Shen Rui, who was planning on sitting upright on the way home, fell asleep in the car.
His head was placed on Fang Yan's lap while a soft blanket was placed over his body. The young president stared at his little treasure sleeping soundly.
The little guy had been acting weird for awhile now. Just this afternoon if it weren't for mother Shen calling him to pick up the dejected boy he would have not known he was wandering around the shopping district.
"Why are you running away from me, my treasure?" He whispered in a soft voice as he tucked the loose strand of his on Shen Rui's ear.
***
Shen Rui woke up from someone tapping him on the shoulder. His eyes were still blurry after waking up, but he saw the familiar outline of the young man infront of him.
"Yan Ge I have a weird dream that I died and-" His words stopped when he saw his wrist covered with faded scars. Suddenly he fell into panic.
What if the dream is him being reborn and this is the part where he just confessed to Fang Yan so he was being sent back to the Shen family, then it is the road to ruin again.
"Xiao Rui, what's wrong?" Fang Yan noticed the shift in his expression after waking up, but he couldn't understand what was happening.
After leaving for one week his treasure suddenly turned into a desperate existence, it was like someone was pushing him on the edge.
"I don't mean it. I was just lying, I would never say it again I-" The teenager chanted something under his breath like he was in a trance. The sunny and haughty boy vanished, instead there was a thin and pale boy about to break after a touch.
Shen Rui knew he suffered some psychological problems in the last life from all the stress. He could be called depressed and he ended his own life before being sexually attacked.
It was painful but he still lived.
He snapped back after his face was lightly slapped on both sides. The young man was worried for him and is trying to snap him out of his trance.
"I must have had a nightmare, I'm sorry for troubling Mr. Fang." Shen Rui hadn't even taken two steps when his stomach suddenly hurt.
It is not the boss' ramen since he knew that the ramen the boss made is always sanitary. Looking back on what he consumed he remembered drinking from the water fountain near the mall.
His face turned blue and his stomach started to twist. He is not accustomed to drinking water so his stomach suddenly cramped.
"Young master!" The nearby maid shouted in alarm and the other worker ran to inform the madam.
Fang Yan made a quick decision, he picked up the little prince and put him in the back seat of his car again.
He did not bother to wait for Madame Shen and directly asked the driver to bring them to the hospital.
The small figure curled up on the back seat, he didn't expect that his stomach would hurt so suddenly. He could only wonder if it is because he ate too much, Shen Rui could only pray that this won't hinder his plans for the future.
The pain was like tiny needles piercing through his stomach again and again, he couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. Shen Rui groaned from the pain he is feeling, Fang Yan watching from the side grew anxious but he couldn't do anything except hold the little guy's hand.
"Endure a little more, we are near the hospital." Shen Rui only nodded obediently, he closed his eyes while holding Fang Yan's hands, he did not even notice when he held it but his grip was tight.
He was always afraid of pain, despite being in the hospital since childhood he despised the smell of hospital. The pain was always there, it would never leave him and before he knew it he became afraid that eventually death would claim him.
The car stopped in front of the emergency room and Fang Yan carried the little prince through the prepared stretcher. He realized how thin the boy is, his weight is so light that he could easily lift and carry him without breaking a sweat.
***
Shen Rui woke up in a hospital bed with a dextrose attached to his arms and the doctor was talking to his mom.
"Baby, let's sue the ramen owner. The doctor said you consume some unsanitary food. " Mrs. Shen couldn't help but cry at the pitiful sight of his son who was once again confined to the hospital.
"No. I don't think it's the ramen, I drank some water near the mall." Shen Rui doubts its the ramen shop because he knew how careful the boss is about the sanitary of his shop despite it being only a side stall in the street. It must be the water and his stomach being too weak that caused this. Still he wanted to curse madly just how bad it felt, he did not even notice when he collapsed because of the pain.
" Thank goodness Fang Yan was with you when it happened. I called your dad and brother, they would be here soon"
***
While at work Shen Zhen received a call from his mother, he was still on the clock but he answered. Anyways, he is not in a meeting and just doing some paperwork. "What's the matter?"
He heard sobs coming from the other side of the phone and his mind instantly became alarmed.
"Ah Zhen, something happened to you brother. Please come to the South Hospital, room 104 and bring your dad with you. His phone is unreachable and there would be no one at home except the maids assigned there."
As soon as the call ended he stood up and grabbed his coat at the sofa, his secretary bowed his head. "Move my meeting to another day, my brother is in the hospital."
The secretary knew about the sickly young master and did not ask more questions. After the vice president left, he went and adjusted those meetings to another day.