The Flower Of The High Mountain Is Pregnant With The Son Of The Sand Sculpture Ceo Chapter 25

Chapter 25: This Life, I’ve Set My Sights on Him…

Pei Yumin’s mind went completely blank at that moment. He couldn’t process what Lu Shangyan had just said.

His palm was resting on Lu Shangyan’s lower abdomen, feeling the warmth of his body rise and fall with his breathing. A living, breathing person—how could he suddenly be gravely ill and about to die?

He started to tremble, like an emergency patient who would collapse this second and die the next.

Lu Shangyan gripped his hand, barely able to keep it still, and had to use both hands to hold him.

Pei Yumin’s breathing grew heavy. When he looked up at Lu Shangyan again, his eyes were full of tears. He mumbled, “How could this happen? How could it suddenly turn out like this? You seemed perfectly fine when I dropped you off this morning.”

He lowered his head, not even having the courage to look into Lu Shangyan’s eyes again, even though the person in front of him was already blurry. He took another deep, difficult breath and continued, “Just now, when I messaged you that I was coming to pick you up, you were still healthy.”

His face was flushed crimson, yet his lips were terribly pale. Compared to Lu Shangyan, he looked more like the one suffering from a terminal illness.

“I should have noticed sooner, I should have taken you to the hospital sooner! You were so uncomfortable before, throwing up so badly, why didn’t I take you to the hospital earlier!”

He frustratedly ran a hand through his hair, and feeling that wasn’t enough, he slammed his fist against the steering wheel and heavily knocked his head against it.

Lu Shangyan opened his mouth slightly. “It’s not your fault. It’s my own reason.”

He had always thought it was nothing and kept putting off going to the hospital.

He wanted to comfort Pei Yumin, but after trying for a long time, he couldn’t utter a single word of reassurance.

In this world, he didn’t have much to cling to, but he also didn’t want to disappear so soon.

He released Pei Yumin’s hand and slumped back into the passenger seat as if all his strength had drained away.

After less than half a minute of silence, Pei Yumin looked up again. He sniffled, raised his arm, and fiercely wiped his eyes.

He looked at Lu Shangyan with bloodshot eyes. “Don’t be afraid. I will definitely find a way to save you. I’ll find you the best doctors. You still have a few months; there must be a way.”

He said it for Lu Shangyan, and also for himself. “Which hospital did you go to for the check-up? Where are the results? I’ll send them to my mother right now and have her find a specialist to think of a solution.”

Lu Shangyan blinked. His backpack only contained books, and he held nothing in his hands.

Just as he was about to say something, he heard a commotion outside the car window. He was also flustered, and instinctively looked out at the noise.

The old doctor who had just examined him was now moving with surprising speed, darting faster than a rabbit, showing no signs of being elderly.

Several police officers were chasing him. In his panic, he threw the small folding table he was carrying behind him and ripped off his traditional Chinese long-sleeved shirt, revealing immediately muscular arms. His muscles were very defined. For a moment, Lu Shangyan thought he had seen wrong; the man had looked so scrawny just now, how had he suddenly turned into a strong man?

But even after shedding all his burdens, he still couldn’t escape the pursuing police.

He was twisted around, his arms pinned behind his back, and pressed onto the ground. A police officer grabbed the small, simply tied braid at the back of his head and yanked it back, pulling off the white hairpiece and revealing a freshly shaved stubble underneath.

Pei Yumin followed Lu Shangyan’s gaze and saw the man outside the car window, immediately narrowing his eyes.

Lu Shangyan blinked and said, “I haven’t had time to go to the hospital yet. He was the one who just examined me.”

Pei Yumin’s emotions swung wildly, and for a moment he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Thank goodness. Thank goodness he’s a fraud.”

“You’ll be fine. No, you definitely will be fine.”

His voice trembled more and more as he spoke. Finally, he quickly unbuckled his seatbelt, leaned over, and fiercely hugged Lu Shangyan. “I was terrified. I thought you were really going to leave me.”

Lu Shangyan felt the dampness on his neck, accompanied by the overly hot breaths near his ear. He realized that Pei Yumin was hugging him and crying out of fear.

More and more onlookers gathered behind them, and voices drifted into Lu Shangyan’s ears.

“That damn fraud! Last month, when my daughter came home, he grabbed her and insisted on examining her, saying she had breast cancer and only had so much time left! He scared my daughter half to death! Then he pushed his ointment, claiming it could treat malignant tumors if applied to the chest. He scammed my daughter out of over 2,000 yuan!”

“Yours is still less. A couple of days ago, he told my dad he had a bone tumor on his back and asked if my dad had daily aches in his waist and legs. My dad is over eighty, so aches and pains are normal, but he still lied through his teeth, pushing his quack medicine, and scammed him out of two years of his pension!”

“He changes his tricks every day, never wearing the same outfit twice. Thank goodness they finally caught him this time! Hurry up and give us our money back!”

“…”

The barrage of chatter made Lu Shangyan’s ears burn. He finally raised a hand and pinched his earlobe.

He truly didn’t dare look at Pei Yumin now. “I didn’t realize he was a fraud.”

