The Flower Of The High Mountain Is Pregnant With The Son Of The Sand Sculpture Ceo Chapter 35
byChapter 35 Tonight I will definitely make you very comfortable…
Lu Shangyan didn’t dare to look at his face: “I haven’t thought it through yet, I need time.”
He had just figured out some things, but he hadn’t said he had figured out everything!
Pei Yumin still couldn’t resist, reaching out to gently touch his earlobe: “Alright, I understand.”
Not having thought it through means maybe he likes him, and if he maybe likes him, isn’t that still liking him!
The smile on his face grew brighter, so dazzling that Lu Shangyan couldn’t pretend not to see it.
Several times he couldn’t help but want to ask what exactly he had figured out, and if he was thinking something unspeakable again.
But in the end, he held back. It was better for Pei Yumin to think it in his head than to say it out loud in public.
He convinced himself, leaned back again, and planned to close his eyes and rest. Who knew that when Pei Yumin saw him stop talking, he eagerly grabbed his hand again: “Then we’ll go public after you graduate? Don’t worry, I will be the man behind you, and I won’t affect your studies or career.”
After speaking, he scratched Lu Shangyan’s palm: “But don’t make me wait too long, or I’ll be very sad.”
A tingling sensation came from his palm. Lu Shangyan suddenly withdrew his hand: “Stop talking nonsense! And stop letting your imagination run wild!” He poked Pei Yumin’s waist with his finger: “We are just friends. Don’t push your luck! Otherwise, I’ll take back what I just said!”
Pei Yumin caught his finger and measured it in his palm: “Okay, okay, I won’t say anything. Take your time to think.”
After a brief period of quiet, Lu Shangyan finally breathed a sigh of relief and no longer bothered to retrieve the hand that was still being held. But as Pei Yumin held it, he suddenly leaned close to his ear and asked, “Do you want a full-diamond or a single-diamond wedding ring?”
Lu Shangyan lifted his eyelids, saying nothing, only giving him a cold, sidelong glance. He rarely got angry, and rarely showed emotional fluctuations in front of outsiders. Only with Pei Yumin could he be provoked in just a few words.
Pei Yumin accepted his gaze, shrank his neck, and made a zipping motion over his lips: “I promise, I really won’t say anything more.”
Lu Shangyan looked at him suspiciously, then closed his eyes half a minute later.
A faint voice drifted into his ear again: “Actually, I think full-diamond is best. That way, you can be seen immediately every time you go out.”
Lu Shangyan pulled his hand back, crossed his arms over his chest, then slid half a turn, pressing his forehead completely against the cabinet, turning his back to Pei Yumin, and continuing to pretend to sleep. He didn’t want to know Pei Yumin at all right now.
And he deeply regretted saying that sentence just now because of a momentary feeling of emotion!
Pei Yumin was completely quiet this time, guarding Lu Shangyan’s back, afraid that passersby would disturb him. But the smug expression on his face showed that the person he was protecting was very important!
An auntie passing by couldn’t help but look at his silly appearance, and he immediately mouthed silently: “My boyfriend is sleeping.”
The auntie had lived most of her life and had never seen such a scene. She thought he had a mental problem, hugged her instant noodles, and ran away, afraid that this big fool would snatch and eat them if she was a moment too late.
Pei Yumin propped his foot against the suitcase. When it wobbled too much, he put his arm across to shield Lu Shangyan, which actually made Lu Shangyan fall asleep. So, until they got off the train, Lu Shangyan was completely unaware of everything that happened afterward, and didn’t know that Pei Yumin had almost spread the “good news” he thought he had received throughout the entire carriage.
Lu Shangyan only felt that the surrounding people looked at him strangely when they got off the train. Feeling uncomfortable, he quickened his pace. Just as he was about to squeeze through the crowd to the exit, someone suddenly grabbed his arm.
The person was hunched over and immediately said: “You poisoned me! You must pay!”
Lu Shangyan was utterly confused. He knew there were many pickpockets when train stations were crowded, but he didn’t expect someone to so brazenly slander him.
