Chapter 132: Shen Anyu Burst into Laughter, Yan Lingxiao Couldn't Help It...
[Ding! Child of Destiny Yan Lingxiao felt bitter, plundering +6666 Destiny Value!]
Shen Anyu's lips curled into a wicked, barely perceptible smile as the notification chimed in his mind. The sweet sound of harvesting a protagonist was far more melodious than the chirping of the birds in the garden.
He listened to the envious discussions of the passing couple fading into the distance, using their jealousy as a mere appetizer. His main course was watching from the shadows of Villa Number 86.
Shen Anyu slowed his pace deliberately. He held Luo Xiaoxiao with one hand, her small body secure against his chest, while his other arm was wrapped possessively around Luo Yuhe's slender, willow-like waist.
A beautiful father, a graceful mother, and a cute daughter—to any observer, they looked like a happy and complete family of three, a portrait of domestic perfection painted under the golden morning sun.
However, for the audience of one hiding behind the curtains of the neighboring villa, this scene was not a painting. It was a torture device.
Yan Lingxiao was directly broken.
Standing by the shattered window frame, clutching his chest, his heart tasted bitter, filled with an envy and jealousy so potent it felt like poison coursing through his meridians. His eyes turned red, capillaries bursting from the surge of blood pressure.
"Mine... they are mine..." he rasped, his voice sounding like grinding sandpaper.
All of this should have been his! Luo Xiaoxiao was his biological daughter—her DNA was his! And Luo Yuhe... she was the woman he had saved in his heart a thousand times, the woman who should have been his wife, serving him tea and looking at him with admiration.
That position Shen Anyu held—the man whose arm was draped over her waist, whose scent was filling her senses—that should have been him!
He was clearly first... He met her first in the timeline of destiny!
Outside, the lush green grass and thriving trees created a beautiful green landscape. The sunlight dappled through the leaves, casting dancing shadows on the ground. Shen Anyu, Luo Yuhe, and Luo Xiaoxiao strolled along the cobblestone path, their laughter carrying on the breeze. It was picturesque, a scene straight out of a romantic movie.
But in Yan Lingxiao's eyes, it was incredibly blinding! It was brighter than a nuclear flash, scorching his retinas and burning his soul.
Yan Lingxiao clenched his fists tightly. His knuckles turned white, and his fingernails dug deep into his palms, piercing the skin until blood dripped onto the floor.
His eyes were blazing with a fury that threatened to consume his rationality:
"I must kill Shen Anyu! I must kill this thief! And I will take Luoxiao and Yuhe back! I will lock them away where no other man can see them!"
At this moment, Yan Lingxiao had gone dark. His Dao Heart, usually steadfast and righteous, was cracking under the weight of the "Green Hat."
Even though Shen Anyu was technically the benefactor who saved Luo Yuhe and Luo Xiaoxiao from the hell of the Jin Family, according to Yan Lingxiao's past principles of clearly distinguishing between gratitude and grievances, killing him would have been impossible. It went against the code of the War God.
But now? To hell with the code. His jealousy had exploded like a volcano, and killing intent surged within him, thick and suffocating.
He could not accept the fact that Luo Yuhe and Shen Anyu were together. The visual evidence was tearing him apart. He decided to reclaim everything that should have belonged to him at all costs, even if he had to burn the world down to do it.
Behind him, Qingque and Man Hu felt the air in the room drop in temperature. They felt the terrifying murderous aura and malice rising from their boss, Yan Lingxiao. It was a suffocating pressure, like standing next to a starving tiger. Their faces turned pale, and their hearts trembled in fear.
They only felt that their boss at this moment was extremely terrifying and utterly unfamiliar! This wasn't the calm, strategic leader of the War God Alliance; this was a beast cornered by its own emotions.
At the same time, outside in the garden, Shen Anyu noticed the spike in the Killing Intent directed at him. His spiritual perception was far sharper than anyone realized.
He knew Yan Lingxiao was watching. He knew the "Dragon King" was at his limit.
So, Shen Anyu decided to push him over the edge.
He subtly curved his lips, a devilish glint in his eyes. He stopped walking.
"Wife, your dress is a bit loose here..." he whispered, his voice low and intimate.
He hugged Luo Yuhe even tighter, pulling her flush against his side. Then, deliberately, slowly, he let his large hand explore downwards. His palm slid from her waist, over the curve of her hip, and rested possessively on the upper swell of her buttocks. His fingers kneaded the soft flesh through the expensive fabric of the dress.
Luo Yuhe gasped softly, her body trembling at the audacious public display of intimacy. Her face flushed a deep crimson, but she didn't push him away. Instead, she leaned into his touch, her legs turning to jelly.
That was the spark.
"Take your dirty hands off her! Let go of Yuhe!!!"
Yan Lingxiao's rage immediately exploded. The sight of another man touching his "forbidden fruit" snapped the last string of his sanity. He could no longer hold back.
His eyes turned completely bloodshot. With a furious roar that shook the very foundations of the villa, he channeled all his internal energy into his legs.
BOOM!
