Chapter 29 - [Bonus Chapter]Grinding Week!

After a while, Natalie stopped crying.

Leaving Nathan's embrace, she fixed her mood and cleaned her face of tears.

"Tal," Nathan called her, when he got her attention he continued, "You know, you don't have to be insecure from now on. We have money now, you can buy pretty clothes, the latest gadgets, and be updated with the trends… Whatever it is, we can buy it."

Natalie shook her head, "No, brother. I don't need any of those. I am just happy now that you don't have to exhaust yourself all the time for us to survive a day from now on."

Looking directly into Nathan's eyes, she continues,

"So you have to be careful with how you spend money, okay? Not just because we have something now, you will spend it casually."

Hearing that from his younger sister, Nathan was touched.

Indeed, Nathan endured a lot and Natalie witnessed every part of that.

Because of that, she doesn't want Nathan to exhaust all his money and come back to the tiring life they had before.

Since she only knows that Nathan's money came from something called cryptocurrency, she felt like if he keeps on spending his money like water, sooner or later it will be all gone.

Seeing his sister being mature, Nathan was glad that she grew up well even without their parents.

Patting her head, he said, "Well, don't worry about money, your brother here will handle everything."

"Oum" Natalie nodded.

They talked more for a while before deciding to continue their shopping.

Entering the mall, Nathan and Natalie decided to just wander around and take a look at the stores here without rushing.

They'll just relax and shop comfortably.

Something that you will only be able to do if you have money.

They bought some fries from Potato Corner to snack on as they walked around.

Stopping at a clothing store, Penshoppe, Nathan remembered his plan to buy new clothes.

"The clothes here look good." looking at Natalie he asked, "Do you want to go inside and look for some new clothes?"

Natalie agreed immediately.

Entering the store, they saw a variety of clothes.

Without taking a look at anything else, Nathan directly headed to the female clothing section.

There he saw jeans, skirt, dress, and more kinds of female clothings that he doesn't even know what's called.

Looking at the displayed dresses here, Nathan told Natalie to look around and tell him if she finds anything she wants.

Natalie hesitated at first, but remembering what Nathan told her, she stopped thinking too much and just focused on finding something that she liked.

While she was doing that, Nathan was also exploring the store, looking for some casual clothes to wear.

The brother and sister stayed there for an hour before leaving with lots of paper bags in their hands.

Outside Penshoppe.

Nathan and Natalie are wearing a much more confident smile than before.

When they went inside, they were still wearing their old, color-faded clothes.

But leaving the store their whole outfits changed!

Nathan is wearing a black T-shirt and shorts.

Although it is simple, it actually makes Nathan's face more highlighted, making him more pleasing to the eye.

As for Natalie, a long sleeve, long skirt, mellow yellow dress with lemon prints on it.

It brings out the sweet and fresh image of Natalie without a fail.

So, overall, they are satisfied with what they bought.

"I look handsome now~" said Nathan,

Natalie gives him a thumbs up, "Yes, brother! You look so good!"

"Of course, after all, this is me, Nathan!" He replied smugly,

Natalie wanted to give him a kick because of that look but restrained herself.

She changed the topic, "So, where are we going next?"

Nathan took out his phone and saw that it's already 4 in the afternoon.

"Well, since it's quite late now, we should go and buy the needed furniture. Then after that we can go home."

"Okay!"

With that decided, they went around the mall and bought everything that they needed.

At the end of it all, Nathan only has ₱100 on him.

Not caring about it, he spent the last of his money on transportation.

…

Back at the house.

Nathan laid down on the floor since there's still no sofa and rested his tired body.

"Ahh~ I'm so tired." He said.

He might have a better body than a normal adult but after shopping for a whole day, he still got exhausted.

Natalie was not much better than him, but unlike Nathan, she just sat down, trying to rest.

Nathan slapped his forehead, "I'm so stupid. We should have moved after all the furniture and appliances were bought!"

Only realizing his stupidity now, Nathan doesn't know what to say.

Natalie doesn't even have the energy to roll her eyes at him.

Fortunately, it did not take long for the truck delivering the things they bought to arrive.

Ding~ Dong~

"That must be from the mall!"

Hurriedly getting up, Nathan opened the door.

There were two guys wearing blue clothes outside the door.

"Hello, sir. Your furniture has arrived."

Nathan was full of smiles, "Good, good!"

"Can I ask you guys to take it all inside?"

The workers agreed and started moving things from the truck.

….

After successfully transporting all the furniture inside, the two workers are done with their work.

"Sir, all the things that you bought have been delivered. Please sign here." One of the workers presented Nathan with a paper of confirmation.

Signing it, Nathan expressed his gratitude to the two good delivery guys.

"Thank you!"

"No problem, sir!"

Saying that, they left with the truck.

Broom!

After the truck left, Nathan went back inside the house and looked at the previously empty house full of new furniture.

"Hais~ it's really good to have money."

This realization really hits Nathan.

And because of that, he decided on what he will be focusing on next.

"From now on, it will be a week of grinding!"