The Flower Of The High Mountain Is Pregnant With The Son Of The Sand Sculpture Ceo Chapter 38
byChapter 38 When Will You Two Get Married?
The moment he said that, the uncles and aunts froze instantly.
Finally, a stout man with a dark green face was the first to stand up. “Don’t slander us! You say it’s related to us, but do you have proof?”
Pei Yumin’s gaze swept over them, but he didn’t speak.
Seeing Pei Yumin remain silent, the man’s confidence immediately surged. “Since you have no proof, then this is defamation!”
The woman beside him, whose face was pale with fright, also reacted at this point, wishing she could jump up and point at Pei Yumin to curse him. “This is libel! You could go to jail!”
The Second Aunt wiped the water stains from her face. “You smashed our house like this today, you have to pay for it! And you have to compensate us for emotional distress, otherwise, I’ll sue you for trespassing!”
Every single one of them looked like they had fallen into a money pit!
From the moment Pei Yumin walked in, they felt he must be rich and powerful, at least much richer than Lu Shangyan.
And since the two looked very close, they had long been thinking of seizing the opportunity to extract some benefits from Pei Yumin.
After all, when Lu Shangyan was little, whenever he had someone close to him, they always managed to gain some advantage.
This notion was deeply ingrained in their hearts, having become a habit. If they couldn’t gain an advantage, they would feel uncomfortable.
Moreover, now that the table was smashed and the room was a mess, they had the moral high ground, and naturally, they became even more aggressive. At this moment, they were all glaring, looking at Pei Yumin as if he were a piece of fat meat.
Therefore, they couldn’t let Lu Shangyan leave easily. At the same time, they wanted to use Lu Shangyan to tie Pei Yumin down as well. Even if it wasn’t for long, it would still be a profit for them.
Pei Yumin spoke, “Then call the police. I won’t give you a single cent of this money.”
Lu Shangyan had been watching Pei Yumin’s expression, afraid he might agree. Hearing what he said, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He pointed to the red and swollen scald mark under his eye. “We were acting in self-defense.”
This was the first time in all these years that he had refuted anything these uncles and aunts had said in front of them.
This immediately enraged them, and they grabbed nearby objects, ready to strike.
“Your wings have really hardened! You’re helping an outsider!”
Lu Shangyan shook his head. “To me, he is not an outsider.” He paused, then, as if finally making up his mind, he added, “You are the outsiders.”
The Second Aunt was so angry that smoke seemed to be rising from her head, acting as if Lu Shangyan was truly the child she had meticulously raised, who was now turning around and wickedly harming her.
Pei Yumin didn’t know how she had the nerve to be angry. He glared back. “My lawyer will be here soon. If you want money or want to call the police, talk to them first.”
The Second Aunt was uneducated, had barely traveled far in her life, and knew very little about lawyers.
Moreover, in her view, such educated people usually sat in offices; they were figures they would rarely encounter in their lives, people they had to smile subserviently at.
Yet now, because of a few words from Pei Yumin, they were rushing to their shabby little neighborhood.
She belatedly recalled the time Lu Lin went to find Lu Shangyan, and she was “invited” over from far away.
She couldn’t afford to offend those people. At the time, she was so scared she didn’t dare say a word to them, holding it in until she almost wet herself, not daring to make a sound.
But she had only thought that Lu Lin had provoked someone he shouldn’t have outside. Now that the person was standing in front of her, she slowly realized that when she asked those people to go to Lu Shangyan for money, the man in the suit had mocked her, saying Lu Shangyan wouldn’t help her.
She hadn’t taken it seriously then, assuming those people knew Lu Shangyan had no money, which was why they didn’t go after him.
But now… she widened her eyes, moving back to hide as much as possible behind the stout man. “They?”
Pei Yumin was waiting for someone to ask. “I hired an entire legal team.”
“Also, I need to inform you that I am very rich, but I won’t give you a single cent of my money. And what I said earlier—that Lu Shangyan’s parents’ death is related to you—was not just talk.”
