In American TV shows: Get stronger by spending money!

Caroline enthusiastically and proactively began helping the Su family with the setup.

Before they knew it, the originally messy living room gradually became organized and planned. From color matching to wall hangings and decorations, Caroline offered many constructive suggestions. At this time, the living room looked both modern and technologically advanced, yet also simple and luxurious. This made Su, who originally had no ideas or requirements for the arrangement, very satisfied.

On the sofa, Su thanked Caroline, who was covered in sweat, saying, "Thank you for your hard work. What reward do you want? I'll grant it to you."

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PS: The picture shows Caroline.

Chapter 86 [This text contains garbled text and missing chapters. The complete chapter is updated here: wwa.lanzoui.com/b010pzc9i] Verbena and Vampire

The reward from the Su family was very attractive, but for the sake of her ultimate goal, Caroline shook her head and refused: "I only helped with a small favor within my ability. I can't expect a reward every time I help someone, can I? I think we're friends!"

"By the way, where's your girlfriend? Decorating the new house is such an important thing, shouldn't you do it together with your girlfriend?"

Su smiled and shrugged: "She probably isn't in the mood to play these childish games with me right now."

After Vicky left, Su showed Anna a photo of herself and Pearl, which made Anna burst into tears of joy. She was so excited that her legs went weak and she almost knelt down before Su.

Of course, Sue didn't let Anna succeed. He showed Anna the photos to tell her that he had a way to rescue her mother, but some preparations needed to be made before he could do so.

Pearl wasn't as obedient as Anna. Since she moved in here, she was bound to do something that would expose her identity. So, the Su family gave Anna a sum of money as a gift, telling her to buy a house in the nearby city of Amster and prepare some 'inventory' to settle Pearl there after she came out. They would let her return to Mysterious Falls Town when she was no longer a problem for them.

"You two had a fight? Was it... because of Vicky this morning?" Caroline asked, somewhat surprised.

"Did the news spread so quickly?" Su was speechless.

Caroline laughed and said, "Our small town isn't like a big city like New York, where any new thing will spread quickly. Besides, Vicky is more than happy for everyone to know that she's made money off you."

"Really?" Mrs. Su asked with a smile, "Did she say how she made the money?"

Caroline pursed her lips: "Does this even need to be said? Maybe you don't know what kind of person Vicky is, but as a friend, I advise you to have less contact with her."

"Because of the kind of deal you're thinking of?"

Surprisingly, Caroline shook her head and denied it: "Although I am surprised that you would be interested in Vicky, it is not for this reason. Vicky is a terrible person. She will bring you a lot of trouble. For example, this time, you have only just moved to the town and almost everyone knows about your deal with her. This will affect other people's impression of you."

"Of course, if you don't care about these things, then disregard what I said."

If you choose to date freely, even if you date many times, you'll still be a good girl. People will find you very charming, and many people will like you.

If you do the same thing for money, other people will have a very bad impression and opinion of you.

I have to say, this is so real!

The Su family was the same; they wanted to change Elena and Caroline's messy love history, but they had a prejudice against Vicky from the first impression and didn't care much about her feelings.

Su reflected on himself and was somewhat moved, and then... nothing more happened.

What else could they do? Su Shi isn't some saintly figure who can treat everyone equally; isn't it normal for her to have her own preferences and biases?

We'll be enthusiastic and proactive with people we admire and like; but should we be enthusiastic and proactive with people we don't like? That would be ridiculous!

“If Vicky is willing, I will maintain this transactional relationship with her for the time being. Unless…” Su looked at Caroline.

Caroline shook her head and said, "I might like your rewards and little gifts, but I would never do that for money, unless... I like you!"

"How should I interpret your words? Do you mean them separately, or together?" Madam Su asked with a smile.

When put together, it means "unless I like you". When separated, it can be understood as "unless" being one sentence, and "I like you" being another sentence.

"I wouldn't confess my feelings so coyly," Caroline explained with a smile, realizing what she meant, but there was still a hint of that in her words.

"I have to go. My mom will scold me if I go home too late. She's the town's sheriff, so you know how strict she is."

"goodbye!"

"See you tomorrow."

Watching Caroline wave goodbye, Su couldn't help but smile slightly. This kind of interaction sometimes made it easy for him to overlook the other person's age.

Before it got dark, Su locked the door and prepared to visit someone, Zac Salvatore.

Near the Vikrie Bridge, there is an old apartment building. It is large, but usually only one single, middle-aged man named Zac Salvatore lives there. The apartment has been passed down through generations of his family.

On the surface, Zac Salvatore is just an ordinary human, a lonely middle-aged man, and indeed he is. However, he has two uncles, one named Damon and the other Stefan. But in public, they call Zac Salvatore "Uncle," since they are vampires who never age.

Sue's purpose in visiting him was not to frighten him, nor for Damon or Stefan, but for the verbena he had secretly planted.

Just because she can resist a vampire's hypnosis doesn't mean others around her can. That's why verbena is so valuable. Ms. Su wanted to buy some verbena from him and learn about its cultivation.

"Bang bang bang!"

Outside the apartment door, Su, who habitually left the Flying Thunder God mark, slowly knocked on the door to convey his goodwill to the homeowner.

"Who are you looking for?" A middle-aged man opened the door, looking at Su Shi with suspicion and wariness.

"Zach Salvatore?"

"Yes, who are you?"

"My name is Su, and I would like to buy some verbena."

