Rich Family: The Crazy and Naughty Heroine Dotes on the Real Daughter

Madam Lu's expression brightened slightly when she heard what Madam Xu said, but after Lu Qingtang's repeated nagging, she finally had some sense and didn't dare to publicly say that she would forgive the Xu family on behalf of Lu Wensheng. She said lightly, "Shengsheng is right here. If the old lady really wants to talk to her, she can go and talk to her."

Madam Xu turned her gaze to Lu Qingtang, and a kind and gentle smile appeared on her dignified and wealthy face. "What a handsome child..."

Lu Qingtang blinked her large, dark, pure eyes and said with a smile, "Shengsheng and I are beautiful and intelligent, and everyone in Qincheng can see it. We don't need you, Madam Xu, to praise us."

Madam Xu said with a smile, "Miss Lu, the Xu family invited you to our home today under the pretext of a birthday banquet. It was a helpless move."

"I, an old woman, am putting aside my dignity today to apologize to you on behalf of my disappointing daughter-in-law and granddaughter."

"Whatever you want, just ask. As long as Xu can satisfy you, we will definitely satisfy you."

"I only ask you to let go and make peace with the past..."

"After all, the Xu and Lu families will become relatives in the future. How can they really become mortal enemies..."

Lu Qingtang looked at the other person's old and kind face, the expression that seemed to be sincere and heartfelt, tilted his head slightly, and laughed out loud, "Madam Xu, do I look stupid?"

"Or maybe, does Old Madam Xu think that I'm a spineless wimp like Madam Lu, who's been brainwashed beyond help by Lu Erya, and that as long as your Xu family lowers their stance a little and gives you a little face, I'll fawn over you and act like a dog wagging its tail and begging for mercy?"

The smile on Madam Xu's face suddenly faded.

Madam Lu said angrily, "Lu Wensheng... why are you talking so harshly..."

Lu Qingtang didn't even look at her and said coldly, "Madam Lu, I'm only willing to come forward to protect the Lu family's reputation because Shengsheng will be the head of the family in the future!"

"From this moment on, shut your mouth!"

"Otherwise, when I get back, I'll call Mr. Lu and ask him to change the mistress of the Lu family!"

Mrs. Lu's face turned pale with anger.

If it were someone else, this might just be a scare or threat.

But if it were Lu Wensheng's "second personality", she would definitely be able to do such a thing!

After all... she even snatched away the inheritance rights of the Lu family!

Mrs. Lu lowered her head in embarrassment and dared not say anything more.

The scene fell into dead silence.

Everyone opened their eyes wide and watched the scene with different expressions.

Seeing that the situation had become somewhat stagnant, Xu Jiaru stood up, bent down towards Lu Qingtang, and said sincerely, "Ms. Lu, it was all a misunderstanding before."

"Please believe me, Grandma invited you here this time to sincerely apologize to you!"

"It was indeed Jiaying and her mother who were wrong about the bullying."

"As long as you ask, no matter what the conditions are, the Xu family will agree to them!"

"I only ask you... to give the Xu family a chance to make amends!"

This attitude... is quite humble!

Lu Qingtang's gaze shifted to Xu Jiaru. Seeing her humble and sincere face, a cold and playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "If Madam Xu was really as righteous as you say, then she should have brought the Xu family to the Lu family's gate the day after the incident to apologize and ask for forgiveness!"

She slowly brushed her hair with her slender white fingers. "But it's been so long. Has anyone from your Xu family ever come to the Lu family's gate and offer a word of apology?"

"Or, up to now, has anyone in your family ever looked for Shengsheng and said sorry to her?"

Lu Qingtang's tone was icy, his eyes full of sarcasm, "Not only have you not apologized, you've even pressed the issue, trying every possible means to kill Shengsheng and suppress the matter completely!"

"Now, seeing that Shengsheng has become a national treasure-level genius with the support of the country, I am afraid that she will rise to a higher position than the Xu family in the future and return to retaliate against them. That's why I have no choice but to lower my stance and come out to apologize..."

"If you've done something so blatant as to bully the weak and fear the strong, then don't try to give yourself the label of being righteous. It really sounds... hypocritical and ridiculous!"

Perhaps because she didn't expect Lu Qingtang to be so stubborn, Xu Jiaru's expression changed.

She froze in place for a moment, not knowing what to do.

The kind look on Mrs. Xu's wrinkled face was about to disappear.

The Xu family members standing beside her all glared at Lu Qingtang.

When the guests in the hall saw this scene, their expressions became quite complicated.

In the circle of wealthy and aristocratic families, decency and hypocrisy have long become the norm in social settings.

This is the first time that someone has torn off the veil and exposed the true and hypocritical inner world of the circle that is buried under the rules.

In the dead silence, Xu Jiayu finally stood up.

He looked at Lu Qingtang across from him and said coldly, "Lu Wensheng, what exactly do you want?"

"If you want to ask for forgiveness, you must have the attitude to ask for forgiveness!" Lu Qingtang said with a haughty look, "As for how to ask, that's something you Xu family members should think about."

"I only look at the results—"

"If I'm satisfied with the outcome you've requested, I might even show mercy and let this matter go."

"If the Xu family's attitude displeases me... then Xu Jiaying and Madam Xu should just wait for death!"

"Of course, from this moment on, the Xu family must be prepared to be the enemy of Shengsheng and me for life!"

"The final result is nothing more than this: either you, the Xu family, will completely kill Shengsheng and me!"

"Or Shengsheng and I will uproot your Xu family, and even the Yu family behind you!"

"I really want to see if you, the Xu family, would still be so vicious and arrogant without the power and wealth you're so proud of!"

Lu Qingtang's last sentence made all the Xu family members present change color.

Xu Jiayu's expression was icy cold, and she was so angry that she laughed. "Lu Wensheng, you are an orphan with no one to rely on, and yet you dare to be so brazen as to say that you want to kill the Xu and Yu families... Don't you think you are being too arrogant?!"

"Arrogant?" Lu Qingtang smiled slightly, his eyes clear and his brows full of arrogance and confidence. "Shengsheng and I have a brain that is smarter than your entire Xu family and Yu family combined."

"We also have the unconditional favoritism and love of the young master of the Ning family, who is even more noble than the Yu family!"

"If Shengsheng and I get into trouble at the Xu family, the procuratorate will surround the entire Xu family tonight and arrest all of you on the charge of harming a national treasure-level genius!"

"Look, Shengsheng and I happen to have the capital to be arrogant. What can you do about it?"