300 Kindred Spirits (2/2)
”I understand now!” It dawned on Su Zheng. ”Sister Shuang, you plan to kidnap him once you realize something is wrong!”
The plan sounded so real that Ye Shuang had no counter. Ye Shuang coughed and then nodded seriously. ”You're right, that's the plan!”
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One day, two day, three days…
Just like that, Ye Shuang continued to spend time with Edward, who was both an enemy and a friend. Due to the foundation that Brother Shuang had laid, until the commercial was over, Xia Cheng did not have time to get close to Rong Su. Of course, that was nothing much—the thing that attracted her attention was that as the day passed, the time that Xia Cheng was not around their gaze had gradually increased. About this, Edward still maintained his less than concerned attitude.
”I happen to know a thing or two about this,” Xu Jian told Ye Shuang on the phone during one of the nights. ”If a certain member proves to be lacking or has caused too much losses, the organization will send some other people to inherit his work. The Xia Cheng that you mentioned is probably losing favor with the organization. He has failed his earlier mission and has not been able to rescue himself, so it is natural for him to be replaced.”
”Oh, then does this mean that Xia Cheng has been demoted or targeted to be killed?” Ye Shuang asked.
Xu Jian was shocked, and he coughed. ”Of course, it's a demotion. Xiao Shuang, why are you so… scary lately?”
Ye Shuang sighed. ”I'm sorry. I've been hanging out with people who lack morals, and I was probably influenced by then.”
Ye Shuang was not joking. Spending too much time with someone like Edward would cause her to be influenced. Although, to be serious, such character had been around Ye Shuang for a long time already, like Anthony, who everyone was familiar with.
Only the young would see the world in black and white while adults saw it in shades of gray depending on the environment and benefits. Those with power would not be influenced by society's rules because society had a hard time influencing these people. Therefore, it depended on themselves whether they want to follow these rules or not.
Because of that, unless they had firm morality, no one could normally guarantee that they would not do anything regretful when they were excited or when they were struck by inspiration.
Practice makes perfect. Once they followed someone to do something bad, in the future, they might do that bad thing on their own. For example, Ye Shuang who learned how to lie from Luo Mingxin; for example, Ye Shuang who learned how to steal from Su Zheng; for example, Ye Shuang who learned how to set up traps from Edward…
”Hey! That young couple really did break up.” Edward came over to find Ye Shuang excitedly that morning. ”Yesterday, when I went to buy some donuts, the female boss did not give me the extra biscuits. How about we go and design a script for her son today? Hmm, let his girlfriend slap him in the face?”
After the conversation on the phone the previous night, Ye Shuang, who was repenting that morning, raised her head with sadness. ”I think I've been playing a bit too much recently.”
”Stop giving me that nonsense. I can see that you were having a good time with me.” Edward had a hard time pushing his paunch through the space between the chair and the counter. Then very familiarly, he took out a carton of milk from Karen's kitchen. ”I've already said, we are the same type of people, aren't we?”
”And what type would that be?” Ye Shuang asked after a while. She thought that this issue was really serious. Probably, because this man was too friendly around her, his lack of morality had been brushing off on her.
Edward poured himself a glass of milk and said, ”Just saying, I'm not purposely trying to investigate you.”
Ye Shuang sighed. ”From that I can already understand what you want to say. Did you 'accidentally' find some information about me?”
”Of course, I have no interest in these things, so I don't need to purposely ask around for it.” Edward swirled the carton out of boredom. ”Xia Cheng is an idiot, but he is even more unlucky to have run into you and your partner… Now, don't try to deny your influence in this. If everyone in the case is related to you, then no matter how official your reason is, I will not believe this is all a coincidence.”
Ye Shuang was too lazy to deny it. She asked with confusion, ”Then why did you play so happily with me for the past few days?”
Was he really entrapping her like Su Zheng said?
”That's why I said, it is so hard to find a kindred spirit who can play with you…” Edward shrugged. ”To make things better, you do not have a firm morality like James.”
Is that a compliment? It has to be a compliment! Ye Shuang thought about it. ”…Edward, are you trying to recruit me, or are you trying to join me?”
”Hmm…” Edward also thought about it. ”Are you open for a cooperation?”