Chapter 344: A 10 Million Dollar Collar! The Childhood Friend Surrenders!
Facing such a lovely Sakura Country beauty, Shen Anyu directly bent down, captured her pink-white, cherry blossom-like lips, and plundered wantonly.
There was no hesitation, no polite request for permission. It was an invasion, swift and domineering.
Suzuki Natsuki's beautiful eyes widened instantly, her pupils trembling in shock. Her mind went blank, like a computer crashing under a sudden power surge. The world spun. The luxurious interior of the Ferrari, the view of the Tokyo skyline, the stacks of cash—everything faded into a blur.
She instinctively wanted to raise her hands to push Shen Anyu away, to assert her loyalty to the boy she had promised herself to. But the moment Shen Anyu's masculine aura enveloped her—a scent of cold mint, expensive tobacco, and pure, unadulterated power—her strength evaporated.
Her arms, instead of pushing, turned into soft noodles, resting weakly against his chest. She could feel the powerful, rhythmic beating of his heart through his expensive suit, a drumbeat of conquest that drowned out her own frantic pulse.
'Takumi... Takumi, I'm sorry... my first kiss... it's been taken by someone else.'
Suzuki Natsuki's heart was extremely complicated, torn between a crushing sense of guilt and an overwhelming, terrifying pleasure. She felt extremely guilty towards her childhood friend, Echizen Takumi. They had grown up together, shared bento boxes, and she had always assumed she would be the one cheering for him at the finish line.
But Takumi tasted like tofu and gasoline.
Shen Anyu tasted like fine wine and desire. The contrast was cruel. Her body, betraying her mind, began to respond. Her lips softened, opening slightly under his assault, allowing him deeper access.
Shen Anyu, however, was very pleased. He didn't close his eyes. He watched her expressions closely—the flutter of her eyelashes, the flush spreading down her neck, the look of a fallen angel.
While enjoying the sweetness of the beautiful and cute Sakura Country beauty in front of him, he divided a portion of his attention to the holographic interface only he could see.
He was checking Echizen Takumi's situation on the other side through the [Nanometer Monitoring Robot].
The projection in his retina showed a starkly different scene.
It was night on Mount Akina. The engine of an old Toyota AE86 roared, straining against its limits.
Echizen Takumi was currently gripping the steering wheel with white-knuckled intensity, sweat dripping from his forehead, his eyes focused on the road ahead as he executed a high-speed drift through a dirty drainage ditch to shave off milliseconds.
"Natsuki... wait for me. I'll win this race, become a pro, and buy you that bag you wanted!" Takumi shouted over the engine noise, his face filled with determination and innocent hope.
He had no idea that at this very second, the goddess of his heart was melting in the arms of the Villain, in a car worth fifty times his own.
A cold, mocking smile flashed in Shen Anyu's eyes as he deepened the kiss, his hand sliding down to grip Natsuki's waist possessively.
'Drift all you want, boy. While you conquer the drainage ditch, I'm conquering your woman.'
'Echizen Takumi, I've taken your childhood friend. And this is just the beginning.'
[Ding! Detected destined heroine Suzuki Natsuki's favorability +1, plundered +3000 Destiny Value!]
[Ding! Detected destined heroine Suzuki Natsuki's favorability +1, plundered +3000 Destiny Value!]
[Ding! Detected destined heroine Suzuki Natsuki's favorability +1, plundered +3000 Destiny Value!]
[Ding! Child of Destiny Echizen Takumi's emotional line suffered a setback, plundered +20000 Destiny Value!]
...
The system notifications rang like a beautiful symphony in his ears.
Half a minute, one minute, three minutes, five minutes...
The kiss lasted an eternity. The air in the car became hot and heavy, filled with the sound of ragged breathing and the friction of clothes.
After a long while, when he felt Suzuki Natsuki was about to suffocate from lack of oxygen, Shen Anyu finally smiled and released her.
"Hah... hah..."
It took Suzuki Natsuki a long time to react. She slumped back against the leather seat, her chest heaving violently. She gently touched her slightly swollen lips with her trembling finger. They felt numb, hot, and thoroughly used. Her pure and lovely pretty face was flushed a deep crimson, extending all the way to her ears. She didn't know if it was from anger, shame, or the lingering shyness of the intense intimacy.
"Anyu-kun... how... how could you do this?"
She whispered, her voice lacking any real deterrent force. It sounded more like a coquettish complaint than a genuine rebuke.
Shen Anyu feigned surprise, tilting his head and asking knowingly:
"What's wrong? Natsuki-chan, weren't you also very happy just now? I felt you responding to me."
