Spoiled by Mr. Russell

“Won’t you feel guilty? You could save so many more people or do so much more. You could even achieve the next medical breakthrough. If you live long enough, you’ll be able to explore the mysteries of the world,” Yasmin asked in bafflement.

She wanted to live longer to see and learn more about the world.

Dominic sighed and shook his head. “What for? Isn’t the world depressing?”

After taking a sip of water, he said, “Have we not seen enough of the horror of the world at our age? Besides, how long are we supposed to live? Are we going to watch people around us die one by one while we remain old?”

Shaking his head, he added, “I don’t want to become an old monster.” “Well, if there’s a drug that can give you and your loved ones immortality, and you can live together forever—”

laughing as if he had heard something

like? You, me, our

tears. “You’ve got to be kidding me, right? How many people can the world accommodate? If we don’t die, we’ll continue to marry and have kids, who will then have their own children, grandchildren, and so on. Just counting one family alone would be too

thought about this, Yasmin was stumped. “Then… We only use

square one. Are we just going to watch our

because of the cycle of life. Even leaves wither and fall, turning into compost that nurtures young plants. Why should human beings be any different? It’s imperfections like death and separation that make our world perfect,” he said,

long as he had, he had come to realize that what mattered most was to live an exciting life. Death was not the end but was a necessary

all he did was to tell her to go easy on herself, which had never crossed her mind before. His