Chapter 73: Zheng Lili: You Don't Want To...
It's not just rich male heirs who are dissolute; rich female heirs can be just as reckless, if not more so.
Zheng Lili was the poster child for this lifestyle. In Modu's upper society, she was a notorious delinquent, a rebellious girl who treated the city like her personal playground.
She spent her days shopping for things she didn't need and her nights carousing in bars and nightclubs. There was an endless stream of men around her, changing as often as her outfits.
Due to her mother's early death, her father, Zheng Hongji, had poured all his love and guilt into spoiling her. He was constantly busy with work, building his jewelry empire, so he compensated with money and freedom. This fostered Zheng Lili's lawless and willful personality.
Whatever she wanted, she had to get. No meant "try harder."
Last time, at the boutique, she didn't bring bodyguards. Zheng Lili wasn't foolish; she knew that Su Hongmian's status was no less than hers, and causing a scene without backup would be social suicide.
But now? Seeing Shen Anyu again, seeing him with another woman who wasn't Su Hongmian, and being so blatantly ignored by him? Zheng Lili couldn't tolerate it!
"Pretty boy, you actually treat me like a fly?"
Zheng Lili looked at Shen Anyu, her eyes seemingly spitting fire. Her chest heaved with indignation.
"You must pay the price for your arrogance! Otherwise, don't even think about leaving here today on your own two feet!"
Saying that, Zheng Lili waved her hand sharply. The bodyguards behind her, burly men in tight suits, moved forward instantly, blocking the path of Shen Anyu and Liu Mi.
Liu Mi sighed audibly. She was annoyed. She was having a perfectly romantic and sweet date with Shen Anyu, her dream man, and it seemed there were always flies disturbing them.
First, it was Qi Fan, the persistent pest. Now, it was Zheng Lili, the spoiled brat.
"Zheng Lili, what do you want to do? Move out of the way! You're blocking traffic."
"Hmph! Liu Mi, step aside! This doesn't concern you."
Zheng Lili wasn't afraid of Liu Mi. Although Liu Mi's father, Liu Shiming, the director of Shanghai First People's Hospital, was considered a figure of respect, Zheng Lili was confident she could suppress her. Money talked louder than medicine in her world.
Besides, she wasn't looking for trouble with Liu Mi. Her target was the man.
Zheng Lili looked at Shen Anyu arrogantly, placing her hands on her hips.
"Pretty boy, you don't want to offend me, do you?"
"My dad, Zheng Hongji, is the head of the jewelry industry in Modu, with assets of tens of billions. He can make you rot in jail for the rest of your life with a single phone call!"
"Don't expect Liu Mi or Su Hongmian to save you!"
"Hehe, if Su Hongmian knew you were two-timing her with this vixen, she'd want to tear you to shreds herself! There's no way she'd save you! As for Liu Mi... she's just a plaything, even less capable!"
"Now, kneel down. Lick my feet. Agree to be my man. I'll let you off the hook for your rudeness. Otherwise... don't blame me for being impolite!"
Shen Anyu's expression remained calm. He shook his head slowly and sighed, a sound of profound disappointment.
"Pretty boy, sighing is useless. Begging might help."
Zheng Lili snorted coldly, raising her chin. She looked at Shen Anyu with arrogant pride, already imagining him submitting.
Her greatest hobby was playing with all kinds of men: fresh young idols, big stars, male models, bodybuilders, athletes. She collected them like accessories.
She thought she had experienced it all. But upon seeing Shen Anyu, she realized what a truly handsome guy was. He was on another level. And she was determined to get him, by hook or by crook.
Anyway, she had her father. The tens of billions rich Zheng Hongji, a big shot in Modu's jewelry industry, doted on her. That was her shield and her sword.
However, Zheng Lili didn't notice Liu Mi looking at her as if she were an idiot. A pitiful, suicidal idiot.
Liu Mi had personally witnessed at last night's banquet how humble and respectful Zheng Lili's father, Zheng Hongji, was in front of Shen Anyu. He had bowed so low his nose almost touched the floor.
And now his daughter was demanding Shen Anyu kneel?
Shen Anyu looked coldly at the arrogant Zheng Lili. His voice was indifferent, devoid of fear.
"I'm sighing because you have no brains at all. You don't even know who I am, yet you come in front of me acting arrogant and talking nonsense. You're really asking for trouble."
"Last time I couldn't be bothered with you, I let you go. But this time you've crashed into me again. I can't not deal with you."
What kind of person was Shen Anyu? A Villain. A Young Master. How could he tolerate others jumping in his face repeatedly?
Even if a Child of Destiny provoked him, he wouldn't hesitate to slap them into the ground. Let alone a mere dissolute rich second-generation girl?
