"Robert, you are more innocent than I think you are." Ivy was amused by what happened but did not dare to laugh seeing how embarrassed he looked.
Robert rubbed his nose awkwardly.
"I guess that just means that all the friends you've been hanging out with are innocent as well," Ivy concluded. "Which is great. It means that you have great friends."
Robert was so utterly humiliated that he did not mind being teased by his sister.
"Dad looked into each of my friends, and he wouldn't let me hang out with them if they were bad people," Robert explained. "Our parents are really protective."
"A university is its very own community." Ivy poured him a glass of water. "But I think whether a person gets influenced by bad people or not depends on them. There are people who cave in to their darkest nature even when they are surrounded by good people."
"Do you think that I will become a bad person, then?" Robert took a sip of the water.
"Of course, not. No one in our family ever will."
"Ivy, the good and the bad sometimes co-exist. Bad people have a good side to them, and people who seem nice on the surface might have an evil side, too." Robert set his glass down and patted Ivy on the head. "I guess we all just need to live a life we won't regret."
"Apart from that, we have to make sure that we don't violate any laws, too," she added. "A lot of bad people think that they have no regrets either."
Robert felt as though he was being lectured by his younger sister, but he was not at all annoyed; instead, he was impressed by Ivy.
He had grown up beneath his parents' wings, and they had taught him right from wrong, so people expect him to be brilliant, but it was different for Ivy.
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