Xie Zhou found Pei Zhengdu's thoughts hard to fathom, but he wasn't angry. He turned and picked up a jellyfish ornament instead.
"I want this one too."
Pei Zhengdu snatched that one away as well.
"Didn't you say there wasn't room on your desk?"
Pei Zhengdu said, "If I tidy it up, there should be room."
Now Xie Zhou really was a little annoyed. No matter how he looked at it, Pei Zhengdu was doing this on purpose. "Do you just like snatching things from other people?"
Pei Zhengdu looked utterly justified, his smile infuriating. "Yes. Pick something else for him. Not either of these two types."
Xie Zhou asked, "Why?"
Pei Zhengdu raised an eyebrow, thoroughly imperious. "I don't want anyone else having the same designs as me."
Xie Zhou was speechless. "Loads of people buy the same ones. They're not custom-made."
Pei Zhengdu refused to budge. "He can't, anyway."
Xie Zhou opened his hand to show him what he was holding. "What about me, then?"
Pei Zhengdu took a look, then plucked a shell identical to Xie Zhou's from the souvenirs. Now he had the full set.
"You can."
Seeing how Pei Zhengdu insisted on matching him in everything, Xie Zhou couldn't help teasing him. "Are you a copycat?"
Pei Zhengdu said, "..."
Pei Zhengdu's expression grew rather complicated. "Sometimes, I almost wonder..."
Xie Zhou waited for him to continue. "What?"
Pei Zhengdu sighed. "Have you finished choosing? I'm going to pay."
Xie Zhou hurriedly said, "Wait, let me pick another two for Nian Bao."
Pei Zhengdu narrowed his eyes slightly. "Nian Bao? What's your relationship with him?"
Busy choosing pretty ornaments for Yu Nian, Xie Zhou had no time to pay him much attention. He replied offhandedly, "We're good friends. Everyone in his livestream chat calls him