Chapter 52 A little licking and the swelling will go away.

Upon hearing this, Pei Yumin felt a burning sensation in his nose and immediately raised his hand to touch it. Fortunately, it was still dry, and he didn't have a nosebleed in front of so many people.

Lu Shangyan didn't know what he was thinking, but seeing that he didn't reply and was too embarrassed to talk, he said, "Let's forget it and talk about it when we get back."

He took a step forward, wanting to continue helping, but as he passed Pei Yumin, Pei grabbed his hand and secretly used his fingers to quickly massage the swollen area.

Lu Shangyan gasped, his back bending even more deeply. He looked around frantically, and only after finding no one had noticed did he question Pei Yumin with an angry gaze, asking why he had done this.

Pei Yumin said, "It looks like the skin is about to break open. If it's not treated soon, it will probably hurt even more."

Lu Shangyan frowned: "You saw it? You saw it?"

“The neckline is loose.” Pei Yumin explained, then started to get annoyed again: “You’ve been working for so long, didn’t someone see you bending over?”

Lu Shangyan actually thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No."

Pei Yumin decided to believe him for the time being and turned to look: "There's a teaching building over there. Go over there and find an empty classroom. I'll help you check it out."

Lu Shangyan stood there, holding his hand, but refused to leave. Pei Yumin looked at him in confusion, and the moment their eyes met, Lu Shangyan's face turned even redder.

He recalled the last sports meet, when he and Pei Yumin kissed in an empty classroom. They stayed inside for a long time before coming out, and it was quite awkward at the time, as they both had arousal.

He's starting to get a little agitated whenever he sees an empty classroom at school, and he always quickens his pace to leave as fast as he can. He's afraid that if they go again today, he'll have another reaction and then uncontrollably do *that* in the classroom...

How will he attend classes in the future? He'll probably be filled with nonsense during lectures, which is absolutely unacceptable for an excellent student like him!

Pei Yumin watched as he pursed his lips, his eyes shifting from shyness and helplessness to determination. It was a strange change. Just as Pei Yumin was about to ask, she heard Lu Shangyan say, "Not going to the classroom."

Pei Yumin breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought it was something serious."

He grabbed Lu Shangyan's hand and walked towards the parking lot: "If you're not going to the classroom, then come to my car. It'll be parked in your school's parking lot."

Every time he came to Lu Shangyan's school with exceptionally smooth passage, he sincerely felt that all that money he donated was worthwhile.

Lu Shangyan was relieved and followed him without any hesitation. He was indeed feeling a bit unwell and was willing to lift his clothes up for a while. If this continued, he felt that he would bleed from his chest in public!

This is so embarrassing, he won't allow it to happen!

But he didn't realize that going to the empty classroom was better than going to the car. In the empty classroom, Pei Yumin would be afraid that someone would come, and thus restrain himself.

But the car belonged to Pei Yumin; once the windows were rolled up, it became his domain of "evil."

As soon as Lu Shangyan got into the car, before he could even sit down properly, Pei Yumin leaned in and pressed his lips against him, suddenly pulling open his clothes and kissing him several times on the chest.

Lu Shangyan couldn't take such a provocation and immediately shoved his head hard, saying, "What are you doing?"

He instinctively put his hands in front of his chest, but less than two seconds later, he felt that the position was not appropriate and put his hands on his legs.

Pei Yumin hadn't even kissed the spot he most wanted to kiss when he was suddenly pushed away. He was stunned, his mouth still open, and he regretted not going straight for his destination on the first try!

Seeing Lu Shangyan's evasive and somewhat panicked expression, he temporarily suppressed his inner turmoil and resigned himself to his fate: "Should we go to the hospital, or should I call Uncle Wu directly for advice?"

Lu Shangyan shook his head and said, "No need. When you went to get the test results last time, I already asked the doctor."

Pei Yumin chuckled and moved closer to him, saying, "You're being naughty. How could you secretly ask such embarrassing questions behind your husband's back?"

"Don't use such strange words." Lu Shangyan was a little anxious, and his speech even started to stutter a bit: "The doctor said that this is a normal phenomenon caused by hormones during pregnancy."

