335 For the Harem (1/2)

The congregation of many dangerous characters gave Ye Shuang a bad feeling. She blinked, but since a plainclothes was there, she could not ask for more details. However, after they got home, she would drag the man out for some interrogation.

Miss Su Zheng decided to support all decision made by her 'Brother Ye'. Without an explicit order, as the three made their way home, the little girl already shared everything she knew.

”Brother Ye, Brother Ye, listen to me. I have no idea what has gotten into the mind of this stupid thief. A few days ago, he shamelessly dragged Brother Yao out for a drink, and he almost got beaten up by Brother Yao again. And then, he changed his target to Anthony, but half an hour later, he got completely drunk and almost lost his virginity at the club.”

Ye Shuang laughed. ”Is that so? That does sound interesting. Looks like Brother Han and I left a bit too early… What else happened?”

”Oh, you have no idea!” Su Zheng, who was incited, got more excited and completely ignored the darkness that had crawled onto Cedrick's face. She held Ye Shuang's arm and spilled all the beans. ”I suspect that this dumb thief has been taking drugs recently. His mental state is not that normal because he didn't even realize I've stolen his phone six times already…”

”Wait, when did that happen?” Cedrick stopped moving and finally interrupted, ”I have no recollection of that. Don't lie.”

”I'm not lying!” Su Zheng was miffed and turned to tattle to Ye Shuang. ”Even though Sister Shuang and you told me not to bully this idiot, we have to continuously improve our skills especially in our field! I thought his skill would be better than a petty thief, but… even after I stole his phone, swiped the battery, and then replaced it at night, the guy didn't even realize it. Then, three days later, he bought a new Apple phone, and he dares to say he's not stupid‽”

Cedrick exploded. ”No wonder my previous phone kept unable to power on! It's all your fault!”

”Of course, how do you expect the phone to power on without the battery!” Su Zheng roared back at him and then turned around. ”Brother Ye, isn't this his fault for failing at his skills‽”

Then the two continued to argue back and forth.

”What did you say? Do you believe I won't go and steal all your underwear so that you have nothing to wear‽”

”Shameless woman, can you please not talk about things like that so often‽”

”If you are capable, then try to stop me. You're afraid, aren't you‽”

”Humph, don't think I won't counter. It's just that I have no mood to steal someone's A-cup bra!”

”If you dare, repeat that again!”

”What, you really think you won't‽”

”Ha ha ha…” Ye Shuang looked at the bickering between the two thieves and finally intervened when it looked like things were about to escalate to a fight. ”Alright, can we place this issue to the side for now? Cedrick, I remember your nickname is the Gentleman, right?”

Cedrick, who had been pulled back, had some time to calm down, and when he opened his eyes again, there was shame in them. ”I'm sorry, I've acted uncouthly.”

He covered his eyes and shook his head with disappointment, and the sad voice continued. ”I've never acted like this before, but she is just too…”

”You couldn't reign in your mouth, and you want to push the blame onto me, huh‽” Su Zheng rolled up her sleeves, wanting to continue to fight.

Ye Shuang quickly drew the girl aside to separate her from Cedrick. She calmed her down and then turned to ask, ”Cedrick, don't mind me for imposing… but this really isn't Su Zheng's problem. Don't you realize you've been acting real strangely lately? Did something happen?”

Cedrick lowered his hands and raised his eyes to look at Ye Shuang.

Ye Shuang did not avert her eyes and continued. ”There has to be a reason for you coming to Feng Yuan City at such a sensitive time. On top of that, based on what Su Zheng said earlier… honestly, I can understand if you tried to befriend Yao Zhixing. Even though there's the history between you two, such things can be talked out easily between men. There's a chance that both of you could have put it behind you.

”But you didn't even realize that Su Zheng stole your phone for three days and removed the battery—this is not something to blame on her anymore.” Ye Shuang focused on the issue. ”You know about Su Zheng's skill, and even if you don't, when a normal person realizes something could be wrong with their phone, they try to fix it instead of buying a new phone… Obviously, something is on your mind which distracted you.”

Cedrick pulled up his lips like he was trying to force a smile, but he failed. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he was ready, he continued with a shaky smile.

”Even if you didn't ask, I already planned to tell you about this because I might need your help after this.” After another pause, he gritted his teeth. ”…The truth is that I might have found out about my mother's real identity.”

”…” Ye Shuang.

”Erm…” Su Zheng.