“If you really want to learn, I'll teach you, but there's a condition.” Xia Yan looked in the rearview mirror, her bright eyes twinkling.

“What condition?” Jiang Xiao asked.

“Warm my feet.” Xia Yan said with a smile.

This girl… is she so fixated on warming feet?

Jiang Xiao’s expression was a little strange. He hesitated for a moment and said, “Uh, let me see if your feet are pretty first, then I'll decide.”

This one sentence completely stunned Xia Yan and Han Jiangxue.

Xia Yan was truly defeated.

Who knew that after wandering all over the country and mastering a set of unique skills, she would actually be outdone by this little imp today.

“Jiang! Xiao! Pi!” From the passenger seat, Han Jiangxue squeezed out three words through her teeth, her voice so cold that Jiang Xiao shivered.

Jiang Xiao was speechless. Although I look only 16 years old, I'm already 25, and you two are already 18.

We're all adults here, why bother with manners?

Jiang Xiao had indeed discovered his problem. Perhaps it was due to the merging of his personality with Jiang Xiaopi's, but he found that he was really starting to "let his nature run wild."

But that was fine too. Playing around and being happy was better than being bitter and resentful every day.

After Han Jiangxue spoke, the car fell into a dead silence.

Xia Yan drove, taking the opportunity to glance at the rearview mirror and meet Jiang Xiao’s eyes.

Never one to admit defeat, Xia Yan stuck out her tongue, licked her soft lips, exuding a hint of charm, and winked at Jiang Xiao.

“He's my younger brother.” Han Jiangxue stared out the window, but seemed to be aware of Xia Yan's every move.

Xia Yan reluctantly "hmm"ed.

Jiang Xiao curled his lips. What's wrong with being a younger brother?

Now I'm a younger brother, but in the future, I'll be a father.

The father of all!

The car slowly came to a stop in front of the Garden District entrance. Han Jiangxue turned around, took out five hundred yuan, and handed it to Jiang Xiao: “Don’t ask Xia Yan for pocket money.”

Jiang Xiao: “……”

“Her close combat skills are beyond doubt. Don't be afraid of hardship.” As she spoke, Han Jiangxue took out the star beads from her pocket and handed them to Jiang Xiao.

In the battle just now, they had captured 7 White Ghoul star beads and 1 White Ghoul Witch star bead.

Jiang Xiao received 1 White Ghoul star bead, Xia Yan received 4 White Ghoul star beads, and Han Jiangxue received 2 White Ghoul star beads and 1 White Ghoul Witch star bead.

“Don't skimp during training. That's the best time for your body to absorb star power. When the intensity goes up, and the total amount of star power goes up, everything will be easily solved.” Han Jiangxue said calmly, opening the passenger door.

Jiang Xiao stared blankly at the 2 White Ghoul star beads and 1 White Ghoul Witch star bead in his hand, his heart filled with mixed feelings.

Han Jiangxue didn’t say much. In front of Jiang Xiao and Xia Yan, she was already considered talkative.

And even in front of these two, Han Jiangxue showed very little emotion. The time when her emotions fluctuated the most was probably when Jiang Xiao made her angry.

This was enough to show what Han Jiangxue's personality was like.

But it was precisely such a girl who was helping this originally unpromising younger brother as much as she could.

Just how much of a bastard was the former Jiang Xiaopi?

Jiang Xiao had only been here for four days. He had only made a few small, good changes, and Han Jiangxue had already rekindled hope and was giving her all.

Jiang Xiao really didn't know what to say. He really needed these star beads, his star techniques could be upgraded in quality!

Jiang Xiao was stunned for a long time. In the end, he didn't call out "Sister." He opened the car door and quickly chased after her: “Han Jiangxue.”

“Hmm?” Han Jiangxue turned her head, her face slightly serious, “Follow Xia Yan. Don't back down. There are only a few days left before school starts. I'll pick you up the day before school starts.”

Pick me up? You gave me five hundred yuan. Do you think I don't even know how to take a taxi?

Besides, I have hands and feet. I'm such a big person, do I still need you to pick me up?

