In the days that followed, Li Yu basically gave Jian Suiying the cold shoulder. Every day, Jian Suiying would tease and deliberately make things difficult for the younger. In actuality, Jian Dashao disliked doing these low-grade acts before, but Li Yu was far too cold towards him. Only by causing him some trouble can he get a chance to look at the boy some more. Because of this, he became more enthusiastic in tormenting Li Yu.
More than a month had passed. The two boys were very efficient. His 250 cousin’s project made progress. Of course, this kind of project, one that was riddled with issues from the beginning, can’t be sorted out for just a period of a year and a half. At that time, the project was entrusted to them just to train them in this field of business. Now, it became the reason to make Li Yu stay for longer. Because of this project, he wasn’t afraid that Li Yu would suddenly leave his job one day.
Li Yu and Jian Suilin soon started their college life respectively. Their university wasn’t far away so they could drive for about twenty minutes.
Jian Suiying hoped that Li Yu could come to work for a day or two every week, but Li Yu seemed reluctant to do so. He hasn’t gone back after classes started. He only mentioned that he would follow up with Jian Suilin on their project.
Xiao Lin-zi, on the other hand, was very attentive in scheduling his shifts, and could even come over for half a day or two a week.
Jian Suiying was very disappointed. From seeing Li Yu every day to seeing him only twice a month, he found all kinds of excuses to call him back. It was really hard to get used to the situation at the moment.
But soon, his chance had arrived.
On the eve of the eleventh, he received a surprise call from Li Xuan, Li Yu’s older brother.
Li Xuan first exchanged pleasantries with him and then said that he would be coming home during the Mid-Autumn Festival to invite Jian Suiying to dinner. Finally, he mentioned the main reason for their conversation, which was that he found a suitable place in Beihai and asked Jian Suiying if he would like to go with him during the holidays.
This phone call was too timely, and Jian Suiying’s heart was elated. This year’s Mid Autumn Festival and the National Day holiday happened to be next to each other. Since he was in a good mood, he decided to give the employees in the office a nine-day holiday.
Once this news got out, his employees were moved and almost cried.
Actually, Jian Suiying had his own plan. He thought that since he would spend several days in Guangxi during the holidays if he wasn’t watching over the company, his employees will certainly not be invested in their work and won’t be as efficient. Instead of this incident happening, it was better to give them a favor.
The two talked for longer than 20 minutes on this phone. Li Xuan also asked about Li Yu’s performance. Of course, Jian Suiying was full of praise, saying that Li Yu’s absence in the company was quite a loss. Li Xuan was very happy to hear that. Jian Suiying hurriedly expressed his intentions of visiting the Li family during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Li Xuan naturally welcomed him to come.
After hanging up, Jian Suiying began to plan his holiday.
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The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Xuan came back from Guangxi.
Jian Suiying, bringing Lin-zi and a box of gifts along, went to visit the Li family. Li Xuan and Li Yu came out to meet them in person.
They drove the car into the courtyard and took out the gifts from the trunk. Li Xuan smiled at this, “Suiying, you’re too polite. What are you doing bringing over so many things?”
Jian Suiying laughed, “We can’t come here and bring nothing after all.” They laughed and talked as they entered the home.
Li Yu hasn’t seen Jian Suilin for over two weeks. He hardly looked at Jian Suiying’s direction, going straight to Xiao Lin-zi.
When Jian Suiying saw Li Yu’s father, he turned into the kind of modest and polite young man. He flattered him, hoping to develop good relations with the man.
The Li family were also very interested in Jian Suiying. After all, the two families were not close before Li Yu and Jian Suilin’s friendship. It is harmless and even beneficial to establish a harmonious relationship between two prominent clans. Li Yu’s father repeatedly expressed his gratitude to Jian Suiying for cultivating Li Yu during dinner. Jian Suiying pushed Li Yu’s father to let the younger to continue working part-time while Li Yu’s at university.
Of course, Father Li wanted his son to learn more about business, but Li Yu said quietly, “I’m very busy since it’s the beginning of school. Let’s talk about it later.”
Jian Suiying was disappointed and planned to work hard on coaxing Li Xuan in the future instead. After several conversations that evening, he discovered that Li Yu listened to Li Xuan more.
