Old Mark looked haggard, and decades of heavy physical labor had squeezed out his life in advance.
He doesn't look fifty, but seventy.
The topic of kidnapping could no longer be discussed, so Bella could only change the subject.
"Mark, don't think I don't know. You also hid a sum of money to buy potions for your son. Didn't Mr. Luke from the potion shop say that that brat Raymond has no ability to awaken extraordinary talents?
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After a pause, she continued: "Do you know how much money was wasted on those potions you bought for him before? If it had been given to little Ruth and the others, maybe our family would already have a supernatural awakener...
"
Hearing these words, Old Mark was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and said anxiously: "That money is now for little Raymond to pay the ransom. You can't touch a quark!"
"Your good-for-nothing son was just picked up, but my daughter is my biological daughter!"
Bella seemed to have been greatly wronged, crying and fussing: "How could I marry a loser like you!"
...
Raymond stood at the door and paused for a while,
He heard the whole quarrel.
It's no wonder that my predecessor had such a deep attachment to this adoptive father, Mark. This little old man really treated him very well.
He hesitated for a moment, then opened the door and walked in.
"Dad Mark, I'm back."
...
Raymond did not die in the hands of pirates, but he never thought that he would almost die in the lifeboat.
Fortunately, there is a beautiful little princess beside me,
Of course, the most important thing is her father "Grand Duke Philip" who is the first lord of the Black Sea.
Raymond didn't know what method Archduke Philip used to find them accurately in the vast sea.
But the only thing that is certain is that,
This boss's extraordinary abilities are very impressive.
Tsk tsk, a flock of crows covering the sky...
Worthy of the name "Night Crow".
...
Raymond suddenly appeared in the room, and old Mark and Bella were suddenly stunned.
Time seemed to have stopped for a moment, then returned to normal in the blink of an eye.
The shock in Old Mark's eyes turned into ecstasy on his face, and he exclaimed: "Oh...Thank you to the ocean goddess for your care, my little Raymond, you are really back!"
"Well, I'm back."
Raymond traveled through time and merged the memories of his predecessor, and was quite moved when he saw Mark's father in tears.
If the previous potion upgrades had not failed, the family's financial situation might have been much better.
When Mark saw Raymond coming back safely, the sadness on Mark's face disappeared.
"oh!"
He patted his head, as if remembering something, "It's only noon now, I can still work for half a day, and I can harvest a hundred quarks!"
One hundred quarks was enough for six people in the family to eat and drink for two days, and he was reluctant to rest for half a day. Old Mark was still the stingy old boilermaker, and he was back to his energetic self.
"Dad Mark, be careful on the road..."
"okay."
Raymond thought that maybe he should get some money.
Whether it’s custom-made firearms or magic potions, you need to spend a lot of money on them.
This is a huge amount of money that can make a wealthy family impoverished.
This family cannot support such huge consumption.
...
As soon as Mark's father left the house, three girls with heavy makeup returned home.
These are Bella's three daughters.
Obviously, they saw Raymond when they entered the door.
"Hey, who is this?"
The eldest daughter, Ruth, spoke in an eccentric manner, passing by as if she was seeing a transparent person.
The second daughter Luna also sneered with disgust: "You were not fed to the sharks by the pirates? Those pirates are so kind, they actually kept this kind of waste and came back alive."
The third daughter, Sissi, said sourly: "Humph! It must be that partial old Mark who secretly used money to redeem him..."
Not only do they dislike this slum home, but they also dislike the two good-for-nothing men in the house.
...
The house was very small, with the kitchen and toilet squeezed into a corner. There were several iron beds with bunk beds in the house, separated by black oilcloth curtains.
With six people crammed into one room, there was no privacy at all.
"It seems that not only do I need to make money, but I also have to find a way to find another place to live..."
Raymond pouted and was not interested in watching the three sisters change clothes. The feeling was no different from watching three sows posing.
"Tell Daddy Mark that I'm going to the academy."
He dug out his savings of dozens of quarks hidden under the quilt, and pushed out the door without leaving any more in the room.
Because, he thought of a way to make money quickly.