Chapter 70: Little Fox vs. Big Hunter!
After watching the movie, Shen Anyu walked out of the theater with his arm casually draped around Liu Mi's shoulders. They continued shopping, strolling through the high-end boutiques of the mall as if they owned the place.
What Shen Anyu didn't expect was the sheer tenacity of Qi Fan.
Despite being humiliated, mocked, and heartbroken just an hour ago, Qi Fan was still following them. He had donned a large baseball cap and sunglasses, trying to blend into the crowd, but his frantic movements and intense stare made him stick out like a sore thumb.
How could he hide from Shen Anyu, a [Martial Arts Grandmaster] with heightened senses?
"You truly are a talent..." Shen Anyu mused, spotting the green cap bobbing behind a display of mannequins in his peripheral vision. He chuckled inwardly. "A talent for suffering."
He truly kept fighting despite repeated setbacks. It was almost admirable, in a pathetic sort of way.
[Ding! The Child of Destiny, Qi Fan, is feeling down and out. Plundering +8,686 Destiny Points!]
At this moment, Qi Fan felt incredibly miserable. He wanted to cry, scream, and punch something all at once.
Seeing Liu Mi, the campus belle goddess he had longed for, nestled in another man's arms, laughing at his jokes, leaning into his touch... it was torture.
He originally thought that with the [Licking Dog Gold Cashback System], his life would be a smooth ascent to godhood. He would become rich, famous, and powerful. He would have Liu Mi by his side, the envy of all men.
However, reality was cruel. To Qi Fan's surprise, Liu Mi actually threw herself into another man's embrace willingly. She wasn't coerced; she was eager.
Had his System come for nothing? Was money useless against true charm?
[Licking Dog Gold Cashback System: Shall I leave then?]
"No! Absolutely not!" Qi Fan thought furiously. "I can't let that pretty boy succeed! Mi Mi, I'm the one who loves you... I'm the one who deserves you!"
Qi Fan followed behind, his eyes darting around like a cornered rat. He was thinking of ways to make Liu Mi realize her mistake. To show her that Shen Anyu was just a player. To prevent Shen from taking her to bed.
The thought of his campus belle goddess being... posed in eighteen different ways by another man... made Qi Fan's face turn green.
"Absolutely not!"
However, Qi Fan couldn't think of a good way to stop them. He couldn't fight Shen Anyu. He couldn't outspend him right now. So, he decided to follow them, waiting for a mistake. Waiting for an opportunity.
In his mind, Qi Fan had already drawn countless circles to curse Shen Anyu.
Shen Anyu didn't care. He comfortably held the enchanting campus belle in his arms, treating Qi Fan behind him as part of the atmosphere—a little extra spice to the date.
He could feel Liu Mi's shyness. Her body trembled slightly against his. Her long eyelashes fluttered nervously. Her beautiful eyes were moist with emotion. Her small face was flushed.
Shen Anyu found it amusing.
Women are natural actors, especially beautiful women. They learn early on how to use their charm as a weapon.
According to the information Shen Anyu had his people investigate, he knew everything about Liu Mi. He knew her favorite food, her hobbies, her schedule... even the brand of diapers she wore as a baby.
Was Liu Mi really such an easily shy woman? The "Little Vixen" of Modu University?
She was fooling no one but herself.
Shen Anyu tightened his arm around her slender waist, pulling her closer. He lowered his head, his lips brushing her ear.
"Mi Mi... are you very shy?"
Liu Mi looked up at him. She nodded shyly, feigning an embarrassed and pure expression that would have melted any other man's heart.
"Brother Shen... this is Mi Mi's first time being held by a man like this. We're still on the commercial street, surrounded by people... so Mi Mi does feel a bit shy..."
At this point, Liu Mi looked up at him through her lashes. Her charming fox-like eyes were filled with adoration and tenderness. She whispered, her voice trembling slightly:
"However... however, Mi Mi likes Brother Shen, so she can bravely persevere! For you!"
After her words fell, Liu Mi lowered her head, burying her face in his chest. Even her fair, tender neck and earlobes were tinged with a blush.
She looked like a young girl experiencing her first love, deeply entangled and unable to extricate herself.
[Ding! The Child of Destiny, Qi Fan's, mentality exploded! Plundering +9,999 Destiny Points!]
When Qi Fan heard Liu Mi's shy confession from his hiding spot, his mentality exploded again. His face twisted into a mask of agony.
A passerby next to him, seeing his distress, patted Qi Fan's shoulder and quietly comforted him:
"Buddy, I've been watching you for a long time. You're following that couple ahead. Are you secretly in love with that girl?"
