Chapter 38 When will you two get married?
Upon hearing this, the uncles and aunts froze on the spot.
Finally, a fat man with a dark, sallow complexion stood up first: "Stop making baseless accusations! You say it's related to us, but do you have any evidence?"
Pei Yumin glanced at them but didn't say anything.
Seeing that Pei Yumin remained silent, his confidence instantly surged: "Since there is no evidence, then this is slander!"
The woman beside him, who had been terrified and turned pale, finally realized what was happening and wanted to jump up and point at Pei Yumin, yelling, "This is slander! You'll go to jail!"
Second Aunt wiped the water off her face: "You've wrecked our house like this today, you have to pay for it! You also have to compensate us for emotional distress, otherwise I'll sue you for trespassing!"
They all seem to be obsessed with money!
From the moment Pei Yumin entered the door, they felt that he must be rich and noble, at least much richer than Lu Shangyan.
Furthermore, the two seemed to be on very good terms, and they had long been planning to take advantage of Pei Yumin to get something out of him.
After all, when Lu Shangyan was young, as long as there were people around him, they always managed to gain some advantage.
This viewpoint is deeply ingrained in their minds and has become a habit; if they don't gain an advantage, they feel uncomfortable.
Moreover, now that the table has been smashed and the room is in a mess, they are in the right and naturally won't let it go. At this moment, they are all staring at Pei Yumin as if he were a lump of fat meat.
Therefore, they cannot easily let Lu Shangyan go. At the same time, they also want to use Lu Shangyan to keep Pei Yumin by their side. Even if they can't keep him for long, it will still be a profit for them.
Pei Yumin didn't say anything: "Then call the police. I won't give you a single penny."
Lu Shangyan kept watching Pei Yumin's expression, afraid that he would agree. He only breathed a sigh of relief after hearing what Pei Yumin said.
He pointed to the red and swollen burns under his eyes: "This was self-defense."
This was the first time in so many years that he had contradicted what these uncles and aunts said in front of them.
This immediately enraged them, and they grabbed whatever was nearby to start a fight.
"You've really grown up! Taking the side of an outsider!"
Lu Shangyan shook his head: "To me, he is not an outsider." After saying that, he paused for a long time before saying with a determined look: "You are the outsiders."
The second aunt was so angry she was practically fuming. It was as if Lu Shangyan was a child she had carefully raised, yet now he had turned around and hurt her so rebelliously.
Pei Yumin had no idea what gave her the right to be angry, so he glared back and said, "My lawyer will be here soon. If you want money or to call the police, talk to them first."
My second aunt was not well-educated, had never traveled far from home in her life, and knew very little about lawyers.
Moreover, in her view, such learned people usually sit in offices and are people they will only come into contact with a few times in their lives, people they have to fawn over when they see them.
Now, because of a few words from Pei Yumin, they've come to their run-down neighborhood.
She belatedly realized that she had been "invited" all the way there by Lu Lin when he went to see Lu Shangyan.
She couldn't afford to offend those people. She was so scared that she didn't dare to say a word to them, and she almost wet her pants but didn't dare to utter a sound.
She thought it was because Lu Lin had offended someone he shouldn't have, but now that the person was standing in front of her, she slowly realized that when she asked these people to ask Lu Shangyan for money, the man in the suit even mocked her, saying that Lu Shangyan wouldn't help her.
At the time, she didn't take it seriously, assuming that those people knew Lu Shangyan was broke, which was why they didn't go looking for him.
But now it seemed... Her eyes widened, and she moved back a little, trying to hide behind the fat man as much as possible: "Them?"
Pei Yumin was just waiting for someone to ask: "I hired an entire legal team."
"By the way, I also want to tell you that I am very rich, but I will not give you a single penny of my money. Moreover, what I just said about Lu Shangyan's parents' deaths being related to you is not just empty talk."
