152 His Natural Habita (1/2)

Ye Shuang compartmentalized her life very fairly. From the personal perspective, after Anthony accepted the case, as the agent, she had the responsibility to help within her power. In terms of morality, what Xu Jian did could not be considered moral in the first place. Evil would soon be vanquished; it was just a matter of when and by whom.

Therefore, Ye Shuang would not hold back simply because Xu Jian was her university friend and first love. Since she had already accepted the job, she would not allow her personal feelings to influence her decision; that was the kind of person she was.

However, at the same time, after the battle had been concluded, Ye Shuang did not mind sharing an innocent meal with her former university mates. They were simply walking on different paths; there was no need to treat the other as nemeses. Of course, whether Xu Jian would feel the same way after knowing the truth was a completely different tale.

Therefore, looking at Xu Jian's ending, Ye Shuang sighed with lamentation, but she did not feel shame or regret. The advice was merely her doing the last bit of kindness she could. She had already said that a debt had to be repaid, but many thought they could live their lives in debt forever.

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After dinner, they parted for their own home. Ye Shuang did not ask what Xu Jian planned to do after this. As a former university friend, she should not have been so familiar with Xu Jian's condition, and it was also due to this identity that Ye Shuang had no reason to show that much care. The fact that Xu Jian would call her out for one final dinner was already not easy. From the way Xu Jian had conducted himself, Ye Shuang had reason to believe this was a farewell, so she only had the responsibility to play the role of an old friend.

”Brother Xu is leaving just like that?” Little Brother Ye had finally finished his monthly exams and had the time to return home. The first news he heard was the final dinner between Ye Shuang and Xu Jian.

Little Brother Ye thought about it and sighed. Even though he had not yet joined society, it did not mean that university students did not have the right to express regret about the passing of the past. ”Back then, Brother Xu helped me by pretending to be my father and treated me to so many meals. He was so nice back then, but now he's ended up like this.”

”Didn't you slam him for being pompous several days ago‽” Ye Shuang mocked her brother without pity as she packed her luggage.

”Those are different things.” Little Brother Ye was rather similar to Ye Shuang in terms of personality. He admitted with a giggle, ”A few days ago, he thought he had the right to look down on me, so I could not stand him. Now, he has lost that right, so I can pity him.”

Little Brother Ye had his own way of processing stuff, but he was not a malicious person. Ye Shuang tussled his hair and said, ”At least now that the tables have turned, your choice is different than your Brother Xu's. It's good that this happened to him. He was two years senior to me, meaning he's only 26 or 27; he still has time to pick himself up. I believe he will see things clearer than before.”

In terms of dealing with Xu Jian, Ye Shuang looked at it with a detached, professional eye. In contrast, Little Brother Ye was more sentimental. Perhaps it was his personality or perhaps he was too young to have experienced that many things yet. Regardless, this drew an end to the whole drama, and they would not be coming across this person in the foreseeable future.

After giving his comments, Little Brother Ye soon forgot about the man. He looked at Ye Shuang shoving her stuff into her luggage and exclaimed excitedly, ”Sis, you're going to a movie premier‽ Bring me with you; I've not been to one before.”

”It's nothing exciting.” Ye Shuang snapped the loaded luggage close. Then she pulled out the schedule for the night and handed it to Little Brother Ye. ”Read this on your own. The director, assistant director, producer, main actors… All of them are going to give speeches. Just the speeches alone will last for half an hour, and it is followed by a media Q&A. You can't even stand the half an hour speech during your school's weekly gathering, and you want to come with me?”

The premier started at 2 pm, but the actual showing of the movie was pushed to 4 pm. This was to allow the guests plenty of time to give their speeches or to give the media plenty of time to ask their questions. A one- or two-hour delay was commonplace.

Little Brother Ye looked at the long schedule with fear, and his interest immediately disappeared. ”Should I help you charge your phone and put a PSP in your luggage‽”

They thought a movie premier was something interesting and upscale; every powerful figure in the business would be gathered to watch a movie and exchange gossip. But after looking at the actual schedule, it was actually no different from a meeting.

Ye Shuang looked at him with patience and hissed, ”You think I'm not famous enough‽ If I was seen playing some handheld game during the premier, the media will say I'm not respecting the organizer.”

Little Brother Ye thought about it with conflict. He still felt like he wanted to tag along. Even though it was not as glamorous as he thought, it was a rare opportunity. ”Then you can bring me with you. I'm not with the crew or the organizer—at most I'll sit with the fans—no one will mind if I play games.”

”That might not be true.” Ye Shuang smiled wickedly. ”Those who have tickets to the premier are all real fans. If you were spotted playing games among them, you're just asking for trouble. But it should be fine. If you're bored, you can go hang out backstage. I've bought for you a plane ticket. After all, the premier is in Shanghai. If you're not up for the premier, there's still other places to visit.”

Little Brother Ye thought there was already no hope, but Ye Shuang suddenly turned the conversation around. This caused Little Brother Ye to scream with joy, and he jumped up to rush into his room to start packing.