Forced to Romance the Omega Psychiatrist - Chapter 53.2

Bai Shuixi remained silent for a moment before suddenly tossing her phone aside, turning to pull Xia You into a tight embrace. Then, tilting her head, she kissed Xia You deeply, guiding her unsteadily toward the bed.

When they tumbled onto the mattress together, Xia You was still bewildered, struggling to keep up with Bai Shuixi’s intensity. “What’s gotten into you?” she gasped, pushing at her weakly. “Didn’t we just ?”

Bai Shuixi didn’t answer, only continued to kiss her, murmuring “Jiejie” between breaths.

Xia You was dazed by her kisses, and those coquettish, slightly aggrieved calls of “sister” made her head spin. Her heart softened, feeling as though Bai Shuixi was now like an expensive pedigree kitten that had accidentally fallen into a ditch, coming to her covered in filth, pouting and seeking comfort.

This adorable image made Xia You forget all grievances in an instant, only wanting to kiss Bai Shuixi back.

“What exactly happened to you…”

In the brief pauses between kisses, Xia You murmured the question hazily.

Perhaps she had asked it casually, not really expecting an answer, but Bai Shuixi’s movements stiffened slightly. She then closed her eyes, biting back the words “I’m sorry” that lingered behind that address.

If she had known the separation would come so soon. No, actually, Bai Shuixi had known from the start that she and Xia You couldn’t be together for long. Yet she had still deceived herself, selfishly indulging in Xia You’s affections, thinking that even one more second together would be worth it.

It was all her fault, too greedy, too selfish, wanting only to be close.

I’m sorry, I’m sorry… Bai Shuixi thought: It’s all my fault, but please, don’t hate me… Even forgetting me would be better than hating me.

Bai Shuixi kissed Xia You’s neck and shoulders, silently shedding tears where Xia You couldn’t see, crying quietly for a while.

Because of how exhausting the previous night had been, by the time Bai Shuixi had gotten ready the next morning to retrieve Zhou Wanwan, Xia You still hadn’t woken up.

Bai Shuixi put on her coat and stood by the bed, gazing at Xia You for a long moment before leaning down to kiss her softly.

“Sister, I’m heading out now,” she whispered.

Still half-asleep, Xia You didn’t respond, only letting out a faint “Mm” and burrowing deeper into the blankets.

Bai Shuixi stood by the bed, looking at the top of Xia You’s head peeking out from the covers. Her expression turned bitter, and she smiled faintly, full of reluctance, before reaching out to stroke Xia You’s hair. Then, without a word, she turned and left the suite, heading downstairs.

The driver was already waiting at the hotel entrance. The temporary assistant followed silently, maintaining a professional distance two steps behind Bai Shuixi. The bodyguards she had brought to Hong Kong had also received word and were in position before Bai Shuixi even appeared. The black Mercedes reserved for them was parked right behind her own car.

The hotel lobby was filled with well-dressed guests and tourists, all looking polished and glamorous, yet Bai Shuixi found it all utterly dull.

Just the absence of Xia You made the world seem to revert to the version she knew all too well boring, bland, and tiresome.

The faint trace of warmth Bai Shuixi had recently acquired seemed to evaporate in an instant, leaving behind the cold, detached, and arrogant CEO who spared no mercy in her dealings.

“To 18 King’s Terrace,” she ordered coolly as she stepped into the car, straightening her coat without even glancing at the driver who held the door open for her. Her striking face was the picture of aloofness, perfectly in line with Bai Shuixi’s usual demeanor.

The door closed, and the car soon pulled away as instructed. It wasn’t until they had left the hotel’s street that Bai Shuixi tilted her head slightly, casting one last look through the window at the towering hotel by Victoria Harbour.

Xia You was still asleep in one of its rooms.

According to the original plot, she was supposed to remain forever in a certain stretch of Hong Kong’s waters.

