Chapter 116 – Tang Tang confesses in public

Translator: ChuRen/ YuQiChen

Although he agreed to bring Xie Qingzhi to visit Tang Bo’s medical room, Tang Qing still felt uncertain.

He rarely made requests to Xie Qingzhi and felt a bit embarrassed.

That evening, when Xie Qingzhi returned, Tang Qing said, “My gege has woken up.”

Xie Qingzhi nodded, “I know. I’ve already arranged for the best medical team to assist in his recovery. The medical equipment in the Duke’s mansion is at his disposal. Any resources I have can be used for him.”

The doctors knew that the Duke was very concerned about General Tang Bo, so they informed him promptly.

Tang Qing expressed his gratitude, “Thank you so much, without your help, my gege wouldn’t have woken up so soon.”

Xie Qingzhi seemed a bit awkward, “No need to thank me. Are you so nervous because you wanted to tell me this?”

Tang Qing nervously looked at Xie Qingzhi with his beautiful amber eyes and said, “Your Grace, although I may be ignorant and overstep boundaries, I still want to make a request.”

“Why are you looking at me like that? What do you want?” Xie Qingzhi felt that if Tang Qing wanted the moon from the sky, he would have to retrieve it for him.

Tang Qing felt that since marrying Xie Qingzhi, he had never really done anything for him, just enjoyed his care. Now, asking him to visit Tang Bo, who was not related to them, seemed excessive.

Tang Qing hesitated, “Your Grace, could you accompany me to see my gege tomorrow?”

Xie Qingzhi was surprised by Tang Qing’s request.

“No, I’m busy,” Xie Qingzhi refused without hesitation.

“It won’t take long. You just need to show your face, so my gege can see you,” Tang Qing explained, feeling rejected so bluntly. “My gege is worried that you might mistreat me after we got married, so he wants to see you.”

“Sir, if you just act as you usually do with me, it will put my gege’s mind at ease.”

Xie Qingzhi coldly sneered and decisively declined, “Impossible, I don’t have time.” With that, he turned and left.

As infamous as he was, with a large scar on his face, Xie Qingzhi could only meet people with a mask on, including his husband.

Tang Bo had just woken up, and if he saw his beloved brother married to someone like Xie Qingzhi, he might be so frightened that he couldn’t eat, possibly even fainting and falling into a deep sleep.

He knew how people outside were talking about him and Tang Qing.

The pitiful Empire’s number one beauty was sold by his father to the high-ranking but infamous Duke Bluebeard.

The “Royal Madman” was not only disfigured himself, he enjoyed tormenting beauties, was cruel and tyrannical, but also was twice Tang Qing’s age, an older man preying on a younger one.

It was like a fresh flower being planted in cow dung.

Sometimes, looking at Tang Qing’s young and fair face, he couldn’t help but feel like an ugly monster himself, but still wanting to gaze at Tang Qing a bit more.

It felt sacrilegious.

Moreover, Tang Qing was the same Maine Coon cat that had helped him before, that beautiful and majestic one.

The other day, watching Tang Qing’s unsent message, he admitted that he was moved. He wished the whole world knew that Tang Qing was his wife.

But when he calmed down, he felt unworthy.

His mental disorder was getting worse, and he wasn’t sure how long he could live.

When he died in the future, and Tang Qing also turned into an Omega, there would surely be more people pursuing him than ever before.

Not everyone was blind like Shen Yanxia.

Tang Qing would surely find a husband who would treat him well and be deserving of him.

Unlike himself.

The ugly Duke Bluebeard.

…

“Tangtang, have you seen this year’s award list?” Wen Lele asked.

Tang Qing had been busy taking care of his gege recently and almost forgot about it. Shaking his head at the question.

“Your father’s mistress’s son won an award.”

Tang Qing was somewhat surprised.

In his impression, Tang Xiaobai seemed to be busy every day posting selfies on social media, trying to fit into various noble circles, and going on dates with different guys. It was rare to see him seriously drawing, so it was unexpected that he won an award.

“Want to go watch the awards ceremony?” Wen Lele invited.

Tang Qing was a bit busy, but still curious, so he agreed.

The two of them arrived at the school’s auditorium, crowded with people, as they were awarding the participating artists.

Tang Qing looked at several pieces, observing as the artists went on stage to receive their awards and speak, sharing the creative sources of their artwork and the special features of the mech combat. He couldn’t help but get engrossed in it too.

The artworks were all excellent, no wonder they won awards, there were many details worth learning from.

After a cool mech detailed drawing flashed by, a huge mech with a cat-like appearance appeared.

The crowd murmured in awe.

A few Omega girls were excited too:

“Wow, it’s a cat!”

“It’s the first time I’ve seen someone make a mech with such a cute design.”

“Yeah, I’m already tired of those battle-crazy straight-A mech drawings, haha.”

Tang Xiaobai walked up to the stage under everyone’s gaze.

“Thank you all for liking it. Let me introduce the design concept of this drawing. The original intention of creating this mech drawing was to make the mech cuter, so that more Omegas can fall in love with mechs…”

Tang Xiaobai spoke a bit shyly on stage.