"I invited so many people here to find out what happened back then. At the very least, we need to let Lu Shangyan know the names of the people who killed his parents and what exactly happened back then."
Second Aunt's eyes darted away, but she quickly turned back, gritting her teeth: "The case is closed, what's the point of investigating? You only have suspicions, no evidence. You're just maliciously smearing us!"
Pei Yumin narrowed his eyes, his expression looking extremely dangerous: "Then tell me, what was the name of that drunk man back then?"
The dark-skinned, overweight man's face was flushed: "So much time has passed, who could remember so clearly!"
Pei Yumin persisted: "That's the murderer who killed your younger brother and sister-in-law. How could you not remember? Unless, you have something to hide."
"You...!" Seeing that he couldn't win the argument with Pei Yumin, the man turned his attention to Lu Shangyan: "If your parents' deaths were related to us, we would have just thrown you out. Why would we have gone to such lengths to raise you for so many years!"
Lu Shangyan lowered his eyelids: "Do you really intend to support me? All you care about is money."
“When I was still in the hospital, you already knew I was sick when you called to ask for money. But so much time has passed, do you even know what illness I have?”
Pei Yumin put her hands behind her back and gently squeezed his arm to comfort him.
"Today, this is truly the last time I'm giving you money." Lu Shangyan felt the warmth of his palm and said, word by word, "I must fight for the old house in my family; it's the last thing my parents left me."
“Back then, you always tossed me around. I only had a schoolbag with me, and you were afraid I would stay in your house and never leave. You sold or threw away the things my parents left me. All I have left are a few photos, but even so, when I lived in your house, you wouldn’t let me display them or even take them out to look at.”
“Over the years, none of you have been willing to leave me a room. Your place is not my home, and you are no longer my family.”
They never expected that Lu Shangyan, who used to be submissive, would suddenly stand up straight and even dare to break ties with them in front of so many of them!
Second Aunt trembled all over: "Your old house is mine, I won't allow you to live there!"
Lu Shangyan's expression was calm, but his eyes were red: "Think what you want, I'll continue cleaning up tomorrow."
"And I will definitely investigate the cause of my parents' deaths. At the very least, I need to know the man's name."
Seeing that things were not going well, the fat, dark-skinned man temporarily restrained his temper: "Shang Yan, have you been deceived by this man? Why are you suddenly suspecting us of being murderers?"
"No matter what, we are blood relatives. How many days have you known him? He might be deliberately instigating you to break ties with us, just waiting to see you make a fool of yourself!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhao Jian rushed over, covered in dust, and immediately began to curse: "What kind of bullshit relatives are you! Forget about treating him like family, if you had any conscience at all, you wouldn't ask him for so much money every month!"
"If each person asks for 1,500, he'll spend 4,500 a month if he doesn't eat or drink. And he's just a student! He's taking classes and has to work at least four other jobs! He gives all the money he earns to you guys, and he wears out his slippers but can't bear to replace them!"
"If I had relatives like you, I would be incredibly unlucky!"
After he finished cursing, he was still angry, so he picked up a chair from the ground and threw it at them.
"You guys used to bully Lu Shangyan because you had more people, but now I'm telling you, I can take on three of you old bastards by myself!"
At this moment, Pei Yumin finally understood why Lu Shangyan had chosen to send Zhao Jian.
His two shouts were more effective than any amount of talking he could get to Lu Shangyan.
The best way to deal with this kind of uncultured scoundrel is through the most primitive form of verbal abuse.
Zhao Jian raised two middle fingers: "You old bastards, I hope you go to hell soon!"
Upon hearing these beautiful words, Pei Yumin's brows relaxed: "You have caused Lu Shangyan's life to be so miserable, you are the ones who should compensate him."
"Oh, right, there's one more thing I need to tell you. You'd better calculate how much money you've taken from Lu Shangyan over the years, and how much money you got from selling his parents' house. Then prepare that money, because you'll have to pay it back to him in a few days."
