“Are you crazy? I do not have those kinds of feelings for you!” Li Yu gritted his teeth and roared.
“If Xiao Yu says that, it will break my heart,” Li Yan said, pretending to sound hurt as he lowered his tone.
“But I like you, Xiao Yu! Since you want to date so badly, why not just break up with that man and date me instead?” Li Yan grabbed Li Yu’s shoulders with excitement, his voice brimming with manic energy.
Listening to his childhood friend’s deranged confession, Li Yu furrowed his brow, his face deathly pale. “Stop talking. For all these years, I have always treated you as my best friend. I hope it stays that way in the future. Otherwise, we cannot even remain friends.”
As expected, he did not have a single shred of romantic feeling for me, and even his excuse for rejecting me was so clumsy!
Li Yan’s heart ached as if it were being torn apart alive. Angry and unreconciled, he demanded, “Are you truly that cruel? Leaving everything else aside, I was clearly the one who liked you first! How could you end up running off with someone else?”
Helplessness and hatred completely flooded Li Yan’s chest.
Back then, Mr. and Mrs. Li were too occupied with their careers and had no time to look after Li Yan, so they found him a playmate of similar age to keep him company.
When Li Yu first arrived, he was endlessly curious about this unfamiliar environment.
His bright, clear, dark eyes darted around constantly.
As soon as Mr. and Mrs. Li brought Li Yu inside, they pointed toward Li Yan and said:
“Li Yu, Yan’er is a bit older than you. When you play with him from now on, you do not need to call him ‘Young Master’ like the other servants do. That makes the relationship too stiff. If you like, you can call him ‘Brother’.”
Li Yu then saw Li Yan sitting in the living room, playing with building blocks.
Li Yu toddled over to Li Yan and almost curled himself right into Li Yan’s arms. Mimicking what Mr. and Mrs. Li had called him, he said in a sweet, childish voice, “Brother.”
Looking at the child who had inexplicably leaned against him, Li Yan was surprisingly not disgusted at all.
Curiosity appeared on his youthful face, and he reached out to poke Li Yu’s chubby, rounded cheeks.
They were bouncy and soft.
As if making up his mind, Li Yan wrapped his arms tightly around the tiny Li Yu, refusing to let go.
“Then from now on, stay by my side and play with me!”
Seeing that it was impossible to get through to him right now, Li Yu turned his head away. “Brother Yan, let us talk after you calm down and think this through. I will pretend what just happened never occurred. You probably just cannot accept it at the moment, so you need some time to process it.”
The moment the words left his mouth, Li Yan shoved Li Yu forcefully. Losing his balance, he fell backward, landing right onto a soft white sofa.
Li Yu frowned deeply. “Brother Yan, what do you mean by this? What kind of madness has taken over you?”
Watching Li Yan’s face grow increasingly cold and grim, Li Yu snapped back to his senses, unable to conceal the flustered panic in his eyes in time.
Just as he was about to get up and leave, Li Yan grabbed his wrist with one hand and pinned him firmly onto the sofa.
A low, heavy breathing gradually drew close to his ear. Li Yu shuddered slightly, and right after, a pair of strong, powerful arms slowly encircled his waist from behind. The man behind him rubbed his lips against Li Yu’s ear with reckless abandon.
Each breath, growing heavier and rougher than the last, clearly carried palpable irritation.
The arms wrapped around Li Yu’s waist tightened more and more.
Unable to endure the crushing force, Li Yu knitted his brows and glared fiercely at Li Yan.
“Xiao Yu, do you think I am joking with you? You are the one who needs to think things through. I will give you one night to consider it, and tomorrow you will break up with him for me! Otherwise, Xiao Yu, I do not know what I will lose control of and do.”
Seeing that Li Yan looked ready to snap at any moment, and being pinned beneath him, Li Yu had no choice but to yield for now, not daring to provoke him further with words. “Fine. Give me some time. I will think it over carefully.”