Li Wei, Zhou Wanwan, and Xia You would return safely to G City. Xu Chuan would take control of Tianyin, and no one would restrict Xia You anymore. Li Wei would cut off all contact with Zhou Wanwan, pretending to be devoted and sincere as she achieved a happy ending with Xia You…

Now, Bai Shuixi had already taken care of all the people and issues in advance. The only thing left was to retrieve Zhou Wanwan before everything could truly conclude.

Bai Shuixi wasn’t sure what would happen after bringing Zhou Wanwan back. She only knew, instinctively, that she didn’t want any new complications to arise anything that might drag Xia You, whom she had worked so hard to protect, back into danger.

As for the outcome. If she was destined to stop here, then this quiet farewell might not be so bad. Compared to a heart-wrenching separation, she preferred to leave in silence.

Withdrawing her gaze, Bai Shuixi exhaled softly, forcing herself not to dwell on thoughts of Xia You and focusing instead on how to deal with Xu Yaqing.

Xu Yaqing wouldn’t just be waiting at the door, ready to hand Zhou Wanwan over directly. She still needed to be cautious.

After over an hour of driving, the car finally arrived at Cheng Tian’s villa in the hills. Once a private residence, it now seemed to have become Xu Yaqing’s property.

Bai Shuixi wasn’t entirely sure what kind of deal this couple had struck, but after a minute or two of waiting at the gate, the driver stepped forward to announce their purpose, and the wrought-iron villa doors swung open before them.

The Rolls-Royce glided into the courtyard, where Xu Yaqing, draped in a shawl, came forward to greet them from a distance. Her smile was gentle and serene, perfectly matching her delicate features.

As the car rolled to a stop in front of the entrance, the driver hurried to open the door for Bai Shuixi.

With an indifferent expression, Bai Shuixi stepped out, glanced at Xu Yaqing’s face, and let out a faint, humorless chuckle before walking over to exchange a perfunctory, polite embrace.

“What a lovely house excellent feng shui, so open and bright. Given the current situation, I assume all of Miss Xu’s wishes have been fulfilled?”

Xu Yaqing’s troubles had always revolved around Cheng Tian. Once that reckless fool was dealt with, she had nothing left to worry about and that just so happened to tie into the reason for Bai Shuixi’s visit today.

Xu Yaqing pressed her lips together in a smile but didn’t address it directly. Instead, she said playfully, “You still refuse to call me ‘sister.’”

Bai Shuixi didn’t respond, merely curling the corner of her mouth in a cold, empty smile.

She followed Xu Yaqing into the villa, where a two-story-high foyer and living room greeted them.

Perfectly composed, Bai Shuixi tilted her head back as if admiring the crystal chandelier overhead, ignoring Xu Yaqing’s words.

Standing beside her, Xu Yaqing noticed her stubborn refusal to engage and couldn’t help but laugh. Then, with an overly familiar gesture, she placed a hand on Bai Shuixi’s back and gave a light push, guiding her toward a room on the east side of the first floor.

“Alright, I’ve already sent for her she’ll be here soon. Since a few of our other sisters are here today as well, why don’t we pass the time with a few rounds of cards?” she said, her voice laced with amusement.

Bai Shuixi was caught off

All the women present were skilled mahjong players. Bai Shuixi wasn’t sure if the others could see through Xu Yaqing’s tactics or what Xu Yaqing truly intended. However… the more Xu Yaqing acted this way, the less she wanted to win.

Two groups with completely opposing stances maintained a surface harmony, yet the tension at the mahjong table was palpable neither side willing to yield an inch.

After another round of drawing tiles, Xu Yaqing studied her hand while gently rubbing the newly drawn tile between her fingers.

Even a novice could tell what tile they held after a few rounds, let alone seasoned players.

Xu Yaqing must have already made her judgment. Hesitating briefly, she didn’t look at the tile but instead turned to Bai Shuixi and asked, “Are you determined to take that little actress away today?”

“Something decided long ago,” Bai Shuixi replied indifferently, her gaze fixed on her tiles. “Naturally, it won’t change.”

“That’s not what I meant. She’s of no use to me anymore. I’ll let her go,” Xu Yaqing said, still holding the tile without looking at it, her eyes lingering on Bai Shuixi with a hint of deeper meaning. “I’m asking about you.”

