Chapter 616: Yaqian is very happy today!
"Ding! Detected Destined Heroine Zhang Yaqian's favorability +3, plundered +9000 destiny value!"
"Ding! Detected Destined Heroine Zhang Yaqian's total favorability 92, additionally plundered +50000 destiny value!"
"Zhang Yaqian, you've sacrificed too much, I~" Master Shen was filled with remorse and self-reproach.
"No need to say it, Zhang Yaqian understands." Zhang Yaqian's slender white hand covered Shen Anyu's mouth, stopping his apology. Her cheeks were flushed, and her eyes were as if intoxicated: "Master Shen, Zhang Yaqian understands everything. It's not your fault, but the fault of that evil Artificer True Person Tanaka Hikaru. If he hadn't attacked with ill intentions, Master Shen wouldn't have had to risk his injuries to act."
"Zhang Yaqian, Zhang Yaqian willingly saved Master Shen."
At this point, Zhang Yaqian lowered her head, the pure beauty of the young girl's shyness captivating. The lingering, intense heat from the "treatment" still clung to the air inside the car, a stark contrast to her delicate, almost fragile demeanor. Her heart hammered against her ribs, a frantic rhythm that was both terrifying and exhilarating. She had never felt so alive, so utterly consumed by the moment.
'Master Shen, having suffered such humiliation, perhaps awakened some kind of fetish, and actually wanted to do it a few more times?' A wild thought flickered through her mind, making her blush deepen to a crimson tide that stained her neck and ears.
At this moment, Zhang Yaqian was thinking, Master Shen's injuries didn't seem as serious as he claimed? Although at first his skin was scalding, reaching a terrifying seventy or eighty degrees that felt like it could cook her from the inside out, a feverish heat that had driven them both to the brink of madness.
But later, as the "treatment" progressed, Master Shen was as vigorous as a dragon and fierce as a tiger; where was there any sign of injury? The initial desperate weakness had been replaced by an overwhelming, primal strength that had left her breathless and trembling. He had moved with a power that belied any wound, a force of nature that had swept away all her preconceived notions of propriety.
Could it be that Master Shen was deceiving her?
'Hmph hmph, it's not like I'm unwilling, yet he resorts to such tricks?' A flicker of amusement danced in her heart, mingling with the intoxicating haze of their recent intimacy. 'Master Shen, Zhang Yaqian knows you tricked me and used some methods to get me, but it's okay, Zhang Yaqian doesn't blame you, because Zhang Yaqian has truly fallen for you, the kind of very deep liking that consumes everything else.'
'As long as you don't abandon Zhang Yaqian, Zhang Yaqian will follow you for life. If you don't want Zhang Yaqian anymore, Zhang Yaqian will go crazy!' The thought was not a threat, but a simple, terrifying statement of fact. Her entire world, once a placid lake of rules and etiquette, had been shattered and remade around him.
Everything that happened today, for Zhang Yaqian, who was usually a well-behaved young lady, was an unprecedented thrill: the high-speed chase through the streets of Hangzhou, the violent shock of the attack, and especially the final, desperate treatment of his injuries. The scream of tires, the shatter of glass, the press of his body against hers—it was a sensory overload that had awakened a part of her she never knew existed. All of this, Zhang Yaqian had never even dared to think about before, confined as she was in her gilded cage.
Looking at Master Shen's still apologetic expression, the perfect mask of a gentleman wronged, Zhang Yaqian pursed her lips, feeling a little amused by his act. Her gaze drifted out the window, and a sudden idea took hold. She suddenly looked up at a nearby amusement park, its neon lights just beginning to flicker to life against the twilight sky, and said softly: "Master Shen, Zhang Yaqian hasn't been to an amusement park in a long time. If you feel sorry, then can you take Zhang Yaqian to an amusement park?"
"No problem." Master Shen, feigning the appearance of a prey caught in her charming snare, agreed passively.
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"Master Shen, hehe, look quickly, that's bumper cars! Zhang Yaqian has only seen them on TV." The moment they stepped through the gates, the carefully constructed persona of the elegant Miss Zhang shattered. Zhang Yaqian actively pulled Shen Anyu's hand, her grip surprisingly strong, her energy infectious. She was like a happy lark released from its cage, dragging him towards the chaotic arena of flashing lights and blaring music.
