The drive back to the office was lively, with Mr. Brandon bringing up casual topics and chatting about them with Ss.


    Ss understood that he was using the casual conversation as a medium to build a closer rtionship with him, and he decided to indulge him as he found nothing disadvantageous about it.


    When they got to the office, they went directly to Mr. Brandon''s office, located on the top floor of the building.


    In the office, Ss took his seat as he waited for Mr. Brandon to finish preparing the documents.


    It didn''t take long before Mr. Brandon finished preparing the documents and passed them to Ss.


    "Mr. Ss, thank you for epting my kind gesture," Mr. Brandon said as he passed the documents to Ss.


    "Thank you. I really appreciate the gesture," Ss said as he received the documents.


    Mr. Brandon heard Ss'' words and smiled. He felt very happy with Ss epting his offering to pay for the house.


    Though he felt that Ss'' words were only perfunctory, he didn''t take offense to it as he felt that his action would help him with his intention of making them long-term business partners.


    "Mr. Brandon, I will be taking my leave then," Ss said, as he stood up from his seat and made his way out of the office.


    "Ok. Let me see you out," Mr. Brandon said and stood up from his seat, following behind Ss.


    ***


    At the building''s entrance, Mr. Brandon watched as Ss got into his car and drove off, and he sighed.


    ''What type of identity does that kid have? How did he change so much? If it wasn''t for my many years of experience, I would have faltered before him,'' Mr. Brandon thought to himself, curiously, as he watched the back view of Ss'' car get farther and farther away, into the distance.


    He found the changes in Ss to be shocking, to say the least. He remembered when he first met him when he came to their branch office at Newport Beach and said that he intended to purchase properties worth a total of $1 billion.


    Honestly, Mr. Brandon thought that Ss was just spouting nonsense. He found it very unbelievable that a young man like Ss, who looked to be in his early twenties, would actually have the financial capability to make such astronomical expenditures.


    Though his thoughts changed slightly when he saw the car that Ss was driving, which was the Bugatti La Voiture, he still had lingering doubts about his capability.


    His doubts were cleared after Ss made his first and second purchase. Actually, he intentionally gave Ss the listing portfolio that had one of the most expensive properties, as he wanted to scare the ignorant kid off, but he was the one that was given a scare after two purchases were made.


    Mr. Brandon felt that he was fortunate enough to control his thoughts when they had their initial meeting, or he would definitely not be where he was today.


    ****


    After leaving Mr. Brandon''s office, Ss made his way to Alex''s school, as it was almost time to pick him up.


    On the way, Ss thought of Mr. Brandon''s gesture and smiled.


    He didn''t expect him to do something like that. Though a gift of $4.5 million is barely a drop in the ocean for someone like Ss who can literally be said to be infinitely wealthy, it wasn''t the same for others. Except they are like Ss who has a system.


    Ss appreciated Mr. Brandon''s gesture, but that was all to it. He understood the actual reason for the gesture, and he won''t waste his time attaching any emotions to it.


    ''It''s just business,'' he thought to himself.


    A few minutester, he finally arrived at Alex''s school.


    Luckily, it was already time for school dismissal for the day when he arrived, and due to the fact that Ss had already informed Alex that he would be picking him up from school, he saw Alex waiting for him outside.


    "Alex!" Ss called out to him as he stepped out of the car.


    Alex heard Ss'' voice and smiled, as he walked towards him.


    Alex wasn''t the only one smiling at Ss. A group of young girls who looked to be of the same age as him were smiling at him as they made very ambiguous poses.


    Ss saw the disy they were putting on, and he understood their intentions, but he wasn''t going to entertain them.


    "Let''s go home," Ss said, as he hugged Alex and put him in the car before he got in and drove off.


    A few minutester, Ss and Alex stepped out of the car and walked into the house.


    "You hungry?" Ss asked Alex when they got inside, and he got a nod in response.


    "Ok, go up and change. By the time you''re done, food will be ready," Ss said, and Alex nodded, and went up to his room to change, while Ss walked into the kitchen and started preparing lunch for the both of them.


    Ss didn''t want to eat out with Alex, as he wanted to prepare some homemade food for the both of them.


    It took Ss a few minutes to whip up something good and serve it on the table, and the two of them sat down to eat.


    After they were done eating, Ss cleared the table and washed the dishes, while Alex went up to his room to do his assignments and study before watching his favorite cartoons.


    After he was done with the dishes, Ss decided to spend his free time gaming, and he brought out his phone and started ying the new gacha game he created.


    Ss spent most of the day gaming until it was finally evening before he decided to stop and go make dinner.


    Ss felt like making dinner for the family, as he didn''t want Kim, who would be tired from work at the office, to go into the kitchen and start preparing dinner.


    He was still in the kitchen, preparing dinner when Kim came back from work.


    "Ss?!" a surprised Kim said when she saw Ss in the kitchen, preparing dinner.


    "Hi Kim, wee. I decided to make dinner today. You can go up and get changed while I continue," Ss said, and continued what he was doing.


    Kim was surprised by Ss'' action, and she felt a sweet sensation when she heard what he said.


    She was very tired from the office work and was about to force herself to prepare dinner, but she wouldn''t have to do that, as it was already being taken care of by Ss.


    With a smile on her face, she decided to do as he said and go up and change.


    It took Ss a few more minutes before he was finally done, and he immediately started dishing out the food.


    "Wow. This smells nice. I didn''t know you knew how to cook this well," Kim said in surprise when she perceived the delicious aroma wafting from the food.


    "Well, it was a necessary skill I had to learn due to my previous situation," Ss replied with a smile.


    Kim felt like she had touched upon a topic she shouldn''t have. A healed wound that she shouldn''t have opened.


    The atmosphere around the dining turned solemn, and a heavy silence descended.


    "I-I''m sorry. I didn''t mean to...," Kim said with a low voice, filled with remorse.


    "No, it''s fine. It''s in the past now," Ss said with a smile. He understood Kim''s feelings, but he didn''t feel anything, as those were memories that he had already forgotten.


    "Come on, let''s eat. Dinner is getting cold," Ss said as he tried to ease the solemnness around the table.


    "Yeah, let''s eat," Kim said with a smile and continued eating her food.


    They decided to ignore the solemn feeling around them as they ate the rest of their dinner in silence.