Chapter 91: Purity Defeats Tsundere!
Shen Anyu raised an eyebrow, his gaze drifting from Su Hongmian's flushed face to her clenched fists. He saw the unshed tears in her beautiful eyes, slightly red with suppressed emotion.
He smiled, a gentle, disarming expression that only infuriated her more.
"Mianmian... you are also the woman I love most."
"Ha! Openly two-timing?"
Su Hongmian couldn't hold back anymore. Her pride, her dignity as the Eldest Miss of the Su family, wouldn't allow her to be silent.
She slammed her hand on the leather armrest.
"Shen Anyu! You're too much! I'm breaking up with you... I swear I will!"
Just as she was about to say the final words "break up" with conviction, Su Hongmian felt a sharp pang in her heart. It was a physical ache, a tightening of her chest that stole her breath.
Her beautiful eyes turned redder, welling up with glistening tears. But she stubbornly refused to let them fall. She bit the inside of her cheek until she tasted iron.
With a muffled hum of frustration, she turned her head away, staring out the tinted window at the blurring city lights, ignoring Shen Anyu completely.
Shen Anyu felt both pity and amusement. He knew Su Hongmian's temper well; she was a firecracker, but her fuse was attached to her heart.
He didn't comfort Su Hongmian immediately. Sometimes, silence was the best leverage.
Instead, he looked at the rearview mirror.
The extended Rolls-Royce Phantom was gliding smoothly towards a high-end Yangzhou cuisine restaurant in the center of Modu City. The traffic parted for them like the Red Sea.
However, in the reflection, he saw a familiar figure following behind.
It was none other than Xia Liu, the Child of Destiny and the so-called "Country Divine Doctor."
[Ding! The Child of Destiny Xia Liu feels envy, jealousy, and hatred! Plundering +9,999 Destiny Points!]
"Bastard! This bastard! I'm going to fight him to the death!"
Xia Liu had disguised himself to avoid being wanted by the police. He wore a cheap baseball cap pulled low and oversized sunglasses.
At this moment, sitting in a grimy taxi, he looked at Shen Anyu's car in front of him. His eyes were practically spitting fire behind the dark lenses.
Ever since he was thrown out of the Riverside Luxury Mansion banquet like a stray dog, Xia Liu had dragged his bruised body back to his hideout. He collected medicinal herbs from the black market and, with his [Extraordinary Medical Skill], finally managed to heal his physical injuries almost completely.
But what terrified Xia Liu... what kept him awake at night in a cold sweat... was that he was impotent.
The symbol of a man. The source of his Yang energy. It was no longer working!
This struck Xia Liu, who had always been lustful and proud of his prowess, like a bolt of lightning from a clear sky. It terrified him to the extreme!
If that thing didn't work anymore, what was the point of living? What was the point of his harem dreams?
Xia Liu racked his brains. He flipped through the ancient [Divine Doctor's Treasure Tome] and the [Book of Poisons for Calamity] until the pages were tattered. He recalled his grandfather's various teachings. He used the [Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles], [Zaohua Divine Needles], and other esoteric methods. He tried all sorts of ancient remedies, drinking vile concoctions, but none of them had any effect.
It was dead.
Finally, he discovered the cause. There was a condensed ball of [Martial Dao True Essence] lodged deep in his kidneys and internal organs. It blocked his meridians like a stone in a stream. If this foreign energy was not removed, it would be impossible to cure him.
At the very least, Xia Liu would have to wait until he broke through to the [Martial Arts Grandmaster] realm himself, relying on his own internal power to flush it out.
But Xia Liu's martial arts cultivation was only at the [Innate Realm]. How could he break through to Grandmaster in just a year or two? It takes decades!
Xia Liu immediately suspected Shen Anyu was behind it. But he didn't think Shen Anyu was a Martial Arts Grandmaster—he was too young. Instead, he suspected that Shen Anyu had ordered that powerful middle-aged female Grandmaster (Aunt Xiao) to strike the poisonous blow during the commotion.
"Damn it! If I don't get my revenge, I'm not a Xia! I will make you pay!"
Xia Liu gnashed his teeth, itching with hatred.
He didn't think he couldn't get revenge. Although his martial arts cultivation wasn't enough to fight head-on, he had the [Divine Doctor's Treasure Tome] and the [Book of Poisons for Calamity]. His medical and poison skills were extremely powerful.
With these, he could definitely ambush Shen Anyu. Poison him. Cripple him.
"Hehe... Shen! You pretty boy! You will never understand the terror of a divine doctor with malicious intent! I can kill you without touching you!"
Xia Liu thought confidently.
But when he saw Shen Anyu holding Su Hongmian's and Jiang Linlin's hands and entering the high-end restaurant, laughing and intimate... he was extremely displeased again.
Su Hongmian. That beautiful long-legged girl. Xia Liu remembered her at first sight at the banquet. She was the first top-tier beauty he had seen after entering Modu, no less beautiful than his fiancée, the beautiful CEO Qin Ningbing.
Xia Liu had even fantasized about marrying Su Hongmian when he was rotting in the detention center.
And Jiang Linlin, who was on Shen Anyu's other side... she was also a great beauty, pure and sweet, a perfect contrast to Su Hongmian.
There was also his beautiful CEO fiancée, Qin Ningbing.
As a result... they were all obtained by Shen Anyu. This was the life he had always dreamed of! The harem he deserved!
