While Xiaobao and He Yian were talking, Li Mingyang called Xie Huaijin aside and asked in a low voice, "What is your purpose?"
Xie Huaijin paused and said, "I don't know what you are talking about."
Li Mingyang folded his arms and looked at him intently, "Why are you paying off He Yian's debt?"
"Just help if you want to," Xie Huaijin shrugged nonchalantly.
"Really?" Li Mingyang showed a playful smile, "Well, I'm also quite short of money, can you lend me some?"
Xie Huaijin: "... stop making trouble"
Li Mingyang scoffed and didn't want to beat around the bush anymore, so he asked directly, "You want to pursue He Yi'an, right?"
"Becoming his new creditor will give you more opportunities to contact him in the future. If he's in financial difficulty and the installment period with you is longer, your chances of winning will be greater, right?"
Xie Huaijin looked at him, shook his head and laughed after a while: "Do you have any special abilities? Mind reading?"
"It seems I guessed right," Li Mingyang said, "So what exactly do you think? Love at first sight?"
Xie Huaijin calmly fixed his gaze on He Yian's back. Seeing that this man was happily chatting with Xiaobao and didn't pay any attention to the situation on their side, he felt a little relieved.
"Mingyang, if I say I've known him for many years, would you believe me?"
Li Mingyang raised his eyebrows: "It's not that I don't believe it, but it's a bit surprising."
Xie Huaijin sighed. "When I was little, my family wasn't in Ningyang City. Before I started elementary school, He Yi'an saved me by chance. Our families lived very close to each other at the time, and my parents were often away from home due to work. So, ever since then, he's always invited me to his house to play."
"At first we just had a meal together, but then we got to know each other better and I went to his house more often. His parents also liked me very much. During those six months or so, I was really happy."
"But judging from He Yi'an's behavior, he doesn't seem to remember you." Li Mingyang frowned slightly. "Although you were all still young at that time, you should have been six or seven years old, right? How could he have forgotten so completely?"
"He probably didn't forget, he just didn't recognize me," Xie Huaijin said with a wry smile, "Because I wasn't called this when I was a child. I changed my name after I left there for some reason."
Li Mingyang thought about it and said, "No wonder you were so depressed when you transferred to our class. Although we were deskmates, we hardly spoke to each other for the whole semester."
"Yeah," Xie Huaijin glanced at him, "I was already quite unhappy, and you sat next to me every day with a stern face. You don't know how much I missed the lively and lovely Xiao An. I wished he could appear in front of me immediately and replace him with you."
Li Mingyang choked and coughed lightly: "Then...you don't plan to tell him the truth?"
Xie Huaijin hesitated briefly, then shook his head: "Let's not talk about it for now. I left without saying goodbye, didn't do a single thing I promised him, and didn't even give him the gift I promised him. I don't know how much he blames me in his heart."
"Now that I can see him again, I don't have any big expectations. As long as I can be with him steadily, that's enough."
Li Mingyang smiled and said, "You said you didn't have any big expectations, but you're already acting like someone's creditor after just meeting them again. Your intentions are a little too obvious."
"It's okay," Xie Huaijin also smiled, "as long as Xiao An doesn't notice it."
"Oh, by the way, don't just blame me. You and Xiaobao... grew up together, right? Boys with this kind of looks are rare. Don't you have any thoughts?"
Li Mingyang looked at the smiling little fellow with tender eyes and replied softly, "Yes..."
“I’ve liked him for many years.”
The expression on Xie Huaijin's face clearly showed four big words: "I knew it."
He let out a long breath and extended his hand towards Li Mingyang: "A fellow traveler."
Li Mingyang chuckled and extended his hand to shake hands with him.
"I think, how about this," Xie Huaijin suggested, "Since we're all for love, why don't we work together? You help me pursue Xiao'an, and I'll help you pursue Xiaobao. How about that?"
Li Mingyang glanced at him and blurted out: "Do I need your help?"
Xie Huaijin sighed and muttered, "No need to forget it."
After saying that, he raised his leg to leave, but the next second Li Mingyang grabbed his arm.
"How are you going to help?"
Xie Huaijin raised the corner of his mouth and snapped his fingers: "There are plenty of opportunities. Now that we have the opportunity, the rest depends on how we perform."
"Okay," Li Mingyang said happily, "Deal."
After some twists and turns, the four people finally left the grilled fish restaurant. Although they were not the ones who caused the trouble, they still politely apologized to the boss.
"Luckily, the boss didn't make a fuss with us," He Yian said. "I was thinking, if he insisted on compensation, I wouldn't let you pay. At worst, I could just work for him for free for a few months."
Xie Huaijin laughed and said, "Aren't you afraid that your boss will blackmail you?"
"That can't be helped," He Yi'an said seriously, "Anyway, I will definitely not involve you guys again. I'm already very sorry for what happened today."
"What are you talking about, Xiao'an?" Xiaobao patted him with a hint of dissatisfaction. "Didn't you say we were your friends? Then how could we not help you if you got into trouble?"
"Xiaobao is right," Xie Huaijin agreed, "If it really doesn't work, I can lend you some more. I'm not short of money anyway."
He Yian: "...Although I am very grateful to you, your capitalist face really deserves a beating."
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