Chapter 39 I'll dress up as a woman for you tonight...
Pei Yumin looked at the wedding ring and sneered at him, "I never thought you would force Song Yuxin to marry you just to beat me once!"
Tang Suichen deliberately spun the diamond ring around, displaying it from every angle: "We are truly in love." He glanced at Lu Shangyan, his voice growing even more sarcastic: "Are you jealous of me?"
"I'm jealous of you?" Pei Yumin unconsciously raised his voice. "How could I be jealous of you! What do you have that I'd be jealous of? Who knows what underhanded tricks you used to force Song Yuxin to marry you!"
"It's not enough that he cleans up your messes all day long, now he actually wants to marry you just because you want to beat me! Someone with such outstanding work ability is wasted on being stuck behind you! I feel sorry for him, maybe I should find a way to poach him to my company, so he won't be ruined by you anymore."
The car fell silent for a moment. Tang Suichen was so angry that he laughed. He once again deeply realized how powerful Pei Yumin was at distorting the truth.
Finally, gritting her teeth and raising her voice, she announced: "Don't even think about it, we are truly in love!"
It sounds a bit like impotent rage.
Pei Yumin looked completely unconcerned: "After I get back, I'm going to visit Uncle Tang and Aunt Tang. I must find a way to rescue Song Yuxin from this hellhole."
Tang Suichen clutched his chest: "He did it voluntarily. You can ask him yourself if you don't believe me."
Pei Yumin wished he would faint from anger, so that he would stop showing off: "You've already threatened him, so whatever you say goes, and I can't get the truth out of him."
"But to be honest, you change men like clothes, so you're definitely not sincere with Song Yuxin. You were having a hot affair with that guy not long ago, and now you've married him? You must think it would be easier to get rid of him if you divorced him, so you chose to marry him just to win against me."
After saying that, ignoring Tang Suichen who was already smoking, he leaned over to Lu Shang and pledged his loyalty: "Shangshang, don't worry, although he and I are friends, our feelings are completely different. My heart and soul are equally pure. From beginning to end, I have only ever loved you!"
Tang Suichen gritted his teeth and shouted uncontrollably, "Stop throwing mud at me! My front may not be clean, but my back is clean! How is Song Yuxin being with me a loss!"
After he finished speaking, there was an even more deathly silence.
After a long pause, Pei Yumin squinted at him and asked, "You mean Song Yuxin, he..."
"Alright!" Tang Suichen finally realized what he had said, his cheeks burning. Fortunately, it was already dark, and his red face was not clearly visible. He tried to remain calm: "Now you believe that we are truly in love, right?"
Pei Yumin clicked his tongue several times, still not believing it: "You really will stop at nothing to beat me."
Tang Suichen was at his wit's end; if he continued, he might just explode on the spot.
He turned around, took out his phone, and sent a message to the person whose chat interface was pinned to the top and whose nickname was a little fish emoji.
[A sweet orange: They all bully me, and you don't care about me at all!]
She also sent several crying emojis.
The screen on the other end shows "typing in progress..."
He waited expectantly for a minute, hoping that Song Yuxin would send the message and slap Pei Yumin in the face.
Unexpectedly, after typing and typing and typing, no message came through, and eventually I stopped typing altogether.
Tang Suichen took a deep breath; he just wanted to explode right now!
When he turned around, he found the three of them huddled together talking, and no one paid any attention to him!
It's pitiful that he was dragged out to help out when he had just gotten married and was still on his honeymoon. As a result, he was ridiculed after the matter was settled.
Song Yuxin took his body and soul, yet offered him no comfort whatsoever.
He covered his face, thinking, "Damn it, what kind of mess is this?"
He needs to learn a few more tricks and use them on Song Yuxin when he gets back. He doesn't believe Song Yuxin will still be so cold all the time!
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhao Jian suddenly patted him on the shoulder: "I just saw a video on a local video platform saying there's a temple fair nearby. We're going together tomorrow to relax. Do you want to come?"
How could he not go? He wanted to follow Pei Yumin, seize the opportunity to find his weak point, and deliver a fatal blow to avenge what had just happened!
Lu Shangyan reminded them, "There will be a lot of people, and the weather will be hot, so you should be prepared."