“I hired so many people to thoroughly investigate what happened back then. At the very least, Lu Shangyan deserves to know the name of the person who killed his parents and exactly what transpired.”
The Second Aunt’s eyes darted around, but she quickly bit her lip and turned back. “The case is closed, what is there to investigate? You are only suspicious and have no evidence. This is malicious defamation!”
Pei Yumin narrowed his eyes, his expression looking particularly dangerous. “Then tell me, what was the name of that drunk man back then?”
The stout, dark man’s swarthy face was flushed red. “It’s been so long, who can remember that clearly!”
Pei Yumin pressed on. “That was the killer who took your brother and sister-in-law’s lives. How could you not remember clearly? Unless, you have something to hide.”
“You…!” Seeing that he couldn’t win against Pei Yumin, the man turned his focus back to Lu Shangyan. “If your parents’ death was related to us, we would have just thrown you out! Why would we bother raising you diligently for so many years!”
Lu Shangyan lowered his eyelids. “Did you truly put your heart into raising me? All you ever saw was money.”
“You already knew I was sick when you called asking for money while I was still in the hospital. But after all this time, do you even know what illness I have?”
Pei Yumin put his hand behind his back and gently squeezed Lu Shangyan’s arm to comfort him.
“Today is truly the last time I will ever give you money,” Lu Shangyan said, feeling the warmth of his palm, speaking every word clearly. “I am determined to fight for the old family house. That is the last memento my parents left me.”
“You used to constantly kick me around. I only carried a school bag, and you were afraid I would stay in your house and never leave. The things my parents left me, you either sold or threw away. All I have left are a few photos, but even so, you wouldn’t let me display them or even take them out to look at when I lived with you.”
“Over all these years, not one of you was willing to save a room for me. Your places are not my home, and you stopped being my family a long time ago.”
They had never expected the once submissive Lu Shangyan to suddenly stand tall, even daring to completely sever ties with them in front of so many people!
The Second Aunt trembled all over. “That old house is mine! I won’t allow you to live there!”
Lu Shangyan’s expression was calm, but his eyes were red. “Think whatever you want. I will continue cleaning it up tomorrow.”
“And I will definitely investigate the cause of my parents’ death thoroughly. At the very least, I need to know that man’s name.”
The stout, dark man saw that the situation was unfavorable and temporarily restrained his temper. “Shangyan, has this man misled you? Why are you suddenly suspecting us of being murderers?”
“No matter what, we are blood relatives. How long have you known him? Maybe he is deliberately instigating you to break ties with us, just waiting to watch you make a fool of yourself!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Jian rushed over, covered in dust, and immediately started cursing. “What kind of damn relatives are you! Forget treating him like family, if you had any conscience at all, you wouldn’t demand so much money from him every month!”
“Fifteen hundred per person, that’s forty-five hundred a month he has to shell out without eating or drinking! He’s just a student! While attending classes, he has to work at least four extra jobs! All the money he earns goes to you, and he won’t even replace a pair of worn-out slippers for himself!”
“If I had relatives like you, I’d consider myself cursed for eight generations!”
He finished cursing, still fuming, and picked up a chair from the floor to throw at them.
“Before, you relied on your numbers to bully Lu Shangyan when he was alone, but now I’m telling you, you old bastards, I can take on three of you myself!”
At this moment, Pei Yumin finally understood why Lu Shangyan had chosen to bring Zhao Jian.
His two shouts were more effective than anything he and Lu Shangyan could have said for half an hour.
Dealing with these uneducated thugs required the most primal method of verbal abuse.
Zhao Jian raised both middle fingers. “You old bastards, I hope you go to hell soon!”
Pei Yumin’s brow smoothed out upon hearing these eloquent words. “You made Lu Shangyan’s life so miserable. You are the ones who owe compensation.”
