Chapter 9
Yu Li originally thought that after moving into the Yan family home, she would feel awkward seeing Yan Shiting all the time.
After all, what happened with Yan Shiting that night was still on his mind.
But Yan Shiting has been very busy lately, leaving early and returning late, so they don't have many chances to bump into each other.
On one occasion, just as he woke up, he ran into Yan Shiting, who was about to leave.
Although they didn't have much time together, Yu Li breathed a sigh of relief, no longer needing to be so nervous and avoid each other.
Three days later, the trip to Sui and Yan ended and they returned.
Yu Li was off work that day when she saw Yan Sui's car on the roadside.
The car window rolled down, and Yan Sui, who had tanned a shade darker, grinned, revealing a set of bright white teeth. "Little Fish, I've come to pick you up from get off work!"
The contrasting colors made Yu Li burst out laughing immediately.
He got into the car naturally and said, "I almost didn't recognize you looking like this."
Yan Sui started the car, saying, "Is he more handsome or uglier?"
Yu Li said seriously, "It's black."
"Hahahaha." Yan Sui laughed loudly, "Chang Ke also said that I've gotten darker, and told me not to appear in front of her for the next couple of days, just video chat with her, and wait until she gets used to my current appearance before we meet."
"I kept asking her why, and she said that there were filters when she made the video, so I didn't look so dark."
Yan Sui's tone was filled with undisguised laughter.
Yu Li listened quietly, and only after he finished speaking did she chime in, "Showing off their love?"
Traffic jams on the road during rush hour.
Yan Sui slowed down the car and sighed dramatically, "Sigh, this relationship is going on..."
Yu Li smiled and said, "I think some people are clearly enjoying it."
Yan Sui chuckled twice, "You figured it out."
"I'm telling you, Little Fish, you really should date someone and experience that feeling."
Yu Li smiled, pursing her lips, and said nothing.
Yan Sui chattered on about the interesting things that happened during her trip, and every five sentences she would insert a mention of Xu Changke.
Yu Li listened attentively, and after driving through a congested intersection, he was lost in thought, realizing that hearing Yan Sui showing affection now didn't make him feel so bad anymore.
He still remembers how he felt when he first heard Yan Sui Guan Xuan announce that he was no longer single.
My soul seemed to leave my body, unable to settle into anything; my whole body suddenly felt cold, and I couldn't find my five senses.
I don't know if it's because I've gotten used to it, but my reaction isn't as strong now.
Yu Li silently looked at Yan Sui.
In any case, he is slowly letting go of his feelings. Perhaps when he gets completely used to it, it will mean that he has completely let go.
*
After the trip to Suiyuan, Yan Shiting seemed to have passed his busy period.
He used to get off work at 11 p.m., but now he gets off work on time every day and goes home to have dinner with Yan Sui and Yu Li.
At the dinner table, Yu Li sat next to Yan Sui, shoveling rice into her mouth.
Yan Sui used serving chopsticks to pick up a piece of braised pork rib and put it in Yu Li's bowl, saying eagerly, "Little Yu'er, eat this. This piece only has cartilage."
Yu Li looked up and placed a piece of stir-fried water bamboo on Yan Sui's plate: "This is what you like to eat."
After their back-and-forth exchange ended, Yu Li sensed a low pressure in the air.
His hand paused, and then he glanced furtively at Yan Shiting across from him.
The other person held the chopsticks, remaining motionless for a long time.
Perhaps sensing Yu Li's gaze, Yan Shiting raised his eyes, his cold gaze falling on Yu Li.
Yu Li trembled and quickly lowered her head.
...Yan Shiting was unhappy.
He had completely forgotten that Yan Shiting had just warned him not to like Yan Sui anymore, yet now he and Yan Sui were exchanging food back and forth.
Yan Sui then placed another piece of braised pork rib on Yu Li's plate: "Here, little fish, this piece doesn't have much fat."
Yu Li forced a dry smile, and after putting the rib in his bowl, he said, "You should eat quickly too. I can get it for myself."
Yan Sui, oblivious to the tense atmosphere, nodded and said, "Okay."
Only after Yan Sui put down the serving chopsticks did Yan Shiting across from him start making a move again.
Yu Li buried her head in her food, took a bite, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After dinner, Yu Li was dragged to the game room by Yan Sui to play games.
After Yu Li agreed to move into the Yan family home, Yan Sui immediately bought a lot of two-player games, just waiting for Yu Li to play them with him.
After playing for a while, Yu Li noticed that there were only some snacks on the table, so she put down the controller and said, "I'll go get some fruit."
Fresh fruit was available in the kitchen, and Yu Li took out two cantaloupes and a bunch of grapes.
After carefully washing the grapes, Yu Li cut a cantaloupe in half, scraped off the seeds with a spoon, and then peeled one half.
Yu Li had peeled half of the skin when she suddenly heard a soft footstep.
He looked up and was surprised to see Yan Shiting walking over.
Yu Li was startled, her hand trembled, and the peeler slashed her left index finger hard.
"Ouch!" Yu Li winced in pain, and the cantaloupe fell to the ground as he reflexively let go of it.
My index finger has a large cut, and it's bleeding.
Yu Li stared at the wound, her mind momentarily blank. Before she could react, she heard hurried footsteps.
Then, Yan Shiting came to his side with a medical kit, grabbed his wrist, and pressed a piece of gauze tightly onto the wound to stop the bleeding.
