The second world: The academic overlord and his little plasticine doll. (12)

Chu Shici also wanted to receive a bonus. According to Kitty, it was at least 100,000.

One hundred thousand is not a small amount in this day and age, but he is not a human being, so he has no way to come forward to receive the money.

He refused with tears, saying that he will not leave his name for his good deeds.

Kitty took it seriously and praised him for a long time.

In the “Princess’s Crystal Castle”, the group owner, administrator and most of the group members went offline simultaneously. There is a person with a police head inside, who is teaching ideological education to the children.

After chatting with Chu Shici, Kitty posted a new update.

[# Today I went out to fish with my uncles, so happy. Caught a lot of fish, cats like to catch fish the most! #]

After a while, it disappeared under his nose again.

Chu Shici thought for a while, and sent a private message, [Did you get scolded for posting?]

Sweetheart Kitty: [Alas.]

It is estimated that fishing is not allowed during working hours, and the avatar of the Kitty dimmed.

When Chu Shici was listening to the legal education class in the “Princess’s Crystal Castle”, Mingzhe was filling out the form seriously.

Dr. Chen is an ordinary-looking, plainly dressed man with a geekish look about him. He was thin and bald.

Although his appearance is mediocre, his temperament is very good. When meeting him for the first time, one would think that this is probably an easy-going high-level intellectual.

Mingzhe could feel Dr. Chen’s eyes on him all the time.

Calm, non-aggressive eyes, letting him relax a little.

Mingzhe handed over the form, and Dr. Chen examined it carefully. After a while, he frowned and murmured: “Severe depression.”

Chu Shici was listening to the Internet Police’s legal education, and went to the background of the system to check.

The protagonist’s current vitality is 55 points.

According to his experience, this kind of person belongs to the category of recovering from mental illness and basically living a normal life.

At most, these people are a little sad.

He doesn’t know if it’s because the generation gap between him and Mingzhe is too big to understand the child’s complicated thoughts, or if Dr. Chen made a misdiagnosis.

Chu Shici searched the Internet for Dr. Chen from the Third Hospital of R Province.

He found the basic information of Dr. Chen.

Male, 33 years old, expert in child psychology. The following is his academic qualifications and achievements. A long section is dazzling.

Chu Shici propped up his chin.

This man is professional and knows more than him. It may be that he does not have enough information, and the vitality value theory he thought up of is not rigorous enough.

Dr. Chen began to prescribe medicine to Mingzhe and offered regular psychological counselling.

He said that he would stay in City Z for a month, and during this month, he would give Mingzhe psychological counselling twice a week.

Mingzhe’s face gradually turned cold. He drank the hot milk on the table, picked up Chu Shici and got up to leave.

Doctor Chen gently held his wrist, and showed him a gentle smile, with a hint of worry in his tone.

“Don’t be nervous, I just want to help you. You have suicidal tendencies and lack of family affection since childhood. I want you to come out of the shadow of your childhood.”

Mingzhe glanced at him blankly, shook off his hand, put on his hat and left the coffee shop.

Chu Shici lay on his shoulders, and through the glass wall of the coffee shop, he saw Dr. Chen watching them worriedly.

___

It’s been a week since the last time they parted.

Dr. Chen would call every night at ten o’clock. Over the phone, he gave Mingzhe psychological counselling.

Chu Shici was quite nervous at first, fearing that this person was a paedophile and a stalker.

But after the coffee shop offer was rejected by Mingzhe, Dr. Chen’s communication with him was limited to chatting on the phone.

Every time he makes a phone call, he will use a gentle voice to help Mingzhe relax.

He is indeed a good doctor, and Mingzhe’s vitality has increased by 10 points because of him.

It is now 65 points of vitality, which has already reached the passing line.

After half a month of observation, Chu Shici gradually relaxed his vigilance.

On Saturday, Mingzhe went to the underground Internet cafe as usual.

The small group left by Lanlan was still bustling with activity.

When Mingzhe went online, people in the group were discussing intensely.

Lemongrass Fairy: [Rabbit has not been online for more than half a month, and neither has Lele-ge.]

Society Lord He: [Lonely hasn’t been online for a long time, he is incompetent as an administrator.]

Chu Shici looked up at the screen.

