PRYM CH124: The Game
—Actually, the very first time he had compiled the collection of shops, he had already categorized all the shops by priority according to his understanding of his little uncle’s preferences.
He was crystal clear about which shops his little uncle would prefer.
In other words, he already had an answer in his hands.
An answer that was at least 95% accurate, one that could completely serve as a standard answer for certain verifications… an answer.
…
Li Yunhui’s sudden entrance interrupted the original conversation between the two people in the room, and naturally, it also interrupted the slight guilt in Cheng Huanzhen’s heart.
Li Shuyun’s hand, holding the phone, froze in place as if startled. He looked timidly at the door. “…Brother?”
Li Yunhui didn’t want to decipher whether his brother’s expression at this moment was due to being startled by the sound of the door opening or by his arrival.
Such a distinction would do him no good.
He walked into the bedroom with a natural smile, came to his brother’s bedside, and sat down on the edge of the bed between his brother and Cheng Huanzhen, closer to the head of the bed.
Cheng Huanzhen was already sitting not far from the head of the bed. With Li Yunhui squeezing in, the area around the head of the bed suddenly seemed cramped.
But Li Yunhui was completely unaware of this.
He asked his brother, “What are you talking about?”
His brother quietly turned off the phone screen, placed it face down on the blanket, and said reservedly in a small voice, “I was discussing interesting places in the capital with Brother Huanzhen. Brother Huanzhen said he could take me around the capital when he has time.”
Li Yunhui’s smile cooled by thirty percent. He turned his head again and said to Cheng Huanzhen with a smile, “Not bad, Huanzhen. How long have you known my brother, and you’re already trying to ask him out?”
He sighed worriedly. “Ever since Shuyun showed his face at your grandfather’s birthday banquet, do you know how many single young masters and ladies have been looking for me on Green Letter every day?”
He smiled. “But from what I see, none of them are a match for you. They couldn’t even get Shuyun’s Green Letter contact, yet you’re already able to sit by Shuyun’s bedside.”
Cheng Huanzhen replied with an unchanged expression, “Please don’t joke, Yunhui. Shuyun and I were discussing serious business.”
Li Yunhui’s insertion between them directly blocked the line of sight between Cheng Huanzhen and Li Shuyun.
The piece of cantaloupe that was being held in front of Li Shuyun was also squeezed to the side. Cheng Huanzhen had to almost press his arm against Li Yunhui’s back to hold the cantaloupe in front of Li Shuyun again.
Cheng Huanzhen didn’t like this positioning.
It was awkward, unsightly, and made him sit uncomfortably.
So he simply stood up, moved past Li Yunhui, and sat down directly on the edge of the bed near the headboard.
His field of vision instantly opened up.
The cantaloupe in his hand could also be handed to Li Shuyun very smoothly.
Li Yunhui’s smile cooled by seventy percent.
He watched as Cheng Huanzhen provocatively sat next to his brother and intimately fed a piece of cantaloupe to his brother’s mouth—
Even he! Had never done that to his brother!!
Li Yunhui couldn’t bear it anymore. He pulled a chair from the side and said to Cheng Huanzhen with a smile, “Isn’t it crowded for you to sit there? Here, the chair is for you. Don’t make it seem like our family is so stingy that a guest doesn’t even get a chair to sit on.”
Cheng Huanzhen didn’t move. He said in a steady tone, “Oh, thanks, no need. Shuyun and I are almost done talking anyway. Once Shuyun finishes this piece of cantaloupe, I should be going.”
After speaking, he turned his head to see that Shuyun had already taken the entire remaining piece of cantaloupe into his mouth.
Cheng Huanzhen’s hand paused in mid-air, then he naturally placed the skewer back on the fruit plate.
He stood up, patted the corners of his clothes, and looked down at Li Shuyun, saying, “Remember to contact me after your leg gets better. I’ll treat you to the most delicious strawberry cake in the capital then.”
Li Yunhui was almost angered into laughter by Cheng Huanzhen’s in-your-face provocation.
He directly put his hand on Cheng Huanzhen’s shoulder, giving him no chance to seduce his brother, and said, “Leaving already? I’ll see you out. Look at you, so polite. Why don’t you stay for a meal…”
He efficiently escorted Cheng Huanzhen all the way to the front door, then turned back home and said to the butler, “He’s that ‘friend’ who led Shuyun astray! …If he comes again next time, remember not to let him in!”
He returned to his brother’s room and saw his brother looking at him with a puzzled expression, seemingly not understanding his recent act of seeing a guest out.
Li Yunhui didn’t want to explain. He sat back down by his brother’s bed, in the position closest to his brother at the head of the bed, speared a piece of apple, and held it to his brother’s mouth, asking in a gentle tone, “Does your hand still hurt today?”
Li Shuyun: “It’s alright, brother… I don’t want to eat an apple.”
Li Yunhui: “Oh, then how about a pear? …And your ankle, does it feel any better today than yesterday?”
Li Shuyun: “It’s… alright too, brother.”
Li Yunhui’s lips tensed into a straight line. “So perfunctory. Are you still angry with me?”
Li Shuyun lowered his eyes, not looking at him directly, and said softly, “I’m not angry, brother.”
He said he wasn’t angry, but his every move clearly spelled out distance!
Li Yunhui stared at his brother for a long time.
He thought, he had to find something to distract his brother.
He couldn’t let his brother keep thinking about extreme sports, about what happened yesterday, about being distant from him… He had to make his brother forget all of this!