"You... you say I have no brains? You say I'm asking for trouble?!"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Lili's face became even uglier, twisted with rage. She shrieked at her bodyguards:
"Are you brainless?! Hurry up and teach this guy a lesson! Break his legs but leave his face!"
Several of Zheng Lili's bodyguards immediately pounced on Shen Anyu viciously. They moved with practiced aggression, radiating an aggressive [Aura], like Tibetan mastiffs unleashed.
However, in the next moment...
Bang! Bang! Bang!
These bodyguards flew back even faster than they had charged. They crashed heavily onto the tiled ground, sliding across the polished floor and screaming in agony.
Each of them curled up like a cooked lobster, clutching their stomachs. Their faces were pale with pain, sweat pouring down their foreheads. They had instantly lost their combat ability.
A rather elegant middle-aged woman had appeared in front of Shen Anyu at some point, moving like a phantom. She stood calmly, dusting off her hands as if she had just taken out the trash. She had easily kicked away Zheng Lili's elite bodyguards in seconds.
"Brother Shen! Are you alright?"
Liu Mi looked at Shen Anyu, still in shock. She immediately expressed her concern, clutching his arm. She had also been frightened just now, her face pale.
Shen Anyu patted Liu Mi's small hand reassuringly.
"I'm fine."
Saying that, Shen Anyu looked at the middle-aged woman in front of him—Aunt Xiao, the Martial Arts Grandmaster bodyguard—and instructed coldly:
"Aunt Xiao. Teach this ill-mannered delinquent a lesson. And have her father come pick her up."
"Yes! Young Master!"
Aunt Xiao immediately respectfully accepted the order. She turned and looked coldly at Zheng Lili, her voice booming like a clap of thunder in the enclosed space:
"Kneel!"
BOOM!
In an instant, the pressure of a [Martial Arts Grandmaster] swept over the area. Zheng Lili felt an invisible force enveloping her shoulders, heavy and suffocating, as if she were being crushed by a mountain.
Her legs gave way. She immediately knelt down with a thud.
Her pampered knees slammed hard onto the cold, hard floor. The impact instantly turned them black and blue.
"Ah!" She screamed in pain and humiliation.
And that wasn't all!
Slap! Slap! Slap!
Aunt Xiao moved like a blur. She instantly slapped Zheng Lili's face dozens of times. The sound was crisp and rhythmic.
Within seconds, Zheng Lili's face was swollen and red, looking like a pig's liver.
"You... you dare hit me..."
Zheng Lili was stunned by the beating. When she reacted, she was filled with shock and extreme anger.
Even her father, Zheng Hongji, had never hit her. He had never even raised his voice at her. And now someone dared to slap her face in public?
For a moment, Zheng Lili didn't even consider how powerful it was that a mere roar could make her kneel. She was too blinded by rage.
Aunt Xiao looked at Zheng Lili with icy eyes, as if looking at a dead person.
"Idiot. You don't know how big of a figure you've provoked. I've already notified your father, Zheng Hongji, to come and pick you up. Let's see if he dares to stand for you."
Shen Anyu smiled. He didn't even glance at Zheng Lili, treating her like air. He turned and talked to Liu Mi next to him, adjusting her collar.
Liu Mi's peripheral vision swept over Zheng Lili, and she was quite shocked. She knew of Zheng Lili's reputation; she was practically a dissolute little tyrant, usually domineering and untouchable.
Yet Shen Anyu's subordinate unceremoniously made Zheng Lili kneel directly, beat her, and summoned her parents like a naughty schoolchild.
Thinking of this, Liu Mi's beautiful eyes looked at Shen Anyu. For a moment, they misted over, her heart fluttering wildly.
She must become the woman by the side of such a powerful and domineering man!
Throughout history, women have always admired strength. Admiring powerful men is an instinct.
This is ingrained in the deepest part of their genes; from the perspective of life reproduction, only strong men can produce strong children and provide more adequate nutrition and greater safety for women during pregnancy.
As for men, it's relatively simple: visual stimulus matters.
What "white, thin, and young" is an aesthetic promoted by women themselves? For most men, they prefer women with curvaceous, hot figures.
Of course, some men like to have it all—all types—but they usually don't reject women with good figures.
And Liu Mi, without a doubt, with an angel's face and a devil's figure, capable of both [Charming and Enchanting] and [Pure and Timid], was the kind of blessing men loved most.
Shen Anyu smiled and talked to Liu Mi, completely ignoring Zheng Lili's clamor and sobbing.
Time spent with a beauty always passes quickly.
Before long, a group of people came over, rushing through the mall entrance. The one at the very front was a rather portly, pot-bellied middle-aged man, sweating profusely. He was followed by a group of bodyguards in suits, all with an aggressive [Aura], but their faces were pale with worry.
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