Friends... huh?
To other people, the word "friend" might carry little weight. They could make a friend just like that.
All it took was for two people to hit it off, or simply to want to make a friend.
And people had many kinds of friends throughout their lives: casual friends, close friends, best friends, and friends who were nothing but bad influences.
Most people made casual friends.
They merely got along, but conflicting interests could drive them apart. Even a single clash might end their friendship.
From then on, they would be strangers.
If Shen Yu were like everyone else, then with his ability to see through people's thoughts at a glance, he could easily make anyone like him if he wanted to befriend them.
After all, he could quickly pick up on what others were thinking and what they needed.
As long as he wanted to, as long as he was willing, he could make anyone his friend.
But.
If Shen Yu really were that kind of person, he would not still be without a single friend.
To Shen Yu, a friend was no ordinary designation. He believed that only someone who understood him, who could even know his true nature and still treat him the same as ever, qualified to be his friend.
He had never expected it.
Yet here, he had met two such people.
Huo Wujìu and Wen Zhishu were still waiting for Shen Yu's answer.
Shen Yu smiled. "All right."
"Yes!" Wen Zhishu suddenly spun around, searching here and rummaging there. "Let's find something to celebrate becoming friends."
But there was nothing in the room.
Huo Wujìu sighed helplessly, then turned to Shen Yu. "Here's to getting along, my friend."
"Here's to getting along."
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