People below were discussing:

“I know him, he’s quite popular on Weibo, with tens of thousands of fans.”

“Online, he’s called the ‘Light of Omegas.’ I don’t know if it’s just me, but he seems to be seeking attention. Who posts so many Weibo updates every day like a normal person…”

“Although I also think… but he is indeed talented, this work is so cute and unique, he’s gaining more fans.”

Just then, a voice loudly interrupted the whispers.

“I want to report, Tang Xiaobai’s work is plagiarized.”

In the crowd, Tang Qing suddenly stood up, his voice firm and loud.

There was a moment of panic on Tang Xiaobai’s face, but he quickly regained his composure. Holding the microphone, he said loudly:

“Elder Brother, I know you don’t like me, but you can’t just say things randomly. Do you have any evidence?”

Tang Qing walked up to the stage, his voice calm, “Yes, because I am the designer of this drawing.”

There was a commotion among the crowd.

Several teachers were also stunned, and one of them asked, “Student, are you saying you drew this mech drawing? Do you have any evidence?”

Tang Qing walked to the projection, pointing to a detail, “Please, teacher, zoom in on this area. My works are all signed here.”

Tang Qing had a habit of incorporating his signature into the design lines of his drawings.

The teacher zoomed in on the area Tang Qing pointed to, magnifying it twenty times, and everyone leaned forward, staring at the screen.

Under the pattern of the cat’s fur, there was indeed a hidden signature.

It was clearly the character “Tang.”

Tang Xiaobai smiled, “Brother, this is my signature watermark, the ‘Tang’ of Tang Xiaobai.”

Tang Qing couldn’t help but be stunned.

The signature he designed himself should have been the characters “Tang Qing,” but now half of it was erased.

Whispers spread among the crowd:

“This signature only has the surname, doesn’t prove much, right?”

“Yeah, both of them have the surname ‘Tang,’ so this isn’t really evidence.”

Seeing Tang Qing’s expression, Tang Xiaobai couldn’t help but smile to himself.

Having been in the Tang family for many years, he had secretly figured out Tang Qing’s signature habits. So when he decided to steal the drawing, he specifically asked a senior designer to erase the name from Tang Qing’s signature, leaving only the surname.

Tang Xiaobai continued, “Elder Brother, without any other evidence, let’s not waste the time of the other students, shall we?”

But Tang Qing didn’t back down, continuing to question:

“Since you claim the drawing is your design, let me ask you, what were the dimensions in the design, and what were the body data of the simulated mech pilot?”

Tang Xiaobai hesitated for a moment.

He hadn’t looked that closely; Tang Qing’s mech drawing had too many details, many of which were nested several layers deep. Like a student who struggles in math trying to understand the solution to an Olympiad problem given by a top student, he couldn’t comprehend Tang Qing’s design drawing.

But as he thought about the appearance of this mech, he knew that Tang Qing loved cats very much, so it must have been designed for his own use, and their body shapes were quite similar.

Feeling a bit nervous, Tang Xiaobai answered, “As I mentioned earlier, the original intention of designing this drawing was to make it accessible to more Omegas, so when I filled in the data, I used my own body measurements.”

Tang Qing then pointed to the cat’s ears and tail, asking, “What are these two?”

Glancing at where Tang Qing was pointing, Tang Xiaobai let out a sigh of relief and said, “These are cat ears and a cat tail. I added these two elements, the cutest features of a cat, to make the mech less cold and mechanical.”

Tang Qing chuckled and said, “These cat ears actually house two radar detectors for enemy reconnaissance; as for this cat tail over here, although it appears to be dense fur, it’s actually filled with sharp, hidden needles, capable of delivering a lethal blow to any approaching enemies.”

Everyone was astonished.

In Tang Xiaobai’s words, this mecha was just an adorable cat, but it turned out to be such a lethal thing!

The host also admired Tang Qing a bit and silently handed the microphone to him.

Calmly pointing to the detailed data on the drawing, Tang Qing asked the teacher to zoom in on several items, then loudly said, “Because the mech pilot I designed requires high specifications, each one needs to be tailor-made. For example, here, the seat design is higher than usual because my simulated pilot is 1.93 meters tall. I also noted on the side: if mass production is considered, modifications would need to be made based on the pilot’s height.”

“And this control panel here is placed on the left side because my simulated pilot is left-handed.”

Tang Xiaobai was a bit flustered and tried to explain, “I forgot to mention just now. Although I designed the cat-like appearance to attract Omegas, considering that most mech operators are Alphas, I ended up adjusting a few data points.”

As everyone watched the intense confrontation on stage, no one noticed a person wearing a silver mask entering.

Tang Qing’s voice was amplified, resonating loudly, “Well, that’s quite a coincidence. The data you casually adjusted, whether it’s height, leg length, arm length, or operating habits, all match exactly with my husband, Duke Xie Qingzhi’s data.”

“Because when I created this mech drawing, I had him in mind.”

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