Pei Yumin was dragging the suitcase behind, walking with great difficulty. He and Lu Shangyan had been able to hold hands when they first got off the train, but they were separated by the crowd after only a few steps. He had been stepped on several times while chasing Lu Shangyan, and his expression was now extremely grim.
Finally, when he managed to squeeze next to Lu Shangyan and saw someone deliberately causing trouble, his face darkened further.
Pei Yumin stood there, two heads taller than the old man, exuding a strong sense of oppression that made the old man tremble several times on the spot: “What are you doing! Do you want to hit me! I am sixty-seven this year. Bullying the elderly will bring retribution!”
Pei Yumin looked down. The pair of white sneakers on Lu Shangyan’s feet, which he had stayed up late to clean, now had three distinct footprints on them.
But he didn’t have time to feel distressed. He only asked Lu Shangyan: “Does your foot hurt? Why don’t we wait on the side for a while? We can go out when there are fewer people, so we don’t have to squeeze here.”
The old man perked up when he heard this: “Yes! Let’s go to the side and talk properly about compensation.”
Pei Yumin frowned at him: “Who are you? Get out of the way!”
The old man hunched over, shuffled forward in small steps, and stood in front of him again, blocking his path. He was now desperate for this short-tempered man to push him, so he could fall to the ground and extort more money naturally.
“You gave me spoiled bread, which caused me stomach pain and indigestion. I’m old, and even a small ailment could kill me. You must take responsibility and compensate me for medical expenses.”
Pei Yumin scrutinized him several times and finally recognized who he was—the stinky-footed man who had stretched his foot near Lu Shangyan and made him nauseous!
Thinking of this, Pei Yumin became even angrier: “Did we give that to you? You secretly stole and ate it when we went to the restroom! I should be asking you to compensate us for stealing our things!”
He wasn’t a vindictive person, but this person was bullying Lu Shangyan, and that was unacceptable to him.
The old man glared at him: “Who said that? You actively gave it to me. It was placed on the small table.”
People around them walked forward while watching the commotion, quickly leaving a circle around them.
The old man, relying on his age to garner sympathy, began to perform even harder: “You gave it to me! I think you saw that I, an old man, was alone and easy to bully, so you deliberately fed me spoiled things to laugh at me! I even thought you were kind and was moved to tears at the time.”
Saying this, he really started wiping tears. This action undoubtedly swayed many people, and some were already pointing at Pei Yumin, their expressions condemning him.
The old man wailed again: “Now that you see I’m suffering, you want to run away. Not only do you not want to pay compensation, but you also want to hit me! I think you are societal scum who take pleasure in bullying helpless old people like us!”
The conflict escalated.
Pei Yumin was hot and tired, his ears filled with noise. He was so angry he laughed: “You say I actively gave it to you. Then show me the evidence.”
The old man was clearly a repeat offender and immediately said: “I only thought you were kind at the time. Who would think to keep evidence then?”
This old man often loitered in this area. When he had money, he would take the train to scam people. When he didn’t, he would hang around nearby, waiting to eat a few bites of something and then pretend to be sick to scam some money.
Lu Shangyan immediately became his target when he got on the train, but he didn’t expect him to be followed by someone else. At the time, he had considered just eating the food and not scamming them this time, and looking for other targets later.
But when Pei Yumin returned to fetch his luggage, he saw Pei Yumin’s watch, necklace, and bracelet. He couldn’t recognize the brands, but having scammed people for so many years, he knew what good things were. He immediately felt he could pull off a big scam this time!
So, he spent the rest of the time staring at Lu Shangyan, afraid they would run away. When they got off the train, he saw Lu Shangyan walking alone in front—a clean-cut college student who looked easy to trick. Who knew that before he could get any money, the other man, like a mad dog, chased after him? The old man cursed his bad luck internally.
Now, after so much back and forth, they still showed no intention of giving him money. He had no choice but to say: “I’m not asking for much. Two thousand is enough. I’ll get a check-up and some medicine. That should be about the amount.”
If the old man had asked him for money earlier, he would have given it, let alone two thousand, even twenty thousand. But since he targeted Lu Shangyan first, Pei Yumin had seen too many instances of Lu Shangyan being slandered, his brows furrowed, his face full of sadness, and his eyes filled with helplessness.
