompanied by someone he liked when he did it for the first time. Bai Tang also looked very happy. The smile on his mouth has not disappeared since he entered the door.
Jiang Yunshu suddenly discovered that the omega’s pupils are actually more light brown, which is very obvious in the sun. He looked down at Bai Tang’s smiling face for a few seconds, then impulsively tore off the glove on his right hand, stroked the side of Bai Tang’s face, bent slightly, tilted his head and kissed him.
In order to prevent the brim of the hat from poking Bai Tang, his head was tilted to the side, clearly defining his jawline.
Bai Tang was taken aback. He pushed and dodged, saying, “Oh! Auntie…! Auntie is still here!”
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The air slowly became filled by the aroma of freshly cut grass and damp earth. The lawn mower made a deafening whirring sound. Bai Tang followed the alpha around, watering the newly mowed lawn.
Suddenly the housekeeping aunt opened the door, holding a mobile phone in her hand, and shouted loudly, “Whose phone is ringing?”
Bai Tang looked over. “It’s mine!”
He threw the hose to the place where it hadn’t yet been watered, and then ran over in a few steps.
It was a strange phone call. “Hello?”
“Bai Tang, it’s me.”
Bai Tang’s eyes widened slightly, it was Muqing! The principal of Fengqi!
“I saw you sent your resume to our mailbox.”
“Yes, yes…” Bai Tang stammered. He mentioned before that he wanted to be a teacher in the future and teach in Fengqi.
Shi Muqing said, “You passed the ICH test with flying colours despite having only prepared for it for a year. From what I could see from your résumé, you have an impressive list of professional accomplishments and hold all the necessary credentials. I believe you will pass the rest. So, I’m wondering whether you’d be interested in coming to Fengqi as an assistant first? Learn the ropes of the job.”
Bai Tang was speechless for a long time, until Jiang Yunshu came over and asked what was wrong.
“I, I can! Thank you, Principal Shi!” Bai Tang’s joy was on his face. He grabbed the alpha’s arm with his hands, and even jumped a few times with excitement. “However, I may not be available at this moment… “Can I start in two weeks?”
“Okay, let’s get in touch when the time comes.” Shi Muqing said.
The phone hung up.
“WAAAAHHHHHHH!!!” Bai Tang yelled and clung to Jiang Yunshu’s neck, and the latter easily picked up the omega’s buttocks and carried him. The series of movements were smooth, tacit and natural, as if he had done it tens of millions of times.
Bai Tang’s legs wrapped around the alpha’s waist, and he held the alpha’s face in his hands. He saw the dust on Jiang Yunshu’s nose, and he stretched out his hand to wipe it off. Faced towards the sun, his eyes sparkled with happiness and joy. “Principal Shi! Do you still remember him? Didn’t I send my resume to Fengqi’s mailbox last week? The principal contacted me and said that I could be an assistant first!”
Jiang Yunshu felt happy for his omega from the bottom of his heart. “Great news.”
Bai Tang excitedly kissed the alpha’s cheeks loudly.
Even Jiang Ruanjia had some reactions. She raised her head slowly, and saw the silhouettes of the two close together.
Before the grass was completely mowed, the aunt yelled that it was time for dinner.
Bai Tang noticed that after dinner, Jiang Yunshu became a little anxious.
He took a piece of A4 paper and drew a tile map of the garden, which was basically a rectangular shape.
“Dr. Jiang, here,” Bai Tang wrote the word “iron gate” on the bottom of the rectangle, and circled a large piece in the lower right corner, “shall we build a pond here and raise some goldfish?”
Jiang Yunshu said, “Sure, but don’t you hate the fishy smell? This is not running water. If you don’t change the water for a long time, it will smell bad.”
Bai Tang bit the cap of his pen hesitantly. Dr. Jiang might be very busy then, and he would be very busy too, if not…
“We can increase auntie’s salary and have her change it.” Jiang Yunshu leaned into the omega’s ear and said, “You can raise one if you want, it’s okay.”
Bai Tang drew a quarter circle and said, “Then let’s make a pond here! Let’s put a fat goldfish in it, the kind with big tails and big bellies!”
Jiang Yunshu agreed, “Okay.”
The iron gate is in the midst of the garden, and a walkway leads directly from the gate to the front door. To link the pool area to the walkway, Bai Tang drew a sweeping arc. “Here, let’s make a cobblestone path, okay? I bought a bag of pebbles!”
