Chapter 6

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Plop.”

Pushing his bowl of rice away, Chen Yu slouched back and simply sank down into his chair and said, “I’m not eating anymore.”

“That’s great.” Chen Siwen, who was beside him, immediately grabbed the untouched ribs in Chen Yu’s bowl. Then, she stuck out her pink little tongue and licked them before announcing, “I’ve taken a lick. It’s mine.”

Chen Yu: “…” Chen Yu was speechless.

[Mental damage inflicted: Mental state +4]

“Stop fooling around!” Mrs. Chen banged her chopsticks against the table, extremely displeased. Then, she looked at Chen Yu and asked, “You don’t like the food?”

“It’s not that.” Chen Yu turned his head and stared outside the window. Then, as if he felt like he didn’t have anything to live for, he replied, “I suddenly realized that I’m not hungry at all…”

“Did you eat something at school?”

“No. I’m just not hungry.”

Mrs. Chen hesitated for a moment before asking, “Do you have something on your mind?”

“Must be something on his mind.” Chen Siwen sucked the oil stains off her index finger, then flashed a wide, toothy grin and said, “There’s still one month left until the college entrance exam. With that outstanding capability of his at the standard of an elementary school remedial class, it’s only normal that he can’t stomach any food.”

Chen Yu: “…” Chen Yu was speechless.

[Mental damage inflicted: Mental state +1]

Chen Siwen: “After all, you have to go into the ring for the college entrance examination. Getting knocked out with just one punch in front of a large crowd can be quite embarrassing. From now on, he should go on a hunger strike. Who knows, maybe he could be hospitalized even earlier than expected.”

[Mental damage inflicted: Mental state +3]

Chen Siwen: “And I’ve heard that when in the face of death, many animals do lose their appetite,” Chen Siwe

[Mental damage inflicted: Mental state +5]

Chen Siwen: “Remember this, little brother. The college entrance examination is not the only way out. When you enter society and get caught by the police, you just have to be honest and confess.”

[Mental damage inflicted: Mental state +7]

Chen Siwen: “But as your sister, I advise you to eat more. Eat until you’re fat and plump. Then you won’t feel any pain when you’re being thrashed in the ring.”

[Mental damage inflicted: Mental state +3]

Chen Siwen: “The key is that when your opponent hits you, they won’t get hurt either. These stepping stones are so tough that they are simply detestable.”

[Mental damage inflicted: Mental state +11]

Mrs. Chen couldn’t bear to listen any longer and exclaimed, “Chen Siwen! You’d better shut your mouth!”

Chen Siwen nodded and replied, “Mm okay.”

“…” Chen Yu was breathing heavily through flared nostrils as he said, “Let her talk! She’s a great motivation to me!”

“Not going to say anymore. Nothing more to say.” Chen Siwen waved her hand and swallowed a mouthful of meat. As she chewed, she took a small gift box out from under the table and passed it to Chen Yu. “This is for you.”

“What’s this?”

“A small gift for you.”

“What? You’re giving me a present?” Chen Yu decisively took the gift from his sister and passed it to Mrs. Chen right away, saying, “Mother, I’m giving it to you.”

Mrs. Chen: “… My son is so filial.”

Chen Yu: “That’s for sure. Right, please exercise some caution when you open it. Who knows, it might be an aerosol bomb.”

Chen Siwen rolled her eyes and said, “You take my kindness as ill will. It really doesn’t pay to be the good guy…”

“Don’t think of your sister like that.” Mrs. Chen tried to teach her son by saying, “No matter how mean she is, there’s no way she’d give you a bomb.”

Chen Yu replied, “That’s quite true. At most, she’d send me some grenades.”

Mrs. Chen agreed. “At least giving grenades makes more sense.”

Chen Siwen: “…” Chen Siwen was speechless.

...

Chen Yu eventually opened Chen Siwen’s gift.

And found that there was a wooden box the size of a fist inside.

Lifting the lid of the box, he saw five round, brown elixirs.

Next to the elixirs, there was also a folded instruction manual attached.

“This is… the Qi-Boosting Elixir?!” Mrs. Chen was shocked. “Siwen, where did you get the money to buy this?”

“Saved up for it.” Chen Siwen waved her hand in a dismissive manner, as though she was some wealthy tycoon who didn’t have to worry about spending money. Then, she picked up another piece of rib and put it right into her mouth. With food in her mouth, her speech was slurred as she said, “One elixir every two days will facilitate good absorption.”

Chen Yu was also stunned.

He recalled that a basic Qi-Boosting Elixir definitely cost at least 20,000 yuan!

