The Tang Family’s Seven Os - Chapter 136

“It’s okay.” Xia Cheng Lang tightly hugged Tang Liu Yuan’s waist with his arms, and each time a thunder sounded, he shook a little. The more he shakes, the more he feels weak, helpless and pitiful.

Tang Liu Yuan moved stiffly and patted his shoulder, straining his voice to comfort, “the thunder is a little softer……er……don’t be scared…… ”

He is not used to comforting people, and he stumbles when he speaks.

Xia Cheng Lang suffered trying to hold back his laugh and dallied in Tang Liu Yuan’s arms for a while. He didn’t stay too long, stopping before going too far. He reluctantly took a step back from Tang Liu Yuan’s arms, “I’m not only afraid of thunder, but also very scared of the dark. The thunder is so loud outside that I dare not go home.”

He took a sip from his glass of water to hide the smile on his lips.

Tang Liu Yuan opened his mouth, before he could say anything, his mobile phone dinged. He looked down and saw that it was a message from Tang Qi Yuan, who said that because it was raining too much outside, he would stay at Sheng Cen’s house today, telling him not to worry.

“……So can I stay at your place tonight?” Xia Cheng Lang did not notice Tang Liu Yuan’s furrowed brow and tried to follow up on what he had just said.

Tang Liu Yuan looked up from his phone in surprise, “You want to stay?”

He frowned slightly, it was already dark outside, and it was indeed unsafe for Xia Cheng Lang to go home at this time, but he and Xia Cheng Lang had only just met, and it hadn’t been a pleasant acquaintance, so it would be somewhat inconvenient for Xia Cheng Lang to stay here tonight.

“En.” Xia Cheng Lang took a look at the lightning and thundering weather outside and said hesitantly1欲言又止 (yù yán yòu zhǐ): an idiom, It means to want to say something but stopping, describes a situation where it is hard to speak., “It’s dark, flashing and thundering outside, it’s not safe for me to go back now……”

Tang Liu Yuan took a look downstairs, the ground was already full of water, lightning was constantly flashing in the sky, the roadside lights were dim, and there was not a single pedestrian on the road. In this situation, he really had no way to be ruthless and let Xia Cheng Lang leave, he hesitated for a moment before nodding absentmindedly, “Alright.”

After he finished speaking, he anxiously dialled Tang Qi Yuan’s number. Tang Qi Yuan was an Omega and Sheng Cen was an Alpha, he was a little uneasy about Tang Qi Yuan staying at Sheng Cen’s house like this.

Tang Qi Yuan quickly picked up the phone, his voice pleasant and not sounding much different from usual, “Ge.”

“Send me the address of Sheng Cen’s house, I’ll go pick you up.”

When Xia Cheng Lang heard Tang Liu Yuan’s words, he couldn’t help but raise his head, and before Tang Qi Yuan on the phone could speak, he couldn’t help but disapprove: “It’s still thundering outside, it’s too dangerous for you to go out now.”

Tang Qi Yuan also sounded eager, “Ge, don’t come out, how dangerous it is, I’ll just stay here tonight.”

Tang Liu Yuan firmly refused, “No.”

Since his parents had let Tang Qi Yuan stay with him, as an older brother, he should take good care of Tang Qi Yuan. If something happened to Tang Qi Yuan at Sheng Cen’s place tonight, he would be to blame.

Tang Qi Yuan has always listened to Tang Liu Yuan, hearing his tone so determined, he hurriedly said: “Then I’ll go back by myself, don’t come over, Ge, it says in the book that dangerous to be outdoors during a thunderstorm, I’ve read the book on safety……”

Before he could finish his sentence, the phone was snatched up by Sheng Cen, whose voice was somewhat lowered: “Xiao Qi is not coming home tonight.”

“Talk to Xiao Qi’s brother properly!” A woman’s voice came from beside the phone and seemed to slap Sheng Cen’s head before snatching the phone away, her voice gentle and kind, “Hello Liu Yuan, I’m Sheng Cen’s mother.”

Tang Liu Yuan was stunned for a moment at the sound of her voice, and then said respectfully, “Hello, Madam.”

Sheng Cen’s mother is, naturally, the current Empress of the Empire.

Empress Xia smiled and said: “Xiao Cen and Xiao Qi are staying with me tonight, you let Xiao Qi stay ba. Don’t worry, with me around, nothing will happen.”

