?!?!?!?!?!

"I-- really don't have anything I can trade-- I'm sorry, I'm just a freshman-- I can do your homework--"

Does Nie Mingjue want him to suck his dick. Is this how Meng Yao goes from being the son of a whore to a whore. It seems ludicrous but he's very pretty and he can't imagine any other reason anyone would do this. 

"A favor to me, a-Qing."

"You are far too noble."

?!?!?!?!!

"Do we have any classes together?"

"Algebra I?" Oh god oh god was that creepy he shouldn't know that he's too good with faces--

"Good. You can study with me and Zixuan and Xichen."

Apparently, this is happening?

"This is Meng Yao," Nie Mingjue says to the most beautiful boy Meng Yao has ever seen and also Meng Yao's brother. 

This is fine. This is fine. He probably doesn't know he's Meng Yao's brother. Most people wouldn't keep track--

"Oh! Meng Yao. You're my half-brother, right?"

FUCK.

"With the whore?"

In retrospect can he be kicked down the stairs again?

The Most Beautiful Man In The World says, "Zixuan, that hardly seems relevant to algebra. Sit by me, Meng Yao?"

Thank you, Most Beautiful Man In The World. You are a knight in shining armor and rescuer of innocent damsels, Most Beautiful Man In The World. 

He bows. "I'm Lan Xichen."

The Most Beautiful Man In The World is bowing? The Most Beautiful Man In The World is bowing to him? Do people even bow anymore? What is going on?

He quickly bows without revealing how much he's internally freaking out. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

The Most Beautiful Man In The World, possessor of The Most Beautiful Slight Smile In The World, says, "it's a pleasure to meet you as well" and it sounds like he means it.

?!?!?!??!?!??!??!??!?!

"Now, on problem fourteen--"

Algebra homework! He can do algebra homework. He's going to be the best doer of algebra homework the Shanghai enclave has ever seen. 

Lan Xichen keeps the topic on algebra with only an occasional glance at Jin Zixuan when he seems inclined to bring up family matters.

Lan Xichen is his favorite person in the entire world.