The Real Trouble Was Right at Home

A-Train didn't call him out on it. People had to grow, after all. At least The Deep seemed a lot more normal than before. He even had a little... fighting spirit?

"I went out to take care of something," Lin Mo said casually.

"What was it?"

The Deep asked without thinking.

A-Train, who had just walked over, looked ready to lose it.

You're still asking?

He grabbed The Deep by the shoulder, leaned close to his ear, and lowered his voice. "He has his own business. Why do you need to know every detail?"

The Deep didn't seem bothered. He turned to A-Train.

"I'm just curious."

"You don't have to ask about everything just because you're curious."

"Why?"

"..."

A-Train fell silent.

He suddenly realized he had no good way to explain it. He couldn't exactly tell The Deep that he had no social awareness.

Thanks to The Deep, A-Train had to try another approach.

"Everyone deserves some privacy."

Understanding dawned on The Deep.

"Oh."

He looked at Lin Mo and quietly added,

"Then I won't ask."

Lin Mo wasn't sure whether to praise him or what. At least he took advice.

Joanna was already laughing so hard she could barely contain herself. She had suddenly realized The Deep could be pretty entertaining sometimes.

Watching him make a fool of himself was entertaining all on its own.

Lin Mo had no intention of telling them what he'd done today. Vought would settle on an official story soon enough, and the school would hear that version.

As for what had really happened, the fewer people who knew, the better.

A-Train clearly understood that too, so he didn't press the matter.

He just asked casually, "You two don't have any more classes this afternoon, right?"

"No."

Lin Mo answered without hesitation. How