"Ignore this for now, you shouldn't think about whitening or such until this scar is gone," Ye Lang said directly.
"This...hehe, you should start with this," their cousin said somewhat shyly.
"Alright, lie down and don't move, this will take a while. If you feel tired, you can sleep through it," Ye Lang said.
"No, if you're not tired, why should I be..." their cousin shook her head, smiling.
"Oh, then lie down and let's begin..."
So, Ye Lang carefully smoothed out their cousin's skin, while she lay there with her eyes closed, not moving, with Ye Lanyu sitting on the side, watching.
As time passed, the scar on their cousin's forehead became fainter...
Late at night...
"Alright, I'm very tired, I'm going to sleep..." After finishing, Ye Lang lay down and went to sleep, not wanting to say anything more.
"..." After a moment of silence, Ye Lanyu and their cousin exchanged glances, then made a decision...
"You're so late today, what were you doing?" The girl in the dream asked lightly, her tone carrying a hint of reproach, but also a hint of surprise.
"I smoothed out my cousin's skin, so she can style her hair however she likes in the future," he replied.
"Oh..."
...
"It's strange, why do I feel heavy, as if something's pressing on me?" Ye Lang said in his dream.
"There's nothing on you." The girl just looked at Ye Lang, then said.
"Maybe it's just an illusion..." Ye Lang brushed aside that feeling, then continued chatting.
In the morning, when Ye Lang woke up, he found that his feeling last night wasn't an illusion, but real, he felt very heavy!!
Why was he feeling so heavy?
If you tried to have two women press down on you while sleeping, you'd definitely feel this way too!
"Sister, cousin, what are you doing? You know you're heavy, why did you still press on me while sleeping?" Ye Lang directly woke up the two of them, not understanding how to treat them gently, allowing them to sleep a little longer and such.
"Go, you're the heavy one!" Ye Lanyu immediately retorted, then said languidly, "It's been a long time since I slept with you, you heartless little one, when you grow up, you don't want your sister anymore."
"Nonsense, when I grow up, I'll get a wife, what do I need you for, sister?" Ye Lang was straightforward and not polite in his remarks.
"Bang!" In response to Ye Lang, Ye Lanyu threw a small punch, her eyes showed anger as she said fiercely, "Don't think I don’t dare, if you're like this, you won't be able to marry a wife in the future!!"
"If I don't marry, then I don't marry, I'm not scared of you!" Ye Lang retorted directly, though he felt that there might be a problem with what he just said.
If he didn't want to marry a wife, didn't that mean he wanted his sister? This wasn't rebellion, but acquiescence.
"You little fool! Be good, get up, Sister cannot bear to let you be alone, in the future, I'll find you a good wife, but you cannot abandon Sister!!" Ye Lanyu said indulgently.
"Oh, got it..." Ye Lang replied.
At this time, someone started to have an opinion, and that person was the forgotten cousin—
"Hey, have you all gone too far? I'm leaving today, but none of you have put me in your hearts at all!!"
"Who says that! You're pressing down on me now, can I not put you in my heart?" Ye Lang asked.
"This... "
"Get up, hurry up and prepare, otherwise you won't be able to leave today." Ye Lang said, "It's always like this, dragging on day after day..."
Ye Lang's cousin, when she wanted to leave in the past, also delayed several times, saying she would leave today, but made her stay until tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and even once for as long as ten days.
"... you little rascal, dare to expose your old mother's scar!" The cousin also imitated Ye Lang's directness, throwing a punch at Ye Lang and even calling herself his old mother.
"Gone..." Ye Lang dodged, then suddenly dashed outside and disappeared in front of the two young girls.
"..."
At noon, a lot of people gathered at Ye's house, including Ye Chengtian and his wife, of course, Ye Lang's two siblings, to see off Ye Lang's cousin.
"Aunt, uncle, Xue, I'm leaving! Xiaolang, remember to come to Zhuque to find me, you promised me that." While leaving, the cousin specially reminded Ye Lang.
Just because Ye Lang had said before that he would wander around and might go to the Zhuque Empire, she immediately wanted Ye Lang to find her, of course, she ignored the "might".
"I know, you're so talkative, hurry up and leave!" Ye Lang shooed his cousin away as if chasing away a fly, naturally showing a bored look on his face.
"You little rascal, forget it, just remember." The cousin shook her head helplessly, then turned around to get on the car, but as she was getting on, she suddenly stopped.
