Since Lin Hao had followed Ye Xue out, he had no plan and could only obediently trail behind her, helping her carry the things she picked.
"Lin Hao, Lin Hao, look at this bear, doesn't it look like you?"
Lin Hao, who was resting nearby, was suddenly called out by the girl, startling him from the chair. He looked at the girl holding a doll and smiling at him, feeling a bit lost.
As Lin Hao looked at the brown plush toy in her hand, he couldn't help but inwardly complain, "How on earth does it look like me? If there's any similarity, it's that its skin color is somewhat like mine."
After glancing at Ye Xue's expression, Lin Hao replied, "As long as you like it."
When a girl likes something, you cannot contradict her or show any displeasure, or there will be great disaster.
Having thoroughly studied "One Hundred Tricks to Understand Girls' Micro-expressions," Lin Hao found himself handling this moody girl with ease.
Ye Xue, holding the toy bear, naturally noticed Lin Hao's perfunctory expression. Seeing this, she showed no dissatisfaction. She glanced at the poorly disguised bodyguards behind them, then took the bear that resembled Lin Hao and walked out of the store.
As they exited the shop, the store clerk at the entrance, seeing people walk out openly without paying, was about to call out to the beautiful lady to settle the bill. However, upon looking up, he saw a group of muscular men respectfully handing over the required money to the store clerk.
All that was left was a dumbfounded clerk and the money in his hand.
Lin Hao glanced at the chair he had just sat on, then at Ye Xue walking ahead. Without a second thought, he resignedly picked up what she had bought and hurried in her direction.
As he walked, he grumbled, wondering why a woman from a guidance class had him, from a combat class, walking until his legs cramped.
If this were to get out, it would be a real laugh.
Ye Xue walked slowly ahead, but when she didn't see Lin Hao reach her side, her expression remained unchanged. She glanced back, and then instantly vanished from her spot.
Seeing the girl suddenly disappear before his eyes, a hint of anger finally appeared on Lin Hao's tired face.
He subconsciously wanted to throw the things in his hand to the ground, but then he remembered that he would be living a life of spoilers for the next year, and he suppressed the thought.
Alas, he glanced back at the equally bewildered burly men, which made him chuckle.
Well, suffering together.
He might as well obediently go find that princess.
Lin Hao put the things in his hand into his spatial storage and gestured to them with his eyes from behind.
Split up and search.
The men, who had been hiding in the shadows, nodded at his gaze and went their separate ways.
As for Lin Hao, he didn't intend to find her immediately, but instead started to wander around.
Indeed, wandering around was more comfortable than being forced to shop.
He looked at the crowded mall and the various restaurants with long queues. He wandered aimlessly before walking out of the mall. After all, this kind of high-end place was not somewhere a nobody like him could afford to patronize.
Outside, he was like a headless fly. After walking for an unknown amount of time, Lin Hao seemed to have arrived at a snack street.
It should be called a snack street, Lin Hao mused, he had only read descriptions of such places in the storybooks from the orphanage.
Arriving here for the first time, Lin Hao looked at the stalls selling delicious snacks and felt he wanted to try them all.
Just as Lin Hao finished eating from one end of the alley to the last stall at the other end, the crowd ahead suddenly became agitated.
Lin Hao, holding many snacks, instinctively felt that this matter should not involve him upon hearing the commotion.
He didn't pay much attention to it and headed in another direction. If others wanted to watch the show, let them. He wouldn't.
As Lin Hao neared the end of the alley, a boy ran towards him. The boy, running forward while looking back, didn't see anyone ahead and bumped straight into Lin Hao, his body naturally falling backward.
Lin Hao was also startled by the boy who suddenly bumped into him. However, sensing that the boy was about to fall, he instinctively grabbed the boy who was about to fall.
His slender arm was caught by Lin Hao.
As Lin Hao grabbed the arm, he thought, "Why is he so thin?"
Just as Lin Hao was about to get a good look at the thin boy's face, the boy suddenly broke free from Lin Hao's grasp, looked back, pushed aside the person blocking his path, and walked away into the distance.
Lin Hao, who was suddenly pushed away, showed no displeasure on his face, only bewilderment.
He hadn't expected it, hadn't expected that he, who wasn't watching the excitement, would be inadvertently drawn into it.
Alas, might as well see it through.
Lin Hao then threw the snacks in his hand into his spatial storage and stood at the end of the alley, watching a group of burly men running towards him.
He couldn't help but inwardly complain, "He doesn't look like he's seen much, but he's quite the troublemaker."
As the burly men passed Lin Hao, he extended a hand and calmly said to them, "Why bother with a child?"
How could grown men bully a child?
Seeing Lin Hao blocking their way, the burly men's eyes were filled with disdain. They looked at the scrawny figure blocking them and said contemptuously, "Who do you think you are, stopping us? Are you tired of living?"
Lin Hao heard this and said nothing, simply slowly assuming a fighting stance.
Seeing that the man was being so unyielding, the burly man then signaled to the men behind him.
Ten minutes later, Lin Hao looked at the people lying on the ground and said nothing as he dragged his injured body towards the alley entrance.
Alas, if he had known it would hurt this much, he wouldn't have gotten involved.
Lin Hao hadn't walked far when he casually glanced back and saw the boy collapsed in a dimly lit alley. He couldn't see his face clearly, but he could sense it was the same boy from before.
As Lin Hao pondered whether to save him or not, his weak conscience compelled him to reach out.
Alas.
As he said before, might as well see it through.
Lin Hao resignedly picked up the boy hiding in the alley and put him on his back. The faint breaths from the boy near his neck proved that he wasn't dead yet.
While Lin Hao was taking him to the hospital, the boy briefly woke up and asked in a weak voice, "Who are you?"
Although Lin Hao had saved him, he wasn't foolish enough to reveal his real name.
He also hadn't considered expecting any repayment from the boy.
Turning his head, he smiled at the boy and said, "I, I am an envoy from the Land of Light. You can call me Tiga."