After dinner, they all sat in the living room chatting for about an hour. Jian Suiying saw that it was already late, so he took Xiao Lin-zi to leave. This time, the Li family got up and sent them to the door. Li Xuan also said that he would invite him to have a meal the day after tomorrow. Of course, Jian Suiying could not help but climb on Li Yu’s shoulder and say, “Li Yu, you must come as well.”
Since their fallout, the two never had any physical contact, let alone spoken so politely and intimately. Li Yu stiffened for a moment and nodded, “Okay.”
Jian Suiying patted him on the back again with satisfaction as Li Yu grunted. Jian Suiying felt relieved.
On the way back, Jian Suilin asked, “Ge, are you really going to Guangxi?”
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“I’ll be going on a field trip. This project has great potential for listing and operations.”
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Jian Suiying wanted to be with Li Yu in Guangxi for a couple of days, but he didn’t want to take the tuoyouping Xiao Lin-zi with him. “Don’t go…” he started, but he really couldn’t think of any reason to not let him go, he didn’t need any reason to refuse Xiao Lin-zi.
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With a straight face, Jian Suiying said, “No, I won’t let you.”
Jian Suilin pursed his lips and looked at him, “Ge, I think you and Li Yu have been feeling very unhappy recently. Whatever the reason, don’t argue with him too much.”
This sentence reminded Jian Suiying that he and Li Yu were currently in an awkward situation that they can’t talk about. Taking Jian Suilin with his could really ease the tension, or else Li Xuan will notice something’s up.
He frowned, “Forget it, you’d better go with us. It won’t be too boring if we adults talk, at least you’ll have a companion.”
Jian Suilin smiled, but his smile didn’t reach his eyes. “Ge, you still treat me like a child.”
Jian Suiying glanced at him and said, “When I was your age, I often said that.”
Jian Suilin stopped talking, simply smiled and stared ahead, letting his brother concentrate on driving.
Every year when there was a big festival, Jian Suiying would feel very tired. Not only the body, but also the heart was tired. Taking into account the relatives on both sides of his family. Thinking of sending gifts to important people and dealing with a lot of gifts given to him in return. So Jian Suiying usually dreaded festivals.
On the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he took Xiao Lin-zi and the Li brothers for a meal and got a general understanding of the location in Beihai.
Li Xuan was busy with his work and had to go back the next day. Jian Suiying decided to fly over the day after tomorrow.
Li Yu was very resistant to getting along with Jian Suiying, but he couldn’t refuse. Jian Suiying’s heart skipped at the thought that he can spend time with Li Yu again.
Li Xuan and Li Yu returned to Guangxi the next day. When the Jian brothers arrived, Li Xuan asked Li Yu and his secretary to pick them up and put them in a guesthouse used mainly by government officials. It was three-star standard and the facilities were old but it was clean overall.
Li Yu led Jian Suiying into his room first. At any rate, Li Xuan was not there. Jian Suiying immediately exposed his true nature and looked at Li Yu with disgust. “Look at this shabby room you got for me. It’s so small and old. Goopen the window.”
Suffice to say, Li Yu was angry at this. As his elder brother was an official, he did not need to entertain guests, but when they do, it’s unreasonable for a public official to entertain guests too lavishly. He thought that it was already good that he was given a free place to stay. Jian Suiying is really a spoiled brat.
In reality, Jian Suiying intentionally tormented Li Yu, for he liked to see Li Yu look angry yet unable to speak up.
Jian Suilin quickly stepped in. “Ge, the room is alright. Let’s make do with it until we go out. Why don’t I buy you a new set of beddings?”
Although Jian Suiying had many more problems, he didn’t show any signs of being affected. He hummed, “Fine. Xiao Li-zi, I’m hungry.”
Li Yu said coldly, “The first floor has a restaurant. Let me take you there for lunch. My brother is still busy, so he’ll invite you to dine tomorrow. I’ll be settling things for today . Does Jian-zong agree to this?”
Jian Suiying raised his eyebrow, “No, I don’t want to eat there.” He looked at Li Yu and smiled defiantly.
Li Yu said stiffly, “This is the first time I’ve been here. I don’t know any other places.”
