“That’s right, this is a family matter for the Lu family!” Lin Yuqing walked in from outside and stood next to Lu Lishan. The couple smiled at each other.
Then Lin Yuqing looked at Xia Zhi, her expression indifferent, but her eyes held an undisguised sharpness.
"After you called the police, they immediately notified me, and I promptly explained the situation," she said calmly. "Jiang Youcai and Su Aiqian are our family. What happened twenty years ago was just a misunderstanding between family members!"
“Mom…” Jiang Mianmian’s eyes reddened as she looked at her. Lin Yuqing held her hand tightly and smiled lovingly.
"Misunderstandings between family members can be resolved privately!"
"No...that's not how it is!" Xia Zhi screamed hoarsely, but before she could do anything crazy, she was grabbed by the shoulders and pressed to the ground by the Lu family's bodyguards.
Lin Yuqing walked up to her.
Xia Zhi noticed her high heels, which gleamed with an air of elegance.
Then I suddenly remembered my childhood.
She was seven years old that year and joined the school's dance class, but she didn't have a decent pair of dance shoes.
She begged her mother countless times to buy her a pair of dance shoes. After her mother finally agreed after much pleading, she turned around and used the money meant for her dance shoes to buy toys for her younger brother...
Perhaps her distorted mentality started from that time.
She returned to the dance troupe and, while everyone else was resting, used a carving knife to make marks on all the dance shoes.
From that time on, she developed an almost obsessive fascination with money.
She would do anything for money and betray anyone, including Jiang Mianmian, the only person in the world who was truly sincere to her.
It all started because of those shoes.
Xia Zhi grinned, then suddenly reached out and grabbed Lin Yuqing's foot. Lin Yuqing gasped and stepped back, only to see Xia Zhi's contorted expression and trembling voice as she said:
"Mrs. Lu, your shoes... are really beautiful!"
What do you want to do?
"I'm wondering, if my mom had bought me those shoes back then, would I be in this situation?"
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