I'm complicated too

He Li'an seemed determined to keep him hanging, asking with a half-smile, "What do you think?"

Yu An: "..."

He was taking back his assessment that He Li'an was "too kind"!

There was obvious amusement in He Li'an's eyes, as though he wanted to tease him.

Correction: not as though.

He was clearly teasing him!

If he was in the mood to tease him, then he definitely wasn't angry.

But Yu An was getting a little angry.

Puffing up his cheeks, he held the menu upright to block his view. "I want to order!"

"Yu An?" He Li'an leaned around one side of the menu to look at him.

Yu An shifted the menu to block his view again and said solemnly, "Senior He, please don't disturb me while I'm ordering."

Earlier, he had called him senior so affectionately. Now he had added his surname.

Was he angry?

He Li'an rather wanted to see what he looked like when he was angry, so he very inelegantly leaned around the other side to look at him again.

When Yu An noticed, he shifted the menu again to hide himself.

After going back and forth like this several times, Yu An laid the menu flat on the table and glared at him with bright, clear eyes. "He Li'an, you're so childish!"

This time, he had even called him by his full name.

But what could he do? He found it even more interesting to watch the kid get angry.

He Li'an cleared his throat and spoke with a steady expression. "I'm three years older than you."

"That's not that much older." Yu An muttered as he lowered his head and continued flipping through the menu.

They were all dishes he had never eaten before.

They were all dishes whose ingredients he couldn't identify.

Yu An gradually became anxious, and he flipped through the menu faster and faster.

He Li'an noticed something was off and reached across the table to catch his hand. "Yu An."

Yu An froze for a moment, then slowly calmed down. "I can't choose."

He Li'an did not understand what he meant, but Yu An was not in a state where he should be asked too many questions.

"I'll do it." He took the menu, made his choices quickly, and called the waiter over to order.

After hearing him name several dishes, Yu An could not help speaking up. "Why didn't you order the set meal?"

"Hm?" Since he had suddenly interrupted, He Li'an did not understand what he meant.

Yu An said, "The dishes you ordered are all included in the second set meal on the third page, and the set meal is more economical."

There were not many dishes, and he had a good memory. After looking over them a few times, he had remembered them all.

He Li'an flipped to the third page. When he saw the second set meal, he gave Yu An an exceedingly subtle look.

Thinking he had not found it, Yu An got up and leaned over the table, pointing at the set meal. "This one, the Endless Romance for Two Set Meal."

He Li'an caught the scent of his perfume again and quietly leaned back.

Yu An happened to look up and saw the movement.

"Why are you avoiding me?" He looked at He Li'an in confusion.

He Li'an silently shifted his upper body back into place. He did not look at him, and his voice was soft. "I'm not."

Yu An blinked blankly.

He suddenly began to question whether changing his target had been the right decision.

Ever since entering this restaurant, he had found He Li'an rather hard to read.

The waiter beside them asked softly, "Will you be ordering this set meal?"

"Mm." Yu An nodded and returned to his seat.

He tried to use the time while they waited for the food to observe He Li'an.

But He Li'an did not look at him at all.

So he could only play on his phone.

He had never had friends before, nor did he post on Moments.

Today, after adding Song Yuechi at school, he discovered a little red notification dot on Moments.

When he tapped into it, he found that they were all Moments posts from Song Yuechi.

The photo in the newest post showed a large group of people raising their glasses across a big table laden with dishes.

It looked lively.

He casually gave it a like.

The post below it was a video of drinking and singing in a private room that looked like it belonged to a club. He pressed play, and ear-splitting music mixed with screams burst out of his phone without warning. He jolted in fright and hurriedly backed out.

He instinctively looked to see He Li'an's reaction.

He Li'an, who had deliberately avoided looking at him this whole time, now frowned slightly and asked in a low voice, "What were you looking at just now?"

Yu An said, "Song Yuechi's Moments."

A trace of confusion flashed through He Li'an's eyes, as though he were thinking about who Song Yuechi was.

"The classmate we ran into at the school cafeteria at noon." Yu An felt that he was not completely heartless; even at a time like this, he did not forget to help Song Yuechi cover his lie.

"The boy who dyed his hair yellow?"

"Mm."

He Li'an's brows furrowed even tighter. "Are you two close?"

Yu An hesitated before nodding.

Compared to everyone else, he and the silly Song Yuechi were fairly close.

Song Yuechi himself had said they were friends.

Though it was hasty, Yu An did not dislike it.

He Li'an's expression became completely serious, as though he had encountered a difficult problem.

Only after a moment did he say carefully, "From a senior's perspective, I wouldn't really advise you to have too much contact with Song Yuechi outside of school."

Yu An asked, "Why?"

He Li'an explained patiently, "People are complicated. Dealing with people who are too complicated can easily get you hurt."

Yu An understood.

He Li'an meant that Song Yuechi was complicated and that he should stay away from him.

But...

"I'm complicated too." He felt that he was much more complicated than Song Yuechi.

He could tell what Song Yuechi wanted to do with a single glance.

But He Li'an definitely could not tell that he was planning to marry him.

Yu An's gaze was too clear, and his expression was too earnest, making him seem purely innocent instead.

He Li'an laughed. "Tell me, how are you complicated?"

"..." Yu An choked. "I'm not telling."

The smile in He Li'an's eyes deepened.

Yu An felt that he was laughing at him and pressed his lips together unhappily.

At that moment, the waiter pushed over a serving cart. "Hello, excuse me, your set meal is ready."

The main dish had been arranged in the shape of a heart and looked beautiful.

Yu An said, "Wow."

After serving the food, the waiter smiled and left.

Yu An thought of something and said to He Li'an, "Wait a second."

He took a photo of the main dish, then picked up his glass of water and raised it toward He Li'an. "Senior, cheers."

"Plain water?" He Li'an sounded doubtful, but his hand obediently picked up his glass anyway.

Yu An nodded firmly. "Mm."

Drinks were harmful to the body.

He never drank them.

When they clinked glasses, He Li'an saw that he was taking another photo and cooperatively maintained the pose.

After taking the picture, Yu An eagerly posted on Moments:

[Yu An]: Cheers. [Peace sign]

--[Photo][Photo]

After posting it, he opened Moments to check every three seconds.

He Li'an quietly used the serving chopsticks to place food in his bowl. "Eat."

Yu An glanced at the reddish-brown chunk of meat, his brows drawing together so tightly they nearly stood upright.

Seeing him look as though he were facing a great enemy, He Li'an set down his chopsticks as well. "Why aren't you eating?"

His own tastes were not particularly strong, but Yu An's eating habits seemed somewhat too bland even to him.

Other than oil and salt, Yu An did not eat any extra seasonings.

It was overly healthy, to the point of seeming abnormal.