Translator: Abo Dammen
Bai Tang entered the classroom just before the first session began and noticed that it was unusually quiet. Almost everyone was hushed and rustling their fingers at this particular moment. “Hey! Bai Tang, you’re here,” an omega girl opened the seat next to her. “Here’s a seat for you.”
“Thank you, Anqi.” After setting his backpack on the ground, Bai Tang sat down and pulled out his morning textbook. “What are you all talking about?”
Xie Anqi spoke up, “There has been a great deal of coverage and discussion surrounding the body mutilation case that the police disclosed this morning. Humph, in my opinion, this is very satisfying!”
Bai Tang lowered himself to a listening position, his ears perked up, and he held his breath. There were 40 students in his class, including 8 alphas, 29 betas, and 3 omegas including him.
“Holy cow, I heard that almost two thousand pieces were chopped up. When the police found it, there were almost only skeletons left! There were a few fractured bones that ended up in the fridge, thinking they were beef bones!”
“Heard? So is it true or not?”
“Actually, everyone in the area had their photo taken, and rumor has it that the omega prepared the alpha’s parents dinner by boiling bones and meat. It’s scary.”
“Even if that omega escapes, they won’t survive.”
“The remains of the corpse were packed into four bags, and it was said that one bag was all fed to stray cats and dogs…”
“That omega is too ungrateful. That alpha has given him shelter.”
Bai Tang heard another omega boy next to Xie Anqi say “fuck”. His name is Wan Hui. He towers over Bai Tang, who is only half his height. Ever since he was a little boy, his parents made sure he had a healthy dinner. In addition to learning kickboxing and eating healthily, his parents insisted that he play basketball, jump rope, and eat well every day. He lacked strength, but his muscles made up for it. He remarked, “My parents told me since I was a child that because there is no way to prevent the alphas in society from hurting me, they could only teach me to protect myself.”
“That is, we are the foundation that enables them to survive in this society.”
“No matter what, it’s their own alpha. What gave them the idea? That omega is really cold-blooded.”
With his arms folded, Wan Hui cast a chilly glance at the alphas and spoke, “Then why don’t you tell me, how can an alpha hit his own omega?”
Because he did not lower his voice, the entire class could hear him.
“Can killing people be the same as beating and scolding?!?” an alpha voiced with a tone of ‘obviously’. “Besides, can you be beaten for no reason? Doesn’t your disobedience play a role?”
Disappointment washed over Bai Tang. No one capable of taking the Imperial Capital University admission test would do poorly. Sure enough, the three views and grades were not directly proportional. Not to mention that he was a victim once. “Why were you silent when omegas were being slaughtered?” he asked, his voice tinged with rage and agony. “Killing is wrong, but with your three views, aren’t you actually a potential murderer?”
The entire classroom fell into a brief hush.
Men and women’s experiences with domestic abuse in the media, betas were not a minority. The beta girls quickly echoed it out of righteous indignation.
Just as that alpha was ready to escalate his verbal altercation, the class bell sounded, and the teacher sauntered in without wasting a second. “What are you doing, Wang Zifeng? Are you going to fight?”
That alpha gritted his teeth and sat down.
Bai Tang began to feel a twinge of fear after waiting more than five minutes. He actually fought with other alphas… What if Wang Zifeng decided to take revenge on himself? His palms began to tremble and a coating of perspiration formed on his forehead. But he couldn’t get hurt, otherwise Dr. Jiang would be worried again…
He can no longer worry Jiang Yunshu.
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Jiang Yunshu put on his white coat and held a morning meeting. On the way back after, the doctors were also discussing this matter.
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Coming up next was ward rounds.
The omega sat at his desk last night, pen poised. “What’s the first thing you do in the morning?”
Jiang Yunshu said, “Clocking in.”
Thus, “1. Clock in” was jotted down in the notepad by Bai Tang. “And then?”
Jiang Yunshu, “Have a morning meeting.”
“Okay.” Bai Tang proceeded to jot down “2, morning meeting”.
In fact, it was him who wrote down the things he had to do every day, but this felt different. With a calm demeanor, Jiang Yunshu perused the material above and kept listening. “Have you found out how that alpha treated his omega?”
“The parents of the deceased came out to speak out, crying terribly. Claiming to have treated the omega well, they bowed down in the video and pleaded with everyone to treat their son fairly. They rebuked the omega, describing them as a monstrous creature with a typically gloomy appearance. Now there is a lot of scolding on the Internet… But now that one is dead and the other ran away, there is no way to prove it.”
After walking a few steps, one of the doctor’s phones that was in his pocket made a notification sound. He tracked the District 2 dismemberment case’s progress. “Oh, there may be new progress in this case.”
