Chapter 32
It was late at night, the lights outside the window were flickering.
The sofa was some distance away from the French window, and sitting here, one could actually not see the night scenery of the street or the river, only the sparsely scattered night sky.
But Yan Shiting sitting next to Yu Li felt that the view outside the French window was not bad for the first time.
In the past few years, he had looked out of the French window countless times.
It was not because he found this behavior interesting, but because he felt more at peace when alone in the darkness.
Now, the act of "watching the scenery" brought him something more than just calmness.
Yan Shiting slowly withdrew his gaze.
Next to him, Yu Li had already fallen asleep leaning against the back of the sofa.
Yan Shiting stood up and bent down to pick him up.
It was very light.
Yan Shiting was slightly startled.
During this period, he had already paid attention to the nutritional combination of Yu Li's diet, but the person in his arms was still so light.
Yan Shiting slowly frowned, then walked steadily towards Yu Li's room.
Seemingly sensing a familiar scent, Yu Li lightly turned his head and trustingly rubbed against Yan Shiting's shoulder.
Yan Shiting lowered his gaze at him, his expression obscure and unclear.
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The next morning, Yan Shiting sent Yu Li back to school.
Sitting at the dormitory desk for a while, Yu Li got up to pack his things.
Other than him, the only one in the dormitory was Xu Bin.
Seeing his movements, Xu Bin was slightly stunned and frowned as he asked, "Are you moving out?"
Yu Li paused.
Originally he planned to move out in a few days, but when he thought of Yan Shiting's figure standing by the window last night, he didn't want to delay it any longer.
Yu Li nodded and stuffed his computer into his backpack: "Yes."
Xu Bin instinctively asked, "Where are you going?"
Yu Li casually replied, "Outside."
Xu Bin didn't say anything else, the look in his eyes towards Yu Li was a bit complicated, as if suppressing something.
But when Yu Li turned to look at him, he recovered to normal.
Now there was no need to move all his things, so Yu Li only packed some of his daily necessities and clothes.
After packing, Yu Li put on his backpack and pulled his suitcase, ready to leave.
Just as he opened the door, he heard Xu Bin's voice again: "Li'er, are we going to celebrate our birthdays together this year?"
His birthday was only a day earlier than Yu Li's. For the past three years, Liu Jiafan and Yan Sui had always had their birthdays celebrated on the same day.
The first year was on Xu Bin's birthday, the second year on Yu Li's birthday.
If they were going to celebrate together again, this year it should be on Yu Li's birthday.
Yu Li turned around and looked at Xu Bin with a somewhat puzzled expression.
He still remembered Xu Bin's strange reaction yesterday.
He could sense that Xu Bin was definitely dissatisfied with him in some way, but now that he was asking if they should celebrate their birthdays together, he was a bit confused.
Xu Bin smiled and said in a normal tone, "Let's celebrate together, it's the last year."
"I got a discount coupon for the hot spring resort, four of them, so we can all go."
Yu Li pressed his lips tightly, but still nodded.
After all, Xu Bin's dissatisfaction with him was just his guess, and their relationship on the surface was not strained, if he didn't go, Liu Zong, the peacemaker, would probably ask endless questions.
"Okay."
After saying that, Yu Li nodded to Xu Bin and left.
Knowing that Yan Shiting was busy, Yu Li felt embarrassed to bother him to pick him up, so he took the bus and subway by himself to Wan Ting.
After signing the prenuptial agreement, Yan Shiting had someone enter Yu Li's information, so he didn't encounter any obstruction from the security when entering the residential area.
The elevator stopped at the 21st floor, Yu Li walked out and stood in front of the dark-colored password door, his mood somewhat peculiar.
A week ago, when he just signed the agreement, he was still feeling anxious about living with Yan Shiting.
But now, he had already calmed down.
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Around 11 o'clock in the evening, Yan Shiting finished work and returned.
As soon as he opened the door and saw the lit living room, he was slightly stunned.
Half a month ago, the same thing had happened.
That time, it was because Yu Li had left the light on for him.
This time...
Yan Shiting stepped over to the sofa and saw the sleeping Yu Li covered with a blanket.
The young man was curled up sleeping, his face pressed into the sofa, his pale skin in stark contrast to the black leather sofa.
That blanket should be the one he brought from school, a soft beige color, becoming one of the few warm colors in this apartment.
Yan Shiting quietly looked at him for a while, then bent down to try to carry him back to the bedroom.
His hand had just touched the blanket when Yu Li's eyelashes fluttered and he sleepily opened his eyes.
However, he just mumbled "You're back" and fell asleep again.
Yan Shiting then gently picked him up.
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Cohabiting with Yan Shiting began like this.
At first, Yu Li always wanted to wait for Yan Shiting to get off work and come back, but he would always end up falling asleep on the sofa.
Carrying him back to his room had become a must-do thing for Yan Shiting every night after he returned.
Yu Li was asleep and couldn't see the somewhat gentle expression on Yan Shiting's face when he carried him.
However, compassion won out in the end, and in less than two days, Yan Shiting started coming home on time, keeping Yu Li company for dinner and studying.
