The Tang Family’s Seven Os - Chapter 185

“Don’t go on any more blind dates, only meeting some messy people.”

This was the first thing that Sheng Cen said to Tang Qi Yuan when he woke up in the morning and opened his eyes.

Tang Qi Yuan was getting dressed in front of the mirror, he had fallen asleep yesterday and woke up only to see that Sheng Cen had already had his clothes washed and ironed.

When he heard Sheng Cen’s words, he froze for a moment before he turned his head back to see Sheng Cen sitting on the sofa, his gloomy face with his furrowed eyebrows, very oppressive.

Tang Qi Yuan nodded his head without thinking too much, he was tired of tossing around lately, marriage could not be forced, it’s not like he could like whoever he wanted, he could control his body, only his heart is not under his control,

Just like now, when he looked at Sheng Cen’s disheveled and messy hair, his heart was beating even faster than when he saw those blind dates, he hurriedly withdrew his eyes and dared not look again.

When Sheng Cen got Tang Qi Yuan’s answer, his face eased up and he sat up from the sofa to wash up.

After they went downstairs and told Empress Xia not to introduce anyone else, Empress Xia reluctantly persuaded Tang Qi Yuan for a while, but when she saw that Tang Qi Yuan was determined, she had to stop forcing him.

After everyone had breakfast together, Yan Fei came to Orchid Palace. He looked a bit wretched, his complexion was dark, there was blue stubble on his chin, and there were some wrinkles on his clothes. Tang Qi Yuan has never seen him like this since he knew him.

Sheng Xi’s eyes instantly reddened at the sight of Yan Fei’s appearance, obviously distressed but biting his lip and refusing to speak, but not objecting when Yan Fei pulled him back to his room.

They stayed in the room for a long time, not knowing what they had said, and when they came out, Sheng Xi’s cheeks were red and his lips looked a little swollen, while Yan Fei had a smile on the corner of his mouth and was obviously much more refreshed, with a contented pleasure between his eyebrows.

Sheng Cen looked at him and hummed lightly, “Trying to get my brother to move back into the Yan family, using bitter tricks won’t work, you might as well take care of all those eyesores with bad breaths in your house when you have time.”

“Don’t worry, I will.” Yan Fei smiled and darted his head down to give Sheng Xi a quick kiss on the cheek before saying goodbye to everyone, “I’ll leave first.”

After Yan Fei left, Sheng Xi was too embarrassed to look at everyone and hid in his room.

Tang Qi Yuan couldn’t help but smile and bend his eyes as Sheng Cen stroked his head and followed suit with a faintly raised smile.

……

Sheng Cen originally thought that this time, he had gotten rid of his mother’s idea of introducing a partner to Tang Qi Yuan, so he could rest his mind at ease and return to the previous mode of getting along with Tang Qi Yuan.

However, he didn’t expect that after that day, Tang Qi Yuan suddenly started to get busier and busier, and the time he could come out to see him became less and less.

“Go fishing today?”

“No, Sheng Cen, I have to prepare teaching materials for my class today, I don’t have time.”

……

“My mum wants you to come over for soup.”

“I’m not going, I’m a bit busy today, thank Auntie for me.”

……

“I’ll pick you up after work and go out for dinner.”

“No, I’m a bit tired today, I want to quickly go home and rest.”

……

After being rejected many times like this, Sheng Cen suddenly realised that the little nerd was avoiding him?

No, he quickly denied this thought, there was no reason why Tang Qi Yuan would avoid him, but why would Tang Qi Yuan suddenly be so busy……could it be that he secretly fell in love without his knowledge?

Tang Qi Yuan doesn’t have to go on a blind date because he has a suitable candidate, and he is distant from him because he is in love.

When Sheng Cen thought of this possibility, his heart choked and he fiercely stood up from his chair, picked up his clothes with a sullen face and walked out with big steps.

His heart ached to the point of cracking at the mere thought of the possibility that Tang Qi Yuan was in love.

