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—”

burst out laughing as if he had

you actually imagined what that would be like? You, me, our family, and

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

“Then… We only use the drug for ourselves,” she said after

back to square one. Are we just going to watch our loved ones die?” Dominic sighed. “This

and fall, turning into compost that nurtures young plants. Why should human beings be any different? It’s imperfections

lived for as long as he had, he had come to realize that what mattered most was to live an exciting life. Death

all he did