He hardened his heart, grabbed the man’s arm: “You come with me. We’ll wait right here. I want to see if you really get poisoned.”
This was the first time Lu Shangyan had seen Pei Yumin so aggressive, and it felt very different to him: “There should be surveillance on the train, right?”
This old man was a regular at the police station. He would be exposed as soon as he went there. Not only would it waste time, but he would also be subjected to a lecture. However, because of his age and the small amount of money he scammed, most cases ended in a settlement and release, or at most, a few days in detention.
Previously, he usually only asked for eight hundred, mostly three or five hundred, and many people were willing to give it to him. This was the first time he asked for two thousand. He was initially confident that these two wouldn’t waste time arguing over this amount, but the longer it dragged on, the less sure he felt.
“Fifteen hundred. Fifteen hundred should be fine, right!”
As soon as he spoke, a little girl from the corner pointed at him and said: “Grandpa, you’re lying! You clearly stole and ate it yourself when the two big brothers left! Mommy said it’s wrong to steal other people’s things. You should apologize!”
Pei Yumin looked over at the sound and immediately wanted to put his hands on his hips and laugh uproariously: “There are still good people in the world!”
The little girl’s mouth was covered by her mother, who was holding her. She was very dissatisfied, and her two braided pigtails were swinging as she twisted her head, trying to escape the hand.
The old man also looked over: “What does a little kid like you know?”
People often exposed him before, but he wasn’t afraid. At worst, he would implicate the other person too: “Are you two in cahoots? Are you deliberately helping him speak?”
The little girl finally broke free: “The kindergarten teacher taught us to be honest! Grandpa, you are not honest! This is the fourth time I’ve seen you trick people!”
The old man instantly lowered his head: “Stop talking nonsense! Which eye saw me tricking people! I am legitimately asking for medical expenses!”
The little girl struggled so hard that she slipped out of the woman’s arms. Wearing her crystal princess sandals, she ran to Lu Shangyan and grabbed his hand: “Handsome Gege, I’ll take you to the staff. I’ll be your witness and get this bad guy arrested. He always tricks people at the train station.”
Pei Yumin felt two lines of hot tears welling up: “Little sister, you are a great person!”
His day had been full of twists and turns. He had almost permanently blacklisted the train station, but because of the little girl’s appearance, he removed it from the blacklist.
“You take me. This Gege isn’t feeling well, so let him rest here for a bit.”
The little girl was incredibly well-behaved. She nodded and said okay, then took Pei Yumin’s hand and walked forward. Because of the crowd, Pei Yumin picked her up after only a few steps. He then turned back and smiled at Lu Shangyan, signaling him to wait assuredly.
Lu Shangyan watched the large and small figures leave, tightening his grip on his backpack strap.
When he went back this time, he absolutely had to clarify everything with his uncle and aunt.
He would have to save money to buy a house in the future, and perhaps, raise a child.
Thinking of this, he let out a sharp breath. The old man in front of him hunched over even more, looking very pitiful, and asked tearfully: “Five hundred. Five hundred should be fine, right? I haven’t eaten for several days and can barely walk. You have to give me some money for the ride to the hospital, right?”
Lu Shangyan’s heart softened, and his hand reached for his backpack, but then he heard a loud, clear voice nearby: “Don’t be fooled by him!”
A man with a laptop bag stepped out: “I was tricked by him like this last time. The moment I gave him the money, he ran away so fast I couldn’t catch him even after chasing him for two blocks! Little brother, maybe you won’t be able to catch him either!”
The old man saw his scheme was exposed again, and Pei Yumin was about to return with staff. He cursed his bad luck several times, then turned and ran frantically.
Lu Shangyan watched him weave through the crowd and confirmed that he really couldn’t catch him.
But this time, he didn’t make it to the exit before he was caught by the security guards and railway police who rushed over and pinned him to the ground.
Pei Yumin put the little girl down and bent over to high-five her: “You are so brave.”