There was no study room in the large flat, only the office desk in the living room, and in a few days the tabletop had Yu Li's computer, stationery, and books.
Behind the office desk, on the same model office chair as Yan Shiting's, there was a small fish-shaped lumbar support and a beige seat cushion, in stark contrast to Yan Shiting's chair with no decoration.
There was also a double-seater rocking chair by the French window, occasionally the two would sit together and watch the scenery.
In addition, there were thick carpets in Yu Li's bedroom and by the sofa in the living room.
The corners of the tables and coffee tables were also wrapped with bumpers...
A week later, standing at the bedroom door, Yu Li looked at the greatly changed living room, and he almost forgot what it was like originally.
He had originally thought that he and Yan Shiting should both adapt to each other for a period of time.
But unexpectedly, he had naturally left his own traces in Yan Shiting's domain.
It felt a bit unreal.
Yu Li was a bit dazed, then he heard Yan Shiting's deep voice say to him:
"Let's go."
Today, he was already 12 weeks pregnant, it was time for the first prenatal checkup.
Yu Li came back to his senses and followed Yan Shiting's steps.
In the Yan family hospital, Yu Li lay on the ultrasound examination bed and heard the doctor say:
"The fetus is developing very well."
The thoughts that had been floating in his mind all morning finally settled down.
He sighed softly.
For some reason, hearing the doctor say that the fetus was developing well, he felt more of a sense of reality about his pregnancy.
As if he had previously only accepted a general concept, and now he was actually starting to experience its real existence.
Seeing that Yu Li's expression was not rejecting, the doctor smiled gently and asked, "Have you decided to keep this child?"
The marriage between Yu Li and Yan Shiting was originally not planned to be told to anyone.
But the decision to keep the child was something that had to be told to Dr. Yan and Dr. Xu.
He nodded and said, "Yes."
The doctor then asked, "Will the other parent of this child be raising it with you?"
Yu Li knew she was Yan Shiting's aunt, but he was not sure if she knew that the other parent of the child was Yan Shiting.
Hearing her ask this, Yu Li felt a bit embarrassed.
Admitting his relationship with Yan Shiting in front of an elder made him very uncomfortable.
But after hesitating for a while, Yu Li still confessed honestly, "Actually, the other parent of the child is Yan Shiting. We have decided to raise it together."
The doctor looked at Yu Li deeply for a long time, then said, "That's great."
She understood that for Yan Shiting, Yu Li's agreement was a very good thing.
Otherwise, Yan Shiting might never have taken any action.
The ultrasound examination was soon over.
Yu Li wiped the coupling agent off his abdomen, then was led by the doctor to do the early Down syndrome screening.
"I'll contact you on WeChat when the results of the Down syndrome screening come out."
After saying that, the doctor looked at Yan Shiting and said, "You need to remember the time of the prenatal checkups every four weeks."
"As for the other precautions, I've already told you last time, so I won't nag now."
Yan Shiting nodded: "Thank you, aunt."
Yu Li was startled when he heard this, with a puzzled look in his eyes.
Other precautions? Last time?
The doctor glanced at him, but then changed the subject: "The old lady's health is not good, have you visited her?"
Yan Shiting just said in a deep voice, "I've had the doctor go check on her."
The doctor chuckled lightly: "I also heard from Butler He that Yan Sui has been going to the manor frequently in the past few days, but hasn't been going much lately. The old lady really misses him and keeps asking people to invite him to the manor."
She sighed wistfully: "She really loves Yan Sui wholeheartedly."
Yan Shiting did not immediately respond.
He was silent for a while, then said, "Perhaps so."
Then he looked at Yu Li, "Let's go."
Yu Li snapped out of it and nodded.
Watching the two of them leave, the doctor sighed slowly.
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On the way back to Wan Ting, Yu Li leaned against the car window and thought about what the doctor had said.
Last time, the other precautions.
Does that mean that after he was found to be pregnant, Yan Shiting had consulted Dr. Yan about the precautions during pregnancy?
No wonder Yan Shiting was so clear about the tastes Yu Li would like after the pregnancy.
But Yan Shiting had never mentioned it in front of him.
At his hometown, if the hotel staff hadn't let it slip, Yu Li might never have known that the congee was personally cooked by Yan Shiting.
Yan Shiting had actually been caring for him practically in his actions, but had never wanted to express it.
Yu Li pressed his lips tightly, quietly looking at Yan Shiting.
He also thought about Yan Shiting and Yan Sui's argument that night.
He understood that the two sentences Yan Shiting said were definitely not blaming Yan Sui, on the contrary, Yan Shiting must be very worried about Yan Sui as well.
Yu Li had always known that Yan Shiting loved his brother Yan Sui the most.
Like satisfying all of Yan Sui's reasonable demands, like that medical kit that would never run out of medicine.
How could he think that Yan Sui was a burden or a waste?
Yu Li felt like he might have a bit of an understanding, that Yan Shiting seemed to... not love, or rather, not willing to express his own emotions.
I don't trust that roommate bastard!!!!
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