Su Li took Little Tang Mo's hand as they walked down the steps. "So, you made a new friend all by yourself, huh?"
Little Tang Mo nodded. "Yeah. Bai Shan is usually sitting in the corner all by himself. He never smiles, and there are a lot of things he doesn't know or can't do."
"I met him because he didn't know how to fill his pen. He got ink all over his hands, so I helped him, and that's how we got to know each other."
"Filling the pen" meant refilling a fountain pen when it ran out of ink, something Bai Shan didn't even know how to do.
Little Tang Mo told Su Li how they met. "After that, we'd say hi or chat for a bit whenever we ran into each other. He always looked like he wanted to talk to me but was too scared, so I took the initiative. He told me I was amazing."
A hint of pride was in Little Tang Mo's voice.
Su Li smiled. "But Little Mo *is* amazing."
