Chapter 48
"Don't worry, he's just asleep."
Dr. Xu packed up the medical kit and looked at the three standing by the bed: "Judging by Yan Sui's heavy dark circles, he probably didn't sleep all night, and with the extreme emotional fluctuations, he suddenly fainted."
The visibly anxious Butler He finally relaxed, tucking the blanket around Yan Sui: "That's good, that's good."
Yu Li pressed his lips together and said, "Thank you, Dr. Xu."
After telling them about the pregnancy, seeing Yan Sui faint had really scared him.
He knew the news would shock whoever heard it, but he didn't expect it to be to the point of fainting.
Before Dr. Xu arrived, Butler He had asked repeatedly about why Yan Sui fainted, and Yu Li didn't dare to reveal the truth, worried that another person would faint.
"You're welcome." Dr. Xu waved his hand, taking a box of sedative oral liquid from the medical kit. "Have Yan Sui take some of this before bed every night when he wakes up, it can help with insomnia."
"Okay." Butler He placed it on the bedside table, "Dr. Xu, let me see you out."
Dr. Xu nodded.
After the two left the room, Yu Li looked at Yan Shiting, feeling a bit guilty: "I should have waited a while before telling him about the pregnancy."
Yan Shiting stroked his hair and said calmly, "It's not your fault. Even if we had just told him about the marriage, his emotions would have still fluctuated greatly."
After all, before this, Yan Sui had always been worried that he was trying to break up someone else's relationship.
Hearing Yan Shiting's comfort, Yu Li's mood improved somewhat.
Since Yan Sui was just sleeping, the two didn't disturb him further and quietly left the room.
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Yan Sui slept until 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
The winter afternoon sunlight was weaker, not much different from the morning.
Yan Sui looked out the window and stretched out a big yawn.
So, was that just a dream?
Come on, he was just scared, not delusional, how could he not tell the difference between reality and a dream.
Yan Sui sat up, sighed, and randomly ruffled his hair.
He went downstairs, and at the staircase corner, he saw his brother and Yu Li sitting on the living room sofa.
Yu Li also seemed to have just woken up, looking a bit listless.
His brother was spooning fruit into his bowl, gently feeding him.
Yan Sui's footsteps paused.
He had forgotten to pay attention to Yu Li's reaction before, but now thinking back, when his brother helped Yu Li change his shoes, Yu Li didn't reject it at all.
He had been careless.
Yan Sui took a deep breath and sat down on the sofa opposite Yu Li.
"Your nose turned quite red after sleeping." he murmured.
Yu Li looked at him questioningly, but his nose wasn't red at all.
Yan Shiting put down the spoon, giving Yan Sui a calm look.
Yan Sui cleared his throat, sitting up straight and said, "You two have been married for over three months, but only told me now."
He then looked at Yan Shiting with a pitiful gaze, "And Brother, the other day when I asked you, you didn't tell me. Last night you also didn't explain, making me worried all night."
Yu Li was slightly startled, then rubbed his ear sheepishly, "I'm sorry, Yan Sui. It's actually because I wanted to tell you myself, so your brother kept it secret."
Yan Sui's gaze was still pitiful.
Last night, he had misunderstood his brother so much, and his brother didn't explain. So Yan Sui couldn't help but suspect that his brother's silence was intentional.
Under his gaze, Yan Shiting placed the bowl in his hand on the coffee table, calmly saying, "By openly telling you about the marriage, we would inevitably be unable to hide the pregnancy. But male pregnancy is not a common occurrence, so we told you later because we had to consider whether you could accept it."
After Yan Shiting's explanation, Yan Sui didn't bother complaining anymore, but instead became somewhat silent.
That's right, Yu Li's pregnancy must be putting a lot of psychological pressure on him, telling him now is actually quite early.
Thinking about this, Yan Sui quickly looked at Yu Li and comforted, "Yu Li, although I'm indeed very shocked, aside from the shock, I don't have any objections or discrimination against you."
He patted his chest dramatically, "We're good friends after all!"
With Yan Sui livening up the atmosphere, it immediately became much more relaxed.
Yu Li's heart finally felt at ease, and he smiled, "Thank you, Yan Sui."
Yan Sui grinned, looking at Yu Li's belly and asking, "How long have you been pregnant?"
"Over 6 months, the due date is at the end of April."
Yan Sui rubbed his hands, "So in three more months, I'll be an uncle? Good, good, I have time to prepare a gift."
After saying that, he thought of something else, "Over 6 months, so you and my brother were already together before I got into a relationship?"
As soon as he said that, both Yu Li and Yan Shiting fell silent.
They knew Yan Sui was just casually asking, but this question was actually a bit hard to explain.
Finally, Yu Li took a deep breath, gently touching Yan Shiting's hand, as if trying to gain some courage.
Yan Shiting noticed, gently gripping his hand, intertwining their fingers.
Yu Li turned his head, looking at Yan Shiting, gradually calming down.
He said, "We had this child first, and then decided on marriage."
"But no matter the reason before, what's certain now is that your brother and I are a loving couple."
As Yu Li spoke, Yan Shiting's gaze remained on him.
Yan Sui could see how gentle his brother's gaze was now.
He suddenly felt that he had been unexpectedly fed dog food.
He himself wasn't single either, so why did he feel like he had been bullied?
Yan Sui wanted to say something but held back.
Thinking it over, he finally said, "That's good."
No matter what, his icy mountain of a brother had finally melted.
...
Before dinner, Dr. Yan brought Yan Mingyu back to the manor.
