Chapter 46
When she was more than four months pregnant, Yu Li could occasionally feel a slight peristalsis in her belly, but it was like a feather brushing against her skin and not very noticeable.
He didn't know if that counted as fetal movement, so he never mentioned it.
He was only able to confirm it when he felt a stronger fetal movement just now.
As soon as Yu Li finished speaking, Yan Shiting paused in his grip on Yu Li's leg.
Unbeknownst to her, Yu Li's way of referring to the fetus had also changed.
Yan Shiting lowered his eyes and saw Yu Li lift the hem of her nightgown, revealing her slightly protruding belly.
The fetus was still quite far along, and when Yu Li was dressed, the curve was barely noticeable.
You can only notice a little bit when you're at home wearing your pajamas.
Yu Li stared intently at his stomach. After about ten minutes, just when he thought it was just his imagination, he felt another twitching sensation in his stomach.
Yu Li blinked, her eyes slightly moist.
Most of the time, he couldn't actually feel that there was a child in his belly, and sometimes he would even forget that he was pregnant.
Only now do I finally realize that a life will be born in the future, and then slowly grow up, grow taller, and grow into an adult.
Yu Li took a deep breath and gently touched his stomach. He felt a churning sensation inside his stomach, as if it were responding to him.
He pulled down the hem of his pajamas, feeling a mix of emotions, and opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.
Finally, he stammered, "Three more months..."
The child can then be born.
Yan Shiting withdrew his gaze from his stomach and reached out to touch his hair.
Yu Li looked at Yan Shiting and said, "I heard that if you talk to your baby often during pregnancy, the baby will remember your voice."
He smiled and said somewhat embarrassedly, "So, brother, you should talk to it more often too."
To prevent his dream from coming true, from now on, let the child's other father build a good relationship with the child.
Yan Shiting looked at him, and after a long while nodded and said, "Mm."
After talking for a while, Yu Li's leg started cramping again.
Yan Shiting put his hand back on his calf and massaged him with professional technique.
The pain gradually subsided, and Yu Li closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Yan Shiting covered Yu Li with the blanket and reached out to turn off the bedside lamp, but his hand paused slightly as soon as he touched the switch.
He paused, then looked at Yu Li's stomach, his expression unreadable.
After watching for a while, he looked away and turned off the night light.
...
On the day before the Lunar New Year, Y City experienced a heavy snowfall.
In the afternoon, after the snow stopped, Yan Sui drove to pick up Yu Li.
They agreed to meet at an intersection near Wanting.
When Yan Sui picked up Yu Li, he casually asked, "The rent around here must be quite expensive. Yu Li, are you staying here now?"
Yu Li fastened her seatbelt and nodded, saying, "I live with my boyfriend."
"Oh—" Yan Sui started the car. "You're living together? What's your boyfriend like? If he's not a good person, don't put up with it."
"Dating and living together is not like living in a dormitory where you can just put up with it. If you're aiming for marriage, you should cut your losses as soon as you see any bad signs from your partner."
Yu Li thought for a moment, then said meaningfully, "He's a very good person, um... similar to your brother."
"Huh? About the same as my brother?" Yan Sui thought about it carefully for a while and said, "That's alright."
After saying that, he chuckled and said, "Speaking of which, my brother is already thirty-two years old, and I've never seen him date. I wonder what it's like for him to be in a relationship."
"If she were similar to your boyfriend, what would she be like?"
Yu Li smiled and said, "You'll know in a while."
"Haha, from what you're saying, you've decided when to invite me to dinner? I'm already looking forward to it."
"Uh-huh."
We arrived at the Yan Family Manor just in time for dinner.
Yu Li held his phone, opened the mini-program he had created, and saw a maple leaf that a wild goose had carried from a tree fall into the water, revealing Yan Shiting's message:
[Company annual meeting, will be back late.]
Yu Li smiled and sent him a photo of dinner.
It started snowing heavily again during dinner and didn't stop until 9 p.m.
