Boom!

Xia Linyu stumbled backward as if he had just been struck by lightning. His delicate features completely drained of color as he stared at Gu Ruoyun in disbelief.

"Sister, what do you mean by this? Xia Ming had committed patricide? He was involved with Grandfather's death?"

As Xia Linyu had arrived a little later, he was not too clear on what had just happened a while ago. However, he never imagined that Xia Ming would be so cruel and had murdered their grandfather who had brought him into this world and nurtured him!

"No, it was not my fault! That sl*t, Qiu Na, is to blame for this. If it had not been for her, this would never have happened."

Once he finished speaking and before anyone could react, Xia Ming suddenly charged towards Qiu Na and wrapped his hand tightly around her neck. At that moment, Qiu Na was completely unable to speak as she stared at that man's reddened eyes in terror.

"Sl*t, you had dared to spin such lies to me and had committed adultery with another! If it had not been for your lies, how much more blessed would I be now?" Xia Ming tightened his grip, he was so filled with hatred that he wanted to strangle her to death.

Qiu Na gasped but her throat was unable to make a sound. She has turned completely red in the face and looked pleadingly at Xia Chuxue who was slumped on the floor.

However, Xia Chuxue was now powerless to defend herself so how could she even take care of her mother? When she saw the pleading look in Qiu Na's eyes, she quickly turned away and no longer spared her mother another look.

Qiu Na's expression filled with hurt and despair when she saw this. She never thought that Xia Chuxue would treat her in this manner at such a critical moment.

"Wah!"

Xia Chuling finally regained her senses from her foolish stupor and ran towards Xia Ming, bawling her eyes out. She then began to fiercely beat Xia Ming's back with her little fists.

"Bad Daddy, you let Mother go, let her go!"

Thump!

The maddened Xia Ming slapped Xia Chuling, instantly flinging her tiny body out of the way. She happened to land on a stone column and blood began to gush out from the back of her head. Her tiny body slumped onto the floor as confusion and uncertainty swirled in her eyes.

She could not understand the situation. Why is Daddy, who has always loved and cherished Mother, trying to kill Mother? She wondered.

Daddy has always spoiled and loved me, why would he raise his hand against me? She could not understand this either.

Of course, these were things that she would never understand!

Qiu Na's heart quivered and two streams of tears finally rolled down her cheeks. She turned pleadingly towards Xia Chuxue once again and, mustering all of her strength, managed to wheeze a plea from the recesses of her throat, "Save... Save your little sister."

Xia Chuxue lowered her head and did not even look at Xia Chuling who was now lying in a pool of blood.

Qiu Na's heart finally gave up all hope.

"Hahaha!"

Suddenly, Qiu Na burst into laughter. She gathered a strength she never knew she had and pushed Xia Ming away. Her body stumbled back and she directed a glare filled with cold, black hatred at Xia Ming.

"Xia Ming, did you know that you're the person that I love most in the world but you are also the person that I hate most of all? How many oaths of eternal love had you once pledged to me? You even said that one day, you would take me as your wife in a just and honorable manner. Yet in the end, after waiting for you, I received the news of you marrying Lady Mo!"

Qiu Na gently shut her eyes and her heart filled with indescribable pain.

"Actually, Lady Mo was also rather pitiful because she had been completely innocent. Had you not schemed to get her, she wouldn't have had any affection for you. Even so, I still hated her. So what if she was a pitiful wretch? It's her fault for taking you away!"