Jiang Yunshu, “Sure.”
Bai Tang wrote, “Here, and here, put a swing here, and plant a small sapling next to it. I bought one too! Put it here…”
Imagining it, Jiang Yunshu thought Bai Tang’s aesthetics were impressive.
The matter was resolved after some back-and-forth discussion, adjustment, and compromise between the two parties.
Bai Tang went to take a bath during this time; upon emerging, he discovered the alpha sitting at the desk, paper in hand, penning a letter to his parents.
Without making a sound, Bai Tang went downstairs to take the Chinese medication the alpha had purchased for him and ate three fruit candy with a sour face.
After eating, Bai Tang sat in the living room and read for an hour. But in less than a half-hour, he saw Jiang Yunshu go up and down three times and took some trivial items.
“Have you finished writing, Dr. Jiang?” Bai Tang asked.
Standing at the foot of the stairs in his coral fleece pyjamas, Jiang Yunshu said, “Mhm, part of the organisation work has also been done.”
They settled on watching a film together, but Bai Tang couldn’t help but notice the alpha’s subconscious frowning, his fingers tapping his thighs over and over, and his slightly irritated and worried demeanour.
Bai Tang pressed pause.
Only then did Jiang Yunshu sober up and realise how unpleasant it is to not pay attention while watching a movie. He reached out and gently grasped Bai Tang’s hand, asking, “Sorry, did I affect you?”
Bai Tang shook his head, “No, it’s okay.” He was watching a movie to divert Jiang Yunshu’s attention anyway. He said, “Dr. Jiang, what are you thinking now? Can you tell me?”
After a short pause, Jiang Yunshu said, “I’m a little annoyed, I didn’t do any work today… I just wrote a letter. Quite frankly, I feel like a complete and utter failure.”
When he was finished talking, he didn’t even bother to look at Bai Tang. He was already nervous, but now that he had to expose his flaws and insecurities to the person he liked, he was downright uneasy.
“But I think you did a lot of things today!” Bai Tang said.
Jiang Yunshu paused and looked over.
“Look,” Bai Tang said, “We went to see a therapist in the morning, we went to pick up auntie and cats in the afternoon, and then we returned back to have a rest, and we started weeding, did you forget? A lot of work has gone into cleaning up the garden’s exterior. It’s practically brand new! You not only finished the organisation work for today, but you also wrote a letter, and we’ve already watched about half the movie together after a long conversation about how to improve our garden this evening. Also! I am very happy.”
The company no longer assigns him any significant work beyond menial jobs that could keep him on his toes… When he got to the last sentence, Jiang Yunshu looked a little confused and choked out a confused “Huh?”
“I’m very happy because you’ve been by my side the whole time.”
Bai Tang relaxed on the couch; the low lighting made his off-white collar seem even more meek. “Although I was very happy before, I am very, very happy today.”
Jiang Yunshu looked at him, and his restless heart was inexplicably soothed.
He made Bai Tang very happy today.
Bai Tang’s happiness is more important than anything else. Wasn’t he working so hard just to make Bai Tang happy?
Jiang Yunshu’s Adam’s apple slid down. “Okay.”
But this was only temporary. Before going to sleep, his heart became restless again.
Bai Tang comforted his alpha over and over again, but the effect was minimal.
Jiang Yunshu took a sleeping pill. He has a sleep disorder so the hospital prescribed it.
It has been half an hour since the lights were turned off, and Bai Tang was a little sleepy lying in the alpha’s embrace. His body hadn’t recovered yet, and what he had done today had already made him very tired.
He shook his head and asked, “Dr. Jiang can’t sleep?”
Jiang Yunshu didn’t feel drowsy, and his eyes shone brightly, even in the pitch black. His reply was a soft hum, “You can go to sleep first. The sleeping pill will take effect later.”
Bai Tang got out of bed, flipped on the light, and said, “How about I coax you to sleep?”
Jiang Yunshu gave him a glance. “How can I coax you?”
Bai Tang threw on a fur robe and slippers and sprinted away. He returned a time later, carrying a book. With his pillow at the ready, he continued, “Come on, let me read to you the concepts of ideology and politics.”
With a smile that was equal parts comical and helpless, Jiang Yunshu said, “Don’t, go to sleep. Your body is gonna stay up late.”
Bai Tang said, “No,” firmly rejecting the idea. He sat next to the lying alpha, stretched out his hand to tuck the quilt on the alpha’s body, and said, “I’m starting to read.”
