“Only this much?” His mother had just given thirty thousand, and he only had five hundred yuan. David Hamilton sniffed and, without a second thought, stuffed the bank card into Grace Carter’s pocket. “Then take this as a meeting gift.” Then he reached out to his mother again. “When I run out of money, give me some more.”

His mother was both amused and exasperated, while his father nearly spat out a mouthful of water. He quickly pulled out another card. “You rascal, take this card too. It’s the same as the last one, the password is six zeros, and there’s about half a million in it. That should be enough for you to squander.”

David Hamilton took the card. By now, it was almost eight thirty. Counting travel time, there were only about three hours left. Time waits for no one—spending money to increase his attributes was the most important thing right now. Without another word, David Hamilton grabbed Grace Carter and left. “We’re off to squander some money now.”

Grace Carter was extremely reluctant. “You’re the one going to squander money, I’m not going to learn from you.”

“This child, sigh…” His father sighed helplessly, shook his head, and said with a wry smile, “He’s been spoiled by us, really.”

“Well… it’s not that bad…” Richard Carter honestly didn’t know what expression to make, so he just gave a dry laugh and refrained from commenting. That was the safest approach. At the same time, he made up his mind that once his own career recovered, he would find a way to break off the engagement.

As for what Richard Carter’s family was really planning, David Hamilton could pretty much guess, but he didn’t care at all. Right now, this body’s stats were so low it was appalling. The top priority was to squander money and increase his attributes. Otherwise, with that little thing of his barely the size of half a pinky… even if Grace Carter stripped naked and lay on the big bed right now, he probably wouldn’t be able to muster any interest.

In fact, David Hamilton could really understand the pain of this body’s previous owner.

With such a sickly body and such a tiny thing, even carrying on the family line was a huge problem. What else could he do but squander money? It was truly understandable, truly understandable!

The two of them left the Hong family villa. David Hamilton looked around. He wasn’t someone who’d never seen the world—at the very least, even if he hadn’t eaten pork, he’d seen pigs run. Back on Earth, he’d seen some luxury villas online. But this was the first time he’d seen a family occupy an entire mountain by themselves. Looking at the endless forest all around, David Hamilton couldn’t help but want to curse. How much land did this take up?

He’d thought his own family was at most on the scale of some IT tycoon’s mansion back on Earth, and that was already living well. But compared to this, it was nothing. Those mansions on Earth that cost hundreds of millions were nothing but clouds before this villa.

Although the land here probably wasn’t as expensive as in the capital or Shanghai on Earth, as the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, experts see the details. David Hamilton could tell at a glance the astonishing value of his family’s villa. Just the flat garden around the villa was the size of two football fields—already incredibly valuable. A central road about fifteen meters wide led straight down the mountain, flanked by towering, lush, precious ginkgo trees. These trees were no joke—each at least several hundred years old. Never mind the trees themselves, just the shipping costs would be astronomical, not to mention each ginkgo was about as thick as a person. Who knew how they managed to plant them so neatly?

And that’s not all. When David Hamilton and Grace Carter rode down to the foot of the mountain in some unknown brand of stretch limo, they saw two blood-red jade lion statues outside the massive iron gate, each over three meters tall and fiercely imposing. David Hamilton couldn’t help but want to curse again. Back on Earth, he’d only seen such huge things once, in front of a state-owned bank in Beijing, but those were just stone—nothing compared to these.

As the saying goes, you can glimpse the whole from a part. At this moment, David Hamilton fully understood just how wealthy he was now.

It was absolutely beyond the imagination of someone as rustic as him.

Actually, along the way, besides being shocked at his newfound wealth, David Hamilton also found himself feeling a bit more fond of Grace Carter.

Sitting next to Grace Carter, David Hamilton was surrounded by a sweet, orchid-like fragrance. The scent was wonderful, making him want to take a few more deep breaths. Of course, this wasn’t the main reason for his growing fondness. The real reason was that Grace Carter showed no particular desire for David Hamilton’s terrifying family background.

She was like a lily—delicate and fragrant, but not overwhelming. At first, her eyes might have shown a trace of surprise, even envy, but very quickly, she returned to her calm demeanor.

She didn’t speak or make any move, just lowered her head, lost in thought.

“I’ll keep you,” David Hamilton suddenly said, steadying his nerves.