Card Kingdom: This kid's codex is full of gold

"Cousin, this is..."

"Shh!"

Zhang Ya made a shushing gesture and whispered, "This is a Fang Dire Wolf card, bronze level. I bought it from a classmate or friend."

"The stats are pretty good. Three-star potential, two skills, and over 100 combat power. You can use it for now."

"When my dad comes back, I'll have him get you another powerful card."

Zhang Yun flipped through the bronze-colored card in his hand, the card face showing a dire wolf with fangs howling towards the sky.

These were the ten bronze dire wolves he had sold that afternoon at the Lin's Trading Company.

I never expected my cousin to pull some strings and buy me a ticket...

My cousin's family is not well-off. My uncle supports two potential summoners by serving in the military, which puts a lot of pressure on them.

My cousin Zhang Ya has pretty good summoner talent; she's already an intermediate summoner, but the strongest card in her deck is only a near-silver card.

This bronze card is worth over 40 yuan; it must have been saved up by my cousin through frugality.

Such a valuable gift made Zhang Yun's heart ache.

He didn't refuse his cousin's kindness. Instead, he held the card tightly in his palm and gave his cousin Zhang Ya a sincere smile: "Thank you, cousin."

"Don't be so polite, you're my brother!"

Zhang Ya wrinkled her nose at Zhang Yun and whispered, "Don't tell anyone about this later, or my brother will get jealous."

"He's still young, there's no rush to get him to sign the master card. My dad will make arrangements for him when he gets back."

"good!"

Zhang Yun understood what Zhang Ya meant.

She didn't even give the bronze card to her own younger brother, but gave it to him first.

This deep affection is self-evident.

By accepting the card, he was treating his cousin's family as his closest relatives. When he gave other cards to his cousin later, she naturally had no excuse to refuse.

With that thought in mind, he put the card into his pocket.

Seeing Zhang Yun accept the card, Zhang Ya smiled happily and took his arm, saying, "Come on, let's go inside."

"My mom has been nagging me to call you several times, and I'm getting annoyed with it."

"good!"

Zhang Yun knew that his aunt loved him the most, so he smiled and followed Zhang Ya into the house.

The little skeleton followed closely behind, its empty eyes curiously surveying everything in the room.

The living room wasn't big, but it was filled to the brim with warm yellow light.

The TV was on, playing a variety show about card monster competitions, with the volume turned down very low.

Several plates of cut fruit and snacks were placed on the coffee table.

The kitchen door was half-open, the range hood was humming, and the sweet and sour smell of sweet and sour sauce wafted out from the crack in the door, mixed with the aroma of fried crispy crust, filling the entire living room.

My aunt peeked out from the kitchen, a spatula in her hand.

She looked a little older than I remembered, with more fine lines around her eyes. Seeing that it was Zhang Yun, she beamed with joy.

"Xiaoyun, you're here!"

"Sit back and wait, the dishes will be ready soon!"

Zhang Yun walked up to her, grinned, and said, "Auntie, do you need my help?"

"No need, it's almost done."

The aunt wiped her hands, then pressed her rough palms against Zhang Yun's cheek, gently rubbing her thumb against his cheekbone.

"You've lost weight again, it's been a week since I last saw you."

"I've already told you to move back. Your apartment is small and run-down. You're living there alone, and you're just making do with whatever you can get. If you move back, your auntie will cook you delicious meals every day."

Zhang Yun scratched his head and laughed, "My home is close to the school, so it's more convenient for me to get to school."

His aunt glared at him and scolded, "Jiayuan, you can just ride in Xiaoya's car to school in the morning. I'll take Xiaoqi to school."

"We'll see next time," Zhang Yun said, making an excuse.

"Cousin, you're here!"

At this moment, a little boy carrying a cast iron codex rushed up to Zhang Yun.

The little boy's name is Zhang Qi. He is 10 years old, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a spirited demeanor.

He showed the legal code to Zhang Yun: "Cousin, I also successfully awakened the two days ago!"

"Now I can also form contracts with cards and become an amazing summoner!"

"Congratulations, Xiaoqi."

Zhang Yun patted his head, her face full of affection.

Just then, Zhang Qi noticed the skeleton Kaka following behind Zhang Yun and asked curiously, "Brother, who's that?"

"He's my little pet, Skeleton Kaka."

Zhang Yun didn't hide anything, lifting the skull's hood to reveal its skeletal face.

Skeleton Kaka tilted its head, sizing up the human child who was slightly taller than itself, seemingly lost in thought.

Zhang Qi wasn't afraid at all. Instead, he seemed to have found some rare treasure, and immediately moved closer to examine it, excitedly saying:

"Cousin, your skeleton is so cool!"

"I want to buy one someday!"

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and called out to his older sister who was sitting on the living room sofa, "Sis, you said you'd give me a card when I awakened, where's the card?"

Zhang Ya's smile froze for a moment.

She glanced at Zhang Yun subconsciously, and said in a slightly hesitant tone, "The school hasn't organized any trials recently, so I haven't used any cards."

"Just wait a few more days. Once the school organizes a trial event and I get the cards, I'll give them to you."

"Hmph, you lied to me again!"

Zhang Qi's eyes instantly reddened, and she grumbled, "You clearly said you had saved enough money to buy me a ticket for the top three dealers, how could you go back on your word!"

"Bad sister, stinky sister!"

The aunt came out of the kitchen, gently stroked the back of her son's head, and said with a smile, "Xiao Qi, be good and don't make a fuss."

"Your sister is just a high school student, where would she get the money to buy you trading cards?"

"Your dad will be back in a few days. He said he'll bring you a card this time, it's a mount type."

"Just bear with it for a few more days."

"snort!"

Zhang Qi was still very unhappy and turned her face away.

Zhang Yun smiled and half-squatted in front of him, gently pinching his nose to soothe him, "Cousin, don't be silly. After dinner, your cousin will take you out to play."

"Wherever you want to go, I'll take you, how about it?"

"Really?"

"certainly!"

"Then consider it me going to the Hunter's Guild!"

Zhang Qi's eyes lit up again, and she continued, "Many of my classmates have registered as card hunters with the Hunter Guild. Take me to register later too."

"Hurrah!"

Zhang Yun pinched his little face and laughed, "It just so happens that I haven't registered for Card Hunter either. Let's register together in a bit."

"Mmm, hehe!"

After Zhang Yun's brief reassurance, Zhang Qi's face showed a childlike smile again.

Seeing this, the aunt couldn't help but smile.

This little guy has a bad temper and doesn't listen to anyone in the family, but he listens to Zhang Yun the most, which is really strange.

A moment later, a whole table of dinner was laid out.

Sweet and sour fish, sweet and sour pork ribs, stir-fried prawns, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, old hen soup, etc...

Aunt's cooking skills were as solid as ever, and Zhang Yun ate three bowls of rice.

After dinner, Zhang Qi blew out the candles, ate a piece of cake, and then pulled Zhang Yun to go out.

Aunt and Zhang Ya trusted Zhang Yun completely. They only told him to come back early and didn't ask any more questions.

So Zhang Yun led his younger cousin and Skeleton Kaka out the door.

Not long after stepping out of the building, Zhang Yun opened the legal code that was floating beside him.

He pinched the edge of a card between two fingers, gently pulled it out, and handed it to his cousin...