Chapter 37 part 1
The rain gradually grew heavier.
The funeral had ended, and the guests slowly descended the mountain and left the cemetery.
Yan Shiting, who had been standing in front of Grandmother Yan's grave, also turned to leave and prepare to go down the mountain.
Yu Li silently held an umbrella and followed behind him.
There were too many people at the funeral, and he still dared not reveal his close relationship with Yan Shiting. In these past few days, he had not dared to get too close to Yan Shiting.
Yan Shiting did not know that Yu Li was following behind him.
After walking past a few rows of gravestones, Yan Shiting turned his steps and walked in another direction.
Yu Li was a little puzzled, and then he heard Doctor Yan say beside him, "That's the direction of Shiting's parents' graves. He should be planning to go and visit them."
Yu Li remained silent, looking at the back of Yan Shiting, and then turned to Doctor Yan and said, "I'll go keep him company. Doctor Yan, you can go first."
Doctor Yan seemed a little surprised, pausing for a moment before nodding and saying, "Okay, the ground is slippery, be careful."
She hesitated for a moment and then said, "Yu Li, if you want to know more, you can just ask Shiting directly."
"Some things have been weighing on his heart for a long time."
Yu Li stood there dumbfounded for a long time before nodding and following in the direction Yan Shiting had taken, holding the umbrella.
After walking for a while, he saw Yan Shiting stop in front of a double-person joint burial grave.
Yu Li suddenly stopped in his tracks, looking at Yan Shiting's back.
The heavy rain poured down, the raindrops falling to the ground and splashing up.
Even though he was holding an umbrella, Yan Shiting's pants legs were still wet from the rain.
The wind was strong, his coat fluttering wildly in the wind and rain.
Yu Li watched for a long time.
Somehow, he suddenly remembered the day of Grandmother Yan's birthday banquet, Yan Shiting under the ivy-covered wall.
At that time, he had only seen that Yan Shiting was heavy-hearted, but now, the image of Yan Shiting in the wind and rain overlapping with the image under the ivy, Yu Li finally understood that Yan Shiting was also very sad at that time.
Yu Li tightened his lips.
He stepped forward and silently stood behind Yan Shiting.
Seemingly sensing his arrival, Yan Shiting slowly turned around.
The moment he saw Yu Li, there was a slight change in Yan Shiting's gaze.
Before Yu Li could discern it, Yan Shiting stepped forward and grabbed his hand, saying, "Let's go."
Yu Li glanced sideways at the double-person joint burial grave.
Yan Shiting spoke again in a low voice, "I'll bring you here next time."
Yu Li withdrew his gaze and looked at Yan Shiting.
After a moment, he nodded lightly, "Okay. Brother, if you're not going to the company this afternoon, let's go home together."
Yan Shiting tightened his grip on Yu Li's hand and also nodded, "Mm, I'm not going."
Going home together.
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After going down the mountain, there were not many people left at the bottom.
Arriving at the parking lot, Yu Li saw Yan Sui standing in the corner, confronting two people from a distance.
He looked closely and found that one of the people facing Yan Sui was the same one who had previously said that Yan Shiting was cold-blooded and heartless.
At this moment, that person's expression was clearly a little guilty, with a bright red slap mark on his left cheek.
Yu Li glanced at Yan Shiting, who was talking to Doctor Yan, and walked towards Yan Sui, wanting to see what had happened.
As he approached, Yu Li heard Yan Sui say in a vicious tone, "Zhou Xuetao, if my brother doesn't recognize his own kin, what am I? Do you think I don't know how my brother treats his family?"
"If you dare, just say those words in front of my brother next time."
The man next to Zhou Xuetao, who looked a few years older, quickly said, "I'm sorry, Yan Sui. My brother has been spoiled by the family. I will have my father discipline him when we go back."
The man's face was anxious, and after speaking, he glared angrily at the one called Zhou Xuetao.
"Hurry up and apologize to him!"
Zhou Xuetao's mouth twitched a few times, and he muttered, "Sorry, Yan Sui."
Yu Li's footsteps slowed to a stop.
It seems that Yan Sui had overheard this person's criticism of Yan Shiting, so he confronted the person.
Judging from the current situation, it seems the matter has already been resolved.
Yu Li thought about it and still turned around and left, heading deeper into the parking lot to find Yan Shiting.
After staying up all night to keep vigil, Yan Shiting was a little tired, and after getting in the car, he began to close his eyes and rest.
Yu Li raised the partition and took Yan Shiting's hand.
Yan Shiting grasped his hand in return.
Neither of them said anything.
The car drove away from West Mountain Park, and the heavy rain pounded the ground relentlessly for a long time.
Yu Li did not fall asleep in the car, occasionally looking out the window at the scenery, and occasionally glancing at the resting Yan Shiting.
He suddenly thought of what he had just heard, the words Yan Sui had said to Zhou Xuetao.
It was clear that Yan Sui was very aware of how well his brother treated him and cared about his brother.
Yan Shiting didn't have many family members and friends around him, and Yu Li didn't want the two brothers to develop resentment because of that day's small incident.
Yu Li bit his lip, determined in his heart.
When they arrived at Wan Ting, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.
Due to the heavy rain, the sky was gloomy, and the house was a little dark.
Yan Shiting was about to turn on the lights in the house when he was suddenly hugged from behind by Yu Li.
"Brother."
The muffled voice came from behind his back.
Yan Shiting paused, then heard Yu Li ask, "Brother, do you want to confide in me?"
"If you want to confide, you can tell me."
On the last night at Yu Li's hometown, Yan Shiting had also said these words.
At that time, he knew that Yu Li was in a bad mood, and he wanted to allow Yu Li to express himself and also to understand Yu Li better.
So that night, he heard the usually strong Yu Li speak with a tone of sadness, saying that he missed his father a little.
And now, Yu Li was saying the same words to him.
Perhaps, the purpose was not much different from his own at that time.
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