“According to the deceased’s neighbor, who came forward to speak, the omega’s screams could be heard nearly every day. In the few occasions that he did get a glimpse of the omega, he would be covered in bruises and bloodstains. The deceased’s parents were described as an alpha and omega, with the alpha frequently hitting his omega. But every time the omega parent got angry, he just took it out on that omega… Oh my goodness.”
“You reap what you’ve sowed,” Jiang Yunshu thought to himself, although he never advocated that everyone should resort to violence to curb aggression. This approach is certainly wrong. However, in contrast to his world’s legal society, this ABO civilization provides minimal legal protection for omega’s human rights. Therefore, it is indeed beneficial to confront specific unique conditions.
“To be honest, isn’t it normal for an alpha to discipline an omega?” asked a different doctor.
With a scowl, the sole omega doctor asked, “Are you effing sick? Would you like me to tell you about the mental section here at our hospital?”
“Hey,” the doctor said awkwardly, “Isn’t it just a joke? Just how serious are you?”
The omega doctor shot back, “It’s wrong to kill, but you’re acting clever here? Dr. Yan just finished talking about how the alpha abused his omega at home, and here you are! Just joking? How about I joke with your mother?”
After receiving a reprimand, the alpha doctor became visibly furious. “That was my entire point. Still, don’t nine out of ten alphas feel that way? I just said it out loud.”
Everyone is a colleague. No one butted in for a while, they don’t want to make the relationship so rigid.
Jiang Yunshu responded with indifference, “It is precisely because there are many people like you in this society who have the same abnormal thoughts that they became a norm.”
After putting the book down and placing it in his pocket, he was the first to enter the ward. “It’s always been like this, right?”
He accompanied the director into the operation room first thing in the morning and helped out a bit. After the end, Jiang Yunshu took off the surgical gown and sterile gloves. Despite being aware that it was lunchtime, he proceeded to meet Lin Baizhou and Qin Zhongnan by retrieving the notebook from his pocket and perusing its contents.
Placing the dinner dish before him, Lin Baizhou said, “I’ll go get the last chicken leg for you.”
Jiang Yunshu thanked him and sat down.
Qin Zhongnan commented, “Xu’s husband-murder case should be the big thing the police officer meant.”
In the media, this case is referred to as Xu’s husband-murder case.
After Lin Baizhou tapped on every available app, he found that every piece of pertinent case material was currently trending on the page. He said angrily, “Fuck, I’m relatively idle, so I’ve been paying attention to it all the time. When I first saw those remarks, I thought the world was about to end. They kept saying why don’t all omegas come like this, that this omega is extremely fragile. My blood is boiling, it’s driving me nuts. How in the world can one become that dimwitted?”
Jiang Yunshu sighed, “But from what I remember when I just looked at the trend of comments, it seems that most of them are saying that the alpha deserves it?”
“Oh,” Lin Baizhou muttered under her breath. “That occurred in the span of thirty minutes. I was about to buy a water army at that time, but I didn’t expect someone to beat me to it. I don’t see how these complete dimwits could let this event alter their perspective.”
“Some other group should have purchased it,” Qin Zhongnan pondered.
Xie Anqi, being an omega, had to fight off her rage every time she went to the comments area. Reading the potential viciousness of these remarks made her tighten her fists even more.”Eh?” Xie Anqi asked suspiciously, “Why are the 1st and 2nd top comments all condemning that alpha? It wasn’t like this before…”
After giving it some thought, Bai Tang leaned over to have a better look. Did the organisation buy the comments? But he didn’t say it. He reached into his pocket and activated a dump account. “Then I’m going to be a reinforcement too.”
Xie Anqi understood, “Yes, right, the most important thing right now is to curse these idiots.”
Jiang Yunshu said, “Ms. Jiang’s verdict came down a few days ago, how about I check in with Attorney Zhong… What about Dr. Zhou?”
“Him?” Qin Zhongnan commented, “Still negotiating in other places, Wei Ciyu from the 13th District agreed to cooperate with us, and he will go to the 9th District next.”
Lin Baizhou took over Qin Zhongnan, feeling his heart wrenching as he said, “It’s not that I discriminate against omegas, but it’s really dangerous for an omega to be out of town… In case, in case, anything unexpected happens…”
“There’s nothing I can do about it, but he always calls me every morning, afternoon and evening,” Qin Zhongnan shook his phone. “And I installed a tracker in his phone, at least I can rest assured.”
Jiang Yunshu raised his eyebrows slightly.
“Fuck,” Lin Baizhou’s expression turned red. He tried to put himself in Zhou Zhaoyu’s shoes. He’d know exactly what he was going to do, and he’d know when he went to the bathroom. Nobody could give him any space. He felt somewhat stifled. “You, aren’t you too perverted? Is Dr. Zhou aware? Is that not bad?”
