The Invincible Mercenary King (by Matt Watt) novel Chapter 131

Chapter 131 

Presently, many students were gathered in groups as they chattered away happily. 

Haylan glanced around and after not managing to find Perry and Noah, he frowned slightly with worry. 

Why were the two of them not there yet! Could something have gone wrong? 

He found a quieter place to sit down before taking out his phone, and sending a message to Noah. [I’m here. Where are you?] 

About five minutes later. Noal texted his reply. [I’m in the subway. I’ll be there in a while.] 

[Where is Perry? Is he with you?] 

[He has some family matters, so he won’t be coming today.] 

[What happened?] 

It’s hard to explain through text, I’ll tell you when we meet. 

[Okay:] 

Haylan frowned slightly as he put down his phone. 

His instincts told him that Perry might be in trouble. 

However, since he didn’t have all the details, he couldn’t be sure. He could only wait for Noah to arrive before doing anything. 

He raised his head and looked around. He realized that many people were surrounding Corey like stars surrounding the moon. They were fawning over him and trying to get in his good graces. 

“Mr. Lanton, I heard that your two houses are going to be demolished. They’re seven floors in total. If the demolition takes place, you’ll be a millionaire.” 

“Congratulations, Mr. Lanton.” 

“When I first met Mr. Lanton in high school, I already felt that he was not an ordinary person. He would definitely become a dragon among men in the future.” 

“Mr. Lanton, come on, let’s have a drink.” 

Those people smiled and looked at Corey with envy and respect. 

Corey’s family was not very rich, but he had a local rural household registration of Lightdom City. The compensation for the demolition of the two houses was as high as 20 million dollars. 

As long as the demolition of the houses took place, Corey would become a millionaire with a bright future. 

“Don’t do that. The matter has just been finalized. Our family hasn’t even signed the contract. It’s all nonsense. It’s not for definite yet.” Corey chuckled and waved his hand humbly. 

In fact, he was overjoyed. 

Although his family didn’t get the money, his village was indeed included. As long as the developer began their work, their family could obtain at least tens of millions of dollars as compensation. They could also obtain shares of large corporations. and three houses located in the city center. 

Such an asset was enough for him to go all the way to the top of the pyramid. 

This was also the reason why so many local students were fawning over him. 

Of the local demolition families in Lightdom City, many of them were only given millions. Only a few were given tens of 

millions 

Moreover, Corry was not only able to get a lot of money from the demolition, but he also owned a company worth around. a million dollars. He could just be considered a giant among men. 

Combined with the demolition compensation, Corey’s company might advance and achieve great things. 

That was why these students were so respectful toward Corey because of his potential. 

Corey also enjoyed this kind of flattery. He felt like a king. He was overjoyed and could not help but smile. 

“How childish.” 

Haylan looked at Corey and shook his head slightly. 

He lit a cigarette and smoked while he waited. 

As time passed, more and more students came over. 

 

However, most of these people were snobs and were not familiar with Haylan. Moreover, when they saw Haylan dressed so old-fashionedly, their gazes became even more disdainful. They completely ignored Haylan and went to chat with some other students who were dressed gorgeously and looked rich at a glance. The atmosphere was lively. 

No one cared about Haylan. 

He didn’t care about this. He smoked and waited quietly. 

In any case, high school gatherings, alumni association, and so on were all to compare how they were doing. 

He was not here for Corey and the others. He was here for Perry and Noah. 

He didn’t care about the others. 

“Haylan, come, let’s have a drink together.” 

At this moment, Jim walked over with two glasses of red wine. He handed one to Haylan with a smile and a grateful look in his eyes. “Thank you so much for what happened last time.” 

Last time, if it weren’t for Haylan, he might have been in trouble.. 

“It’s nothing. You don’t have to be so polite.” Haylan took the glass of wine and clinked glasses with Jim. 

Jim sat beside Haylan. He looked at his classmate who was sucking up to Corey but neglecting Haylan. He frowned slightly. “Haylan, why don’t you do something?” 

He knew that Haylan was now a millionaire. Moreover, he had specially looked at the shares that Haylan had bought. They had already increased several times. 

One could imagine how much wealth Haylan had. 

If Haylan revealed his wealth, the attitude of those snobbish students would definitely change. 

“I don’t even know them that well. What’s there to show?” Haylan said calmly. 

Jim nodded and looked at Haylan with even more admiration. He sighed. I really envy you for being so tolerant.” 

He felt that Haylan would be able to hide everything with ease. 

Even when he was looked down upon, Haylan remained calm and unaffected. 

