Adele was angry when she saw the man
acting like a corpse.
The man said lazily, “We expected this, so
what’s there to react? Should I force
myself to be surprised? That would be too
boring.”
Adele pressed her lips together and said, ”
Who was the one who was not optimistic
about Jasper before? How did you
suddenly turn to expect this? You changed
so fast.”
“It is indeed expected, but it does not
mean I’ve changed my mind. I am still
very worried for him.”
The man closed the book and raised his
hand. Then, the aggrieved little parrot
who had been driven to stand on the
branch immediately flew back with
flapping wings. It rested on the man’s
palm and rubbed its head affectionately
against his arm.
“I’ll turn you into stew sooner or later.”
Adele glared at the little parrot and huffed.
The man ignored Adele’s childish remarks and said slowly, “The current situation is actually not as optimistic as expected. Indeed, the subprime mortgage crisis has broken out, but what happens then?
“For the United States government, they need to control the scope and extent of the crisis and then retaliate. For Jasper, what he has to do now is determine how t o expand upon the results and then deal with the United States government’s retaliation.
“The United States has never been a country that suffers a loss and swallows its anger. There are too many lessons and examples for us to learn from in this regard.
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