The Tang Family’s Seven Os - Chapter 140

Xia Cheng Lang’s fingers fiddled with Xiao Nai Cha’s tail, smiling softly. Tang Liu Yuan worked so hard, there is no reason for failure, he believed in him.

“Do you have any dreams?” Tang Liu Yuan suddenly asked, snatching Xiao Nai Cha from Xia Cheng Lang’s arms, not allowing him to continue bullying Xiao Nai Cha’s tail.

“Dreams?” Xia Cheng Lang raised an eyebrow, casually curling his lips, “No.”

Xiao Nai Cha yawned in Tang Liu Yuan’s arms, its eyes watery, and Tang Liu Yuan stroked it soothingly, gently placing it on a cushion.

Xiao Milk Tea automatically found a comfortable position on the cushion to lie down, Tang Liu Yuan curled his lips and gently stroked its ears as he continued to ask Xia Cheng Lang, “Then you at least have to have something you want to do or wish to do, right?”

When Xia Cheng Lang heard his question, his gaze sank for some reason, and the cynical smile on his lips also faded. After thinking for a while, he said calmly, “I hope the Xia family will get better and better.”

Tang Liu Yuan was stunned for a moment and looked up at Xia Cheng Lang, whose momentary gaze was somewhat heavy and mature for his age. Tang Liu Yuan was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he felt that there was nothing strange.

Xia Cheng Lang is different from him. The children of the Tang family are well protected by their two fathers and they were free to fulfil their dreams without any burdens. Xia Cheng Lang lost his parents when he was a child, and he is even the heir of the Xia family, bearing the future of the Xia family.

At their age, this seemed a bit heavy, but could it be that Xia Cheng Lang had already understood this from early on and had begun to take on his responsibilities?

Tang Liu Yuan was silent for a moment, looked up at Xia Cheng Lang and said in a serious tone: “I believe it will, or at least I believe you can do it.”

The coldness in Xia Cheng Lang’s eyes dissipated and gradually became darker, the corners of his mouth unconsciously curved up. Tang Liu Yuan believed in him, just like he believed in Tang Liu Yuan, they would all succeed.

The evening breeze was a little cool, blowing softly through the window into the house. Xiao Nai Cha had fallen asleep at some point, its furry little body moving with each breath.

The two of them lowered their voices a little and Tang Liu Yuan went over and closed the window, the little heaviness in the air just now gradually being blown away by the wind.

Xia Cheng Lang put his workbook away, keeping it in his backpack, but he didn’t want to leave yet, saying shamelessly, “I feel like my skin is a bit dry today, can I apply a facial mask before I go home?”

Tang Liu Yuan nodded and stood up to open the cupboard, taking out the mask that was inside and handing it to Xia Cheng Lang.

Xia Cheng Lang originally thought it would be cucumber slices, but he didn’t expect there to be a facial mask this time. He was stunned and took it in his hand and looked at it, “Where is this from?”

Tang Liu Yuan closed the cupboard and said somewhat unnaturally: “I bought in passing when I went to the mall last time.”

“For me?” Xia Cheng Lang’s eyes lit up.

“……En.” Tang Liu Yuan nodded a little, when he was shopping at the mall that day, he happened to see facial masks, he stopped for some reason at that time and ended up buying a box of it back unexpectedly1鬼使神差 (guǐ shǐ shén chāi): an idiom, means seemingly the doings of ghosts and god, unconsciously doing things that were not expected to be done before., after he bought it back, he kept it in the cupboard and didn’t touch it.

Xia Cheng Lang took out a facial mask from the box and couldn’t help but snicker, he didn’t think he would really have a day where he’d apply a facial mask, he suddenly thought of a question and hastily asked: “You couldn’t have bought a mirror too, did you?”

Tang Liu Yuan shook his head, “I forgot, I’ll buy it next time.”

