Chapter 722 The young mistress is really giving you face.

Xia Wanwan felt a chill run through her body. She turned around, looked at Xia Luoluo in disbelief, and questioned her, word by word, "Is what they said true?"

"No, sister, it's not true." Xia Luoluo immediately denied it.

Xia Wanwan couldn't hold back and slapped Xia Luoluo across the face.

Xia Luoluo was completely stunned, covering her face: "You hit me?"

"I'll ask you one more time, is what they said true?" Xia Wanwan's voice was even sterner than before.

Looking at her haughty demeanor, Xia Luoluo scoffed inwardly; "Since you don't believe me, why bother asking? Whatever they say is what it is. I admit my mistake, and I have no objection to whatever you decide to do with me."

"So it's true..." Xia Wanwan's heart sank. She pointed at Xia Luoluo and scolded, "You disgust me. How could you do something so despicable? Someone like you wants to marry into a wealthy family? If this gets out, how many people in the capital will even look at you? You're digging your own grave."

Charlotte said, "This was all Mother's idea. Even if you want to scold me, it's not my place."

She was determined to distance herself from the situation. After all, it was Zhou Fenglin who arranged it from the beginning, and Xia Luoluo was just an accomplice. What could Huo Nanxiao do to her? Did he really dare to cut her into a thousand pieces?

If that's really the case, then Zhou Fenglin would have died seventeen or eighteen times over.

Xia Luoluo simply gave up.

Seeing the situation, Zhou Fenglin could only plead with Xia Wanwan, hoping that she would speak on Huo Nanxiao's behalf because she was his mother.

But before Xia Wanwan could speak, Lu Qi said, "There's another matter that Miss Wanwan needs to clarify in person. Your mother said that you were poisoned and hospitalized because you couldn't swallow the humiliation Xia Ningxi had caused you to commit suicide. So you went to cause trouble for Xia Ningxi and then killed yourself, and you think you're in the right?"

"I—" Xia Wanwan's teeth were practically grinding to powder as she angrily glared at her mother and sister behind her.

She had no idea how much trouble these two had gotten into!

Xia Wanwan bit her lip and explained, "This has nothing to do with Ning Xi. It's all my fault."

"Since it has nothing to do with me, then please take better care of your own family in the future," Xia Ningxi said at this moment.

Xia Wanwan said, "I'm sorry, I know."

Xia Ningxi added, "I have never sought trouble with you outside, but you and your family have repeatedly come to the hospital to find fault with me and spread rumors everywhere, which has seriously affected my work and reputation. These losses cannot be resolved with just an apology."

Xia Wanwan frowned: "Then what do you want?"

“Naturally, he should personally go to the hospital and apologize to me in front of everyone,” Xia Ningxi said.

Xia Wanwan's thin face turned pale instantly. She forced a bad expression and said, "There's no need to take this to the hospital, is there? We're all family. If we really go to the hospital and are surrounded by so many people, who knows how many people will laugh at us."

"So you're already thinking about how others will laugh at you? When you were causing trouble for me at the hospital, did you ever think about how people would talk about me? Besides, I work in a service industry, and my reputation is more important to me. If you want others to respect you, think carefully about whether you deserve it." Xia Ningxi didn't give her any face at all.

Xia Wanwan remained silent for a long time without speaking. She dared not make this decision because she was a person who cared about her reputation. If she brought her family to the hospital to apologize to Xia Ningxi in person, she didn't know how many people in the capital would laugh at her in the future.

In the end, Xia Wanwan had no choice but to seek help from Huo Nanxiao.

But Huo Nanxiao did not give Xia Wanwan an answer.

Xia Wanwan could only apologize to Xia Ningxi: "I'm sorry, Ningxi, I can't agree to your request. I'll do anything you ask, except for a public apology. We are all well-known people in the capital. If this kind of ugly thing continues, the entire Xia family will become a laughing stock in the capital's high society. I can't let that happen."

"Heh." Xia Ningxi laughed disdainfully. She was truly fed up with Xia Wanwan's fake good-natured act. She said, "You keep saying you're thinking of the Xia family, so as long as it's beneficial to you, you'll do it even if it harms other people's interests. But if it harms your interests, you turn your back on them? Xia Wanwan, you're really selfish."

