CH 8

Chapter 8 – Psychiatrist

The editor is sadly drowning in studies

Yuan Zhanqi’s car is naturally not cheap. The car is this year’s new model and is a birthday gift from Yan Jingxi to the original owner.

Although Yan Jingxi did not give the original owner any warmth in emotional terms, he did not fall back on any of the holidays when gifts should be given. Because of that, even if his assistants were the ones who helped make the arrangements, it is not strange for the original owner to be dead set on him, to the point where he would rather end his life than be willing to leave him.

Yan Jingxi really made the original owner love and hate, but obviously, the love was greater than hate, and that bit of hate was almost invisible.

Yuan Zhan is just a video game streamer. He doesn’t know who Bai Yueguang will ultimately end up with inside the novel, but after careful consideration, there are three possibilities. The first is to graze on old grass1 and get together with Yan Jingxi. The second is to look for it again, find a new love, and abandon the previous ten. The third may possibly be to spend the rest of his life in solitude and die alone.

1To go back where one used to be, to take back what one has discarded previously

Any of those choices seem reasonable and fair. Yuan Zhan does not have a romantic mind, how would he know who the author had ultimately selected for Bai Yueguang.

Compared to Yuan Zhan, who was in the middle of pondering about Bai Yueguang’s life-long events, Bai Yueguang once again examined the man in front of him.

Yuan Zhanqi has a good family background, a good education, and even the man who married him is quite good. Bai Yueguang is completely envious of him. If it was not for his mother being deceived when he was young and if he was from a normal family. Then, he also would be unlikely to suffer all kinds of looks from other people since childhood.

Since Bai Yueguang had disappeared and lost his memory just after graduation, he had yet to have gone through the process of debuting and have not been contaminated by the big society. Therefore he thought he had concealed his gaze perfectly while looking at Yuan Zhan. In reality, he was already caught by Yuan Zhan looking out of the corner of his eyes long ago.

Although Yuan Zhan didn’t have any mind-reading ability, he could still make out a little something from Bai Yueguang’s face.

In the game, whenever Bai Yueguang was together with a target character, the target could always see through his thoughts as if they had x-ray vision. The target character would then think that he is beautiful, lovely, and simple because everything is written on his face.

Indeed, even the jealousy towards Yuan Zhan was clearly displayed, and he almost couldn’t hold back his words from coming out. This person is really stupid.

Unexpectedly, the protagonist turned out to be such a character, really is “simple” in mind.

Yuan Zhan didn’t plan to talk to the other party too much and bring up unpleasant things. The two of them are currently love rivals.

There were only two of them in the car and it was obvious that Yuan Zhan’s strong aura suppressed Bai Yueguang’s breath.

Bai Yueguang: “Yuan Zhanqi, you and Jingxi have no feelings, why don’t you divorce him?”

Yuan Zhan glanced sideways at him, rebuking in a cold and ruthless tone: “Please remember to call me Manager Yuan.”

Bai Yueguang did not feel the need to fight against Yuan Zhan.

Bai Yueguang took the opportunity and shouted: “Manager Yuan.”

Yuan Zhan: “En.”

After that, Bai Yueguang couldn’t continue inquiring.

Who would gossip about their marital relationship in front of the leader? Yuan Zhan had an aura that made Bai Yueguang unable to keep asking questions. He felt especially aggrieved and that he was inferior. However, the other party didn’t do anything to him.

As Bai Yueguang was feeling sullen, Yuan Zhan suddenly spoke up: “You don’t love Yan Jingxi yet why must you look for him? Do you know what this type of behavior is called? Xiaosan”

Reminder: xiaosan refers to mistress/third party

Bai Yueguang was said to be green and white, spoke up to defend himself: “I am not.”

Yuan Zhan glanced at him coldly, with a smile that didn’t reach the bottom of his eyes: “Since you’re not, then isn’t the degree of intimacy between you and Yan Jingxi a bit too much? He is a married person, even if he has not divorced me yet, he is still my person, understand? Whether you communicate with Yan Jingxi or with others, you ought to grasp the scale2. You are not a fresh graduate. I shouldn’t need to tell you these principles.”

2Implying he should have a sense of measure, to know his limits, to not overdo things.

