Compared to Fang Qingjue, Shi Tiexin was still a hundred and eight thousand miles behind in terms of wealth and status.
But compared to ordinary people, Shi Tiexin was undeniably successful and accomplished.
Hadn't you seen how many people who had once been friends became awkward once one side gained both fame and fortune? Take that PE teacher, for example. Whenever he got a little liquor in him, he seized every chance to call someone Big Brother, acting so warm and fake it was almost nauseating.
Besides, with a tall, burly physique like This King's, extraordinary heroic looks, and talent that would shine through the ages, many people felt pressured.
But Shen Sao Ye didn't.
This brat seemed not to care about any of that at all. He could still fool around with Shi Tiexin in the same ordinary, reckless way.
After adolescence, men's friendships often really did arise from this kind of reckless horsing around, from speeding together. A prematurely steady man like Shi Tiexin had had no one to fool around with him ever since becoming Iron Overlord. Shen Xingye's stream of nonsense had instead rapidly brought them closer.
Hadn't you seen how every corner of the internet was filled with endless flame wars, with harsh comments like "your mom exploded" piled mountain-high and sea-deep? Yet certain special corners remained peaceful, where blessings like "May good people live safe and happy lives" were so sincere they moved people to tears.
Shen Xingye himself thought it was pretty good too.
His new roommate, the legendary Big Brother Tie, was vastly different from the image Shen Xingye had imagined—righteous and glorious on the surface, but full of wicked schemes underneath.
This old bro lived with discipline, yet never pointed fingers at other people's habits. He could regularly leave plenty of