These five Qi-Boosting Elixirs cost at least 100,000 dollars or more…

After failing the college entrance examination, Chen Siwen could only find a job as a female manual laborer in a small factor. Her monthly salary was only around three thousand or slightly more, so how could she possibly afford these elixirs?

“Sister…” Chen Yu was silent for a long time. Then, with a serious expression on his face, he put the wooden lid back on the box and said, “Did you do anything to betray yourself…”

“Bang!”

Chen Siwen turned red in the face. Then, she directly threw her chopsticks at Chen Yu’s forehead and scolded, “Shut up! Don’t spout nonsense!”

“Then how could you afford to buy the Qi-Boosting pills?”

“Savings, plus installments. You have a problem with that?”

“… These are way too expensive.” Chen Yu shook his head and said, “Return them.”

“Can’t.” Chen Siwen raised her brows and said, “I bought them for you, so you just have to eat them. That’s all. At least when you’re in the ring during the college entrance examination, you’ll be able to take a few more punches and let your opponent warm up.”

Chen Yu: “…” Chen Yu was speechless.

Originally, he’d been touched by her gesture. Suddenly, however, the raving emotions surging from the bottom of his heart simply calmed down…

“Siwen, you’ve been scrimping and saving just to buy these?” There was a complex look in Mrs. Chen’s eyes as she said, “You know, with your brother’s results, he won’t be able to make it to university even if he ate ten more of these.”

[Mental damage inflicted: Mental state +2]

Chen Yu: “… our mother is right.”

“At least let my brother have some way to protect himself, okay?” Chen Siwen gently flipped her hair and said, “He shouldn’t be like me.”

The moment Chen Siwen said these words, the room immediately fell into a dull silence.

Two years ago, in the fighting ring during the college entrance examination, Chen Siwen’s opponent had intentionally hit her right in the middle of her Sea of Qi. Her Sea of Qi was shattered, and she was reduced to an ordinary person at the lowest level.

And she was also left with some serious after-effects…

Chen Siwen took back the gift box containing the Qi-boosting Elixirs and took out a pill. Then, she handed it over to Chen Yu and said, “Eat it.”

“Not going to eat it. Return them.”

“I can’t return them. I bought them at the store and chose to pay in installments. If I request a refund, I’ll have to compensate for 25% of the whole amount.”

“Then we can sell them to other people, can’t we?”

“If you’re not going to eat them, I’ll just throw them away.” Chen Siwen flew into a rage.

Off to the side, Mrs. Chen sighed and said, “Yu, your sister only wants to help you. She’s already bought them, so just eat them. Anyway, you won’t be able to make it into the university, so just look at it as if we’re making every possible effort to salvage a hopeless cause, albeit how futile the attempt is.”

“…”

[Mental damage inflicted: Mental state +3]

“Can you just stop talking about university?”

“You won’t even make it into an alternative tertiary institute either.”

“…”

[Mental damage inflicted: Mental state +6]

Chen Yu blankly accepted the elixir, got to his feet, and said, “Then give them to me. I’ll find the time to eat them.”

“Are you thinking of stalling for time to sell them?” Chen Siwen saw through Chen Yu’s intentions at a glance. She said, “You’re my brother. I can tell when you’re up to no good… forget it, let’s not talk about it anymore.”

“… why don’t you take the money and use it for medical treatment for yourself. Wouldn’t that make more sense?”

“Hurry up and eat. Quit trying to worm your way out of this. I won’t die from this disease of mine yet, but you might not even make it into that ring.”

[Mental damage inflicted: Mental state +2]

Under the pressure of Chen Siwen’s coercion, Chen Yu was left with no way out. He could only brace himself for what might happen to him thereafter and stuff the elixir into his mouth.

“Rumble…”

The elixir melted the very instant it touched his tongue!

Instantly, it turned into many streams of surging heat and swirled around his body several times before converging into one and flowing into his energy center, where his Sea of Qi was!

[Subjected to a surge of medicinal power: Internal strength -366; Physique -4; Endurance -2…]

Chen Yu: “…” (speechless)

[Mental damage inflicted: Mental state +6]

Chen Siwen’s face immediately showed her satisfaction and relief.

Chen Yu was her only brother.

He was also her closest kin.

If she didn’t treat him well, who else could she be nice to?

With this thought in mind, she kept the rest of the elixirs and said, “There are still four pills left. To make sure that you don’t sell them, I’ll keep them with me. From now on, you’ll take one pill every two days. When you finish them all, I, your sister, will buy you more.”

Hearing these words, Chen Yu was so touched that tears threatened to fall from the corners of his eyes.

“… you are truly my sister related by blood.”