Cui Jiyang: ...

A vicious assault was transformed by her few words into an act of Cui Ziqi standing up for love.

What could he say?

Speaking up for Zheng Minghuai would inevitably jeopardize his carefully cultivated image as a loving father, and might even force Xia Wan to reveal the secret of Cui Ziqi's mother.

He was unwilling to speak up for Cui Ziqi.

He remained silent.

Zheng Minghuai looked at Xia Wan with a sullen face and slightly furrowed brows.

It wasn't anger; her slightly lowered peach blossom eyes twitched, more like regret.

"Xia Wan is, after all, the daughter of the Xia family. It's really inappropriate for Young Master Zheng to make her wash his feet."

"But Xia Wan went too, didn't she? She made a fool of herself by pestering Young Master Zheng for three whole years. Young Master Zheng is probably already tired of her."

"Young Master Zheng changes women like clothes. Countless girls are eager to pursue him. Have you ever heard of him treating any woman so badly that he made her go to a foot massage parlor to wash his feet? It's not like she's a prostitute. I think it must be a personal grudge."

"Perhaps Cui Ziqi had liked Xia Wan for a long time, but Xia Wan liked Zheng Minghuai before, so he couldn't confess. Later, when he found out that the girl he liked was being treated like this by someone else, he also felt resentful. He was quite a man to be crazy for love."

"..."

The hushed discussions around them reached their ears.

Xia Wan was very satisfied.

Although this wasn't the real reason Cui Ziqi stormed into the foot massage parlor, in order to salvage Cui Ziqi's image somewhat, Zheng Minghuai had to be sacrificed.

He dared to provoke us first!

Xia Zhizhi watched Zheng Minghuai's retreating figure, her heart aching. She then walked over to Zheng Minghuai's side.

Her eyes, filled with the light of a sky full of stars, gazed tenderly at Xia Wan.

"Sister, so you don't like Brother Minghuai? You were so excited before you went to the foot massage parlor. I thought you were head over heels in love with Brother Minghuai. If I had known you liked Young Master Cui, I would never have supported you in pursuing Brother Minghuai in such extreme ways."