Tang Suichen looked at Pei Yumin with disdain: "Do you dare to go?"
Pei Yumin straightened his back: "I accept the challenge!"
Zhao Jian couldn't help but say, "Tomorrow's high temperature is 30 degrees, not 300. It's like you guys are going to walk on lava."
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The next day, Pei Yumin dressed himself up in a particularly glamorous way and even sprayed perfume on himself. Lu Shangyan, wearing a faded and oversized short-sleeved shirt, stood in front of him and struggled several times before finally speaking: "Why are you wearing a suit? It must be very hot. Change into something else."
When Dai Qin came yesterday, he helped him move all his luggage over, so he'll have a chance to dress up nicely in front of Lu Shangyan.
But since Lu Shangyan had already asked him to change, he couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to spread out all his suitcases.
This time, because of the convenience of having a car, the number of suitcases increased to seven. Some of them were temporarily packed by Yuan Qingyu at home. The narrow room was almost not enough to fit them all, and Lu Shangyan could only stand on the bed to look at them.
At a glance, there are supplements, snacks, fruits...
There were even twelve pairs of leather shoes!
Lu Shangyan was speechless: "What is the purpose of leather shoes?"
Pei Yumin strode over and said, "Wear it."
Seeing that he was about to put a pair of shoes on, Lu Shangyan quickly said, "I won't wear these." He jumped off the bed and took out a short-sleeved shirt from the two suitcases he had brought earlier: "Wear these, they're more convenient."
Pei Yumin narrowed his eyes and took off his clothes to change in front of him: "So you wanted to wear matching outfits with me."
Both pieces are white, that's true, but they look completely different from matching couple outfits!
When Lu Shangyan saw that he was still flirting with her, she simply turned her head away.
But Pei Yumin suddenly gasped behind him: "It hurts so much. You wouldn't help me apply the medicine yesterday, and I can't see it clearly myself, so it's inconvenient for me to apply it. Look, isn't the bruise worse?"
Lu Shangyan quickly glanced back, at a loss for words: "If it still hurts when you get back tonight, I'll apply it for you."
Pei Yumin was visibly pleased with himself for achieving his goal. If Lu Shangyan hadn't helped him, he would have suffered that kick for nothing.
After going downstairs, the group met at the hotel entrance, and Lu Shangyan finally understood why Pei Yumin was wearing a suit.
Tang Suichen wore a leather jacket with studs on the cuffs, a pair of slim-fitting trousers covered with chains, and a tight white tank top underneath with an extravagantly bright red rose in the center.
Upon seeing Pei Yumin, he slowly removed his sunglasses and let out a contemptuous laugh: "Sorry, I won this time."
Pei Yumin disagreed: "Lu Shangyan and I are wearing matching outfits."
Tang Suichen pursed her lips: "What a load of rubbish about matching outfits!"
Zhao Jian was applying sunscreen when he saw Tang Suichen's mouth instantly open into an "O" shape, and then exclaimed, "You're dressed so provocatively!"
Tang Suichen frowned: "Can't you speak properly?"
Zhao Jian quickly aimed the sunscreen spray nozzle at him and sprayed it several times: "Cool down, cool down."
She wore a white dress and light makeup, looking exceptionally pure and lovely, which made Lu Shangyan unable to help but glance at her a few more times.
Zhao Jian strolled over to him again: "What? You like women's clothing? But it's a pity, I'm not into men..." He crossed his index fingers: "Besides, I'm definitely the bottom, so I can't be the top in women's clothing."
Lu Shangyan knew he was joking, and just laughed it off, but those words were etched into Pei Yumin's mind as he overheard.
Dai Qin waited at the intersection for a while, and only after everyone got into the car did he say, "We asked them until late last night, but they still wouldn't say anything. Mr. Lu, my lawyer asked me to tell you that you should just file a lawsuit."
Lu Shangyan was stunned for a moment before realizing that the "sir" was a way of addressing him: "Okay."
Pei Yumin said with dissatisfaction, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."
Dai Qin immediately shut up and took the person to their destination. The two streets were packed with people, stretching as far as the eye could see.