The three who disappeared were the members of the criminal gang lurking in this group. He had known the rabbit and the happy boy for a long time, but what role did “I continue to be lonely” play in it?

Unable to figure it out, Chu Shici simply asked the professionals directly.

Superman Little Princess: [Brother Cat, did you catch I continue to be lonely? What is he doing in the group?]

After a few seconds, a message pops up on the computer.

Sweetheart Kitty: [Classify each child and provide technical guidance to the happy boys. His miserable persona is also fake, he is actually a doctor and specialises in child psychology. In fact, the first stage of screening was mainly because the happy boy and the rabbit mixed up the water, causing the group of friends to explode emotionally. Lonely observes everyone’s reactions and classifies them.]

Chu Shici was taken aback for a moment, subconsciously thinking of Dr. Chen.

Kitty sent another message, [When I caught him, I also found the notes he made. In your group, there was a kid named ‘Mingzhe Protects You’, who was crossed out. ‘Strong aggressiveness and high vigilance. The degree of difficulty is high and extremely challenging.’]

Superman Little Princess: [Hey, why did you mention this all of a sudden?]

Sweetheart Kitty Maomao: [You and Mingzhe Protects You don’t know each other, I see you have been protecting him in the group.]

As if realising that he had said something wrong, Kitty said that the leader was coming, and his profile picture instantly turned dark.

After the shock, Chu Shici quickly calmed down.

Anyway, he is not a human being, even if the police follow Mingzhe’s lead to investigate, they still can’t find any news related to him.

‘I continue to be lonely’ has been arrested, and this matter has nothing to do with Dr. Chen.

After the case was originally closed, Chu Shici should have been deleted as a friend.

But Kitty didn’t delete it. This little detective is young and likes to make trouble.

Even if he doesn’t need to continue to play the cute girl, he will still post some cute dynamics from time to time.

It’s not the same as those serious old policemen Chu Shici knew.

Mingzhe didn’t know what they were talking about.

It is only roughly guessed that the three missing people were taken away.

There were still people complaining in the group, and Mingxiu learned from the way Dr. Chen comforted him, and comforted the children on the other end.

It’s a pity that he didn’t learn well and had little effect.

After a few words, the topic in the group once again turned to suicide.

Society Lord He: [Mingzhe, it’s been almost a year, do you still want to commit suicide?]

Xiao He made it clear to Mingzhe in private that he no longer wanted to die.

Now this is slapping a swollen face.

Mingzhe ignored him.

On the way home, Mingzhe remained silent.

At ten o’clock in the evening, Dr. Chen called as usual.

Chu Shici lay on Mingzhe’s head and eavesdropped on their conversation.

“Xiao Zhe, how are you feeling recently?”

“Fine.”

“Do you still have nightmares?”

“No.”

The two chatted for a while, and Chu Shici heard a man’s magnetic and gentle voice coming from the microphone.

“You have something on your mind today, Xiao Zhe. If you are unhappy, you can tell me.”

He paused, then continued: “I will always be with you.”

Mingzhe looked weird for a moment, said goodbye coldly, and hung up the phone.

Chu Shici looked at his phone, then at Mingzhe, “What’s wrong?”

Mingzhe picked him up, and said softly after a long silence, “I don’t need anyone to accompany me, Ge, I only want you.”

Chu Shici retreated tactically.

Saying such words to the plasticine little man, it seems that Mingzhe has already begun to load up the aura of the romantic protagonist.

Mingzhe didn’t continue this topic, after washing up, he was ready to go to bed.

Chu Shici flew into the small plasticine bed next to the pillow.

After the parents were admitted to the hospital, Mingzhe inherited their mobile phone while living on their property.

Now he has a slider phone with a colour screen and can connect to the Internet, but there is no data.

He was used to living frugally, so he was reluctant to apply for a card with data.

Chu Shici stared at his mobile phone for a while, and said to the system: ‘Tong-ge, set up a hotspot for Xiaozhe.’

The system watched TV while drinking black tea, [What kind of system am I, do you still not understand? I’ll do anything for money.]

‘Is he not your lovely baby anymore?’

[I still want to be a charterer, busy saving money. How about this, I will give him a 20% discount.]

When Chu Shici helped it with a part-time job, he made it some money.