She hopped into a cherry-red car, her eyes wide with excitement. Shen Anyu took the one beside her. The moment the power surged, she let out a delighted scream. She stomped on the pedal, jerking forward and spinning wildly, her laughter echoing above the din. Shen Anyu expertly maneuvered his own car, nudging hers, then delivering a solid, jarring thud to her rear bumper.
"Aah!" she shrieked, laughing so hard she could barely steer. She whipped the wheel around, aiming for him in clumsy retaliation, her face alight with pure, unadulterated joy. For the next ten minutes, the enclosed space was filled with the crash of fiberglass, the screech of rubber on steel, and Zhang Yaqian's continuous, thrilled screams.
"Master Shen, I want this stuffed doll, will you catch it for me?" Next, she pulled Shen Anyu to a row of game stalls, her eyes fixed on a claw machine. Inside, a large, fluffy rabbit with long, floppy ears sat tantalizingly close to the prize chute. She pointed, her smile so sweet it could melt steel.
Shen Anyu put on a show of studied concentration. He inserted the token, manipulated the joystick with clumsy, exaggerated movements, and positioned the claw directly over the rabbit. The metal contraption descended with agonizing slowness.
"Master Shen, oh no, it fell again, come on, come on, one more time!" Watching Shen Anyu fail spectacularly as the claw weakly grazed the doll's ear before retracting, Zhang Yaqian screamed with a mix of frustration and amusement. She bounced on the balls of her feet, clutching his arm, her entire focus narrowed down to the glass box. Time and again, he "failed," each near-miss eliciting a chorus of groans and renewed cheers from her.
The entire amusement park became their personal playground, filled with the darting figures of Zhang Yaqian and Shen Anyu. Her joyful, lark-like voice, punctuated by occasional screams of delight from the pirate ship and the roller coaster, was the soundtrack to their evening. If those Young Masters in Hangzhou, who saw her only as a prim and untouchable princess, were to witness this scene, their jaws would probably hit the floor. The cool, aloof Zhang Yaqian actually had such a wild, untamed side? It was unthinkable.
"Ding! Detected Destined Heroine Zhang Yaqian's favorability +1, plundered +3000 destiny value!"
"Ding! Detected Destined Heroine Zhang Yaqian's favorability +1, plundered +3000 destiny value!"
"Ding! Detected Destined Heroine Zhang Yaqian's favorability +1, plundered +3000 destiny value!"
Finally, as the night deepened, they found themselves on the Ferris wheel. Their cabin slowly climbed towards the apex of its rotation, the noise of the park fading into a gentle hum below. Zhang Yaqian held the hard-won stuffed rabbit doll in her lap, her right hand tightly clasping Shen Anyu's left. Her pure and beautiful face, illuminated by the city lights spreading out like a carpet of diamonds below, bore a full, contented smile. Her beautiful eyes were filled with starlight, reflecting the vastness of the night sky.
At this moment, she felt extremely satisfied, a deep, soul-quenching fulfillment that was even more potent than the thrill of humiliating Shen Anyu in the past. In her previous life, she had always been the well-behaved daughter, required to adhere to a thousand different rules of etiquette. She couldn't do this, she wasn't allowed to do that. Now, for the first time, she could finally be herself and unleash the vibrant nature she had kept locked away.
More importantly, this man was by her side. The man who had seen her at her most vulnerable and her most wild.
Zhang Yaqian looked at Shen Anyu's doting and gentle eyes, the way he watched her with a soft, indulgent smile, and her heart felt like it was melting. She was completely intoxicated by his presence.
Shen Anyu smiled as he looked at Zhang Yaqian, not too surprised by her transformation. He knew that beneath her elegant and serene exterior, a volcano of pressure had been building for years. All he needed to do was provide the right crack in the facade, and her true nature would erupt. He was, in essence, leading a good girl "astray," and doing so while appearing to be the passive, manipulated party. It was an art form.
However, as he held her hand, a flicker of analytical thought crossed Shen Anyu's eyes regarding Zhang Yaqian's physical stamina.
After the incredibly draining ordeal in the car—an act that would have left any ordinary, uncultivated woman exhausted for days—she could still happily tear through an entire amusement park with boundless energy. Her physical stamina and recovery ability were truly astonishing, far beyond the norm for a mortal.