Pei Yumin gave a drawn-out, stiff "Oh," before asking him, "Did the doctor teach you how to treat it?"

Lu Shangyan answered truthfully, "I got the ointment; it's in the bedside table in my room."

Pei Yumin sat up straight: "Do you remember the name of the medicine? I'll go buy you another box."

Lu Shangyan gritted his teeth: "Just buy some band-aids. The medicine will be wiped off by the clothes very quickly if you apply it now."

“I used to wear bandages when I went out so they wouldn’t rub so painfully, but today I sweated while moving things and the bandages lost their stickiness and fell off, which is why it’s like this.”

Pei Yumin covered his face and peeked at Lu Shangyan through his fingers. After a long time, he slowly let out a sigh of relief: "Lu Shangyan, I really don't know what to say to you. You always manage to say something..." He added in his mind: words that endlessly arouse my desire.

Lu Shangyan asked, puzzled, "What?"

"It's nothing." Pei Yumin hurriedly got out of the car to bask in the cold wind. If he stayed any longer, something bad would definitely happen!

He saw cartoon-patterned bandages on the shelf, with a silly pufferfish in the middle, and grabbed three boxes without hesitation.

And as he handed it to Lu Shangyan, he once again defended himself: "I bought this. If you want to use it, only I can help you apply it."

Lu Shangyan couldn't snatch it away, so he had no choice but to lift his shirt up to his chest in front of him. He looked down and saw that it was even more swollen than before, and it became even redder after being exposed to the air.

Pei Yumin stopped breathing, his rationality almost vanishing. If Lu Shangyan were lying in bed and teasing him like that, he would make sure Lu Shangyan couldn't get out of bed for days.

But this was just his wishful thinking.

He quickly applied the sealant to Lu Shangyan's skin, then kissed each of the two little pufferfish on the skin, declaring in an unyielding tone, "I'll lick them for you tonight and comfort the two injured little guys."

Lu Shangyan opened his mouth, about to say no, but Pei Yumin got out of the car first. He had no choice but to chase after him and say, "Don't lick it, it will make it swell up more."

Pei Yumin smiled brightly: "Just once, I promise I'll be gentle."

Lu Shangyan wanted to say something, but Jian Guo, who had come looking for him, stopped him.

Jian Guo's face was flushed from the heat: "I've been looking for you two for ages, and you're just hiding here slacking off."

Lu Shangyan said, "No, I already sent Xia Li a message." After saying that, he took out his phone and saw that he had only typed the message and hadn't sent it yet. He had forgotten about it because Pei Yumin kissed him too quickly.

He looked a little embarrassed, but Jian Guo keenly sensed something and, based on his past experience, immediately came to a conclusion: "You two were doing something naughty in the car?"

Clearly, the "bad things" he and Lu Shangyan could think of were not the same, but Pei Yumin's act of licking him was already quite excessive for him, so he lowered his head even further, and Jian Guo became even more certain that they had just been in the car, doing something exciting in a very intense way.

Pei Yumin curled his lips and raised an eyebrow.

Jian Guo scoffed and said to him, "Stop showing off." Then she pulled Lu Shangyan away, and after getting a little away from Pei Yumin, she started telling Lu Shangyan about her experience: how being in a car is actually quite unpleasant, that you might enjoy it but will feel uncomfortable all over the next day, how to pay attention to hygiene, how to use it in moderation and prioritize your own comfort, how not to be led by the nose, and how to always use a condom for safety...

Lu Shangyan seemed quite naive in this regard, and knowing that Pei Yumin was Tang Suichen's friend, he feared that Pei Yumin, like Tang Suichen, might be deceiving him and causing him harm. So he rambled on and on.

Lu Shangyan sighed, then, as if struck by a thought, agreed wholeheartedly, saying, "We definitely need to take proper protective measures."

He touched his stomach, then thought it might be okay not to do it.

But because of his words, Jian Guo almost burst into tears, and patted him on the shoulder like an old father: "My child has grown up."

Startled, Lu Shangyan quickly covered his stomach, almost thinking his secret had been discovered.

