Chapter 44

Shi Yu received the shirt sent by the housekeeper the next day.

He felt awkward but didn't show it on his face. He took Yun Lin'ai's shirt from the housekeeper, closed the door, and stood there for a long time holding the pile of clothes. Then he went to the cloakroom with red ears to hang them up.

Shi Yu stood in front of the wardrobe for a long time before the bedroom door was knocked again.

It was the butler again. "Mr. Shi, the master is calling you from the garden. The gardener isn't here today, so he probably wants to ask you something about the flowers."

Shi Yu agreed naturally and followed the housekeeper to the garden.

"grandfather."

"Hey! Xiaoshi, look at my flower, why is it wilting now?"

When facing Yunzhi, Shi Yu was not as reserved as when they first met. The few months of getting along with each other had brought them closer together, and Yunzhi liked Shi Yu more and more.

But I worry about his illness every day. I have talked to Yun Lin'ai on the phone several times, and my heart is always broken in my words.

Until yesterday, Yun Linai called him personally, "Has Shi Yu encountered anything recently?"

Yun Zhi thought about it and said, "What kind of problems can I encounter here? I can eat, drink, and sleep. It's much better than where you are."

Yun Lin'ai sighed, "What did the desensitization doctor say today?"

Yun Zhi told him the doctor's diagnosis after the operation, which was no different from last week. However, Yun Lin'ai frowned and pondered for a while.

Yun Zhi sighed in my ears, "You're so young, but you have more illnesses than I do. How am I going to recover?"

The two of them were silent for a while. Yun Zhi was about to hang up when Yun Lin'ai said, "Don't treat him like a patient. He'll be uncomfortable."

Yun Zhi didn't understand what Yun Lin'ai meant. He was taking care of Shi Yu carefully because he was sick. He didn't expect Yun Lin'ai to say such outrageous words.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to refute, Yun Lin'ai said, "He subconsciously feels that the manor is not his home and doesn't want to cause trouble to anyone. The doctor's diagnosis shows that everything is normal..."

Yun Linai paused and couldn't help but chuckle, "I don't believe it."

At most, Shi Yu was pretending. After sending the doctor away, he might have been hiding in the room and thinking about something crazy.

Yun Zhi vaguely understood, "Then what should I do?"

......

Yun Zhi admired his once beloved garden with satisfaction. In an inconspicuous corner were the flowers that he had deliberately watered with a bucket of water last night. He pretended to be distressed and asked Shi Yu for help.

Shi Yu had no doubts and squatted down carefully to look at the condition of the flowers.

"Maybe I watered too much."

Yun Zhi thought for a moment, "Is that so..."

He then glanced at his accomplice, the housekeeper, who immediately understood. "It's my fault! I forgot I watered this patch yesterday and watered it again. I'm not thinking straight."

"Just don't water them for the next two days. These flowers are stronger than you think." Shi Yu didn't think it was a big deal and hurried to comfort the housekeeper.

Yun Zhi secretly revealed a hint of satisfaction, and then pretended to ask the housekeeper, "The chef has asked for leave to go home today. What are the arrangements for lunch?"

Under the chairman's gaze, the butler responded calmly, "How about I ask another one to come over? But it will take a while. You have a bad stomach, so you need to take some medicine in advance."

Yun Zhi sighed, "Is there no one in the family who can cook?"

The housekeeper shook his head and deliberately showed a little of his hand which was injured while cutting vegetables a while ago.

The two astute old men didn't wait long before they overheard Shi Yu say, "Grandpa, if you don't mind, I'll make you some noodles. It won't taste as good as the chef's, but it's better than hurting your stomach."

Yun Zhi was overjoyed. "Really? I've never eaten what Xiao Shi made."

After saying this, fearing that Shi Yu would regret it, he quickly asked the housekeeper to take people to the kitchen, "Watch him, don't let him cut his hand like you did. If another one gets hurt, we'll all starve."

The housekeeper responded and took Shi Yu to the kitchen.