“It’s fine, it’s fine, if you forgot then just forget it, there’s no need to buy it.” Xia Cheng Lang snickered in his heart, fortunately Tang Liu Yuan had forgotten, he didn’t want to apply a facial mask in front of Tang Liu Yuan, alone in front of the mirror, not only would it be gay2O里O气 (O lǐ O qì): an internet buzzword, means having the temperament of an OO, but he would also miss the good opportunity to get close to Tang Liu Yuan for nothing.

He handed the facial mask to Tang Liu Yuan, “It’s better for you to put it on me, I can’t do it well by myself.”

“Don’t you always put on a facial mask? Why can’t put it on properly?” Tang Liu Yuan didn’t take the mask, but gave him a puzzled look.

“There’s no mirror here, I can only apply the mask by looking at the mirror, I can’t do it without a mirror.” Xia Cheng Lang started to cheat as a matter of course, “Good Liu Yuan, just put it on for me.”

Tang Liu Yuan sighed helplessly and took the facial mask. Like Xia Cheng Lang, he had never put on a facial mask before. His family was all men, so not only had he never applied a facial mask himself over the years, he had never watched anyone else apply a facial mask, so he knew nothing about facial masks.

After opening the package and looking at it, he hesitated for a moment and asked: “Why are there two layers? Do you put them both on your face?”

Xia Cheng Lang didn’t know either, there were only two people in his family, his grandfather and him, and he was also very unfamiliar with such things as facial masks. He had only seen Chen She’s Omega put it on once, and hadn’t yet seen which one that Omega was actually using.

He took the two masks and looked at them, one soft and one mesh, both wet to the touch, there didn’t seem to be much difference.

He was torn for a moment, but in order to avoid Tang Liu Yuan’s suspicion, he had to put on a harden his scalp and pretend to know: “Put them both on, just fold them together like this, it works best this way.”

Tang Liu Yuan unsuspectingly nodded and took out the mask, being careful not to separate the two masks during the process, and only after the whole sheet was taken out did he put it on Xia Cheng Lang’s face bit by bit.

The mask was very thin, and even when it was folded together, it was still very thin. Xia Cheng Lang could feel Tang Liu Yuan’s soft fingers through the mask, and Tang Liu Yuan’s fingers were running over his face, which was cool and comfortable. He somewhat felt like laughing but was scared of laughing the facial mask off and could only endure.

The facial mask was applied to the face and eyes, and Tang Liu Yuan whispered: “Close your eyes.”

Xia Cheng Lang obediently closed his eyes. When he was with Tang Liu Yuan, he was very obedient most of the time, not perfunctorily, but he genuinely wanted to listen to Tang Liu Yuan, he wanted to control himself, but he was enjoying the feeling of being at ease with Tang Liu Yuan more and more, even applying the facial mask seemed to be particularly enjoyable with Tang Liu Yuan around.

The sound of the door opening came from the doorway, it should be Tang Qi Yuan returning. Xia Cheng Lang did not open his eyes, after hearing the door open and close and the person walk in, he greeted with his eyes closed, “Hi!”

“Hello……” Tang Qi Yuan’s voice quickly rang out with a hint of surprise and confusion in his voice, “Are you applying a mask?”

“En.” Xia Cheng Lang always remembered his current identity as an Omega, and pressed the mask on his face with his orchid fingers3 very vividly, and persuaded Tang Qi Yuan: “Applying a mask is good for the skin, you can also apply one when you have time. You see, my skin is so good because I persist in applying a mask every day, when theres have nothing to do, apply masks more often, it is beneficial for physical and mental health, especially Omegas should pay attention to maintenance, otherwise in future no Alphas will not like.”

This was the excuse he had prepared for himself in advance, he wanted to use this reason to stay and get closer to Tang Liu Yuan, so that he could let Tang Liu Yuan apply a mask for him a few more times, and better yet, he could persuade Tang Liu Yuan to apply a mask with him, so that he could apply a mask on Tang Liu Yuan himself and take the opportunity to touch Tang Liu Yuan’s cold and pretty face, and his subtext was, his skin is so good, Liu Yuan, do you like it?

