Celine looked down at the broken red bricks under Shenan's feet, feeling more happy than surprised.
Her third brother, Eleanor, had always been healthy. Even though he had broken a bone before, now he had become very strong because of the crystal core. So, what about her older brother Shenan's leg...?
She turned to look at Shenan, her eyes shining bright.
Shenan felt warm inside seeing his sister's hopeful eyes. He reached out and gently touched her soft hair.
"Celine, after absorbing the crystal core today, my leg does feel much better. But this is an old injury, so it can't heal immediately."
Celine's bright eyes suddenly dimmed.
Seeing this, Eleanor quickly said to comfort her, "Don't worry, Celine. Shenan's leg will heal sooner or later. It's just a matter of time."
He paused, seeming to remember something, and pointed at the jade disk on the table. "By the way, Celine, where did this jade disk come from? It looks valuable."
Celine's attention was drawn away successfully. She picked up the jade disk. "I exchanged it with Hogan using the crystal core."
"Hogan?!"
Shenan and Eleanor said together in surprise. They could not believe Celine's trading space was so amazing that she could trade with a historical figure!
Celine was not surprised by her brothers' reaction. But now, all she could think about was how much money she could get for this jade disk.
She urgently needed money to solve their current problems and prepare for revenge in the future.
As if seeing through her thoughts, Shenan thought for a moment and slowly said, "I remember Sotheby's once auctioned a jade ornament from the Qin Dynasty, and it sold for more than twenty million."
"More than twenty million?!"
Not only Celine, but also Mother Zhou and Eleanor gasped and stared wide-eyed, as if they saw mountains of gold and silver waving at them.
More than twenty million!
Celine's heart suddenly raced, as if it wanted to jump out of her chest.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Suddenly, a rough knocking on the door thundered loudly, breaking the calm inside the house.
This sudden change made everyone tense.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Hesitating, the knocking came again, louder and stronger, as if trying to break the old wooden door.
Mother Zhou's heart sank. Looking at the jade disk and the crystal core on the table, she said softly, "Quick, put everything away!"
Shenan hurriedly urged Celine, "Celine, quick!"
Celine's face turned ugly. She bit her lip and cursed quietly, "That old witch!"
Then she raised her hand and quickly put the jade disk and crystal core into her space.
The joy on Shenan and Eleanor's faces disappeared immediately, replaced by deep dislike and helplessness.
They knew this knocking all too well. Every time one of the brothers brought home something good, not long after, this woman called "Grandma" would come to take advantage and cause trouble.
No one in the Yu family liked this old woman.
Not only did she favor Celine's uncle's family, but more importantly, after their father died, the compensation money and factory's support money were all taken by her.
If she hadn't kept that money, Shenan wouldn't have had to drop out of school to work at a construction site, and he wouldn't have broken his leg and become disabled for life.
Thinking of this, a strong hatred flashed in Celine's eyes.
Mother Zhou took a deep breath, forcing down her anger, and went to the door to open the latch.
Standing at the door was a short, chubby old woman with gray hair. She was Celine's grandmother, Grandma Wang.
She wore a faded brown floral shirt, her face full of wrinkles. Her cloudy eyes gleamed with greed as she stretched her neck to look into the house.
"Oh, Layla! I heard your third child came back and brought back a truckload of good stuff. What did he bring? Show Grandma!"
Grandma Wang barged in, shouting eagerly, as if everything in the family belonged to her.
Her sharp eyes scanned the house like a radar, trying to spot anything valuable.
When she saw Shenan and Eleanor both there, she became even more sure of her guess. Her face was full of a fake, smiling expression.
Layla Zhou tried hard to hold back her disgust and said coldly, "Grandma, Eleanor just came home to eat with Celine. She didn't bring anything."
"Nothing? You think I'm stupid? Trying to fool me?"
"Your third child comes back empty-handed every time? Hurry up and take the stuff out! Don't make me get rough!"
Grandma Wang didn't believe her. She rudely shoved Layla Zhou aside and walked straight into the house.
Seeing this, Shenan and Eleanor quickly stepped in front of her to stop her from going in.
"Grandma, Sister really didn't bring anything," Shenan said coldly, without a trace of respect.
"You little brat! How dare you talk to your grandma like that? I'll beat you!"
As she yelled, she raised her hand to hit him.
Shenan grabbed her wrist and stared straight at her. "Grandma."
His gaze was as sharp as a knife, like it could cut through the soul.
At that moment, Grandma Wang's heart skipped a beat. A strange fear rose inside her.
Only then did she realize that this grandson she had ignored for years was no longer the weak, bullied boy she used to push around.
He was tall and strong now, with a powerful presence that made her feel small.
That feeling made her instinctively scared. But after years of being loud and overbearing, she refused to back down easily.
She stiffened her neck, forced down the fear, stood up straight again, and yelled, "You ungrateful brat! What? You want to hit your old grandma? You want to hit your own grandmother?!"
Before she even finished, she started screaming, "Oh no! He's hitting me! A heartless grandson is beating his grandma! Heaven will not forgive this!"
She cried and yelled, struggling out of Layla Zhou's grasp and threw herself to the ground like she had really been hit.
Her loud cries quickly drew the neighbors.
In the countryside, everyone knew each other, and people had a general idea about everyone's lives.
So when Grandma Wang started this drama, many people came out to watch.
But most of them just stood by and watched quietly. No one stood up to speak for her.
Everyone in the village knew how Grandma Wang favored her younger son's family and mistreated the older son's family. It was no secret.
Everyone in Celine's household was already used to her tricks.
In the past, Layla Zhou had worried it would affect the children, so she usually gave in, losing money just to keep the peace.
But over the years, as the children grew up, she had slowly become tougher. She no longer swallowed her anger like before.
Celine watched all of this coldly, her heart completely calm.
In her past life, Grandma Wang's greed and favoritism had indirectly caused her older brother's injury and planted the seeds of the family's future downfall.
Now, having been reborn, she would never let that tragedy happen again.