When Cen Muxiao heard that Guo Lantai had a childhood friend he called brother, his heart gave a sudden flicker. He then stood there in a daze, feeling inexplicably unsettled.
Yu Tu thought he had not heard clearly, so he repeated himself. "Tai Zi is in the room diagonally across from here. He just ran into an old acquaintance and is probably having a great chat. We didn't have the nerve to go over and disturb them!"
As he spoke, he gave Tang Xu a look. Tang Xu immediately caught on and nodded heavily. "Yeah, he's tall and handsome, and he's even a criminal investigation captain. He looks so dependable—I'm jealous just looking at him!"
"Hey, my relationship with Tai Zi is so solid, yet it still can't compare to how close those two are. I'm jealous!"
Yu Tu deliberately drew out his words and even imitated Guo Lantai's tone. "Brother Yunhan, long time no see. I missed you so much!"
Tang Xu did not quite approve and corrected him with another imitation. "It was Brother Han, long time no see. I missed you so much!"
"It's only one word off!" Yu Tu said dismissively.
"One less word means one more degree of intimacy! Anyway, I don't think I heard wrong!" Tang Xu declared righteously.
"Fine, you're a college student, so we'll go with your answer. Their relationship is so good there's not even room for me to squeeze in! Look, they've been chatting for ages. How could they still have time for us?"
The two of them went back and forth, their imitation growing increasingly outrageous. They were just short of pounding each other's shoulders and saying, "You heartless thing! You're finally back! I missed you to death!"
If Guo Lantai, the protagonist of this little show, had been