Beta Chapter 83: Jiang Yi

Chapter 83: Jiang Yi

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Karai

Hospital——

“The congestion has dispersed. Being able to see means the recovery is going well. The extent of recovery will improve as the body condition improves. However, it’s still necessary to pay attention to the back of the head recently to avoid another impact,” the doctor said.

Duan Yizhou’s restless anxiety had eased a bit after several days of pressure. He gently rubbed Luo Songran’s head sitting in front of him and said, “It’s good that you’re recovering. It shouldn’t affect his eyesight, right?”

“It won’t, but still, you should pay more attention. After all, he’s pregnant, and his body may not be comparable to that of a normal person.”

“Okay, thank you, doctor.”

After leaving the consultation room, Luo Songran stole a glance at Duan Yizhou and found that this man was exuding a kind of indescribable relaxation and joy all over his body. It seemed like he was infected by it too, his lips couldn’t help but curve upwards.

“Why are you so happy?” He secretly pinched Duan Yizhou’s waist.

Duan Yizhou was caught off guard by his pinch, feeling a bit ticklish, he dodged a bit, then looked at him helplessly, “Of course, I’m happy. As long as you’re healthy, I’m happy.”

This suddenly made Luo Songran realize, “Are you ticklish?” He didn’t even know Duan Yizhou was ticklish and reached out to pinch him again.

Duan Yizhou held his mischievous hand tightly, “Yeah, you never cared about me, so how would you know I’m ticklish?”

“Who said I don’t care about you!” Luo Songran heard him say that and felt a little upset. He frowned, “I care about you, okay?”

“Then do you know what I like to eat?”

“…” Luo Songran was suddenly speechless. “You eat everything, even the unpalatable stuff.”

Duan Yizhou couldn’t help but laugh. It implied he didn’t have preferences because he ate everything, so there was no need to remember. This guy really spoiled him. “Then what things do I like?”

Luo Songran thought for a moment and suddenly felt clever for what he was about to say. He smirked, nudged Duan Yizhou with his elbow, “You like me.”

Duan Yizhou chuckled and didn’t deny this answer. “I said what things I like.”

“But I’m not a thing.”

Duan Yizhou glanced sideways at Luo Songran walking beside him. Seeing that he had a deep smile on his lips and seemed to be in a good mood, he knew he was deliberately saying this. He smiled too.

“I know, you like working!” Luo Songran reached out and patted Duan Yizhou’s arm, looking serious. “This preference isn’t good. You have a family now, you can’t always think about work. You have to spend more time with me, or else I might run away.”

“Would you really run? There’s no one who loves you like I do, with a good temper, earning money, caring for you, being obedient, and, most importantly, being handsome.”

Luo Songran found it unbelievable to hear such words from Duan Yizhou’s mouth. He chuckled, “Oh my, I didn’t realize you were so narcissistic, but it’s true. Besides my family, you are indeed the best person to me.”

“So, you should also remember what I like, what I prefer. I don’t want to remember you firmly, but you forget about me.”

“Would you be sad if I forgot about you?”

“Yeah, I’d cry.”

“…” Luo Songran expressed doubt. “You’d cry?”

“Of course, after I put in so much effort, and you repeatedly deny it, I’d accumulate emotions to the point where I can’t bear it.”

Luo Songran naturally understood which incident Duan Yizhou was referring to. He felt a little guilty. “Oh, I won’t do that in the future. I’ll definitely love you very much. So, tell me what you like now, and I’ll remember it all!”

Indeed, he rarely cared about these things, but if Duan Yizhou cared, he would definitely learn. He couldn’t bear to see Duan Yizhou sad.

“Then you better remember. I’ll test you next time.”

“Okay, Professor Duan!”

The two chatted as they left the clinic building. Their figures gradually elongated in the sunlight. In the bustling hospital, where fear, anxiety, and sorrowful farewells were repeated every day, there were also some people leaving with anticipation and joy.

Just as they were about to leave, Luo Songran suddenly remembered someone. “Wait, I haven’t even seen Jiang Yi yet. Can I go see him now?”

Jiang Yi was his lifesaver. It had been a week since they last met, and he didn’t know how Jiang Yi was doing now. Unexpectedly turning into an omega must be very painful. If you were to blame someone for this, it would be his second cousin.

“It should be fine. He was able to give a statement yesterday, indicating that his condition is recovering well.” Duan Yizhou saw him looking towards the inpatient department and said, “Do you want to go see Jiang Yi?”

“Of course.” Luo Songran still felt guilty about Jiang Yi. “If it weren’t for him protecting me, I wouldn’t be standing here. I might have been dead.”

Duan Yizhou gave a low ‘ahem’.