He took out his phone, scanned the little girl’s watch, and added her as a friend, saying he would chat with her often. The little girl finally smiled and waved at him, running back to her mother and hiding behind her clothes to watch Pei Yumin.
After the commotion, most of the crowd had dispersed, and the path was much easier to navigate. Pei Yumin routinely pulled the luggage and followed Lu Shangyan out. Despite all the trouble, he didn’t complain once.
Lu Shangyan suddenly remembered what Xia Li had told him while they were studying for the exam: if she ever had a boyfriend, she would take him to climb several mountains. When a person is extremely tired and emotionally exhausted, many negative aspects of their personality emerge. If the other person is still willing to move forward with her in that state, she would commit to that person.
Lu Shangyan followed behind him, occasionally stealing a glance. He suddenly felt that taking the train was somewhat similar to climbing a mountain…
“You’ve been peeking at me several times.” Pei Yumin leaned in cheekily: “Are you secretly falling for me again?”
Lu Shangyan moved half a step to the side, increasing the distance between them.
Taking the train and climbing a mountain were completely different.
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Pei Yumin originally thought things would be fine once they got off the train.
Who knew that shortly after leaving the train station, Lu Shangyan led him into a nearby bus station.
After another three hours of swaying on the bus, they arrived at a small, dilapidated city. He was hungry and tired, and his back was starting to hurt: “Are we there?”
Lu Shangyan’s expression was unchanged. He led him across the road, found the bus stop sign, and only replied after confirming the bus route: “We still have eleven stops to go.”
Pei Yumin felt his legs weaken, looking up at the blazing sun: “Can we take a taxi?”
Lu Shangyan shook his head: “We can only take a taxi later.”
That meant they still had to take a taxi after the bus ride.
Pei Yumin sat next to him, pulling at his collar to cool himself down. Despite being so tired, he didn’t complain once and even managed to smile and praise Lu Shangyan: “You really had foresight to make me put down the luggage. It really pays to listen to your boyfriend.”
After saying this, he used his peripheral vision to sneak a look at Lu Shangyan, observing his expression to see if he could continue calling him “boyfriend” next time.
Lu Shangyan lowered his head, seemingly deep in thought. After a while, he suddenly looked up, meeting Pei Yumin’s eyes unexpectedly.
Pei Yumin felt inexplicably guilty and didn’t dare to look at him for a moment. Lu Shangyan, however, was as calm as ever: “Have you thought about the child’s nickname?”
“No.” Only after answering did he realize what the question was. Pei Yumin was slow to react, his eyes widening in surprise: “What do you mean by asking about the child’s nickname? What do you mean? What do you mean?!”
He asked more and more excitedly, squeezing closer to Lu Shangyan, almost pushing him off the seat.
Lu Shangyan could only use his palm to push against his forehead: “Forget it if you don’t understand.”
Pei Yumin’s breathing quickened with excitement: “Are you planning to keep the child?”
Lu Shangyan repeated: “Forget it if you don’t understand.”
Pei Yumin’s heart was burning with passion. He no longer felt the sun beating down. He ran out and circled the bus stop sign three times before stopping, panting: “Don’t worry, I will definitely strive to be a good father.”
Lu Shangyan couldn’t stand it anymore. He turned his face away but couldn’t help but let out a chuckle.
Pei Yumin wiped the sweat from his forehead: “Today must be my lucky day.”
Once they got on the bus, Lu Shangyan paid twelve yuan for the fare, saying they were riding to the last stop.
Pei Yumin then said: “My lucky number will be twelve from now on.”
Lu Shangyan didn’t want to talk to him, so Pei Yumin sat upright beside him, seriously thinking about what the child’s nickname should be.
He needed to choose several, as he didn’t know the child’s gender yet.
After thinking for a while, he couldn’t resist telling Yuan Qingyu the news.
Then he went to show off to Tang Suichen:
[m: Shang Shang must have agreed to be my boyfriend. I am definitely walking this road to happiness faster than you.]
Besides Yuan Qingyu, Old Pei, and the few doctors at the hospital who would definitely keep the secret, no one else knew about Lu Shangyan’s pregnancy.
So, even when showing off, he considered his bragging to be very low-key.