He violently burst through the concrete wall of Villa 86! Debris and dust exploded outward as if a bomb had gone off. Like a fierce tiger descending the mountain, he pounced towards Shen Anyu!
Strong winds raged, generated by his terrifying speed. The falling leaves in mid-air were instantly shredded into dust by the shockwave of his movement!
He covered the distance in a blink of an eye. He threw a punch, his fist wrapped in a layer of visible, distorted air pressure, intending to smash Shen Anyu's head into a watermelon!
Even the previous idea of capturing Shen Anyu as a hostage for exchange had vanished from Yan Lingxiao's rage-filled mind. He didn't care about leverage. He didn't care about the consequences.
At this moment, looking at Shen Anyu embracing Luo Yuhe—looking at that hand still resting on her hip—he was filled with nothing but fury and killing intent!
"Die!!!"
"Husband, be careful!"
Luo Yuhe sensed the killing intent aimed at Shen Anyu before anyone else. The instinct to protect her mate, her savior, overrode everything.
The expression on her graceful face changed instantly. The blush vanished, replaced by a cold, razor-sharp focus. She instantly transformed from a gentle and timid wife who seemed easy to bully back into that heroic and valiant female War God who had once survived the brutal training of the Luo Family.
Luo Yuhe's phoenix-like eyebrows rose, sharp as swords. She didn't retreat; she stepped forward.
She moved in front of Shen Anyu, using her body as a shield. Her slender, jade-like hand formed a knife-hand strike. Her fingers, pressed together like a sharp blade, tore through the air, carrying the full force of a newly reinstated Grandmaster!
She struck towards the approaching enemy without hesitation!
"What?!"
Yan Lingxiao's face changed drastically mid-air.
He saw the person blocking his path. It wasn't the guards. It wasn't Shen Anyu.
It was Luo Yuhe.
Seeing that the person in front of him was Luo Yuhe, panic flooded his heart, instantly dousing his rage with ice-cold fear.
"No! Yuhe!"
He hurriedly retracted his iron fist, forcibly reversing the flow of his Qi, risking internal injury. He feared harming even a single hair on Luo Yuhe. To him, she was a porcelain doll he had to protect, not an enemy to fight.
In his panic to stop his momentum, he left himself wide open. He was almost injured severely by Luo Yuhe's sharp strike.
Rip!
However, he couldn't completely dodge. The sharp vital energy Luo Yuhe unleashed sliced through the air like a blade. It tore his shirt across his chest, leaving a long, shallow cut. A trace of blood oozed out, staining his skin.
But the physical pain was nothing compared to the mental blow.
[Ding! Child of Destiny Yan Lingxiao felt heartbroken, plundering +9999 Destiny Value!]
Seeing Luo Yuhe immediately shielding Shen Anyu—putting her life on the line for him—and looking at Yan Lingxiao warily, as if he were the villain...
Yan Lingxiao landed on the grass, stumbling back a few steps. He clutched his chest, his heart aching so much he could barely breathe.
It hurt. It hurt more than any bullet wound he had ever received.
"Yuhe... you... you attacked me? For him?"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
At the same time, the sound of rushing wind signaled the arrival of the guards.
Aunt Xiao and Shen Anyu's other hidden guards flashed into appearance. They surrounded the scene, weapons drawn, each looking gravely at Yan Lingxiao. They protected Shen Anyu in the center, their eyes filled with lingering fear and sweat on their foreheads.
They were terrified.
They hadn't expected the attacking enemy to be so fast and move so swiftly. The explosive speed of Yan Lingxiao had caught them off guard. If Luo Yuhe hadn't acted first, they probably wouldn't have even reacted in time to stop the first punch.
Shen Anyu stood calmly behind Luo Yuhe, gently patting Luo Xiaoxiao's back to soothe her. He wasn't surprised by the outcome.
He analyzed the situation with a cold, detached gaze.
'After Yan Lingxiao took the healing medicine and rested for a day and a night, his injuries were mostly healed. As expected of a cockroach—I mean, a Protagonist. He is already back at the Martial Dao Grandmaster cultivation level.'
Shen Anyu glanced at his own guards with a hint of disdain.
'Aunt Xiao and the others are merely Martial Arts Grandmasters (ordinary Zong Shi). There is a world of difference between a mercenary Grandmaster and a true Martial Dao Grandmaster like Yan Lingxiao. They lost the initiative, so their reaction was naturally a beat slower.'
And Luo Yuhe being able to repel Yan Lingxiao was even less surprising. Yan Lingxiao was a "Licking Dog" (Simp). He would rather die than scratch Luo Yuhe's skin.
Of course, even if Luo Yuhe hadn't acted, Shen Anyu wouldn't have been afraid. With his [God-level Steel Body], even if Yan Lingxiao tried to hammer him with a sledgehammer, he wouldn't be able to budge him. Shen Anyu's defense was already beyond the realm of mortals.
However, Shen Anyu was still somewhat dissatisfied.
'I am the Young Master of the Shen Family. What is my status? Do I have to act myself every time a stray dog barks?'
