Chapter 22

Qin Yi is taking Qin Jun to the door to apologize.

He hadn't experienced this kind of groveling and sucking up since he'd made his fortune in energy mining and used his money to make connections.

The Tang Family ......

Qin Yi's face flashed with a twisted look for a moment, but in the next second he hid his resentment and whispered to Qin Jun, "Behave yourself a little better in a while, don't put on a smelly face."

Qin Jun is far from his father's good heart, against Qin Yi's gloomy gaze, the back of Qin Jun, who was beaten up when he came here, vaguely aches, grimaces and squeezes out a smile, but in his heart, he mutters that his father's turn of face is faster than turning over a book.

It's really unlucky, just casually scolded Tang Bai a sentence, the result is that he is the whole school public review, and to be his father brought to the door to apologize, make him inside and outside are not people.

Carrying the Palulu jewelry specially prepared for Tang Bai, Qin Jun consoled himself with the fact that his worst fears had been solved, right?

Thinking of this, the invisible sword of Damocles hanging over his head disappeared into thin air, giving him a sense of relief.

What's the point of playing the grandson, he's only bowing down for a moment, and Tang Bai, that little bitch, will be sleeping with their alpha now that she's acting all high and mighty?

Qin Yi pressed the doorbell, only to hear the AI on the door yell, "No entry without reservation! No entry!"

Qin Yi: "......"

Qin Yi squeezed out a smile to the flashing red camera, "Tang Lao , Mrs. Tang, I'm Qin Yi of the Qin family, and I've come here today to bring my indisputable son to apologize to your love."

The indisputable Qin Jun also compensated with a smile.

This father and son's identical smiling faces were put on the light screen, and Tang Bai couldn't help but take one look at them and mutter, "Yeh - so being obnoxious really does come from a family lineage."

Grandpa Tang looked at Tang Bai disapprovingly, "It's okay for you to say such things in front of us, but not to their faces when they come in, no omega family talks like that."

"And a few days ago at the Federal Military Academy entrance ceremony, you spoke ......" Grandpa Tang, as if he didn't know how to describe it, scratched his beard and shook his head and said sorrowfully, "Too unreserved! That is the whole network live, I see you ah, like afraid of marrying out."

Tang Bai picked up the small comb that he carried with him, and carefully combed the wrinkled beard of Grandpa Tang, and softly said, "Grandpa, don't you know that there are a lot of alpha's in the Confederation Military Academy confession wall that are confessing about your little cutie in your house? Don't worry about me not being able to get married~"

Grandpa Tang was so embarrassed by Tang Bai that he helplessly averted his eyes and clicked on his optical brain to let the two men at the door in.

Qin Yi said as soon as he entered carrying the gift, "The smell in this house is too fragrant! What kind of delicacies do you eat at Director Tang's house? I really envy Mrs. Tang's handiwork!"

Tang's mother put her spoon down in reserve, "This is what my Sugarplum did."

Qin Yi exclaimed, "That Mr. Tang has inherited Mrs. Tang's good craftsmanship, my wife said that Mrs. Tang's craftsmanship is one of the best, I didn't think that Mr. Tang also has extraordinary cooking skills, and he can get down from the kitchen to the hall, whoever marries Mr. Tang is really blessed!"

Tang Bai listens to Qin Jun's rainbow farts with a blank face, his heart doesn't fluctuate and he even wants to laugh a little.

Really, these old, old, straight A qua omega can't get away from marrying, as if the value of an omega's life can't be separated from marriage.

"These are my wife's handmade little cookies, and she says that the person who makes the best little cookies is still Mrs. Tang." Qin Yi smiled humbly, "I wish my wife had the chance to learn from Mrs. Tang, whether it's cooking or parenting lessons."

Tang's mother said pleasantly, "Learning is not necessary, I don't have the time or energy to teach."

Qin Jun was stuck in a shell for a moment, all these years are the flower sedan chair people lift people, as long as he is willing to bow down, others will follow the steps to let him down, there is like Tang's mother this kind of gentle and soft let him down the stage of the people.

Just an omega who married well, and after all these years of being the head mother of the Tang family really thinks she's something on top.

Qin Yi became covered with grievances, but on the surface he dripped, "Mrs. Tang is right, to us time is money, it's me who didn't think it through well, where is the reasoning of just letting you out to teach people."