"I... I didn't!"
Suzuki Natsuki denied it instinctively, but her eyes dodged his gaze.
Looking at the handsome guy from Yanxia in front of her—so dominant, so rich, so skilled—Suzuki Natsuki gently bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth. She only felt her cheeks burning hotter and her heart pounding like a drum.
She couldn't lie to herself completely. She clearly could have pushed Shen Anyu away—he wasn't holding her down—but in the end, she found it sweet. She had even unknowingly wrapped her arms around his neck towards the end.
'Suzuki Natsuki, are you worthy of Takumi? You are a bad woman!'
'Didn't you promise when you were little that you would be Takumi's bride when you grew up? Why are you sitting in a Ferrari with another man, letting him kiss you, and enjoying it?'
Suzuki Natsuki regretted it in her heart. The guilt was like ants gnawing at her soul. Her head lowered, she looked at her hands, mumbled with her slightly swollen lips, and said softly:
"Anyu-kun, that's enough... please. You can't do this. I... I already have a boy I like. We grew up together. We can't be together."
Shen Anyu's expression didn't change. He knew this "loyalty" was fragile. It just needed a heavier hammer to shatter it.
"Is that so? That's a bit of a pity," Shen Anyu feigned a regretful expression, sighing softly. "I originally wanted to give Natsuki-chan a precious gift as a token of love. A commemoration of our meeting today."
"Eh? A token of love?"
Suzuki Natsuki's beautiful eyes widened involuntarily. The tears of guilt in her eyes stopped instantly, replaced by a flicker of curiosity and greed.
She thought that Anyu-kun really liked her deeply. After all, a playboy wouldn't be this generous, right?
He had already given her Chanel bags, perfumes, and clothes worth over ten million yen that afternoon without blinking. Those were just "souvenirs."
Although she was a bit shy, she couldn't help but feel a burst of vanity and happiness inside. Being pursued by such a top-tier man satisfied her ego immensely.
At the same time, she was also intensely curious.
'Anyu-kun doesn't even care about Chanel bags worth over ten million yen, swiping his card handsomely like buying cabbage. What kind of precious token of love is he talking about now? What could be more precious than those bags?'
'Takumi... I'm just curious. Really. Just one look. Once I see what it is, I'll definitely leave. I definitely will reject him properly.'
Suzuki Natsuki blinked her watery peach blossom eyes, staring intently as Shen Anyu reached into his suit pocket and took out an exquisite, black velvet box.
She warned herself again and again in her heart that this was only to satisfy her curiosity. But her body leaned forward unconsciously.
"Yes, a token of love for the cutest Natsuki-chan. Look."
Shen Anyu smiled, his fingers deftly unclasping the lock.
He opened the exquisite box, revealing the precious gift inside.
Flash!
At this moment, it was as if a star had exploded inside the car.
Suzuki Natsuki's breathing suddenly stopped, and her beautiful eyes widened to the point where the corners threatened to tear.
In front of her, under the ambient light of the car, a diamond necklace lay nestled in the black velvet.
But this was not an ordinary diamond necklace.
This diamond necklace was clearly crafted by a world-famous master designer. The craftsmanship was exquisite beyond words. The main chain was a heart pattern outlined by dozens of small, high-clarity diamonds.
But the centerpiece...
It was a pigeon-egg-sized diamond.
A literal giant rock. Pure, flawless, and terrifyingly brilliant.
The brilliant and luxurious diamonds intertwined, creating a stunning and dazzling glow, shining like the stars of the Milky Way captured in stone.
What shocked Suzuki Natsuki even more, causing her heart to skip several beats, was that she saw something etched inside the gem.
Shen Anyu moved the box slightly, and the light caught the laser engraving on the surface of the pigeon-egg-sized diamond.
Suzuki Natsuki.
Her name. Forever branded on a treasure worth a kingdom.
Shen Anyu observed her stunned expression—the look of a mortal seeing a divine artifact—and smiled calmly. He said:
"This is a diamond necklace I custom-made from the Harry Winston collection. The price was... well, trivial. Just ten million US dollars."
"I specifically had your name engraved on it just now, preparing it as a token of love for a confession."
"Ten... Ten million... US dollars?"
Suzuki Natsuki gasped, her voice trembling. She did the math in her head. That was over 1.5 Billion Yen!
This necklace alone was worth more than Takumi's entire family, his tofu shop, his car, and his life earnings combined. It was enough to buy a skyscraper in Tokyo!
Shen Anyu continued, his voice dropping to a cool indifference:
"But, Natsuki-chan, since you don't accept it, and you have a boy you like... then this thing is useless."