After he finished, the room was quiet for a while. He didn’t wait for Tang Qi Yuan’s reply, but Sheng Cen’s voice abruptly rang out, “I didn’t know you even had such a habit.”

Xia Cheng Lang’s heart was shocked, cousin? Sheng Cen’s voice was low and deep, he must not have heard it wrong.

He opened his eyes at once and raised his head in some alarm to look over, only to see Sheng Cen and Tang Qi Yuan standing side by side in front of the sofa, staring down at the mask on his face with unblinking eyes.

Sheng Cen’s expression as if he was looking at something strange, while Tang Qi Yuan’s eyes were full of curiosity, as if he wanted to gain a deeper understanding of the mask on his face.

Xia Cheng Lang was so frightened that he almost jumped up from the sofa. If the mask on his face was not put on him by Tang Liu Yuan’s own hands, he would have torn it off immediately.

“Cousin, why are you here?” Xia Cheng Lang forced himself to resist the urge to rip the mask off his face and asked with a voice full of horror.

Sheng Cen’s thin lips pursed lightly as his eyes looked at him with a blank stare, his gaze looking him up and down as if he had just reacquainted himself with him today.

Tang Qi Yuan stood to the side, his voice light and quick as he answered for Sheng Cen, “Classmate Sheng was sending me back, I happened to want to pass an exercise book to him so he came upstairs with me.”

When Tang Qi Yuan finished speaking, he quickly walked back to his room, took an exercise book out, handed it to Sheng Cen and solemnly urged: “This is for you, remember to practice well when you get home, if there is anything you don’t know, you can call me and ask me, if you are not in a hurry, you can wait until tomorrow when you go to school and I will explain it to you, that way it will be explained more clearly and you can also improve the speed of your progress.”

“En.” Sheng Cen took the exercise book in his hand, turned his head to look at Xia Cheng Lang, and after a long moment of silence, he said: “When my mother visits you next time, I will ask her to buy you some facial masks, and I will also ask her to discuss your education with Grandpa again.”

Xia Cheng Lang felt as if the facial mask on his face was on fire, burning hot, he hurriedly stumbled to explain, “No……cousin, no, you listen to me, this is actually…… ”

Sheng Cen, however, did not give him the opportunity to say more and said to Tang Qi Yuan indifferently: “I’m leaving first.”

“En, classmate Sheng, you should study hard, I believe you will improve.”

Sheng Cen listened to Tang Qi Yuan, nodded to Tang Liu Yuan, and finally gave Xia Cheng Lang a deep look, took his exercise book, turned around and walked out.

Eh, no……cousin you listen to my explanation ah!

Xia Cheng Lang held out his hand and grabbed at the empty space. He wanted to chase, but he couldn’t chase with a facial mask on his face. He wanted to explain but both Tang Liu Yuan and Tang Qi Yuan were there and he couldn’t explain. For the first time, he knew what it meant to have a mouth but unable to speak4有口难言 (yǒu kǒu nán yán): an idiom, Although there is a mouth, the words are difficult to say. It means that it is difficult to say something or one is afraid to say something., and it was impossible to escape from self-inflicted sin5天作孽，犹可违；自作孽，不可活 (tiān zuò niè ， yóu kě wéi ； zì zuò niè ， bù kě huó): a proverb, one can escape from a disaster sent from heaven, but one cannot escape from a self-inflicted sin. Only the 2nd half was used here.!

Tang Liu Yuan patted him on the shoulder and helped him to reapply the facial mask where it had been sticking up, softly reassuring him: “It’s okay, you said before that men can apply facial masks too, it’s very normal, I believe your cousin and aunt will support you.”

It was normal for men to apply facial masks, but he had never held up orchid fingers in front of his cousin before! No, it should be, he had never held up orchid fingers even in his past life ah!