During the lunch break, people come and go on campus. There are two or three students who are chatting and laughing together, and some who are walking in a hurry with books in their hands. The students in Huang Han1皇函 (huáng hán): lit. royal/imperial letter. High School are all from extraordinary backgrounds. Those who can go to school here have parents who are neither big nor small figures, because this is the Royal Academy where the imperial princes go to school.
Xia Cheng Lang leaned against the shade of the tree with his hands in his pockets, a cigarette in his mouth, and stared blankly at a point in the air. A gust of wind blew and leaves fell on top of his head, which he impatiently reached out and pushed away.
When the students on the side of the road passed by him, they had to sneak a few glances at him. He was handsome and his smoking behaviour was arrogant and striking, but they only dared to take a peek before they hurriedly withdrew their gaze and hurriedly walked past him.
Everyone on campus knew that Xia Cheng Lang was not to be trifled with, as he was the nephew of the current Empress and had the Xia family behind him. Although the Xia family was not as strong as it used to be after the death of his father, it was still a prestigious family with a strong presence that could not be underestimated.
Aside from the Second Prince, no one at the school dared to mess with Xia Cheng Lang, not only because of his family background, but also because he was a brawler, a smoker and a drinker, a prodigal son who lives up to his name. Secretly, everyone says that the Xia family will be finished in his generation.
The Empress’s family has no future2不成气候 (bù chéng qì hòu): a metaphor that describes a lack of achievement or has no future prospects for development., Madam Zhen Wei3If you’ve forgotten, this is Third Prince Sheng Lian’s mother, the Emperor’s mistress. also became more and more arrogant and domineering, and the news that Prince Sheng Lian was going to take the throne spread around, but this did not affect the school. This illegitimate son, Sheng Lian, is not qualified to study at Huang Han School, Xia Cheng Lang and Sheng Cen are still the most important figures in the school.
Xia Cheng Lang was a little impatient with the cautious looks he was getting from everyone. He exhaled his last puff of smoke and snuffed out his cigarette, throwing it into the bin not far away.
He was surrounded by a group of ‘prodigal sons’ who were as uneducated as he was, with colourful hair, and they cheered when they saw him throw the cigarette butt into the bin. Among them, Chen She had the best relationship with him. Tapping his shoulder, he said, “Xia Ge’s technique, the bin can can also be used as a basket.”
Xia Cheng Lang twitched the corner of his mouth and said in a light voice: “I’ll go back first.”
Chen She followed him, walking beside him, looked at him and asked: “Why are you not in a good mood today?”
Xia Cheng Lang looked ahead and said carelessly: “It’s too boring.”
Chen She nodded, agreeing, “It’s been a bit boring lately, no one dares to provoke us anymore, it’s been a long time since we’ve had a fight, life is really boring ah.”
Xia Cheng Lang gave a noncommittal “en”, the sun was a bit dazzling, he looked down at his feet slightly, and just walked a few steps, a person suddenly stood in front of him, casting a shadow on the ground.
He yawned languidly, it looked like another unknowing person had bumped into him to relieve his boredom, he curled his lips slightly and raised his eyes to look over, he first saw a small round chin, then delicate lips, a straight nose and finally, he met a pair of beautiful eyes.
An extremely good-looking Omega, with delicate features but without the slightest hint of femininity. It was now midday and the sun was casting a brilliant light on the Omega’s cheeks, the fair skin so delicate that it looked transparent, and the pretty eyes carried a few moments of detached coldness that rejected people.
Xia Cheng Lang raised his eyebrows slightly, although the Omega was stunning, he had seen a handful of beautiful Omegas, so he wasn’t too surprised, he just felt his eyes lit up.
“What is it?” Xia Cheng Lang reached out and rubbed his ears, his attitude slightly better and less impatient in the face of beauty.
Tang Liu Yuan stood in front of Xia Cheng Lang, looking at him with an icy expression, anger hidden in his pretty eyes, “Did you look for trouble with Tang Qi Yuan yesterday?”