Li Yunhui’s mind was very sharp, and his ability to act was also strong.
Having thought of a solution, he immediately left his brother’s bedroom and began to search for a concrete plan.
At the same time Li Yunhui left the bedroom.
Lin Chen watched Li Yunhui’s departing back, feeling that he was nothing but trouble.
Fortunately, he had long had a plan of action. He said to the system, “It’s time to find something for him to do.”
He took out his phone, found a certain daddy’s Green Letter, and proactively sent a message.
Lin Chen: [Good Daddy, it’s time for you to make an appearance.]
…
Li Yunhui acted quickly.
In just half an hour, he had already searched through dozens of pages of information to find a suitable field for his brother’s development.
However, before he could research further, there was a sudden knock on his door.
The butler spoke to him from outside the door. “Eldest Young Master, Mr. Li has just sent new instructions.”
Li Yunhui’s focused and calm mood was instantly shattered.
He was extremely annoyed. He casually grabbed a pillow and threw it at the door. “I’m busy, don’t bother me! I’m not eating his rice now, what do his instructions have to do with me!”
The butler added, “It doesn’t have much to do with you. It’s mainly about the young master.”
Li Yunhui: “?”
Li Yunhui was skeptical. He got up, picked up the pillow, and opened the door. “Shuyun’s matter?”
The butler nodded and said, “As you know, Mr. Li has always wanted to create a military simulation VR game. He had always hoped that you would personally take charge of the project…”
Li Yunhui interrupted impatiently, “Stop. I’ve already answered him about this many times. I have ze-ro in-ter-est in this kind of boring simulation game. If you’re here for this old, tired subject, then leave my bedroom!”
The butler said flatly, “But now, Mr. Li’s idea has changed. He hopes to have the young master take on this project. However, the young master has never received any project training before, so Mr. Li hopes that you can personally guide the young master.”
Li Yunhui’s impatient expression froze on his face. After a moment, it slowly turned to astonishment.
Handing the project over to Shuyun?
Li Yunhui almost immediately realized that the project’s production cycle was moderate, its scale was moderate, and the project had a large amount of room for his brother to exercise his abilities. The process of making the project would also be a process of playing—
If he could successfully persuade his brother, this project would be a very good means of distraction!
Li Yunhui narrowed his eyes. “Li Zhengshen has actually come up with a valuable idea for once.”
He quickly returned to his brother’s bedroom, only to see the doctor re-bandaging his brother’s leg.
“How is Shuyun’s ankle?” he asked the doctor.
The doctor finished re-bandaging his brother’s left leg and replied, “The young master cannot put weight on this foot for at least a week. To be on the safe side, it’s best to let it rest for half a month.”
After finishing the bandaging, the doctor saw that the eldest young master had something to say to the young master and took the initiative to leave the bedroom.
Only then did Li Yunhui turn to his brother and ask him, “During this time when you can’t put weight on your left leg, do you have anything you plan to do, Shuyun?”
Li Shuyun hesitated for a moment and asked softly, “Do… you have any suggestions, brother?”
Li Yunhui pursed his lips. “…Don’t look like I’m forcing you. If you don’t want to do it, brother will of course not force you.”
Li Yunhui paused for a moment, then said, “It’s just that Li Zhengshen happens to have a very interesting project on his hands. I was thinking, since you’re idle during this time, Shuyun, perhaps you could try it out.”
Li Shuyun looked up curiously, tilting his head. “A project?”
Li Yunhui said with a serious expression, “Yes. Li Zhengshen plans to make a military-themed VR game. The kind where you put on VR glasses, positioning trackers, and necessary haptic equipment, and you can immersively simulate war scenes.”
“You’ve been by Li Zhengshen’s side for a while. You should have seen what it’s like in those war-torn areas, right?”
Li Yunhui licked his lips and said with great interest, “Think about it, isn’t the thrill of such a war-torn environment much more interesting than extreme sports? But Li Zhengshen will definitely not allow us to go to his side—he won’t even let me go!”
“But with the rise of VR equipment in recent years, if we can make such a game, wouldn’t we be able to experience the thrill and fun of the battlefield without taking any risks?”
Li Shuyun listened with some confusion.
He said, troubled and hesitant, “A VR game? Immersive? …What kind of game is that? I’ve never played it, nor have I ever made one…”
Li Yunhui had never played it either.
This was a field Li Zhengshen had once tried to force him into. Hating the man, his dislike extended to the field, so he had blacklisted the entire VR game industry and naturally had never tried it.
But he could imagine, he could paint a picture. He followed the descriptions of so-called “full-dive games” in many web novels and vividly described the project’s prospects for his brother.
His brother was fooled by him, listening with a dazed expression, even forgetting that he wanted to hide from and avoid him.
Li Yunhui thus became even more enthusiastic, freely describing the project in his mind to his brother.
By the end, without his brother realizing it, he had moved right in front of him. His brother’s soft and blank gaze entered his eyes, and Li Yunhui became even more convinced that he should be responsible for his brother’s safety and future.
And so, he solemnly promised his brother, “This will definitely be something more interesting and more thrilling than extreme sports! What do you say, Shuyun? Do you want to try it with me?”
awww i dont think yunhui ginna ever play the complete game with shuyun, i think by that time he’s gonna be “dead”
He’s going to have to work hard just so the project lives up to his silly bragging hahaha what if his little brother doesn’t want to plag the game? Obviously, he has to make it extremely appealing!