“Where are you?” Sheng Cen asked Tang Qi Yuan on the phone as he walked outside.

“……At home.” Tang Qi Yuan stammered his reply, his voice lowered to a whisper, as he was not good at lying, so every time he lied, it was full of flaws.

“I’m going over there now.” Sheng Cen’s voice sank.

“Don’t……” Tang Qi Yuan’s voice panicked as he thought for a moment and said in a broken voice, “Actually, I’m not home yet ……on my way……”

“Then I’ll wait for you in front of your house.” Sheng Cen finished speaking and hung up the phone directly without waiting for Tang Qi Yuan to answer.

He drove to Tang’s house, did not get out of the car, but parked it on the road next to Tang’s house, and kept smoking in the car, staring sullenly into the dark night, not knowing what he was thinking about.

When Tang Qi Yuan returned, he had already finished smoking three cigarettes.

When Tang Qi Yuan stepped out of a black car, Sheng Cen squinted his eyes and before he could get a good look, the car was already speeding away, as if he was worried about being discovered by him, but he could faintly see through the streetlights that a man was sitting in the driver’s seat of the car, and Tang Qi Yuan had just gotten out from the passenger seat.

His expression darkened and he took a sharp drag from his cigarette.

Tang Qi Yuan stood in place and looked around for a while, the night was too dark and Sheng Cen did not have his lights on, so he did not see Sheng Cen’s car for a while. He looked around for a while, his eyes adjusted to the darkness, before he found Sheng Cen’s car parked in the corner.

He hesitated for a moment and walked in Sheng Cen’s direction, with a cautious expression on his face, as if he had been caught in a lie.

Sheng Cen’s eyes kept looking at him, and only after calming his emotions a little did he extinguish the cigarette in his hand, turn on the car lights and come down.

Tang Qi Yuan saw him, he cowered sheepishly, his gaze flickering slightly, smiled at him and asked: “Why did you suddenly come over?”

“If I don’t come over, will you still want to see me?” Sheng Cen laughed to himself, his voice was as low as it had ever been.

“Of course I will ah.” Tang Qi Yuan looked up with some surprise, saw the lost expression on his face, and apologetically explained: “I’ve been too busy lately, I didn’t intentionally not to visit you.”

“Busy? Busy with what……busy with falling in love?” Sheng Cen lowered his eyes, trying to hide the crazy jealousy in his eyes, but his voice couldn’t help but sound vaguely sour.

Tang Qi Yuan froze, “What love, are you……”

Before he could finish, Sheng Cen suddenly reached out and took him into his arms, hugging him very tightly, as if he wanted to rub him into his body as hard as he could.

Tang Qi Yuan’s breath hitched, and he inexplicably tensed up.

“Tang Qi Yuan, let’s get married.”

Sheng Cen’s voice suddenly rang out in the silence of the night, clear and firm.

Tang Qi Yuan’s eyes slowly widened, and after confirming that he had heard correctly, his cheeks flushed furiously, “You……me……”

He knew for the first time that he would actually be so nervous, his heart was thumping violently. At this moment, those books he usually read seemed to be of no use, his head was blank, his mouth opened for half a day but he didn’t know what to say.

It was only with great difficulty that he opened his mouth and asked in a small voice: “Why so sudden?”

Sheng Cen let go of him slightly, holding his shoulders with both hands, looking into his eyes, and said in a very soft voice, “Xiao Qi, marry me and forget about him.”

It was hard to hide the pain in his voice, with a hint of urgency and supplication.

“……Him? Forget who?” Tang Qi Yuan looked at him in surprise, somewhat confused as to what he was talking about.

Sheng Cen’s face darkened and he was silent for a moment before speaking reluctantly, “The man who sent you back just now.”

“……That’s not good, after he and my brother gets married, we’ll be family.” Tang Qi Yuan frowned in difficulty, “And he is also your family, we will definitely see each other often in the future, how can I forget ah?”