After a brief consideration, Tang Liu Yuan agreed, since Tang Qi Yuan was at Empress Xia’s place, there should not be any problem. Empress Xia was always gentle and charitable, and she was also very kind to her juniors.

Hearing Tang Liu Yuan’s address, Xia Cheng Lang picked up the phone, “Aunt2姑姑 (gū gū): Father’s sister. Previously XCL called Sheng Cen 表哥 (biǎo gē) which is a maternal cousin which I thought was weird since the XCL and the Empress has the same surname, it would make more sense if his father was the Empress’ brother. Technically a paternal older male cousin should be called 堂哥 (táng gē) and my research tells me I’m right but Baidu say 表 is paternal…Idk anymore, Chinese be complicated. ?”

Tang Liu Yuan stepped back and handed the phone to him, sitting himself on the sofa, picking up his glass of water and taking a couple of sips.

Xia Cheng Lang and Empress Xia joked for a while, causing Empress Xia to laugh repeatedly before hanging up the phone with a smile on her face.

After hanging up the phone, Xia Cheng Lang’s expression darkened and the smile on his face disappeared instantly. He picked up his phone, lowered his head and searched the web for a while, a dark look flashing in his eyes.

His expression looked like a different person. Tang Liu Yuan put down his glass of water and asked in a whisper: “Did something happen?”

Xia Cheng Lang hooked his lips and smiled coldly, raising his hand and shaking his phone, “No wonder cousin would go to aunt’s place today, it turns out that His Majesty the Emperor has taken his young mistress abroad to have fun.”

Tang Liu Yuan fixed his eyes on his phone, on the web interface was a picture of the Emperor holding Madam Zhen Wei’s hand as he boarded the plane, which should have been taken by a certain reporter.

Now that the Xia family was weakening, the Emperor was often leading Madam Zhen Wei around in a strut. They were doing this to prepare their son Sheng Lian, even though Madam Zhen Wei and Sheng Lian does not have an official status yet, so that everyone would gradually accept their presence. As for the Xia family and the Empress, what the Emperor was doing was tantamount to ignoring their faces.

Tang Liu Yuan had more or less heard of these things, he glanced at the phone quietly, then looked up at Xia Cheng Lang, who was now very different from before, a little less cynicism and a little more gloom in his expression.

He didn’t know how to comfort him and was silent for a while before he forced out a sentence: “……There’s no face mask at home, but there are cucumbers, I heard that cucumber slices can also be used for beauty.”

Xia Cheng Lang froze for a moment, and when he reacted, he almost laughed out loud in an instant. The gloominess he had just felt dissipated. He put down his phone and looked up at Tang Liu Yuan and raised a smile, “Ok ah.”

Ten minutes later, Tang Liu Yuan cut up a small plate of cucumber slices and brought it over to Xia Cheng Lang.

Xia Cheng Lang did not take the cucumber slices, but raised his head to reveal a clean face, “There is no mirror here, you help me stick it on ba.”

Tang Liu Yuan thought for a moment, there was really no such thing as a vanity mirror at home, so he nodded and walked over, standing on the floor with one leg with the other propped up on the sofa, reached out and lifted Xia Cheng Lang’s chin, taking the cucumber slice and applying it piece by piece.

Xia Cheng Lang’s skin was very good, free of the pimples common at this age, smooth and delicate to the touch. While sticking the cucumber slices to him, Tang Liu Yuan asked, “Do you often apply face masks?”

“Yes ah.” Xia Cheng Lang nodded with a clear conscience, if clear water was considered a mask, then he really did apply one every day.

Tang Liu Yuan nodded and put another slice of cucumber on his forehead.

The cucumber was fresh from the fridge, it was cold and refreshing on Xia Cheng Lang’s face, making it very comfortable.

He looked up at Tang Liu Yuan, whose eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and whose rosy lips were gently pursed, obviously applying the cucumber slice to him, but looking as serious as when he was reading a book just now.

Xia Cheng Lang’s eyes wavered, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curved out into a gentle arc.

As soon as he smiled, the cucumber slices on his face fell down with a crackle, and he hurriedly reached out to catch them, lifting his face upwards vigorously to keep the other slices from falling.

When Tang Liu Yuan looked at his comical appearance, he couldn’t help but slightly hook the corners of his mouth and smile lightly. The curve of his mouth rising was small, but it made his whole face look like melting ice and snow, making people move.

Xia Cheng Lang looked at his smile and wavered for a moment, his eyes blinking gently as he said in a soft voice: “You should smile more in the future.”