Pei Yumin's mind instantly flashed back to everything that had happened at the train station, and he immediately felt dizzy. After getting off the train and the sun was shining on him, he finally understood Lu Shangyan's good intentions in making him change his clothes. He was immediately moved and said, "Shangshang, you are really good to me."
Lu Shangyan had no idea what he was fantasizing about again, but seeing Pei Yumin's clothes blend into the crowd, he was genuinely relieved. It was good that he had changed his clothes, otherwise people would have been staring at them the whole time.
Pei Yumin was deeply moved as he walked forward with Lu Shangyan.
Lu Shangyan considered the clothing, but forgot about Pei Yumin's face. No matter where he went, he would become the focus of attention. He had only taken a few steps when many people turned around to look at him, especially since Tang Suichen was following behind him.
He couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his face, but the next second, Zhao Jian pulled him towards a stall selling hair clips.
The hair clips are all handmade. The shop owner smiled and invited him to take a look, while his knitting needles never stopped.
Zhao Jian picked out all the different styles of strawberry hair clips: "How much are these?"
The next second, Pei Yumin turned his head frantically: "Who's speaking?"
Zhao Jian doesn't usually disguise his male voice, but when he does, outsiders really can't tell the difference. Pei Yumin had to confirm it several times before she believed that the gentle, watery voice really came from Zhao Jian's buzz cut.
The items weren't expensive, only two yuan each, so there was no haggling. Zhao Jian nudged Lu Shangyan and said, "Pay up, darling."
Lu Shangyan took out his phone to pay without hesitation. Pei Yumin saw him hand over sixteen yuan so readily and forcibly separated them, saying, "What are you yelling about? Why should he pay for you?"
At the same time, he became even more certain that Lu Shangyan liked boys who dressed as women!
Zhao Jian's lips were downturned, looking as if he had suffered a great injustice.
Tang Suichen was terribly hot and took off his coat: "You two aren't dating, so you have no right to interfere."
Pei Yumin stiffly turned her head and glanced at him. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a tent with a lot of people standing around it. A man stood on the steps and shouted, "Five yuan a person, five yuan a person, a beautiful snake with a human head and a snake body, come and see quickly!"
An old man took out ten yuan from his pocket, handed it over, and went inside with his wife.
Pei Yumin's eyes lit up: "Shangshang, I want to see that. Can you treat me to it?"
Lu Shangyan looked over and said, "Don't look anymore, it's fake."
Tang Suichen's short, disdainful laugh reached his ears, and he was determined to prove him wrong: "I've never seen it before, but I want to see it."
After saying that, he glanced at the plastic bag in Zhao Jian's hand. Lu Shangyan roughly understood what he was thinking, and together they walked through the crowd and scanned twenty yuan.
Pei Yumin immediately retorted, "Why are you bothering with those two!"
Lu Shangyan braced himself and went upstairs. If he continued to let him make a scene like this, more and more people would probably come to watch.
Pei Yumin was in a bad mood, and the tent felt particularly crowded inside. Because of his height, he could see the beautiful snake with a human head and a snake body inside the artificial mountain at a glance.
There was a hole in a very crudely made piece of cloth, from which a woman's head emerged. Below it were four ropes stretched in all directions to secure a snake's tail. The snake's tail was made of cotton and linen stuffed with something, and it was covered in dust and pilling!
Pei Yumin and the heavily made-up woman locked eyes, and Pei Yumin really wanted to shout on the spot: "Grandpa! Grandpa! The snake demon is coming! Run! Run!"
Stepping out of the tent, Tang Suichen continued to laugh, putting his arm around Pei Yumin's shoulder and saying, "I hope you'll dream about this 'beautiful snake' every night from now on."
Pei Yumin looked at him and snorted coldly: "Didn't you go in and take a look out of curiosity just now?"
Tang Suichen stopped laughing. After finally having a moment of peace, he saw a haunted house smaller than twenty square meters, complete with battlefield masks.
Tang Suichen raised his chin: "Dare to have a contest? Let's see who comes out first."
Pei Yumin then declared, "We accept the challenge!"
The two walked a few steps forward together, then Pei Yumin turned back: "You pay for me, but you can't pay for Tang Suichen."