She turned to Ye Lang and said, "Xiaolang, I heard that you sing well, can you sing a song for sister, as a parting gift."
Ye Lang looked at his cousin, dazed for a moment, and in the eyes of those around him, he blurted out two words—
"No way!!"
Shake...
The cousin almost fell off the carriage, and the others almost fell as well. This kid was really something, just asking him to sing a song and he refused like that.
"Hmph! Remember this!" The cousin gritted her teeth and left a harsh word, then entered the carriage.
"Uh, I will." Ye Lang nodded in response.
"You're dead..." a roar came from the carriage, then something was thrown towards Ye Lang, seemingly representing the cousin's anger.
"What is this?" Ye Lang lightly caught the object and glanced at it. This thing seemed to be a jade pendant, as a seasoned spendthrift, he could tell at a glance that this thing was not cheap.
Therefore, in theory, this should not have been thrown around at will!
And on the jade pendant, there were also two words engraved, confirming that this was not meant to be thrown at him out of anger.
"This is my token, only you can use it, when you come to Zhuque in the future, use this to find me, remember!" The cousin's head popped out, clarifying the issue.
"Cousin..."
"What?!"
"Can I sell this?"
"... go to hell!!"
"Hehe, just kidding, I'll give you something too, here!" Ye Lang tossed out a small bottle, returning the favor.
"What is this?" The cousin took it and asked in confusion.
"This is a beauty and anti-aging pill, take one every day, don't take too many." Ye Lang answered, and what this was for, there was no need for further explanation.
"You little rascal, sister hasn't spoiled you for nothing." The cousin smiled, but soon, her smile disappeared because Ye Lang added one more sentence—
"You're getting old, you need some care, or else you won't be able to get married."
"Get lost!!"
"..."
And so, Ye Lang sent off his cousin, but before he could celebrate, he was dragged away by his parents for a talking-to, certainly not about how he treated his cousin, something even the cousin wouldn't mind, so how could they use that to scold their precious son?
"Son, are you really not going to participate in the competition?" Ye Chengtian asked.
They were still talking about the matter of Ye Lang's participation in the competition. Because Ye Lang refused to participate in the trial, the two of them felt very worried.
Every parent wants to see their child succeed. Considering Ye Lang's previous situation, they thought it was enough for him to be an ordinary person. But recently, the talent that Ye Lang had shown made them think it was necessary to begin the process of making him succeed.
And this competition was a good opportunity, they thought it was necessary for Ye Lang to participate!
"I'm not going, I've told you many times, don't ask again, and don't mention it again, I won't change my mind. By the way, maybe next year I will go to see the competition, starting from next year, I want to go out and play!" After opposing, Ye Lang added.
"If you want to go out and play, why won't you participate, anyway you can just go through the motions, with your alchemy skills, getting some results wouldn't be difficult." Ye Chengtian said.
Ye Lang shook his head and said, "I'm just saying maybe, maybe at that time, I'll be somewhere else, then I won't have the time, so there's no 'while I'm at it', and even if I did, I wouldn't want to go!"
"Where can you go... wait, does that mean, when you go out to play, it's not just going wherever, but gallivanting around?" Ye Chengtian suddenly realized and immediately asked.
"Yeah, after I finish my coming-of-age ceremony this year, I plan to travel around, I've already planned it." Ye Lang nodded.
"No way!" All three of them immediately objected, strongly and decisively.
"Don't treat me like a child, I've already had my coming-of-age ceremony, I'm already an adult, and it's necessary for me to go out and travel a bit!" Ye Lang said lightly.
"If it were someone else, we'd be fine, but coming from you, how can we feel at ease, you often do some silly things!!" Ye Chengtian said very directly.
"These are all things of my childhood. I wouldn't do silly things now!" Ye Lang replied immediately.
"Really? Don't forget, who almost blew up the Seventh Princess's bedroom before, and who went to the side of the Dragon Knights, touching those fierce dragons, nearly getting eaten? And who..."
"Stop, these were all accidents. Besides, I came out of it unscathed, didn't I?" Ye Lang remained unchanged, still as persistent as ever.
"This is your other mom's spoiling..." Ye Chengtian was a little speechless. And his mention of the 'other mom' referred to the Goddess of Fortune. Now, the Emperor and others all said that Ye Lang had a mother-son relationship with the Goddess of Fortune. Otherwise, why would they be so biased towards him.