Yu Nian didn't answer. Instead, he joked, "What, do you treat guys and girls differently?"
Du Zhou smiled. "No, I just thought the name sounded nice."
Yu Nian thought he was being narcissistic. After all, his own online handle also had the character for "boat" in it.
"Oh, right." Yu Nian took the little ghost charm out of his pocket again and handed it to him. "That friend of mine made this himself and asked me to give it to you."
The smile gradually faded from Du Zhou's face. He stared at the charm without a word.
Thinking he disliked it, Yu Nian's tone turned a little sour. "It might not be worth much, but he still put a lot of thought into it."
"...Forget it if you don't want it." When Du Zhou still didn't move, he started to pull it back, only for the other man to snatch it from him.
The smile returned to Du Zhou's face, even more sincere than before. "Tell your friend I said thank you."
Du Zhou took out his phone and threaded the little ghost charm through the hole in his phone case.
Yu Nian was a little stunned. Didn't he dislike it just now? How had he turned it into a phone charm a second later?
Still, seeing him treat a fan's gift with such care, Yu Nian finally felt that Xie Zhou hadn't picked the wrong person to admire.
"With craftsmanship this good, she must be a very thoughtful girl." Du Zhou pinched the little ghost, squishing it round and flat, looking quite interested.
Yu Nian laughed. "What? Guys can be thoughtful too."
Du Zhou's lips curved. "You mean your friend is a guy?"
Yu Nian couldn't shake the feeling that he'd been tricked into giving something away, but after