The Tang Family’s Seven Os

The way Sheng Lian looked at the two of them was like an adulterous couple who were in cahoots1狼狈为奸 (láng bèi wéi jiān): an idiom, original meaning is that wolves and lycanthropes work together to do evil (lycanthrope (狈): a legendary beast; 为奸: to do bad things), but later it is used to describe collusion to do bad things; in a sentence, it can be used as a predicate, definite article or gerund; with derogatory meaning with each other.
In the end, he was so angry with them that he couldn’t speak and had to leave in anger.

Tang Wu Yuan looked at his back as he walked away, casually curling his lips, smiling and exchanging glances with Song Xiao Bai.
After a moment of silence, both of them simultaneously withdrew their smiles and moved away from the target with disgust.

Without Sheng Lian, the nemesis is still the nemesis.

At lunchtime, Zhu Qiang was released, his bruised and battered body covered in medicine.
He had been locked up all morning and would be locked up again after lunch, so he looked a bit dishevelled.

Tang Wu Yuan ignored his angry eyes and with an expressionless face, he ordered his meal and found a seat in the corner.
The Golden Eagle Army are all elites, all of whom have high professional abilities and do not need to be strictly disciplined like other troops.
There aren’t so many rules when eating, and they don’t have to be upright or silent.
Occasionally, they can chat, it is a rare leisure time.

Tang Wu Yuan was already hungry today, just wanting to look for a quiet place to eat.
He had just put his plate down and picked up his chopsticks when Zhu Qiang sat down opposite him, his huge body blocking the way like a wall.

Tang Wu Yuan looked up slightly, put the chopsticks in his hand down, raised his eyebrows and asked: “Still want to fight again?”

Tang Wu Yuan was a bit disinterested this time, not really wanting to make a move.
Zhu Qiang wasn’t as strong as he thought he was and it was a bit pointless to fight, but if Zhu Qiang had to provoke him again, he didn’t care to beat him up one more time.

When Zhu Qiang heard his words, he unconsciously shrank his neck a little.
After a long time, he said: “No fight……”

“Then what are you doing over here?”

Zhu Qiang looked at his plate full of dishes, quickly picked up chopsticks, and immediately took out the biggest piece of crispy fried meat in the plate, put it in his mouth and chewed it, then said: “Eat meat.”

Tang Wu Yuan’s favourite dish in the canteen was crispy fried meat, so he looked at him with irritation: “Don’t you have meat on your own plate? Why do you have to eat mine!”

The food in the Golden Eagle Army has always been treated equally.
Even though Tang Wu Yuan was an officer, his meals were no different from those of ordinary soldiers, so the meals on Tang Wu Yuan’s and Zhu Qiang’s plates were the same.

Zhu Qiang moved his plate of food to his side.
“I’m so strong because I eat a lot, my appetite is especially big, and I like to eat meat very much.
In the past, apart from eating in the canteen, I would open some small stoves in private and cook some meat for myself.
Now, because of you, my salary has been docked for a month, so I have no money to buy meat, so I can only come and eat your meat.”

Zhu Qiang said and took another piece of meat from Tang Wu Yuan’s plate, put it into his big mouth and chewed it heartily, and said to Tang Wu Yuan very generously: “I like to eat meat, Commander, don’t worry, I won’t touch a single vegetable in your plate.”

Tang Wu Yuan: “……” Thank you!

Tang Wu Yuan looked at Zhu Qiang’s oily mouth, he had no appetite for the rest of the food on his own plate.
He fought back his anger and looked at Zhu Qiang, he simply wanted to return Zhu Qiang’s ‘shameless’ phrase to him in its original form, but unfortunately, Tang Wu Yuan could not beat him up again for two pieces of meat, he was really annoyed.

While eating the meat, Zhu Qiang still cheekily said: “For the next month, I’m counting on you, Commander.”

Not only had he eaten two pieces of meat from him, he actually wanted to eat his meat for a month!

Tang Wu Yuan stared at Zhu Qiang with his hands clasped over his chest, but Zhu Qiang did not move at all, as if he did not see his hot eyes, and continued to eat with peace of mind, eating sweetly one bite at a time.

