Yu Nian burst out laughing. "Brother Yu, has anyone ever told you that you really act like a bot sometimes?"
Qin Yuheng considered this. "Yes."
He added, "Quite a few people, actually."
Yu Nian looked surprised. "Who's bold enough to call you a bot to your face?"
Qin Yuheng thought of the viewers in Yu Nian's livestream who called him "Bot Bro" every day and had nothing to say.
"Didn't you just say it yourself?"
Yu Nian chuckled, leaning on his bamboo staff as he cheerfully kicked the little stones beneath his feet. "I wouldn't have dared before, either. But now..."
"We're teammates who've crossed mountains together, after all. And you're pretty easygoing." Yu Nian sounded puzzled. "Why did you always act so cold before?"
It was the first time Qin Yuheng had ever heard someone call him easygoing. He said mildly, "I'm not like this with everyone."
Yu Nian paused, then quickly caught on. "True. You must act differently at work than you do in private."
Qin Yuheng offered no further explanation.
After the torment of that narrow mountain trail, Yu Nian actually felt grateful at the sight of the broad path ahead. How could a path be so easy to walk on?
Still, he didn't regret taking that detour around the other peak. Apart from being a little more tiring, it had been rewarding in every way.
After another half hour or so, they finally spotted something resembling a small restaurant. It was more like a farmhouse eatery, really, with chickens and vegetables raised beside the house the owners had built.
Yu Nian was truly hungry. Everything tasted delicious just then, and he ate three bowls of rice with the dishes all by himself, leaving his stomach uncomfortably full.
Watching Qin Yuheng, who always ate as elegantly as