"Er. I just meant somewhere better?" How had this happened? Because now Yihao was looking at him so eagerly, or afraid or-- he wasn't even sure how to interpret that expression and Xue Yang just seemed to be deeply amused, while enjoying his cake.

Chenglei had no idea what to do now. "Look, he gets bullied without me there. I'm not-- He's not--" Ugh, why was this so hard? "I just want him to be all right."

"Aww! I ship them, Yao." Xue Yang knew how helpful he was being.