Chapter 98: The Policewoman Arrives! Envy and Jealousy!
'Lingshan... no... it's not like that...'
Listening to Ruan Lingshan's tearful words of breaking ties, Xia Liu's face turned ashen. He was utterly despondent!
The pain from his injuries was nothing compared to the agony of watching his childhood dream crumble.
He desperately wanted to say that things weren't as she imagined. He wanted to shout the truth about Shen Anyu. But seeing Ruan Lingshan standing delicately beside Shen Anyu, so dependent, so sweet, looking at him with trust...
Xia Liu clearly knew that whatever he said now would be useless. It would only sound like the ravings of a madman.
'No. I can't give up. I need to find a way to escape from prison. As long as I can see Lingshan alone... away from his influence... I'll definitely be able to explain everything clearly and expose Shen Anyu's true colors.'
Xia Liu gritted his teeth, looking at Shen Anyu with bloodshot eyes, as if he wanted to devour him whole.
Shen Anyu, however, met Xia Liu's gaze with a serene smile.
His large hand moved deliberately. He gripped Ruan Lingshan's slender waist right in front of Xia Liu, pulling her firmly into his embrace. He gently patted her back, his chin resting on her head, comforting her:
"Lingshan, don't be sad. I'll always be by your side. You did the right thing."
"Wuwu... Master..."
Ruan Lingshan didn't think much of the intimacy. She needed comfort. She threw herself into Shen Anyu's arms, burying her face in his chest, and softly sobbed.
For Xia Liu, her childhood friend and neighbor, to have done so many bad things... to have tried to harm Master... Ruan Lingshan was heartbroken and deeply saddened.
"Master... you're so good... so kind... so understanding. Xia Liu... how could you bear to hurt Master?"
In Ruan Lingshan's heart, Master Shen An'yu was the best person in the world. A saint.
When Ruan Lingshan was at her most desperate, having been expelled from Shanghai First People's Hospital, with her mother suffering from end-stage uremia and no money for treatment... it was Shen Anyu who cured her mother and took them in.
Furthermore, Ruan Lingshan often heard that Master Shen An'yu engaged in various charitable activities, donating over a hundred million annually to the poor.
Just this time, Xia Liu repeatedly tried to harm Master Shen An'yu—poison, assassination! But Master was magnanimous. He even planned to let Xia Liu go, handing him over to the police for handling instead of executing him.
'How could you, Xia Liu, dare to hurt such a good and kind Master?'
'Do people really change? Has Brother Xia Liu, from back then, become so bad?'
"Lingshan, no matter what others are like, Master will not change. He will always take care of you and be good to you."
"One needs kindness in life. Xia Liu just took a wrong path. The prison will educate him well... hopefully."
Shen Anyu looked at the furious Xia Liu over Ruan Lingshan's shoulder with a half-smile, while his hand stroked her hair possessively.
[Ding! Child of Destiny Xia Liu's heart bleeds! Plundering +19,999 Destiny Points!]
[Ding! Child of Destiny Xia Liu's emotions explode! Plundering +9,999 Destiny Points!]
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Seeing this scene before him, watching Shen Anyu twist facts and comfort Ruan Lingshan in his arms while mocking him... Xia Liu felt like spitting blood!
He had seen shameless people, but never anyone so shameless!
Shen Anyu... kind?
He had endured countless tortures last night! The branding iron, the whip!
'Shen! I'm not done with you! I, Xia Liu, will be at odds with you for life!'
'As long as I can escape from prison... I will be even more cautious and careful. I will cultivate in secret. I will definitely find a way to kill you...' (Narrator Note: He won't.)
Xia Liu secretly swore in his heart.
However, he didn't notice the faint, cold glint in Shen Anyu's eyes.
Let Xia Liu go?
Are you kidding?
Is Shen Anyu the kind of person to let a tiger return to the mountains?
It was fine when Xia Liu was a minor nuisance, but now it's clearly a deep-seated feud. Shen Anyu knew that he cannot be let go. Today is Xia Liu's death day!
What Shen Anyu was doing now was merely plundering a final batch of Destiny Value before Xia Liu's death. Milking the cow before the slaughter.
It was an unexpected bonus, increasing Ruan Lingshan's favorability to ninety-eight.
Subsequently, Shen Anyu arranged for someone to call the police directly.