The woman, wearing a yellow short-sleeved shirt and looking fair-skinned, said, "That house is for me!"
This is what the auntie said: "If we hadn't sold this house, who would have been able to support Lu Shangyan? Back then, we couldn't even afford to eat. If we hadn't sold the house to pay off some debts, what would he have eaten or drunk?"
“He’s grown up now, he’s powerful, he doesn’t need us anymore, so he’s asking us for money! All that money is in his belly, want it? Make him spit it out himself!”
Pei Yumin felt sad when he mentioned this: "How come I heard that when he was a child, he didn't even have enough to eat and had to run around the village collecting bottles. Many times, you would kick him out at mealtimes, and he could only squat at the door and eat steamed buns."
"It wasn't until he grew up and was able to do odd jobs to earn money while going to school that his white steamed buns finally started to have some pickled vegetables in them."
He heard all of this from the old man next door when he and Lu Shangyan went to borrow hot water at noon today. The old man's eyes were full of heartache when he looked at Lu Shangyan.
He had no children and lived with his wife all his life. However, he broke his leg when he was young and couldn't earn much money. But he could still afford to send Lu Shangyan to his house for a meal. But if his aunts found out that Lu Shangyan had come, he would get a beating.
They were afraid of being gossiped about, that they wouldn't feed Lu Shangyan, and that he would be shameless for not eating properly at home and insisting on going out to eat other people's food, thus embarrassing them.
As time went on, Lu Shangyan stopped daring to eat it, but his grandfather felt sorry for him and would often give him eggs or biscuits to eat.
His eyes welled up with tears when he mentioned it, and he finally said, "It's good that you've grown up, but don't come back now that you're grown up."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jian wiped away his tears: "You're all scoundrels! That money clearly went into your pockets! I bet you bought this house with that money!"
The auntie, hands on her hips, said, "We bought this house with our own money! It's not easy to own a house in our lifetime. We saved it for our son to get married. How can we leave a room for Lu Shangyan? If word gets out, what girl would dare to marry my son?"
"Besides, Lu Shangyan is getting old 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 how you look at it, they always think they're in the right.
Zhao Jian rolled his eyes: "It's like talking to an idiot! Why did you ask him for money then? Why did you threaten him with the old house and insist on getting money from him?"
My third uncle said, "We raised him to adulthood, so he should give us something in return. He lived in our house before, and we didn't ask him for rent. Now it's only right that he pays back our mortgage, isn't it?"
No wonder he always asks for money so urgently; he's afraid he won't be able to pay his mortgage!
They all stayed at home, without any decent jobs, and had to rely on Lu Shangyan to buy houses and pay off their mortgages.
Even after Lu Shangyan went to such lengths, they still felt it wasn't enough!
Zhao Jian laughed loudly a few times, then, unable to contain himself any longer, he clenched his fist and charged forward: "Then I'll give you some reward now, as a reward for angering me!"
Third Uncle stood up and grabbed his wrist: "I don't hit women!"
Zhao Jian ripped off his wig and slammed it over his face, then proceeded to beat him mercilessly: "I only beat bastards!"
When the uncles and aunts saw that Zhao Jian was a man wearing a skirt, they were all stunned.
Finally, it was the second aunt who seized the opportunity and hurriedly said, "Lu Shangyan, look at the friends you've made! They're neither male nor female, and they're all corrupting you!"
"You'd better break off all ties with them right away, or they'll ruin your life!"
Seeing that Lu Shangyan didn't move, she had nowhere to vent her anger, so she lowered her head, grabbed Zhao Jian's arm, and started wrestling with him again.
Pei Yumin doesn't hit women, but Zhao Jianke hits them fiercely.
He held his own against the three women without being at a disadvantage, and Pei Yumin joined in, keeping the other two men in check.
Lu Shangyan stood there, at a loss for what to do.
