"……" Brian Carter was speechless.

"Big sis, you really have good luck." Brian Carter rolled his eyes and said sarcastically, "Poor me, I've never even picked up a single coin since I was a kid, but you can pick up anything. Impressive, impressive."

Since she was about thirteen or fourteen, Grace Carter had picked up this kind of pill countless times; Star Soul Pill, Star Transformation Pill, Awakening Pill, Marrow Cleansing Pill...

All of them were for building foundations, awakening star souls, strengthening star souls, assisting star souls...

"This must be your admirers deliberately dropping them on the ground for you to find... If you take them, doesn't that mean you owe them a favor?" Brian Carter sighed.

"Owe them what favor?"

Grace Carter widened her round eyes: "I picked these up with my own luck."

Brian Carter was speechless: "If they didn't want to pursue you, would they deliberately drop them in front of you for you to find? Who doesn't know you want these?"

She wrinkled her nose, snorted, and said, "If they dare to drop them, I dare to pick them up; what does that have to do with wanting to pursue me? Am I supposed to agree to someone's pursuit just because I picked up their pill? What kind of ridiculous logic is that!"

Brian Carter looked at the beautiful woman in front of him, whose skin was as thick as a city wall and could turn any corner, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: If her admirers knew that their perfect, gentle, virtuous (omitting one hundred and thirty-six dog-licking compliments)... goddess was actually this shameless and cheeky, would their worldview be shattered?

"Then why don't you pick up the other pills? Some of those are even more expensive."

"Those are useless to you, why would I pick them up?" Grace Carter replied righteously.

Brian Carter: "......"

You're beautiful, so you make the rules!

I have nothing to say, okay!

After a long while, feeling the medicinal power of the Marrow Cleansing Pill had already dissolved in his body, and as usual, only brought a slight warmth before disappearing without a trace, Brian Carter sighed: "Don't pick them up anymore. These past few years, I've eaten a whole truckload of pills you've picked up, and they haven't done a bit of good. Didn't you hear Dad say, I was born with this aptitude, even immortals can't help it, so just stop..."

Before he could finish, Grace Carter was already sneering: "Wow, you've really grown up, now you're even trying to boss your big sister around?"

Brian Carter instantly retreated.

No way, his status at home was too low, and his combat power was even lower—anyone could pin him down and beat him up. Especially Grace Carter, now Grace Carter alone could take on a whole division of people like him, probably as easily as playing...

Last time he annoyed her, she threw him a hundred meters into the air and caught and threw him seven or eight times—he was almost scared out of his wits... Violent woman!

Chewing on the pill Grace Carter gave him, Brian Carter felt a bit complicated inside.

These years, Mom and Dad had become more and more affectionate toward him, while being much more relaxed with Grace Carter; about this, Brian Carter complained about favoritism every day, but deep down he understood.

Actually, the one Mom and Dad favored was him.

Just as the books say, the most important thing for a family is comfort and ease; the more casual you are with each other, the more you are truly family. There's a saying: all the good temper is given to outsiders, all the bad temper is left for family.

Why? It's not because you're dissatisfied with your family, but because only family can truly tolerate your bad temper.

People's negative emotions always need an outlet, but who among outsiders would let you vent?

And all these years, Grace Carter had worried herself sick over him, doing everything she could to help him cultivate and change his aptitude—who knows how much effort Grace Carter had put in.

Including Mom and Dad, actually, they never really believed in the dreams he had, but still, holding onto a sliver of hope, they took out large sums of money several times to let him experiment—what if it was real?

But after repeated failures, even that last bit of hope was gone...

Brian Carter always understood this in his heart.

But he didn't say it.

With your own family, there's no need to say it.

But, if anything ever happened to his sister, Brian Carter was sure he would be the one to fight the hardest!

"How much money do you want?"

Hearing Grace Carter say this, Brian Carter perked up: "Not much..."

"Is ten thousand enough?" Grace Carter touched her pristine jade ring, and a thick stack of cash appeared.

"Enough! More than enough!" Brian Carter was overjoyed, his eyes instantly shining with dazzling light.

Money!

With this money, he could finally...

"Hmph... This is my entire year's salary and bonus..." Grace Carter's eyes rolled, and suddenly she put the cash behind her back and puffed out her chest.

Just as Brian Carter was about to reach for the money, his hand almost landed on Grace Carter, but he quickly pulled it back and growled, "Grace Carter! What are you doing!!"

Grace Carter giggled, tilted her head and asked, "Am I pretty?"

Brian Carter said angrily, "Pretty! Beautiful! Okay?!"

From the room, Grace Carter's giggles rang out, and then a big bundle of cash was thrown out: "Take it! Hmph!"

"And don't let Mom and Dad know about this money."

Chapter 3: All Is Ready

Brian Carter looked at the big, neat bundle of cash on the floor, but felt no joy in his heart, instead feeling a bit lost in thought.

After a long while, he bent down, picked up the money, and put it in his pocket.

As for Grace Carter's intentions, Brian Carter understood them perfectly clearly.