One must know that Zhang Yaqian had no cultivation. She was not a Martial Artist, not an Artificer, and certainly not a Cultivator. She had not practiced any esoteric path, yet she possessed such a resilient constitution and seemingly limitless vitality. This was extraordinary.
Recalling the unique, almost addictive charm she exuded during their "treatment," Shen Anyu secretly praised her. She was truly a Destined Heroine, uniquely blessed by the world's favor. Perhaps she possessed some kind of special Physique. It was just that the Two-Aspects Life-Death Medical Scripture inheritance, being a specialized medical and cultivation art, had no comprehensive record of such things. It was a guide, not an encyclopedia of rare Physiques.
He would figure it out one day. Shen Anyu was not in a hurry. After all, the meat was already in his pot, simmering nicely.
'Zhao Tao is dead? Tsk tsk, a Child of Destiny without destiny value is just a roadside dog, dying so miserably.'
Shen Anyu's consciousness effortlessly shifted, tapping into the feed from his nanometer monitoring robots. He came back to his senses from the romantic haze of the Ferris wheel, a cold, predatory smile flashing in his eyes. The system logs painted a clear picture. Zhao Tao, that pathetic Child of Destiny of the song-copying genre, had been utterly disgraced. His father's company was bankrupt, his fiancée was stolen, and he had suffered one immense blow after another. His destiny value was completely plundered, and his protective Destiny Halo had shattered into nothingness.
He was accidentally killed—beaten to death in a dirty alley—by some thugs from the Yunhu Association who had come to collect on his father's debts. A pathetic end for a so-called protagonist.
Shen Anyu then checked Zhang Zhiyun's situation.
'Zhang Zhiyun's Yin Corpse Devil Swordplay has reached minor completion, he has broken through to the Heavenly Master realm, and has already come out of seclusion. He showed off his might at the Yunhu Association headquarters and is now heading towards Jinxiu Mountain Villa No. 1 Villa, preparing to seek revenge on me?' Shen Anyu's interest was piqued. 'Should I give an order to Bai Bing and Wu Shenyun to spare his dog life?'
'Otherwise, if Wu Shenyun and Bai Bing kill him, where will I find the Yin Corpse Devil Sword?'
Shen Anyu pinched his chin, a playful, calculating smile spreading across his face.
Zhang Zhiyun, after his Yin Corpse Devil Swordplay reached minor completion and he broke through to Heavenly Master, was indeed a force to be reckoned with. With the Child of Destiny's classic characteristic of being invincible among peers, even a veteran Heavenly Master like Zhang Tianen might not be his match now.
But Zhang Zhiyun could never be a match for Bai Bing and Wu Shenyun.
Wu Shenyun, of course, went without saying. Both her martial and shamanic paths had broken through to the Land Immortal realm, making her terrifyingly powerful. If not for Shen Anyu's intervention and control, there was likely no one on the surface of the world who could defeat her; she was almost invincible in this era.
And Bai Bing, after cultivating the Martial God Art he had provided, had seen her strength increase exponentially. Furthermore, Bai Bing was the designated villainous female boss from a Main God Reincarnation Game genre storyline. Her combat power and experience were also at a peak level among her peers.
For Zhang Zhiyun to charge into Jinxiu Mountain Villa No. 1 Villa seeking revenge on Shen Anyu was tantamount to a lamb walking into a den of dragons. He was simply asking for a beating. Unless he managed to find and wield the actual Yin Corpse Devil Sword artifact, Zhang Zhiyun would not only fail to get revenge but would struggle to even keep his life.
'I still need to provoke Zhang Zhiyun further.' Shen Anyu's mind spun with cruel possibilities. 'Revenge for a severed arm, hatred for a stolen wife? That's not enough. And now, I'll add the humiliation of a plundered sister to his list of grievances?' The thought was delicious.
Zhang Yaqian looked at Shen Anyu pinching his chin, his expression playful. Her pure and beautiful face suddenly flushed, even her fair and delicate earlobes tinged with red, as she thought: 'Is Master Shen reminiscing about what happened in the car earlier, or does he have another mischievous idea? Could it be that he hasn't had enough and wants to take Zhang Yaqian to spend the night?'
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