She coughed lightly, feigning composure, "What Ling family? You must have misheard!"
Gong Ning's lips trembled slightly, and she suddenly took a step forward.
Following the sound, he grabbed Su Cheng's arm with great force, and his aura suddenly became cold and terrifying.
Tell me, what happened to the Ling family?
Gong Ning's voice carried a sharp, out-of-control quality, as if the air itself had frozen for a moment.
Su Cheng was taken aback for a moment by her sudden powerful aura, and coupled with the pain in her arm from being gripped so tightly, a surge of anger welled up in her heart.
He yanked the girl away uncontrollably, "Are you crazy? What does it matter to you what happens to the Ling family? Didn't you hear what we were saying just now? Now I'm telling you, it's exactly what you heard. Are you satisfied now?"
Gong Ning suddenly stumbled a few times and almost lost her balance.
In her extreme anger and shock, she didn't even notice that she was gradually losing her strength.
After a few seconds of stunned silence, her still bright eyes blinked sharply, and she suddenly roared with intense anger, "You're lying!"
Su Cheng was genuinely amused and pointed at herself, hardly believing her ears. "I'm a liar? Let me tell you, young lady, Mr. and Mrs. Ling were in a terrible car accident, their faces completely disfigured. The Ling mansion burned down, and Old Master Ling perished in the flames, his remains never recovered. The Ling family was wiped out overnight, with no one surviving. This is an open secret in high society. Why would I make up a story to lie to you? I'm not that bored!"
Boom!
As if struck by lightning, Gong Ning was stunned and remained frozen in place for a long time, her gaze blank.
Repeated softly, as if in a sigh, "No one survived..."
"Oh, no, it's not like no one survived. Look at Yan Jingzhou, isn't he living a good life now? He's living a very comfortable life, exchanging his adoptive parents' lives for this immense wealth!"
Su Cheng's tone was tinged with bitterness and resentment, but then she smiled and said, "However, Yan Jingzhou is quite the romantic, as he actually rescued his fiancée from that rapidly spreading fire."
Oh dear, he ignored his own grandfather and went to save his lover instead. Should I call him ungrateful? Or blinded by lust? Haha!
Gong Ning looked up blankly, her eyes eerily empty, as if she were muttering something, as if she hadn't quite grasped the situation. "Yan Jingzhou's fiancée?"
"Gong Ning! You didn't know this? To be able to attend today's Qingyan banquet, your family must be quite well-off. How come you're so out of touch? Are you perhaps someone's illegitimate daughter? If that's the case, then your rude, reckless, and tactless behavior can be explained!"
A few scattered bursts of laughter rose from the surroundings, perhaps laughing at Su Cheng's ignorance and fearlessness, or perhaps at Gong Ning...
They were quite happy to see this unfamiliar woman from the Yan ethnic group, who was about to become their fiancée, just watching the spectacle unfold without getting involved!
At the same time, a sense of contempt and disdain arose in her heart. She had long heard that the fiancée of the Crown Prince of the Yan family came from a humble background and a small family. Judging from her rude and reckless behavior today, the rumors must be true!
Gong Ning seemed to suddenly lose her footing, her body went limp, and she fell to the ground in a disheveled state.
His hands, helplessly braced on the floor strewn with shards of glass, were covered in cuts and bloodstains. In no time, bright red blood silently oozed out.
"Mr. and Mrs. Ling were tragically killed in a car accident, their faces disfigured beyond recognition. The Ling mansion was engulfed in flames, and Old Master Ling perished in the inferno, his remains never recovered. The Ling family was annihilated overnight, with no one surviving!"
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