Due to her overwhelming despair, she fell silent. Yet, in Lu Zhandong's eyes, her silence was seen as compliance.
He scoffed and laughed coldly, "Ah! So you've nothing to say now?"
Hearing her father's ridicule, Lu Xinbai, whose heart was already in agony, felt as if another knife had been stabbed into it. The suppressed sound that was choked in her throat finally emerged. She laughed faintly and retorted, "Don't think everyone is as opportunistic as you, not everyone values only money and power. At least, me who you neglected since childhood, do not care for such things at all."
"Lu Xinbai..."
Her words made Lu Zhandong so angry that his whole body was trembling. He raised his hand to hit her again, but Lu Xinbai shrieked, "Try hitting me again! I'm still elder Mr. Gu's daughter! Aren't you afraid I'll report you to my father?"
"You...you..."