But Jian Guo saw this scene in a different light: "I told you he was a scumbag, only caring about himself and not caring about you at all! Now your stomach hurts, doesn't it?!"

"There shouldn't be anyone in the dorm right now. I'll take you to take a shower and clean yourself up, otherwise you'll feel even worse later."

Lu Shangyan was in a dilemma, feeling that it was strange for Jian Guo to say these things to him. He was a little embarrassed: "No need, I don't feel uncomfortable."

Jian Guo turned around fiercely and glared at Pei Yumin, who was still grinning mischievously at Lu Shangyan's back: "I'm not going to care about you anymore."

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After everything was arranged, it was already dark.

To thank them for their help, Xia Li decided to treat them to a meal. Jian Guo was still angry and kept his distance from Lu Shangyan, but his eyes were always fixed on Pei Yumin, afraid that this "scumbag" would do something bad under his nose again.

Zhao Jian ate very quickly. Seeing that he had only taken two bites of rice in his bowl, he leaned over and asked, "Are you going to eat this rice? If not, I'll finish it for you."

Without even looking, Jian Guo pushed the bowl over and said, "Shut up."

Finally, having finished eating, Zhao Jian realized something was wrong and leaned over to whisper, "You like Pei Yumin?"

"Let me tell you, you can't even have such thoughts! You can't steal your friend's husband!"

Jian Guo's eyes widened: "How could I possibly like him!"

Zhao Jian looked back at him, their two delicate faces twisting and turning, making Xia Li laugh: "Are you going to pull each other's hair after you've eaten your fill?"

Upon hearing this, Jian Guo immediately ripped the strawberry hair clip off his head, causing the wig to become crooked.

Zhao Jian was furious. The wig he was wearing today was a gift from Shi Yuxin, and he loved it. He immediately wanted to get revenge, so he shouted at Lu Shangyan, "Watch out for Jian Guo! That guy is wicked!"

Jian Guo, furious, put her hands on her hips and said, "Stop slandering me. Lu Shangyan and I are good friends."

Zhao Jian took out his phone: "Bullshit, Lu Shangyan, Xia Li, and I have a small group chat, codenamed Jianli Bao. My Jian is Xia Li's Li, and Lu Shangyan is Bao. Why aren't you in it?"

Jian Guo looked at Lu Shangyan with a resentful expression. Lu Shangyan forced himself to look at Xia Li, who lowered her head and didn't dare to say a word.

He had no choice but to do it himself, pulling Jian Guo into the group. As soon as Jian Guo joined, she changed the group name to "Jianli Guobao" and then proudly raised her chin at Zhao Jian.

Lu Shangyan finally had a moment of peace. He had just taken a bite of food when he heard a resentful voice beside him: "Why am I not in your group chat?"

Lu Shangyan almost bit his tongue. His brain raced, and he whispered, "Friends in the group are not you."

Pei Yumin was in a great mood and deliberately asked, "Then what am I?"

Lu Shangyan said, "Boyfriend."

Pei Yumin let out a loud howl, followed by a whimper, and only after making sure he had everyone's attention did he pretend to say to Lu Shangyan, "So I'm not a friend, I'm your boyfriend."

Lu Shangyan, the person involved, deeply regretted it. Whether it was his friends or his boyfriend, their "love" was just too intense. He, who had never experienced true friendship or love, was simply unable to resist.

After he finally managed to escape from the hotel and return home.

He then faced something even more difficult to handle.

After taking out his ointment, Pei Yumin took a picture and sent it to Uncle Wu. He also told Uncle Wu about Lu Shangyan's condition today and asked him if he could continue to apply the ointment or switch to a new one.

After Lu Shangyan finished showering, he had already memorized all the precautions.

She took the towel that Lu Shangyan was used to and soaked it in hot water: "Lie down, I'll give you a hot compress, and the medicine will be more effective afterward."

Pei Yumin had often helped him with hot compresses before, and he had gradually gotten used to it. But today, when Pei Yumin approached him with a towel, he felt inexplicably awkward again. He tried to pull his pajamas open several times but couldn't.