“Tang……Qi Yuan?” Xia Cheng Lang raised his eyebrows slightly.
Chen She reminded beside him, “The one who has been following Cen Ge.”
Xia Cheng Lang thought about it, there was indeed such a thing, that kid had been pestering his cousin4表哥 (biǎo gē): Sheng Cen is his older male cousin from his mother’s side, which means Sheng Cen’s mother and Xia Cheng Lang’s mother are sisters. to hand in his homework, that’s why he stopped that kid yesterday, but that kid was white and tender looking, he couldn’t bear a beating at first glance, so he didn’t really do anything to that kid. Not to mention, he had just said something about that kid and his cousin had already stopped him.
He finished his thoughts and raised his eyes slightly to survey the person in front of him for a few moments, noticing that this Omega looked somewhat like the boy and hesitantly said: “You are his……”
Tang Liu Yuan still looked as cold as frost, “I am his brother, have you admitted it?”
Xia Cheng Lang hooked his lips and replied unconcernedly: “Yes, there is such an incident.”
Tang Liu Yuan took a step forward and coldly met his eyes, then struck him with an extremely quick punch to the side of his face.
Xia Cheng Lang was caught off guard by the punch and reached out to cover his painful cheek, looking up at Tang Liu Yuan in dismay. This was the first time someone had dared to hit him like that since he had come to Huang Han High School.
Chen She stood by and looked stunned. No one on campus has ever dared to touch a hair on Xia Cheng Lang. This Tang Liu Yuan hit Xia Cheng Lang in front of so many people. Did he want to die?
He hurriedly helped Xia Cheng Lang and yelled at Tang Liu Yuan, “What are you doing?”
Tang Liu Yuan’s voice was cold as he said, “This punch is to return to you, in future if you want to trouble Qi Yuan again or want revenge, you can come to me directly.”
He finished without giving Xia Cheng Lang a chance to retort, turned around and walked away.
Xia Cheng Lang’s tongue licked his injured cheek and looked at Tang Liu Yuan’s back, his eyes narrowed slightly.
Tang Liu Yuan had just struck cleanly, his eyes were sharp and bright. Previously, Omegas had always been soft and fragile and breakable in his eyes, he had never seen such an Omega before.
Chen She replied: “Tang Liu Yuan, want the brothers to teach him a lesson?” He paused for a moment, Tang Liu Yuan was pretty and everyone had a love for beauty, he more or less didn’t have the heart to, but Tang Liu Yuan dared to make a move on Xia Cheng Lang, Xia Cheng Lang would definitely not let him go.
Chen She thought about it and couldn’t help but advise: “After all, he’s an Omega, it’s better not to hit too hard, a little lesson will do……”
Xia Cheng Lang’s gaze took a deep look at Tang Liu Yuan’s slender but tough back until it disappeared before he withdrew his gaze, reaching out his finger to touch the wound on his lip, he looked down at the blood on his hand with a faint smile, “Really exciting, I’m going to chase5chase/pursue/court in the romantic sense him.”
Chen She voice stopped and he looked up with an incredulous expression, “You’re going to chase him? Not beat him up?”
Chen She was silent for a moment, but he couldn’t help asking, “Are you……a masochist? You don’t like it when people chase you with sweet words but only like it when they beat you up?”
Xia Cheng Lang has good looks and a good family background. There have always been a lot of people chasing Xia Cheng Lang in the school, but he never looked at them directly, which made everyone think that his family had already made a marriage contract for him, that’s why was so puritanical.
“What nonsense.” Xia Cheng Lang reached out and punched him, saying lightly: “I’m bored anyway, and this Tang Liu Yuan is quite interesting, I haven’t met anyone so interesting for a long time, so I’m going to tease him to play.”
He touched the corner of his lips and laughed softly, “He punched me, I can’t just let it go.”
