108 I Am Not That Weak, Either (2/2)
Ye Shuang wanted to say no, but the sound from the headphones had already drifted into her ears. She had no idea what Anthony had done, but the voices on the phone sounded like they belonged to Miss Bai and Director Zhou. They were on the phone. Ye Shuang remembered Miss Bai's voice because she had just talked to her a few days ago, and she recognized the other voice as Director Zhou because he named himself during the conversation.
”…That's what happened. I'm sorry, Director Zhou, but he has returned to San Lin City. If you still wish to see him, I can ask him out again when I return to my home town.”
Ye Shuang pointed at the microphone, asking if she could make any noise.
Anthony pressed a button on the side of the headphone, and the microphone reeled back in. Then his smile deepened. ”Of course you can speak. I've closed the input mode, so they cannot hear you.”
Ye Shuang removed the headphones and sighed, looking at Anthony. ”Tony, eavesdropping is illegal.”
And Han Chu dares say this person has not done anything illegal?
”Illegal‽ Of course not!” With Little Brother Ye looking on with admiration in his eyes, Anthony reached his two fingers into the bowl of braised ribs to take one out, popped it in his mouth, and sucked on his fingers before smiling harmlessly. ”The law is essentially a set of made-up rules. The weak follow the rules, and the strong decide the rules. The government has been eavesdropping on the people, but they simply do not announce it, so why can they do it but not the citizens? Because the government is powerful… and I am powerful.”
Ye Shuang laughed. She took the headphones, but instead of returning them, she walked around the living room with them. She stopped beside the sofa and reached her hand into the corner to search before returning with a bug with an antenna on it. She placed the bug and the headphones on the table beside Anthony and announced calmly, ”I am also not that weak. Don't install some random crap in my home.”
When she put on the headphones earlier, she had accidentally noticed the sound of distortion. It seemed like, in the future, she would have to walk around the house with her phone whenever she was free or else her privacy would be exposed without knowing it.
Anthony's expression froze like a fox who had its tail caught. However, he soon turned that into a boisterous laugh. He slipped the bug back into his pocket and wrapped the headphones around his neck. With a cute smile, he surrendered to Ye Shuang. ”I understand, Xiao Shuang. I respect power, so I will not do that again.”
Little Brother Ye had completely fallen for Anthony. This kind of computer expert who was at the same time a gaming expert was his idol incarnate, but thankfully, he still knew the gravity of the situation. To protect Ye Shuang's transformation secret, he immediately took Ye Shuang's side. Of course, his tone was not hectoring. Instead, it sounded like he was trying to talk some sense into his best pal. ”Tony, listen to me, don't try it with my sister. She is a scary person. Hmm, if you want to eavesdrop on people, I'll help you. How about my university‽ You can even help me steal the test questions.”
Anthony laughed heartily. He turned to tell Ye Shuang happily, ”Your brother sure is cute.”
One of these days, I'll kill this rascal! After sending Anthony to the hotel, Ye Shuang felt seriously exhausted. Such an unusual character was going to live next door to her in the future… one could imagine how 'interesting' her life would be.
Ye Shuang started to suspect whether handing Miss Bai's company to him was a mistake or not. No wonder Han Chu's expression was so complicated when he saw Miss Bai pick up Anthony's file.
After warning Little Brother Ye to not reveal her secret under any circumstances, Little Brother Ye went out happily after shrugging on his backpack. He had promised Tony to find the best food available in San Lin City that night. What about the guild war‽ What was that? Compared to Anthony, that thing was lame.
At around 8 pm, after dinner, Yao Zhixing arrived for a visit with an antique phone from the seventies. As he walked through the door, he shoved the thing in Ye Shuang's hands and looked around. ”Is Xiao Ye here‽”
Ye Shuang had gotten used to people referring to her male form as Xiao Ye and female form as Xiao Shuang, so she nodded and said, ”No, he's not here. Are you looking for him?”
”Not really, just asking.” Yao Zhixing scratched his short hair, rather obvious with his disappointment. ”There's a race tonight, and I was thinking about bringing him with me. By the way, this is the signal detector that Xiao Han asked me to bring you; it's used to detect wireless signals. I didn't go to the garage today, so I yanked this out from my car… but why would Xiao Han want me to give you this?”
Ye Shuang understood Han Chu's intention immediately. After accepting a gift, she explained weakly, ”There's a new case that involves one of Han Chu's friends. He's a computer expert, and eavesdropping and planting bugs is like drinking water for the man. Brother Han probably wants me to have this to help me prevent the man from installing micro-cameras or hidden recorders at my place.”