Subtly raising his middle finger, Qin Zhongnan replied, “He took the initiative to bring it up, in order to give me a sense of security.” Single dog Lin Baizhou mumbled, “Oh.” Please return my unneeded sentiments at this very moment.
Bai Tang finally caught up with Jiang Yunshu, who was waiting at the school gate, around 5:45 in the afternoon. He hopped over grinning from ear to ear. “Dr. Jiang!”
Jiang Yunshu naturally took his hand and opened the co-pilot’s door to let him in first.
According to Bai Tang, “Dr. Jiang,” he removed a clear plastic bag from his schoolbag, opened it, and then placed it near the alpha’s lips. “Ham crisps with finger biscuits! I got you one since the one they prepare in the school cafeteria is really mouth-watering.” With a glance forward, Jiang Yunshu bit into his food. Bai Tang began his daily account as usual, but he couldn’t help but notice that the alpha seemed a bit distracted.
“Dr. Jiang?”
Jiang Yunshu, “Hmm?”
Bai Tang asked, “What is troubling you?”
After parking the car, Jiang Yunshu, who was in an internal struggle all the way, decided to speak out, “I was thinking. I want to install a location tracker on your phone.”
Starting tomorrow, Bai Tang will go to Fengqi alone when there is no class.
Jiang Yunshu declined the omega’s request to go alone and instead suggested that he hire a driver. But hired drivers may not necessarily be safe. After all, he is not a person who knows everything.
Bai Tang saw the alpha’s anxiousness grow over those four days—not because he was unable to work, but because he was frustrated that he wouldn’t stop the omega from going out or keep him safe.
Several times, Bai Tang read this meaning from Jiang Yunshu’s eyes: If only I could make you smaller and stuff you in my pocket, it would be great.
Is this what Dr. Shen had in mind when she said “distraction”? Bai Tang wondered.
At that time, he was chatting with Zhou Zhaoyu and he mentioned it in passing. Zhou Zhaoyu said, “I’ll send you my driver’s contact information.”
So Jiang Yunshu hired him resolutely, as long as Bai Tang communicated with the driver in advance, the driver could pick him up and drop him off on time.
However, Jiang Yunshu’s concerns persist. Good people sometimes become bad people due to certain interests, and there are too many changes and accidents, making everything unsafe for him except for himself.
Bai Tang’s reassurances failed to ease the alpha’s physical symptoms of worry.
It would be wonderful if Bai Tang could remain at home submissively, Jiang Yunshu thought to himself, but then he wanted to slap himself right after. What is the difference between him and Jiang Yunsu?!
Fearing Bai Tang would see him as overbearing, he refrained from outright asking for the tracker’s installation. The idea that their every move is being watched by the other person is too much for most couples to handle. Personal space is essential for all individuals.
Bai Tang took the initiative to mention it like Zhou Zhaoyu, but now it was him, the one monitoring, who is making this request to the one who is gonna be monitored.
“Ah?” For an instant, Bai Tang was taken aback, but soon enough, a smile spread across his face. “Is that it? I thought you were all jacked up because of some major event.”
Jiang Yunshu’s body immediately became calm and collected.
“It’s okay,” Bai Tang said, “Do you wanna install it now? Losing a phone is easy though…”
As Bai Tang’s visage drew nearer, Jiang Yunshu noticed. The latter leaned over and kissed him. “Why don’t you buy me a chain or bracelet with a lock? No one else possesses the key but you. We can attach a GPS tracker on it so that no one can remove it except you. Even I can’t.”
It’s too invasive.
But Jiang Yunshu found that he was very moved.
Author’s Feed:
It is morally unacceptable to kill! Responding violently with further violence is wrong! If you are injured, keep the evidence and call the police immediately! Ask for help! Everyone is here!
P.S. “It’s always been like this, right?” “Diary of a Madman”
Thank You for the new chapter ٩(*ゝڡ◕๑)۶♥
It’s because the worldview is warped, it’s because the worldview is warped.. I have to keep saying this to myself everytime some alpha says something they think isn’t a serious issue!
There is a fine line between protection and oppression. It’s very sweet when one partner volunteers to take safety measures to reassure the other, but also, who doesn’t want to be safer? The alphas could easily take the same measures for their own safety 🤔
Man I had some dark thoughts you know the dark side of protesting like the Black Panthers I was like why don’t all omegas who’ve been tortured by their alphas kil their husbands or worse as a statement since this is going to take longer than a lifetime to see any type of equality but then I guess it can get worse with new laws specifically targeting omegas and they get it longer sentencing or just directly sent to the breeding farm 🤮