Fortunately, Tang Suichen and Dai Qin also arrived, and the large crowd filled the entire corridor, scaring away all the onlookers who were standing outside.
Tang Suichen, panting heavily, said, "Pei Yumin, you've really gotten me into serious trouble this time! My car is still stuck in the mud!"
Pei Yumin didn't even glance at him: "Come and help!"
Dai Qin wanted to go, but Tang Suichen pushed him away, saying, "Stay put, that's my brother, I'll go."
Dai Qin gave a barely perceptible purse of his lips and pulled Lu Shangyan aside: "Originally, Madam Yuan was also going to come, but she has to lead the team in a competition tomorrow, so the earliest she can come to accompany you is the day after tomorrow."
Lu Shangyan quickly said, "There's no need for that trouble."
Dai Qin just laughed and pulled him outside. There were five lawyers carrying briefcases standing outside. Dai Qin said, "You can use this time to tell them the whole story in detail."
The inner door was already closed. There were six bodyguards, three inside and three outside. Lu Shangyan was no longer worried about Pei Yumin. Standing outside, he clearly explained everything about his parents, the house, and how much money he gave to these people every month.
"I haven't changed my phone all these years, and I've kept a record of every single remittance."
The noise inside had long since stopped, but it took a full half hour before the door was reopened.
The moment Pei Yumin came out and met Lu Shangyan's gaze, his straight back instantly went limp, as if he had no bones, and he hung on Lu Shangyan's body.
"I'm so tired, and my left chest hurts so much. I was hit several times just now, and it's definitely bruised."
Lu Shangyan touched it and immediately gasped, frowning as if in great pain.
Lu Shangyan asked worriedly, "Does it really hurt? Should we go to the hospital?"
He was beaten when he was a child, so he knows how cunning these people's methods of beating people can be.
Pei Yumin shook his head: "No need, just give me a kiss when we get back to the hotel."
Upon hearing this, Lu Shangyan knew that he had been faking it and didn't want to talk to him. After seeing Zhao Jian, he pushed Pei Yumin aside and immediately ran over.
Zhao Jian had several scratches on his arm, which looked particularly conspicuous and glaring, but he didn't care: "I beat those women up badly. They have more marks on their bodies than I do. In the end, they kept crying and begging me to have mercy."
Lu Shangyan stood on tiptoe, trying to peek through the bodyguards, but they blocked his view completely.
Zhao Jian whispered in his ear, "Your boyfriend is really vicious. I've never seen him fight like that before. Now all of you uncles and aunts are behaving like crazy."
Lu Shangyan was a little worried: "They injured you? What if they call the police?"
Zhao Jian smiled knowingly: "Not many wounds were left, not even as bad as the ones I scratched."
Lu Shangyan asked, puzzled, "Then why would they behave?"
Zhao Jian winked at him, then said mysteriously, "Or should I say he's vicious?"
Lu Shangyan looked at Pei Yumin again, and the moment his gaze fell on her, Pei Yumin immediately clutched her chest: "It hurts so much, it hurts so much, and no one is here to help me. I'm going to faint from the pain."
Dai Qin didn't want to be seen as a couple outside, so after telling Pei Yumin, he took his lawyer into the room.
The moment the door opened, a startled cry came from inside: "Stop fighting! Stop fighting!"
But no matter how curious Lu Shangyan was, he didn't want to ask Pei Yumin anymore. He just walked forward side by side with Zhao Jian and said, "I remember there's a pharmacy next to the community. I'll go buy you some iodine to disinfect it."
Zhao Jian asked him in a low voice, "Pei Yumin has gone to such lengths for you, are you tempted?"
Lu Shangyan didn't dare look at him: "I'm not tempted."
Zhao Jian said, "I don't believe it."
Once inside the store, Lu Shangyan asked for extra liniment for sprains and bruises, and Zhao Jian immediately became certain: "You're definitely interested!"
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Tang Suichen didn't drive over, so he got into Dai Qin's car too.
