Part 2
Yu Li felt Yan Shiting's grip on his hand tighten.
They walked forward, Yan Shiting still looking ahead, saying faintly:
"Yu Li, I also consider myself an ordinary, common person. I have strengths and weaknesses, good and bad."
"The definition of 'ordinary' and 'common' comes from our different standards. You think you are ordinary and common because your reference standard is different. Unbeknownst to you, in the eyes of others, you are actually not ordinary, not common."
Yan Shiting looked at him deeply after speaking.
Yu Li was slightly taken aback.
He remembered that he had indeed seen Yan Shiting's "ordinary person" side before, feeling tired, getting sick, and feeling sad as well.
He is not as lofty, picky, and proud as the stereotypical impression.
Instead, he is very humble and unassuming.
Previously, it was Yu Li being too self-deprecating, using his own standards to divide him and Yan Shiting into two different worlds.
But in reality, without his own standards, he and Yan Shiting are not that different.
Moreover, even if the worlds are different, so what? He can enter Yan Shiting's world, and Yan Shiting can also come to his world.
Yu Li's heart was racing rapidly.
He could feel that there were some thoughts in his heart, as if they were about to emerge.
After understanding it, Yu Li still gently suppressed it.
He curved his lips into a smile, shaking the hand held by Yan Shiting and said softly, "I see, thank you."
By this time, the two of them had already walked out of the night market area.
Yu Li noticed that they were not on the way back to the hotel room, but walking up the mountain.
He looked around and asked, "Where are we going?"
Yan Shiting didn't say anything, just holding his hand and walking forward. After climbing up the stairs, they came to a platform.
The platform was circular, from here one could see the entire villa.
The brightly lit hotel main building, the bustling night market, the fan-shaped water park, and the tiered hot spring pools in the distance... All in sight.
However, maybe because there were not many people in the water park, it was now dark without any lights.
Yan Shiting led Yu Li to the long bench at the front of the platform and sat him down, saying, "Take a look at the night view."
Yu Li was taken aback.
He looked at the villa, then up at the night sky.
On the mountain, the stars in the night sky were very clear and close, as if within reach.
"It's so beautiful," Yu Li murmured, looking at the starry sky.
This was indeed a great spot to enjoy the night view.
Gazing at this beautiful scenery, the gloominess in his heart also seemed to disappear.
Yu Li swung his feet happily.
Next to him, Yan Shiting tilted his head, his gaze fixed on him.
Yu Li sensed it and turned to look at him.
The dazzling lights of the villa could also illuminate this platform to some extent.
The bench was wider than the rocking chair at home, but when they sat down just now, they didn't unconsciously keep their distance.
So now, there was only a fist's distance between the two.
Yu Li could see Yan Shiting's focused gaze.
In the beautiful phoenix eyes, his figure was reflected.
After a moment, Yu Li saw Yan Shiting's gaze shift downwards, gently falling on his lips.
Yu Li felt a bit nervous.
He could hear his rapidly beating heart, and his breathing unconsciously slowed down.
Is he going to kiss?
But...
In the distance, there was some movement in the water park area.
Yu Li unconsciously turned his head, surprised to see the lights in the water park area gradually turning on.
The water park facilities had all been dismantled, leaving only a large pool.
Now, the surface of the water was gradually lit up.
Those lights seemed to be lanterns, floating on the water surface, forming the shape of a small fish.
The small fish also seemed to be able to swim in the water, constantly changing position, sometimes the light would dim, as if it had submerged into the water, and then jump out again, the light changing lively.
Yu Li was captivated by the sight, forgetting what had just happened, staring blankly for a while.
Then he turned to Yan Shiting and said, "I didn't expect the villa to have such a performance arrangement."
Yan Shiting sat up straight and nodded.
He looked at the time on his phone, it was already 11:30 pm.
Yan Shiting tightened his fingers, and the paper bag he was holding made a slight sound.
Yu Li lowered his head curiously to look.
Since he saw Yan Shiting, he had been wondering what was in the paper bag.
The next moment, Yan Shiting's long fingers gradually opened the paper bag and took out a square box.
Yu Li's hand resting on his thigh suddenly clenched tightly.
However, the box contained a wristwatch.
Yu Li slowly exhaled.
He had unintentionally overthought it.
Yan Shiting took out the watch and put it on Yu Li's left wrist, holding his hand and looking at it for a while before saying, "Yu Li, happy 22nd birthday."
Happy birthday...
Yu Li paused, realizing something, his hand trembling slightly.
He looked at the lantern fish in the water park, then at the watch on his hand.
If the villa was going to arrange a water park performance, they wouldn't start so late.
Yu Li suddenly understood that all of this was what Yan Shiting had prepared for him.
So that's why he brought him to this elevated platform, because the view here is the clearest.
Then, when he saw Yan Shiting near the water park earlier, it wasn't an illusion, he really went there to arrange these lanterns, right?
But Yan Shiting, once again, did not express it.
Although he was so good at comforting people and analyzing situations, he just didn't want to express his inner feelings.
Yu Li felt a sting in his nose.
He turned to look at Yan Shiting, deliberately asking, "Did you come to the villa specifically for my birthday, or did you happen to have business here and then ran into me?"
Yan Shiting didn't answer.
Yu Li knew he didn't want to express it.
He bit his lip and said, "If you don't say it, I'll never know."
Then, his eyelashes fluttered, and he lowered his eyes sadly.
Yan Shiting pressed his lips tightly.
But looking at Yu Li's anxious expression, he still said in a low voice, "I came for you."
Yu Li quickly asked again, "The lantern fish, did you arrange that as well?"
Yan Shiting's hand clenched slightly into a fist.
He didn't like to express too clearly the things he had done, as if it would make him seem to be seeking something in return.
But looking at Yu Li's teary eyes, he still nodded again: "Yes."
Yu Li looked at Yan Shiting, smiled lightly, and suddenly hugged him.
He said, "Thank you, brother, I love it!"
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