"We came here together, and we'll leave together too. Wherever you are, I'll be there, and vice versa. Whatever happens, we'll shoulder it together, and naturally, we'll share whatever benefits come our way too."
Li Chenglong said evenly, "I know what you're thinking, but I don't need to draw that distinction."
Zuo Xiaoduo laughed. "Then don't. Look how serious you are, as if I've done something to you. Afraid I'll abandon you?"
Li Chenglong snorted. "Do you think I don't know you? No, nobody knows what you're really thinking.
"Never mind how you laugh and joke as though you don't care about anything. Your thoughts run deep. In a friendship with you, only a true heart can win a true heart in return. You're reasonable, but you only extend that reasonableness to your own people."
Li Chenglong sighed softly. "Boss Zuo, you simply never go out of your way to show how clever you are. In fact, you're not necessarily any less meticulous in your thinking than I am. When it comes to understanding people and the ways of the world, you're far better than me."
"I don't want there to be any misunderstandings between us. I want us always to be the closest of friends, able to entrust our backs to each other."
Li Chenglong spoke with heavy emphasis.
Zuo Xiaoduo chuckled and patted Li Chenglong's shoulder. "On such a lovely night, let's talk about something cheerful. Don't act so weighed down by bitter grievances, as if I've been bullying you."
Li Chenglong snorted. "As if you haven't bullied me plenty!"
"They're selling cotton candy up ahead."
Zuo Xiaoduo was brimming with enthusiasm. "I'll buy you some cotton candy. Come on, little Zhongzhong, give your lordship a smile."
Li Chenglong really wasn't amused by his antics; it was the