“Um, I want to share some good news with you.” Jiang Xiao thought for a moment. Some things couldn’t be concealed. When his star techniques were upgraded, he would definitely use them. The Silver quality star techniques would eventually be revealed.

As for what reason he would use to get by after they were upgraded to Gold quality in the future, that was something to consider in the future.

“What?” Han Jiangxue didn’t want to admit it, but to be honest, Jiang Xiao had given her too many surprises these past few days. She really had a hint of expectation in her heart.

Jiang Xiao leaned close to Han Jiangxue's ear and said softly, “I feel like my star techniques can be upgraded to Silver quality.”

Han Jiangxue was annoyed and looked at Jiang Xiao coldly.

But she found that Jiang Xiao's eyes were sincere and showed no intention of backing down.

“Are you serious?” Han Jiangxue asked quietly.

Jiang Xiao nodded heavily: “After I absorbed the White Ghoul star bead, I vaguely felt that the power of the star technique was deepening.”

“Impossible.” Han Jiangxue shook her head and said, “It's a good thing to want to become stronger. Countless people in China absorb low-level star beads every day, but there has never been such a thing as star techniques improving in quality. Xia Yan and I both have the Bronze quality star techniques 'Cyan Glow' and 'Endurance'. We've absorbed more White Ghoul star beads than you've ever seen. It's impossible.”

Jiang Xiao nodded and said, “I know that such news is a bit absurd. I just want to tell you that if one day you find that my star techniques have been upgraded to Silver quality, remember, you were the one who pulled me back from the cliff, and you were the one who cultivated me.”

Han Jiangxue was slightly stunned because Jiang Xiao didn’t explain or argue, but instead said such an unexpected thing.

“The day before school starts.” Jiang Xiao said softly, taking a step back, “We'll wait and see.”

Looking at the retreating figure and the dark eyes, Han Jiangxue's tense face slowly thawed. The corners of her mouth turned up slightly, revealing a faint smile, and she nodded almost imperceptibly.

“Tsk tsk…” Xia Yan rested her elbow on the center console, her hand propping up her chin. She looked at the scene outside the window and couldn't help but click her tongue in wonder.

“Hey, kid, what did you say to your sister? She actually smiled!” As Jiang Xiao returned to the car, Xia Yan asked curiously.

Jiang Xiao was packing up the money and star beads as he replied, “Flirting is useless. You have to use sincerity, understand? Sincerity!”

Xia Yan put the car in gear and stepped on the accelerator: “Kid, do you know that you'll be in my hands for the next few days?”

“What?” Jiang Xiao paused slightly in his action of putting away the star beads.

“Hehe, it's nothing. I'm just saying.” Xia Yan seemed to be in a good mood and said, “Let's go eat mala tang. I know a place in the north of the city that's especially delicious.”

An hour later.

Jiangbin City center, in an ordinary residential building.

A middle-aged couple had just finished dinner and were sitting comfortably on the sofa, watching TV and enjoying a leisurely time.

The phone rang untimely. The middle-aged woman pushed her husband next to her, still watching the TV intently, seemingly very concerned about how the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the TV series was breaking down step by step.

The middle-aged man picked up the phone, looked at the number, then stood up and walked to the study.

A magnetic, low male voice came from the other end of the phone: “Sir.”

The middle-aged man closed the study door and asked, “What is it?”

“Miss has returned safely from Jiannan Village and is now home.”

The middle-aged man said, “Hmm.”

“Miss returned home with a boy.”

The middle-aged man's square face froze for a moment, and he asked, “A boy?”

“Yes, it's the boy from the Han family.”

The middle-aged man's expression changed on his square face, and then he hung up the phone.

The middle-aged man returned to the living room. The beautiful woman was still very focused on the TV plot, but she asked, “What's wrong?”

“Your good daughter brought a boy home.”

The middle-aged woman slowly sat up straight, looked at her husband, and asked softly, “What's that child like? What does he look like? What's his personality like?”

The middle-aged man said a name: “Jiang Xiaopi.”

The beautiful woman's eyes widened slightly. After reacting for a while, she changed her previous gentleness and said loudly and decisively, “Xia Shanhai! I don't agree to this marriage!”

Xia Shanhai: “……”