Luo Songran glanced at Duan Yizhou and saw that he seemed a bit unhappy. He reached out and patted his own mouth, “Pfft, no way, I’m just giving an example.”

“From now on, you’re not allowed to say that,” Duan Yizhou said.

“Got it,” Luo Songran nodded obediently. Then he thought of something else, “But you can’t mark Jiang Yi as absent from work, okay?”

“I’ll give him a raise.”

“That’s definitely necessary. He saved your baby, you should be grateful to him. After he recovers, you absolutely can’t keep ordering him around all the time, got it?”

Listening to this little ancestor giving him orders, Duan Yizhou smiled helplessly and shook his head, “Got it, boss. Anything else you want to order?”

“Of course, now that Jiang Yi has turned into an omega, we can’t let him work so hard anymore.”

“Are you implying that omegas are not suitable for the position of CEO’s secretary?”

“Not exactly. It’s not that omegas can’t do it. My grandfather was the most capable omega. I’m just worried that since Jiang Yi has just turned into an omega, what if his condition is unstable?”

“Are you afraid Jiang Yi will spread rumors about me?”

“Huh, do you dare? I’ll kick you out of the house.”

Duan Yizhou laughed and pinched his face with the hand around his shoulder, “Where would I dare? I have a family to take care of.” Perhaps feeling his soft face, he pinched it a couple more times. He really needed to fatten him up a bit more recently, so his face would be even softer to pinch.

Meanwhile, in the VIP ward of the hospital—

“Yi Yi, after you’re discharged, I’ll help you resign from your assistant job, okay?”

Sitting on the hospital bed, Yan Nanchen leaned against the headboard, holding Jiang Yi in his arms, who had lost a lot of weight. He looked down at the swollen omega gland behind his neck and felt regretful for these uncontrollable feelings these past few days.

Jiang Yi, who had just experienced a painful secondary differentiation, had indeed lost a lot of weight compared to before. His originally tall and slender figure had become noticeably thinner during this agonizing half-month.

“I don’t want to,” Jiang Yi said as he lowered his head to drink his dessert. He had been craving sweets especially these past few days for some reason. Upon hearing his boyfriend’s words, he felt a bit unhappy. “Don’t treat me like an omega.”

Hearing Jiang Yi’s slightly displeased tone, Yan Nanchen knew he had said something wrong. So he lowered his head and coaxed softly, “That’s not what I meant. I’m just worried that you’re too tired by Duan Yizhou’s side.”

“President Duan is very good to me. He’s not the kind of boss who causes trouble randomly, so I won’t leave this position.”

Yan Nanchen knew that Jiang Yi had always been very determined. Although he had a good temper, he could also be stubborn sometimes, especially with a strong sense of pride. Since he couldn’t shake his determination, he had to give up, but he felt a bit bitter inside.

“Why do you speak so highly of Duan Yizhou? You don’t even speak highly of me. You often complain about me being autocratic and nearly give me internal injuries.”

“Because President Duan is really nice. I can’t eat anymore.” Jiang Yi handed the unfinished dessert to his boyfriend and continued, “He’s the most approachable CEO I’ve ever met. When I just graduated, and he had just come out of the lab, we were both subordinates and good partners, or good friends, I should say. Before he got together with the Golden Bean, we often went to the old town for barbecue at night. Anyway, unlike your younger brother Yan Nanchen, who acts like he’s superior and acts like the whole world owes him something, I don’t like him. Don’t think I’m trying to sow discord. That’s just how I am. I speak the truth.”

Yan Nanchen was speechless. Resentment could be formed intentionally or unintentionally. The pits he dug would have to be filled with his tears, “Actually, my brother isn’t that… bad, is he?”

“I hold grudges. Ever since he first saw me and criticized me for not wearing shoe covers, not following laboratory rules, not paying attention to details, I didn’t like him. And he’s always nitpicking at me, so I like him even less. And, when I went to the Galaxy Group with President Duan before, he always stared at me as if I were his enemy. I like him even, even, even less.”

Yan Nanchen was speechless. Was there a possibility that he stared because he liked him too much?

“But fortunately, you’re Chu Beiheng, and I like gentle people like you.” Jiang Yi turned his head to look at his boyfriend, smiled, and kissed him on the cheek, “Even your mark is so gentle, it doesn’t make me afraid of becoming an omega.”

Yan Nanchen felt an indescribable bitterness in his heart. The overwhelming oppression had already begun to erupt since Jiang Yi unexpectedly turned into an omega. He was the culprit in this matter from start to finish, even Jiang Yi’s accidental secondary differentiation was because of him.

In the end, how would he handle this? Or would he suddenly be discovered? What would happen then? He didn’t dare to imagine.

Just thinking that he might lose Jiang Yi made him feel a bit uncomfortable.

“Yi Yi.”

