haha, apparently, you can still remember my Detective God stories. I would say YES listening goes into reading time ALTHOUGH there is NO official statement. But I wrote a story a few weeks backs and in the Help Center it says you do get paid although it is not transparent - meaning you don't see an extra amount in your dashboard.

https://medium.com/illumination/do-we-or-do-we-not-get-paid-for-listen-time-on-medium-fdeb4f8b0055