This mentality made him envious and idolize Haylan, 

That was because he could not do it. 

If someone looked down on him and deliberately belittled him, he would definitely explode and show his trump card to slap the other party’s face. 

Haylan was able to be so nonchalant and endure the ridicule and belittlement of others. It was impressive that he could endure it so silently. 

“Endure?” Haylan was stunned. 

“That’s right. Corey said so many outrageous things just now. Aren’t you angry?” asked Jim. 

“Oh, it’s nothing. In my eyes, he’s just a clown. There’s no need to get angry over a few words from them.” Haylan smiled. 

At that moment, the door opened and a thin man in plain clothes walked in. 

He was good-looking, but his skin was dark. It was obvious that he had been tanned from working under the sun for a long time. 

He had short hair and looked especially energetic. It was obvious that he had put in a lot of effort to dress up, but compared to the gorgeous clothes of Corey and the others, he looked especially shabby and poor. 

His hands were covered in calluses. It was obvious that he often did manual labor. 

Moreover, his shoes were stained with mud. He had clearly just come from a place where there was a muddy road. He was a migrant worker. 

This was the first impression the people present had of this 

person. 

He walked in, looking out of place among the people present. He was stared at with disdain by many students 

After seeing the renovated environment of the room and being stared at by so many people, this person immediately felt a little restrained. His eyes were filled with inferiority and he avoided the eyes of others. He felt uneasy, as if he was guilty of walking in here, 

He stood rooted to the ground, not knowing where to go, let alone what to do. 

“Who is this? Why is a migrant worker walking into our gathering place?” 

 

“Hey, you, this is the gathering place for our classmates. It’s not a place for migrant workers like you. Get lost.” 

“Damn it, the migrant workers are really bold now They actually dare to sneak into our class gathering to eat and drink. They must have a death wish!” 

“Look at him. His feet are covered in mud, and his pants and clothes are also covered in dust and mud. He’s so dirty! He’s simply lowering the style of our class reunion 

“Hey, migrant worker, if you don’t get lost, we’re going to call security.” 

When many people saw this person, they were all furious and scolded him one after another, clamoring for him to get lost. When this person heard this, his eyes became even more evasive and ashamed. He even kept wiping the mud on his shoes with his feet, not daring to look up at the people present. 

“Noah, I’m here.” 

When Haylan saw this person, his eyes lit towards this person excitedly. 

1. He immediately stood up and waved at the migrant worker. He even walked 

When Noah saw Haylan, he was obviously stunned. He almost couldn’t recognize Haylan. After staring at Haylan for ten seconds, he finally recognized Haylan 

“Haha! I haven’t seen you in ages my friend.” 

Haylan laughed out loud. He rushed over and hugged Noah tightly. He was full of enthusiasm and did not care about Noah’s dirty clothes at all. He smiled and said. “Why are you so late? I missed you so much!” 

With that, he punched Noah in the chest. “Let’s go and have a drink. We should drink our guts out today.” 

Without any explanation, he pulled Noah to sit beside him and opened a bottle of red wine that was worth a few thousand 

dollars. 

At that moment, Jim quietly distanced himself from Noah. A look of disgust flashed across his eyes. 

Noah clearly felt Jim’s disgust and was even more at a loss. 

“Noah, come on, let’s drink!” 

Haylan poured a glass of red wine and handed it to Noah. 

“No need, no need. I don’t drink. Thank you.” Noah was overwhelmed by the favor and kept declining, appearing very restrained. 

He looked at the price of the red wine and was even more shocked. He did not dare to drink it. 

Haylan’s heart sank when he saw Noah like this. 

Noah and he did not seem to be as close as they were eight years ago. Their words were filled with politeness. 

“Noah, what happened all these years?” asked Haylan. 

In his memory, Noah was a high-spirited and ambitious rocker. He was dissatisfied with the secular world and was obsessed with his dreams. Every time he talked about his guitar dreams, there would be a dazzling light in his eyes. 

However, there was no light in Noah’s eyes now. He had become inferior, sensitive, and restrained. 

Life seemed to have changed him. It had taken away everything he was most proud of 

Haylan really wanted to know what Noah had been through all these years. 

“Hey!” 

Before Noah could answer, Tony had already walked over. He looked down at Noah with a cold and disdainful gaze. He then said coldly, “Noah, Mr. Lanton said that your status as a migrant worker has seriously lowered the standard of our company’s gathering and belittled our Mr. Lanton’s status. 

“Therefore, we don’t welcome you here. Get lost, right now!”