Yuan Qingyu quickly replied:
[Son, tell me the truth. What did you do to him? Did you threaten him while you were in an unfamiliar place?]
[m: I cherish my baby too much for that.]
[m: Anyway, a lot happened today. I’ll tell you slowly when I get back.]
[m: Shang Shang asked me to think of the child’s nickname. I don’t have time to explain much now.]
Yuan Qingyu knew there was no point in rushing, so she said:
[Then we need to buy the baby’s clothes and everything, right? I’ll go pick out the best ones right away! And the nursery needs to be prepared in advance! Which house are you staying in? I’ll go decorate it now!]
Pei Yumin thought for a moment and replied:
[m: Don’t prepare those things yet. Everything depends on his arrangements.]
[m: The reason he is willing to keep this child is that he desperately needs a family member with whom he shares a blood relation.]
[m: So, I think if he is willing to let us participate, we will follow his requests. If he is not willing, we shouldn’t push too hard.]
[m: I want him to be one hundred percent sure that this child belongs to him.]
Yuan Qingyu was silent for a moment. She understood all of this:
[Fine, but you must remind him of anything he overlooks. Raising a child is not child’s play.]
[I thought you were showing off because of you, but it turns out it has little to do with you.]
Pei Yumin didn’t reply to her. Lu Shangyan must have wanted to keep the child for a long time and hadn’t told him because he didn’t know if the matter he was returning for would go smoothly.
Now, even though the matter hadn’t been resolved, he chose to tell him, mostly because Pei Yumin was starting to occupy a place in Lu Shangyan’s heart.
At the very least, having him accompany Lu Shangyan back this time meant Lu Shangyan wasn’t as lost or panicked, and that was enough for him.
He gently grasped Lu Shangyan’s hand resting on his thigh, then quickly let go, afraid of disturbing his rest.
His face was alight with an uncontrollable smile. He felt that Lu Shangyan was the greatest good person in the world for giving him this chance to stay by his side.
Lu Shangyan had no idea he was thinking so much; he only knew Pei Yumin was secretly taking advantage of him.
Finally, they endured until they got off the bus. Lu Shangyan felt more tired the more he slept, but Pei Yumin was completely energized. They took a taxi, and this time, in less than twenty minutes, they reached their destination.
Pei Yumin looked up and saw the Little Orange Hotel.
The storefront looked small, and the interior was dark. Pei Yumin wasn’t sure if it was habitable.
But Lu Shangyan walked in calmly and handed over his ID card: “I booked it yesterday morning.”
What could Pei Yumin say now? He obediently handed over his ID card too.
It was only when they got on the elevator that he noticed Lu Shangyan only had one room card. Just as he was hesitating how to ask, Lu Shangyan stepped out of the elevator, turned left, and opened a door.
Inside, there were two beds.
Lu Shangyan turned on the light and told him: “This is the best hotel in the county. The room rate is expensive, so bear with it.”
Lu Shangyan giving him the best meant he cared about him, didn’t it? He immediately rushed over and rolled around on the bed uncontrollably.
Lu Shangyan reminded him: “The best hotel here can’t compare to Z City. Be careful not to damage anything. We still need to use it later, and you’ll have to pay if it breaks.”
Pei Yumin didn’t hear the latter part. His mind was filled with: “Use?”
Lu Shangyan nodded and placed his backpack on the desk.
Pei Yumin saw a box next to the backpack, neatly containing three boxes of condoms.
At this moment, he was practically petrified. He stiffly turned his head and stared at the two beds, his eyes practically spitting fire.
One bed for sleeping, one bed for using—perfect!
And he had heard the receptionist say Lu Shangyan booked the room for three days.
They could go back tomorrow morning after just one night, yet he booked for three days and two nights.
Wasn’t this because he was afraid he wouldn’t be able to wake up the next day after a big battle with him, so he needed an extra day?
His heart surged with passion again: “Don’t worry, I won’t let you down!”
“I got a lot of good stuff from Tang Suichen recently. My technique has improved qualitatively. Tonight, I will definitely make you very comfortable.”
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Author’s Note: It’s about to, about to!!! [Shrugs]