Although Shi Yu rarely cooked for Bai Yuxing in Beidao, he knew some simple dishes. Later, when he reunited with Yun Lin'ai, the other party asked Shi Yu to cook something for him after finding out.

It’s just that the other party didn’t want him to stay in the kitchen for too long, so every time she couldn’t help but come over to help him, or just stand aside and talk to him.

When he recalled it, time passed very quickly. Shi Yu quickly cooked the noodles and brought a portion to the housekeeper.

After tasting it, Yun Zhi said, "Not bad, delicious."

The old man was tired of eating delicacies from land and sea when he was young. When he got old, he felt that everything was the same. Shi Yu’s cooking skills were definitely not as good as those of a senior chef, but seeing him smile sincerely for the first time since he came to this family, Yun Zhi finally felt relieved.

Shi Yu rarely let down his guard and began to be happy to receive questions from everyone. This made him feel as if he was no longer a transparent person in this manor, nor a patient who needed careful care.

A week later in the evening, Yun Linai finally had time to video call him.

Shi Yu sat on the carpet in the bedroom, leaned over the bed and asked him, "Did you do this?"

Yun Lin'ai frowned slightly, pretending not to understand, "The ground is cold, get up first."

He had clearly had a carpet laid down beforehand so that Shi Yu wouldn't get cold even if he slept on the floor, but he was still worried that Shi Yu would be cold.

Shi Yu was always very obedient when he called Yun Lin'ai. He stood up and sat on the lounge chair on the balcony.

"I'm going to the hospital for a follow-up check-up tomorrow. Has the housekeeper prepared everything?" Yun Lin'ai was rarely like Shi Yu, lying lazily on his bed in the dormitory.

Shi Yu told him the truth, and then he remembered something, "Were you the one who gave me the flowers?"

Yunlin remained silent, as if agreeing.

Shi Yu was helpless: "There are already so many flowers in the garden that there are not enough vases in the manor."

There was still silence on the other end. Shi Yu didn't know what Yun Lin'ai was typing on the phone screen. Just as he was about to ask, Yun Lin'ai told him, "I bought a few vases and will deliver them tomorrow."

“…”

Once people get busy, they will feel much more relaxed.

Shi Yu receives bouquets of flowers ordered by Yun Lin'ai every day. Even the varieties delivered are different, and they are usually a large bunch, which is difficult to handle. Shi Yu has to spend most of the day processing the flower stems and then choosing suitable vases to place in every corner of the manor.

The whole person is also filled with the fragrance of flowers.

After checking his glands in the hospital, Shi Yu walked out of the department, and Qin Yue stood beside him to see him off.

"The gland was scratched too badly, and surgery can't fix it. Remember to be careful during the fever period in the future." Qin Yue secretly told Shi Yu to ask Yun Lin'ai not to mark him too quickly.

Shi Yu's ears felt hot when he heard this, "I understand."

"Alas... But Yun Lin'ai is in a period of disorder, and there is no way to persuade him. In recent years, his condition has tended to flare up again..." Qin Yue suffered a loss last time, and he realized it immediately after he finished speaking, and shut up.

Shi Yu frowned and was about to ask him when he heard some unfamiliar voices in front of him.

"elder brother?"

Shi Yu stopped and looked at the person who came. Unexpectedly, he didn't react at all. The bodyguard who had been following him took a step forward and blocked him sideways. Even Qin Yue's alarm bells were ringing.

Shi Yeheng had never thought that there was such a big commotion around his brother, and he was stunned for a moment.

Shi Yu, however, stepped back a bit due to physical discomfort, but then he held back and asked, "Xiao Heng?"

Shi Yeheng clenched the pre-employment physical examination form in his hand, his throat churning and he couldn't say anything he wanted to say. The reason was that Yun Lin'ai had talked to him about this two years ago.

At that time, a prisoner escaped from the Alliance prison, so the chairman sent the then prison warden Zheng Xiao to investigate. The prisoner was recaptured, but somehow escaped again. Within a few months, Yun Lin'ai, who was still a lieutenant at the time, publicly submitted a letter of complaint, listing all the charges against Zheng Xiao to the old generals. After that, the Alliance conducted a thorough investigation into the case.

