I Was Once a King...

"..."

Xiao Lang's mouth twitched. Was that something she could just casually take out and look at?

"Ha ha ha! Yeah, Third Young Master, hurry up and take out your big sword for us to see." Hearing Xiao Xun'er's words, the women could not help laughing, their burning gazes fixed on a certain part of Xiao Lang's body.

Seeing this, Xiao Xun'er also sensed that something was off. She followed the gazes of those young women and married women, immediately realized what they meant, and her fair, pretty face instantly flushed crimson with heat.

After cursing, "You filthy hooligan," she ran off. She was too embarrassed to stay there any longer.

"Enough, stop messing around. You lot are never serious." Xiao Lang waved his hand and said with a resentful look, "Every time you say you'll come to my room tonight, I wait from sunset until midnight, yet none of you show up. A woman's mouth is a lying ghost!"

"Ha ha ha!"

Xiao Lang's words once again drew laughter from many of the women.

"Third Young Master, these are the bracelet made from a second-tier water-element magic crystal and the necklace crafted from a second-tier wood-element magic crystal that you asked me to buy."

At that moment, a burly man around thirty walked over respectfully, holding two exquisitely made pieces of jewelry.

The man wore a badge on his chest, marked with six golden stars. Clearly, he was a Six-star Dou Practitioner.

"Thanks, Uncle Payne. Here are five thousand gold coins."

Xiao Lang smiled at the burly man, who was Payne from the original story. Then the Storage Ring on the middle finger of his right hand flashed, and a green card worth five thousand gold coins appeared in his hand. He handed it to Payne.

"Young Master, this..."

"Keep the extra as bathhouse money for the brothers now that the weather's getting cold."

Seeing Payne try to refuse, Xiao Lang immediately said in an unquestionable tone.

He knew that jewelry made from second-tier magic crystals cost only a little over two thousand gold coins, and the two pieces together would not exceed five thousand.

"Why aren't you thanking Third Young Master?"

Payne knew Xiao Lang's personality, so he did not refuse any further and immediately spoke to the brothers behind him.

"Thank you, Third Young Master!"

The guards behind Payne immediately shouted excitedly, their voices deafening.

After coming of age, Xiao Lang had taken charge of the marketplace district, so over the past three years, he had long since become close with the guards here.

He had also become close with the young women and married women here.

He had asked Payne to acquire these two pieces of jewelry some time ago, all for the sake of winning over Xiao Xun'er!

Looking at Xiao Xun'er in the distance, Xiao Lang immediately headed over. However, when passing a stall along the way, he stopped, curled his lips into a smile, and bought one more thing.

"Oh? Isn't this Miss Xun Er? Heh, I never expected to run into you here. What fate."

Just as Xiao Lang was about to call out to Xiao Xun'er, an ill-timed voice rang out. A crowd then surged over, surrounding a richly dressed young man like stars around the moon.

The young man was around twenty and rather handsome, though his complexion was somewhat pale. His eyes were burning as they stared fixedly at the graceful young girl in the distance, filled with undisguised adoration.

Who else could it be but Galeo?

Xiao Lang was stunned when he saw this. He had not expected Xiao Yan's storyline to happen to him instead.

But while the beginning might be the same, the ending would definitely not be the same for him. He would not slink away in disgrace like Xiao Yan.

Looking at the handsome young man's delighted face, Xun Er's slender brows knitted slightly. Ignoring his call, she turned to leave.

"Miss Xun Er!"

Seeing Xun Er turn away, panic immediately appeared on the handsome young man's pale face. He quickened his pace and finally stepped sideways to block her path.

Blocked by the young man, Xun Er had no choice but to stop. Her narrow, limpid eyes were half-lidded with a hint of laziness as she looked at him indifferently without saying a word.

"Miss Xun Er..." Stared at by the girl's limpid eyes, the young man, who spent his days among beautiful women, actually found his breathing growing hurried. His usual silver tongue seemed to have lost all effect at that moment.

"Young Master Galeo, if there is nothing else, please move aside. I still have things to do."

Looking at the young man whose face had reddened somewhat, Xun Er finally spoke. The girl's soft, delicate voice immediately brought an unhealthy flush to the young man's pale face.

"Heh, Miss Xun Er, did you come to the marketplace to buy something? I happen to be free. How about we take a stroll together?"

Taking a deep breath inwardly, Galeo wore a bright and gentle smile. Coupled with his status and appearance, that smile had helped him win the favor of beauties several times before.

"Good idea. Galeo, why not call your mother out to stroll with us too?" Xiao Lang stepped forward, looking at Galeo with a teasing smile. "I happen to be bored out of my mind too."

"Xiao Lang!"

When Galeo saw Xiao Lang appear, his eyes narrowed, and fear surfaced in them. Clearly, he remembered the terror of being dominated by Xiao Lang a few years ago.

Because he had once been a king, until Xiao Lang beat him up for several years...

Wasn't Xiao Lang supposed to be training in the Monster Beast Forest? Why had he come back?

"Oh? I thought after being away for a few years, you might have forgotten my name. Looks like those years of beatings weren't for nothing. You've learned to remember things."

Xiao Lang laughed arrogantly. For a moment, Galeo could not even tell who the villain was.

But when he remembered that Xiao Lang, relying on his status as a Dou Zhe, gave him a light beating every three days and a brutal beating every seven, Galeo shuddered. He had been beaten into having a shadow over it.

For a time, even hearing Xiao Lang's name had frightened him into hiding everywhere. The shadow of that domination was simply too terrifying.

"I heard your cousin is returning from Jia Nan Academy. Remember to tell her that she still owes me one hundred and three foot washes."

Seeing Galeo remain silent, Xiao Lang walked over. Though he was eighteen and three years younger than Galeo, he stood one meter eighty-nine tall, a full two heads taller than the other man.

Though he did not have explosively bulging muscles, the intense killing intent he had gained from three years of training in the Monster Beast Forest gave a powerful sense of pressure to a spoiled wastrel like Galeo, who was steeped in wine and women.

As for Galeo's cousin, that dated back to a few years ago, when she came to stand up for him after Xiao Lang beat Galeo. She would be introduced later.

"Xiao Lang, what are you trying to do? Broad daylight, do you intend to bully the weak with your strength?" Galeo swallowed, only to regret the words as soon as they left his mouth.

He had brought three guards with him, most of whom were Five-star Dou Practitioners or stronger. Even if Xiao Lang was a Three-star Dou Practitioner, surely he would not dare act recklessly before his guards?

"What are you talking about? How could I possibly only bully the weak with my strength?" Xiao Lang stepped forward and gave him two Big Slaps. "I can also prey on men and women, kill people, set fires, and so on. Don't forget, I'm the biggest playboy in Wutan City."