"boom!"

The other person's expression changed, and without warning, they slammed the door shut.

Su touched his nose and his body suddenly became ethereal. He then appeared in front of Zac Salvatore, who was nervously trying to make a phone call in the room.

"Clap."

The phone fell to the ground from Zac Salvatore's terrified hand. "You...you...how did you get in? What are you?"

Just as Su was about to speak, he suddenly saw the door behind Zac Salvatore being forcefully and quickly kicked open, and a figure rushed in front of him like a ghost.

With smoky makeup and sharp fangs, he was actually a vampire. Su Shi really didn't expect there to be a vampire here, after all, there were still several years before the plot began.

The other party appeared suddenly and moved quickly, reaching out to grab his neck in the blink of an eye.

Then, they missed.

Su Shi flashed to the apartment door and then instantly used her teleportation technique to rush inside.

"You didn't..." A boy who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old was about to ask about Zac Salvatore's situation when he was suddenly attacked and flew straight out.

"Boo-boo-boo-"

The figure flickered, a blurry blur. Zac Salvatore could only see the seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy swaying in the air like a leaf in a storm; he couldn't make out how his attacker had made their move.

Chapter 87 The Battle in Another Dimension, Stefan Tortured by the Sea

"Stop...stop hitting him! Stop it! I have verbena, I'll give it to you, I'll give you verbena!" Seeing his uncle being mercilessly beaten, the shocked Zac Salvato couldn't believe it, but he didn't forget to save him.

"boom!"

The strong wind suddenly stopped, and the fine leaves fell to the ground.

Su looked at the young man on the ground, who was frowning in pain, with some dissatisfaction. Although the young man was actually over 140 years old, he was only 17 when he was transformed into a vampire, so his square and angular face did look very young.

Stefan Salvatore, one of the two male protagonists in The Vampire Diaries.

In 1864, he was turned into a vampire by Catherine, who controlled his mind and made him drink blood. Because he didn't want to be alone, he forced his brother Damon to become a vampire as well. Later, he met Lacey and, with the help of his friend Lacey, gave up human blood and started drinking animal blood.

Vegetarians hope to live in peace with humans and have been working hard to control their bloodthirsty nature.

In the story, Elena and her parents are in a car accident near the Vikrie Bridge, and the car falls into the river. He is the one who rescues Elena. Later, he transfers to Elena's school and they start dating. Then... they get caught up in a very melodramatic love quadrangle.

Elena and the vampire Catherine look exactly alike, seemingly some kind of doppelganger relationship. Damon and Stefan also developed feelings for Elena because of Catherine, and then Catherine returned. It's a complicated and melodramatic story that's hard to explain in a few words.

Speaking of doppelgangers, I think Stefan has one too, right? To be precise, Stefan is someone else's doppelganger. Su doesn't quite understand the rules of doppelgangers, but one thing is certain: doppelgangers are all separate and independent individuals.

I wonder if Olivia and Lacey could be considered doppelgangers? Although normally they belong to different American TV series, but...

This world, which blends elements from an American TV series, can be interpreted as a doppelganger, provided that Lacey actually exists in this world.

"Do you know Lacey?" That was the first thing Su said to Stefan.

"You know Lacey too?"

Stefan, who had been somewhat worried about the other party's identity and strength, breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the question that seemed to have no malicious intent. He stood up and said, "I haven't seen her for a while. Yes, I know her. We are friends."

Stefan proved Lacey's existence, and given the chance, it would be nice to meet this Lacey who looks exactly like Olivia.

"Who are you?" Stefan asked about Su's identity.

“He said his name was Su and he wanted to buy verbena,” Zac Salvatore said, explaining the man’s identity and purpose to Uncle Stefan.

Su was a little curious as to why Stefan would return to Mystic Falls at this time, but suddenly he rushed over and tried to choke me. I couldn't just beat him up without any real pain or consequences, could I?

If we're going to fight, we should fight to the fullest!

Since you decided when to start, then naturally I'll decide when to end!

Anna was an incompetent sparring partner, so Stefan was a good temporary substitute. Anyway, he was tough and hard to kill, so this was a good opportunity for him to familiarize himself with the new ninjutsu he had drawn.

"Prepare verbena, the kind that can be grown," Sue instructed Zaksalvato, then instantly appeared before Stefan.

Blur out, activate!

The distorted space created ripples, and before Zach Salvatore could react, Sue and Stefan had already disappeared.

Zach Salvatore frantically called out their names but received no response, as if Sue and Stefan had never been there at all.

Not knowing where they had gone, or what the Su family would do to Uncle Stefan, Zac Salvatore could only worry helplessly. Finally, he gritted his teeth and went to the basement to prepare verbena.

The other party's goal is verbena. As long as they don't get the verbena, they shouldn't harm Uncle Stefan. It's quite a lot that a middle-aged nephew is worried sick about his 'young' uncle.

Different space.

The blood-red space left Stefan stunned and shocked, with an indescribable sense of oppression. It was desolate, bleak, and annihilated. Apart from the lifeless rocky land, all he saw here was despair!

"Where is this place?" Stefan looked warily at Su, who was moving his fingers across from him.

"Wind Escape·Big Breakthrough!"

With a single open mouth, a powerful gust of wind arrives.

Stefan reacted quickly, raising his arms. The force of the wind slammed into him, causing him to stumble back several steps before instinctively lowering his arms.