145 First and Only Love (1/2)

Everyone had their memories of youth; it was no different for Ye Shuang. Time at university changed one the most. Many university students were exposed to things that they had not been allowed to touch before, thus progressing from immaturity to maturity, or at least maturity on the surface.

During university years, Ye Shuang had been no different from other girls. Compelled by the atmosphere, she had also found herself a boyfriend. It was not a particularly exciting relationship. Thinking back, she felt that she had merely been following the trend rather than really falling in love.

Since everyone had a boyfriend then she had also found herself one, or else it might have seemed like she was not part of the in crowd. After breaking up, she did not feel much regret. She only thought that relationship was more boring than she had expected and stopped looking for a new boyfriend after her first one. Therefore, Xu Jian was Ye Shuang's first and only love. In fact, this gave some of her friends the impression that she had not gotten over him.

Ye Shuang could have corrected that impression, but she did not see the point in sharing her history with others. Ye Shuang did not go into details with Yao Zhixing. ”In any case, if I need help, I'll reach out to Brother Yao. I'll be leaving now. If there's a chance in the future, we should meet up again.”

Yao Zhixing did not press. He understood that Ye Shuang's order for him to stop the investigation was not out of politeness but because things had become more complicated than she had initially thought. Or perhaps it was because she had a better idea in mind. Since Ye Shuang had stated her stance, Yao Zhixing would respect it.

He lit a cigarette before nodding. ”Then, come find me if you need any help. During the holiday period, everyone might be a little busy, and meeting in person should be quite difficult, so just call me on my phone.”

”It shouldn't be too big a problem. If it was, I wouldn't be directly involved in this case.” Ye Shuang smiled, but she did accept Yao Zhixing's kindness. No matter what, he had done his best for his friend. Even though they had not known each other for long, Yao Zhixing had taken her as a good friend. As long as the request was not too overboard, he would be willing to lend his aid and would not boast about it later. Unlike other people who were more cautious, they might remember asking a favor from you and then they would keep that in mind when you came to them for help later.

After bidding farewell to Yao Zhixing and the rest of the racers, Ye Shuang left the nightclub and headed home. With regards to An Zixuan, who was left in the breakroom, she ignored him. After all, he was a man, not a child. Since his sister did not care about him anymore, why should she?

When she reached home, it was already 2 am. Ye Shuang wanted to head to bed immediately, but when she passed the guest bedroom, she heard the sound of rapid keyboard typing. Without needing to think, she knew that Little Brother Ye was busy playing his games. Pushing the door open, she saw that Little Brother Ye had not returned to his dormitory again. Probably after dinner, he had seen that Ye Shuang was not around to stop him, so he just assumed he would be invited to stay overnight. Even though the exam period was coming, he was still acting like this. Ye Shuang wondered whether she should report the rascal to their parents or not.

”Sis, you're home‽” Little Brother Ye was not wearing his gaming headphones, so he turned when he heard the door open and turned back to his computer when he saw it was just Ye Shuang.

Ye Shuang walked closer to take a look. He was indeed playing some fighting game. There was a massacre on screen. Characters with shining armor crowded the screen, screen-shaking skills happened left and right. The chat box in the bottom left-hand corner kept on rolling with curses from all parties.

”I still don't understand the point of killing virtual people,” Ye Shuang grumbled and turned away from the screen. She dragged over a chair and reached out to poke Little Brother Ye's arm. ”Hey, do you still remember Xu Jian?”

As Ye Shuang's only boyfriend ever, Xu Jian had quite a good relationship with Little Brother Ye. There was one time when Little Brother Ye did not dare to ask for his parents to come to school for the teacher-parent conference, and it was Uncle Xu Jian who had gone as his father.

After Ye Shuang broke up with the man, Little Brother Ye had been saddened for quite some time, thinking there would not be anyone who would buy snacks for him and pretend to be his parent anymore. However, after he found out the reason for their break-up was because the man kept insisting on having a deeper physical interaction even after his sister's multiple rejections, his attitude changed immediately. He called his gang of friends to ambush the sicko. If not for Ye Shuang intervening at the right time, Xu Jian would have been beaten to a pulp by a gang of high schoolers.

”Xu Jian, who‽” Little Brother Ye blurted out without even turning his head around. Then, as it dawned on him, his expression turned into one of shock. ”Sis, you ran into Xu Jian? Are you suddenly planning to continue the relationship with him‽”

Since Ye Shuang had not found herself another boyfriend after Xu Jian, other than her close friends, even Little Brother Ye assumed it was because she was still hung up over him.

Ye Shuang raised her middle finger and scoffed. ”Does your sister look like someone that has such bad taste‽”

”Hmm… You have a point.” Little Brother Ye thought about it. Her sister had found herself a boyfriend merely out of curiosity, and her relationship with Xu Jian was definitely not like those described in the novels. ”In that case, why did you suddenly bring Xu Jian up‽”

Little Brother Ye was intrigued. He typed something on his keyboard, and a small window popped up. Then Little Brother Ye's character started to operate on his own. He made use of the skills expertly and even knew how to use the healing items while analyzing the opponent's data.

”…Tony's help?” Ye Shuang came to this conclusion. The character now was far more impressive than when Little Brother Ye was controlling him. While he was submerged in the group of 'mobs' earlier, now the character was like a general, rallying other players from the same camp around him.

Little Brother Ye grinned happily. ”This is not dumb botting program. It can be used for PKing and clearing dungeons. The only downside is it's not so good for clearing mobs because the program plays the character too expertly. It's such a waste.”