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Su Qingbo looked at Ye Changchun and asked with a bitter smile, "Brother Ye, how... did you manage to swallow this thing?"

Just looking at the Contract Gem filled him with intense revulsion. Eating it felt no different from eating shit.

The feeling was unbearable.

Ye Changchun thought for a moment before answering, "I don't think I thought too much about it back then. Isn't there an old saying that good medicine tastes bitter? I figured something that disgusting had to be good medicine, so I swallowed it in one gulp."

"..."

The two men and the ant were speechless.

Su Qingbo closed his eyes and said with a bitter smile, "I'll try psyching myself up a little more and see if I can swallow it. If I still can't, then forget it."

"Sir, don't give up. You can do this," Zhang Ping encouraged him.

Ye Changchun nodded as well. "Brother Su, Zhang Ping is right. Don't give up. Don't you have a great-granddaughter? Think of her. Maybe that'll help!"

"I'll do my best."

Su Qingbo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Then he turned his serious gaze back to the Contract Gem in his hand.

Looking at the Contract Gem still made him feel sick, but with Zhang Ping and Ye Changchun encouraging him, and Ye Changchun reminding him of his great-granddaughter, his resolve had indeed grown considerably.

Swallow it. Good medicine tastes bitter!

With that thought, he closed his eyes and decisively swallowed the Contract Gem in one gulp.

After swallowing the Contract Gem, he felt something slip out of his body. Instinctively, he controlled the water to scoop it up, and the Contract Gem was back in his hand.

"..."

At that moment, everyone was speechless.

Zhang Ping knew that if someone still felt resistance toward