Feelings of being cared for flooded through Jiang Yunshu like honey from an upturned honey pot. Although his expression seemed helpless, the corners of his mouth were actually elevated. “Only half an hour then. You go to sleep before I fall asleep.”
Instead of responding to him, Bai Tang continued to talk to himself. “The fundamental philosophical question has two sides. The first factor concerns the core problem between mental processes and actual physical existence. This is the dividing line between the materialist and idealist schools of thought…”
Jiang Yunshu closed his eyes and forced himself to focus on what Bai Tang read. Ugh, philosophy… Why does this all seem so familiar…the sound…the words… It’s calming and soothing, like the sound of spring water rippling through bamboo. Bai Tang has a pleasant voice.
Bai Tang yawned many times in rapid succession, bowing his head and his voice gradually lowering as he said, “People actively transform the objective actions of the world. Practise is the bridge between man and the world, the bedrock upon which the transition from the wild to the civilised can take place, and practise itself is the human…”
“No,” Bai Tang interrupted himself, taking a deep breath. “If this keeps up, I’ll be the first one to nod out.”
Laughing, Jiang Yunshu said, “Really, you let me hold you and you’ll fall asleep soon.”
Bai Tang took a deep breath, put the book back on the cabinet, and returned to bed. The alpha’s warmth and breath swept over him as he asked, “Do you want to find some work now?”
Jiang Yunshu admitted, “Yes.”
Before the lights went out, Bai Tang, who had been resting on his side, turned his head and saw that the alpha had been studying him for a while. “Then what else do you want to do besides work?”
Jiang Yunshu stared at him silently.
After being gawked at, having his nose snorted at, and being pushed, Bai Tang’s hair began to stand on end. “Huh?”
He heard the alpha’s voice in his ear. “…I want to kiss you.”
Instantly following the alpha’s hand passing under his ribs and around his waist, Bai Tang felt his lips being nibbled. When he opened his mouth to speak, the alpha’s tongue licked the inside corner and drilled in.
Obediently, Bai Tang craned his neck upward and closed his eyes, the black, long lashes on his eyes fluttering ever so slightly.
At first, the soft omega would nip at Jiang Yunshu’s lips and the alpha’s tongue. As he continued to kiss, though, his awareness began to fade, and soon he was so relaxed that he appeared to be dozing off, his lips parted in a rosy blush as he gave the alpha more and more room to advance.
Like a water-oozing peach, he flaunts his best features without even realising it. He doesn’t put up much of a fight, tells white lies, and the most he can cry is a few tears after he’s harvested.
It seems to be telling Jiang Yunshu: You can do whatever you want.
Bai Tang woke up for a moment after being pinched on his lower back. In an effort to steady himself, he blinked his eyes and asked, “Are you gonna stop kissing? Thankfully, my nose isn’t clogged today… If you want to kiss forever, go ahead…”
He said so.
Jiang Yunshu stared at him.
Bai Tang felt the alpha’s intense heat in his lower back and recalled the counsellor’s advice to distract the alpha in whatever way he could. Confusion settled in, he stripped down to his pants, took the alpha’s hand and placed it on his stomach, saying timidly, ‘You can touch me if you want, you can touch…..”
In the midst of being seduced, Jiang Yunshu felt as though he were going to pass out from lack of oxygen; his heart was racing, and he kissed again, this time pressing his lips together and rubbing his hands together more vigorously.
“Hmm…” Bai Tang’s wound has not yet completely healed. Eventually, he simply ran out of steam and slumped. His jaw felt heavy as he drifted off to sleep again. Someone seemed to pinch his jaw in an attempt to peer inside his mouth. His tongue was still partially protruding, and a drop of saliva threatened to fall.
But quickly, his mouth was sealed shut once more, and Bai Tang could feel the alpha’s teeth lightly and heavily biting the side of his neck up to the very last moment before his consciousness faded away.
Translator’s Note:
Hello everyone! I’m very sorry for disappearing all of a sudden since September. I don’t really wanna prolong this story either so I will try my best to finish this before February (hopefully) and then finish BATO as well. Advance merry christmas and happy new year!
Thank You for the new chapter ٩(*ゝڡ◕๑)۶♥ Don’t worry and take Your time! Wishing You a Merry Christmas and pleasant holidays! ❤
Thank you so much for the updates! Merry Christmas!!
Hahaha Yunshu took his green light and ran with it 😊