The warden was arrested and the case was reopened for investigation. Shi Yeheng was sentenced to six years in prison and was banned from serving in the Alliance for the rest of his life.

When he was released from prison, the first person he met was not Ye Zhihua, but Yun Linai.

S-class Alphas are tall and strong, with an inexplicable cold majesty.

"Does it feel good to be in jail?" Yun Lin'ai asked him.

Shi Yeheng snorted and laughed, still unwilling to accept it, "Even if I can't stay in the Alliance, I still have a way."

Yun Linai: "Did you rely on your mother to get into the business?"

Shi Yeheng heard a chuckle, and he recognized the mockery, "Who can compare to Golden Bay?"

"Don't look down on others. What abilities do you have? Even my brother has been bewitched by you and can't tell right from wrong. I think this is the end of his life as an Omega!" Shi Yeheng stiffened his neck, his arrogant demeanor undiminished.

It just so happened that the person he bumped into was Yun Linai, which brought bad luck to him.

"Really? Your brother is much more useful than you." Yun Lin'ai was not too angry. Since Shi Yeheng was just a person he didn't like, there was no need for him to spend too much time on him. But he couldn't let Shi Yu's reputation be ruined.

"But you're right about one thing. I'm not capable and I'm not worthy of your brother."

Shi Yeheng looked at Yun Linai as if he was looking at a madman.

"Rich second generation, young master, captain, all these titles, which one didn't I get thanks to my family? But your brother is different. He climbed up step by step on his own. The title of Doctor Shi is not a figment of his imagination, he deserves it."

Yun Lin'ai looked at Shi Yeheng straight in the eye. "So, how do you think you can compare to him?"

"If I didn't have a blood relationship with him, I would kill you." Yun Lin'ai's words were cold, and every word he said was to speak up for Shi Yu. He didn't care about being degraded to dust, but when he heard a bad word about Shi Yu, his eyes were murderous, and Shi Yeheng shuddered suddenly.

So after seeing Shi Yu, he lost his previous momentum. Although there was still resentment in his eyes, he turned and left.

Shi Yu didn't understand why.

Qin Yue muttered to himself, "Crazy..."

"Don't worry about him. If Yun Lin'ai finds out, he'll go crazy again."

Shi Yu didn't understand, "Why would he know if we didn't tell him?"

After saying that, Qin Yue glanced at the bodyguard behind Shi Yu, and Shi Yu understood.

As expected, Yun Lin'ai called him that night and asked, "Did you run into Shi Yeheng at the hospital today?"

Shi Yu pursed his lips and said nothing.

Yun Lin'ai was highly sensitive and immediately asked, "Why, what did he do again?"

Shi Yu was helpless: "He left without saying anything. He probably doesn't want to have anything to do with me."

Ye Zhihua bears a great responsibility for the brothers' situation.

Fearing that this might trigger Shi Yu's memories, Yun Lin'ai didn't ask any more questions. However, seeing Shi Yu's hesitation in the video, he asked again what was wrong.

Shi Yu bit his lip and said, "Next time, don't let the bodyguards follow you."

"I'm worried about your safety."

There was nothing wrong with Yun Lin'ai's arrangement. He had too many enemies, so the marriage application was not handled publicly. Even so, it was still known to some unrelated people.

A while ago, they broke into an illegally explored house on the northwest border. The leader was ignorant and used the news of Yun Lin'ai's marriage as a threat.

This had to make Yun Linai wary.

Fortunately, Shi Yu rarely goes out, and the manor has always had many alarms set up. Yun Zhi asked people to add a few more, and now not even a fly can fly in.

Yun Linai changed the subject, "These two months may be quite busy."

Shi Yu raised his head and asked him, "Is it almost over?"

Yunlin hummed, but didn't give a clear answer.

Shi Yu thought for a while and said, "I'll wait for you to come back."

Yun Lin'ai noticed the Omega's uneasiness, and after being quiet for a while, he spoke in a deep voice with a promise.

"I'll get married as soon as I get back."