Chapter 44 part 1
When he said the word "want", Yu Li felt that his confusion from the whole afternoon seemed to disappear.
He was in a relaxed mood, and that night he and Yan Shiting looked through a lot of materials together, and finally decided on the school and major he would apply for.
It wasn't until he fell asleep that Yu Li didn't pay attention to what Yan Shiting said about the other matters.
Until two days later, when he woke up, he saw an extra desk in the living room, forming an L-shape with Yan Shiting's large office desk, and there were many postgraduate exam review materials and practice questions on the bookshelves behind the desk.
In addition, Jiang Miao had also added his friend and sent him a few documents.
【Mr. Yu, these are the profiles of some teachers that Yan Zong has already screened for you. Take your time to select them. If you are not satisfied, I will find a few more for you.】
Yu Li opened one of the files and looked at it.
At the beginning was a resume, followed by the teacher's teaching experience.
Yu Li exited the file and replied to Jiang Miao: 【Who are these teachers?】
Jiang Miao: 【Online teachers who will give you one-on-one lessons, ready at any time. Just contact them when you need a class.】
【If Mr. Yu feels awkward, I can take care of contacting them for you :- D】
Yu Li: 【This, won't it be too much trouble for you?】
After all, Jiang Miao was Yan Shiting's assistant and was already very busy.
Jiang Miao: 【Don't worry, Mr. Yu, Yan Zong will give me extra pay.】
Yu Li: !
His fingers paused, but he still typed a reply: 【Then thank you.】
【You're welcome~】
From Jiang Miao's two lively symbols, Yu Li could see his delight.
Without bothering others, he finally put down the feeling of awkwardness in his heart.
In the past, when Yan Shiting went to the company during the day, Yu Li could only sleep or read books.
Now with something to do every day, his life gradually became more fulfilling.
His best time of the day was in the mornings, when he would take two online classes, and then after his midday nap, he would do some more exercises before Yan Shiting came back.
In the evenings after dinner, he would curl up in the rocking chair and read books, while Yan Shiting would handle work, occasionally feeding him snacks and fruits.
One morning, Yu Li received a message, an invitation from Yan Sui to attend his brother's birthday banquet.
Three years ago, Yan Sui had invited him once before.
That was the only time in these past few years that Yu Li had "celebrated Yan Shiting's birthday".
Afterwards, because of Yan Shiting's "warning", Yu Li never went again.
Now, after living with Yan Shiting for a while, Yu Li also gradually understood that what he thought was a warning was actually just Yan Shiting's objective statement.
It was just that Yan Shiting's expression was cold, and he was Yan Sui's own brother, so Yu Li felt those words were not very pleasant and rather discouraging.
【Come on, come on? I see your relationship with my brother is pretty good, come and have some fun!】
Coming back to his senses, Yu Li looked at the message on the phone screen and was silent for a moment.
His relationship with Yan Shiting is more than just "pretty good".
Yu Li thought about it, but still refused: 【I won't attend the banquet.】
He had seen Yan Shiting's identity information on the marriage certificate, and knew that the day of the banquet was not Yan Shiting's birthday, but the day before his birthday.
Yan Sui was a bit disappointed: 【Really not coming? This banquet is planned by me and Uncle He, for sure nothing like the incident at the last party will happen.】
He thought Yu Li was psychologically scarred by the incident at the party, so he didn't want to attend.
Yu Li: 【It has nothing to do with the party incident, I just don't like crowded and noisy places.】
Yan Sui: 【Okay, okay, I understand. I'll pack up some desserts for you after the banquet.】
Yu Li replied with a "mm" emoticon.
He didn't attend the banquet, but it didn't mean he didn't want to celebrate Yan Shiting's birthday.
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This year's birthday for Yan Shiting was the first time Yu Li celebrated it with him since they were together.
This date held an extraordinary meaning for Yu Li.
Yu Li had specially prepared a birthday gift for him over the past few days.
On the night of December 20th, Yu Li took a car and arrived at the Yan family's manor after 10 o'clock.
The banquet at the manor had just ended, and there were still traces of confetti on the red carpet.
Uncle He was helping clean up, and when he saw Yu Li, his eyes lit up: "Young Master Yu, you're here."
He glanced towards the northeast side of the courtyard, "The young master has already drunk too much and gone to sleep, the master is in the plum grove."
Plum grove?
Yu Li was slightly taken aback.
The first time he "celebrated Yan Shiting's birthday" was on the night of Yan Shiting's birthday banquet. After witnessing how unattainable Yan Sui's family was, he felt choked up and wandered to the plum grove, coincidentally encountering Yan Shiting there.
Unexpectedly, after the banquet today, Yan Shiting had still gone to that plum grove.
Did that plum grove hold some special meaning?
Yu Li put aside his thoughts, thanked Uncle He, and quickly headed towards the plum grove.
There were many plants in the Yan family courtyard, with the most being plum blossoms, occupying a third of the courtyard and forming a small plum grove.
This month, the plum blossoms had already bloomed.
The yellow flowers hung on the branches, and as soon as he walked in, he could smell the dense fragrance.
After going around two plum trees, Yu Li saw Yan Shiting's figure.
Though it was cold today, Yan Shiting had taken off his coat, rolled up his shirt sleeves, and was holding a pruning shear, trimming the branches of a plum tree.
When Yu Li approached, Yan Shiting heard the footsteps and turned his head, his gaze softening for a moment.
"Does this season also require pruning the branches?" Yu Li bent down and picked up a branch.
The branch also had some yellow plum blossoms, smelling very fragrant.
"To shape the form." Yan Shiting replied in a low voice.
"These branches are thinner and interwoven with the branches of the surrounding plum trees, it will look messy."
Yu Li uttered an "oh".
Yan Shiting handed the pruning shear to him and asked, "Want to try?"
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