Chapter 197 Jessie's Home

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　　At the end of the road was a solid fence, and on the other side of the fence was the urban area of ​​the Seventh Dist.

　　In fact, the real city of Midgar is located on the disc. The buildings here are neatly planned and have clean streets. It is completely different from the slums. Every time Shen Ye comes to the disc, he deeply sighs at the huge gap between the rich and the poor and the status gap in this city.

　　What surprised Shen Ye was that there were no Shinra soldiers guarding or patrolling here, and the entire area seemed unusually quiet.

　　"It's so late at night and there's no one guarding here. How strange!" Shen Ye parked the car on the side of the road, looked at the quiet surroundings, and asked the doubts in his heart. You know, the collapse of the No. 1 Mako Reactor happened just yesterday.

　　"How come there is no one guarding it?" Jessie got out of the car and looked at him with admiration: "Didn't you just defeat the guard here?"

　　"You mean them?" Shen Ye suddenly realized: "Those Shinra soldiers riding motorcycles?"

　　"Yes." Jessie nodded, then held Shen Ye's arm and led him up the stairs beside him, saying as they walked: "From now on we can only walk. After crossing the block ahead, we will reach my first destination tonight - the employee residential area of ​​the Seventh Dist."

　　"Did you live here before?" Shen Ye recalled the plot and then asked.

　　"Yeah, my parents are both Shinra employees." Jessie nodded, looked up at the huge Mako Reactor in the distance, and said in a low voice: "I grew up relying on the Mako Reactor, but now, I..."

　　Having said that, Jessie fell silent, and then just silently pulled Shen Ye forward.

　　Looking at Jessie who was feeling a little depressed, Shen Ye rubbed her head with his other hand.

　　"I'm fine." Noticing Shen Ye's concern, Jessie looked up and smiled at him, then quickened his pace.

　　"Hurry up, I'll take you to my house first."

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　　Soon, the two of them crossed the block and arrived at the Shinra employee residential area.

　　After walking another half of the residential area, Jessie stopped and pointed to a detached house in front of him and said to the late night: "That's my house. Look, the lights are still on."

　　"The lights are still on at this time. They must be waiting for someone to come home, right?" Shen Ye asked, pretending to be ignorant.

　　"Well, in order to wait for our daughter who only comes back occasionally, they keep the lights on all the time, as if they're afraid that I don't know the way. Really, I'm not a child anymore." Although Jessie was complaining, his face was filled with a happy smile, but Shen Ye could see clearly that there was deep guilt in Jesse's eyes.

　　"I'm not a qualified daughter." After a while, Jessie continued, "I knew my parents were waiting for me, but for the sake of my so-called ideals, I often didn't go home, making them sad."

　　"When children grow up, they will eventually leave the protection of their parents. You can go out on your own, and they are actually proud of you," Shen Ye said comfortingly.

　　"I know that too...Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, let's go home first." Jessie has always been very happy with Shen Ye's comfort. After sweeping away the depression in his heart, he continued to hold Shen Ye's hand and walked towards home: "My mother is a typical Midgar resident and can make Midgar-style pizza. In the past, Biggs and Wedge especially liked to come to my house as guests, and my mother would prepare delicious food for us no matter what time it was - Oh, by the way, Shen, my mother especially likes people with a strong appetite, I hope you don't let her down."

　　"Don't worry about that. I've always had a good appetite and can eat any amount." Shen Ye gave Jessie a look that reassured him.

　　"Then... I'll knock on the door!" Jessie said, putting his hand on the doorbell.

　　But she immediately remembered something, turned her head and said to Shen Ye seriously: "My mother doesn't know that I'm working for Avalanche . She always thought I was an actor outside, so don't let it slip later."

　　"I understand." Shen Ye nodded. He certainly knew that Jessie's dream was to be an actor, and his biggest dream was to perform at the Gold Saucer. But now, before overthrowing Shinra, these were just dreams.

　　Seeing Shen Ye nod, Jessie rang the doorbell with confidence.

　　Ding Dong!

　　Soon, footsteps were heard in the house, and at the same time, a gentle and kind voice of a middle-aged woman was heard: "Jessie, is that you?"

　　"It's me, Mom," Jessie responded loudly.

　　squeak!

　　The moment the door opened, a middle-aged woman who looked about 60% like Jessie rushed out and hugged Jessie, murmuring, "I'm so glad you can come back to see us tonight. You haven't been back for a long time."

　　"Don't do this, Mom, someone is watching us!" Jessie struggled hard but couldn't break free. He could only speak dejectedly in his mother's arms.

　　"Let me see, is it Biggs and Wedge again? You are so familiar with each other, why are you afraid of being seen?" Jessie's mother smiled and raised her head. When she saw that it was a young and handsome guy she had never seen before, she was immediately stunned.

　　"Who is he?" Jessie's mother quickly let go of her daughter and asked in a low voice.

　　"A friend of mine named Shen Ye." Jessie took a long breath and began to introduce him, but after thinking for a moment, she emphasized, "He is a very good friend of mine."

　　"Hello, Auntie." Shen Ye also greeted her at this time.

　　"Oh, hello." Jessie's tone made Jessie's mother think about something, but soon she patted her forehead and said, "Really, I actually let you stand outside. Come in quickly. I have prepared delicious food and am waiting for you to enjoy it."

　　"We're already starving."

　　Jessie immediately took Shen Ye's hand and walked home.

　　Watching the two people walking hand in hand, Jessie's mother showed a meaningful smile on her face, and thought to herself: "Very good... friends? It seems that Jessie has really grown up and has started to have a boyfriend."

　　As a mother, how could she not understand what her daughter meant? For a moment, she felt happy, relieved, and a little sad.

　　"After she gets married, she will probably come back less often," she thought.

　　But then a picture appeared in her mind again, the picture of Jessie bringing the children back to see her and her husband, and a smile appeared on her face again.

　　But the beautiful fantasy didn't last for half a minute before it was interrupted by Jessie's voice: "Mom, we are hungry."

　　"I'm coming." Jessie's mother responded, then shook her head with some regret: "Really, can't you let me be happy for a while?"