"When you want a good reputation, why don't you think about others? You should apologize for what you've done. I only asked you to go to the hospital to apologize sincerely, and you couldn't stand it. So how could you be so self-righteous when you came to the hospital to cause trouble for me back then?" Xia Ningxi questioned.

Xia Wanwan said, "I went to the hospital not to damage your reputation, I just hoped that you could ask Uncle Huo to be lenient and let the Xia family off the hook. Was I wrong to do that?"

"Heh, you could have gone to Huo Xiuyuan, but you didn't." Xia Ningxi's eyes were cold.

Xia Wanwan replied, "Uncle Huo doesn't take me seriously at all. If I go to him, I'll only humiliate myself and might even be kicked out like before. But the Xia family went bankrupt and ran out of funds, all because of you. As long as you plead for the Xia family, Uncle Huo won't cause us any trouble, so I did nothing wrong."

"You mean everything is my fault?" Xia Ningxi's entire demeanor changed.

Xia Wanwan knew that there would inevitably be a struggle between her and Xia Ningxi.

If she had confronted Xia Ningxi earlier and fought for the status of Huo Nanxiao's wife, perhaps Zhou Fenglin and Xia Luoluo wouldn't have gone astray, and wouldn't have harbored such delusions.

Therefore, Xia Wanwan did not back down when facing Xia Ningxi at this moment. Instead, she said firmly, "That's right. Since you promised to divorce Nan Xiao, you should resolve all the troubles instead of running to Uncle Huo and blaming me for all sorts of things."

“You already have three children, and Uncle Huo has said that everything in the Huo family will be inherited by your children. You already have enough. You shouldn’t be competing with me for the position of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Huo family. You know perfectly well that I have nothing but Nan Xiao, so why do you still try to sow discord between me and the Huo family? I could have married into the Huo family from the very beginning, but because of you, I’ve been in a coma for so many years. Are you really not at fault?”

Xia Wanwan loudly protested.

At this moment, she directed all her resentment towards Xia Ningxi.

She believed that Xia Ningxi had taken everything from her.

Seeing her like this, Xia Ningxi sneered inwardly: "Finally, you've stopped pretending?"

Previously, Xia Wanwan had repeatedly promised that she only wanted the status of the young mistress of the Huo family. She said that once she recovered and was able to support herself, she would cancel the engagement with Huo Nanxiao. She made such nice promises back then, but now that so little time has passed, she's already revealing her true colors.

Xia Ningxi said, "I saved your life too. We've settled our score long ago. Are you still trying to use what happened back then to pressure me?"

Xia Wanwan replied, "It's true that you saved me, but Nan Xiao also gave you and Tang En money. You both received a good reward. Since you paid me, I don't owe you anything. But the fact that I was in a coma for six years and was disliked by Uncle Huo was partly your fault."

Xia Ningxi didn't expect Xia Wanwan to be so unreasonable. She sneered, "Every penny Huo Nanxiao gave me is our joint property as husband and wife. Miss Xia, are you reminding me to sue you for the child support that Nanxiao has given you over the years? If that's really what you mean, then don't blame me. Your whole family probably couldn't pay back this money even if they sold themselves."

Xia Wanwan's voice went hoarse.

Lu Qi almost died laughing on the side. He said in a serious tone, "Miss Wanwan, according to our estimates, over the years, Young Master Huo has spent nearly 200 million yuan just on finding a medical team and various treatments for you. In addition, there is the money to support the Xia family and the money to give your parents. In total, it is also 200 to 300 million yuan. Let's roughly say it is 500 million yuan. This money is the joint property of Young Madam and Young Master Huo."

"If you really want to get the money back, young mistress, you'll have to pay back at least two hundred million. Can your family really afford that much? You're not going to end up asking Young Master Huo for money again, are you?"

Lu Qi feigned surprise and mocked.

Xia Wanwan's face burned like fire. She had never been so humiliated. She opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

Seeing this, Lu Qi added insult to injury: "Miss Wanwan, do you not have money? The young mistress has already been very kind of you by not making you pay back the money. How can you be so ungrateful? With your insatiable greed, how could Master Huo possibly look at you? Even without the young mistress, with the character of your family, you would never be able to enter the Huo family."