"Young Bro, I'm not going. Tomorrow is the weekend, and I still have to go home today! Otherwise, my parents will worry." Linda Norton shook her head and refused.

"Come with us! Or how about you call your parents first and let them know?" James Bolton invited again.

Emily Bolton also tried to persuade Linda Norton from the side, but seeing that Linda Norton was determined not to go, she could only agree helplessly.

The two said their goodbyes reluctantly. James Bolton took his sister out of the school gate and booked a private room at a high-end restaurant near the school.

"Bro, just something simple is fine, let's go somewhere else! It's not easy for you to earn money, don't waste it," Emily Bolton lectured James Bolton like a little adult.

James Bolton ignored Emily Bolton's grumbling, followed the waiter into the private room, and ordered a big table full of dishes before asking the waiter to leave.

He took out the phone he had just bought for Emily Bolton and handed it to his sister, asking, "Do you like it? When you get into college, I'll get you the best computer!"

Emily Bolton was stunned when she saw the phone in her hand. She knew this kind of phone cost at least four or five thousand, because Linda Norton had one. She had always envied Linda Norton's phone, but being sensible, she had always kept that envy buried in her heart.

She never expected that she would have the exact same one now! Soon she realized—where did her brother get the money to buy such an expensive phone?

"Bro, where did you get the money? You didn't do anything illegal, did you?" Emily Bolton anxiously grabbed James Bolton's hand and asked.

James Bolton pulled his anxious sister to sit down, then opened the newspaper in his hand, revealing a thick stack of hundred-yuan bills.

Signaling Emily Bolton not to worry, James Bolton explained, "Do I look like someone who would do something stupid? I earned all this myself." Then James Bolton told his sister about making money from jade gambling.

He just didn't mention that it was all thanks to the energy exchange device, only saying that he had learned antique appraisal from an old professor at university.

Emily Bolton was already shocked by the money on the table, and after hearing her brother's words, she found it even more unbelievable—her brother had made over three million in just a few days!

She couldn't help but be amazed at her brother's luck, and was happy for him for earning so much money. She never doubted that James Bolton was lying to her.

Seeing his sister's astonished expression, James Bolton couldn't help but rub her little head, finally pulling Emily Bolton back to reality.

"Bro, stop messing up my hair! So annoying! Hmph, today I'm going to eat you poor!" Emily Bolton, seeing her freshly tidied hair messed up again by James Bolton, got annoyed and forgot all about her earlier shock.

During the meal that followed, Emily Bolton really lived up to her bold words and finished more than half the food by herself.

Looking at his sister's satisfied face, James Bolton felt a pang of sadness. Their home was more than twenty kilometers from the county town, and his sister usually boarded at school, only coming home on weekends to help their parents with farm work.

She spent less than ten yuan a day—how could she possibly eat enough? Sometimes Emily Bolton even had to save money to buy study materials, making it even less. This was already an improvement since James Bolton started working and sending money home after graduation!

But even so, the thousand yuan James Bolton sent home each month was all saved by their parents, to pay off the debts from his university years. Plus, at the beginning of this year, their mother had fallen ill and been hospitalized, which cost a lot, and Emily Bolton never asked for a penny more from home.

To save the five yuan round-trip bus fare, Emily Bolton rode that old, worn-out bicycle home every week—a round trip of fifty or sixty kilometers!

Suppressing these thoughts, seeing that Emily Bolton was full, James Bolton took his sister's hand, paid the bill, and left the restaurant. Then he took Emily Bolton to the only big mall in the county and helped her pick out a few sets of mid-range clothes.

Knowing her brother had made a lot of money, Emily Bolton didn't refuse. Besides, the clothes she was wearing were bought for her by James Bolton with money he earned during his senior year internship, and they were already faded from washing!

Then James Bolton had Emily Bolton pick out a few sets of underwear, changing everything from head to toe. Looking at herself in all new clothes, Emily Bolton was overjoyed! At this age, what girl doesn't love new clothes?

She carefully took off the new clothes, folded them, and put her old clothes back on, refusing to let James Bolton buy her anything else. James Bolton couldn't argue with his sister, thinking there would be plenty of time in the future, so he didn't insist.

Together, James Bolton and Emily Bolton also picked out several sets of clothes for their parents, bought a pile of nutritional supplements, and even got a set of jewelry for their mother before leaving the mall.

Leaving the mall, the two of them were loaded down with so many things that only their heads were visible, and they couldn't help but smile at each other!

James Bolton hailed a taxi and hurried home with his sister. In the car, Emily Bolton was still excited about the big shopping spree, chattering away like a little sparrow. James Bolton found it funny and could only chime in, sighing to himself that every woman must be a born shopaholic!

It was just that Emily Bolton never had the means before, so James Bolton had never noticed.

Seeing his sister so happy, for the first time James Bolton felt a deep sense of gratitude toward the energy exchange device! It was a gratitude he hadn't even felt after making over three million from jade gambling.

James Bolton thought, even if not for himself, for his family, he must make good use of the energy exchange device and let them live a good life.