The whole world seemed to explode because of Sheng Qianxia's arrival.
Xie Weiyi had not expected that Sheng Qianxia would appear here.
Her body abruptly stiffened, instinctively reaching to grab the edge of Ling Muye's clothes.
"Isn't that Sheng Qianxia? Now, the entire Sheng Group belongs to the Ling Family, and everyone from the Sheng Family has been thrown out. If I were her, I would have dug a hole and buried my face in it long ago. But she still dares to come in!"
"She's not planning to steal the wedding, is she?"
"Steal the wedding? That's laughable. Can she steal the man from Weiyi? Look at herself and then look at Weiyi's status."
What is Xie Weiyi's status?
She was once a fatherless illegitimate daughter, recently recognized by the Xie Family, and now she's a wealthy young miss.
What is her status?
A fallen aristocrat!
Moreover, the Sheng Family, which had once shared the dominion over City A with the Gong Family, had declined many years ago, never to recover.
And just a moment ago, went completely bankrupt!
But why—
Sheng Qianxia didn't quite understand the cause of all these drastic changes.
"Ling, I just want to know why!"
Sheng Qianxia stared straight at Ling Muye, as if she couldn't believe that all of this was real.
"My dad adopted you, nurtured you, and never mistreated you for a second! Why did you want to destroy the Sheng Family, destroy everything my dad had?"
Not only that, but today he also got directly engaged to Xie Weiyi, turning her into a complete mockery!
Ling Muye had known she would come.
Only, she had come much later than he had thought.
But to see the entire Sheng Family being toyed with at the clap of his hands,
To see his archenemy's precious daughter brutally destroyed and humiliated by him,
Everything was worth it!
"Adopt me? The person who destroyed my home, drove my parents to commit suicide, adopted me, and I should be grateful?"
"Nurture me? Feeling guilty, then forcing me upon you, that wasn't mistreatment?"
"He thought, by marrying you to me, he could atone? Dream on! I wanted him to experience everything being utterly destroyed!"
Sheng Qianxia felt as if she was standing in an ice cellar.
The man in front of her was cold, ruthless, cruel, and harsh.
Where was the gentle and refined demeanor she remembered?
Her hair tips were still dripping with the icy rainwater.
Yet she felt he was colder than the freezing rain of December.
"Life is naturally full of ups and downs, and suicide is an act of cowards; no one should pay for them! Your revenge has gone far enough! Destroying the Sheng Family, acquiring the shares of Sheng Group under your name, isn't that enough? Why did you have to put my dad in prison? Release him immediately!"
"Facing such drastic changes in your family overnight, how can Ms. Sheng still be so naive?"
Ling Muye moved closer to Sheng Qianxia.
"Want to have him released? You're now nothing more than a penniless fallen aristocrat. You don't even know where to stay tonight. What bargaining chip do you have to negotiate with me?"
Sheng Qianxia's lips turned pale: "You—"
"If you were my concubine, perhaps I'd consider it."
Ling Muye coldly watched her in pain, his lips curled in a bloodthirsty sneer,
"Given that you were somewhat obedient and well-behaved before. Now kneel down and beg me, maybe I'll agree to let you be my concubine."
His tone was icily piercing, as if deliberately humiliating her.
Sheng Qianxia really couldn't believe that she was hearing these words from her fiancé!
Yesterday he had her go alone to the bridal shop to try on wedding dresses, was he planning her family's ruin then?
This moment's him was so unfamiliar.
If all his actions were for revenge, then he had achieved it!
He had destroyed everything of the Sheng Family.
And also destroyed the perfect image she held in her heart.