Tang Wu Yuan couldn’t stand it any longer and was so angry that he couldn’t care less and just wanted to drag Zhu Qiang up and beat him up again.

While he was thinking about what position he was going to use to start beating Zhu Qiang, Song Xiao Bai took his plate and sat down at the table next to theirs, his posture straight and his movements meticulous, even the way he put the plate down were very standard.

Tang Wu Yuan looked at him with a sudden movement of expression and turned back to Zhu Qiang with hooked lips and laughed coldly for a bit.
Zhu Qiang was chilled by his laughter, his chewing action slowed down, and his eyes looked at him in horror.

When Zhu Qiang thought that Tang Wu Yuan was about to hit him again, he saw that Tang Wu Yuan suddenly picked up his chopsticks and stood up, moving sharply to the next table and sitting up opposite Song Xiao Bai, extending his chopsticks to Song Xiao Bai’s plate.
Zhu Qiang’s eyes widened for an instant.

Song Xiao Bai was about to bow down to eat when a shadow suddenly came over.
He paused, looked up and saw Tang Wu Yuan sitting opposite him, picking up a piece of crispy fried meat on his plate and putting it in his mouth.

Tang Wu Yuan’s pretty red lips moved gently up and down, a piece of plain, crispy fried meat was eaten by him in a very crispy and delicious way, making people want to have a taste.

Song Xiao Bai Bai frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice: “What are you doing?”

The soldiers in the canteen couldn’t help but look over, the Major General and the Commander were sitting and eating together, a scene rarely seen in a hundred years, at least they had never seen it since they had entered the Golden Eagle Army.

The cronies sitting at the table around Song Xiao Bai secretly pricked up their ears, fearing that if they will get into a fight without saying a word, they could be the first to rush up and stop them.

Tang Wu Yuan ate the crispy fried meat in his mouth, his eyebrows arched as he smiled a little, “Your subordinates stole my meat to eat, so I had to come and eat yours, I think you won’t mind ba, Major General.”

Song Xiao Bai frowned at Zhu Qiang at the next table, who was immersed shock and hadn’t reacted yet, his mouth hanging open in a daze, his hand maintaining the motion of putting his chopsticks towards Tang Wu Yuan’s plate, frozen in place.

“Hey! Commander, you put back our Major General’s meat back!” Zhu Qiang finally reacted when he came into contact with Song Xiao Bai’s gaze with a hint of condemnation.
He saw Tang Wu Yuan eat the crispy fried meat on Song Xiao Bai’s plate and immediately became anxious, rushing over to snatch Tang Wu Yuan’s chopsticks.

With an eager face, he said to Tang Wu Yuan: “On what basis are you snatching our Major General’s crispy fried meat!”

Tang Wu Yuan looked up at Zhu Qiang and blinked with an innocent face, “On the basis of him indulging me.”

“……” The corners of Song Xiao Bai’s mouth twitched imperceptibly.

The corners of Song Xiao Bai’s cronies’ mouths also twitched in unison with great regularity, and everyone’s eyes couldn’t help but ambiguously weave between him and Tang Wu Yuan once again.

Zhu Qiang froze in place for a moment, his eyes gradually widening as he once again glanced at Song Xiao Bai’s trousers in horror.

Tang Wu Yuan smiled slyly at Song Xiao Bai and pointed to his plate: “I’ve already eaten from this plate, you’re not going to eat it again right? I’ll take it away then.”

Song Xiao Bai is a man with serious mysophobia, he believed that if he had touched the food, Song Xiao Bai would never eat it again.

Tang Wu Yuan tugged his plate and was just about to drag it away when Song Xiao Bai suddenly reached out and pressed his hand.

“En?” Tang Wu Yuan froze for a moment and looked up at him.

Song Xiao Bai smiled faintly and tugged the plate back in front of him, and under his gaze, picked up his chopsticks and took a piece of the crispy fried meat on the plate and put it into his mouth, chewing it slowly and methodically, and after eating it, he commented indifferently: “The taste is not bad.”

