"Enough, Huo Qinglin, stop pretending to be virtuous. The only reason you've been getting close to me is because I hold the pear garden's property deed. You want to marry me and use it to gain favor with your grandfather, don't you? Your motives and intentions—I saw through them long ago. I've never exposed you because I hoped that, one day, your conscience would awaken, sparing us both from coming to the point of mutual destruction." Lin Banxia's voice carried an icy chill, colder than the sea breeze. Everyone around froze, holding their breath, staring in disbelief at the girl they usually thought of as naive and foolish—astonished that she could speak such daring and heart-piercing words.
Huo Qinglin was equally stunned, his eyes blazing with fury as they widened.
Lin Banxia—a foolish woman—had actually seen through his schemes? And not only that, she exposed him in front of all these people.