Even though Yuan Zhan did not say any insulting words, it made Bai Yueguang’s face completely flushed with shame.

“I know about your mother. If she is alive, I don’t think she would like to see her son being called a xiaosan.” Yuan Zhan briefly said, stopped, and said no more.

Bai Yueguang also lowered his head and dared not to utter a word, his imposing manner at the beginning was completely suppressed, like a rapeseed flower that had been sunburned.

Who told him that Jingxi’s wife was weak and incompetent, that he dared not to speak loudly, and his temperament was completely incomparable to him? Either they are blind or they have never been in contact with the real Yuan Zhanqi.

To achieve the effect he wanted, Yuan Zhanqi did not take advantage of the victory and pursue the retreating enemy, some things had to be slowly planned out. The reason why the protagonist is the protagonist, is because the halo blessing that he has is different from that of ordinary people. So sometimes going too far is just as bad as not enough.

In the story of the male protagonist, a male partner showing off his abilities is likely to run into a crooked road, so he ought to have a good grasp on that limit.

First, he will just do this for the time being and take it easy.

The luncheon communal meal was quite successful. Yuan Zhan didn’t talk much. His attention was entirely focused on listening to the staff’s conversations and obtaining a lot of gossips news. For example, the staffs in the technical department were all zhainan, and the married ones were entirely from blind dates. As for the unmarried ones, they are still single and waiting for family members to help them arrange blind dates.

Reminder: zhainan is the Chinese equivalence (male version) to otaku in Japanese.

There are a lot of gossips in their department. From the pros and cons of blind dates to today’s entertainment circle, talking as if they had seen it all with their own eyes, and then, from the entertainment circle to real estate. From there, they move to talk about the rustic social customs in their respective hometowns.

Bai Yueguang was still a newcomer who had just arrived, he didn’t say anything from beginning to end and no one cared.

Yan Jingxi’s treatment towards Bai Yueguang was that of a myriad of stars surrounding the moon3. As soon as he left Yan Jingxi, he found that his existence was quite insignificant. Everyone all surrounds Yuan Zhanqi because he was carrying the halo as Yan Jingxi’s wife on his head.

3Meaning to crowd or revolve around somebody, viewing the person as the core figure

The taciturn Bai Yueguang thought so and regretted declining Yan Jingxi’s invitation at noon. How could department activities be more important than Jingxi?

Yuan Zhanqi was right in saying that his mother certainly would not wish for him to marry Yan Jingxi and carry the reputation of “xiaosan” on his head. So, the divorce between Jingxi and Yuan Zhanqi must be sped up, so that they could be together properly.

Regardless of whether or not Bai Yueguang realizes that his thoughts and practices are too unethical, Yuan Zhan didn’t care too much. He is solely focused on one thing and that is to block Yan Jingxi from meeting and communicating with Bai Yueguang.

What is the basis of their emotional relationship? See Bai Yueguang’s irresponsible resignation. This is a test for Yan Jingxi and also to test Bai Yueguang’s feelings. Looking at it this way, Yuan Zhan feels that he is really a red scarf4 and is doing good deeds. Not even considering any reciprocation, it truly is deeply moving.

4The raw used 红领巾 [red scarf], it’s usually a symbol of the young pioneers of china and symbolizing the blood of revolutionary martyrs. Though, in this context, it implies that YZ pretends that he is doing a good deed for them at the price of him ‘suffering’. If you guys have a better explanation, feel free to comment below.

After concluding the luncheon, Yuan Zhan just wanted to sit in the new office and write up the future development plan of the company. However, not even five minutes had passed, he received an unfamiliar call.

The caller claimed to be his psychiatrist.

The original owner previously had severe clinical depression, to the point that his social life could be said to be nonexistent. He would play games on the computer every day and often be lost in thought.

After Yuan Zhan came, his temperament changed drastically in front of Yan Jingxi, but in the eyes of other people, he could not break away from reality. Someone with severe depression can’t recover in just one or two months.

Yuan Zhanqi had his own self-respect and he also wanted to get better which was why he sought for help. Unfortunately, the more he was lost in his thoughts, the more difficult it became.

The psychiatrist he found has a good reputation in the industry, and naturally, the cost is not low.

The psychiatrist’s surname is Guan, his name is Shuyu, and he is about thirty-five years old.

