A Rich Second-generation Villain Can’t Just Enjoy Life — Chapter 786

Chapter 786: Ex-girlfriend!

The thought alone made Qin Yuan’s face drain of all color. Although his Xiantian Spirit Corpse, Yaoyao, had yet to gain true sentience, her beauty was, in his eyes, a peerless wonder that no other woman could ever hope to match. He had long since come to see her as his future Dao Companion.

Once Yaoyao successfully weathered the Golden Core Lightning Tribulation, she might even awaken a true consciousness.

But if Shen Anyu were to defile her…

‘No, absolutely not! Anything but that!’

Qin Yuan violently shook his head, his expression turning grim and cold. Ever since the day he was betrayed by his ex-girlfriend, Tan Yan, and his so-called brother, He Peng, Yaoyao had become his emotional anchor—the one line that could never be crossed. He had to get her back from Shen Anyu, no matter the cost.

But how? Qin Yuan’s brows knitted together, his face a mask of heavy worry.

While Qin Yuan was desperately plotting how to reclaim his Xiantian Spirit Corpse and storage ring, Shen Anyu was taking a leisurely stroll through the gardens of his luxurious villa. A handsome, easy smile graced his lips as he admired the carefully crafted landscape art.

“Good day, First Young Master Shen!”

“Hello, First Young Master Shen!”

The gardeners and servants, one after another, bowed their heads and offered respectful greetings as he passed.

Shen Anyu was not one for arrogance. He simply offered a pleasant smile and a nod in return.

After he had moved on, two young maids began whispering to each other.

“First Young Master Shen is just so handsome… the kind that dazzles you. And his aura is incredible.”

“Mhm, yes! He’s so approachable, too. He even smiled at me just now.”

“He was clearly smiling at me! Do you think… do you think First Young Master Shen has taken a liking to me?”

“…Don’t be so full of yourself! Miss Zhang Yaqian, Miss Ruyan, and even Heavenly Queen Zhong are all peerless beauties. What makes you think you have a chance? Stop daydreaming and get back to sweeping.”

“Honestly, can’t a girl even dream? Fine, fine, I’m sweeping…”

Shen Anyu’s heightened senses naturally caught their hushed conversation, but he paid it no mind. When one’s looks reached his level, such reactions were commonplace. It was a burden he shared with many of the handsome readers of his tale—always being coveted for their bodies.

Just then, the head butler approached, followed by a small group.

“Young Master, the people from the landscaping company have arrived.”

Leading the group was a sharp-looking young man in glasses, accompanied by a young woman with decent looks. Behind them trailed several workers in blue uniforms.

‘Why are they here?!’

From his hiding spot in a dark corner, Qin Yuan’s soul form watched the scene unfold. The moment he laid eyes on the man in glasses and the woman beside him, his expression twisted into one of utter shock and disbelief.

Even if he were burned to ash, even if he were granted another life, he would never, ever forget those two faces.

He Peng! Tan Yan!

One was his former brother. The other, his former girlfriend.

And they were the two who had ended up in the same bed, betraying him together.

Since his rebirth, Qin Yuan had been consumed with cultivating his power and making trouble for Shen Anyu. He hadn’t found the time to deal with these two traitors. So why were they appearing before Shen Anyu now? Was this some kind of conspiracy?

But in Shen Anyu’s eyes, he was supposed to be dead. His body had been pulverized, hadn’t it?

Qin Yuan’s brow furrowed in deep confusion. Back at the Shaman God Cult headquarters in Nanjiang, hadn’t he faked his own death, allowing his physical form to be obliterated to secure his escape? Why would Shen Anyu be seeking out He Peng and Tan Yan now? Did he suspect that he wasn’t truly dead? Or was this all just a bizarre coincidence?

Wary, Qin Yuan carefully suppressed his spiritual fluctuations, ensuring Shen Anyu wouldn’t detect his presence.

A faint, knowing curve touched Shen Anyu’s lips. His gaze fell upon the fawning, obsequious faces of He Peng and Tan Yan as he spoke with a light, casual tone.

“I heard your Dapeng Landscaping Company has a good reputation. I’d like you to handle the garden.”

“We will absolutely satisfy you, First Young Master Shen!” He Peng was ecstatic. If he could forge a connection with the Yanxia’s Shen Clan, wouldn’t his business soar to the heavens?

He quickly plastered a sycophantic smile on his face, bowing low before Shen Anyu. He unrolled a blueprint and began his presentation.

“Hello, First Young Master Shen!”

“?” Shen Anyu adopted a perfectly puzzled expression.