“Of course I’ll take her,” Bai Shuixi glanced at her tiles again before meeting Xu Yaqing’s gaze calmly. “I have other uses for her. But after taking her away, I’ll return to the mainland.”

“…Very well.”

Xu Yaqing silently studied the tiles on the table for a moment, then sighed as if regretful. She added the tile in her hand to the pile and pushed them all over, murmuring, “I win.”

“Then I’ll go collect my person.”

Without any intention to linger, Bai Shuixi placed her scattered tiles face down, stood up, and took the coat handed by her assistant, slipping it on with cool detachment.

Xu Yaqing sighed and tapped her mahjong tile lightly. “She’s outside the butler will show you the way. Go ahead.”

Bai Shuixi nodded without another word, unfazed by Xu Yaqing’s sudden coldness, and turned to leave the room.

After her departure, the women resumed their chatter. The most talkative one a fox-eyed beauty full of charm peeked curiously at the tiles Bai Shuixi had left face down and clicked her tongue. “What a mess. She really didn’t take your hint at all.”

The qipao-clad woman who had earlier claimed she couldn’t play mahjong gracefully took a seat at the table, expertly arranging the tiles with practiced ease, as if unsurprised:

“I watched from the side. That girl went to great lengths to let Yaqing win must’ve racked her brains dry.”

“What a shame,” murmured the quiet young mistress who had spoken little, glancing at the qipao woman’s tiles. “She seemed quite principled, with good character, far better than Chengtian. Just lacks… taste.”

Xu Yaqing chuckled at her friend’s veiled consolation, snapping out of her reverie. Setting down the tile in her hand, she said:

“I met her too late, the timing wasn’t right… Ah well, just a little sister, no point dwelling on it. Come on, let’s keep playing. Today, I’ll wipe you all out.”

“Who do you think you can beat?” The fox-eyed beauty arched her slender brows, smiling at Xu Yaqing. “Honestly, did letting the little girl win just now boost your confidence? Come on, let’s play a round to sober you up.”

The friends bantered among themselves as the sound of shuffling tiles filled the room again, as if the topic had been brushed aside and no one would mention it further.

Leaving the room, Bai Shuixi’s expression remained cold, her lowered lashes seeming to carry invisible frost. It wasn’t as if she had merely rejected an unspoken gesture of goodwill more like she had walked alone through an endless path of unmelting snow.

Fortunately, Xu Yaqing didn’t keep her waiting this time. Following the butler, Bai Shuixi soon spotted Zhou Wanwan in the living room where she had first entered.

Zhou Wanwan looked just as before, delicate and pretty, though lacking her former spirited glow. Dressed simply in trousers and a jacket, she almost appeared student-like in her plain attire as she was led in by Xu Yaqing’s staff.

“President Bai.” Zhou Wanwan gazed at Bai Shuixi with complicated emotions, calling out softly.

Bai Shuixi frowned.

She didn’t particularly care about Zhou Wanwan’s situation. It was just that Zhou Wanwan’s voice felt like a countdown, relentlessly reminding her that her time was running out.

For a fleeting moment, Bai Shuixi truly wanted to abandon Zhou Wanwan here.

Even if it might lead to new complications, at least she could still be with Xia You, couldn’t she?

She didn’t want to let go.

Couldn’t let go. If she walked away now, she would truly lose Xia You.

“President Bai?” Her assistant’s prompting voice came from behind, intending to ask for instructions but inadvertently cutting through Bai Shuixi’s thoughts.

The obsessive notions abruptly detached from the soil of her emotions. Bai Shuixi paused for a couple of seconds, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and pulled out her phone to open WeChat, clicking into the pinned chat with Xia You.

There were two new messages, one a photo Xia You had taken of the view outside her window, the other an ordinary share: Look, there are seagulls.

Bai Shuixi’s expression softened slightly as she read them. Her thumb hovered over the screen, hesitating, but she ultimately didn’t reply. Instead, she gripped the phone tightly and turned off the screen.

