Too friendly? Mo Guan-Shan barely tolerates He Tian, almost hates him. He has extreme trust issues, which Tian has violated through sexual harassment & bullying, & still does not consider any of them to be his friends, including Jian Yi.
Tian has conditioned Guan-Shan like a dog. If Guan-Shan avoids him or tries to run away, Tian will do things like punch him or follow him home. If Guan-Shan hangs out with Tian, Tian gives him money because he's broke & will protect him from large groups of thugs & bullies. Tian can also use his connections to get Guan-Shan employment. So now Guan-Shan understands that it's beneficial to hang around Tian, but Tian can't resist sexually harassing him.
This makes it sound much worse than it is. Yes he does a lot of the stuff you wrote but then again he also protects him. And in those times you can tell nobody is thinking of benefice. Mo even cried after Tian and Jianyi saved him from getting expelled from school because Tian told him not to shoulder everything by himself. Also about the hitting, don’t forget Guanshan isn’t innocent there either. But all in all he knows they’re friends. He just doesn’t say it. He willingly hangs out with Tian and that time he told him to go die and Tian sent the picture with the tomato sauce he said he didn’t mean it. The thing about Guanshan is just that he acts all tough but is a softie. And Tian just wants to get through that.
Reading your explanation feels like we're reading two completely different stories. Yes, He Tian does what you say and he's manipulative, but there's no doubt he's interested in Mo. Maybe not in a truly romantic way, yet, since he enjoys getting under his skin a little too much, but as squixiu stated, he's also genuinely trying to break through that wall Mo has built around himself due to his hard life circumstances. And if Mo actually showed some interest in him, too, He Tian would totally go for it. I imagine their relationship starting as "exclusive fuck-buddies" which will eventually lead to real love. And Mo will still act reluctant even then; he's just not the type to be lovey-dovey.
Also, there's no doubt Mo cares for He Tian, he just doesn't want to admit it. Of course he's annoyed by He Tian's harassment, but not enough to not want to hang out with him. We also see him care for him when he's down on his knees, and we also see him running to He Tian when he's hurt (which was only tomato sauce, but still); he was actually panicked and worried. It's just the way he is, simple as that.
And lastly, of course they're all friends, what the heck? He Tian wants to spend time with them, he's just socially awkward due to his family background. He's probably never known how to make friends. People, especially girls, like him for his looks and because he acts like a "prince" in front of them, but it's only the guys, especially Mo, he shows his real face to. He's always been helping them whenever there was trouble, and not because it was also benefitting him in any way. Just because this isn't your idea of "friendship" doesn't mean it's not obviously there.
It also started as He Tian wanting to teach Mo a lesson because Mo was an asshole.
I've seen the raw and stuff and no they haven't started having sex and yes the author does draw the stuff from what I've seen hope that helps (⌒▽⌒)
Uhh... you do realise that there are no raws? That the latest chapter on here is also the latest official chapter? Maybe you've mixed it up with fanart or some pictures outside of the story made by Old Xian? She does that once in a while, but as for the actual story: no raws, sorry.
Eli, u r so right !!!
Not raw oops I'm an idiot I meant it in a different language I think it was Spanish but I did see the sex scene between them and I must say ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
Not raw oops I'm an idiot I meant it in a different language I think it was Spanish but I did see the sex scene between them and I must say ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
I totally agree with what you have said!!
I get that likalaruku might think like that and I also am not very happy about he tians brutality at some points. However they have an entirely different kind of friendship and trust as we might have with our friends in real life!! They trust each other and are their for each other in bad times and shitty situations!! And there's no denying in the evolution of their friendship: I mean yeah they argue with each other but obviously they got close through this arguing instead of nice words. And that is what matters. Some people aren't cut for this ”normal” way to make friends. And I think it is like that with mo or he tian. I mean I can't imagine him beginning to trust he tian because he had walked to him and had asked whether something is wrong and if he wants to talk about it. Mo would have said : ”fuck off! ” in this situation. Instead he tian tried to get his attention (sometimes with a bit of unkind methods - he has to work on this) and it worked for the two of them. And as you mentioned there are situations in which you see the fruits of their relationship so I really can't understand how someone is able to just see negative things and kinda misinterpreted the story purposely?!
Ok question: do really just happen the things in the manga or are there things that the author can't draw because it's too explicit? Like are he tian and little mo getting it on together without the author drawing it in an explicit way or are they (at this point) still just friends that are a bit too friendly?