37 Her Womanly Image (2/2)
Even An Zining was shocked. However, she quickly laughed and said, ”Looks like all martial experts need plenty of food to replenish their energy!”
Martial expert… Ye Shuang coughed drily. She thought to herself, Perhaps there's still time to change An Zining's impression of me?
”Sister An sure likes to kid. I do know a bit of martial arts, but that barely makes me an expert.” Ye Shuang smiled awkwardly, trying her best to salvage her womanly image. She wouldn't want to be known as a wuxia lady from then on…
”Of course, of course, one of the practiced tenets of martial experts is humility. Don't worry, I understand,” An Zining said with a guffaw.
No, I'm pretty sure you don't understand.
It wasn't Ye Shuang's plan to be close friends with An Zining. It was not that An Zining was a horrible person or Ye Shuang was so uncouth to drop her after gaining some benefits, but because their positions in life were simply too different. It was a coincidence that Ye Shuang had helped An Zining, but the former couldn't possibly leverage that over the latter for life. Furthermore, one had to consider An Zining's rash and irascible personality.
For example, she was easily entrapped by a sentence from her little brother. That might not cause An Zining much harm, but what if, one day, that person who had a way into An Zining's ear turned hostile against Ye Shuang‽
The biggest difference between Fang Mo and An Zining was that the former had the matured faculty of thought and was more tolerant of others. Even if they did part ways in the future, Fang Mo wouldn't be impassioned by emotions or other rumors to turn against her. That was why Ye Shuang felt safe being his friend.
After the luxurious brunch, Ye Shuang received a call from Fang Mo. With his aid, the transfer had gone without a hitch. The apartment was now officially under Ye Shuang's name.
After paying the bills, An Zining's phone rang. Ye Shuang heard a male voice through the phone saying, ”Sis, Grandpa just…”
As An Zining answered the phone, she waved goodbye to Ye Shuang. Ye Shuang did the same and left without comment.
The world of the rich wasn't one she could just mix in with.