Tang Suichen didn't dwell on it, quickly paid, and stood at the door: "Don't be a coward, come over here."
Pei Yumin noticed that he had only paid for one person: "Aren't you going?"
Lu Shangyan shook his head, and Pei Yumin said, "That's true. If it scares the baby, it won't be good for the baby in your belly."
Lu Shangyan gave him a warning look, telling him not to talk nonsense, and Pei Yumin happily ran away.
Zhao Jian complained, "These two seem like they've never seen the world before, why do they have to try everything?"
Lu Shangyan chuckled and said he would go buy a few bottles of water and find a cool place to sit for a while.
They had only walked a few steps and hadn't even seen a water vendor when they emerged from the haunted house, their faces not looking too good.
The older woman collecting the money next to them even mocked them: "Young man, you're so tall, but you're not very brave, you're all terrified."
Pei Yumin closed his eyes, already somewhat desperate. He lowered his voice and asked Lu Shangyan, "Have these people become so blatant in their scams these days?"
"There was nothing inside. The paths were marked with black cloth and white cloth splashed with red paint. There were a few fake dolls and flickering lights. The only thing that fit the scene was the music."
Zhao Jian said, "It's a willing buyer and a willing seller. They didn't force you to go in; you paid to see it yourself."
Pei Yumin wanted to say something more, but then he heard a voice behind him calling Lu Shangyan's name. It was a man.
He instantly became alert and looked precisely at the person who spoke.
The moment the man met Lu Shangyan's gaze, his expression turned to surprise and delight: "It really is you! I thought I was seeing things."
Lu Shangyan stared at him for a while, then his eyes lit up: "Class monitor?"
Zhou Keling immediately nodded: "So you haven't forgotten me."
Lu Shangyan said, "You helped me a lot in high school, and I can never forget you."
Zhou Keling looked at him: "I gave you my phone number back then, but you never contacted me. I thought..." He stopped there: "Never mind, it was a long time ago, let's not talk about it."
Lu Shangyan explained, "I was working during the summer vacation, and the notebook with your phone number on it was sold. Even after I bought a cell phone, I still couldn't contact you."
Zhou Keling breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled, "So that's how it is."
He knew Lu Shangyan's family situation, so he believed this explanation.
"Shall I add you on the contact list now?" Zhou Keling paused, but couldn't help asking, "Isn't it a little too late?"
Lu Shangyan asked him in return, "What are you doing here?"
Zhou Keling replied, "My sister sells clothes at a stall up ahead, and I came to help her today. It's a good thing I came today, otherwise I wouldn't have run into you again."
The two kept talking, and it seemed as if a barrier had automatically been erected around them, preventing Pei Yumin from getting in touch with them no matter how many times he tried.
Tang Suichen patted his back: "Brother, I feel sorry for you."
Pei Yumin replied to him rather irritably, "No need."
Seeing him like this, Tang Suichen felt even more like being a jerk: "How about it, are you jealous now?"
Pei Yumin was practically grinding his teeth to powder, but he still forced himself to be magnanimous: "No, we were just catching up with old classmates. What do I have to be jealous of?"
But then he heard Lu Shangyan say, "When you gave me your phone number, you said you wanted to contact me because you had something to say to me. What is it?"
He was busy working to raise money for tuition, but after finally managing to buy a phone, he couldn't find the number. He remembered this incident, but he was quite withdrawn in high school. He didn't know many people in his class, let alone ask for Zhou Keling's contact information. Even after the class group was created, no one invited him to join because he was too unsociable.
However, he knew Zhou Keling's address, so he mustered up the courage to go there a few times, but he never saw Zhou Keling. Later, his debts increased, and he worked hard from dawn to dusk every day, so he didn't have time to think about this matter anymore.
Later, the two went their separate ways. During his holidays, he was almost always working and had no time to go out and wander around, let alone run into Zhou Keling.
Today marks their first meeting in three years.
The man joked, "To be honest, you hadn't contacted me for so long, I thought you knew what I wanted to say when I asked you to meet, so you were deliberately avoiding me and didn't want to see me."
He seemed to be joking, but his eyes were carefully observing Lu Shangyan's expression.
Lu Shangyan denied it seriously: "I don't know, there really was an emergency."
