Part 2
When he was about to discard a six bamboo on the seventh draw, a hand suddenly reached out from behind him and played a five dot instead.
"Play this one."
A voice as cold as the winter wind rang out.
Yu Li turned his head and found that Yan Shiting was standing behind him.
Seeing his action, Yan Shiting slowly lowered his gaze, his calm pupils reflecting Yu Li's image.
Yu Li paused, then carefully thought it through, realizing that the tile Yan Shiting had played for him was indeed the best move, allowing him to try for a clean suit again by keeping the six bamboo.
"Thank you, Elder Brother Yan." He smiled at Yan Shiting, feeling relieved, and turned his attention back to the game.
Yu Li didn't see the suddenly stiff expressions on the other three people's faces.
In the past, at such gatherings, Yan Shiting never even spared them a glance, let alone come over and play mahjong with them.
Just as they had said, Yan Shiting's social circle would never be theirs.
But now, Yan Shiting had actually come to watch them play mahjong, and even actively pointed out a move, his gaze also quite gentle!
Was the sun rising from the west today?
Yan Sui's cousin secretly glanced at Yan Shiting again, but this time he caught a cold gaze.
Ah...
The gentleness was just an illusion.
When this round ended, Yan Sui came back from the washroom.
Seeing Yan Shiting sitting beside Yu Li, he was also taken aback.
"Brother, what are you doing here?"
The question echoed the thoughts of the other three at the mahjong table.
Yan Shiting swept a glance at Yu Li and stood up, saying, "It's time to start the meal, I came to call you all."
He then walked away.
The three of them unanimously heaved a sigh of relief, getting up to tidy the mahjong table.
Before the meal, Yan Sui was called over to sit at a table by Grandma Yan.
The others sitting there were all the children of her friends, apparently wanting to introduce Yan Sui to them.
Watching from a table away, Yu Li noticed that Yan Sui's smile had a hint of bitterness.
Halfway through the meal, Yan Sui finally broke free and slipped over to Yu Li's table.
He settled the accounts with the three he had just played mahjong with, then happily held his phone and said to Yu Li, "Little Fish, I won money, the first time I've won money playing mahjong with them!"
Yan Sui's cousin teased, "It's your friend who won."
Yan Sui said, "Little Fish was my proxy player, his win is my win."
Yu Li smiled and asked him, "How much did you win?"
Yan Sui held up two fingers, "Two dollars! I said the winnings would be yours."
Among friends, playing mahjong was just for fun, the stakes weren't high.
Although Yan Sui had triggered a few cannons, fortunately Yu Li had won two clean suit hands, so he won back the losses.
Yan Sui was about to send Yu Li a red envelope, but Yu Li suddenly said, "In that last round, I was able to win the clean suit thanks to Elder Brother Yan's reminder."
He paused and said, "So, I'll split it with him."
Of course, Yan Shiting didn't care about a few dollars.
But today was Grandma Yan's birthday, and she had so obviously differentiated between the two brothers, even saying those divisive words.
This made Yu Li feel a bit uneasy, he didn't want any rift to form between the brothers.
Just now, the reason Yan Shiting had come to watch them play mahjong was probably because he saw Yan Sui there.
If Yan Sui was only surprised by this, and saw Yan Shiting as being in a different world like his cousin did, then Yan Shiting might feel disappointed.
"Thank you, brother, for letting him feel a bit more involved."
Yan Sui was taken aback.
Hearing the words "feel involved", he suddenly understood.
Yes, he won money, such a happy event, and his brother was involved in it.
"Little Fish, thank you for the reminder."
Yan Sui chuckled and sent his brother a red envelope on his phone.
[Bro, I won money! Because of that last round, you reminded Little Fish, so you get a share too. *grinning emoji*]
[Thank you bro! *flower scattering emoji*]
In the distance, Yan Shiting, sitting with several major group leaders, lowered his head to look at his phone.
His gaze lingered on Yan Sui's two messages for dozens of seconds, his thumb on the side rubbing the phone a few times before opening the red envelope.
Then he received one dollar.
Jiang Miao, sitting to Yan Shiting's left, suddenly noticed that the originally fierce look in his boss's eyes had become somewhat gentle.
...
After Grandma Yan's birthday, Yan Sui's birthday was also coming up soon.
That day, Yu Li was at work when an unexpected person came to find him.
In the small meeting room, Yu Li looked at the opposite Xu Changke in surprise: "You're asking me, what does Yan Sui like?"
"Mm-hmm." Xu Changke clasped her hands, "I know what I like and dislike, and Aui knows, but I don't know what his preferences are. You're his very good friend, you must know what he likes the most, right?"
Yu Li thought for a while.
He had heard his roommate Liu Cong say before that when people are in love, they would initially put on a show, trying to present their best side.
Xu Changke and Yan Sui had been dating for less than a month, so it was normal for her to feel she didn't understand Yan Sui enough.
Yu Li said, "I only know that he likes to build Lego."
"Eh?" Xu Changke paused slightly, "Lego?"
Yu Li nodded, "He's built a lot, the Yan family even has a room just for him to display his built Lego."
"Once he told us that before the college entrance exam, he was under a lot of stress, so he just spent half a day in the room building Lego to relieve the pressure."
Xu Changke lowered her gaze, pursed her lips in thought, then suddenly smiled, "That's a bit unexpected."
"The Aui in front of me, although he looks quite childish, whenever he encounters something, he's the one taking care of me."
Yu Li listened calmly, and after she finished, he said, "Maybe he doesn't want you to think he's too immature."
He inwardly sighed.
Love is such a strange thing, it can make the carefree person become meticulous, and it can make the childish person go protect and take care of others.
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