"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,