He turned to Pei Yumin from the passenger seat and said, "Why go through all this trouble? It might not be a good thing for you if word gets out."
Pei Yumin stared at the two people sitting shoulder to shoulder in the pharmacy, gritting her teeth with jealousy: "But this is a good thing for Lu Shangyan. He wants the truth, so I will help him find the truth."
“Before, in order to protect the old house where his parents lived with him and which was full of memories, he had to give those few bloodsuckers so much money every month. No matter how difficult it was, he managed to get through it all on his own.”
“I’m afraid that if we don’t push things to the extreme this time, those bastards will find another chance to turn things around, and he will be easier for them to control in the future.”
“I know that I could easily solve this problem with just a flick of my finger, but that would never resolve the knot in his heart. Only by doing this can I completely tear away his last bit of soft-heartedness, make him do it himself, and participate personally, so as to eradicate the thorn in his heart.”
Tang Suichen took out his phone: "I don't understand. I don't know what nonsense you're spouting. But I advise you to stop showing off. What do you mean you can solve everything with a flick of your finger? Tch, stop trying to make yourself look good."
He got out of the car, made a phone call, and smiled broadly.
After Lu Shangyan returned, Pei Yumin's gloomy face changed expressions several times before finally leaning against the car window in despair, leaving Lu Shangyan with only a desolate back view.
Zhao Jian looked over and nudged Lu Shangyan with his elbow as if watching a good show, giving him a look that said: "We're waiting for you to coax him."
Lu Shangyan, puzzled, asked him after getting into the car, "What's wrong with you?"
Zhao Jian, as if watching a good show, also squeezed onto the bus, tilting his head and leaning forward to see Pei Yumin's expression.
Pei Yumin lowered her head, silently turned around, and rested her head on Lu Shangyan's shoulder: "My chest hurts, and you don't care about me at all. You only have eyes for others."
When he mentioned "other people," he subtly raised his eyelids and stared intently at Zhao Jian, who felt a chill run down his spine: "You're not talking about me, are you?"
Pei Yumin lowered his head again, letting out a low whimper. Lu Shangyan suddenly remembered that he had fed stray dogs at school before, and couldn't bear to push him away.
Even Zhao Jian was incredulous: "You're not jealous of me, are you?!"
"Have you forgotten? I like girls, and I have a wife, and we're very much in love!"
Pei Yumin blinked. He had been so focused on being jealous that he had forgotten about this!
Holy crap! Holy crap!! Holy crap holy crap!!!
But now that it has happened, and he has no ability to turn back time, he can only grit his teeth and continue, "I'm not jealous."
Zhao Jian looked incredulous, stroking his chin with his fingers and exclaiming, "I never would have guessed! I didn't realize I had the potential to be the top."
Pei Yumin ignored him, wanting to quickly change the subject: "Dai Qin just messaged saying they'll be a while longer, let's go first, and grab something to eat on the way back."
Tang Suichen had been bitten by mosquitoes several times, leaving a very noticeable mosquito bite on her chin, but her face was beaming with happiness: "Can you stop pretending? I find your coquettishness disgusting."
Pei Yumin glared at him, but was glared back at. The two men, both nearing thirty, were now acting like children, using their eyes to unleash their skills and try to defeat each other.
In the end, Pei Yumin was the first to give in, because Lu Shangyan handed him the safflower oil.
He was so moved that all his thorns disappeared, and he became incredibly soft: "Then can you apply it for me? I'm afraid I won't apply it well myself and it will affect the efficacy of the medicine. After all, such a good medicine shouldn't be wasted."
Tang Suichen couldn't stand it any longer. She reached out and looked at her wedding ring: "Pei Yumin, didn't you say you would get married before me? But I'm already married. When are you two going to get married?"
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Author's Note: Pei Yumin: I also want to get married [crying emoji]
Lu Shangyan: No, you don't want to [rolls eyes]
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