"Let it go. They're a perfect match—a talented man and a beautiful woman. You want to poach her? That's very difficult! Look at him, look at you."
"There are plenty of fish in the sea, why fixate on just one?"
Qi Fan's face distorted. He looked angrily at the passerby, spitting his words out.
"I don't believe it! Mi Mi must be mine!"
He had the System! He was the protagonist! Why shouldn't he get Liu Mi?
Liu Mi had become his obsession. Now that he had the System, if he still couldn't get her, wouldn't the System have come for nothing? Absolutely not!
However, what followed plunged Qi Fan into darkness again.
Because Liu Mi and Shen Anyu, who were ahead, stopped. And right there, on the street, they started kissing.
It was sweet. It was intimate. It was a public declaration of ownership.
Shen Anyu's expression was joyful. He listened to the System's prompt about plundering Qi Fan's Destiny Points and enjoyed the soft warmth of the beauty in his arms. It felt incredibly good.
As for Liu Mi's performance? Why expose it? It added to the fun.
He pulled back slightly, looking down at her flushed face.
"Mi Mi, we've been shopping for half a day. Are you hungry? The chef at the Xisidun Grand Hotel ahead has excellent skills. Let's get a room and... eat."
Hotel?
Liu Mi immediately became alert. The fog of romance cleared for a second.
Although she was more than willing and eager to become Shen Anyu's woman, it couldn't happen so quickly. Not on the first date.
In Liu Mi's opinion, if she was too easily obtained, she would appear cheap. Shen Anyu wouldn't cherish her. He would use her and discard her like a toy.
She needed to secure some promises first. A title. A commitment.
Of course, in front of Shen Anyu, the clever little fox Liu Mi knew she absolutely couldn't act up. She couldn't throw a tantrum or play hard to get too aggressively.
Acting up might work on ordinary men, who would lick her boots and endure anything for a chance.
But in front of a top-tier rich, handsome, and noble scion from an ancient family? Still acting up?
That was practically eliminating herself from the race!
Liu Mi thought quickly. She needed to use small enticements. To hook Shen Anyu without giving everything away immediately.
As for purity... she would at least wait until she was officially announced as his girlfriend or fiancée.
Thinking of this, Liu Mi looked shyly at Shen Anyu. She spoke in a soft, melodious voice, playing the good girl card.
"Brother Shen... my family is very strict. My dad has always demanded that I return to my school dorm or home before 10 PM and not stay out overnight. He checks up on me."
"It's almost 7 PM now... so I can't go to a hotel."
As she said this, she watched his face closely. Seeing the smile disappear from Shen Anyu's face, Liu Mi's heart skipped a beat.
Panic flared. Did she push too hard?
She quickly took Shen Anyu's arm, pressing her chest against it, and said with a radiant smile:
"But Brother Shen! I know there's a Michelin three-star restaurant ahead that has excellent food! I'll treat you, okay? Just us?"
Shen Anyu's expression was calm. He looked at her for a moment, his eyes unreadable.
"Alright."
Seeing Shen Anyu's expression clearly cool down, Liu Mi inwardly groaned.
But her pretty face showed an even sweeter and more charming smile. Like a nightingale, she chattered to please him, interacting intimately, touching his arm, laughing at his comments.
She was afraid that Shen Anyu would be displeased and leave.
Although Liu Mi was very confident in herself, after last night's banquet, she knew the truth. She knew what kind of existence the man beside her truly was.
He was a genuinely top-tier noble, residing high in the clouds.
The prominent figures from all walks of life in Modu—people her father bowed to—were only fit to be respectful and ingratiating in front of Shen Anyu.
Such a top-tier existence would never lack beauties.
To say nothing else, Qin Ningbing, the beautiful CEO of Magic City Renxin Hall Pharmaceutical Company, who was by Shen Anyu's side last night... no matter how confident Liu Mi was, she wouldn't think her charm was greater than Qin Ningbing's. At most, equal.
But Liu Mi's status was far inferior to Qin Ningbing's. How could the daughter of a hospital director compare to a beautiful CEO worth hundreds of billions?
Shen Anyu's coolness made Liu Mi feel anxious. She became eager to please him even more.
Shen Anyu naturally noticed this shift. He found it amusing.
Playing hard to get with him? Wanting to control him?
"Mi Mi, you're still a bit too naive," he thought.
Given Shen Anyu's status, position, power, and wealth... would he ever be a licking dog?
Shen Anyu never licked women; it was always the other way around!
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