Chapter 544: Chapter 543

“What life-saving grace?”

Ellis Olsen asked.

South Jenkins waved his hand dismissively: “It’s nothing worth mentioning, let’s not talk about it. Anyway, thanks!”

South Jenkins was holding clothes in one hand and moving a ladder with the other, ready to go downstairs, when Ellis Olsen quickly took the ladder from her: “Let me help you take it down!”

South Jenkins paused briefly: “This ladder is very heavy!”

Ellis Olsen rolled up his sleeves: “You mean to say, I am weaker than you, a girl?”

South Jenkins slightly smiled and handed the ladder over to Ellis Olsen.

Ellis Olsen’s hands obviously sank.

He was nearly overwhelmed by the weight of the ladder, but facing South Jenkins’ somewhat teasing look, he coughed and stubbornly said, “It’s not that heavy.”

“Hehe.”

South Jenkins simply passed him the cloth, the glass cleaning tool, and the clothes, then took the ladder back: “I’d better handle it!”

South Jenkins went downstairs with ease.

Ellis Olsen followed her, his mood somewhat gloomy, and asked directly, “How is it that a girl like you has so much strength?”

“I had no choice. My parents passed away early, I’ve been taking care of myself since I was young, and I had to move things around the house. Plus, I used to deliver takeouts. During the busiest times, I could carry five orders in one hand. I built my strength that way! Not like you, so weak…”

“I’m not weak,” Ellis Olsen retorted. “I exercise regularly.”

South Jenkins chuckled: “Is your exercise just running a few laps?”

Ellis Olsen nodded: “Yeah, it’s a family rule, each person must run at least two kilometers a day, rain or shine!”

He seemed a bit sheepish saying this.

Among his brothers, he was the laziest, always cutting corners on runs, unlike his brothers who strictly adhered to the rule.

Hearing this, South Jenkins rolled her eyes: “What’s two kilometers a day? When I delivered takeouts, I would run fifty thousand steps a day!”

Ellis Olsen objected: “You all deliver using electric bikes, you think I don’t know that?”

South Jenkins immediately said: “Are you silly? Can electric bikes go upstairs? Can they enter residential complexes or shops? I ran to deliver faster and grab more orders. I’m telling the truth!”

Ellis Olsen coughed and said: “Then I’ll start running fifty thousand steps a day starting tomorrow.”

South Jenkins rolled her eyes: “You won’t be able to.”

Ellis Olsen felt provoked: “Why can’t I? Why would you say a man can’t do it? I definitely can!”

South Jenkins coughed: “Calm down, why are you getting worked up? If you usually run only two kilometers, you need to gradually increase it. Fifty thousand steps means running from morning till night.”

Ellis Olsen snorted: “I can do it too! I’ll show you tomorrow!”

South Jenkins: “…Then you should start with five kilometers.”

Ellis Olsen immediately nodded: “Okay! Wait and see, I’ll have no problem!”

South Jenkins: “…Oh, okay, I’ll wait.”

She thought Ellis Olsen was quite childish. What is there to brag about this?

As they were talking, they arrived at the downstairs storage room and put the ladder inside, and South Jenkins took the other items from Ellis Olsen.

Just as she was about to leave, Ellis Olsen called out to her again.

South Jenkins turned back, and Ellis Olsen coughed: “About that dress in the group chat, I sent you a skirt as compensation for today.”

South Jenkins blinked: “Are luxury items also buy one get one free?”

Ellis Olsen: “… Yeah! They had a promotion. I bought a lot! If you don’t want it, give it back to me!”

South Jenkins immediately laughed: “I want it, thanks a lot, young master~”

The term “young master” unexpectedly made Ellis Olsen blush.

He coughed once more, “Yeah, work hard in the future!”

“Sure thing! Young master!”

South Jenkins giggled and turned to leave, her eyes gleaming. Then after a few steps, she turned back to look at Ellis Olsen again. She remembered the time she had pulled him out of a car accident; he was surprisingly light, and thought about how he struggled to carry the ladder downstairs.

This kind and naive young master, he really is not physically strong…

She paused briefly, then blatantly said, “So, really run five kilometers tomorrow~”

Ellis Olsen nodded: “No problem! After running tomorrow, I’ll show you the step count on WhatsApp!”

South Jenkins nodded: “Alrighty, you can definitely do it, young master!”

She smiled brightly, waved her hand, and walked towards the nanny room.

But her smile dazzled Ellis Olsen.

So… the next morning!

When Kiera Olsen came downstairs, she saw several of her brothers, including Ellis Olsen, doing warm-up exercises outside.

Just the day before, James Olsen had mentioned that their family’s morning routine included running, from the eldest to the youngest.

She approached her brothers and then asked, “Shall we start?”

“We need to warm up.”

Charles Olsen spoke: “Cousin, you need to warm up. You haven’t worked out before, it’s not the same as third brother who can fight. Otherwise, you’ll get muscle cramps when you start running.”

Last time at the Freeman Sect, these brothers didn’t attend.

And the fact that Kiera Olsen was the senior sister of the Freeman Sect hadn’t been revealed… So other than James Olsen, they still didn’t know her identity.

Ellis Olsen saw Kiera Olsen and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was always the slowest during physical activities, but today he finally had someone who would perform worse than him!

Hehe, at least today, he could avoid being last.

He walked over to Kiera Olsen: “Little sis, do like me, warm up first, loosen up your body. Otherwise, you could get muscle cramps later!”

After saying this, he stretched his arms and legs.

Kiera Olsen: “I don’t need to.”

Just for a few kilometers run, warming up really wasn’t necessary.

Those who practice martial arts like her really had good physical condition. Watching James Olsen yawning beside her, it was clear that he came first every day.

Ellis Olsen coughed and said: “Third brother, let’s ease up on the running later, don’t make too big a gap with our little sister. Otherwise, it would be no fun for us to run, and besides, as brothers, we must certainly let the little sister win a bit!”

James Olsen: “…”

He glanced at Kiera Olsen and suddenly understood the feeling of a master hiding amidst regular people.

He said with a half-smile: “Okay, but Peter, you need to work harder today. You can’t be last, or it’d be too embarrassing if little sis outruns you!”

Peter Olsen immediately said confidently: “Don’t worry, with little sis here, I definitely won’t be the last!”

Charles Olsen also spoke: “Don’t worry, I’ll wait for our cousin!”

Ellis Olsen glanced at them and didn’t say a word.

Thus began the Olsen Family’s running competition!