Yuan Zhan: “Dr. Guan.”

Dr. Guan: “You didn’t come over yesterday, did you forget?”

Yuan Zhan inwardly slapped his forehead, he really did forget that the original owner was still a mentally depressed patient.

Yuan Zhan reacted accordingly: “My apologies, Dr. Guan. I really did forget. Do you think we can reschedule the appointment for another time?”

Dr. Guan: “All right, are you free this afternoon?”

Yuan Zhan looked at the blank document that had just been opened: “I’m free.”

As a workaholic, he cannot just have a good working environment while feeling uncomfortable all over. The working environment he refers to is not only the office environment but also the social environment.

How much money can these insignificant people make by interrupting his time, why must they waste their lives away.

Helpless, Yuan Zhan still had to make a trip to see Dr. Guan.

Turning off the computer, Yuan Zhan tidied up and left the office. Assistant Manager Liu wanted to ask if he would be coming back at all but stopped himself.

Forget it, how can he control where Madam Yan wants to go.

As soon as Yuan Zhan left, the other employees began to gossip about his origins.

Evidently, they still don’t know which of the higher rank leader that Yuan Zhan is a relative of.

Assistant Manager Liu would not look for trouble and tell the people that Yuan Zhan is Madam Yan.

Bai Yueguang also did not tell other colleagues that Yuan Zhan was Mrs. Yan because of the matter that he came in through the back door.

A female colleague said to Bai Yueguang: “Yueguang, I really envy you, you had the opportunity to sit in Manager Yuan’s car at noon.”

Bai Yueguang’s heart is full of bitterness. They don’t even know what torment he suffered through in the car, but how can those words be told to others?

If word gets out, it would become a big drama in which the original partner warns the xiaosan to not be too excessive. Since Manager Yuan is the original partner, can he be the xiaosan? Even if he gets beaten to death, he must not admit it. Even if he looks for Yan Jingxi to file a complaint, he doesn’t even know where to start. This resentment could only be quietly swallowed by himself because from beginning to end, Yuan Zhan had a word of “reason” and he was a little guilty.

After Yuan Zhan left the company, Yan Jingxi just woke up from his afternoon nap.

After turning on the computer, he saw the equity transfer document drafted and sent to him by the person in charge of the Legal Department. Only after confirming that there are no problems did he then let the other side print it. What comes next is needing Yuan Zhanqi’s and his signatures.

He knew that Yuan Zhanqi had come to the company and also knew that he took the people from the department out for a meal at noon. Obviously, he was setting himself against him, knowing that he had an appointment with Bai Yueguang, it really is annoying.

After the document was verified with no mistakes, Yan Jingxi gave Yuan Zhanqi a call to go upstairs to sign the documents, but no one answered.

In the past, as long as Yan Jingxi took the initiative to make a call, Yuan Zhanqi would answer it in no less than three rings, but today, there is no movement at all.

Yan Jingxi waited for Yuan Zhanqi to call him back, but after waiting for nearly half an hour and checking his cell phone every five minutes. Not only was there no return call, but there wasn’t even a text message.

Where did he go?

After waiting for another ten minutes, Yan Jingxi couldn’t help but call Yuan Zhanqi again. Still, no one answered.

Why didn’t he answer the phone?

Picking up the phone again, he contacted Bai Yueguang.

For the first time, he looked for Bai Yueguang not because he wanted to reminisce about the past, rather, it was because of Yuan Zhanqi.

Yan Jingxi: “Xiaoguang, you’re in the same department as Yuan Zhanqi, is he there?”

Bai Yueguang, who had to bear a bellyful of anger earlier and was now confronted by Yan Jingxi, knew that he could not take his anger out on him. He rolled his eyes and replied: “I don’t know the whereabouts of Manager Yuan.”

Manager Yuan?

How could this name be completely different from the Yuan Zhanqi he knew?

Yan Jingxi: “Okay, I know.”

He then hung up.

Bai Yueguang: “……” Don’t want to talk anymore? This one is bored to death.

Even after Yan Jingxi got off work, he still hasn’t received a call from Yuan Zhanqi, he couldn’t help frowning.

However, Yan Jingxi still informed the auntie about the dishes he was going to make tonight. That’s right, he still had to cook.