A Windfall! Better Meals!

"Come again next time! I'll give you a discount!"

After leaving Old Li Exchange,

Lin Chen hurried all the way home.

On the way back, he bought plenty of nutritional supplements, along with ten Qi-Blood Pills.

Qi-Blood Pills cost three thousand each, while the supplements came to five thousand. He had spent a total of thirty-five thousand, leaving one hundred and forty thousand in his pocket.

All of it was for Lin Jia!

The kid was about to take the Martial Arts Examination. As her guardian, he had to keep her nutrition up!

He pushed open the door to find the room empty.

Lin Jia had not returned yet.

Lin Chen set down the huge pile of supplements and sat down.

Saying that hunting Monsters outside the city today had not tired him out would have been a lie.

That intense feeling of physical and mental exhaustion was still vivid in his mind.

Grrr...

Perhaps his stomach had begun protesting too.

Lin Chen casually grabbed a loaf of bread and stuffed it into his mouth.

When that did not feel like enough, he bit into a fragrant, massive chicken drumstick.

Still unsatisfied, he added an Emperor Among Emperors Ham Sausage.

Grrr...

His stomach's protest remained as fierce as ever!

Lin Chen frowned and turned his gaze toward the supplements beside him.

Driven by hunger, he took out a can of meat.

Without even giving it a second glance, Lin Chen tore it open and wolfed it down.

Perhaps the meat was simply too delicious.

After finishing one can, Lin Chen wanted another!

This stuff cost three hundred per can and was meant to supplement Lin Jia's nutrition. He had only bought ten cans in total!

Grrr...

Perhaps even his stomach could not stand it anymore, because its protests grew increasingly intense!

The hunger, that desperate craving for food, left Lin Chen with no room to think.

He glanced at the remaining cans and immediately started feasting!

In less than a moment, all ten cans of meat were wiped out!

Sitting dumbly on the sofa, Lin Chen felt a pang of regret at the sight!

Fortunately, that intense hunger had finally disappeared!

From this, he reached a conclusion.

As his strength increased, his appetite had grown as well!

Lin Chen had never been particularly picky about food before.

As long as it filled him up, he would eat almost anything!

But now that he had entered the Martial Artist realm, ordinary food seemed to be of little use!

"Where are you? I went all around RT-Mart and still couldn't find you!" Shen Yingqing.

Just then, his phone screen lit up.

Looking at the 99+ messages,

Lin Chen pictured that Big Silly Girl in his mind!

I was only a tiny, tiny, tiny bit handsome, and I never expected to win my deskmate's heart!

Being too handsome really is a crime!

Thinking of all the moments they had shared as deskmates over the years,

Lin Chen glanced at his phone and finally deigned to reply:

"I'm busy. Don't disturb me. Standard reply!"

On the other end of the phone,

Shen Yingqing glanced at Lin Chen's reply, and her oval face immediately tensed up!

What exactly is that guy doing?

He keeps appearing and disappearing without a trace. It's really worrying!

But as long as he was alive, it was fine. That meant she still had a chance!

Shen Yingqing promptly sent another message.

When no reply came for a long while, she headed into the training room!

Meanwhile, at home,

when Lin Chen saw his younger sister return, his face broke into a smile.

He took her little schoolbag and served her meal.

Then he handed her chopsticks. Every movement was so practiced that it made one's heart ache!

For more than a decade, day after day, this had been something Lin Chen did every day.

He had never found it tiresome.

On the contrary, he had the mindset of a farmer tending his crops!

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"Here, this is your tuition!"

"Here! These are Qi-Blood Pills. One a week. Don't forget to take them on time!"

Looking at the stack of cash and the ten Qi-Blood Pills her brother handed over, Lin Jia's chopsticks froze.

Her cherry lips pursed, and a misty layer of tears welled up in her beautiful peach-blossom eyes.

She looked as though she was about to burst into grateful tears.

Lin Chen hurriedly stopped her.

"Little sister, don't cry. This is what your brother—"

"Brother, did you sell a kidney?" Before he could finish, Lin Jia interrupted him!

Sell a kidney?

Lin Chen's handsome face twitched.

He glanced at his teary-eyed sister and asked,

"What makes you say that?"

"The exam fees are already so expensive," Lin Jia said through choked sobs.

"And you still have money to buy supplements and Qi-Blood Pills... Where did this money come from?"

"I heard from my classmates that some pharmaceutical companies are now buying kidneys and other organs for high prices!"

"Brother... I don't want you to become disabled because of me..."

After saying that, Lin Jia became even more upset!

She already looked delicate, and when she cried, she appeared even more pitiful.

Lin Chen could not help but sigh at the sight.

Knowing that this was a misunderstanding, he explained,

"Silly girl, I didn't sell a kidney. I got promoted and received a raise recently!"

A promotion and a raise?

Lin Jia froze, then asked through her tears,

"Brother, you're not lying to me?"

"Look," Lin Chen said, lifting his shirt to reveal eight-pack abs.

"How could your brother be dumb enough to sell a kidney? Besides, even if I agreed, your future sister-in-law wouldn't!"

Lin Jia gave an "oh" and temporarily accepted the explanation.

Seeing that the misunderstanding had been resolved, a trace of tenderness appeared in Lin Chen's eyes.

Now that I'm a Martial Artist, our days are bound to get better and better!

Lin Jia's suspicions today were only the beginning!

To settle this small issue, Lin Chen spoke again.

"Hurry up and eat. Your brother is also... enough! Cough, cough!"

"In a few more days, we might even be living in a villa and driving luxury cars! Hahaha!"

"Brother, what kind of job do you have now?" As expected, Lin Jia's curiosity had been piqued!

"Secret!" Lin Chen said with a mysterious smile. "You have to keep it secret for me too, understand?"

"Mm! Brother... be careful at work!" Lin Jia nodded.

Lin Chen smiled faintly.

With his sister placated, his mood brightened once more.

Just as he was about to find something to do, his phone lit up again!

"What are you busy with? You're so annoying! You haven't come to see me for so long!" Shen Yingqing!

"My Qi-Blood Value has broken through 270. Teacher Liang said I have a chance of becoming a Martial Artist before the Martial Arts Examination!" Shen Yingqing!

"Fine, don't reply! I'm going to the training room! Just you wait. Once I finish the Martial Arts Examination, I'll definitely come catch you!" Shen Yingqing!

"You'll never escape my grasp for the rest of your life! Hmph!" Shen Yingqing!

Looking at the messages on his phone,

Lin Chen's emotions were somewhat complicated.

It was not because he was afraid of Shen Yingqing coming to catch him!

Rather, he remembered the day he dropped out of school.

His family had been poor. His sister needed to study and needed food to eat.

Lin Chen had no choice but to drop out!

After making that decision, Shen Yingqing had come to question him about the reason.

Lin Chen had not said anything. He had only silently moved away from River City No. 1 High School!

During that time, Big Silly Girl had repeatedly messaged him to ask why and had even said she could offer any help.

Though she had been tactful, Lin Chen felt that Shen Yingqing must have known something.

She simply had not said it outright because she feared hurting his pride!

Lin Chen had seen all of it!

Though it hurt to part, reality was cruel!

Shen Yingqing was one of the publicly recognized martial arts geniuses at River City No. 1 High School!

As long as nothing unexpected happened, this Big Silly Girl would become a One-Star Martial Artist at eighteen. Her future potential was limitless!

And what about Lin Chen back then?

His Qi-Blood Value had only been 66!

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