Tang Wu Yuan frowned furiously in depression, “Don’t you have mysophobia?”

Song Xiao Bai curved the corners of his mouth and said breezily, “Because I indulge you ah, so it’s barely acceptable.”

Tang Wu Yuan: “……” In order to keep me from eating crispy fried meat, I really wronged you.

All the cronies looked suspicious of life and withdrew their sight, lowered their heads and pretended they saw nothing, heard nothing, and ate frantically with their chopsticks, just as if they were a rice bucket concentrating on eating.

Zhu Qiang stood at the side feeling as if he was an outsider, he walked back with stiff movements and brought Tang Wu Yuan’s plate over, admitting his mistake in a very good manner, “Commander, it was my mistake, I will never rob you of your meat again.”

Please spare our Major General!

Tang Wu Yuan glanced at the plate in disgust, the rice in the plate had just been tossed around by Zhu Qiang, even if he didn’t have a mysophobia, there was no way he could eat it.

He looked up at the location of where the meals are given out, not surprisingly, it was empty, leaving only a little leftovers.
Most of the soldiers in the military department were strong young men, and the consumption of daily training was huge, so all of them were very good eaters.
Every time they ate, they were able to sweep up all the food in the canteen, so there would be no leftover food in the canteen now, which would let Tang Wu Yuan get another meal, and there would be no crispy fried meat that Tang Wu Yuan liked best.

He glared at Zhu Qiang and Song Xiao Bai, turned his head and angrily left the canteen, his nemesis and his subordinates were equally annoying.

The beautiful army life was full of twists and turns every day because of his nemesis and his cronies.

When Tang Wu Yuan returned to his office, he felt his hungry stomach and sighed helplessly as he slumped on his desk.
He only had one piece of crispy fried meat for lunch, which was a real loss.

While he was regretting it, there was a sudden knock on the office door, “Report!”

He reluctantly sat up straight and said listlessly: “Come in.”

An orderly walked in, holding a insulation box in his hand and giving a standard military salute.

“Where did this come from?” Tang Wu Yuan was puzzled and opened it to see that the box contained three dishes and one soup, and the crispy fried meat took up a box full, with a fragrant aroma and a golden colour, looking very attractive.

Tang Wu Yuan’s eyes lit up and he thought that every piece of fried meat was so lovely that he couldn’t wait to pick up his chopsticks.

“Back to the Commander, the Major General ordered me to bring it to you.”

Tang Wu Yuan picked up a piece of the crispy fried meat and looked at it carefully in the sunlight, “……It’s not poisonous ba?”

The junior soldier couldn’t control his expression for a moment and said in dismay: “Of course not, the Major General ordered the head chef to personally cook this for you, how could anyone dare to poison you at the military headquarters?”

Tang Wu Yuan skimmed his lips and put the crispy fried meat into his mouth, “Courting for nothing, either adultery or theft2无事献殷勤，非奸即盗 (wú shì xiàn yīn qín, fēi jiān jí dào): refers to someone suddenly being good to you, they have nothing good in mind.
They are either trying to make up for a mistake or wants to take advantage of you..”

The newly made crispy fried meat was even better than the one he had just eaten in the canteen, so fresh and flavourful that he couldn’t help but squint his eyes a little in pleasure.

“Commander, the Major General said that Zhu Qiang stole your meal today, it was his failure to discipline his subordinates, so this meal is considered his compensation to you.”

Tang Wu Yuan once again picked up a piece of crispy fried meat and put it in his mouth, “Oh……he has a point, it’s true that he didn’t discipline his subordinates well.”

Little soldier: “……”

1狼狈为奸 (láng bèi wéi jiān): an idiom, original meaning is that wolves and lycanthropes work together to do evil (lycanthrope (狈): a legendary beast; 为奸: to do bad things), but later it is used to describe collusion to do bad things; in a sentence, it can be used as a predicate, definite article or gerund; with derogatory meaning2无事献殷勤，非奸即盗 (wú shì xiàn yīn qín, fēi jiān jí dào): refers to someone suddenly being good to you, they have nothing good in mind.
They are either trying to make up for a mistake or wants to take advantage of you.