"Meng, every time I come shopping with you, it's a complete disaster for me."
"Buying this much stuff is one thing. Your brother can afford it. But why won't you let me put it all in a storage device? Why do I have to carry it myself?"
"Look at these hands of mine. They're practically about to break."
In Mingdu, inside a large comprehensive shopping mall owned by the Black Dragon Merchant Association, it happened to be a holiday. The mall was packed with a constant stream of people and buzzing with activity.
All kinds of clothing stores, accessory shops, novelty stores, and specialized Soul Tool outlets were open. The dazzling array of goods had everything one could want, constantly drawing the attention of every customer.
Among the crowd, a pair of siblings stood out in particular.
The girl's snow-white hair was tied into adorable twin ponytails. Her lively eyes darted everywhere, and she wore a bright, youthful JK school uniform.
Every few steps, she would suddenly stop, drawn in by the items displayed in a shop window, then pull her brother behind her farther inside.
The girl was naturally Meng Hongchen of the Hongchen Family.
And the man behind her was, of course, her older brother, Xiao Hongchen.
However, Xiao Hongchen, hailed as the Hongchen Family's number one genius, currently possessed none of the bearing expected of a genius Soul Engineer from Mingdu.
That was because his hands, arms, and even shoulders were covered with shopping bags of all shapes and sizes.
One look was enough to tell that his adorable little sister had dragged him out again to serve as a pack mule in the mall.
"What do you know?"
Listening to her brother's endless complaints behind her, Meng Hongchen put down the toy doll she had just