The manor was covered in snow, which reflected the lights and made the night seem less dark.
At 10:30 p.m., Yan Shiting left another message in the mini-program:
[They're on their way. You go upstairs and sleep first.]
Yu Li was indeed feeling sleepy, but she didn't want to go upstairs to sleep first.
Just then, Yan Sui was waiting in the living room for a late-night snack, so he stayed as well and left a string of circles for Yan Shiting in the mini-program.
At eleven o'clock, Yan Shiting returned.
As I walked up from the parking lot to the living room on the first floor, I saw Yu Li leaning against the back of the sofa, half asleep.
Nearby, Yan Sui had just finished his late-night snack and was tidying up the coffee table.
Yan Shiting glanced at Yan Sui and said in a deep voice, "Why haven't you gone upstairs to sleep yet?"
Yu Li was briefly brought to her senses by his words.
He subconsciously thought Yan Shiting was talking to him, so he said, "Yes..."
Before he could even say "I'm waiting for you," Yan Sui replied from the side, "I just had a late-night snack, I'll be upstairs now."
He didn't hear Yu Li's voice just now, and quickly tidied up the coffee table after he finished speaking.
"Brother, I'm going to sleep now."
After he finished speaking, he waved to Yu Li and said, "Come on, Yu Li, let's go upstairs to sleep."
"Look how sleepy you are. We've known each other for four years, and you're still being so polite when you come to my house. Next time, don't worry about what I'm doing, just go upstairs and sleep if you're sleepy."
Yu Li, being invited by him, felt it inappropriate to stay in the living room any longer.
He turned back and gave Yan Shiting an apologetic look before following Yan Sui upstairs.
Once the two figures disappeared around the corner of the stairs, Yan Shiting rubbed his temples and went into the kitchen to heat up a glass of milk.
He carried the milk upstairs to the second floor and went straight to Yu Li's room.
Yu Li hadn't locked the door and was waiting for him to come over.
Seeing Yan Shiting walk into the room with a milk in his hand, his face expressionless, he quickly went up to take it from him and kissed Yan Shiting's lips.
"Brother, we can tell Yan Sui about our relationship in a few days."
Until then, he still had to sleep in a separate room from Yan Shiting.
"Mmm." Yan Shiting touched his face and deepened the kiss.
After Yu Li finished drinking her milk and washing up, she sat down in the chair in front of the table.
His hair was still a little damp from the fresh wash, so Yan Shiting brought a hairdryer and stood behind him to dry it.
The hair slipped through my fingers, and after a short while, the hairdryer stopped.
Yu Li leaned against Yan Shiting, closing her eyes in sleepiness.
Yan Shiting put down the hairdryer, bent down, picked him up, and placed him on the bed.
The moment her back touched the bed, Yu Li woke up slightly, grabbed Yan Shiting's sleeve, and said softly, "Brother, don't forget to talk to the baby."
Ever since she could clearly feel the baby moving, Yu Li would ask Yan Shiting to tell her a short story every night before bed.
Yan Shiting took his hand, sat on the edge of the bed, and said in a deep voice, "I remember, go to sleep."
Yu Li nodded groggily and found a more comfortable position in Yan Shiting's arms.
He thought for a moment, then took Yan Shiting's hand and placed it on his stomach before closing his eyes.
Yan Shiting let him do as he pleased, and casually picked up a few short stories on his phone.
Yu Li gradually fell asleep to his deep voice.
As Yan Shiting finished telling the last story and was about to put down his phone, he felt a subtle pressure on the hand that was on Yu Li's stomach.
It was as if the fetus in his belly was moving gently and then touching his hand.
Yan Shiting's body stiffened.
He barely dared to move, and then the little thing gently touched his hand again.
After a short while, the little thing stopped moving.
Yan Shiting remained in that position, looking down at Yu Li.
After a long while, he finally let go of Yu Li, covered her with the blanket, and quietly left the room.
...
The next morning, Yu Li got up and went downstairs, where she saw Butler He handing out red envelopes to other employees in the lobby.
