Lu Yingxue felt her hand come away covered in blood.
The bandage on her right cheek had been knocked off, exposing the ghastly wound beneath.
The wound split open, oozing pus and blood.
Lu Bannong's slap had reopened the wound that was beginning to scab over.
"Father..."
Lu Bannong stared at her, his eyes devoid of any warmth: "Didn't I warn you not to act clever? Do you think Zhong Yi is like the fools you've dealt with before? He climbed step by step to reach his position! How could you become so impatient? Is it because you lost to Qiao Xi?"
"I..."
He was right.
Lu Yingxue's neck flushed red.
Qiao Xi's arrival had brought unprecedented setbacks to her life.
She wanted to prove herself!
She first aimed to replace Qiao Xi in Zhong Yi's heart, but she never anticipated that she would end up sabotaging herself!
She gained nothing, only incurring Zhong Yi's disdain and her father's reprimands.