Thinking of all this, Xia Liu's eyes turned green with envy. He gnashed his teeth so hard he thought they would crack.
"Shen! Your good days won't last long! I will act on behalf of Heaven and castrate you myself!"
...
Xia Liu, however, didn't know that he had Shen Anyu's [Nanometer Monitoring Robot] on him. His every move, every curse, every plan was under Shen Anyu's control.
At this moment, inside the restaurant, Shen Anyu had an idea.
"Xia Liu could barely serve as a tool. A catalyst."
'I hope I don't scare him away later...'
Shen Anyu smiled playfully, his eyes deep.
Soon, Shen Anyu led Jiang Linlin and Su Hongmian into the reserved private dining room. It was elegant, decorated with traditional Chinese art, smelling of jasmine tea.
At this moment, Jiang Linlin looked at Su Hongmian. She twisted her fingers nervously.
She said timidly in a soft voice, "Sister Hongmian... I'm so sorry if my appearance has affected your relationship with Brother Shen! I didn't mean to..."
Su Hongmian turned her head sharply. Her gaze was cold as she looked at Jiang Linlin.
"Do you want to withdraw? Hehe... what 'Green Tea' talk! Retreating to advance? Playing the victim?"
Jiang Linlin was stunned. But she shook her head firmly. Her beautiful eyes were fixed on Su Hongmian with surprising resolve.
"No. I won't withdraw. I'll die without Brother Shen. No matter what, I won't withdraw!"
"I just want to say, I'm very sorry... I just need a very small corner in Brother Shen's heart! I won't ask for more!"
Su Hongmian fell silent. She looked at the girl's determination.
How could she withdraw?
It was the first time she had fallen in love with a man. Her heart had completely fallen for him. How could she bear to withdraw and lose him?
It's just... her pride.
As soon as she thought of this, Su Hongmian looked at Shen Anyu angrily. Her slender white hand tightly gripped Shen Anyu's large hand under the table, her nails digging into his palm as if she wanted to make him hurt.
At this moment, Su Hongmian's mood was complicated. She had no idea what to do. She couldn't bear to break up and withdraw, but she was unwilling to admit that Shen Anyu was two-timing and accept it.
Especially when she thought that if she withdrew, it would benefit Jiang Linlin entirely. That made Su Hongmian even more annoyed. Why should she lose?
Her proud temper flared up. Su Hongmian raised her head and chest, gritting her teeth. Even if they were to break up, it would be Shen Anyu who couldn't bear it, not her!
Shen Anyu looked at Su Hongmian, who was glaring at him with puffed cheeks like an angry pufferfish. He smiled. The more he smiled, the angrier Su Hongmian became.
"Linlin, Mianmian... what do you want to eat?"
Su Hongmian snorted coldly and did not speak. She turned her head away.
But Jiang Linlin took the menu. She smiled sweetly, trying to diffuse the tension.
"Brother Shen, you order. Linlin isn't picky. Whatever you like is fine."
"Then I'll order. Crab roe lion's head, soft-shelled turtle with eel, Wensi tofu, stir-fried shrimp, three-layered braised duck... and three plates of Yangzhou fried rice, and a bottle of vintage rice wine!"
At this point, Shen Anyu smiled and looked at Jiang Linlin and Su Hongmian.
"The rice wine here is sweet and sour. Girls should like it very much. It's good for the skin."
Su Hongmian looked at Shen Anyu with complicated emotions in her beautiful eyes. She felt a pang of sourness in her heart. He was still so thoughtful, gentle, and domineering. He knew what she liked without asking.
If only she were the only one by his side.
Jiang Linlin glanced at the prices on the menu. She covered her small mouth and widened her eyes.
Just Shen Anyu's casual order, plus the service charge, would cost at least tens of thousands for one meal!
That single bottle of homemade rice wine alone was worth over thirty thousand! More expensive than Feitian Maotai! It was outrageous!
Soon, the waiters began to serve the dishes one after another: appetizers, pre-meal fruit desserts, and exquisitely cooked main courses. The aroma filled the room.
The head waiter smiled and introduced, "Our restaurant's head chef is a national banquet-level master chef. Guaranteed to satisfy our guests!"
Jiang Linlin tasted a bite of the Wensi tofu. It was fresh and fragrant, smooth and tender, melting in her mouth.
Her beautiful eyes lit up. She said in agreement, "Yes! It's quite delicious! Brother Shen, try this!"
After taking another sip of the sweet and sour rice wine, her eyes curved even more into crescents. She was very happy, forgetting the awkwardness for a moment.
Su Hongmian tasted a bite with a cold expression. She chewed slowly.
Then, she suddenly put down her chopsticks and said, her voice clear:
"It's not as good as what Shen Anyu makes."
"Jiang Linlin... have you eaten the dishes Shen Anyu makes? That's true deliciousness! This is just... adequate."
As she said this, Su Hongmian even looked at Jiang Linlin with a hint of pride. A small victory. She knew a side of him the other girl didn't.
Jiang Linlin was stunned. Then, her eyes curved again, not taking the bait.
"Yes! Brother Shen's cooking is the most delicious in the world! I dream about it!"
Su Hongmian's expression stiffened. Her beautiful eyes looked at Shen Anyu in annoyance. He had cooked for her too?
But then, Su Hongmian's delicate body trembled.
Because, under the table... Shen Anyu's large hand had moved.
It slid up her thigh, warm and possessive, ignoring the barrier of her skirt.
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