Soon, sirens wailed outside. The police who arrived were also old acquaintances.
"Young Master Shen! We meet again!"
A female police officer walked in. She had shoulder-length short hair, a valiant and heroic demeanor, a pretty face, and long, wheat-colored legs that seemed to go on forever. She elegantly made her dazzling appearance.
Who else could it be but Lu Yan?
After taking Shen Anyu's special medicinal wine, Lu Yan's complexion had greatly improved. All her internal injuries from over-training had completely healed. Her entire being exuded a confident and energetic aura, making her even more radiant and captivating.
Especially in her police uniform, tight in all the right places, her beauty was imbued with a sense of righteous dignity!
Xia Liu, who was being held down by Aunt Xiao, stared blankly.
He had seen Lu Yan before at the detention center. He was deeply impressed at the time by her beauty and hidden injuries. He had even noticed her internal injuries with his medical eye and planned to use that as leverage—a condition to get out of prison. He even had wild fantasies, thinking he might be able to have something happen with this beautiful female police officer, Lu Yan.
But now... looking at her... it seemed Lu Yan's internal injuries had actually healed? Completely?
How could that be??
Those were losses from improper cultivation and lack of medicinal supplements. Not so easy to treat. Even Xia Liu himself would need several months of acupuncture and expensive herbs to recuperate her. How could she have recovered so quickly now?
Shen Anyu wore a graceful smile on his face. He stepped forward, looking at Lu Yan with concern.
He gently asked:
"Lu Yan... what's our relationship? There's no need to be so formal with 'Young Master Shen'. Just call me Brother Shen... or An'yu. Have your internal injuries healed?"
Listening to Shen Anyu's intimate words, Xia Liu was instantly dumbfounded. He looked at Shen Anyu in shock.
'Could it be... that Shen Anyu also has a relationship with this beautiful female police officer? How could all the good things happen to him?!'
Lu Yan saw the teasing glances from her colleagues beside her. Her wheat-colored pretty face flushed slightly. This valiant female police officer was shy like this for the first time.
She took a deep breath and said to Shen Anyu, her voice softening:
"Brother Shen... thank you for your medicinal wine. My internal injuries have completely healed. My family is also very grateful to you."
The titles 'Brother Shen' and 'An'yu' were too intimate for public use, so Lu Yan couldn't bring herself to say them fully, only calling him Brother Shen.
Immediately after, Lu Yan looked at Shen Anyu with grateful big eyes. She stepped closer and whispered:
"The promise... I will remember it. I will come to visit this weekend. For the... sparring."
The medicinal wine was so effective that Lu Yan knew Shen Anyu's previous price of a hundred million was absolutely not excessive. It was a bargain. They had also agreed on a private sparring session before.
However, she was currently in the Serious Crime Unit and very busy with official duties, so she planned to come for sparring this weekend.
Xia Liu, however, misunderstood completely.
He felt as if struck by lightning. Heartbroken.
'The promise? Come to visit? Sparring?!'
Could it be that another beautiful woman had a relationship with Shen Anyu?
At this moment, besides his hatred for Shen Anyu, Xia Liu was filled with intense envy and jealousy.
Shen Anyu's daily life was the life he yearned for!
Su Hongmian... Jiang Linlin... Qin Ningbing... Ruan Lingshan... and now Lu Yan...
At this moment, Xia Liu was sour. Completely sour! His soul was pickling in vinegar.
Shen Anyu's lips curved into a playful smile. His peripheral vision swept over the agonizing Xia Liu.
He suddenly spoke to Lu Yan:
"Lu Yan, I still have some things to give you. Relevant to the case. Come over here."
"As for this Xia Liu... just let your colleagues escort him back to the station. He's dangerous."
Lu Yan hesitated upon hearing this. "But protocol..."
But her female colleague beside her gently pushed her, whispering teasingly:
"Yanyan! Such a good opportunity! Why aren't you seizing it? This is Young Master Shen! He clearly has a good impression of you. If you can become Young Master Shen's girlfriend... remember to help your sisters out later!"
"What nonsense are you talking about..."
Lu Yan's pretty face flushed slightly, but her healthy wheat-colored skin hid it well.
She looked at Shen Anyu, then at the pathetic prisoner.
She took a deep breath and said to Shen Anyu:
"Alright then... Brother Shen."
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