Chapter 10：Making a Scene at the Wedding (9)

The newcomer stared at Qiu Lingyang with eyes full of anger, as if she wished she could swallow her whole.

However, she quickly put on a friendly face and spoke in a gentle tone, "Xiaoyang, you're grown up now. Stop doing things that embarrass your father."

"Embarrassing things?" Qiu Lingyang sneered. "Please tell me, is it embarrassing for him that I'm getting married? Or is it more embarrassing that his wife is cheating on him behind his back?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" The woman's feigned gentleness disappeared instantly, and her face turned ugly.

"The ancients said, 'If you don't want others to know, don't do it yourself,'" Qiu Lingyang sneered.

This woman was her stepmother, Lu Meizhen, and also the younger sister of her biological mother. Her father was driven to death by this woman.

Three days after her mother's funeral, he boldly brought this woman into the family.

In his heart, Lu Meizhen was a thrifty housewife, knowledgeable, and possessed both external beauty and intelligence, embodying all the virtues of a woman.

He would probably never believe that this woman could betray him.

"You know, so what?" Lu Meizhen resumed her dignified and gentle appearance. "If you have evidence, why don't you go tell your father? Tell him that his wife is cheating on him and see if he believes you or me?"

"My words won't be believed by him, but what if there's a video?" Qiu Lingyang stared at Lu Meizhen, seeing her face contort with anger, which was quite satisfying.

In fact, she didn't actually have any so-called videos; it was just an accident when she stumbled upon that daring couple.

"A video?" Lu Meizhen panicked. "Hand over the video."

"Heh..." Qiu Lingyang laughed coldly. "Do you think I would give it to you?"

"You little slut!" Lu Meizhen swung her hand towards Qiu Lingyang.

Qiu Lingyang grabbed the hand coming towards her and pushed it away. "Auntie, do you think I'm still the little girl you could scold and beat as you pleased?"

Twelve years ago, she was just ten years old. Her mother had just passed away, and this woman married into the Qiu family.

In front of her father, Lu Meizhen would play the role of a kind stepmother, but as soon as her father left, she would physically abuse her.

At first, she would cry and complain to her father about her grievances.

However, Lu Meizhen didn't need to say anything; she just needed to pretend to be very aggrieved and look at her father with tear-filled eyes.

As a result, her father thought she was being unreasonable and punished her by making her kneel in the study for an hour.

This kind of thing repeated for several months. Later, she became smarter and silently endured the beatings, never telling her father again.

Her tolerance made this woman even more audacious. When her father wasn't home, she would find ways to torment her.

Qiu Lingyang still remembers clearly that her stepmother never needed a reason to hit her. It was as if she was the punching bag for the mother and daughter.

Until that person appeared, she managed to escape from their clutches. But three years ago, to save her...

Thinking of that person, Qiu Lingyang's heart throbbed twice, and her nose felt like it was about to cry.

"Do you think you've found a talisman by hooking up with the young master of the Shang family?" Lu Meizhen sneered, "Don't be naive. How could that high and mighty second young master ever choose a broken shoe like you?"

"Whether the shoe fits or not, only by wearing it will you know," came a lazy, deep voice.