She wanted to put it away, but her muscles refused to cooperate.

Reason waged a desperate battle against instinct. Logically, she should pocket her phone and efficiently take Zhou Wanwan away. Yet she couldn’t bring herself to release the device, just as she couldn’t bring herself to give up on Xia You while there was still a chance, even if it meant clinging to this one last trivial delay.

She had planned everything so carefully on the way here take Zhou Wanwan away, then face the consequences meant for her, leaving Xia You with a clean slate. But now that the moment had arrived, she still couldn’t accept it.

She couldn’t bear it.

Not for anyone else’s sake. Just like a drowning person would dig their nails into a floating plank of wood, refusing to let go even as their flesh tore and bled.

It was this obsessive, desperate, instinctive craving…

She wanted to be with Xia You. Wanted Xia You to be hers only hers.

“President Bai, aren’t we leaving?” The assistant, who had only been assigned to Bai Shuixi less than a month ago, grew genuinely nervous at her behavior and couldn’t help but speak up. “Are you feeling unwell? Should I call a doctor for you?”

The word “doctor” instantly struck a nerve with Bai Shuixi. Her long, delicate eyelashes fluttered rapidly as she lowered her gaze.

Whether before or after her transmigration, Bai Shuixi had become all too familiar with the term ‘doctor.’

Before meeting Xia Nuo, various people around her would constantly remind her: ‘President Bai, you should see a doctor,’ or ‘President Bai, the doctor prescribed new medication for you time to take your pills.’

Every time this happened, Bai Shuixi would feel an overwhelming weariness. She couldn’t understand why she, someone far more clear-headed than others was the one who needed to see a doctor, not them. This thought only fueled her cold indifference and resistance.

Memories of the past tangled with the present, and a surge of complicated emotions welled up in her chest, finally suppressing her feelings at least for the moment.

“…Let’s go.” Bai Shuixi composed her expression, forcefully suppressing her emotions as she tucked her phone back into her pocket. Her cold gaze swept over everyone in sight before she turned away without hesitation.

This was the moment to leave.

If she delayed any longer, Bai Shuixi wasn’t sure she could resist abandoning Zhou Wanwan and running back to Xia You.

Since she’d decided to make a clean break, there was no point wavering now.

Without another glance at Zhou Wanwan, Bai Shuixi stepped into the Rolls-Royce first. Through the window, she watched Zhou Wanwan follow the bodyguard into the Mercedes behind them.

As Zhou Wanwan approached the car step by step, Bai Shuixi gradually felt as if the space around her was distorting. Time seemed to slow, and the subtle changes in people’s expressions became vividly clear.

This sensation intensified until the moment Zhou Wanwan closed the car door. Bai Shuixi, who had anticipated this, suddenly felt an emptiness in her heart, a strange, indescribable feeling.

The first second brought a disorienting sense of weightlessness, as if her brain believed her body was entering a near-death state. Her chest tightened violently, and her body grew feverish.

Fortunately, the weightlessness passed quickly, replaced by an intense feeling of separation.

It was bizarre as if Bai Shuixi’s existence had been cleaved from the rest of the world.

She turned her head and saw her assistant in the front seat speaking to the driver in slow motion, their expressions normal. Outside the convoy, the Xu family’s servants calmly watched them depart… It was as if Bai Shuixi’s soul had left her body, and no one noticed anything unusual about her.

Was this how it would end?

The thought flashed through her mind. Before she could even begin to consider how to float over to Xia You’s side and become a “clingy” ghost, a mechanical voice, colder and more emotionless than the system’s rang out.

[Detected completion of plot tasks in this world. Termination procedure automatically loading.]

[System calculating…]

[Calculation complete.]

[Temporary Task Executor: No. 0317522, Bai Shuixi. Original mission objective: Maintain plot progression until conclusion. Mission status: Failed.]

At the word “failed,” Bai Shuixi’s heart sank instinctively. She couldn’t help but recall what the system had told her when she first entered this world, fearing she would be sent back to her original world only to die in a different timeline from Xia You due to improper medication, without even the chance to be remembered.