He had been too panicked just now. Only now did he remember that the man had indeed recommended an ointment to him, costing a thousand yuan per patch. He didn’t have that much money in his pocket.

Especially after learning he might not live much longer, his mind was solely focused on finding Pei Yumin, finding him first, no matter what.

So he hadn’t listened to a word the man said, stood up, and walked away.

The man had called out a few times behind him and even tried to stop him, but for some reason, after only a few words, he quickly turned back, packed up his stall, and left.

It seemed he knew the police were coming and decided to abandon this “fat meat” and flee first.

Pei Yumin pinched his face, a retaliatory gesture, though he didn’t dare use too much force. “But this incident also reminds me that since your stomach has been uncomfortable for so long, I need to take you for a check-up first.”

The second before he started the car, Lu Shangyan stopped him. “My final exams start the day after tomorrow. They only last three days. Take me to the hospital after the exams.”

Pei Yumin’s lips tightened into a straight line, his expression far from pleased. He was rarely this serious with Lu Shangyan. “I told you just now, you have to listen to me on this matter from now on.”

Lu Shangyan sat up straight. “It’s only a few days left anyway. If it’s really a serious illness, a few days won’t make a difference.”

Hearing this, Pei Yumin reached out and gently tapped his mouth, spitting out several “Pehs.” “What nonsense are you talking about?”

Lu Shangyan forced a stiff smile at him. “I know you’re doing this for my own good.”

That single sentence made Pei Yumin lift his chin, too proud to lower his head again.

So Lu Shangyan continued, “You probably know a little about my situation. I really need the scholarship the school provides, so I can’t afford any mistakes in the exams. If they really find something wrong, I might not be able to focus on the test.”

“Besides, if I really am sick, I don’t have the money to treat it right now. I get paid the day after tomorrow. Once the exams are over, I’ll have money and free time to go for a proper check-up.”

His personality was slightly pessimistic; he always liked to prepare for the worst-case scenario.

But Pei Yumin was different. In his nearly thirty years of life, he hadn’t faced many major setbacks. “What if the check-up shows nothing is wrong? Then you can take the exams with even more peace of mind.”

Lu Shangyan shook his head. “The probability of that is only one-third. Even if I don’t have a terminal illness, just a minor health issue will affect my mood.”

Only three days…

Pei Yumin was still thinking.

Lu Shangyan raised his hand and placed it on Pei Yumin’s head, mimicking the few memories he had of his mother comforting him, stroking his head gently, repeatedly. “With you by my side, I feel much better now. After the exams, I’ll check whatever you want me to check.”

Pei Yumin felt distressed, but he knew he couldn’t force Lu Shangyan. Even if he tied him up and dragged him there now, if Lu Shangyan didn’t want to go, he would find a way to escape.

In the end, he could only compromise. “I agree, but you have to promise me that you absolutely won’t lie to me this time. Also, if you feel uncomfortable anywhere in your body, you must tell me immediately.”

He grabbed Lu Shangyan’s hand and placed it over his own heart. “This little heart of mine really can’t handle any more scares.”

Lu Shangyan didn’t speak. Now that his mind had calmed down, he realized how “cowardly” he had been just now.

He had faced so many storms alone. In the past, when he was burning up with fever and nearly dying, he could still drag himself to the hospital alone. When he was locked out by the auntie when he was little and almost bitten to death by a pack of stray dogs in the village, he managed to crawl with his injuries to the small clinic in town…

He was afraid of dying so early, and his will to survive was strong, but he had never been fearful. Yet, when he thought he was about to die just now, his mind was filled entirely with Pei Yumin.

He felt safe only when he was by Pei Yumin’s side.

It could also be said that he was starting to be unwilling to face pain and death alone.

He clenched his fingers and secretly glanced at Pei Yumin’s profile. That look made his heart flutter, as if something was trying to break through the soil—something that no one had taught him in his twenty-plus years of life, and something he hadn’t learned from textbooks. So he didn’t know what it was.

Lu Shangyan moved his hand from where it had been resting on Pei Yumin’s chest to his own, finding that his heart was beating uncontrollably. He took several deep breaths but couldn’t calm it down.

So, he added a heart examination to the list of tests he would undergo at the hospital three days later.

Pei Yumin didn’t know what Lu Shangyan was thinking, but he was very clear about what he wanted.

He knew Lu Shangyan was slow-witted when it came to their relationship. He had originally planned to let Lu Shangyan slowly test the waters, to let Lu Shangyan take that first step, even if it was only a few millimeters. As long as he noticed it, he would find a way to hold onto Lu Shangyan tightly.

But things were different now. Although the incident just now was a false alarm, it served as a warning: Lu Shangyan needed his protection, and he didn’t want Lu Shangyan to be alone anymore. He needed a proper identity to stay by Lu Shangyan’s side.

Therefore, he had to start formally, fiercely, and sincerely pursuing Lu Shangyan.

He had to make Lu Shangyan clearly understand that in this life, he had set his sights on him.

Author’s Note:

Pei Yumin: My wife doesn’t understand love, so let this “CEO” teach him [covering face and peeking]