Chapter 72: Shocking!
At this moment, Qi Fan was overjoyed and extremely excited. He felt like he had been handed a winning lottery ticket just as he was about to be evicted.
In Qi Fan's opinion, Liu Mi was a woman of high standards and immense pride. Upon learning that Shen Anyu was a "pretty boy"—a gigolo kept by another woman, Su Hongmian—and was two-timing her, she would surely be furious.
Given Liu Mi's fiery temper, she would probably slap Shen Anyu across the face, break up with him immediately, and storm off in a huff.
At that time, Qi Fan could swoop in like a knight in shining armor. He could take advantage of the situation, comfort the hurt Liu Mi, show her his sincerity (and his money), and win the beauty's heart!
Thinking of this, Qi Fan felt incredibly pleased and ecstatic. He was practically vibrating with anticipation.
"Su Hongmian?"
At this moment, Liu Mi, with her back to Zheng Lili, froze. Her pretty face changed, looking quite surprised.
She hadn't expected that Shen Anyu also had a relationship with Su Hongmian.
This man... was too much of a playboy, wasn't he?
Of Modu University's three campus beauties—Liu Mi, Su Hongmian, and Jiang Linlin—would two of them fall into Shen Anyu's hands? And who knows about the third?
Liu Mi couldn't imagine how many women she would have to contend with for Shen Anyu next. It was like entering a battlefield without armor.
However... she looked at him. At his calm, unbothered face. At the way he held himself, like a king ignoring the barking of dogs.
She couldn't bear to let him go. No matter what. She also believed in her own charm. She was Liu Mi, the Little Vixen. She could win any game.
Liu Mi's narrow, foxy eyes gave Shen Anyu a rather resentful look, a silent promise of punishment later. Then she turned around, hooking her arm possessively through Shen Anyu's.
She spoke to Zheng Lili, her voice dripping with disdain.
"Zheng Lili, don't talk nonsense. Brother Shen is not a pretty boy kept by Su Hongmian. He doesn't need to be kept by anyone."
Zheng Lili was stunned. She looked at the charming and alluring, angelic-faced, devil-figured little enchantress in front of her with disbelief. She hadn't expected the woman next to Shen Anyu to be Liu Mi.
Liu Mi also came from a distinguished family; her father was Liu Shiming, the director of Shanghai First People's Hospital. Although his assets were only a few hundred million, not making him a great tycoon like Zheng Lili's father, he had extensive connections and significant influence.
After all, who doesn't get sick? Even billionaires need doctors.
When one gets sick, one has to deal with the director of a top hospital like Shanghai First People's Hospital. Favors owed to a doctor were often more valuable than gold.
So Zheng Lili also knew Liu Mi; although they had only met a few times and had no deep friendship, Liu Mi's appearance and figure were so striking that even other women would remember her vividly.
And that's not all!
Speaking of which, Liu Mi's face flushed slightly as she looked up at Shen Anyu. Her eyes softened, becoming pools of affection.
She said tenderly, loud enough for everyone to hear:
"If Brother Shen wants to be kept... can Mi Mi keep him?"
Zheng Lili was utterly dumbfounded. Her jaw dropped.
The expectant smile on Qi Fan's face froze, cracking like cheap glass.
The surrounding crowd was also flabbergasted, their jaws dropping to the floor.
Everyone found it incredibly hard to believe. Faced with a man who was two-timing and possibly being kept by another rich woman, Liu Mi—the proud, untouchable goddess—not only wasn't angry but instead asked if she could be the one to keep him?
It shattered their worldview.
"Liu Mi... are you crazy? The pretty boy next to you is two-timing! He's involved with Su Hongmian!"
After Zheng Lili reacted, she shouted at Liu Mi in a fit of pique, unable to comprehend the situation.
Liu Mi's narrow, foxy eyes slanted upwards. She swept her gaze over Zheng Lili with palpable disdain, thinking to herself, 'How could this foolish spendthrift know Brother Shen's true identity and status?'
At last night's banquet, your father, Zheng Hongji—the chairman of Modu's listed jewelry company and a billionaire—bowed and scraped before Shen Anyu like a servant. He didn't even dare to breathe too loudly.
You call him a pretty boy? Your father calls him Young Master Shen!
As for Shen Anyu being a playboy... was Liu Mi only just finding out?
She also knew that Shen Anyu had a relationship with Qin Ningbing, the billionaire beauty CEO. That was a woman far more powerful than Su Hongmian or Zheng Lili.
Now, she only wanted to defeat the other women and become Shen Anyu's official partner! To be the last one standing.
Thinking of this, Liu Mi looked at Shen Anyu with tender eyes. She ignored the crowd, ignored Zheng Lili, and ignored Qi Fan.