Jian Suilin stepped in once more and said, “Let’s just ask the driver. The driver is a local. Since we have nothing to do today, Li Yu, let’s go on a trip.”
Li Yu’s muscles relaxed slightly, and he slowed his voice and said to Xiao Lin-zi, “Alright, I’ll show you around.”
The three went downstairs, but instead of calling the driver, they asked the reception desk of the hotel. The girl at the front desk had never experienced being looked at by three handsome men at the same time in her life. Her brain got a little fuzzy and said, “The weather is good. You can go to the beach and have a barbecue.”
Truly, Jian Suiying didn’t really care about where they’ll go. He just wanted to mess with Li Yu, so he agreed to this and said, “Okay, sounds fun. Let’s go to the beach then.”
Li Yu called for a car, and the three drove to the seaside.
As soon as Jian Suiying got out of the car, the sea breeze and the scent of the sea brushed his face, blowing away the summer heat. Jian Suiying stretched and felt refreshed.
The sun was setting soon and the area was full of people. It created a very lively atmosphere.
Jian Suiying felt his stomach rumble and said, “Let’s go eat.” Although he wanted to come to the beach for barbecue as a spur of the moment decision, he still hesitated when he saw the unclean-looking barbecue stands.
Li Yu and Jian Suilin were clueless to his inner turmoil. They chose a large table and walked over. Jian Suiying had to sit down with them.
Jian Suilin asked his brother, “Ge, what would you like to eat and drink?”
“What’s here… get whatever, and I’ll have some beer.”
“Alright, sit for a while, Li Yu, let’s go and buy food.”
Li Yu got up and followed him.
Jian Suiying propped his chin up in boredom and observed the people passing by, thinking about what activities to arrange for the night. He finally got to be closer to Li Yu again. If he couldn’t do anything about that, then he would not be Jian Suiying.
As he was thinking, a girl’s voice cautiously spoke to him, “Hello.”
Jian Suiying turned around and saw two girls aged at least 18 or 19 looking at him expectantly and cautiously.
“What’s up?”
The girl said nervously, “Are you alone?”
Oh, they want to chat. Jian Suiying shook his head. “No,” she said
Another girl boldly asked, “Are you with a man? Do you want to hang out with us?”
Jian Suiying was about to reply, but Jian Suilin’s voice came from behind him. He said lightly, “There’s a spider on you.”
The two girls stared at Jian Suilin for a moment and werconfused, “Huh?”
Jian Suilin placed the beer on the table and gazed at the girl. “Maybe it climbed into your clothes. It’s pretty big.” He drew a circle the size of a coin with his hand.
The girl was so frightened that she turned pale and nervously began to turn around, asking “Where is it?”, Finally, they screamed and ran to the toilet.
Li Yu frowned and looked at Jian Suilin, a little confused.
Jian Suiying raised an eyebrow. “Why didn’t I see it?” He has good eyesight after all.
Jian Suilin only smiled and sat down. “Try the local beer.”
Jian Suiying took a sip. The cold liquid flowed down his throat into his stomach, it was really a good summer refreshment.
He wanted to drink again, but Jian Suilin gently took the bottle from him and said, “Ge, your stomach’s still empty. You should eat something first before you drink.” Then he slowly put down the bottle onto the table and observed Jian Suiying’s reaction.
Jian Suiying was cooperative this time, and said that he would not drink. The main reason was that his mind was currently elsewhere.
Li Yu observed Jian Suilin thoughtfully. He was very upset and didn’t look very well.
Is there anything in the world more frustrating than the fact that someone you like cares about the person you despise?
The better Jian Suilin treated Jian Suiying, the more he disliked the older. He simply did not know what to do to wake Jian Suilin up. When they were young, they had so closely discussed how to retaliate against Jian Suiying’s bullying, how to make him embarrassed and punished, and how to make him feel humiliated. In the present, Jian Suilin has already forgotten, but he still remembers the matter for him. It’s ridiculous to think about it though, it’s as if he was the only one who hasn’t grown up.
Li Yu felt a uncomfortable and kept his head down.
Everything they ordered soon arrived, and the table was filled with various smells, which made them feel excited to eat.
