"Oh my god, are you serious?"
Seeing her pointing to the helicopter, Bran's adrenaline shot up, he excitedly said, "If I give it to you, the old man would beat me to death."
This was something that his dad had used a lot of resources and connections to secure. If it were before the apocalypse, he would've gladly lost a bet and given her the helicopter without a second thought. But now, to put it bluntly, he was less valuable than the helicopter in the old man's eyes. He couldn’t make such a request.
Stella mercilessly mocked, "If you can't do it, then don't brag about it. I don't need the helicopter, but if you continue to mess around, don't blame me for getting nasty."
She beckoned to her dog, "Cooper, come here."
Cooper released his hold, and when he noticed the mastiff threatened with death not not fighting back, he cautiously returned to Stella's side.
"You're really hurting my pride here." Bran retorted, "I could've done anything for you except for the helicopter."
Feeling like the rich fool didn't understand her, Stella was exasperated, "Fine, then help me find a few radiation suits."
"No problem. Wait, why do you need radiation suits?"
Stella stared at him in silence.
Bran didn't ask further, "Okay, just wait for it."
Having lost all his dignity, he felt furious. He took the mastiff and stormed off. Once home, he threw the dog's leash to the butler, "Derick, we're having dog stew tonight."
"What happened to your face?"
What happened? It was all because of this useless dog. He took off his slippers and sat on the sofa in a huff.
Just then, Shane came down from the upstairs study, Bran didn't even look up, "Dad, help me get a few radiation suits."
Shane frowned, "Why do you need radiation suits?"
"It's not for me. It's for the people in the 50th building."
Shane skillfully tossed his cane, "You took my words as wind? Do you really think I wouldn't break your legs? You are still dealing with people from the 50th building?"
Bran got beaten outside, and still got beaten at home.
"Why can't you help when I ask for it?" Bran was frustrated, "Even Evan is protecting the people from the 50th building, their background must be something, and they wouldn't ask for radiation suits for no reason, right?"
There might be a second earthquake or something, causing a nuclear leak along the coast.
"Dad, getting radiation suits isn't easy, so remember to get some for us too."
Favors were like this, the more you asked, the less you got, better to ask once and get it all.
Shane frowned; just asking for a few radiation suits, it seemed to have no harm to the Porras family. It was worth testing the people in the 50th building.
"What happened to your face?"
"It's nothing. I tripped and fell while walking."
"You're not that old yet, and your limbs are already deteriorating?"
Bran stormed off, went back to his room to tend to his face.
Shane called the guard on the rooftop, and only then did he learn the truth about his prodigal son's injury.
The more Bran got beaten, the more stubborn he got.
......
Stella didn't expect that Bran would actually find the radiation suits with a casual word of hers. And there were 3 of them.
"Too bad there aren't any for dogs, otherwise I could've gotten them for you too."
Stella asked Austin to find them, but the radiation suits were controlled by special departments, and he couldn't get them.
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