300 Kindred Spirits (1/2)

Due to Brother Shuang's disappearance, Xia Cheng's plan failed. The woman of the night who felt that she had been swindled was equally angry. Even though her business was not affected that much since it was morning, she had to stand there for a whole afternoon. No matter who it was, they would not be happy. For that, Xia Cheng had to compensate the woman for the injury to her mental state… so on and so forth. In any case, the total amount was not small, and it incidentally cleared Xia Cheng of all the money that he carried with him.

”You see that? That is the typical representation of someone with a low IQ.” Edward used the disappointed Xia Cheng to offer Ye Shuang a lesson. His fat finger pointed at the man who was just outside the studio. ”No plan, no back-up, and no emergency method… There was no complete planning and clarified stages. The man doesn't even have the intelligence to make changes according to the situation. Therefore, once one of the sections was disturbed, the whole plan collapsed…”

Ye Shuang nodded in agreement, but she also asked in curiosity, ”At the very least, Xia Cheng is your friend. Since you have such harsh criticism, aren't you afraid he'll be blacklisted?”

”Hah, then I shall thank God for that,” Edward scoffed and shrugged. ”Things will be much easier if there is one less idiot dragging me down.”

”By the way…” Ye Shuang looked at Edward. ”Hasn't Xia Cheng been trying to make himself known? Since he could go and find a hooker, why didn't he just ask you to introduce him to James? Does he think James won't be much use, or does he not dare?”

”Of course, he doesn't dare to. What gives him the right to ask me to do him this favor?” Edward chuckled and turned lazily to Ye Shuang. ”Of course, I don't suggest you ask any further. Even though I don't have detailed information about you, my instincts tell me, for us to continue being friends, there is a need for each of us to keep a little secret. What do you think?”

”I agree.”

…

After the day was over, James invited almost the whole crew to go for dinner. Some were old workers knew Edward, and others had only heard of his name. As the main character, of course, Rong Su was invited as well, but Su Zheng and Ye Shuang did not plan to follow this time.

Since Xia Cheng was not going, they did not need to follow to observe him. Plus, Su Zheng still had not gotten over the humiliation of having her phone stolen. She wanted to have another go at dusk to see whether she could fish out the thief who dared to target her.

”Thief…” After Edward heard Ye Shuang's explanation, he was quite speechless. ”France has the most thieves. Are you sure you want to waste your energy on this?”

”Mainly, it is the issue of face.” Ye Shuang was also helpless. She really did not understand the honor of a thief. If this was Ye Shuang, she would not have wasted her time on a stolen phone. After all, there was nothing incriminating on her phone…

Edward yawned. ”Then suit yourself, eighty percent likely that it'll be a waste of time… Oh, do you want to go out for tea again tomorrow?”

Ye Shuang thought about it. ”Don't you think you're a bit too free?”

As a high-ranking officer in the organization, it was one thing that he was not hardworking, but he still had time to wander about and ask a girl that he had just met out for tea… Was it really okay for him to be so open and casual?

”Free‽ There are too many idiots in this world, and a repetitive lifestyle is too boring. It's rare for me to find something that attracts my interest. I'm already doing something meaningful.” Edward shrugged. ”After all, I believe you have nothing else to do anyway.”

”You have a point, then how about tomorrow around noon?”

After saying goodbye to Edward and leaving the studio, Su Zheng finally could not resist the urge to gossip. ”Is that Edward from the opposite camp?”

”Yes,” Ye Shuang said with certainty.

”Is he Xia Cheng's ally?” Su Zheng widened her eyes.

”Yes.”

Su Zheng could not believe it. ”He asked you out for tea tomorrow?”

”What is it that you want to ask?” Ye Shuang looked at Su Zheng with confusion.

Su Zheng looked back with shock. ”I mean, that Edward looks like he's a clever person. Won't he have ulterior motive for asking you out? Also, Sister Shuang, why did you agree? Do you also want to bait him out?”

Actually, it was not that complicated. She just thought it was fun conversing with the fatty…

Of course, she would not say that. Therefore, Ye Shuang thought about it to come up with an explanation that she believed was more trustworthy. ”It's like this… So far, my interaction with him will not directly influence our investigation. Therefore, meeting him or not, there's no difference. The only bad ending that I can think of is if I am kidnapped while meeting him… Do you think there is a chance of that happening?”