Sheng Cen’s eyebrows twitched, suddenly having a bad feeling, he pursed his lips and asked: “Who was the person who sent you back just now?”

“Xia Cheng Lang ah.” Tang Qi Yuan answered as a matter of course, smiling embarrassedly, “He asked me to help with an antique project, I was quite interested and agreed to help him, but he said you didn’t agree, so he asked me to hide it from you, so I didn’t tell you……”

The more Tang Qi Yuan spoke, the more guilty he became, he knew he shouldn’t hide it from Sheng Cen, but he really liked this project, and since Xia Cheng Lang kept begging him, so he agreed to do it. These days, every time he lied and refused Sheng Cen, he felt guilty in his heart.

Sheng Cen’s breath stalled, the veins on his forehead jumped, and he almost gritted his teeth as he asked: “So these days you’re just with him?”

“Yeah.” Tang Qi Yuan nodded obediently, looked up at him and asked: “Are you angry?”

“……No.” Sheng Cen gritted his teeth.

He wasn’t angry, but he had decided to go and practice boxing with Xia Cheng Lang later! He thought back to these days of irritation, sourness, anxiety……anger!

“That’s good.” Tang Qi Yuan blushed and raised his eyes to look at him, “You just said you wanted to marry me……then do you love me?”

Sheng Cen spat out two words with remaining anger, “Don’t love.”

Tang Qi Yuan’s complexion darkened and he whispered: “Then I won’t marry.”

“Love!” Sheng Cen was extremely angry.

Tang Qi Yuan deflated his mouth, not very satisfied with this answer, “Not honest at all, marriage should be based on two people respecting and loving each other, united together because of love, trusting each other and living hand in hand for the rest of their lives……”

Sheng Cen lowered his head and dropped a sweet, clear kiss on his lips, blocking his chattering lips.

Tang Qi Yuan’s voice fiercely paused, his lips instantly tingled, his heart pounded violently out of his control, he forgot to move or breathe, and just stared blankly at Sheng Cen’s enlarged face.

After a long time, Sheng Cen released his lips and touched the back of his neck, he couldn’t help but hook his lips into a low smile and reminded: “Breathe.”

Tang Qi Yuan came back to his senses and took two breaths, raising his eyes to look at Sheng Cen, his eyelashes fluttering nervously like two little butterflies.

“Xiao Qi, I love you.” Sheng Cen curled his lips, his gaze solemn and pious, and rested his forehead against his, saying softly: “Marry me.”

Tang Qi Yuan blinked and asked, “Will you be good to me after the wedding?”

“I will.”

“You won’t cheat on me?”

“No, never, I will treat you well for the rest of my life, with one heart and one mind, forever unchanging.” Sheng Cen promised.

What he loathed most in his life was his father’s infidelity and injustice, almost all his pain stemmed from it, so he would never make the same mistake as his father.

When Tang Qi Yuan heard his reply, his cheeks flushed and his eyebrows couldn’t help but curve as he smiled sweetly, a hidden joy in his voice, “Then I’ll marry.”

Sheng Cen smiled, dropped a kiss on his forehead and took him into his arms, his voice gentle, “Thank you, Xiao Qi, I’m really happy, don’t worry, I’ll protect you and never let you become like my mother.”

He had already tried angrily to let go, but he could not watch Tang Qi Yuan leave his side, every time Tang Qi Yuan moved away from him, he stung more, and if Tang Qi Yuan tried to leave him completely, he would only bleed to death.

Since he could not let go and let Tang Qi Yuan leave, he could only hold on firmly and then use all his strength to protect Tang Qi Yuan under his wings and not let Tang Qi Yuan be harmed by anyone.

For the rest of his life, he would protect his silly little companion and give him all his love.

melon: HAHAHA! Sheng Cen finally cracked! He cracked like an egg!

Last chapter tomorrow!