[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group":3,"chapter-starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-chapter-587":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Starting as the President of a Billionaire Group",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},984971,1286,"Chapter 587 - 561: A Chance Encounter with an Elementary School Classmate","starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-chapter-587",587,"\u003Cp>Ye Chen never expected to encounter such a beautiful woman on this kind of bus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Ye Chen noticed that all the men basically stopped playing with their phones and were looking at the beauty next to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s a stunner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen lowered his Charm Value, so now ordinary people couldn’t tell he was the currently super famous Ye Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beauty was sitting next to Ye Chen, playing with her phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smelling the fragrance from the woman beside him, Ye Chen couldn’t help but sigh to himself, his luck was too good, even just taking a coach could meet a beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right at this moment, a very fashionable young man boarded the bus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a glance, this young man was the nouveau riche type, dressed in a full set of branded clothes, but it still didn’t match, giving off a rich upstart vibe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bro, give me this seat.\" As soon as the young man got on, he spotted the beauty next to Ye Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen glanced at the guy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clothes seemed impressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this kind of pretentiousness really wasn’t much in front of Ye Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This level of pretension, trying to act cool with me, is too naive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the beauty tugged at Ye Chen’s sleeve, clearly hinting not to switch seats with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out this man had been following the beauty for a long time. The beauty had finally managed to shake him off, not expecting to be found again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the beauty’s hint, Ye Chen definitely wasn’t going to give up the seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a righteous young man, and naturally wouldn’t bow down to such vile behavior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Ye Chen wouldn’t give up the seat, the man immediately frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kid, are you actually not giving me face?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s name was Hou Yong, from a family with a mine, a nouveau riche.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the county, his father was a local tyrant, so he was very arrogant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, seeing Ye Chen not giving him face, Hou Yong immediately became angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man directly took out his wallet, pulling out a hundred yuan, and said coldly, \"Dude, here’s a hundred, give me the seat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen glanced at the red bill in front of him and smirked disdainfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hundred yuan? With this level, you dare to act cool?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Ye Chen unmoved, Hou Yong was taken aback, frowned: \"Not enough?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Hou Yong pulled out another hundred yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen finally spoke up at this time: \"Get lost.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Yong’s confident face instantly flashed with anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dude, these two hundred are worth four bus tickets. The beauty won’t notice you, a poor guy, just to sit next to her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen glanced at him sidelong and said coldly: \"Which eye of yours sees I’m poor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Yong confidently smiled: \"Dude, being poor is nothing. No need to deny it. If you had money, would you be on this bus?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these words, a lot in the bus were dissatisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who said sitting on a bus makes you poor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, these people were all on the bus now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just being on a bus and being labeled as poor, that’s too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Yong didn’t know that his words had already caused public outrage, still there proudly acting cool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked up a Land Rover key and waved it in front of Ye Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dude, do you know what car the key’s for? A Land Rover.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen couldn’t help but laugh: \"Is a Land Rover key impressive? By the way, I heard some people now like to take fake keys out to show off. Yours is too LOW, should buy a fake Ferrari or something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know, I bought it before, two for ten yuan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laughter instantly erupted on site.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This young man just mocked them as poor, and everyone finally found a chance for revenge on Hou Yong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Yong’s face turned livid with shame, he said angrily: \"Who says my key is fake? It’s a real car key.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, to show off his wealth, Hou Yong directly pulled out a thousand yuan: \"Kid, a thousand for you, give me the seat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the young man actually take out a thousand, many were stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looks like this young man has quite some money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen, finally having enough, took out his wallet and pulled out two thousand directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dude, take two thousand and stop bugging me, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That dude was instantly dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Yong never thought he’d meet a rival in showing off today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took out a thousand, the other party directly took out two thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Yong was almost stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This bastard actually took two thousand yuan to humiliate him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell do you mean, my family has a mine, I’m short of your two thousand? Let me tell you, I have assets of over a million, can you a poor loser compete?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, is this young man with a mine the son of the Hou family from the quarry?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seems like it? So he’s really rich.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard the Hou family’s assets are over ten million.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the people on the bus were locals. Hearing Hou Yong’s words, they immediately guessed his identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sighs of surprise rose among the passengers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the disdain in everyone’s eyes disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary, looking at Ye Chen, there was a bit of awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Chen was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, starting to show off with ten million, what should I do with billions? Fly to the skies?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Yong originally thought he’d see a shocked expression on Ye Chen’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn’t expect the other’s expression was very calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if what he said, millions of wealth, didn’t matter at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, I’ve laid my cards on the table, why aren’t you shocked?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You should look ashamed, right? Why are you still so calm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Yong pointed at Ye Chen coldly: \"Kid, don’t be too arrogant. I’m the local bully here. If you dare to come to our Shishan Town, just wait.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Hou Yong was showing off, the bus in front suddenly braked, and the coach also followed suit with an emergency brake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others sitting were fine, but Hou Yong was standing, directly lost his balance, toppled over like a ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The driver looked at the passengers: \"Is everyone okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Hou Yong lying on the ground cursed: \"Are you blind? I fell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Yong got up from the ground; his head was bruised, and there was a scar on the already unattractive face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The driver said: \"I just said, get on the bus, sit down, and fasten your seatbelt, but you wouldn’t sit down. How is it my fault?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hou Yong was speechless hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just showing off in front of the beauty, didn’t expect to fail and fall flat on his face, really embarrassing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding passengers burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, Hou Yong looked angrily at Ye Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s all this guy’s fault. If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have fallen flat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he looked at Ye Chen, he was almost driven mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy was chatting with the beauty beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hi, I’m Ye Chen, what’s your name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m Li Ruoqi.\" The beauty said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Ruoqi? Ye Chen was slightly taken aback, that name seemed familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, did you go to Modu Second Normal School Affiliated Elementary School in primary school?\" Ye Chen asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes? Did you also go to school there?\" Li Ruoqi asked in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What a coincidence, we were in the same class in elementary school.\" Ye Chen said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>",1283,"2026-06-03T08:12:53.930Z","2026-06-03T08:12:52.593Z",1,"novelbin.me","ef4c65a516d0a79b84dc8cc9ec703c065b0423a2be175e8009d426adf8922399","starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-chapter-588","starting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-chapter-586",1261,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-as-the-president-of-a-billionaire-group-cover.jpg"]