Translation:
"It's true! I swear! How could I possibly be involved with him! He's your fiancée's brother! If I got involved with Xiao Tonghao, Mrs. Xiao would beat me to death alive!" Xia Zhisu was telling the truth.
She really did worry that Mrs. Xiao would beat her to death.
Ling Tian'ao actually believed this! Xia Zhisu was so afraid of death!
Ling Tian'ao scoffed, "A woman like you deserves to be beaten to death!"
"Hey, you can't attack me personally! Even if you hate me, you don't need to say it like that!" Xia Zhisu mumbled.
Looking at Xia Zhisu pouting, Ling Tian'ao found himself both annoyed and amused, "I hate you? Xia Zhisu, get it straight! Who is it that sees me and desperately tries to hide? I kindly took you into the Ling Family, yet you'd crawl through a dog hole to escape! Tell me who hates whom!"
"You're still hung up on that! It was just a dog hole; why are you always thinking about it!"