But then, the icy mechanical voice spoke again, as if it still had half a report left to deliver:

[Initiating secondary detection. Does the executor possess additional achievements: Yes.

Executor has uncovered hidden plotlines, replaced original female lead Li Wei to become the lover of female lead Xia You, successfully completed the female lead’s task of eliminating malicious supporting characters, and successfully filled in world logic to form a closed loop.]

[Data analysis in progress…]

[World stability: 100%; Plot completion: 100%; Depth of female lead’s affection: 100%.]

[Final data calculation… Task Executor Bai Shuixi has failed the mission by not completing it as required. Rewards revoked.]

The mechanical voice entered another calculation phase as lines of fluorescent text flashed before Bai Shuixi’s eyes.

[Task performer Bai Shuixi has committed multiple acts of malicious sabotage during the mission, ignored system warnings to forcibly target non-mission characters, constituting gross dereliction of duty.

Due to the task performer completing additional missions and achieving 100% synchronization with this minor world, the system has ruled against erasure.

Final assessment complete. The task performer made multiple critical errors during the mission, four of which directly altered the plot trajectory, significantly impacting the worldline. These constitute major failures.

The system has ruled the mission unsuccessful and sentences the task performer to lifelong imprisonment as punishment, with original identity erased.]

[End of report]

As the final word was announced, that icy mechanical voice completely vanished from Bai Shuixi’s mind. Even all discomfort disappeared, the faint scent of car air freshener, the hushed conversation between the assistant and driver… all her senses sharpened once more.

Bai Shuixi lowered her gaze and clenched her fingers slightly, her body quickly responding.

…It seemed… she had regained control of this body.

What exactly was happening?

[…See? I told you there’d be punishments for not completing missions properly, but you wouldn’t believe me.]

The system’s furtive voice echoed in her mind, carrying both caution and a hint of blustering pride.

“…”

This dynamic felt familiar, exactly like her usual mission interactions with the system.

After a brief daze, urgency surged through her. Disregarding the presence of the driver and assistant, Bai Shuixi spoke aloud: “What exactly is going on?”

[Ah, well, punishment stuff,] the system hedged. [You didn’t complete the mission and got tangled up with the female lead, that’s a major violation. Now you can’t return to your original world, your identity there has been erased.

In other words, the main system withdrew protection from your original body. That body has been declared dead in your home world. You’re homeless now the only Bai Shuixi left in the system is the one you’ve been playing.]

Hearing this, an almost impossible speculation suddenly occurred to Bai Shuixi. Her heartbeat accelerated sharply, and her hands resting on her knees trembled slightly: “Then this so-called lifelong imprisonment means…”

[It means living out this identity’s natural lifespan in this world. After all, your synchronization with this world reached 100%. The world’s core character Xia You loves you deeply, if you died, the worldline would collapse.]

The system answered with noticeable sourness: [What an unexpected twist. Feeling lucky now, CEO Bai?]

Bai Shuixi’s breathing grew rapid. She had to dig her nails into her palm to regain some composure odd for someone usually so composed to feel dampness in her palms.

[But seriously, don’t hold a grudge. You saw, I’m just working for the main system too. My hands are tied,] the system rambled on. [Now that the mission report is finalized, our partnership ends here. Let’s part amicably, a five-star rating isn’t too much to ask, right?]

Bai Shuixi had no attention to spare for it. Ratings were the last thing on her mind as she quite uncharacteristically leaned forward to grasp her assistant’s elbow.

“What’s wrong, President Bai?” The assistant turned around to see Bai Shuixi’s unusually bright eyes and was startled.

“Where are we going now?” Bai Shuixi asked with burning intensity.

“Uh… Didn’t you say we should first hand Miss Zhou over to Ms. Li? We’re currently on our way to…”

“Cancel it.” Bai Shuixi replied without hesitation.

“Huh?” The assistant was taken aback.

“We’re not going. Turn back to the hotel immediately. Right now.” Bai Shuix

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