"It's only useful when what you need is someone to hit something. You have no idea the kind of headaches he causes. Sometime even just talking to him makes me feel stupid." Again, the words were softened by his tone and he is clearly more animated now compared to how he was speaking earlier. These were not secrets, and compared to near death experiences and faked kidnappings this was a topic that actually meant something to him on an emotional level.

(Even though, in fact, both of the previous topics also had to do with Chu Wenshan.)

Does he even realize any of this? Not really.

"Not that I'm in the habit of speaking poorly of people behind their backs." He totally is though. "But growing up, the only times Chu Wenshan wasn't a nuisance was when he was carrying my books or eating my scallions for me or taking care of me when I'm sick." The rest of the time he totally didn't desperately try to impress him or try to be his friend or anything!