The Tang Family’s Seven Os - Chapter 147

Tang Liu Yuan’s thin lips were pursed as he took care of Xia Cheng Lang’s wounds and kicked him out, pushing Chen She out with him and closing the room door.

Chen She was lying on the hospital bed and continued to pretend to be lethargic. Xia Cheng Lang’s scream earlier echoed in his ears, and he could not help but touch his injured arm secretly.

…..Luckily, Tang Liu Yuan still maintained the basic ethics of a doctor to him.

Xia Cheng Lang stared blankly at the closed door, his tone was excited, and his voice could not hide his excitement: “Fuck!”

“What’s wrong?” Chen She asked, opening his eyes.

Xia Cheng Lang curled his lips and the corners of his mouth rose in a nice curve, “After all these years, how come Liu Yuan is still so cute.”

Chen She: “…… Hehe.” It’s pretty cute even when you press your wounds.

The door to the emergency room opened again, and Tang Liu Yuan gave Xia Cheng Lang an icy glance, tossed his jacket out, and then unceremoniously closed the door to the room again.

“Liu……” Xia Cheng Lang didn’t even have the chance to say a word before he was once again turned away.

The nurses came over and pushed Chen She’s hospital bed forward. Chen She buried his face in his pillow and laughed maniacally, the piece of clothing that Tang Liu Yuan had just thrown out was the jacket that his Xia Ge had elegantly taken off when he was examining his hand just now. Although he didn’t understand why he had to take off his jacket when he was just treating a wound on his hand, and he took it off like he was in a commercial.

Xia Cheng Lang put his jacket back on and smiled sweetly, “He’s afraid I’ll be cold.”

Chen She stopped laughing with some difficulty, but he couldn’t help but laugh again, the old man who had been holding it in for five years was so mensao1闷骚 (mèn sāo): an internet buzzword, it refers to a people who look quiet, cold or even dull outside, but inside they are volatile, charismatic, hot and sexy. it may also be used to describe a person’s duplicitous personality, but mostly in the eulogistic sense. Sorry I couldn’t think of an English equivalent he couldn’t stand to look at it!

He was laughing so much that the nurse next to him couldn’t help but remind, “Be careful of the wound.”

“Ok ok……” Chen She agreed while laughing for another half a minute before he managed to laugh enough and he lay back on the hospital bed and sighed, “Xia Ge, it’s a miracle you weren’t killed by Dr. Tang back then. ”

Xia Cheng Lang rubbed his nose, which had almost been slapped on the door, and said unhappily: “What nonsense? Our Liu Yuan is gentle.”

Chen She tenaciously propped up his upper body and made a gesture of cupping his hand at Xia Cheng Lang, “…… admire admire!” He had to admit, the filter in a lover’s eye was really thick.

Xia Cheng Lang put his hands in his pockets and followed his hospital bed unhurriedly forward, his scattered eyes gradually settled down, and said in a low voice: “So angry but still did not hit me, is that not gentle? Even back then, he didn’t hit me……”

His voice got lower and lower, and finally he didn’t say any more, but Chen She heard it clearly, and his complexion darkened, Xia Cheng Lang and Tang Liu Yuan had come to this point, he also felt heartbroken watching from the side.

He fell back onto the hospital bed and was silent for a while, sighing: “Dr. Tang will forgive you.”

“Heh……” Xia Cheng Lang returned the ‘heh’ he had just given him, “Of course.”

Xia Cheng Lang stretched out his right hand, his eyes dropping to take a despondent look at the beautifully wrapped bandages on it, this time he would never let go of Tang Liu Yuan’s hand again.

……

After Xia Cheng Lang and Chen She left, Tang Liu Yuan sat alone in his office for a while, until the nurse came knocking on the door, then he stood up and went to the locker room.

He changed out of the clothes he was wearing and put them in the storage room, then prepared to leave work.

He insipidly thought that this meeting was nothing more than a coincidence and that Xia Cheng Lang should not have any more influence on him.