Tang's mother said softly, "No, what I mean is that teaching is not just an omega thing, a father is an indispensable responsibility in a child's upbringing. Asking for help is better than asking for help, as an alpha father, Mr. Qin should set an example and teach your children what duty and responsibility, respect and understanding are, that's what good family learning is all about."

Tang Bai did not have any reaction when he heard the previous words, but he almost laughed out loud when he heard the words "family origin".

Mother and son looked at each other with a heartfelt glance, in which a good family schooling flowed and passed on.

Qin Yi was unable to raise his head at Tang's mother's admonition, so he could only smile stiffly and say, "Mrs. Tang is right, it's because Qin Mou failed to teach his son properly." What do you mean by setting a good example, these words are scolding him as a father who has no responsibility and does not know how to respect and understand omega, and that's why his son has been ruined!

Qin Yi, who was harboring a bellyful of anger, slapped Qin Jun's back hard, "Bastard, why don't you hurry up and apologize!" It's all because of this idiot! Letting him embarrass himself!

Qin Jun stumbled at the blow, bent over in pain, and repeated the bowing and apologizing part yet again, and he could just imagine what a disdainful face Tang Bai was wearing.

Recalling the humiliating history of the last time he bowed and apologized in front of the entire school and even the entire interstellar people, new hatred and old hatred surged to his heart, and the blood of shame and anger rushed straight to his head as he rasped, "Tang Bai, I'm sorry, I was wrong."

Tang Bai raised his little hand in a pretentious manner and waved at Qin Jun like a puppy, saying sweetly, "You're bowing in the wrong direction, I'm here~"

Qin Jun: "......"

Qin Jun was about to endure the humiliation and bow in a different direction, just then the snowball crouching near Qin Jun slowly stood up and headed towards Tang Bai who was beckoning.

When Qin Jun lowered his head, he was right on the dog.

Qin Jun: "............"

Qin Jun's teeth almost crunched.

Snowball took one look at the strange guest, withdrew his eyes in disgust, and jumped back onto Tang's mother's lap.

Tang's mother gently caressed the snowball one by one, and said in a light tone, "My child has always been pampered, and since he was a child we haven't bothered to say a single heavy word, so if he is really bullied outside, we won't be lenient."

Snowball followed with a loud "woof" and Tang's mother laughed softly, "I guess that's something a dog can understand."

Qin father immediately hit Qin Jun heavily, "Dog, do you understand!"

Qin Jun: "......"

Qin Jun : "Listening to ......"

Qin's father compensated with a smile, "If this brat dares to mess with Duke Tang again, I'll make sure to break his legs and make him crawl far away from getting in Madam's way."

Tang's mother glanced at Qin Jun and said softly, "Every omega is a parent's heart, I hope that Mr. Qin will not provoke innocent omegas in the future."

Qin Yi said "Sure, sure, sure," and when he saw Tang's mother, he looked at Grandpa Tang with a hesitant smile.

After all, an omega is an omega, and only when an alpha says he won't pursue a matter like this will Qin Yi be able to put her heart back in her stomach.

"Take the energy crystals back." Grandpa Tang looked at the box of extremely high quality energy crystals that Qin Jun had brought with him and faintly refused back.

Qin Yi heard anxious, his biggest goal is the trip is Grandpa Tang, if Grandpa Tang does not let go, he is equal to this trip in vain.

"Tang Lao, I've heard that the Weaponry Research Institute needs top quality energy crystals, these are all handpicked by me, and the quality is much better than the goods on the market!" He opened the lid, and the box full of sparkling energy crystals almost blinded Tang Bai's eyes.

However, once he thought that the Qin family made their fortune by oppressing people in the slums, Tang Bai felt that these flawless white energy crystals were stained with blood.

Grandpa Tang didn't even look at the box of priced and unattainable Extreme Energy Crystals as he slowly said, "There's no need for the Qin Family Master to be so agitated, the scuffle between children won't affect business because of this."

Qin Yi's expression was joyful, and then he heard Grandpa Tang continue, "Provided that you guys can really start reflecting on this matter and don't get your hands dirty again."

