Chapter 43: Jealous Laura

‘Ah, I just wanted to repay you for helping me that day!’ Luo Lin roared internally again.

After all, he always repaid favors. Having received such a huge kindness, he would feel uneasy if he didn’t repay it—she had helped him so much.

As a result, Lucia’s few words teased Luo Lin, whose already tense face turned red to the roots of his ears. He pouted, turned his head away, and didn’t dare to meet her smiling eyes.

Lucia watched the rumored villainous young master being teased like a wronged kitten burying its head in its body. The fairy-like girl couldn’t help but chuckle. However, she always knew her limits, and some jokes shouldn’t go too far.

So she looked ahead and proactively said, “But your close friend was right, Young Master Lorin, you really do have good taste.”

Lucia smiled as she looked at Luo Lin, who finally lifted his head from his arms to look at her, and continued coaxing,

“The headpiece you just won may look ordinary, but it’s actually a magic artifact that can increase mental power! Its actual value is about 10,000 gold coins! And I guarantee your purchase will make you happy!”

“Oh? Why is that?”

‘10,000 gold coins might be an astronomical figure for ordinary people, but for me, the young master of the Duke’s mansion, it’s hardly a surprise.’

Seeing the puzzled Luo Lin, the considerate Lucia continued to soothe him, “Look, Miss Laura and her new companion are so angry from your actions that they’re about to stomp their feet!”

So following Lucia’s gesture, Luo Lin saw Laura and her new flame not far away, angrily fuming at him. That new ATM Laura had found clearly wanted to show off in front of her and act rich.

But who would have thought that Luo Lin, the former simp who suddenly appeared, would slap them in the face? Without the financial ability to compete with him, the two, having lost face, could only glare at Luo Lin in impotent rage.

Seeing Laura, that green tea bitch, suffer a loss, Luo Lin’s embarrassment vanished and he felt refreshed. He immediately made a punchable expression and gave them a big middle finger.

To be honest, that green tea Laura changes her new lovers faster than our Heaven’s Chosen Female Protagonist builds her Crystal Palace.

Slap. Luo Lin harshly slapped himself mentally. ‘You idiot, how can that scum Laura be compared to Miss Lucia? In the original owner’s memories, this Heaven’s Chosen Female Protagonist, aside from being a bit too affectionate, has no flaws—upright, kind, brave, beautiful. Her character, pure and untainted, paired with a face too beautiful for words.’

‘Honestly, if I weren’t a man and the original owner’s pain of being pierced through the heart wasn’t such a huge shock to a 21st-century Blue Star person, I might—probably, perhaps—also be unable to resist Lucia’s charm.’

As for Laura, that super green tea, she was just purely vain. She wanted what was in her bowl while eyeing what was in the pot, treating men like ATMs and always acting like a lofty young lady.

Thinking of this, Luo Lin couldn’t help but give her the middle finger again.

Seeing that Luo Lin, who used to obey her every word, now dared to show her a cold face, Laura was even more furious.

She originally thought that losing just a dispensable simp didn’t matter. With her charm, what kind of man couldn’t she get? In a few days, Luo Lin, who couldn’t live without her, would surely come back wagging his tail and begging for her forgiveness.

But what she never expected was that after Luo Lin completely cut ties with her, that shrimp-head not only immediately stopped her Black Gold Card, causing her to lose face in front of her sisters while shopping and paying, but also repeatedly couldn’t enter the tea parties she used to freely attend.

The guards’ reason was that she wasn’t invited, but in reality, the entire noble circle knew that without Luo Lin’s favor, she was just the count’s illegitimate daughter—what right did she have to sit with them?

Even her status at home plummeted. Count Lauren, who had previously doted on her and even said he would legitimize her, had directly slapped her twice when he last saw her, viciously telling her to recognize her place and not to covet things that didn’t belong to a lowly illegitimate daughter like her.

Damn it! Damn it! She blamed all her misfortunes on Luo Lin. Just because they couldn’t be boyfriend and girlfriend, he could stop her Black Gold Card and revoke her privileges?

“What’s wrong with a man suffering a little? If I, Laura, deigned to associate with that waste, where would my face be?”

“Just because I’m not dating you, you can’t be good to me?”

Damn it, when that simp comes to his senses and comes back wagging his tail, she would get back everything that belonged to her twice over. As for the possibility that Luo Lin had truly woken up, she didn’t believe it at all. After all, without her, what woman would be blind enough to fancy a talentless wastrel playboy like him?

But until today, she saw a Luo Lin completely different from before.

In the past, he always kept his head down, too insecure to look at people, his face full of cowardice.

But now, not only was his face cleaner and more heroic, but he also seemed much more spirited. He was gesturing excitedly to the girl beside him, who was many times prettier than her.

Although he still looked a bit shy, there was a genuine smile in his eyes that she had never seen before.

Only then did she truly panic, finally recognizing reality.

Afraid of completely losing this support and returning to her former life as an illegitimate daughter looked down on by everyone, the moment she saw Luo Lin stand up and walk out with the attendant, she quickly and disdainfully abandoned the wealthy merchant she had just seduced and hurried after them.

In the auction house corridor, the light was dim and the hallway was extremely narrow, only allowing two people to pass side by side. The attendant in front explained with a fawning smile, “This narrow design is to protect the security of the items and the privacy of our customers.”

However, Luo Lin, walking behind him, didn’t really care. Chatting with Lucia the whole time was really bad for his heart, so using the excuse of picking up the item, he averted his gaze from that fairy-like perfect face and came out to catch his breath.

And, according to the original owner’s memories, the black market in the Lower District was backed by the Seierre Marquis family. Who would dare cause trouble there?

Finally, after who knows how long, they arrived at the door of the room at the end of the path. The attendant smiled, opened the door, and made a gesture for Luo Lin to enter.

“Roar?”

“Hey, what’s that sound?” Just as Luo Lin took the headpiece woven from blue-white thorns from the attendant, he suddenly heard a loud noise coming from a cage covered in heavy black cloth nearby.

However, as he turned his gaze, he didn’t notice that the attendant, who had been smiling just a moment ago, swiftly pulled a dagger gleaming with cold light from his sleeve and stabbed straight at his heart.