He glanced up at the time, he was going to be late for the research institute after such a long delay today.

Tang Liu Yuan put his jacket on and headed out, but he didn’t expect Xia Cheng Lang to finish his hospitalisation procedures so quickly, and they ran into each other at the lift.

When Xia Cheng Lang saw him looking like he was off duty, he immediately came over and said: “I’ll take you home.”

Before he returned to the country, Chen She had long helped him research Tang Liu Yuan’s address clearly.

“No need.” Tang Liu Yuan pressed the lift without raising his head and pursed his lips as he waited for it to come up.

Xia Cheng Lang hooked his lips and deliberately teased him, “Just now we met, you were still throwing yourself into my arms, and when I left the emergency room, you were still breathing out heat to warm me2嘘寒问暖 (xū hán wèn nuǎn): an idiom, it means to inquire about the life of others diligently, expressing concern for the life of others., why has Dr. Tang become so cold and heartless after I left for such a short while?”

When he said “throwing yourself into my arms”, he was referring to when they just met, Tang Liu Yuan had accidentally bumped into his arms, and when he said “breathing out heat to warm me”, he was referring to when Tang Liu Yuan had thrown his clothes into his arms.

Tang Liu Yuan was so angry with him that he could not speak for a moment. He took a deep breath and tilted his head slightly to look into his eyes, Xia Cheng Lang had grown much taller in the past few years and was already half a head taller than him.

Tang Liu Yuan looked at him, his eyes moving, suddenly dropping his eyes and gently biting his lip as he said: “Xia Cheng Lang, you’ve been away for five years.”

It wasn’t a moment that separated them, but a whole five years, Xia Cheng Lang had been away from him for five years.

Xia Cheng Lang was stunned, the smile on his face could no longer be maintained. He reached out to take Tang Liu Yuan’s arm, his voice softening, “Liu Yuan, let me take you home, let’s talk while we walk, I know I was wrong back then, I apologise to you.”

“I’m not going home.” Tang Liu Yuan shook his head, broke away from his hand and took a step back, pulling away from him.

Sun Yu Ming happened to get off work and was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene of them entangled together, he thought Tang Liu Yuan was in trouble and walked over quickly, looked up at Xia Cheng Lang, smiled at Tang Liu Yuan and said, “Liu Yuan, I want to go visit teacher, why don’t you take my car and to go there.”

“……Ok, senior.” Tang Liu Yuan eased his emotions and replied with a low voice, just as the lift arrived, and he lifted his feet to step into it.

Xia Cheng Lang, however, tugged on his arm and gave Sun Yu Ming a wary look, asking cautiously: “Where are you going if you’re not going home?”

He looked up and slightly squinted his eyes to assess Sun Yu Ming, in these five years, although Chen She would help him to take some photos secretly and send them to him to look at online, Chen She was afraid of being discovered by Tang Wu Yuan, so he did not dare to get too close, he did not know much about the people around Tang Liu Yuan and his friendships, this person in front of him, he had never seen before, but this person and Tang Liu Yuan spoke in an intimate tone, he had to be on guard.

Five years had been too long, leaving them surrounded by many unfamiliar people and things.

Tang Liu Yuan was grabbed by his arm and had to stop in his tracks, slightly turning his head sideways and saying, “Mr. Xia, it’s after hours, I don’t have to answer your questions.”

Xia Cheng Lang couldn’t help but get anxious, “Liu Yuan……”

“Liu Yuan, this is?” Sun Yu Ming and Xia Cheng Lang’s voices rang out almost simultaneously.

Tang Liu Yuan drew back his arm, and after a moment of silence, replied: “A patient.”

As soon as his words left his mouth, he and Xia Cheng Lang froze at the same time.

Tang Liu Yuan looked down and closed his eyes gently for a moment, he was right, Xia Cheng Lang should indeed be nothing more than a patient to him now.

