Lu Qin Yaozu had become long complacent after taking control of his company and the business fields, with the arrogance which was engrained in his bones, it was impossible for him to take Xua Ying Yue seriously. In his eyes, the young girl who was bullied by his daughter will soon forget the happenings which took place in City S and will leave them in the past.
What was more, he looked down on people like Xua Ying Yue who did not have either money or power which would give them a foot holding in the city, thus even though he was a bit terrified of those gloomy eyes which schemed against him and his family in such a manner that they could not retaliate even once, he did not wish to admit that Xua Ying Yue was better than him, Lu Qin Yaozu who cleaned his father's mistress and his illegitimate son as well.
" Father," he was still lost in his thoughts when a gentle voice fluttered from behind and Lu Qin Yaozu turned to look at Lu Biya who was dressed in a pale pink dress with white stockings and a white overcoat, her hair was nicely tucked and tied in two braids as she smiled at him gently, " I am going to the award ceremony."
This award ceremony was the one which was not only going to be broadcasted all over the television stations while she was getting interviewed but was also a very important ceremony where she will be meeting the elders of the literature council.
" Is it today?" Lu Qin Yaozu stood up from his chair, he had been busy with work and swiping his half-brother clean which was why he did not have the time to remember that the literature association award ceremony was going to be held today. He picked up his coat which was lying on the back of the chair and then headed towards Lu Biya, his eyes carelessly swept at his daughter who was smiling at him obediently but her act was not bought by Lu Qin Yaozu, he narrowed his eyes and gruffly said, " I had someone prepare your speech, did you learn it by heart?"
Lu Biya wanted to say that she was going to use her own speech but when she saw the chilling look in the eyes of her father, she nodded her head stiffly and said, " Yes, I have a father."
" Good, I have seen the speech that you wrote. I am ashamed to say that even a five-year-old can use better idioms and phrases than you—— it was a humiliating thing, I hope you will know what is good for you and won't use your own stupid speech!" After he was done speaking, he strode inside the house and said, " I will arrive at the venue in time, you on the other hand make sure that you will not embarrass me at the ceremony. If you make one mistake, I will send you to abroad!"
As he was walking with his face forward, he did not see the gloomy, venomous look on his daughter's face. Lu Biya who was standing outside in the back garden clenched her fingers so tight that she almost cracked her nails, she knew why her father was acting like such——
He was embarrassed because she made him lose his face in front of Xua Ying Yue who was nothing in the eyes of her father. Xua Ying Yue was supposed to be the one who was a charitable cause, the one whom her father brought inside the prestigious school where she could only but instead, Xua Ying Yue turned around and threw the book which she had stolen from her as a charity, even when she left she had this haughty look on her face that it made Lu Biya's teeth to grind.
She had heard what Lu Biya did and said to Tan Jing and Su Meirong, and the two of them wasted no time in telling her the parting words of Xua Ying Yue even though she no longer had to see Xua Ying Yue anymore she could still her words which she left for her before leaving under her desk written on a small chit which read——
'No matter how much you try, you will always be my cheap copy. Even if you reach the pinnacle of success, you will remember how your fame, power and name were all borrowed from me, a girl you hated.'
As soon as she was reminded of those words, Xua Ying Yue's voice started to echo in her ears, she could almost hear that woman laughing at her which made Lu Biya raise her hands and cover her ears.
" Shut up!" But the more she tried to stop those words from circulating in her head, the louder they got because her inferiorities were getting poked again and again by the words.
" I said shut up!" She shouted swinging her hands and knocking everything down on the ground which was sitting on the tea table where her father was sitting just a moment ago.
Lu Biya stared at the grass which was stained with tea as well as her pure white stockings which were splashed with the brownish liquid and breathed heavily before muttering as her eyes flashed wildly, " I am not a cheap copy! I will never be a cheap copy! I am Lu Biya, the heiress of the Lu corporations. I am better than the girl who lived her entire life in the slums!"
As she said those words, funnily enough, Lu Biya convinced herself.
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The literature association's ceremony did not start until six in the evening which was why Lu Biya had enough time to change her clothes. She changed into a trendy blue shirt and skirt with a little flare in it and coupled it with a delicate hair band which gave her a sort of naive and innocent vibe.
As she walked inside the association building with her father, Lu Biya continued to smile politely as she greeted all the leaders but as soon as she arrived at the ceremony hall, she realised that the head of the association, Ming Zhiyan was missing.