After the system finished transferring the money, Chu Shici waved to Mingzhe, “Xiaozhe, I’ll find someone to set up a hotspot for your mobile phone, and you can surf the Internet for free.”

Mingzhe opened his eyes and looked at him with a little puzzlement, “Hot spot?”

Chu Shici didn’t explain, but only told him to try surfing the Internet quickly.

After trying to log in to the chat software, Mingzhe’s face became more and more serious.

Those light brown eyes looked directly at Chu Shici, and there was some dissatisfaction in his usually calm voice.

“Did you find someone to open it? When and where, I don’t know. I only have one friend, you can chat with the criminal police behind my back, why do you have other friends? You return the hotspot to him, I don’t want it.”

Except for discussing serious business, Mingzhe rarely talks so much in one breath in his daily life.

Because Chu Shici couldn’t explain clearly, Mingzhe’s eyes turned red.

In the end, Chu Shici had no choice but to confess to Mingzhe, “My friend is quite special. Its existence cannot be explained by current science. Just treat it as living in my body or consciousness.”

Mingzhe was short of breath for a moment, his eyes fixed on Chu Shici.

A few seconds later, Chu Shici didn’t know what he thought of but he snorted coldly, turned around and ignored him, and turned his back to him.

Chu Shici: …

How could someone be jealous of the system?

That night Mingzhe tossed and turned and fell asleep in the middle of the night.

At dawn, he had a dream.

In the dream, Superman hugged a man whose face could not be seen clearly, and said to him, ‘I’m sorry Mingzhe, I prefer to be with the system than you. After all we are one and the same and never to be separated by anyone.’

Mingzhe was abandoned again and became nothing.

He cried to keep Superman like he was trying to get his parents back, but Superman still left hand in hand with the system.

Mingzhe opened his eyes abruptly.

He turned his head to look at the sleeping Chu Shici, pondered for a moment, and threatened in a low voice to the plasticine head.

“Little Superman is my elder brother, and he belongs to me alone. I don’t care what you are, you are not allowed to take him away.”

The system that stayed up late to watch dramas silently pressed the pause button.

Little white-eyed wolf, I’m no longer your fan!

___

The result of the trial of the criminal group has not come down, because there are too many people involved, and the case has not yet been completely closed.

Kitty chatted with Chu Shici privately, telling him to be careful and not go to places with few people.

Superman Little Princess: [Aren’t all the criminals arrested?]

Sweetheart Kitty: [Cross-provincial crimes have been dealt with in City Z. Other provinces and cities have done almost the same thing, but after all, they are arresting people hidden in the Internet. Comrades in some places have never done this kind of thing before. Just in case, it is better to be careful in the near future. If you need protection, just tell me. Your bonus is still kept with us, so I can send it to you if you ever want it.]

Chu Shici once again refused the bonus with tears in his eyes.

He just wanted to wipe away the non-existent tears as usual, when two laser beams suddenly shot out from his eyes.

There were two small holes in the draft paper, and Mingzhe cast a puzzled look at Chu Shici.

Chu Shici was also confused, ‘Tong-ge, what’s wrong with my eyes? ‘

The system was looking for a part-time job, and casually said: [Look carefully, that’s not a laser, it’s tears. You complained to me that this body can’t cry, and I made a tear system for you, isn’t it great?]

Chu Shici leaned over to take a look. The draft paper wasn’t burnt, it was pierced by a high-pressure water gun.

He took a deep breath, feeling the emotions brewing up again.

Then two water jets shot out, and two more small holes appeared on the paper.

Mingzhe, who was doing homework beside him, paused for a moment.

Chu Shici touched his own beady eyes.

‘Tong-ge, if you don’t know how to do it, you don’t have to do it, don’t do it blindly. ‘

[It’s a free gift and you still want to hassle me.]

Chu Shici felt that this thing should be regarded as a superpower, so he shot at the draft paper while flying.

After Mingzhe finished his homework, he quietly watched from the side.

At ten o’clock, Dr. Chen called again.

“Xiao Zhe, how are you feeling recently?”

Mingzhe didn’t answer his question, “Thank you doctor, I don’t need psychotherapy.”

“But you are very insecure, which will make you very isolated. This is caused by your childhood environment, and your parents not caring much about you. As you grow older, this sense of insecurity will become more and more intense. Over time, negative emotions may explode and you may hurt those around you.”