The weathered face is calm and relaxed, as if it were a neighboring grandfather who is very nice to talk to, but Qin Yi felt an unspeakable pressure, it is said that people become smart with age, in this moment, he had a kind of panic feeling that he was penetrated by the old man in front of him, and everything behind the scenes, no matter whether it was buying that omega, asking someone to inquire about the scarce supplies of the Weapon Research Institute, or even the small heart of the stomach's resentment towards the Tang family, there is no place to hide! The Tang family has a lot to offer, but it's not just the omega!

A cold sweat broke out behind his back, Qin Yi unconsciously put on a pleasing tone and said, "Tang Lao, take this energy crystal as the tuition fee for this kid in my family to teach ......"

"Take it back."

Qin father's smile froze, the stiffness was only for a split second, he quickly resumed his nodding and bowing, and before he left, he gave another thousand thanks before tugging Qin Jun away.

Tang Bai glanced at the latest Palulu brooch left on the table by the Qin family, "Welp, picked one that's still in my aesthetic blind spot."

Tang's mother nodded along, "Looks like a straight-A aesthetic."

Think the style is kinda nice old straight A Grandpa Don: "......"

After disliking the apology gift, Tang Bai clamped a quail egg from the Buddha Jumping Wall and put it in the dog's bowl, smilingly said to Snowball, "That was a good matching bark just now, brother didn't love you for nothing in normal times!"

Snowball woofed twice in delight.

Tang Bai replaced the male chopsticks and joyfully pinched food for Tang's mother and Grandpa Tang, "And my dearest mom and grandpa, they talk so well, I still need to learn more from you!"

"You're the one who's poorly spoken." Tang's mother said.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm poorly spoken, but Qin Jun is also crooked! You guys didn't see that Qin Jun even skimmed his lips when he apologized, and he didn't even apologize sincerely." Tang Bai skimmed his mouth like Qin Xu, and then he was bounced on the head by Tang's mother.

"Not learning."

Tang Bai covered his head and shouted at Grandpa Tang, "Grandpa~!"

Grandpa Tang nodded gravely, "Don't skim, omega has to act like an omega."

Here we go again here we go again.

Tang Bai sticks his tongue out at Snowball, who giggles as he buries his head in his food and follows slightly.

Seeing Tang Bai's heartless appearance, Grandpa Tang sighed in his heart, he hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Sugarplum, you can forget about this Qin Jun matter, Qin Yi found someone to bribe the victim at that time, and that child agreed to help with perjury."

Tang Bai, who had been playing with a snowball, froze, Tang Bai looked up and repeated with wide eyes, "Qin Yi paid off the victim?"

Regarding Qin Jun's rape of omega, Tang Bai never contacted that omega because he didn't want to disturb his life.

Whether or not to bring Qin Jun down for rape is also something Tang Bai has been struggling with for a long time.

If he really wants to sue Qin Jun, it will definitely expose the omega's personal information, and as an omega, Tang Bai knows better than anyone the value omega places on chastity.

He also knew better than anyone how fragile omega's mental capacity was.

This is a society where omega's are violated time and time again, and instead of being tortured to death by their rapists, those omega's can't stand the looks of dissent and choose to kill themselves.

The Qin family, as the culprit, has the face to bother the other party, and that omega ...... was really bribed.

"Why ......" Amber eyes flashed with confusion as he muttered, "Is it because of the money? If the Qin family takes money to seal the deal, I can offer double."

"Sugar, it's not about money." Grandpa Tang said succinctly, "That omega has a talker, and the other person doesn't know he's been raped."

Tang Bai's fingers twitched nervously, he still remembered that video of the omega's crumpled look as she was dragged away, the heart-breaking cries for help, the slapped and swollen cheeks, and the final desperate gaze.

Grandpa Tang sighed and intoned, "No alpha can accept that his wife has been defiled."

Tarnish.

An atrocity sufficient to destroy an omega turns out to symbolize nothing more than unclean defilement in the mouth of an alpha.

Unclean, defiled.

Why is it that no one says that Qin Jun is unclean, no one says that Qin Jun is dirty as hell, no one says that an alpha like Qin Jun can't find a mate?

"He has now managed to find an alpha he can marry and is ready to come out of the shadows and start a new life, and if this comes to light, not only will this alpha he's been seeing not want him, but the other alphas around him look down on him as well."