He recalled that apart from his grandfather, no one had dared to hit him like that, and he had to say that this Tang Liu Yuan was really brave.
“Oh……” Chen She couldn’t help but laugh, “What do you mean by chasing people, in the end you want revenge.”
Xia Cheng Lang did not say anything, but only said, “You investigate his information clearly, what he likes, which class he is in, check it all out for me properly.”
“No need to check, I know everything.” Chen She patted his chest and looked at him with a glance, “In the past, I told you to come to school more often, don’t always go abroad, you were gone for half a year and spent too little time at school, that’s why you don’t know about Tang Liu Yuan.”
“Where’s all that nonsense, hurry up and talk.” Xia Cheng Lang got impatient, he didn’t have that much patience with Chen She.
Chen She rolled his eyes and said: “Tang Liu Yuan, senior class two, General Tang’s sixth son, is an Omega, the famous ice beauty in our school, oh yes, he is also a bro con, everyone in our school knows that it’s okay for you to mess with him, but if you dare to touch Tang Qi Yuan, he will definitely beat you up.”
Xia Cheng Lang thought about the Tang Qi Yuan he had seen yesterday and nodded his head in understanding, “What else? What kind of Alpha does he like?”
Chen She looked a little strange and coughed low, “He doesn’t like Alpha.”
Xia Cheng Lang wrinkled his brows slightly, “He likes Beta?”
Chen She shook his head and was eerily silent for a moment, “No, he doesn’t like Beta either.”
Xia Cheng Lang impatiently stroked his hair and looked at him, “If you have something to say, hurry up and say it all at once.”
Chen She sighed and said it straightforwardly: “He once said that he wanted to find an Omega as a mate in the future.”
“……Omega? “Xia Cheng Lang was a bit stunned, everyone in the interstellar world knew that whenever an Omega was in heat, his body would be sheepish and weak, and when two Omegas were together, they simply couldn’t take care of each other when they were in heat, nor could they make the reaction of their bodies calm down.
Chen She nodded and said truthfully: “He is good looking, so naturally there were many people chasing him in school. Once, an Alpha wanted to use pheromones to make him surrender, but he was beaten by him, and he even said he would not be with an Alpha in future. Instead of being with an Alpha, he would find an Omega to be his partner, which caused quite a stir in the school at the time, and people still talk about it a lot now. After all, it’s incredible that Omega wants to be with Omega. ”
He looked up at Xia Cheng Lang and shrugged his shoulders, “So unfortunately, you, being an Alpha, is simply not in his choice of mate.”
Xia Cheng Lang’s brow furrowed as he pondered for a moment and asked: “How is his attitude towards Alphas?”
“His attitude is quite mild.” Chen She said word for word: “But it’s almost impossible to get within a meter.”
Xia Cheng Lang tapped his finger on his chin, “So if I want to get close to him, firstly I can’t let him know that I’m an Alpha?”
“That’s the theory.” Chen She nodded and patted his shoulder, saying sympathetically: “But unfortunately, the whole empire knows you’re an Alpha.”
It was no secret in the Empire that the Xia family heir was an Alpha, and since Tang Liu Yuan is General Tang’s son, it is impossible for him not to know about it, so it is simply impossible for Xia Cheng Lang to hide it from the world.
melon: Sorry guys, I thought I could start posting on Tuesday cos my work on Mon-Wed wasn’t full day but I helped out at a full day convention over the weekend which left me mentally and physically exhausted so I just slept whenever I had the chance
I’m now back with Liu Yuan’s arc, those who were hoping it’ll be an O x O story, I’m sorry to disappoint you but it’s gonna be another A x O
Also if you’re confused, there is a time skip back to their high school days cos in present day, they’re already working adults. There will be a time skip back to present day later in the arc.
I will also make up another 2 chapters some other time so that the last chapter of this arc will be posted on the last day of Sept. Just something to satisfy my OCD lol.