Chu Shici was eavesdropping in front of Mingzhe, who slowly narrowed his eyes.

He felt that the doctor was a little too enthusiastic, and he didn’t know if he was a good person or had other purposes.

Mingzhe glanced at the little Superman in front of him, but finally did not hang up the phone.

After chatting for a month, Mingzhe’s attitude towards the doctor gradually softened.

At the end of the month, Dr. Chen asked for a face-to-face meet up again.

The two made an appointment to meet at a coffee shop near the Municipal Bureau. Chu Shici was holding a utility knife and hiding it in Mingzhe’s backpack.

Just like the first meeting, Dr. Chen gave Mingzhe a form. Wait for him to fill in, and then provide him with a corresponding treatment plan.

Chu Shici flew out of his backpack to peek.

Dr. Chen put a carefully wrapped gift box on the table, “The academic exchange meeting is over. I will leave City Z at night and go back directly by plane. This is a gift I made for you.”

Mingzhe shook his head, “I’m not going to return the gift.”

Dr. Chen put the gift box in his hand, smiled and got up to leave.

Mingzhe opened the gift box, and inside was an exquisitely crafted watch. Other than that, nothing else.

Chu Shici turned the watch over and over, checked it several times, and confirmed that it was just an ordinary accessory.

He put down the utility knife, and it seemed that Dr. Chen was indeed fine.

___

On the first New Year’s Day in this world, Chu Shici spent it with Mingzhe.

Grandma made a big table of home-cooked dishes and put all kinds of meat in Mingzhe bowls.

Chu Shici sat under the table, gnawing on the ribs with great effort.

The children who were clamoring to commit suicide in the group survived another year with Mingzhe’s efforts.

A few days ago, Chu Shici received a private chat from Kitty, saying that the result of the trial had come in.

Because of the serious and bad consequences of the scheme, in that criminal group, five people were sentenced to death, thirteen people were sentenced to life imprisonment, and the rest were all three-year minimum sentence with no probation.

Chu Shici was thinking about Dr. Chen’s matter, and asked if he had caught everyone.

Kitty patted his chest and assured, [This time, we must have caught all the offenders. All criminals will be arrested. You can come out for a walk without worrying about retaliation.]

Chu Shici breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that he is too dirty thinking as an adult, Dr. Chen has no problem.

This is the most comfortable New Year’s Day that Mingzhe has spent since he came to the city.

When the calendar turns over to a new year, Mingzhe makes a wish to the night sky.

Every new year’s day in the future, he will spend it with his little Superman and Grandma.

Mingzhe’s vitality value has been fluctuating greatly, and Chu Shici thought that as long as the environment stabilised, he would be able to complete the main task soon.

But when Mingzhe entered the third year of junior high school, his vitality value began to rise little by little.

It may be that as he grows older, Mingzhe becomes calmer and calmer, and his psychology will not change much.

Mingzhe is in the period of puberty, the originally immature voice has gradually become deep, becoming the main voice of the protagonist of the novel.

In the past two years, Dr. Chen still called Mingzhe every night at ten o’clock and gave him an hour of psychological counselling.

Never stop, never late.

Mingzhe has formed a conditioned reflex, and when it is almost ten o’clock, he will put down what he is doing and wait to answer the phone.

After school on Wednesday, Mingzhe finished his homework early and logged into the chat software to greet the group members.

Two years later, these children have also become more mature than before.

Today, someone in the group cried and complained that it was Princess Liuli who had committed suicide before.

Princess Liuli: [I endured it for a long time, and finally I couldn’t take it anymore. Have you seen the news that the Internet lures underage children? Happy boy is the person in it. I was going to commit suicide at that time. He comforted me by talking to me privately, saying that he had a crush on me for a long time and wanted to elope with me to escape from the terrible environment. I believed his words, he asked me out to meet, and then…then, there is no little brother at all, he is a liar. It was an uncle who did terrible things to me.]

The unsuspecting children in the group were shocked when they saw her words.

Society Lord He: [So Happy Boy has not been online, either because he quit the Internet, or because he was arrested by the police? Shit! Rabbit too?]