He stepped into the lift and Sun Yu Ming followed, glancing up at Xia Cheng Lang outside the door and closing it behind him, not caring too much about Xia Cheng Lang, treating him as an ordinary patient.

Tang Liu Yuan is beautiful with a strong work ethic, and patients would often become dependent on the attending doctor, so over the years, patients who liked Tang Liu Yuan were not few.

The Alpha in front of him seemed to be better than Tang Liu Yuan’s usual suitors, but he, the senior who had been spending time with Tang Liu Yuan, had failed to impress him, and a patient he had met only a few times would not be able to catch Tang Liu Yuan’s eye, so he did not classify Xia Cheng Lang as his love rival.

Xia Cheng Lang was stunned by the word “patient”. When he came back to his senses, the lift doors had already closed. He took a step forward, but the lift doors slammed shut. He could only watch Tang Liu Yuan and Sun Yu Ming disappear in front of him.

For a moment, he felt like he was back to five years ago. Five years ago Tang Liu Yuan closed the door in front of him in the same way, and they had been separated for five years since then.

Tang Liu Yuan’s heart was also a little sour. The scene where Xia Cheng Lang rushed up outside the lift but was blocked by the door hurt his eyes, and the calm he had been trying to maintain since he saw Xia Cheng Lang finally fell apart.

He couldn’t help but think about what would have happened if Xia Cheng Lang had come after him that day to explain, but he didn’t. On that day, Xia Cheng Lang only knocked on the door a few times to try to get him to open it, and after seeing his lack of response, he quickly left.

He and Sun Yu Ming walked downstairs to the car park together in silence, not saying a word the whole time.

Sun Yu Ming tried to talk to him several times, but seeing his unhappy expression, he did not speak again. Over the years, Tang Liu Yuan has always been cold, has no superfluous emotions regarding anything, and it seems that his life is only research and work. Sun Yu Ming has never seen such a complex look on his face, seems sad and happy, and even a little confused, making Sun Yu Ming feel unbearable in his heart3于心不忍 (yú xīn bù rěn): an idiom, to feel unbearable in the heart, usually used to show sympathy for victims..

Walking to the car, Sun Yu Ming helped him open the door and reminded him in a warm voice, “Watch your step.”

Tang Liu Yuan nodded and took a step forward, but his steps suddenly stopped and he looked down for a moment and said, “Senior, I’m not feeling well today, so I won’t be going to the research institute, help me tell teacher.”

“Not feeling well? Where are you not feeling well?” Sun Yu Ming frowned, couldn’t help but feel a little worried, Tang Liu Yuan always went to the research institute rain or shine, this situation was really a little rare.

He wanted to reach out and touch Tang Liu Yuan’s forehead, but was afraid that such an act would be somewhat offensive, Tang Liu Yuan had never liked to be close to other people, and seemed to have some aversion to physical touch, so he would try to avoid physical contact with Tang Liu Yuan every time, he had already couldn’t resist hugging Tang Liu Yuan today, and did not dare to touch him easily again.

Tang Liu Yuan shook his head, his voice sounding a little tired as he said: “I’m fine, senior, I’m just a little tired, I’ll be ok after going back and sleeping.”

“I’ll send you back to rest.” When Sun Yu Ming heard him say that, he put his heart down slightly, he was naturally happy that Tang Liu Yuan was willing to rest, although he liked Tang Liu Yuan, he also genuinely pampered him as a younger brother, he saw how hard Tang Liu Yuan had worked during this time, he had long wanted to let Tang Liu Yuan rest, but no matter how much he persuaded him, Tang Liu Yuan refused to listen to him.

“No need, I’ll leave first.” Tang Liu Yuan still refused.

Sun Yu Ming had no way, and had to stand still and watch him leave. Tang Liu Yuan’s back looked thin and lonely, wordlessly refusing everyone from entering his world, making it impossible for him to blame him even if he wanted to.

Sun Yu Ming watched him walk away and had to sigh, get into his car and leave alone.