“Also, there is one more thing I need to inform you. You better calculate exactly how much money you have taken from Lu Shangyan over the years, and how much his parents’ house sold for back then. Prepare that money, because in a few days, you will have to return it to him.”
The fair-skinned woman wearing a yellow short-sleeved shirt said, “That house was given to me!”
This was the First Aunt. “If we hadn’t sold that house, who would have raised Lu Shangyan? Back then, we barely had enough to eat. If we hadn’t sold the house to pay off some debt, what would he have eaten or drunk?”
“Now that he’s grown up and capable, he doesn’t need us anymore, so he turns around and asks us for money! That money is in his stomach! You want it? Tell him to spit it out!”
Pei Yumin felt a pang of sadness at the mention of this. “Then why did I hear that when he was little, he didn’t even get enough to eat and had to run around the village collecting bottles? Many times, you would kick him out at mealtime, and he could only squat by the door eating steamed buns.”
“It wasn’t until he grew older and could earn a little money doing odd jobs on his way to school that his plain steamed buns finally started having a bit of pickled mustard greens.”
He had heard all this from the old man next door when he and Lu Shangyan went to borrow hot water earlier today. The old man’s eyes were full of heartache when he looked at Lu Shangyan.
The old man had no children and lived alone with his wife. He had broken his leg when he was young and couldn’t earn much money, but he could afford to feed Lu Shangyan a meal at his house. However, every time Lu Shangyan went, if the aunts found out, he would be severely beaten.
They were afraid of gossip, afraid people would say they didn’t feed Lu Shangyan. Then they would curse Lu Shangyan for being shameless, not eating properly at home, and running off to eat other people’s food, embarrassing them.
As time went on, Lu Shangyan stopped daring to go. But the old man felt so sorry for Lu Shangyan that he often secretly gave him eggs or biscuits.
The old man’s eyes welled up with tears as he recounted this, finally saying, “It’s good that he grew up. He shouldn’t come back.”
Zhao Jian wiped a tear after hearing this. “They’re truly despicable! That money clearly went into your pockets! I bet you bought this house with that money!”
The First Aunt put her hands on her hips. “We bought this house with our own money! It’s not easy to own a house in a lifetime. We’re saving it for our son to get married. Why should we save a room for Lu Shangyan? If word gets out, what girl would dare marry my son?”
“Besides, Lu Shangyan is older now. He needs to take care of himself. He is already capable of renting a place outside. Why should we keep a room for him?”
No matter what they said, they always felt they were in the right.
Zhao Jian rolled his eyes. “It’s like talking to a pig’s head! Then why do you keep asking him for money? Why do you threaten him with the old house and force him to give you money?”
The Third Uncle said, “We raised him to adulthood. He should give us some return, right? He lived in our house before, and we didn’t charge him rent. It’s only right that he helps us pay the mortgage now, isn’t it?”
No wonder they always demanded money so urgently—they were afraid they couldn’t pay the mortgage!
Every one of them stayed at home without a decent job. Buying the house and paying the mortgage all depended on Lu Shangyan.
But even though Lu Shangyan had done so much, they still felt it wasn’t enough!
Zhao Jian laughed uproariously, unable to contain himself, and charged forward with a clenched fist. “Then let me give you some return now, as a return for pissing me off!”
The Third Uncle stood up and grabbed his wrist. “I don’t hit women!”
Zhao Jian yanked off the wig on his head and slammed it onto the man’s face, then started fiercely punching him. “I only hit scumbags!”
Seeing that Zhao Jian was a man wearing a dress, the uncles and aunts were stunned.
Finally, the Second Aunt seized the opportunity and quickly said, “Lu Shangyan, look at the kind of friends you keep! Neither male nor female, they are corrupting you!”
“Hurry up and cut ties with them, or they will ruin your life!”
Seeing Lu Shangyan remain still, she had nowhere to vent her anger. She grabbed Zhao Jian’s arm and started wrestling with him.
Pei Yumin didn’t hit women, but Zhao Jian was fighting viciously.