"hiss."
Yu Li winced in pain, her eyes welling up with tears.
Yan Shiting paused, and the grip on Yu Li's wrist loosened slightly.
After a while, the bleeding stopped, and Yan Shiting took out iodine to clean it, then applied medicine and bandaged it.
His movements were light and swift; he finished bandaging the wound in just over ten seconds.
Yu Li looked down at the gauze on her index finger, bit her lip, and said in a muffled voice, "Thank you, President Yan."
Yan Shiting looked up at him, pursed his lips, and remained silent.
He hadn't missed the moment of panic Yu Li felt when she saw him.
She was afraid of him.
Why……
"Brother, Little Fish, what happened?"
Yu Li was startled by the sudden sound again, and this time her shoulders shrugged.
He quickly turned around and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it was Yan Sui. He said, "I was peeling a cantaloupe and accidentally cut my hand."
He glanced quickly at Yan Shiting and said, "I can't bandage one hand properly, so Brother Yan helped me."
Yu Ligang was startled, and spoke quickly, sounding as if he was anxiously trying to distance himself from the situation.
He looked at Yan Sui, completely unaware of the subtle glance Yan Shiting gave him.
Yan Sui nodded upon hearing this, "It's good that everything is alright now."
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a gaze fall on him.
Yan Sui looked at Yan Shiting and noticed that his brother was frowning and looking at him coldly.
Yan Sui: ?
He scratched the back of his head, looking bewildered.
Fortunately, Yan Shiting quickly looked away, turned around and took out coffee beans: "Play less games and get some rest."
Yan Sui nodded, "Okay, brother."
He went over to help Yu Li peel the cantaloupe, took two ice creams from the refrigerator, and invited Yu Li upstairs.
Before leaving, Yu Li secretly glanced at Yan Shiting one last time.
Yan Shiting had his back to him, and the coffee machine was making a rather loud noise when it started.
So he came to the kitchen to grind coffee.
Yu Li thought it was another warning...
Yu Li was a little embarrassed and said softly, "President Yan, you should get some rest too," before following Yan Sui upstairs into the game room.
The two didn't rush to continue the game; they ate some fruit first.
Yan Sui tore open the ice cream packaging and took a bite.
The ice cream froze against the walls of my mouth, and my mind seemed to clear up considerably.
In fact, Yan Sui was already at the kitchen door when Yan Shiting was bandaging Yu Li.
Seeing that Yu Li was taking a long time to come up with the fruit, and also thinking about the ice cream in the refrigerator, he went downstairs to look for Yu Li.
Unexpectedly, I saw Yu Li and Yan Shiting at the kitchen door and heard Yu Li's unfamiliar "President Yan".
Yan Sui remembered that Yu Li used to call Yan Shiting "brother" along with him.
Later, for reasons unknown, Yu Li and her two other roommates started calling him "General Yan".
Just then, someone started gossiping about Yu Li, saying that he was currying favor with the Yan family. Yan Sui then went to warn those people and then had a heart-to-heart talk with Yu Li.
After that, Yu Li started calling him "Brother Yan".
But why is he called "General Manager Yan" now? Could it be that his brother was mean to Xiaoyuer while he was away?
Thinking of this, Yan Sui hesitated before asking, "Little Fish, what kind of person do you think my brother is?"
Yu Li ate a piece of cantaloupe, and after hearing this, she thought about it in silence.
What kind of person is Yan Shiting?
When he first met Yan Shiting, he thought he was an unattainable big shot.
A character you'd only ever see in financial newspapers, columns about successful people, or novels about domineering CEOs.
They are from completely different worlds.
Over the past three years, the labels he has seen and heard from the outside world for Yan Shiting are mostly words like unsmiling, cold-blooded, and decisive.
but……
“He’s very good to you, very considerate,” Yu Li said slowly.
Yan Sui was taken aback: "You think so too?"
“Hmm.” Yu Li nodded. “I remember on the day we registered for freshman year, Brother Yan took you to your dormitory and prepared everything you needed for living on campus, including all kinds of commonly used medicines.”
"Do you remember that night when the eldest brother suddenly had a stomachache? It was thanks to the medicine that Brother Yan prepared for you that he was saved in time."
Not only that, Yan Shiting would also carefully observe the people around Yan Sui, which is why... he discovered that Yan Sui had a crush on him.
Yan Sui smiled and said, "If it were someone else, they might think that the assistant had prepared everything in advance."
But his brother is actually very attentive to the people he cares about.
Yu Li was stunned.
For some reason, he had never had such a thought.
The moment he saw Yan Shiting and Yan Sui, he sensed that Yan Shiting truly loved Yan Sui.
Perhaps it's because in some ways, he and Yan Shiting are the same.
“I hadn’t thought that way,” Yu Li said.
He snapped out of his daze and asked, "Why are you suddenly asking me this?"
Yan Sui finished the whole ice cream and pondered for a while while chewing on the ice cream stick.
Xiaoyuer has a decent impression of his brother, but if he were to ask him directly now, Xiaoyuer might not tell the truth.
"It's nothing, I was just asking." Yan Sui threw away the popsicle stick and noticed that Yu Li hadn't eaten the other one.
"Little fish, aren't you going to eat it? It's about to melt."
Yu Li frowned and shook her head. "It feels too cold. Eating it will give you a stomachache. You eat it."
Yan Sui smiled and said, "Okay."
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