Hua Qiang then took out a black card and placed it on the table.
"This card receives a monthly subsidy of 20,000 yuan transferred by the Martial Arts Association. To put it plainly, it's the guaranteed minimum wage for low-level Martial Artists.
"The Association has assigned me a three-bedroom, two-living-room, two-bathroom, one-kitchen apartment in Xuanwu District. I think our family should move there as soon as possible.
"After all, it's more spacious there, it's close to mom's workplace, and it'll be convenient for Xiaoxue to get to school.
"Wow, really? That's amazing!" Ye Bingxue was overjoyed when she heard about the new three-bedroom apartment.
They had all grown up now, and this sixty-square-meter two-bedroom apartment was truly too small. Besides, this place belonged to the slums. Not only were the buildings old and dilapidated, but the environment was filthy and chaotic, and public security was terrible.
Once night fell, all sorts of demons and monsters, Chimei Wangliang, came crawling out, and security incidents sprang up one after another.
As a girl, she simply did not dare go out at night.
Even after evening self-study every day, Ye Wendao had to pick her up.
Otherwise, none of the family could rest easy.
Several times, they had run into those ruffians and street punks on the way home from school. If Ye Wendao had not worked at the slaughterhouse, carrying the bloody aura of the place on him, and if he had not carried a butcher's knife that scared those people away, who knew what might have happened?
Ye Wendao and Liu Li exchanged a look, their faces revealing relief.
They had long wanted to leave this chaotic area, but their financial means had not allowed it, so they could only let it go.
Now that their son had made something of himself and been assigned a new home, the sooner they left this place, the better.
Then let's move there tomorrow!
Ye Wendao made the final decision with one hammer blow.
"Yay! That's great!"
Ye Bingxue immediately jumped up. She loved that sentence from dad too much.
Hua Qiang glanced at the sky outside the window, then said, "It's still early. Let's just go take care of the other matter!"
"Son, what matter?" Liu Li asked Hua Qiang in surprise.
"Today, I went outside the city to train with a friend and killed some mutated beasts. I made some money selling them."
"There's more than 1.4 million yuan on this card now. I'm planning to buy dad and mom a car each, so it'll be easier for you to commute to and from work."
What?
This time, even Ye Wendao, who had remained calm-faced until now, could not sit still. He sprang to his feet.
"You left the city today? Why didn't you tell us beforehand about something so dangerous?"
Liu Li also grew nervous. She no longer had the mind to eat and hurried over to Hua Qiang, checking him from head to toe, every which way. Only after seeing that he was uninjured did she finally let out a long breath.
Seeing their reactions, a warm current flowed through Hua Qiang's heart.
It seemed this old couple truly loved him dearly.
They had never treated him differently because he had been adopted. Their concern came from the bottom of their hearts.
Ye Bingxue also looked nervous, glaring furiously at Hua Qiang.
"Hua Qiang, you bastard! You went too far! You didn't even tell us about something this important. What do you take us for?"
It seemed the girl was genuinely angry. She had even switched from calling him Brother to directly calling him by name.
"Something like this is never allowed to happen again. No matter what you do, you have to discuss it with your family first. Got it?"
Hua Qiang rubbed his nose and chuckled awkwardly. "Alright, alright, alright. Whatever I do in the future, I'll report it first and ask for permission. Is that okay?"
"That's more like it. I'll forgive you for today!"
Like a hen that had just defeated an eagle, Ye Bingxue held her head high and puffed out her chest, unbearably proud.
Seeing that her brother had received a Martial Artists medal, guaranteed minimum wages, and even an assigned home—and that he had killed mutated beasts today and earned so much money—
Her heart could not help but burn hot!
Once she was certified as a Martial Artist tomorrow, she too would be able to do what her brother did: contribute to the family, let her parents live good lives, and make Hua Qiang...
See how he could still show off in front of her.
She secretly encouraged herself to cultivate hard. She could not let Hua Qiang throw her too far behind, leaving her unable to keep up with his pace.
Otherwise, her status in the family would be in danger!
At Hua Qiang's repeated insistence, the family went out, hailed a taxi, and headed straight for the 4S dealership in the center of the base.
After Hua Qiang showed his Martial Artists medal, the store manager personally came out to greet him and provided exceptionally enthusiastic service.
Hua Qiang picked out a commuter car worth a little over 400,000 yuan for each of dad and mom.
This manager was very sharp-eyed and directly gave them a bone-breaking discount.
Seeing how sincere the man was, Hua Qiang simply bought two cars originally priced at 800,000 yuan each for 400,000 yuan apiece.
The manager of the 4S dealership's mouth twitched nonstop, and his heart bled.
Originally, he had planned to slash the price of a 400,000-yuan car in half and sell it to them for 200,000. There was not much profit margin on that kind of car, so even at a loss, it would not have been too severe.
But with each 800,000-yuan car, the loss truly made his heart ache.
Then he secretly rejoiced. Gaining the favor of an eighteen-year-old Martial Artist at such a price was an incredibly worthwhile deal.
He believed that once his boss learned of this, he would surely praise him for doing well and give him a promotion and a raise.
Ye Wendao and Liu Li each drove one of the cars—the first cars of their lives—and returned home in high spirits, their glory boundless.
Ye Bingxue was so excited that her butt never touched a chair. She kept bouncing around, and in short, there was only one word for it—happy!
Suddenly, she pounced on Hua Qiang and softly asked in his ear:
"Brother, tell me honestly. What's your current vitality value? And how much has your punching power reached?"
After earning so much money in a single day, she desperately wanted to know Hua Qiang's true strength.
Feeling the warm breath blowing against his ear, while the orchid-like fragrance of the girl's body kept drifting into his nose—
He felt uncomfortable all over, his face flushing and his ears burning.
"Little sis, you're not a child anymore. Watch your image..."
The moment Hua Qiang said that, it was like lighting a firecracker, setting off an earth-shaking explosion.
"You actually dare dislike me?"
A slender hand as white as jade grabbed Hua Qiang's ear and gave it a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree spin.
"Ow... Let go, let go! It hurts!"
Hua Qiang immediately let out a pig-slaughtering scream.
Wasn't this girl using far too much force?
Watching the two of them fool around, Ye Wendao and Liu Li exchanged a glance, then smiled knowingly.
In truth, when the couple adopted Hua Qiang from the Orphanage, they had already made up their minds that once the two children grew up, they would hold a wedding for them.
Good water did not flow into outsiders' fields. Their daughter marrying their adopted son meant they had known each other inside and out since childhood, so they could rest assured!
The reason they had adopted Hua Qiang involved a hidden secret.
When Hua Qiang learned of it, he too sighed endlessly.
Ye Bingxue gritted her teeth, like a furious tigress.
"My dear little sis, spare your brother!"
"How could I possibly dislike you?"
"I love you too much to ever get enough of you. Ow, ow, let go! My ear is about to fall off."
Seeing Hua Qiang in such pain, Ye Bingxue hurriedly released him. Then she kept rubbing his ear and even blew on it to ease his pain.
Little did she know that her blowing made Hua Qiang uncomfortable all over again.
Having learned his lesson from before, he honestly endured it.
"Yes, son. Your mom and I also want to know what your vitality value and punching power have reached now."
Ye Wendao spoke up, breaking the awkward atmosphere.
Seeing the three people closest to him all staring at him eagerly, he could not keep hiding it.
"My vitality value has already passed six hundred points. As for my punching power, it should be around five thousand kilograms."
Crack!
The teacup in Ye Wendao's hand fell to the floor and shattered into pieces.
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