Are you praising me?

The feeling of getting rid of these kinds of debt is like taking out the thorn in your foot. Whenever you walk with a thorn in your foot, every step hurts and the pain is unbearable but when you suddenly get rid of it, then you will feel extremely happy even if your foot is still hurting from the pain. After getting rid of this thorn, they could only sigh and smiled at each other.

"Big Sis, didn't you say that you'll slap him with the money?", he teased while smiling.

"I did but I suddenly thought that he is not worthy of my attention.", she quickly replied.

"Is that so… yeah. You are right. You did good.", he thought for a bit and nodded.

"Are you praising me?", she smirked and asked while trying to embrace him.

"Huh?... Big Sis, we are outside.", he quickly dodged and said.

"I'm going to hug my brother. What's wrong with that?", she quickly grabbed him and hugged him.

"Sigh… alright. Are you satisfied now?", he patted her back and said.

"Yes for now. Let's go. We still have a lot to do.", she let go of him and said.

"Alright.", he nodded and they headed toward the biggest grocery around there. In that area, there was another grocery too but this one had more things to sell. They even have people to help while the shopkeeper was a woman at this time. A middle age woman was sitting on the counter with makeup on her face. She was a married woman and a bit chubby but her words were sweet to hear. They quickly went to the counter and met with the woman and locked eyes with her.

"We are here to pay our debt and buy some things along the way.", his big sister directly expressed her intention.

"Oh, you guys! Let me check your account.", she quickly took out a book and started to check for their name. After double-checking it, she finally told them about their amount.

"Alright. Here you go.", his big sister immediately handed him the money.

"Ok. What do you want to buy?", the shopkeeper asked after crossing the account in their name.

"Let's see…", his big sister started to point out the things in the shop which was a very large amount. She decided to buy all kinds of grains, vegetables, kitchenware, and even a complete set of new gas stoves.

"Are you guys paying for those right now?", the shopkeeper woman asked while having some doubts because it was more than their previous debt.

"Yes and could you please deliver them to our house?", his big sister said while handing her the money.

"Oh, of course. My men will deliver to your house for free.", the shopkeeper quickly became ecstatic and gave them their service because it was a large order.

"Thanks for the help.", his big sister said and they went out of the shop while carrying some of the things that they could carry in bags. They headed to their home while having various conversations with each other.

"Brother John! When did you come back?", a sweet voice called him from the side while a figure of a girl walked toward them.

"Oh, hi Andrea. We arrived today.", he quickly recognized and replied with a smile. She was his little sister's best friend and neighbor. She had almost the same height as his little sister too and had a very friendly personality. She was a little bit lacking in terms of the endowment of the body parts in comparison with his little sister.

"Oh! Alright. Nice to meet you Big sister.", Andrea nodded and greeted his big sister while she followed them.

"Nice to meet you little Andrea. You already grow up a bit.", his sister teased with a smirk on her face.

"No, I'm not. Big sister, let me help you.", Andrea quickly turned red and offered her help.

"So cute. Thanks for the help then.", she handed half of the things and said.

"Don't mention it. How long are you gonna stay at home this time brother John?", she quickly grabbed the bags and asked.

"I don't know but I had to return back quickly.", he shook his head and said.

"Oh!... Wow! Whose vehicle is this?", Andrea nodded and when she saw the SUV parked in front of their house, asked.

"It's my boss's vehicle. I just borrowed it for a couple of days.", he quickly replied while smiling at her.

"That's incredible. You're amazing brother John.", she gave a thumb's up and said.

"Haha… It's nothing.", he could laugh only. They entered the house and put the things down.

"Oh! It's Andrea. How are you?", his mother asked while looking at her.

"I'm fine Aunt. How about you?", Andrea politely greeted.

"I'm alright. Fortuna is in her room.", his mother nodded and send her to the room.

"Alright. I'll go talk to her.", Andrea hopped off to the room.