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"You're thinking..."
Luo Yu glanced at the fat guy.
Seeing his ecstatic look, he wanted to say something but held back.
He just silently shook his head.
"Awesome, damn!"
"Dude, look quickly, Goddess Yue'er is really walking this way!"
The fat guy rambled on, his face flushing red.
As if too excited to breathe.
Across from him, the crowd automatically parted to each side.
The beautiful girl with the wavy azure hair, captivating in demeanor, was marching towards him with those long, sexy, silk-stockinged legs.
The man next to the fat guy couldn't help dousing his excitement, saying:
"Wake up, what kind of daydream are you having in broad daylight, like she'd fancy you."
"Exactly, exactly."
"This is what they say, 'not much to look at, but dreaming so grandly.'
The fat guy was instantly displeased.
"Go away, go away."
"Are your eyes all not working or what?"
"Take a good look, isn't Goddess Yue'er heading this direction, isn't her gaze focused on me the whole time?"
"In the moment I made eye contact with her, she even smiled at me."
Hearing this, the crowd carefully observed the delicate beauty approaching from afar.
They found it was exactly as the fat guy had described.
Seeing the astonishment in everyone's eyes, the fat guy showed a smug smile, and then waved his hand in front of Luo Yu. After catching everyone's attention, he sketched a sly smile at the corner of his mouth.
"Guys, now that things have come to this, since Goddess Yue'er has come looking for me, I won't deceive you any longer."
"Time to lay it on the table."
"I am the poorest rich guy in Tian Shui City..."
"No, the richest young master!"
"Zhugao Wan!"
Well, that name...
Luo Yu's mouth twitched, a chill running down his spine.
His dad was quite a talent, giving his son such an ostentatious name.
"Boom!"
The fat guy stomped on the ground, and his aura burst out.
Yellow, yellow, yellow.
Three Soul Rings spiraled up, and behind the fat guy appeared a brownish-black pig shadow with fangs.
"A Soul Elder?"
"You're a Soul Elder??"
The surrounding men couldn't help but exclaim, genuinely not expecting that the guy they had been boasting and chatting with about lewd jokes and girls turned out to be a Soul Elder.
The fat guy basked in the attention, full of pride.
"Fellows of the LSP Alliance, bet you didn't see this coming, did you?"
"Surprised or not?"
"Hahaha."
The men, seeing the fat guy's mischievously smug grin, felt awkwardly uncomfortable.
But they indeed hadn't expected him to have such strength.
The fat guy was enjoying the vulgar thrill of pretending to be weak and then revealing his strength, his vanity greatly satisfied.
However, he suddenly noticed one person who didn't even show the slightest hint of surprise, which made him feel his show-off was not quite complete.
He leaned closer to Luo Yu, winking and grimacing.
"Bro, surprised or not, is it unexpected?"
"With a brother's strength like this, shouldn't be any problem to claim the top spot in the Tian Shui City LSP Alliance, right?"
Luo Yu didn't move his eyes, not bothering with him.
He quietly watched the approaching beauty.
No ripples in his heart.
With his eye power, he had seen through the guy the first time they met, just didn't feel like mentioning it.
The fat guy saw that Luo Yu was still unmoved.
"I might as well tell you another explosive piece of news."
"Actually, my dad took me to propose to the Shui Family a while back, but we were rejected at the time."
"Now, Goddess Yue'er is coming my way, what do you think that means?"
"No need for me to spell it out, right?"
The surrounding men listened intently, becoming increasingly restless.
"Awesome, bro."
"We're willing to call you the strongest loser."
"Impressed."
The fat guy savored the praise around him, his mood soaring.
But looking at the still indifferent Luo Yu, he felt something was missing.
"Dude, make some noise, will you?"
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Luo Yu was annoyed to the extreme and gave him a sidelong glance.
"Squeak."
The fat man's eyes bulged, almost spewing out a mouthful of old blood.
Continuously muttering to himself.
"Brother, it's not that I want to say this."
"You're really not giving me, a Soul Elder, any face."
"It's just that Fat Brother has a good temper and is easygoing."
"If it were someone else, they might have punched you by now, sigh."
"You get what I'm saying, right?"
Luo Yu nodded.
"Makes sense, luckily you're good-natured."
Luo Yu's indifferent manner made the fat man feel utterly bored.
He shook his head, affecting a big brother demeanor.
"Alright, little brother, you stay here. Fat Brother is going to take a seat up front with my Goddess Yue'er."
He gave the surrounding men a suggestive wink
"Brothers, don't envy me, I'm just a legend."
"Fat Brother is off!"
At this moment, Shui Yue'er made her way through the dense crowd, drawing countless gazes as she approached.
The fat man straightened his collar and fussed with his slanted fringe.
He stepped forward with head held high and an air of confidence.
"Sister Yue'er, I…"
"Step aside."
Shui Yue'er frowned with displeasure, her beautiful eyes flashed irritably, cutting him off mid-sentence.
Her gaze had been fixed on Luo Yu all along, attracted to the man's handsome features and his distinct presence among the crowd.
When the fat man suddenly stepped in and blocked her view, it immediately soured her mood.
"It's me, it's me, don't you remember me..."
The fat man's tone was frantic, pointing to his own face.
But before he could finish, he met with Shui Yue'er's chilling gaze.
"I don't know you."
"Don't block my way to the young man."
The fat man was dumbfounded, his face a picture of bewilderment.
"Young man?"
"What young man???"
Defeated by Shui Yue'er's haughty aura, the fat man looked as dejected as a beaten rooster, his spirit completely deflated.
Reluctantly, he shuffled his feet, clearing the path.
Shui Yue'er, with her jade legs and her blue boots, carried with her the curious stares of those around.
She walked straight up to Luo Yu.
Shui Yue'er's beautiful eyes were fixed on Luo Yu, the more she looked, the more she felt the man before her had a unique aura, and she wasn't unaccustomed to seeing men of good standing.
But she had never seen one this handsome.
Moreover, she could acutely sense that this man's gaze upon her was different from other men, devoid of any impurities or lewd thoughts, purely admiration.
Seeing that Shui Yue'er ignored everyone else and headed straight for Luo Yu,
The fat man stood with his mouth agape, completely flabbergasted.
Wasn't she here for me??
Why did she go to him instead!!
Shui Yue'er stared at Luo Yu with an icy expression for a long time, then suddenly broke into a smile.
Like a blossoming ice lotus, she cheerfully said:
"Young man, are you here alone?"
"My name is Shui Yue'er, would you like to be friends?"
At that moment, the surroundings fell into deathly silence.
The men began to doubt if their ears were deceiving them.
It was beyond anyone's expectations that Shui Yue'er came for Luo Yu, for a cripple?
Weren't they, all spry and lively, more appealing? For a cripple?
Grumbles of discontent rose.
So what if that guy is a bit handsome, what else does he have?
They couldn't fathom where they had fallen short.
The fat man's eyes were almost popping out, now beginning to question his life.
"What... what's going on??"
Thinking back to how he'd flaunted himself just now, the fat man felt his calf muscles quiver.
He was embarrassingly uncomfortable, with an increasingly bitter taste in his mouth.
As cool as he felt showing off earlier, that's how uncomfortable he felt now.
"Damn, this is unbearable."
"I've completely humiliated myself today!"
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I'm at a meeting and will update later, four more chapters today!