Pei Yumin squatted down in front of him, frowning in confusion: "What's wrong? Is it worse again?" Then he added seriously: "You can't hide your illness from the doctor. You promised me before, and you can't go back on your word. Hurry up and lift it up so I can see."

Lu Shangyan was very nervous. Seeing the outstretched hand, his heart pounded even faster: "You can't lick it."

Pei Yumin paused, he had completely forgotten about it, but unexpectedly Lu Shangyan remembered, and immediately laughed out loud: "Why can't I lick it?"

Lu Shangyan thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a suitable excuse, so in the end he could only tell the truth: "I'm a little scared."

Pei Yumin pressed him down on the bed, propped himself up with one hand, and half-lay on top of Lu Shangyan. With the other hand, he held a hot towel and pressed it against Lu Shangyan, causing him to tremble. Pei Yumin did not remove his hand, but placed it on the towel and gently kneaded it.

Lu Shangyan let out a soft hum and asked him with a look of complete ignorance, "Why are you rubbing it? It hurts a little."

Pei Yumin's breathing became erratic, and his mind raced. He intensified his movements, and only when Lu Shangyan was trembling so badly he was about to faint did he finally ask, "What are you afraid of?"

Lu Shangyan moved his legs, squeezing them together very tightly. Then, feeling uncomfortable, he simply bent his left leg and twisted his body to press it onto his right leg.

Pei Yumin glanced at him, and seeing his embarrassed expression, he knew what he was thinking.

So she leaned even closer to him: "Did you only ask the doctor how to deal with chest pain?"

Lu Shangyan assumed it was about the child and immediately asked him, "Do we need to ask him anything else?"

Pei Yumin mischievously kissed him on the corner of his mouth, then whispered close to his earlobe, "Didn't you ask him why his body is acting strangely, or why a certain 'sensation' in his body is getting stronger?"

Given Lu Shangyan's personality, he would never ask such a question; Pei Yumin was doing it on purpose!

When Lu Shangyan pursed his lips and remained silent, Pei Yumin whispered in his ear, "This is normal because your hormones have changed."

“You should have heard what the doctor said.” He rubbed Lu Shangyan’s chest again: “Because of progesterone, although it’s uncertain whether we will have breast milk in the future, things will change here.”

Lu Shangyan had thought his health had deteriorated, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Pei Yumin's explanation: "Really?"

Pei Yumin nodded: "Really."

If that's the case, then Lu Shangyan has nothing to fear. It's a normal phenomenon, and he should face it squarely. Next time he goes to the hospital, he should carefully ask the doctor about all the things to pay attention to during pregnancy.

Pei Yumin bit his ear to bring him back to his senses: "We're dating, I'm your boyfriend, you should have told me about this sooner, so I could have helped you."

Lu Shangyan knew exactly how to alleviate the situation.

He saw Pei Yumin prop himself up again, urging him to come closer little by little. Lu Shangyan had even raised his hand to stand between the two of them, but in the end, he didn't push Pei Yumin away. Instead, he let his hand hang down at his side and grabbed the sheets uncontrollably.

But the next second, the phone rang.

Pei Yumin immediately got angry, but after the noise died down, he said in a gentle voice, "Ignore him."

We had just kissed when the phone rang again.

Pei Yumin gritted his teeth, picked up the phone and saw that it was Tang Suichen!

He's ruining his plans again!

Tang Suichen can't handle his wife, and now he's causing trouble for him!

Tang Suichen felt terrible. As soon as the call connected, he said, "Have you finished all the work? Can you come and keep your good brother company? I'm really feeling terrible right now."

Pei Yumin said, "I haven't finished! I haven't even had a chance to do anything yet! Don't call again!"

Tang Suichen was startled and didn't even have time to feel depressed. When she came to her senses, she checked her phone and found that the call had already been disconnected. When she tried to call back to ask what was going on, she found that she had been blocked.

Well, I've failed in both friendship and love.

Tang Suichen was extremely frustrated. Two minutes later, the bedroom door opened, and Song Yuxin came in helplessly, snatched the wine glass from his hand, and asked him, "I've already promised you I wouldn't mention divorce, so why do you insist on having a wedding?"