"As far as I know, the compensation offered by the Qin family is not low, and it's not surprising that he compromised ......"

Why?

Why should the victim be blamed when it is obvious that Qin Jun has made a mistake?

Why does Qin Jun not have to be punished even though it is obvious that he has made a mistake?

Why is Qin Jun still alive and well in this world when it's obvious that he's the one who made the mistake?

Why?

Tang Bai thought quietly in his heart, he suddenly felt that all around him all of a sudden quiet, with the fishy smell of the sea water wrapped around him, as if to sink him into the boundless darkness of the bottom of the sea.

The air was so thin and the seawater so cold that it made it difficult for him to even breathe, he tried to speak, but the moment he opened his mouth, countless salty seawater poured in, so cold, so sickening, the seawater that didn't know how many alpha's dirty bodies had been washed away, the seawater that didn't know how many omega's tears had been gathered, noiselessly and silently backed up into his body and poured into his body, from his windpipe, to the cochlea, to the esophagus spreading without stopping, all the way to his stomach.

Tang Bai, with a pale face, whispered, "But it's not his fault."

Yeah, it's not his fault ......

What did he do wrong?

What did he do wrong?

"It's his fault that he didn't protect his virginity. And this has already happened, it doesn't matter who's right or who's wrong, he's been spoiled, he's going to have to accept a different look." Grandpa Tang originally didn't want to tell the naked/naked truth, but when he thought of Tang Bai going to the slums with the alpha he just met, he couldn't help but say, "As an omega, you have to protect yourself, don't trust others, don't go to places you shouldn't go at will, if you stay at home honestly, and go out and have your family to accompany you, it won't even happen this kind of Things ......"

Having heard similar words countless times ringing in our ears again, whenever we see such news and hear such tragedies, there are visible and invisible and omnipresent people pointing fingers, teaching and restraining.

The sound that exists on all sides, the sound that you can't escape even if you cover your ears, and the sound that you eventually become accustomed to and even recognize.

The suffocating waters wrapped around him like an invisible membrane, and he listened quietly to his grandfather, who was supposed to remain silent, as he had been so calmly compromised countless times.

He had heard of countless such things before, and there were really too many of them, and the victimized omegas were too pitiful, even more miserable than the omega who was raped by Qin Jun. They had sharp objects inserted into their lower bodies, their nipples were cut off with knives, and their skin was engraved with insulting words such as "slut." ......

They even died after being abused, dumped in the field, sunk at the bottom of a lake, or even thrown on the main road like a piece of trash.

And this is the time when the school will tell them, it is dangerous outside the school, you should not go out of the school, and the family will tell them, it is dangerous outside the home, you should not go out of the home.

So little by little the omega's are getting smaller and smaller and they are shrinking like quail in the circle that this society has drawn for them.

Tang Bai stands obediently in the circle, and if there are no accidents, he will stay in the circle until the end of time, be born in the circle, breed in the circle, and die in the circle.

This is an omega......

The life of a pig.

Yes, bred from birth, raised according to the strict demands of society, knowing only to eat and drink every day, with no ideals, and when grown to be ready for the barn, contributing everything to the society's fertility rate.

Every omega is encouraged to have more babies; having ten earns you the honor of being a hero mother, and the more babies you have the more honorable you are, and most omegas start getting pregnant and having babies and getting pregnant nonstop from the moment they get married ...... Give birth until you can't give birth yourself.

Tang Bai's mother's health is not good, uterine problems, birth Tang Bai already half life, another life may not be able to save, so Tang Bai this omega not pregnant, Tang's father for his wife early to do a sterilization, but Tang's mother has always been a guilty conscience, she blamed herself for not giving birth to the Tang family an alpha, and would like to let Tang Bai have an alpha named Tang. She blamed herself for not giving the Tang family an alpha, and wanted Tang Bai to give birth to an alpha with the name Tang.

Mother says the best life for an omega is to marry a good alpha and have a bunch of kids.

Father said that omega has to learn to look at alpha and tell what is a good alpha so that they don't meet a bad alpha.

Grandpa said to be a virtuous, dignified and generous omega, filial to her parents, loving her children and considerate of her husband.

Countless people have been telling Tang Bai how to be a good omega, telling Tang Bai that this is the only way to be happy and joyful.