The manor staff had mostly gone home for the holidays, only leaving Butler He and a few rotating security guards.
Dinner was cooked by the two Yan brothers.
During the meal, Butler He was about to leave again, but was invited to stay by Dr. Yan.
The dining table suddenly became much livelier.
On New Year's Eve, Yan Sui had wondered what his brother would be like in a relationship.
Today, he got to see it.
The dishes in Yu Li's bowl were almost all served by his brother.
His brother would pick out the fatty meat or bones before putting it in Yu Li's bowl, would skim off the oil on top of the soup before serving, would clean the shrimp thoroughly...
These little things were done with such natural proficiency.
After the meal, they made rolling lanterns in the courtyard, and his brother stood by Yu Li's side, promptly handing him the materials.
Although the two weren't overly intimate, but wherever Yu Li was, his brother would instantly step up and stick close.
Yan Sui seemed to have understood what was wrong, his hand pausing in peeling the bamboo strips.
The past two days, he had been preventing his brother from getting close to Yu Li, obstructing the couple's intimacy, so his brother's lack of explanation last night was probably intentional!
Tsk.
*
After the group finished making the rolling lanterns, it was already dark outside.
Since they had already publicly announced their marriage to Yan Sui, Yan Shiting openly took Yu Li upstairs to his room tonight.
Lying in bed after washing up and applying the stretch mark oil, Yu Li suddenly asked:
"Brother, what happened last night?"
He had been keeping this question in his heart for most of the day.
When Yan Sui woke up this morning and saw them, his first reaction was that something had happened, and in the afternoon he had even complained that his brother didn't explain last night, making him worried...
He didn't know what had happened last night to make Yan Sui so worried.
Yan Shiting's hand paused in unscrewing the bottle cap.
He looked at Yu Li, a rare hint of uneasiness in his phoenix-like eyes: "Last night, he saw me coming out of your room."
Yu Li was stunned for a moment before reacting.
He couldn't help but lean against the headboard and laugh a few times.
"Hahahaha, no wonder."
Given Yan Sui's personality, seeing Yan Shiting come out of his room without knowing their relationship, he must have almost freaked out.
After laughing for a while, Yu Li rubbed his slightly sore cheeks and said, "Then why didn't you explain?"
Yan Shiting fell silent.
The young man in front of him had tears of laughter in his beautiful peach blossom eyes, full of curiosity, his pupils twinkling like stars.
Yan Shiting raised his hand, covering Yu Li's eyes.
He bowed his head in a defeated manner, gently kissing Yu Li a few times, resigned: "Intentional, because he was preventing me from getting close to you."
"And," Yan Shiting paused, still voicing the thoughts in his heart, "he was liked by you before."
He knew Yu Li had completely let go of Yan Sui.
But just thinking that Yan Sui was once liked by Yu Li, he still couldn't help but feel envious and jealous.
So, he even more hoped that Yu Li would be the one to personally tell their relationship.
Such a mindset was simply... unspeakable.
Yu Li blinked, his eyelashes brushing lightly against the palm of Yan Shiting's hand.
He didn't expect Yan Shiting to still be jealous of old flames.
He raised his hand to grab Yan Shiting's wrist, moving that hand away.
"Brother." Yu Li looked at Yan Shiting, smiling tenderly:
"Now and in the future, I only like you."
They had been together for a while, but this was the first time Yu Li had clearly expressed his "like".
Yan Shiting's gaze darkened, his Adam's apple bobbing.
He grabbed Yu Li's hand, after a long while, slowly saying, "Me too."
The emotion in his eyes was indecipherable, but Yu Li knew it must be a response to his own.
Yu Li smiled, leaning in to hug Yan Shiting, teasing:
"Brother, I like your jealous look too."
Yan Shiting pressed his lips tightly, then bowed his head to block his mouth.
In the brief pause between the parting of their lips, he murmured, "It won't happen again."
He now knew Yu Li's feelings, and would no longer feel insecure.
-
The next day was New Year's Eve, and early in the morning after breakfast, the few people in the manor started busying themselves preparing the New Year's Eve dinner.
Everyone made one of their signature dishes, then they worked together on a few main courses.
After Yan Mingyu became familiar with the group, he also joined in to help make the pastries.
It wasn't until 3 pm in the afternoon that the New Year's Eve dinner was finally ready to be eaten.
An extra table was set up in the dining room, and the on-duty security guards were invited to join them for the meal.
Drinking milk, Yu Li looked at the group around him, feeling a bit dazed.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, it started snowing lightly.
Yu Li followed the others to play with the rolling lanterns in the courtyard, and Yan Shiting stood by his side protectively, in case he slipped and fell.
When it got dark, Butler He led the security guards to the lake to ignite the fireworks.
Afraid of the loud sounds of the fireworks, Yu Li was taken by Yan Shiting to hide in the room in advance.
Standing by the floor-to-ceiling window on the third floor, the sound from outside was blocked well by the soundproof glass.
Yu Li lifted his head, watching the purple and red fireworks of various shapes bursting open in the silent night sky.
Yan Shiting stood behind him, hugging him silently as they watched the fireworks together.
As he watched, Yu Li's gaze fell on the floor-to-ceiling window in front of him.
It reflected their figures, and he could see Yan Shiting's tender and affectionate gaze as he looked down at him.
Yu Li couldn't help but smile, turning around to hug Yan Shiting.
The fireworks were also reflected on the window.
The embracing couple would welcome the new year together.
How cute
ReplyDeleteSo cute, I really love this fluffy relationship. I’m also so glad that Yan Sui was so accepted of their relationship as well.
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