Princess Liuli: [Well, the police went to my house to question me. Took notes and gave me a full body examination. The old man who always touched me before went to jail. Three years and it still hasn’t come out yet. Everyone in my family knew what happened to me, and we were forced to move. I felt so terrible, sometimes I even imagined that it was all just a nightmare.]

There was a lot of discussion in the group.

Xiao He cursed and said that when Happy Boy was released from prison, he would take his brother there and make him into a eunuch.

He poked Mingzhe and asked Mingzhe to say a few words.

Mingzhe Protects You: [.]

Society Lord He: [Fuck, it’s a fucking full stop again!]

At ten o’clock in the evening, Dr. Chen called again.

Mingzhe pondered for a moment, and said his request.

“Doctor Chen, can you treat people online? How much does it cost?”

That day, the small group welcomed a new member. His profile picture was a middle-aged man in a white coat and gold-rimmed glasses. His online name was ‘Doctor Chen of the Third Provincial Hospital’.

In the group, he gave psychological counselling to these children and gave lectures on mental health.

Originally, these were fee-based items, but Dr. Chen said on the phone, ‘You’re welcome, Xiao Zhe. We’ve known each other for so long and have such a close relationship, I won’t take your money.’

Chu Shici checked that he had hung up the phone, and then looked at the scrolling chat conversations in the small group.

He clutched his chest, feeling his conscience ache.

This is a good man with good medical ethics, he shouldn’t be suspicious.

Dr. Chen has superb medical skills and solid professional knowledge.

Mingzhe’s vitality value was firmly stable at 75 points.

The mental state of the children in the small group seems to have improved a lot. At least no one mentioned suicide anymore, and if they felt uncomfortable, they would come directly to chat with Dr. Chen in the group.

At the critical stage of the initial rise, Dr. Chen proposed to temporarily suspend the nightly therapy sessions, so as not to delay Mingzhe’s rest and study.

Mingzhe became the champion in the high school entrance examination, the reporter took him to take pictures, and the news made the news.

That day, Dr. Chen, who was far away in R province, sent a blessing, saying that he would send a gift to the little champion.

He didn’t ask for Mingzhe’s home address, but Mingzhe’s junior high school was filled in as the receiving address.

The express delivery contained an mp4, which contained many e-books, as well as a mental health lecture video recorded by Dr. Chen himself.

The postcard reads, [I wish you can get out of the shadows as soon as possible and grow freely in the sun.]

Mingzhe held the mp4 in silence for a long time, his eyes gradually softened.

Chu Shici lay on his head and poked his head to watch the lecture with him.

He sighed to the system, ‘This is such a good guy, I love it.’

The system took a breath: [But he is bald, beautiful and violent Shou is attacked by x gentle, kind bald uncle? I can’t do this cp! I am face-con, I only like beauties.]

‘Why are you blindly hitting up CPs? I’m a person with a husband! This is a high praise for Dr. Chen’s character, and such people are rare.’

The system smacked his lips, [Speaking of which, it’s been almost three years, do you still miss your Yan-ge?]

Chu Shici’s expression gradually dimmed.

The vitality value stayed at 60 points, and fell to 50 with a click.

The system gasped, [Don’t scare me, please pretend I didn’t say anything!]

Chu Shici fell on Mingzhe’s shoulders, with his head downcast and a desolate expression: ‘I could wait for forty years before, and three years is nothing to me. I just… miss him a little bit.’

[I feel sorry for you, alas.]

‘He really loves me and we had a great time! My heart and my body misses him like crazy! Tong-ge, I miss my Yan-ge…’

[Shut up now.]

Mingzhe progressed to high school without incident.

Originally, he was extremely thin because of Uncle Liu, but after being raised by his grandma for a period of time, he is now as tall as 1.8 metres.

He has a handsome appearance and a cool temperament. He is a head taller than boys of the same age, and he is still the number one in the senior high school entrance examination.

As soon as he entered high school, Mingzhe became a recognized aloof school grass.

According to the original novel, in the third week of enrollment, the school will welcome a transfer student.

The night before the female lead’s debut, Mingzhe and Dr. Chen finished talking on the phone.

After the psychological counselling, he feels much better.

He tapped Chu Shici’s head lightly with his finger, “Brother, it would be great if you were a human being, so that I can introduce you to others. Tell them that you are the most important existence in my life.”