Zhou Keling's smile deepened: "I'll tell you slowly later, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
Lu Shangyan relaxed completely, looking somewhat different from how Pei Yumin usually saw him. Pei Yumin felt a sharp pain in his heart and could no longer pretend to be magnanimous. He went over and grabbed Lu Shangyan's arm, shaking it a few times: "Who is he?"
Lu Shangyan had little social experience and only now remembered to introduce them to each other.
Zhou Keling was very talkative, and afterwards she even said she would treat them to a meal: "I'll go tell my sister, and I'll take you around to see the place later."
Lu Shangyan followed, and Pei Yumin had no choice but to follow as well.
When they arrived at the stall, he deliberately asked Zhou Keling, "Do you have any matching couple outfits here?"
He emphasized the words "couple outfits" in the hopes that someone would back down.
Zhou Keling looked around and said, "Sorry, no, we only have women's clothing here."
Wait, women's clothing! He paid for Zhao Jian's clothes, who likes to wear women's clothing, and then smiled and talked to Zhou Keling, who was selling women's clothing...
Pei Yumin immediately said, "Women's clothing is fine too, Zhao Jian, help me pick out a few pieces."
Zhao Jian was barely holding back his laughter when he passed Pei Yumin and overheard him saying to Lu Shangyan, "I can wear women's clothes for you now, how about it, do you like it?"
Lu Shangyan felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his whole body trembling with fear: "I doubt they'll like it."
Pei Yumin trusted his own judgment and took it as just stubbornness: "Alright, I'm a man too, I understand you, I'll wear it for you tonight."
Zhou Keling wiped her sweat: "Handsome, we don't have your size in the women's clothing here. Based on your height, you'll probably need to have it custom-made."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Jian, who was pursing his lips and whose cheek muscles were trembling: "The largest size should be this beautiful lady's size."
Lu Shangyan finally breathed a sigh of relief; his eyes should be saved for now.
Tang Suichen sighed: "Brother, admit it, your three months of existence can't compare to their six years."
Pei Yumin was genuinely angry this time: "Get out!"
Tang Suichen disagreed: "I see you have short-sleeved shirts here, could you find me one? I want to change my clothes."
To match his leather jacket, he wore a very thin vest underneath. Normally, it wouldn't be a problem when he wore it alone, but in this place, it suddenly gave him the feeling that he was running around naked.
This time, Zhou Keling didn't hesitate and found several outfits for him to choose from.
Pei Yumin immediately whispered in Lu Shangyan's ear, "He's targeting me! He'll give Tang Suichen what he wants, but when I ask for it, he says he doesn't have it."
Lu Shangyan didn't know why he was so hostile towards Zhou Keling, nor did he understand why he was inexplicably sulking.
He was having a good time today and didn't want to make the atmosphere awkward: "Then you go pick one out too, I'll buy it for you."
Pei Yumin glanced at Zhou Keling and deliberately said loudly, "Then I'll buy two of the same ones, and we can wear them as couple outfits."
He has made it very clear that he hopes someone will be sensible!
Zhou Keling just looked at him and smiled, without making any attempt to respond to him from beginning to end.
Zhao Jian could tell: "It seems you've met a formidable opponent this time. He looks to be a very skilled player. If you try to outsmart him, you probably won't be able to beat him."
Pei Yumin frowned: "Really?"
Zhao Jian said in a high-pitched voice, "Trust a woman's intuition."
Pei Yumin disliked anyone undermining his morale: "You're not a woman, what are you analyzing here for?"
But the next second, Zhou Keling walked to Lu Shangyan's side and very naturally wiped the sweat off his face with a tissue. Lu Shangyan, who dislikes contact with others, did not shy away from this kind of close contact at all, and his expression was not uncomfortable at all.
Zhou Keling said, "You're still the same as before, not changed at all." He crumpled up the paper and threw it into the trash can: "So I hope that our agreement won't change either."
Lu Shangyan blinked at him: "Then I'll find you tonight to fulfill our promise."
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Author's Note: Pei Yumin: When going on a date with my wife, I need to comb my hair like an adult [sunglasses]
Lu Shangyan: Has he gone mad? [question mark]
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