He Li'an Didn't Understand, but He Li'an Wanted to Learn

Yu An was someone with strong execution. Whatever he thought of, he had to do immediately.

That very day, he opened an account and began analyzing the stock market in this world. Song Yuechi accompanied him to the library and, seeing that he was not studying, leaned over curiously. "You want to buy stocks?"

"Yeah, I want to make some money." Yu An analyzed and took notes at the same time.

Song Yuechi glanced at his notebook and spotted a stock that had been circled and marked with a star. "Isn't this stock terrible?"

Yu An gave it a glance. "No. This one's the best."

Song Yuechi said, "Impossible!"

His denial was far too decisive, so Yu An could not help looking at him. "Do you have a grudge against this company's owner?"

Song Yuechi said, "No!"

Another immediate denial.

They were seated in a corner, and their quiet conversation would not disturb anyone. Yu An set down his pen and seriously explained, "Sorry. As your friend, I should share your hatred and dislike whoever you dislike with you, but I really need to make money right now."

Song Yuechi froze for a moment before giving up on himself. "Why are you so smart? You could even guess that?"

Yu An corrected him, "It doesn't take much intelligence to guess what you're thinking."

"..." Song Yuechi felt insulted, but he could not refute it, so he decided to give Yu An the silent treatment. "Starting now, I won't talk to you for an hour!"

"Okay." Yu An set a one-hour countdown on his phone.

Song Yuechi broke in one second. "Are you trying to make me die laughing?"

Yu An said nothing. He pointed at the countdown on his phone screen, indicating that the hour was not up yet.

Song Yuechi irritably pointed in the direction of the restroom, indicating that he needed to use it.

Yu An nodded to show that he understood.

Even after using the restroom, Song Yuechi still found Yu An's move hilarious. The more he thought about it, the funnier it became.

But when someone stopped him as he came out of the restroom, his bared grin vanished at once.

He Li'an stood at the exit like some imposing deity, staring straight at him with an overwhelming sense of pressure.

He stammered, "S-Senior, is something wrong?"

"There is." He Li'an's voice revealed neither pleasure nor anger.

Someone like He Li'an had many privileges at school. The library even had a private study room exclusively for him. As Song Yuechi followed him there, he wanted to run away the entire time, but did not dare.

Once inside the study room, He Li'an poured him a glass of water. "Sit."

Song Yuechi obediently sat down.

He Li'an sat across from him. "May I look at your Moments?"

He asked politely, but remembering the murderous look in his eyes yesterday, Song Yuechi could not relax. He swiftly handed over his phone and even thoughtfully opened his Moments for him.

Song Yuechi was very active on Moments. He had plenty of friends for eating, drinking, and having fun with, and the profile pictures beneath every post were so densely packed with likes that they required several pages to scroll through.

Yu An's profile picture was easy to find: it was a blank image.

He Li'an looked through Song Yuechi's Moments from the past month and found Yu An's profile picture beneath every single post.

Watching He Li'an's brow furrow tighter and tighter, Song Yuechi grew uneasy. "Senior, is there a problem?"

He Li'an put down the phone. "Yu An really likes liking your Moments."

He did not want to look anymore.

The more he looked, the angrier he became.

Because Yu An never liked his posts.

"Yeah." Mentioning Yu An made Song Yuechi relax a little. "He said my Moments are interesting."

Song Yuechi's Moments were full of everyday posts about eating, drinking, and having fun, as well as updates venting his emotions. It was obvious that he was a very noisy person.

Noisy, and interesting?

He Li'an did not understand, but He Li'an wanted to learn.

He cleared his throat. "Can I add you as a friend?"

Song Yuechi nearly suspected that he had misheard.

But he still nodded reflexively.

After they scanned each other's codes and added one another, He Li'an politely inclined his head. "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Song Yuechi took back his phone and carefully asked, "Can I go now?"

He Li'an stopped him. "Wait."

Song Yuechi's heart skipped a beat, and he obediently straightened up again.

He Li'an chose his words carefully. "Yu An... how was he today?"

If he asked too specifically, it might seem like he was prying into Yu An's privacy.

But the two of them had parted on bad terms yesterday, and he was a little worried about Yu An's mood.

Unable to determine He Li'an's purpose in asking, Song Yuechi answered conservatively, "He was great today."

Though he had said some strange, unhinged things.

But he was still an invincibly intelligent, beautiful baby!

He Li'an nodded thoughtfully. "Mm."

As long as he was not upset.

Then neither of them spoke.

The atmosphere became a little awkward.

As if recalling something, He Li'an studied Song Yuechi. "Mu Qiu is coming back."

Song Yuechi's expression stiffened. "Oh."

"When you spend time together in private, do you call him... baby too?" He Li'an's tone held a note of probing.

Song Yuechi looked disgusted. "Of course not."

He Li'an's expression tightened. "Then why do you call Yu An that?"

Song Yuechi answered with perfect confidence, "Because we're good friends."

"Even if you're friends, you can't be so..." He Li'an tried to come up with a high-sounding reason, but he was not good at this sort of thing. After thinking for a long time, he still could not make one up.

Once the topic turned to Yu An, Song Yuechi got energized. There was no way he would let the conversation die. "Yu An does everything so rigidly and properly, like an elementary school student. He's like a little AI with preset settings. I think he's really cute, like a little baby, hehe..."

By the time he finished laughing, he noticed that He Li'an's expression was terrible.

Song Yuechi tested the waters. "Senior, don't you think Yu An is cute?"

That should not be right.

Senior had been so jealous of him yesterday.

At that thought, Song Yuechi suddenly understood He Li'an's intentions.

He Li'an was warning him, hinting that he should stop calling Yu An baby!!!

Good heavens!!! How could someone as smart as him exist in this world!!!

"Senior..."

The moment Song Yuechi opened his mouth, he saw He Li'an wave a hand, signaling for him to leave.

He had originally wanted to state his position to He Li'an—that in the future, he would try not to call Yu An baby in front of him.

But He Li'an did not look like he wanted to hear him speak.

Forget it.

A man whose mouth was tougher than a dead duck's.

After Song Yuechi left, He Li'an raised a hand to his forehead and let out a long breath.

This friend the kid had made really was something else. He talked too much, was too noisy, and was too timid.

But Yu An had told him not to scare Song Yuechi, so all he could do was make Song Yuechi leave quickly.

Still, did Yu An know that Song Yuechi called him a little AI?

As soon as Song Yuechi stepped outside, he received a message from Yu An.

[Yu An]: Where are you?

[Song Yuechi]: Constipated.

By some indescribable principle, Song Yuechi felt that He Li'an privately seeking him out was something that should be kept secret.

[Yu An]: I'm in the restroom.

[Song Yuechi]: ...

Hahaha, his lie had been exposed in one second. So satisfying.