"Your panda... Yeah, of course, I'll make sure they get all your stuff." Chenglei looked at Xue Yang, who just nodded and moved his hand in a way that signalled that he was taking care of it.

Good. Chenglei smiled a little, for a moment or two, then he looked at Yihao. "I missed you too. I wanted to-- It's just that they told me you'd be safer if I didn't contact you. But my new school sucked. I'm at uni now. Still weird. Lots of fancy people."

"Lots of dates," Xue Yang mentioned helpfully. He wanted to nudge them together.