He Peng scrambled to explain. “First Young Master Shen, you must have misunderstood. My ‘Hello, First Young Master Shen’just now wasn’t a greeting like the servants’. It’s the theme of the garden I designed for you. It’s called’Hello, First Young Master Shen.'”

He continued, his voice dripping with false enthusiasm. “Ever since I received the instructions from your butler, I worked through the night to design this themed garden. When you, First Young Master Shen, stand on your balcony and look down, you will find that every tree, every rockery, every single shrub, is positioned to be waving and greeting you, as if they are all saying, ‘Hello, First Young Master Shen…'”

[Ding! The Child of Destiny, Qin Yuan, is experiencing complex emotions. Plundering +6666 Destiny Value!]

‘Heh… Heh heh… He Peng, weren’t you always so proud and arrogant? Look at you now, groveling before Shen Anyu like a pathetic stray dog on the roadside…”And you, Tan Yan… you betrayed me, Qin Yuan, for a dog like this?’

Watching He Peng bow and scrape before Shen Anyu, a turbulent storm of emotions churned within Qin Yuan.

Back then, before he had stumbled upon the legacy of the Ancient Corpse Refining Sect, he couldn’t compare to He Peng in any regard. He Peng was taller and more handsome. He had gotten into a top university for landscape architecture and, after graduating, started a company that was already thriving.

Even when he caught them, Tan Yan had righteously berated him, sneering that he couldn’t hold a candle to He Peng in any way, from head to toe.

The words had struck Qin Yuan like a physical blow, and he couldn’t find a single way to refute them. Disheartened, he had returned to his hometown to take over his grandfather’s grim job as a corpse retriever. It was only later, by a stroke of fortune, that he obtained a cultivation legacy and changed his own destiny…

But now, that same He Peng, his former rival, was completely subservient before Shen Anyu, another of his enemies, fawning to a degree that was physically uncomfortable to watch.

Qin Yuan couldn’t bear to look at He Peng any longer and shifted his attention to Tan Yan.

Staring at that painfully familiar face, he wanted to see if she found He Peng’s behavior as disdainful as he did. But one glance was all it took to fill Qin Yuan with a fresh wave of incandescent rage.

He saw that Tan Yan was not only far from despising He Peng’s behavior, but she was bowing even lower than he was. Her dress, already revealing, was cut so low that her stooped posture nearly exposed the pale curve of her chest to Shen Anyu’s view.

She was making no effort to be subtle.

Worse, her eyes were darting toward Shen Anyu, attempting to send flirtatious signals.

[Ding! The Child of Destiny, Qin Yuan, is enraged and humiliated. Plundering +9999 Destiny Value!]

‘Shameless bitch! A pair of shameless dogs!’Qin Yuan cursed inwardly.’First Young Master Shen is just too handsome!’Tan Yan’s mind was racing.’Not only is his family background so immense, but he’s this handsome, too? He’s beyond perfect!’

The moment Tan Yan had laid eyes on Shen Anyu, she was practically drowning in desire, her gaze glued to him. She and her current boyfriend, He Peng, had received the notification from the Shen Clan’s butler yesterday. They had come to tour First Young Master Shen’s luxurious villa and see the grounds for themselves, but she had never expected the man himself to be not only impossibly powerful but also devastatingly handsome.

The He Peng standing beside her was outclassed by a factor of ten thousand.

If only First Young Master Shen would take an interest in her… The thought made Tan Yan unconsciously smooth a hand down her thigh.

To her deep disappointment, however, Shen Anyu didn’t so much as glance in her direction. It was as if her desperate, flirtatious looks were being wasted on a blind man.

Of course, Shen Anyu couldn’t possibly be interested in Tan Yan. While she might be considered pretty, a “class belle” at best, she was far from the kind of peerless beauty who could topple nations. She wasn’t even worthy of a second look from him.

“Hello, First Young Master Shen?” Shen Anyu looked at He Peng with a half-smile that didn’t reach his eyes. “Do you take me for some kind of nouveau riche?” He was no Wang Duoyu; he had no taste for such ostentatious, gaudy gardens. [Translator’s Note: Wang Duoyu is a character from the popular Chinese comedy film “Hello Mr. Billionaire” who becomes obscenely rich overnight and is known for his tacky, over-the-top spending.]

He Peng immediately slapped his own cheek, realizing he had horribly miscalculated. He bowed again. “First Young Master Shen, our design was flawed. Please, instruct us.”

“You can communicate the details with the butler. Focus on a natural theme,” Shen Anyu said casually. Then, under the respectful gazes of the small crowd, he turned and walked away without another word.

‘Shen Anyu finally left!’ Qin Yuan’s spirits soared.

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