"I, Shen Anyu, never give gifts to women who don't belong to me."
"I'll just throw this necklace away."
Saying that, Shen Anyu pressed a button.
Whirrr. The passenger side window rolled down.
Without hesitation, he raised his hand, holding the 10 million USD necklace over the open window, ready to drop it onto the dirty asphalt of the Tokyo street outside.
"Don't—!!"
Seeing this scene, Suzuki Natsuki screamed. It was a scream of pure, instinctual horror.
Her body moved faster than her brain. She lunged across the center console, grabbing Shen Anyu's arm with both hands, her nails digging into his suit fabric.
Shen Anyu paused, feigning surprise as he looked at the frantic Suzuki Natsuki. He said coldly:
"This diamond necklace already has your name engraved on it. It belongs to 'Suzuki Natsuki.' If the Suzuki Natsuki in front of me doesn't want it, then it loses its value. It becomes trash. What else can I do with it if I don't throw it away? Keep it as a paperweight?"
Suzuki Natsuki looked at Shen Anyu in disbelief. Her worldview was collapsing.
"Anyu-kun... are you crazy? This is a diamond necklace worth ten million US dollars! That's 1.5 Billion Yen! Even if you're rich... you can't just throw it away like garbage!"
Shen Anyu interrupted Suzuki Natsuki, his eyes staring deeply into hers, dominating her soul.
"I don't care about the money. I care about you. Since you don't need it, then in my eyes, this necklace has no value."
"Let it rot in the sewer."
Saying that, Shen Anyu made a move to throw it away again, his fingers loosening their grip on the chain.
"No! No! I want it! I want it!"
Suzuki Natsuki cried out, her voice shrill with panic. She grabbed his hand tightly, pulling it back inside the car, cradling the necklace like it was her own child.
"Please don't throw it away... I want it..."
After saying this, Suzuki Natsuki was also stunned. The silence in the car was deafening.
Meeting Shen Anyu's increasingly fervent and mocking gaze, she realized what she had just done. She had chosen the necklace over her pride. She had chosen money over Takumi.
She shyly lowered her head, her face burning, still trying to defend her dignity with a flimsy excuse:
"I... I just think it's too much of a waste, Anyu-kun. It's a sin to waste things..."
Yes, it wasn't that she wanted to accept Anyu-kun's declaration of love or become his woman. It was just that it was a pity for the precious diamond necklace to be thrown away. She was saving the diamond.
Suzuki Natsuki seemed to have convinced herself with this clumsy lie.
Shen Anyu chuckled inwardly. The lie was cute.
He looked at Suzuki Natsuki with a gentle expression, masking the predator underneath, and said:
"Good girl. Then, Natsuki-chan, I'll put this diamond necklace on you. It only looks good on your neck."
As his voice fell, Shen Anyu moved behind her. He swept her hair aside, exposing her creamy white nape. He personally placed the shimmering, brilliant diamond necklace around Suzuki Natsuki's fair and slender neck.
The cold metal and stone touched her warm skin, sending a shiver down her spine. It felt like a shackle. A beautiful, expensive collar.
Click.
The clasp locked.
Suzuki Natsuki's lips moved slightly. She originally wanted to say something, maybe a last refusal, but she looked down.
The pigeon-egg diamond rested in her cleavage, shimmering brilliantly, reflecting her own greedy eyes.
The words in her mouth could no longer be spoken.
She was worried that if she refused again, Shen Anyu, this lunatic tycoon, might really throw away this diamond necklace worth ten million US dollars.
And... and...
It was so beautiful.
Suzuki Natsuki's beautiful eyes gazed foolishly at the diamond necklace. She, who loved luxury and vanity, who dreamed of high society, had no resistance whatsoever to such a precious treasure. It was the heavy weight of her dreams coming true.
Seeing this extremely precious diamond necklace hanging around her neck, Suzuki Natsuki's delicate body softened completely. She lost the will to fight.
She leaned back, resting her head on Shen Anyu's shoulder, accepting his embrace.
Even though she knew it was a token of love, even though she knew what accepting this meant... she didn't want to refuse. She couldn't refuse.
'Takumi... I'm sorry.'
'It's not that I didn't resist... it's not that I betrayed you...'
'It's just that Anyu-kun was too cunning... and he gave too much...'
[Ding! Detected destined heroine Suzuki Natsuki's favorability +6, plundered +18000 Destiny Value!]
[Ding! Detected destined heroine Suzuki Natsuki's total favorability 91, extra plundered +50000 Destiny Value!]
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