Tang Liu Yuan narrowed the corners of his lips, “Why?”

“It looks good.” Xia Cheng Lang made an effort to smile with a face of cucumber slices, “Because you look good when you smile.”

Tang Liu Yuan gave him a faint look and didn’t answer his words, raising his hand to help him put the cucumber slices back on his face and clapped his hands, “Done.”

Xia Cheng Lang reached out and pressed the cucumber slices on his face, this was the first time in his life that he had applied an all-natural cucumber mask and found it somewhat new.

Tang Liu Yuan gave him a look, put away the dish where he had just put the cucumber slices, and admonished: “Don’t move around this time.”

Xia Cheng Lang honestly put his hands down and tried to act like a well-behaved and obedient Omega until twenty minutes later, when he went to the bathroom to wash the cucumber slices off his face.

When Tang Liu Yuan came out from the bathroom after showering, he saw Xia Cheng Lang leaning towards him with a raised face, “You touch it, is it much smoother?”

Tang Liu Yuan was slightly stunned, looking at Xia Cheng Lang’s skin that was close at hand and did not move.

“You touch it, you touch it.” Xia Cheng Lang caught his hand and placed it on his own face, “How is it? Is it smooth?”

Tang Liu Yuan’s fingers touched his skin and curled slightly, “……Smooth.”

Xia Cheng Lang raised his smile in satisfaction and patted his cheek, “Next time I’ll help stick cucumber slices on you too.”

“No need.” Tang Liu Yuan took a towel and wiped the water from his hair and asked, “What time do you usually go to bed?”

Xia Cheng Lang glanced at the clock, “I’m whatever, I’ll listen to you, by the way, where do I sleep tonight?”

“My room.”

“Ah?” Xia Cheng Lang froze for a moment, glancing in the direction of Tang Liu Yuan’s room, his voice becoming a little subtle, “You want me to sleep in your room?”

Tang Liu Yuan nodded a little in disbelief, “There are only two rooms here, I can’t give you my brother’s room at my own discretion, you can just settle for one night and sleep in the same bed with me, we’re both boys anyway, and we’re both Omegas, it doesn’t matter if we live together.”

His family had a lot of children and his brothers often slept together when they were tired of playing, so he didn’t find this strange.

Xia Cheng Lang didn’t know whether to be happy or depressed for a moment, and after he went through a mental struggle, he patted the sofa and said: “I’ll just sleep on the sofa.”

He is an Alpha after all, and as much as he wanted to get close to Tang Liu Yuan, he wasn’t that much of a jerk.

“Is it okay?” Tang Liu Yuan measured Xia Cheng Lang’s height and then looked at the length of the sofa, which seemed to be a little small, and Xia Cheng Lang might not be able to stretch his legs when he laid on it.

Xia Cheng Lang nodded, trying to look like he liked the sofa, “I also like to sleep on the sofa when I’m at home.”

Tang Liu Yuan didn’t object this time, and went inside to carry out a blanket, and then a pillow for him.

Xia Cheng Lang put the pillow on the sofa and put the blanket on his body, there was a faint scent of tea on soft blanket, he picked up the quilt and sniffed it carefully, “Your pheromones is the scent of tea?”

Tang Liu Yuan nodded stiffly as he wiped his hair, the quilt was usually kept in his room and inevitably got a bit of his scent, “Shall I change a blanket for you?”

Xia Cheng Lang hurriedly shook his head, hugging the quilt and refusing to let go, “No need, I like it a lot……it smells good……”

When he said the last sentence, the tip of his tongue rose slightly, speaking in a somewhat ambiguous manner.

The tips of Tang Liu Yuan’s ears finally turned a little crimson this time in afterthought. He nodded hastily and walked back into his room.

Xia Cheng Lang curled his mouth in a happy mood and laid down on the sofa. He was quiet for a while and could not help but remind Tang Liu Yuan, “Even if you bring someone home in the future, you can’t let them sleep with you, especially if they are like me and have only known you for a few days, who knows what bad intentions they have in mind.”

Tang Liu Yuan was a bit surprised, and after thinking for a while, he felt that he was right, so he nodded seriously, “You have a point, then I’ll lock the door.”

“Eh? No……” Xia Cheng Lang sat up from the sofa at once, and before he could finish his sentence, Tang Liu Yuan had already closed the door to his room and locked it with a click.

“Ai……” Xia Cheng Lang rubbed a handful of hair in chagrin and fell back into the sofa.