Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

Alban remained silent, his gaze fixated on the mineral water bottle in Josh’s hand.

He observed as Josh downed half the bottle and carelessly discarded it into his school bag.

Originally, Alban had intended to wait for Drake and Josh to leave so he could retrieve the empty bottles. After all, there would still be a few drops of water left inside.

However, his plan was unexpectedly foiled.

Unconsciously, Alban’s fists clenched, torn between the embarrassment of waiting to collect the empty bottle and the fact that he had gone to great lengths to obtain the less pure cold pool water.

Some people spend their entire lives on difficult paths, while others are born into privilege.

Lost in his thoughts, Alban reached into his pocket and pulled out a small flat box, extracting a soul flower from within. He popped it into his mouth like a snack, chewing it a few times before swallowing it.

Alban was silent.

Ah, yes, the soul flowers!

Just yesterday, Lilly had placed a whole petal of a soul flower on Josh’s scraped elbow!

Alban believed that only Lilly could possess such items as soul flowers and water from the ice pond. Yet, he never expected that even ordinary individuals like Drake and Josh had them!

“Who’s there?”

Drake sensed a presence and swiftly turned around, only to discover Alban standing amidst the woods.

Upon consuming the water and the soul flower, Josh experienced an instantaneous resurgence of physical strength, leaving him feeling refreshed and revitalized. He rose to his feet, his guard up as he questioned, “Why are you here? What do you want?”

Alban maintained an impassive expression and replied, “You don’t have to be so wary. I don’t intend to steal from you.”

With those words, he turned around and left.

Puzzled, Josh wondered, “What was he up to?”

Had he been spying on them? It seemed strange…

up Josh’s schoolbag and handed it to him before retrieving

schoolbag, Josh couldn’t help but ask, “Drake, what do you

upon us and

expression, that seemed to be

so abruptly? I thought he might try to snatch it from

reassured him, “Not

understanding of

a somewhat sinister demeanor, but he

had principles, even

brothers had taken a few steps forward when they noticed Alban

he exclaimed, “You spoke too soon,

heart, but he soon heard him say, “Do you still

he emphasized, “For one

thought being whether Alban could afford

Drake responded, “It’s not for

added, “Do you think we need

words caused Alban to unconsciously

practiced were underground, where he occasionally

sell some of the jade he found, earning a few million dollars. The one million dollars he was proposing now was the highest amount he could offer, and he had another one million in his

of money. As he compared himself to them, he could not

humiliated, Alban made a decisive choice without any hesitation. He

his tongue, expressing his disappointment.

No negotiation whatsoever…

Josh saw his brother walking away and quickly followed. Suddenly, he remembered something and called

and furrowed his

What a hassle!

“Wake her up.”

to carry someone, and dragging

Josh had no choice but to go ahead

up, we’re going

her eyes in a daze and froze for

sat up,