Jian Suilin used chopsticks to get all the things that could be removed from the container onto a plate, so that his brother could eat them directly.
Jian Suiying was hungry anyway, so he began to eat.
A large table full of barbecue was soon devoured by the three. There were now just the sticks and empty bottles on the table. Jian Suiying leaned lazily against the back of his chair and squinted at the direction of the sea. He looked very relaxed and comfortable.
Jian Suilin said, “Shall we go for a walk by the sea?”
Jian Suiying stretched. “Alright, let’s go.”
The three men walked slowly along the beach. They strolled for a while, and saw that the more they walked, the farther away they got from the crowded place. There were no longer any swimmers in this area. Jian Suiying was sleepy. He sat on the sands and soon lay down. “Let’s take a rest first. Aren’t you sleepy too?”
The two also sat down. By this time, the sky had already darkened and the heat from the day time had disappeared. The sea breeze was blowing slowly and they laid down on the beach wantonly. It was really a rare moment of leisure and comfort.
He absently listened to Li Yu and Jian Suilin conversing in a low voice, hearing them talking about high school, university and the project they’re handling. His consciousness soon drifted after that.
He didn’t know how long he dozed off, but he soon woke up again. Although it was cool and refreshing to lay on the sand, it gets too cold after staying for a long time. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the dark blue sky and tiny sparkles of starlight. There was the howling sea wind and the noise and music of people who seemed to be far away from them.
He turned his head slightly and saw Li Yu lying beside him, with his arms folded behind his head as a makeshift pillow. He also had his eyes closed and was breathing evenly, but Xiao Lin-zi was nowhere to be found. Li Yu’s hair brushed slightly against his forehead, his handsome outline looked soft in the moonlight, and his full lips shone a little with a kind of magnificent luster, which made Jian Suiying want to give it a taste.
The area of the beach far away from the crowd and the dim lighting make the scene more attractive. Jian Suiying’s breathing started to slow and he also became cautious. He wanted to get close to Li Yu, but he was afraid to disturb this quiet and beautiful image in front of him.
Jian Suiying watched Li Yu like this for an unknown period of time. Jian Suiying moved forward a little and slowly approached Li Yu, trying to get a taste of the boy’s lips. He planted a light kiss that was barely a scratch, but his heart seemed to jump out of his throat. If someone found out that Jian Suiying would get so nervous and excited simply because of a kiss, he would no longer play around in the capital city.
Li Yu did not respond and still breathed steadily.
Just when Jian Suiying felt that he could do more, a cold voice spoke above his head, “Ge…”
The voice almost made Jian Suiying jump up. He suddenly looked up. Jian Suilin was looking at them with a frosty face and he looked like couldn’t believe what was happening at the moment.
He didn’t speak loudly, but Li Yu was very sensitive to his voice. He opened his eyes in an instant. The first thing he saw was Jian Suiying’s chin close to his face, then saw his hands supporting his waist and his ambiguous posture. Then, when he looked up, he saw Jian Suilin’s twisted-looking face.
His brain seemed to have been electrified, thinking of all kinds of Jian Suiying’s antics before and their current position, he suddenly understood what was going on.
He pushed Jian Suiying away almost instantly, jumped up from the ground and cried nervously, “Suilin.”
Jian Suilin was trembling all over, as if he was trying to suppress something. He lowered his head and didn’t let anyone see his expression.
Jian Suiying got quite angry and said, “What are you looking at? Go away!”
As soon as he shouted, Jian Suilin turned and ran away.
Li Yu looked at Jian Suiying with a very angry expression. He was too angry to even make a sound. Jian Suiying just stared at him with an expression of “what you can do to me?”.
Li Yu glared at him and turned to chase after Jian Suilin.
Jian Suiying also stoodup from the ground and took two steps in their direction, but stopped. Finally, he kicked the sand all over the sky.
TL Note:
Jian Suilin is jealous, but jealous of who?
tbh I feel sorry for li yu, he is too young for all these sexual harassment
Also suilin definitely have feelings for his brother💀
Thank you so much for the chapter🙏
i wonder how he can fall for his brother despite getting cold shoulder all these years.
The little bro is a masochist… right?
Thanks for the chapter 🙂