Carlisle clenched–his teeth and bought three phones straight.


    Observing Carlisle’s generosity with the money, Sean decided to indulge himself and bought one as


    well.


    During that time, SIM cards did not require any form of Identification. So, Carlisle bought three phone


    cards directly.


    As they exited, the store manager gifted them water bottles and umbres.


    Just as they stepped out of the phone shop, Carlisle suddenly felt a pang of regret.


    He remembered that the technology for mobile phones would advance rapidly in theing years.


    He shouldn’t have bought such an expensive phone.


    Then, he quickly rationalized that the money he had was an unexpected fortune.


    In his previous life, he had been negligent, failing to adequately support his parents. He resolved to


    make amends in this lifetime.


    Carlisle rode his bike to the market and purchased a substantial amount of high–quality produce.


    He didn’t return home until nine in the morning.


    Hilda sat on the couch, engrossed in her handiwork.


    Seeing Carlisle arrive with bags of groceries, she smiled and remarked, “Oh, it seems like my son has


    really grown up. He even knows how to buy groceries now!”


    It was intended as a jest, but Carlisle chastised himself internally.


    Other teenagers his age were capable of doing household chores likeundry and cooking by the time


    they were juniors in high school.


    However, Carlisle had already graduated from high school. Yet this was the first time he bought


    groceries for the family.


    “I’m eighteen now. I’m already an adult!”


    Carlisle ced the groceries on the table. Then, he picked up the white cell phone gift box and walked


    to the couch. “Mom, I got you a gift!”


    eyes widened when she saw the exquisite Motor cell phone image on the gift box, “Is this… a


    cell phone?”


    It wasn’t just any cell phone; it was a high–end brand, Motor!


    Gordon’s older brother, Gerard, had bought a Motorst year. They had heard it cost over 3000


    dors.


    Even after a year of manualbor, Hilda couldn’t afford such a phone!


    Carlisle had foreseen Hilda’s reaction. He exined, “I sold a piece of equipment in the gamest night


    for over 30 thousand dors!:


    “How much?” Hilda repeated. She thought she had misheard and identally dropped the cell phone


    “30 thousand dors!”


    Carlisle ced the 20 thousand dors he had set aside on the old coffee table.


    He didn’t dare disclose the actual amount of 80 thousand dors.


    After all, he had already given Sean twenty thousand and spent over 10 thousand on the phones.


    80 thousand dors seemed like an immense amount to Hilda now.


    He feared she might not be able to handle it.


    Hilda gazed at the stack of crisp hundred–dor bills, her breathing slightly agitated.


    It took her a moment topose herself. She fixed her gaze on Carlisle and asked sternly, “Carlisle,


    where did this moneye from?”


    “I got it from selling game equipment!”


    “Nonsense. What kind of game equipment could sell for so much money?”


    Hilda clearly doubted his exnation.


    Carlisle had no choice but to keep exining about The Legendary Tale to Hilda. He even took out his


    phone and had Hilda call Sean to confirm.


    Sean exaggerated the story even further. “Aunt Hilda, Carlisle is telling the truth. We even sold the


    equipment at a discount. Originally, it could have been sold for 50 thousand dors!”


    With Sean’s patient exnation, Hilda gradually epted the truth..


    After ending the call, Hilda looked at the 20 thousand dors with trembling eyes. “Do you believe that


    you can make money by ying games?” she asked.


    Carlisle hastily reassured her, “No. It was just a stroke of luck. I won’t get addicted to video games!”


    Hilda secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Carlisle’s words. She looked at him with pride and


    said, “You’ve really grown up”


    Carlisle sat beside his mom and unpacked the phone. With skillful hands, he inserted the SIM card,


    Med the battery, closed the battery cover, and turned it on.


    Hilda sighed, “This phone must be very expensive, right?”


    It looked even more exquisite than Gerard’s phone. It had to be very expensive.


    “It was over 3000 dors. I bought three, so there’s only 20 thousand left.”


    “That’s too expensive.”


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    Hilda didn’t know whether tough or cry at the situation.


    A manualborer earning merely 300 dors per month owned a phone that cost over 3000 dors.