“Yeah?”

“I know someone who may have deceived someone’s feelings, and that person really likes him. If it were you, what would you say?”

“I’d advise to break up and then leave without looking back.”

This straightforward answer left Yan Nanchen speechless for a moment. Meeting Jiang Yi’s gaze, he said, “… Just leave like that? Without questioning him? Without causing a scene?”

Jiang Yi found it a bit funny, “Why stay if you already know you’ve been deceived? The hurt has already happened. Why question it? Asking questions just shows that you still have some lingering feelings for that person. If it were me, I wouldn’t even ask. I’d just leave after giving him a beating.”

Yan Nanchen was speechless.

Jiang Yi noticed the slightly unpleasant expression on his boyfriend’s face and asked in confusion, “Why the sudden expression? Who is this acquaintance?”

Yan Nanchen forced a smile, “My younger brother.”

Jiang Yi chuckled coldly, “It’s something he would do. He has the face of a scumbag.”

Yan Nanchen felt like crying, “But we look exactly alike.”

“No, you’re different.” Jiang Yi touched the mole between his nose and lips, his gaze affectionate, “Although your voice sounds just like his, you have this mole. Yan Nanchen doesn’t. You’re very gentle with me, while he is always critical. I can tell the difference between you and him at a glance.”

Yan Nanchen swallowed the torment and pain in his heart. He grasped Jiang Yi’s hand that was touching his nose and placed a kiss on his fingertips.

“Yi Yi, I really like you.”

This scene happened to be seen by Luo Songran outside the ward. His gaze happened to pass through the small window on the door and saw his elder cousin being affectionate with Jiang Yi. He felt like he had been struck by lightning.

What Duan Yizhou had said was already unbelievable, but now seeing his elder cousin in this tender, low-headed manner was like a bolt from the blue.

“You know, my cousin isn’t like this. He’s even a pain to my sisters.”

“Perhaps that’s love.”

Luo Songran shook his head, “But he deceived Jiang Yi.”

“You’ve deceived me too.”

Luo Songran glared at him, his eyes deep, “Duan Feizhou, you think you’re so good?”

Duan Yizhou couldn’t help but laugh, “We’re both the same.”

Luo Songran thought about it and felt the same way. He lowered his head in frustration, “Could it be that our family has a hidden scumbag gene? That won’t do. I can’t let Jiang Yi get hurt. I have to protect my lifesaver.”

Just then, he heard his elder cousin’s voice from inside.

“Does the mark still hurt?”

“The gland is fine, but the rectal cavity is a bit painful.”

Luo Songran’s eyes widened suddenly. He turned his head to look at Duan Yizhou and saw the same astonishment in his eyes, “Did you hear that? This scumbag has marked your assistant.”

Duan Yizhou’s face darkened slightly. He was already ashamed of Yan Nanchen’s behavior, and now this taking advantage of someone’s vulnerability made him even angrier.

“What should we do? Should we tell Jiang Yi?” Luo Songran couldn’t imagine what would happen if this matter dragged on. He wasn’t worried about Yan Nanchen; he was more worried about Jiang Yi. Jiang Yi would be the most devastated.

It would be difficult for anyone to accept being deceived.

“Let’s calm down first. Telling Jiang Yi about it rashly may not yield good results. We need to think of a plan or subtly give Jiang Yi some hints.” 

Luo Songran suddenly had an idea. He quickly grabbed Duan Yizhou’s arm, tiptoed to his ear, and whispered, “I know, I’ll ask my eldest cousin to come back. He doesn’t know anything about this. Wouldn’t it be better to rip off the bandaid quickly?”

Duan Yizhou remained silent for a moment, then nodded, “That makes sense. It would also teach your elder cousin a lesson.”

“Okay, I’ll talk to my elder cousin tonight.”

The two exchanged a glance, reached a tacit agreement, and bumped their fists together.

Knock, knock, knock—

Yan Nanchen was in the midst of sweet talk with Jiang Yi when he heard a knocking on the door. He glanced sideways and saw his younger cousin’s nose pressed against the glass window on the door, squashing it into a pig-like shape.

… Can he see from there? So he saw me with Jiang Yi? 

Luo Songran pushed open the door expressionlessly.

Jiang Yi immediately sat up straight upon seeing Luo Songran, his eyes filled with guilt. His emotions were complex. “How are you now? I’m sorry, I didn’t protect you well last time and you got kidnapped. Your elder cousin has already told me. Your occiput was injured and you experienced temporary blindness. Are you feeling better now?”

Luo Songran walked to the bedside. His heart felt complex when he heard the word ‘elder cousin’. He glared coldly at his elder cousin and said, “Jiang Yi, I’m the one who should apologize to you.”

Yan Nanchen was speechless.

 

 

 

 

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