He wasn’t losing ground against the three women. Pei Yumin joined in, restraining the other two men.
Lu Shangyan stood rooted to the spot, unable to help.
Fortunately, Tang Suichen and Dai Qin arrived. A dense crowd of people filled the entire corridor, scaring away everyone who had been watching the commotion outside.
Tang Suichen gasped for breath. “Pei Yumin, you’ve really screwed me over this time! My car is still stuck in the mud!”
Pei Yumin didn’t even look at him. “Hurry up and help!”
Dai Qin wanted to go, but Tang Suichen pushed him. “Stay put. That’s my brother, I’ll go.”
Dai Qin subtly curled his lip and pulled Lu Shangyan aside. “Originally, Madam Yuan wanted to come too, but she has a competition to lead tomorrow, so the earliest she can come to accompany you is the day after tomorrow.”
Lu Shangyan quickly said, “You don’t need to go to so much trouble.”
Dai Qin just smiled and pulled him outside. Five lawyers carrying briefcases were standing there. Dai Qin said, “You can use this time to explain the details of what happened to them.”
The door inside had already been closed. Six bodyguards—three inside and three outside—meant Lu Shangyan wasn’t worried about Pei Yumin anymore. Standing outside, he clearly recounted everything about his parents, the house, and how much money he had given these people every month.
“I haven’t changed my phone in all these years. Every transfer record is saved.”
The commotion inside had stopped long ago, but it took a full half hour before the door was reopened.
The moment Pei Yumin emerged and met Lu Shangyan’s eyes, his straight back instantly softened. He seemed boneless, hanging onto Lu Shangyan completely.
“I’m so tired. My left chest hurts so much. Someone hit me several times just now. It must be bruised.”
Lu Shangyan reached out to touch him. Pei Yumin immediately gasped, looking extremely pained and frowning.
Lu Shangyan asked worriedly, “Does it really hurt? Should we go to the hospital?”
He had been beaten as a child and knew how tricky these people’s methods were.
Pei Yumin shook his head. “No need. Just kiss it better for me when we get back to the hotel.”
As soon as he said this, Lu Shangyan knew he was faking it. He ignored him, pushed Pei Yumin away when he saw Zhao Jian, and immediately ran over.
Zhao Jian had several scratches on his arm, which looked strikingly noticeable, but he didn’t care. “Those women got beaten badly by me. The marks on them are much worse than these on me. They were crying and begging me to go easy on them by the end.”
Lu Shangyan stood on his tiptoes, trying to look past the bodyguards into the room, but they blocked his view completely. He couldn’t see anything.
Zhao Jian whispered in his ear, “Your boyfriend is vicious. I’ve never seen anyone fight like that. Now your uncles and aunts are all behaving incredibly obediently.”
Lu Shangyan was a little worried. “Were they injured? What if they call the police?”
Zhao Jian smiled meaningfully. “They didn’t sustain many injuries. Not even as bad as the scratches I got.”
Lu Shangyan was confused. “Then why are they being so obedient?”
Zhao Jian winked at him, playing coy. “That’s why I said he’s vicious, right?”
Lu Shangyan looked back at Pei Yumin. The instant his gaze landed on him, Pei Yumin immediately clutched his chest. “It hurts, it hurts so much. No one is helping me. I’m about to faint from the pain.”
Dai Qin didn’t want to watch the PDA outside. After saying a word to Pei Yumin, he took the lawyers into the room.
The moment the door opened, a cry of alarm came from inside. “Stop hitting! Stop hitting!”
But no matter how curious Lu Shangyan was, he didn’t want to ask Pei Yumin. He walked side-by-side with Zhao Jian. “I remember there’s a pharmacy near the neighborhood. I’ll go buy you some iodine to clean and disinfect the scratches.”
Zhao Jian quietly asked him, “Pei Yumin has done so much for you. Are you moved?”
Lu Shangyan didn’t dare look at him. “No, I’m not.”