Original ...... Originally Tang Bai should have stayed silent like this because that's the way it's always been with this society, with all these omegas.

But why, why is it that what comes to his mind at this moment is Xie Ruhang from the book?

The dark-haired, dark-eyed omega jumped down from his battle armor, which was covered in smoke and blood stains, and his face was pale, but his eyes were amazingly bright.

He returns, bloodied, to bring another victory to the Federation, only to learn that the omega brother of one of his soldiers has been raped by a nobleman.

The omega didn't want to make a noise, didn't want to tell anyone, just wanted to die quietly, and the omega cried and begged him not to make a big deal out of it, saying that the nobleman was so powerful that he wouldn't be substantially punished, saying that he was a tarnished man and not worth dirtying the marshal's future.

So Xie Ruhang walked out calmly, his face still pale, his already exhausted body shaking slightly in his palms as he held the sword.

Holding his sword, he walked towards the procession of nobles congratulating him, and approached the nobleman who had raped a loved one of his men.

Brilliant daylight pierced through the clouds and converged into countless columns of light that ran through this tainted human world.

Xie Ruhang raised his sword and calmly, almost coldly, stabbed into the nobleman's chest, the sharp edge piercing through layer after layer of costly and beautiful clothing, through the skin fed by wine and meat, through the heart surrounded by ribs-

Blood suddenly spurted out, blooming into a bright red mist under the brilliant sunlight, splashing onto Xie Ruhang's pale face.

Straddling time and space, the dark phoenix eyes seemed to be gazing at Tang Bai in silence.

Some things were not meant to be looked into, not to be thought about, and if he didn't look at anything, didn't listen to anything, didn't think about anything, then maybe he wouldn't have realized the layer of falsehood that had been covering him all this time, that could be poked and prodded at with a single stretch of the hand.

His amber eyes looked at his grandfather, who was still lecturing, and his mother, who was absently fiddling with the flowers, Tang Bai suddenly became a little breathless, and the seawater that filled his stomach bladder seemed to burn, turning from ice-cold water into a blazing fire of searing pain.

He seemed to finally understand why Xie Ruhang in the book was often so angry; it was cynical anger, anger at his anger, anger to change the world ......

In a world full of prejudice and ignorance, there must be a pioneer to stand up as a torch and be the only light.

But only a little light is not enough; only that little light cannot illuminate the darkness of this world.

Revolutions from time immemorial have required bloodshed, as was the case with the Union's secession from imperial rule, and as should be the case with the AO's struggle for affirmative action.

One martyr is not enough, there needs to be a second and a third ...... More people are needed to sacrifice, to sacrifice before and after, to burn their lives to light up this darkness, even if everyone is just an insignificant spark, but one day, Xing Xing's fire will start a prairie fire.

All these years, all these years he's lived according to the eyes of others, he's pretended to be deaf and dumb, he's fooled himself, he's outwardly honorable, but only Tang Bai himself knows that he's an empty shell, that he's given up what he loves most in order to be a good omega in the traditional sense of the word.

He remembered how his grandfather had taught him as a child, and how the whole family would look at him whenever he solved a puzzle-

It was a look of pride, admiration, pride, relief, like looking at a sparkling jewel.

In a braggadocios tone, Grandpa would introduce his old friend, "My grandson, the genius of weapons manufacturing, follows me."

That proud, proud and spirited look, but then what, when he was six years old and differentiated, he never saw his grandfather look like that again.

A heated argument broke out in the house that day, and Grandpa locked himself in the house, alone for a day and a night, and when he came out, everything was different.

He could no longer study mechanics under his grandfather, he could no longer have mech toys, he could no longer bask in that proud pride.

And all because ...... He's an omega.

He has been trying to convince himself, repress himself, tell himself that this kind of life is also happy, carefree, eat, drink and have fun, later marry a good alpha, have a bunch of children, no need to struggle and work hard, this is how many people dream of life ah.

But is this the life he wants?

Married to an alpha who is about as good as Gu Tunan, maybe not as good as Gu Tunan, and keeps having babies and babies and babies.

Tang Bai could hypnotize himself from before, all omega's come this way, always have, all people do.

But yeah ......

Xie Ruhang is not.

He lived with such wanton spontaneity, wild and radiant, O dazzling light, a presence for which he wept.