It seemed he needed to make those around him stronger, or find a more capable guard. A bodyguard who could crush a protagonist with one finger.
'But Martial Dao Grandmaster-level guards are not easy to find,' Shen Anyu mused. 'Both Aunt An Zhiyue and Yan Lingxiao are enough to illustrate the significance of a Martial Dao Grandmaster. They are strategic deterrents, practically walking nukes.'
Such powerful individuals, unless they were big shots guarding the absolute center of power in the capital city—like the old monsters guarding Shen Anyu's grandfather—would never condescend to be mere bodyguards for a junior.
Shen Anyu, however, was confident. A cold smirk played on his lips.
'Loyalty is expensive, but talent can be manufactured. With the System Shop and a massive amount of elixirs, it would be impossible not to cultivate a squad of loyal monsters. Just wait.'
"Who are you? Why did you try to kill my husband?"
At this moment, Luo Yuhe's voice cut through the tension. Her pretty face was frosty, devoid of any warmth. Her beautiful eyes glared angrily at Yan Lingxiao, questioning him like a judge sentencing a criminal.
She had seen Yan Lingxiao's punch clearly just now. It was filled with killing intent. It was aimed at smashing Shen Anyu's head. It was an obvious attempt to kill.
Even now, Luo Yuhe felt a lingering fear trembling in her fingertips.
'If he had hit... If Shen Anyu had been killed...'
She couldn't imagine such a scene. The thought alone made her blood run cold.
Unconsciously, Shen Anyu's position in her heart had become very, very important. He was her sky. He was the roof over her head.
So important that no matter how Shen Anyu humiliated her in the bedroom, no matter how possessive he was, she would obey. She would submit.
Both her body and mind recognized Shen Anyu as her man!
Now, someone was trying to kill her man. This was absolutely unforgivable! It triggered the maternal and protective instincts of a lioness.
At this moment, Luo Yuhe was no longer the gentle, virtuous wife arranging flowers. Vital energy surged around her body, creating a visible distortion in the air. Powerful energy splattered the grass beneath her feet. Her long hair fluttered in the wind created by her own Qi.
She looked like a female War God, her phoenix eyes sharp enough to cut glass!
"Bad guy! You are a bad guy! Don't hurt my daddy..."
Luo Xiaoxiao's cute and well-behaved little face also showed anger at this moment.
She wiggled out of Shen Anyu's arms and stood beside her mother. Her little hands spread out, trying to make herself look bigger, protecting Shen Anyu. It was as if she wanted to protect her daddy Shen Anyu from the big bad wolf.
She glared at Yan Lingxiao with puffed cheeks, her eyes fierce.
"Go away! Don't touch my daddy!"
[Ding! Child of Destiny Yan Lingxiao felt heartbroken, plundering +9999 Destiny Value!]
[Ding! Child of Destiny Yan Lingxiao felt envious and jealous, plundering +9999 Destiny Value!]
...
It hurt. It hurt so much...
Yan Lingxiao looked at the scene before him.
Luo Yuhe, the love of his life.
Luo Xiaoxiao, his own flesh and blood.
Both of them were shielding Shen Anyu. Both of them were looking at him—Yan Lingxiao—with eyes filled with hatred and disgust.
He clutched his chest, digging his fingers into the wound Luo Yuhe had made. The physical pain was grounding, but the emotional pain was drowning him. His heart ached to the extreme, as if it were being squeezed by a vice.
At the same time, he was also extremely envious and jealous.
'Why... Why is he the one being protected?'
'How wonderful would it be if Luo Yuhe and Luo Xiaoxiao were protecting me like that? That should be my place!'
At this moment, Qingque and Man Hu also rushed out from the hole in the wall, covered in dust. They landed beside Yan Lingxiao, guarding his side nervously.
Man Hu, a simple-minded brute, looked at the blood on Yan Lingxiao's chest. Then he looked at the woman who caused it.
He recognized her immediately from the photos Yan Lingxiao cherished.
With anger and confusion, he widened his eyes and shouted indignantly:
"Sister-in-law! How could you injure Boss? Are you crazy? Boss loves you so much! If Boss hadn't held back his punch just now, you wouldn't be Boss's match at all! You are ungrateful!"
"Man Hu, shut up!"
Yan Lingxiao immediately roared, trying to stop Man Hu when he heard him talking nonsense. He knew this would only make things worse.
However, the damage was done.
Luo Yuhe's eyes widened upon hearing this term. Her graceful and heroic face showed confusion and bewilderment, filled with question marks.
Sister-in-law??
She looked at the ragged, intense man in front of her, and then at the brute calling her that.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Who's your sister-in-law? I don't know you! Don't talk rubbish and ruin my innocence!"
Panic suddenly seized her heart. She wasn't afraid of the enemy; she was afraid Shen Anyu would misunderstand! She was afraid Shen Anyu would think she had some shady past with these men.
Luo Yuhe turned around, looking at Shen Anyu somewhat flustered, her eyes pleading. She quickly grabbed his arm and explained frantically:
"Husband, don't misunderstand, I don't know these people, really..."
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