He had just received a call from Pei Yumin, who complained that he should keep Tang Suichen in check. He never expected that their private affairs would affect other people.

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When Pei Yumin finished dealing with the matter and turned around, Lu Shangyan had already taken down the cold towel and put down his clothes.

He frantically pounded his brain in frustration: What a great opportunity to go further! And he hadn't seized it!

Oh well, he resigned himself to his fate.

He glared at his own uncooperative lower body, walked stiffly to scald the towel with hot water again, and handed it back to Lu Shangyan, saying, "After applying it, massage it in. Once it's smoothed out, I'll apply the medicine for you."

He dared not rub anymore, afraid that the thought of being swayed would take over his mind. Lu Shangyan clearly had no intention of doing *that* with him anymore. He could take advantage verbally, but he couldn't...

He sighed, turned around with the ointment in hand, and found that Lu Shangyan had already taken off his shirt, was holding a towel to his chest, and was looking at Pei Yumin with red ears.

Pei Yumin took several steps back: "You'll easily get into trouble if you're not wearing clothes!"

Lu Shangyan asked him, "Can you take the nightlight I gave you?"

Pei Yumin quickly ran out and washed his face with cold water before daring to go back inside.

Lu Shangyan turned on the night light and then ordered him, "Turn off the light, it's a bit too bright."

Pei Yumin protected the switch: "Don't turn it off, or you'll lose your senses."

Lu Shangyan glanced at him: "It's a bit too bright, it's uncomfortable."

Pei Yumin sighed and could only close the door: "We can't sleep together tonight. I'm afraid I really can't bear it..."

Before he could finish speaking, he heard Lu Shangyan whisper, "The medicine hasn't been applied yet, so you can do whatever you want in time."

Pei Yumin froze, and when he turned his head, he was completely stunned: Lu Shangyan has already said such things, so what is the point of having any sense of reason!

He pounced over, reached out and rubbed Lu Shangyan's waist, then leaned down and kissed him carefully.

Lu Shangyan bit his tongue to stay awake: "You can't... In the end, I'll have to ask a doctor."

Pei Yumin's Adam's apple bobbed a few times, his mouth watering uncontrollably: "I'll use my mouth, and you can use your hands, okay?"

By the dim light of the night lamp, Pei Yumin saw him nod slightly.

Lu Shangyan discovered that his chest condition had worsened.

He's having some pain even with the band-aid on, but thankfully he doesn't have class the next morning, so he can stay home and rest for the time being.

Having overcome the hurdle of being naked in a conscious state, Lu Shangyan felt less burdened and was now able to stroll around the house shirtless.

Pei Yumin didn't want to go to work. He was so excited that he wanted to spend more time at home with Lu Shangyan. Even though it had been a long time since they helped each other, the smell had long since dissipated, and the things had long been thrown into the garbage station downstairs, he still wanted to stick close to Lu Shangyan.

Lu Shangyan could only trick him into going to the company by promising to let him have one more chance this week, so that he could take off his shirt at home and make himself feel a little better.

With nothing else to do, he went to the balcony to help water the flowers. During a break in his meeting, Pei Yumin glanced at his phone and saw Lu Shangyan bent over, facing the flowerpots.

He started frantically spinning his pen, thinking that when he got home today he would turn the camera out the window so he could just listen for noises. Otherwise, if Lu Shangyan did this all the time, he would go crazy.

Lu Shangyan was completely unaware of all this. After watering the plants, he even took photos and sent them to Pei Yumin.

[s: You forgot to water them; several of their leaves have turned yellow.]

[m: Little shark crying.jpg]

[m: Thank you so much for taking care of them, darling. I'm just like them; I'll wither away without you.]

Lu Shangyan's face flushed, and when he came to his senses, he found that his face was stiff from smiling.

He rubbed his face and asked Pei Yumin again.

[S: I asked you to find a bigger place last time, have you found one yet?]

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Author's Note: Pei Yumin: [covering face and peeking] My wife, oh my wife~