Zhao Jian said, “I don’t believe you.”
At the store, Lu Shangyan also bought medicated oil for bruises and sprains. Zhao Jian instantly confirmed, “You are moved!”
Tang Suichen hadn’t driven his car, so he also rode in Dai Qin’s car.
He sat in the passenger seat and turned to Pei Yumin. “Why go to such lengths to make a scene? It might not be good for your reputation if word gets out.”
Pei Yumin stared at the two people standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the pharmacy, grinding his teeth with jealousy. “But this is good for Lu Shangyan. He wants the truth, and I will help him find the truth.”
“Before, he endured so much difficulty on his own, giving those bloodsuckers so much money every month just to protect the old house, which holds memories of his parents and their life together.”
“I’m afraid that if I don’t completely cut them off this time, and those scoundrels find another chance to recover, it will be easier for them to manipulate him in the future.”
“I know I could probably solve this easily with just a flick of my finger, but that way, the knot in his heart would never be untied. Only by doing it this way, by making him act and participate personally, can the thorn in his heart be completely rooted out.”
Tang Suichen pulled out his phone. “I don’t understand. I don’t know what nonsense you’re talking about. But I advise you to stop showing off. What do you mean, ‘solve it with a flick of your finger’? Tsk, stop flattering yourself.”
He got out of the car, made a phone call, and smiled brightly.
When Lu Shangyan returned, Pei Yumin’s gloomy face changed expressions several times. Finally, he leaned against the car window in despair, presenting only a desolate back to Lu Shangyan.
Zhao Jian looked over and nudged Lu Shangyan with his elbow like he was watching a good show, signaling him: He’s waiting for you to comfort him.
Lu Shangyan was confused. After getting into the car, he asked him, “What’s wrong?”
Zhao Jian squeezed into the car as well, watching the drama, craning his neck to observe Pei Yumin’s expression.
Pei Yumin lowered his head, silently turned around, and rested his head on Lu Shangyan’s shoulder. “My chest hurts. You don’t care about me at all. You only have eyes for others.”
When he said “others,” he secretly rolled his eyes up, staring directly at Zhao Jian. A chill ran down Zhao Jian’s spine. “That ‘other’ you’re talking about wouldn’t happen to be me, would it?”
Pei Yumin lowered his head again, letting out a low whimper. Lu Shangyan suddenly remembered the stray dog he used to feed at school and didn’t have the heart to push him away.
Even Zhao Jian looked incredulous. “Are you actually jealous of me?!”
“Did you forget? I like girls, and I have a wife! And we are very much in love!”
Pei Yumin blinked. He had been so focused on being jealous that he forgot about that!
Damn it! Damn it!! Damn it!!!
But since it had already happened, and he couldn’t turn back time, he could only grit his teeth and continue. “I’m not jealous.”
Zhao Jian looked unconvinced, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. “I never would have thought. Turns out I have the potential to be a top.”
Pei Yumin ignored him, wanting to quickly change the subject. “Dai Qin just messaged that they will be a while. Let’s go first. We can grab something to eat on the way back.”
Tang Suichen had been bitten several times by mosquitoes and had a very obvious mosquito bite on his chin, but his face was ridiculously happy. “Can you stop acting? I find your whining disgusting.”
Pei Yumin glared at him, but Tang Suichen glared back. The two men, nearly thirty years old, were acting like children, trying to defeat the other with their eyes.
In the end, Pei Yumin was the first to give up because Lu Shangyan handed him the medicated oil.
He was instantly touched beyond measure. All his defenses vanished, and he became incredibly soft. “Then can you apply it for me? I’m afraid I won’t apply it properly and it will affect the medicine’s effectiveness. After all, such good medicine shouldn’t be wasted.”
Tang Suichen couldn’t stand it anymore. He held out his hand, deliberately showing off his wedding ring. “Pei Yumin, didn’t you say you would get married before me? But I’m already married. When will you two get married?”