The reporters all looked at each other. One female reporter blushed and asked, "Kevin, do you have a
girlfriend?"
Then there was a burst of laughter, instantly breaking the tense atmosphere.
Kevin Ye was also stunned, but he quickly smiled and responded, "I don't have a girlfriend yet."
"Then what kind of girl do you like? Chinese or foreigners?" The female reporter asked again.
"Although I studied abroad, I'm very traditional man. I like Chinese girls." Kevin said.
"Why?"
"I think the Chinese girls are beautiful and kind, and they are dedicated to love. I want to grow old
together with the one I love forever." Kevin said. His words not only impressed the female reporters at
the scene, but also won the hearts of thousands of girls in front of the video.
"You still haven't said what kind of girl you like." The female reporter who had just asked the question
asked boldly.
Then Venus’ face flashed in Kevin's mind.
"If someone gets my heart pounding, then that's love comes. The love I desire has nothing to do with
looks, nothing to do with family. I just care about feelings."
For a while, everyone's affection for Kevin increased, and they stopped making things difficult for him
and even started to speak for him.
"In your opinion, who is trying to deliberately frame Mr. Ye this time?"
"I've been studying abroad. I rarely cared about the company, and I don't know who my brother has
offended, but we've called the police about this rumor. I believe the law will give us justice." Then Kevin
chuckled and continued, "Kerry and I are brothers. If he is the freak, according to genetics, then I
should be too. Do you think I look like a freak?"
Then these female reporters chimed in that Kevin was their idea of the perfect man not a freak.
"I actually still want to have that power. Then I would just disappear when I want to and go wherever I
want, which seems to be what we all wanted when we were kids," Kevin continued.
His words immediately made everyone feel better about him and distracted the reporter from Kerry's
supernatural power.
The interview ended on a happy note, with Kevin inviting dozens of journalists to the luncheon. Kevin,
who was well-informed and unassuming, was humble and modest with whomever he interacted. No
matter who he talked to, he was always polite and humble, so everyone, including the male reporters,
had a good impression of him.
After the luncheon, Kevin asked John to give each of them a red envelope.
"In two days it will be Chinese New Year. These red envelopes are the New Year's gifts for you." Kerry
said with a smile.
The red envelopes contained not only eight amusement park tickets, but also two thousand yuan.
The crowd cheerfully thanked him, and then prepared to leave.
Kerry also thoughtfully used all the luxury cars of the Ye family to send the reporters back to their
companies, because it was planned in advance, so the car was just enough.
As he saw the last car drove out, the smile on Kevin's face disappeared in an instant. He suddenly
became serious.
The battle of public opinion was half over. Next, he had to figure out how to silence those big shots who
were manipulating the reporters behind the scenes, or else this kind of thing would continue to plague
his family.
To the Ye family, money is not the most important thing. As long as it can be settled with money, it is a
small matter.
Two hours after Kevin's statement, the public opinion on the Internet had a drastic change. Everyone
shifted their attention from Kerry to Kevin.
Journalists who were influenced by Kevin did their best to praise Kevin and clarified that the story about
Kerry was a rumor.
For a while, Kevin became the prince charming of women all over the country, and no one and no one
paid attention to that inexplicable video anymore.
......
At the beach, Tianye Mu sat on a boulder and smoked. He had quit smoking. However, he was too
distracted these days, so he smoked again.
The sea was dark and gloomy. The fog didn't lift.
Henry walked over with his sore legs and sat down next to him. Tianye handed him a cigarette and
took out a lighter to light it for him.
Henry had never thought that Tianye would light him a cigarette. After the past few days, the two of
them were close.
Henry took a long, hard drag on his cigarette. He had dark circles under his eyes.
The two men smoked in silence, no one speaking.
The search of the sea had been extended to its maximum extent. The water was cold. The lifeguards
shivered every time they came up from the sea.
No one dared to say they wanted to give up looking for Kerry, although they thought Kerry's chances of
survival were slim.
At night, Venus started having nightmares again. This time, in her dream, Kerry was lying on an
unknown island, and vultures were pecking at his corpse. Venus rushed forward to chase them away,
but all that was left of Kerry was a skeleton.
Venus woke up from the nightmare with a scream. Her forehead and back were covered in cold sweat.
She was gasping for breath, and the skeleton's eyes flashed in her head.
Suddenly the door was pushed open and the light in the room came on. Kevin came to her room.
“Do you have nightmares?" he asked.
Venus nodded.
Kevin saw that she was sweating, handed her some tissues, and then sat on the edge of the bed.
"What did you dream about?"
Venus looked up at him with panic and sadness in her eyes.
"I had a dream that something bad happened to Kerry."
"Was he hurt?" Kevin's voice was soft.
Venus gulped and nodded.
Kevin saw the desperation in her eyes and wanted to reach out and hug her, but he couldn't. He knew
it wasn't right for him to do so.
"Venus, my brother's going to be okay. Don’t worry about him too much."
Venus didn't speak. She knew Kevin was comforting her, even though he himself was sad.
"Why do you come here all of a sudden?" Venus asked, "Didn't you sleep at night?"
"I couldn't sleep. I was smoking in the hallway. I suddenly heard a scream in your room, so I came in to
check it out." Kevin said.
It was then that Venus smelled the faint odor of tobacco on him.
Kerry was his brother. They had grown up together. Venus knew he must be worried about Kerry, which
was why he couldn't sleep.
Looking at his long, slender fingers, Venus remembered something. "How's your arm?"
Kevin moved his fingers nimbly, "It's fully recovered."
"That's good." Venus said, and then lowered her head to look at Pingan.
Kevin's heart ached. There was nothing more they could talk about between them now.
"You go back to sleep. I’ll leave. Good night." Kerry got up, and then prepared to leave.
"Good night." Venus said politely.
Venus didn't fall sleep after Kevin left. She thought something about Kerry a lot. It had even occurred to
her that Kerry might be dead. She told herself to be strong and face whatever happened.
The following day was New Year's Eve.
The first thing Venus did when she woke up was to call Tianye Mu to inquire about the results of the
search, but she still got nothing about Kerry.
"Is your leg better?" Tianye asked.
"They’re much better." Venus paused and said, "Brother, don't hide anything from me about Kerry. I'm
not the girl I used to be. I can take it."
“Actually, we found a shirt in the sea. Henry said it was Kerry's."
Hearing this, Venus bit down on her lower lip, tears streaming down her face.
Tianye heard Venus' crying and asked softly, "Venus, are you okay?"
Venus slammed down the phone, then curled up under the covers and cried.
"Did he really die? He left me and my children forever without even saying goodbye?"
Last night Venus told herself to be strong, but then she knew the salvaged shirt of Kerry, and she cried
out in sorrow.
Her sobs woke up Pingan, who was sleeping next to her. He rubbed his eyes and turned his head to
see his mother crying. He got up from the bed and walked over to Venus.
"Mama, please don't cry." Pingan said, and then he wiped Venus's tears with his chubby little hand.
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