‘They dare touch the Netherworld King’s family?’
‘Are they tired of living?’
“Yes, Lord Netherworld King!”
“And another thing, don’t call me Lord Netherworld King from now on.
If my sister asks, just say you’re a veteran.
I happened to save your life, which is why you’re here.”
Bei Mu nodded and promptly left the coffee shop.
What Lin Haochen said wasn’t entirely a lie.
Bei Mu was, in fact, a veteran, and Lin Haochen had indeed saved his life.
Not only that, but Lin Haochen had also cured the cold poison that had plagued him for twenty-six years.
The renowned Netherworld King not only possessed unfathomable strength, but also medical skills that were second to none in the mortal world!
After leaving the coffee shop, Lin Haochen went directly to the adjacent shopping district.
He had just returned from abroad without even packing any clothes, so he needed to buy some first.
Lin Haochen didn’t put much thought into buying clothes.
He quickly picked out three outfits and was ready to leave.
“You’re…
Lin Haochen?”
Just as Lin Haochen was about to pay, a woman’s voice suddenly called out from behind him.
Lin Haochen turned around and saw a man and a woman walking toward him.
“So it really is you!
After your parents died, I thought you’d never come back to the country!”
Luo Xiaofeng spoke with a somewhat complicated look in her eyes, clinging to her man’s arm.
She had been Lin Haochen’s classmate in middle and high school.
She’d had a secret crush on him for three years and pursued him for two, but Lin Haochen had relentlessly rejected her.
Back in school, she was one of the four great beauties of Jin City Third Middle School, but Lin Haochen simply wasn’t interested in her.
Now, meeting again after nearly seven years, Luo Xiaofeng no longer had any of her old feelings for Lin Haochen.
In fact, she held a bit of a grudge because of how he had treated her back then.
“Xiaofeng, who’s this guy wearing cheap, knock-off clothes?
A classmate of yours?”
Luo Xiaofeng’s boyfriend, Xiao Junhan, was a well-known rich second-generation heir in Jin City.
The Xiao Family was a renowned and powerful family, their status in Jin City just a notch below the Wansheng Group.
“Junhan, this is that old classmate I told you about, Lin Haochen.
He’s the one who rejected me so many times back in the day.”
A faint smile played on Luo Xiaofeng’s lips.
She had become much more practical now; her only dream in life was to marry into a wealthy family.
Thinking about it, she even felt she should thank Lin Haochen.
Otherwise, she might not have had the chance to become Xiao Junhan’s girlfriend.
Xiao Junhan also sneered and said disdainfully to Lin Haochen, “Well, you sure know your place, knowing you weren’t good enough for Xiaofeng.”
“Lin Haochen, I can’t believe you’ve fallen on such hard times.
Dressed in those cheap clothes, can you even afford anything in here?”
Luo Xiaofeng mocked, her tone laced with schadenfreude.
But Lin Haochen just chuckled softly and said faintly, “So, your dream changed from becoming a movie star to marrying into a rich family.
That’s nice.”
“Lin Haochen!
What’s that supposed to mean!”
Hearing Lin Haochen’s words, Luo Xiaofeng pointed at him furiously, but there was nothing she could do to him.
“I’m just feeling a bit emotional seeing an old classmate, that’s all.”
After speaking, Lin Haochen turned and placed the clothes in his hands on the counter, ready to pay.
“Junhan, he’s bullying me!
You have to teach him a good lesson!”
Luo Xiaofeng turned to Xiao Junhan with teary eyes to plead her case.
As her boyfriend, Xiao Junhan naturally had to stick up for her.
‘This Lin Haochen is just some bottom-feeding peasant!’
“Don’t worry, Xiaofeng.
I’ll take good care of him!
Everything he picked out, I’m buying it all!”
Xiao Junhan took a step forward and slammed a platinum card for the shopping center onto the counter with a SLAP, glaring menacingly at Lin Haochen.
Seeing the mall’s platinum card, the cashier immediately bowed to Xiao Junhan and said respectfully, “Right away, sir.
I’ll bag this up for you right now.”
The young cashier didn’t dare hesitate.
Without even a glance at Lin Haochen, and not caring whether he agreed or not, she began bagging the items for Xiao Junhan.
Holders of the mall’s platinum card were all big shots with status in Jin City.
For all she knew, he could even be a shareholder in the mall.
They weren’t people she could afford to offend.
“Listen, kid.
Poor people like you should stick to the basement-level malls.
This place is not for you!
Get on your knees and apologize to Xiaofeng right now.
If you do, I, Xiao Junhan, might be willing to let this slide.
Otherwise, I’ll send you underground to reunite with your parents!”
Xiao Junhan said arrogantly, a cold sneer on his face.
But he failed to notice that the expression on Lin Haochen’s face had changed in an instant!
‘An ant like you can say whatever you want about me, I don’t care.
But daring to speak about my parents?
You’re courting death!’
“This young master told you to get on your knees and apologize, are you deaf?
What, do you need this young master to help you?”
Xiao Junhan snorted coldly and slowly walked toward Lin Haochen.
“You should just do what Young Master Xiao says.
He always does what he says he’ll do.”
“Yeah, if you really piss off Young Master Xiao, it won’t be as simple as just an apology.”
After hearing Xiao Junhan’s name, the surrounding onlookers all started trying to persuade Lin Haochen.
How could an ordinary person possibly stand up to a rich young master like him?
But at that moment, Lin Haochen spoke, his voice cold.
“What… did you just say?”
Xiao Junhan paid no mind to Lin Haochen’s anger.
‘He’s just some worthless punk, a mere peasant.
His anger is nothing but the impotent rage of the powerless!’
“Get on your knees and apologize to Xiaofeng, or this young master will send you underground to reunite with your parents!”