Although Yue Yao initially approached with intent, in reality, friendships aren't entirely based on chance encounters! For instance, if a man wants to pursue a woman, wouldn't he seek out her friends, colleagues, classmates, or other people around her to find out her interests, hobbies, birthday, phone number, email, QQ, MSN, Facebook, Renren, Kaixin, etc.? If he is ultimately successful in his pursuit, would these methods count as deceit? When a man pursues a woman, or conversely, when a woman pursues a man, has the initiating party never actively tried to cater to the other party?
The same goes for friendship. When initially getting to know each other, there will always be a reason, a common point of origin. When not very familiar, people tend to be more courteous, often offering praise, encouragement, or agreeing with the other person's interests and expert areas. From another perspective, this is social etiquette.
