He is /so/ up in Zhao Yunlan's business, I mean my goodness. And even when they're arguing, he never hesitates to follow along with Yunlan, and Yunlan never tries to stop him or even give him a cold shoulder. The weight of unspoken friendship and cooperation between them is just so immense, by a quarter of the way through, it highlights how distressed they both are by the remaining secrets.
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