Chu Shi sighed from the background and looked at the vitality value, which had reached 78.

He touched the tip of Mingzhe’s nose.

Be good, Mingzhe, raise another two points, and your Ge will show you a big transformation.

The system that loves cp the most is very abnormal today.

It is not excited at all, and even a little guilty.

Chu Shici chatted with Kitty, but didn’t notice its abnormality.

The system looked at the silly Chu Shici, and then at the folder he just got.

The soul match is 100%, Mingzhe is the exiled soul, and is Chu Shici’s Yan-ge.

The system closed its eyes.

The female is almost on stage, and it has only just investigated.

Afraid, dare not speak.

___

T/N: Hi! Came back from translating another novel, some terms might be slightly different so please bear with me. From here on out, the chapters will get quite~ long but I don’t think I will actively split them up because I am manually linking the chapters together so that’ll be a bit too much extra work.


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9 responses to “The second world: The academic overlord and his little plasticine doll. (12)”

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    Anonymous

    thanks for translating

  2. thanks for translating! this arc is darker than i thought… ╭(°A°`)╮still don’t trust the doctor but i’m excited for when chu shici becomes human!

    1. yup! Things are getting real interesting~ Hope you’ll enjoy it like me!

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    LittleBlueLake

    Everytime mc is like he shouldn’t be suspicious I instantly get 200% more suspicious ahhh my heart

  4. Dr. Chen’s on to that long-con game.

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    I really cannot help but be frustrated like urrrggggg MC has all those dark background and he is not following his gut/suspicion? He can just ask the system to investigate or follow up. Check the gift with the system if it has anything in it or something.okay, I just ranted, hopefully it will be resolved next chapter…

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    Anonymous

    Ahhhhhh the narrative is being quite heavy handed on the foreshadowing lolol. A therapist/psychological counselor is someone who must walk a thin line of building rapport while maintaining professional boundaries. Even if we can look at Dr. Chen’s pro-bono work as a kind of charitable donation of his time, the watch he gifted to Mingzhe reveals him. It is not particularly appropriate for a doctor to give a personal gift to a patient. There’s probably nothing strange about the watch itself (no trackers, no recorders, etc.). HOWEVER, it’s extremely strange for a grown (stranger) man to gift an expensive item (remember, it’s an “exquisite” watch) to a child. At that time, Dr. Chen and Mingzhe didn’t have the kind of relationship they have in the present. In fact, Mingzhe was overtly distrustful and standoffish. Unless the author retconns, this guy is a culprit.

    (if this is the author’s intention) I must praise the characterization of Shici. Yeah he’s like an old man in terms of number of years lived now. But his life experiences have shaped him. He’s ready to suss out the overtly skeevy or the skeevy with a mask that mostly fools the desperate. Those are the kinds of people he is prepared to categorize as “dangerous” because it jives with the types of people who have harmed him (which makes sense because the majority of conmen/criminals/whatever are in it for benefits that appear ASAP). But his blindspot seems to be related to authority figures who seem consistent, since the police officers of his previous life were the ones he felt emotionally attached to. Mingzhe also doesn’t have many examples of “good” adults either. So the both of them combined….are going to retroactively ignore the expensive gift and the frankly weird persistence of Dr. Chen in favor of the “good behavior” he’s exhibited in front of them in the past few years. And I get it, it all seems so justifiable in the moment, when the person doing the judging is entangled in the relationship. They just do not have the tools to conceptualize a) weird behavior is still weird even if it’s coming from someone you love/respect and b) sometimes abusers pretend way better than any person can expect. Shici is also not very cynical–so probably he hasn’t connected the dots yet between 1) even the child psychologist working with the trafficking ring thought Mingzhe was too vigilant to be lured, 2) previous weirdo behavior doesn’t just resolve itself without explanation, and 3) just because someone treats you well doesn’t mean that they treat other people well (a classic social litmus test). He and Mingzhe will just take Dr. Chen’s rapport with them at face value, for now. :((((( Woof, sorry for the long comment, if you read all the way to the end, I appreciate you.

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    Anonymous

    Idk why but the word grooming comes to mind ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ

  8. Five death penalties!??? Jesus, what did they do to kids??

    And that doctor is definitely not innocent. I have a bad feeling.

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