Jiangbin City, Garden Residential Area, at home.

The first thing Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue did upon returning home was to divide the spoils. Han Jiangxue took out a large handful of Star Beads from her Spatial Coffin, carefully set aside a portion for Xia Yan, and after careful selection, handed two White Ghost Witch Star Beads to Jiang Xiao.

Looking at the "400,000" in his hands, Jiang Xiao was filled with emotion.

Damn it, he had to grow quickly, kill more high-quality, rare Star Beads in other-dimensional spaces, and selling a few would be enough to last a lifetime.

No wonder so many people wanted to become Awakened ones; this money was indeed too easy to earn.

Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue had a natural advantage, as their entry into some other-dimensional spaces in the Bei Jiang Great Earth was free.

You should know that a ticket to the Snow Field costs 50,000.

Without any fig leaf to hide it, the officially developed and controlled Snow Field was a playground for the rich and had nothing to do with ordinary civilians or families.

Under Han Jiangxue's expectant gaze, Jiang Xiao absorbed the White Ghost Witch Star Beads.

However, in his Inner Vision Star Map, "Blessing" and "Lure" had just reached Bronze quality Lv.7, and to upgrade the quality, he still needed three more Star Beads.

Han Jiangxue was somewhat disappointed by this. On the one hand, Silver quality Blessings were even rarer and more convincing, not only increasing Jiang Xiao's combat power but also showing Jiang Xiao's potential to the school.

On the other hand, Han Jiangxue was really afraid that Jiang Xiao's Star Techniques would suddenly upgrade.

As Awakened ones, their courses were different from those of ordinary children; they had a large number of practical lessons.

If in a certain practical lesson, Jiang Xiao's well-known Bronze Star Technique suddenly became a Silver Star Technique, how would they explain it?

At this moment, Jiang Xiao was also hesitant. He had 4 more skill points, enough to upgrade "Blessing" and "Lure" to Silver quality.

But he also wanted to save skill points for "Star Power" upgrades. He learned that each level of Star Power had several checkpoints, and Jiang Xiao had already reached Stardust Stage Lv.4.

In the future, at levels 5, 8, and 9, upgrading with skill points would be twice as effective with half the effort.

Jiang Xiao really couldn't bear to do it and fell into deep thought.

While the siblings were dividing the spoils at home, Xia Yan, who had just parted ways with them, rushed over and banged loudly on the door.

Han Jiangxue opened the door with dissatisfaction. Xia Yan, who was facing her, kissed Han Jiangxue on the cheek and then rushed angrily towards Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao was taken aback and hurriedly jumped aside, but he did not expect Xia Yan to continue relentlessly.

In Han Jiangxue's sight, Xia Yan quickly subdued Jiang Xiao. After a few moves, a simple and practical grappling technique, she twisted Jiang Xiao's arm behind his back and kicked him into his bedroom.

"Xia Yan?" Han Jiangxue couldn't help but say.

"Wait a moment." Xia Yan walked into Jiang Xiao's room and slammed the door shut.

Jiang Xiao rubbed his butt, looking at Xia Yan in confusion.

Xia Yan's voice was very small, as if squeezed from between her teeth: "I only know today who the saying 'What is loved is separated by mountains and seas, mountains and seas cannot be leveled' is for."

Jiang Xiao was stunned for a moment before remembering the series of actions he took before entering the Snow Field.

So, the case is solved?

The rhythm is wrong, isn't it?

Shouldn't you feel ashamed? Where do you get the nerve to get angry?

Jiang Xiao said, "If you keep laying your hands on me, I'll tell Han Jiangxue all your little tricks and let her know how you acted."

"You little bastard." Xia Yan looked agitated, pacing back and forth in Jiang Xiao's small room, speaking in a very low voice, every word squeezed from between her teeth, "My dad actually thinks I have mental problems."

"Ah?" Jiang Xiao blinked.