If the light hadn't been so bright, he might not have seen his own cowardice; he was a bred canary, accustomed to a secure life in fine clothes, restless, yet afraid of risk.

He's always been so withdrawn and weak and hypocritical and stupid, and if it weren't for Xie Ruhang, he'd probably be stuck in this delicate cage for the rest of his life.

But then Xie Ruhang showed up.

Xie Ruhang is the biggest change in his life, like an Xing Xing thrown into stagnant water, ripples after ripples, after ripples, after ripples, the shining star illuminates the jewels deep in the muck.

Just as a leaf has to stretch hard from its painful huddle, so man has to break free from the unthinking obscurantism that is living.

Xie Ruhang, who swung his sword and stabbed his enemy, once again surfaced in Tang Bai's mind, his face was bright red blood, so bright red that it was like a fire that would never be extinguished, and between the light of the swords, those dark phoenix eyes looked at him silently-

If the world is a barrier that stands in the way, then thrust your sword through it.

If you know that your heart is not in it, if you know that you will regret it in the future, if it's not too late, then why don't you try?

If everyone lives in a book and has their own plot line, then why do I have to follow the plot according to other people's expectations, when it's clearly my life, and all the sorrows and joys and ups and downs can be written by me - as long as I'm willing to suffer the price for it.

If I would give anything for this, then I ...... Why don't I go be myself for a while?

Tang Bai raised his head, he seemed to hear the sound of the flame buried in the bottom of his heart rekindling, that faint cluster of flower seedlings in the endless sea water burning, burning, burning, at any time may be extinguished, burned his body burning pain, burned his nose sore, he must use all his body's strength, in order to protect that small cluster of fire not to be doused, and for this he will inevitably have to endure the pain of the licking of the flames.

"Grandpa, Mom, if I was raped by Qin Jun, would you give me a slap on the wrist?"

Tang's mother: "How dare he!!!"

Grandpa Tang frowned, "Why would I hit you?"

"Why don't you beat me? I'm the one who didn't keep my virginity safe, how could I have been violated if I had stayed home all my life?"

Tang's mother sensed the seemingly soft but aggressive sharpness between Tang Bai's words, and she subconsciously looked at Grandpa Tang, seeing that his expression was slightly condensed.

"And no, there are some omega's in the slums that even if you stay in your home, thugs will break in, and as long as they have evil in their hearts, there's nowhere to run, no matter where you are."

Tang Bai said softly, "Grandpa, mom, you say that omega has to protect itself, but why does everyone want omega to protect itself?"

"Don't those alpha's have parents? Didn't anyone tell them not to violate omega?"

"The physical qualities of omega and alpha are worlds apart, and when it comes to things like rape, it's hard for us to fight back and run away. Self-defense techniques? The vast majority of self-defense techniques are simply useless in the face of absolute strength suppression. Wolf spray? It takes time to pull something like that out of a bag, and in a hurry we might not even be able to aim it at the abuser's face."

Tang Bai removes his portable energy gun from his belt, "This is the only weapon that can do damage to an alpha."

"But a normal omega wouldn't even have access to such a weapon, would it?"

He placed the gun quietly on the table, it was a diamond encrusted firearm, gorgeous to some ridiculous, Grandpa Tang breathed a sigh of relief, full of shock, looking at Tang Bai whose eyes were soaked with tears.

Tang Bai's heart was clearly an ocean surging, but his eyes only shed two lines of tears.

"They have access to the doctrine of chastity, a secondary victimization from a society where their parents will blame them for their weak sense of self-preservation without ever thinking that they have not taught their omega children what to do in such a situation, and their husbands will only point the finger of blame at their own wives but not dare to judge their sinful counterparts! " Tang Bai suddenly drew up his voice, his face flushed, his eyes red, his gaze burning into his grandfather and mother.

No one answered.

The living room was silent, except for Tang Bai's soft voice that suddenly lightened, "It's okay, I'll do it."

In front of Grandpa Tang, Tang Bai walked towards the exclusive weapons research room of Grandpa Tang, he stood in the doorway and reached out to touch the combination lock, when he was about to enter the code, the showy hand hesitantly stopped in mid-air as if he was afraid.

In the middle of the day, Tang Bai's trembling fingertips slowly typed in the string of numbers from his childhood.

Then ......

The door opens.