"What now, Miss Liu has to be taught even how to apologize?"
The tone sunk a few degrees, startling Liu Na into instinctively shrinking back, unable to utter a word. The whispering of the people around her grew louder, making her wish she could just find a crevice in the ground to crawl into.
"Aren't you going to apologize to Mrs. Huo right now? How can you be so thoughtless?"
Mr. Liu, sweating with urgency, saw Liu Na standing still like a log and decided to take matters into his own hands, directly slapping her across the face.
With a "smack," the crisp sound was as clear as a park elder spinning a top, heard perfectly by everyone in the banquet hall.
Not only was Liu Na stunned, so was Mu Lan; only Huo Tingxiao remained calm, as if he had expected such a scene to ensue.
Shen Zichu silently sighed, feeling that Liu Na had brought this upon herself. Lin Yize's expression remained unchanging, his attention focused on Mu Lan throughout.