She softly said:
"Brother Shen... no matter how many women you have, Mi Mi won't mind. Because Mi Mi can no longer live without you!"
"From our first meeting, Mi Mi fell in love with Brother Shen at first sight. In this life and beyond, I want to be with you and never be separated!"
"Brother Shen... I love you. Can I be your girlfriend?"
[Ding! Child of Destiny Qi Fan's main emotional line has a huge fluctuation, plundering +100,000 Destiny Points!]
Crash.
Qi Fan's mentality completely shattered. His vision went black, his brain buzzed with static, and his face turned ashen gray, as if he had lost a parent.
He never dreamed that Liu Mi wouldn't care.
She wouldn't care that Shen Anyu was a "pretty boy." She wouldn't care that Shen Anyu was two-timing. She would still confess her love so deeply, so publicly, so shamelessly.
How could he possibly break through this?
There was no way to break through! Money couldn't buy this kind of devotion.
At this moment, Qi Fan completely lost confidence in winning Liu Mi. Even if he were to throw money and force Liu Mi to submit in the future, he would never win Liu Mi's heart. She belonged to another.
Qi Fan turned and walked out like a zombie, his steps heavy and dragging. He was no longer following Shen Anyu and Liu Mi. He couldn't bear to watch anymore.
He didn't even bother with the green baseball cap that had fallen from his head, leaving it on the floor like his shattered dreams.
Shen Anyu watched Qi Fan walk out like a zombie with great interest, a small smile playing on his lips.
The blow awaiting Qi Fan had only just begun. After all, Qi Fan was the Child of Destiny, destined to be an enemy of him, the Destined Villain. This was just the appetizer.
Immediately after, Shen Anyu looked down at the deeply confessing Liu Mi. He was amused in his heart. This little fox was taking the opportunity to conquer him and gain favor, using the public pressure to her advantage.
He had to admit, he found it quite enjoyable.
There's a reason why people say 'a match made in heaven' is important.
When the identities of both parties are vastly different, equality in status is almost impossible.
If it were an ordinary man standing here, Liu Mi, upon learning that he was two-timing her with another rich girl, would undoubtedly slap him. She would break up with him immediately, and might even seek revenge for the humiliation.
But was Shen Anyu an ordinary man?
At last night's banquet, Liu Mi had personally witnessed how the top figures from various industries in Modu had smiled and shown extreme deference to him. She had seen her own father bow.
With such a grand display, where he was surrounded by admirers like a king, even Qin Ningbing's favorability had greatly increased. Liu Qingyue, a married woman, looked at him with new eyes.
How much more so for Liu Mi, the youngest and most ambitious of them all, who desired to find a dragon among men?
This was also the biggest reason Shen Anyu held the banquet last night. To display his power. To set the stage.
An ordinary person pursuing a woman and a top-tier noble pursuing a woman are different games entirely.
Few people are born lowly and willing to be a 'dog' (a sycophant), but for ordinary people, how difficult is it to pursue a goddess without being a 'dog'? It's nearly impossible.
Everyone knows that attracting a woman is more effective than being a 'dog' in pursuing a goddess, but improving one's attractiveness to that level is not an easy task.
Shen Anyu's attractiveness, however, was at its peak. A top-tier family background, top-tier looks, and after acquiring the [God-Level Steel Body], his masculine charm was even more abundant, his aura immense. Every inch and every bit of him was perfect to the extreme!
Thus, Liu Mi reversed roles. She pursued Shen Anyu. The positions of hunter and prey were swapped.
Of course, Liu Mi thought she was the hunter, trapping him with her confession. But in reality, she was merely a little fox dancing in Shen Anyu's palm.
Shen Anyu smiled as he looked at the deeply confessing Liu Mi. But he didn't respond to her confession directly. He didn't say yes.
Instead, he said indifferently, looking past Zheng Lili:
"Mi Mi, let's go. It'll save us from the buzzing flies."
Liu Mi bit her lip with her pearly teeth, a hint of annoyance flashing in her beautiful eyes. Her confession was too hasty; it wouldn't be that easy to become his official girlfriend. He was making her work for it.
However, she wasn't discouraged. She clung to Shen Anyu's arm tighter, pressing her body against his, and said with a radiant smile:
"Mmm, Brother Shen, let's go."
Where there's a will, there's a way!
Liu Mi believed that with her beauty, figure, and charm, she would eventually conquer Shen Anyu! She just needed more time.
"Stop right there!"
At this moment, Zheng Lili, who had been ignored and treated like air, was fuming. Her dyed yellow hair seemed to stand on end, crackling with static electricity as if she were transforming into a Super Saiyan of rage.
"You ignore me? You dare ignore me?!"
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