"He thinks I really like you, so I directed and acted myself, satisfying my mental fantasies, and constantly posting confession messages using your Weibo." Xia Yan looked distraught, "He actually told me that if I really wanted to, he could let me be your girlfriend and have you marry into our family. Although you're a bit mischievous, he said he would help me discipline you properly."

Jiang Xiao's expression was extremely colorful; this father was too qualified.

Thanks to Father-in-law for the assist!

Jiang Xiao sat on the ground, leaning against the bed, tilting his head to look at the nearly collapsed Xia Yan, and said, "Miss, want to date?"

Xia Yan was stunned for a moment, her beautiful eyes suddenly widened, looking at Jiang Xiao in disbelief. The next moment, she kicked him over...

"Hey, hey, don't kick, I'm a god now. If you break me, who will you cling to in the future?" Jiang Xiao changed from a nonchalant reclining posture to a head-hugging squat, begging for mercy.

"Mischievous!"

"I'll let you be mischievous!"

Han Jiangxue stood outside the door for more than ten minutes, hearing the banging sounds inside, as well as Xia Yan's cries of "Mischievous," which were particularly rhythmic...

As the sounds gradually stopped, Han Jiangxue perked up.

*Ka-cha.*

Jiang Xiao's door opened, Xia Yan stepped out, adjusted her breathing, and showed Han Jiangxue a forced smile.

Han Jiangxue asked, "What's wrong?"

Xia Yan's chest heaved violently, she straightened her messy chestnut hair, her face flushed, extremely seductive: "I asked my family, they didn't receive the White Ghost Witch Star Beads, sorry."

"That's good, it saves me from struggling over whether I should accept Star Beads of that value." Han Jiangxue said.

"Your idea is wrong, I'm also doing it for myself." Xia Yan shook her head helplessly and said, "Let's think of another way."

"Okay." Han Jiangxue nodded.

"I... I'll go first, I have something to do." With that, Xia Yan quickly left the siblings' home.

Han Jiangxue couldn't help but be curious and pushed open Jiang Xiao's door.

She saw Jiang Xiao lying on the floor, looking lifeless, his eyes staring straight at the ceiling.

Han Jiangxue said softly, "Little mischievous one, what happened?"

"Uh." Jiang Xiao felt the rich concern, and he became much more serious. He thought about it again and again, pondered the wording, and felt that it was better not to let Han Jiangxue know about Xia Yan's prank, to avoid unnecessary conflicts between the two.

Jiang Xiao said, "Nothing, I was joking with her. Girls are sensitive, so she retaliated against me. Look at me, I'm not hurt, it's just a minor squabble."

"Okay." Han Jiangxue nodded, she also felt that nothing major would happen, "Change your clothes, let's go get a haircut."

Jiang Xiao felt quite resentful about this.

It's one thing to send me to school, but also accompany me to get a haircut?

What am I?

Do you not trust me that much?

I can cause trouble in the ten minutes it takes to get a haircut?

The old barber in the barbershop was very enthusiastic and talkative, which made Jiang Xiao feel a lot better.

Jiang Xiao chatted with the old man for a long time about his experience repairing cars back in the day. Thanks to the old man's years of car repair skills, Jiang Xiao managed to get a clean and refreshing buzz cut.

For Jiang Xiao's hairstyle, there was no need for design, and there were even no requirements for the barber. Just take the clippers and say one sentence: just shave it all off.

"Haha, there's still a widow's peak here." The old barber put down the clippers, touched Jiang Xiao's forehead, and picked up the razor, "Not smooth at all, shave it off."

Jiang Xiao: "......"

"Ah." Jiang Xiao looked in the mirror and touched his widow's peak, which had disappeared.

The old man's razor skills were indeed good; this buzz cut looked pretty decent.

"You look much more energetic." In the chair, Han Jiangxue put down the magazine in her hand and looked at Jiang Xiao in the mirror, "Let's go."

With that, Han Jiangxue threw down 10 yuan.

Then let's go.

Go to school?

At the thought of school, Jiang Xiao's head grew bigger.

Was he going to have to be there from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day again?

That's enough...