As Lunar New Year's Eve approaches, the employees at the manor will also be given a holiday to go home.
At nine o'clock in the morning, some employees packed their luggage and left one after another.
Yu Li looked at Butler He, who was still wearing a tuxedo, and asked with some confusion, "Uncle He, aren't you going back?"
Butler He turned around and said, "There's no one home, so I won't be going back."
Yu Li was slightly taken aback. "I'm sorry, Uncle He."
Butler He paused for a moment, then chuckled and said, "That's not what you think..."
He was about to explain something when he saw the security guard bring over the duty roster.
Butler He quickly said, "Young Master Yu, I have something to attend to. You go and play with the young master first."
Yu Li nodded: "Okay, Uncle He, you can take your time."
He turned and left, and by the French windows in the corridor, he saw Yan Sui clearing snow from the garden.
Yu Li thought for a moment, then changed into non-slip shoes and went outside to help Yan Sui clear the snow.
He casually asked about the family members of Butler He.
"Uncle He?" Yan Sui was a little surprised, then sighed, "Alas, Uncle He had just graduated from university and, remembering that he had received financial support from my parents while studying, came to my house as a housekeeper."
"As a result, his relatives didn't quite understand. They called him a lackey, a good-for-nothing, and said some other very nasty things. After that, Uncle He didn't want to have anything to do with them anymore."
That's why Butler He said, "No one is home."
After hearing this, Yu Li felt a little less guilty.
He could understand Butler He's actions; it was better not to acknowledge such relatives.
Yesterday's heavy snow weighed down some of the flowers and plants in the garden, and the gardener hired by the Yan family is digging out some of the poorly maintained plants in preparation for moving them to the greenhouse.
Yan Sui and Yu Li also stepped forward to help.
The soil was wet and soft, and after helping out, both of them had mud on their hands and shoes.
It was almost lunchtime, so Yan Sui and Yu Li hurried back to the villa.
Yan Sui walked quickly, and after changing his shoes at the villa, he ran to wash his hands.
Yu Li lagged a few steps behind, keeping her hands outstretched to prevent the mud from getting on her clothes.
As he stepped inside, his eyes met those of Yan Shiting, who was standing in the entryway.
Seeing the dirt on his hands, Yan Shiting took a pack of wet wipes and helped him clean them.
Then, she naturally squatted down and helped him take off his dirty shoes.
After becoming pregnant, Yu Li found it difficult to bend over, so whenever Yan Shiting was around, he was the one who changed her shoes almost always.
His shoes were covered in wet, soft mud, and when Yan Shiting helped him change them, some of it inevitably got on his long, slender hands as well.
In the living room, Yan Sui, having washed his hands, stood by the sofa, looking at the entrance with a shocked expression.
Why is his brother helping Yu Li change her shoes?
Besides, isn't his brother supposed to be very clean? How come he didn't even frown when his hands got dirty?
Filled with doubt, Yan Sui frowned.
During lunch, Yan Sui seemed somewhat distracted.
He looked up and saw his brother reach out to serve Yu Li a bowl of soup.
this……
Yan Sui suddenly remembered that his brother seemed to have done something similar two months ago.
At the time, he thought his brother treated Yu Li the same way he treated him, but now, the more he thinks about it, the stranger it seems.
These two incidents are not the only strange things that have happened.
After lunch, Yu Li sat on the sofa eating fruit. Yan Sui went to the kitchen to get a drink, but when he went out, he saw his brother had peeled a pear and put it in Yu Li's hand.
Yan Sui was startled again, then fell into deep thought.
He walked over discreetly, secretly observing his brother's every move.
After a while, Yu Li felt sleepy and went upstairs to take a nap.
Upon seeing this, Yan Sui quickly went upstairs and pulled his brother up to the small study.
After closing the door, under Yan Shiting's indifferent gaze, Yan Sui hesitated for a moment before asking:
"Brother, do you like Yu Li?"
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