Lian Xi was silent for a moment, sighed, walked to the edge of the bed and sat down.

Not long after, the phone rang.

Lian Xi glanced at the caller ID and was slightly surprised.

She answered the phone: "Hello."

Lu Sili's deep and pleasant voice came from the other end of the phone: "Have you eaten?"

"Yeah, I just finished eating."

"How does your brother's cooking taste?"

“That’s great.”

Lu Sili smiled faintly, "That's good."

Lian Xi hesitated for a moment, then mustered up the courage to speak: "Si Li, did you... already know that I like you?"

Lu Sili seemed stunned for a moment, then he chuckled, "You told your brother everything?"

Lian Xi pursed his lips, a little regretful, "I... I just don't know how to face them, so..."

"Silly girl," Lu Sili interrupted her gently, "What's so difficult about this?"

"But I feel a little embarrassed. After all, my brother has never liked you before..."

"If you mind this," Lu Sili said slowly, "then just pretend you know nothing and nothing has happened."

"How can this be possible?" Lian Xi blurted out, and only then did he realize that he had overreacted.

Lu Sili didn't seem to expect her to refuse. After a few seconds of silence, he spoke again, his voice still gentle and pleasant: "Then try to open your heart."

Lian Xi hesitated for a few seconds before responding in a low voice: "Yeah."

After hanging up the phone, Lian Xi leaned on the pillow, closed his eyes, and fell into deep thought.

The next day, Lian Xi got up early, finished his exercise, and returned to his room to take a shower and change clothes.

When she finished washing up and went out, just as she was about to have breakfast, she heard a knock on the door.

She put down the spoon in confusion and walked over to open the door.

Outside the door was a strange girl, about twenty years old, tall and slender, with fair skin, delicate and beautiful features, like a porcelain doll.

Lian Xi looked at her and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

The girl smiled shyly and said, "My name is Li Jiayi. Excuse me, is this Lian Ze's home?"

"Lian Ze?" Lian Xi stared at her suspiciously, "Do you know my brother?"

"Yes." Li Jiayi nodded, "I am his junior."

"Junior?" Lian Xi was even more puzzled. Why didn't she remember that Lian Ze had such a junior?

"Well, I came here today to thank him," Li Jiayi said, handing her the bag in her hand, "Please give it to him for me."

Lian Xi looked at the bag and did not take it immediately. Instead, he frowned in confusion and asked, "What is your relationship with my brother?"

"We..." Li Jiayi bit her lip, looked at her cautiously, and whispered, "I, I like him..."

Lian Xi was stunned, his eyes widened in shock, "…what did you say?"

Li Jiayi's cheeks were slightly red, and she lowered her eyes and whispered: "I, I have been secretly in love with him for a long time..."

Lian Xi: “…”

This news was so shocking that Lian Xi was completely stunned.

Seeing this, Li Jiayi nervously grabbed the hem of her skirt and whispered, "I know I'm not worthy of him, but, I..."

Lian Xi finally came back to her senses from her shock, "Wait for me." She closed the door, quickly took out her cell phone, flipped to Lian Ze's number and dialed it.

The call was quickly connected, and Lian Ze's low, mellow and pleasant voice came: "Xiao Xi, what's the matter?"

Lian Xi swallowed and asked in a low voice: "Brother, let me ask you... do you know Li Jiayi?"

The voice on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, and then Lian Ze's low and vague voice came, "Yes, I know him."

Lian Xi's heart skipped a beat and he asked, "So what's going on between you and Jiayi?"

Lian Ze seemed to be considering his words and was silent for a long time. Finally, he whispered, "I like her."

Lian Xi's mind exploded with a bang, and she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, her whole body cold.

"Brother——" she called his name hurriedly.

"What's wrong?" Lian Ze asked calmly.

Lian Xi tried hard to suppress his surprise and unstable breathing, and tried to speak in a normal tone: "Are you... sure?"

Lian Ze answered the question irrelevantly: "What's wrong with you?"

Lian Xi took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, "You are still single now!"

Lian Ze seemed to laugh softly, "I know."

Lian Xi also hoped that her brother could find true love as soon as possible, but this matter was too unbelievable, so she still couldn't help but worry: "Are you really sure?"

"Sure." Lian Ze said affirmatively.

Lian Xi took a deep breath and said, "Then why don't you go and express your feelings to Jiayi?"

"She doesn't like me." Lian Ze was silent for a long time before he spoke slowly.

Lian Xi was shocked. It turned out that Lian Ze and Li Jiayi didn't know that they liked each other now.

"Is it possible that Jiayi likes you too?" Lian Xi tried to persuade his brother, "She just never expressed it to you because she was shy?"

Lian Ze said quietly: "No."

Lian Xi was puzzled: "Why?"

"She doesn't dare to look me in the eye." Lian Ze said slowly, "She doesn't dare to admit that she likes me."

Lian Xi: “…”

This feeling was just like when she was once misunderstood by Lu Sili.

"Brother..." Lian Xi wanted to defend Li Jiayi, but he didn't know where to start, so he could only sigh, "Anyway, don't miss out on true love."

"Okay." Lian Ze responded, and then asked, "What did you just say? What did you want to tell me?"

Lian Xi was stunned, and then repeated what Li Jiayi had just said at the door.

After listening to this, Lian Ze pondered for a moment and said softly, "I understand."

Lian Xi: “…”

Although his brother didn't say much, Lian Xi could vaguely guess what he was thinking. He must have felt that he was lying to him.

Oh, why is my brother so stupid?

Lian Xi thought about it and continued to counsel him, saying, "Brother, since you and Jiayi have feelings for each other, just be brave and tell her. No matter what the outcome is, at least you have bravely tried, right?"

Lian Ze was silent for a while, then said, "Go and have a rest first. I'll call you later."

Lian Xi nodded: "Okay, then you do your best, I'm going to sleep first."

"Yeah." Lian Ze responded.

After Lian Xi hung up the phone, he let out a long sigh, put his phone in the drawer, and lay down on the bed to catch up on his sleep.

However, as she lay there, she suddenly woke up again.

Lian Ze and Li Jiayi actually like each other, but they have never been honest with each other, and have never even said it publicly.

Lian Ze is so smart and wise, he must have discovered Li Jiayi's feelings for him.

But he always pretended not to know and allowed Li Jiayi to secretly like him.

So what kind of attitude does he have towards Li Jiayi?

In other words, is his attitude towards Li Jiayi a pure friendship between a man and a woman, or is it the same as her attitude towards Lu Sili?

Once this thought came up, it could no longer be suppressed.

Lian Xi sat up and touched her neck. Suddenly, she felt it was a little stiff. She raised her arms to stretch her muscles, then got dressed and washed up.

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