Save the villainous rag, and desperately force love upon him.

Su Qiu remained silent, as if she hadn't heard her words.

Just then.

There was a noise at the door; Lu Chen had returned.

He was dressed particularly flamboyantly today, in a bright-colored suit, and his hair was meticulously styled, as if he were going to attend some important occasion.

Upon seeing Su Qiu in the living room, he was initially delighted.

He then put on an act as if the previous conflict had never happened and walked over enthusiastically:

"Qiuqiu, you're here?"

Then he sat down next to Su Qiu and began to ask her about her well-being:

"How have you been lately? Don't take what happened before to heart. It was all Su Qian's doing. We were all kept in the dark by her."

She's just jealous of you and can't stand seeing you do well, so she's deliberately trying to sow discord between us.

Actually, she's always had feelings for me, which is why she did those despicable things...

He didn't notice Su Qiu's increasingly dark expression.

Xiao Xitian: "The male lead is disgusting. The female lead says everything for him, but he thinks she's so despicable."

What a jerk!

Nonsence!

"Host, hit him!"

Lu Chen continued talking to himself, his tone full of self-righteous affection:

"Qiuqiu, I was wrong before. I will make it up to you and be good to you for the rest of my life."

I will marry you, make you the matriarch of the Lu family, and the entire Lu family will be yours.

Su Qiu frowned, her patience finally reaching its limit, and coldly uttered two words:

"Shut up!"

Lu Chen seemed not to hear him, instead revealing a doting expression:

"Qiuqiu, I know you're holding a grudge. It's okay, you can yell at me, hit me, anything, as long as it helps you calm down..."

"Snapped!"

A crisp slap interrupted him.

Su Qiu slapped him hard across the face.

Little Xitian excitedly shouted in his mind:

"My host begged me to do it, so it's no problem~"

Lu Chen's head was turned to the side after being hit, and clear finger marks instantly appeared on his face.

He was stunned for a few seconds, seemingly not expecting Su Qiu to actually make a move.

Chen Liping quickly stepped forward, her tone tinged with displeasure: "Qiuqiu, why did you suddenly hit someone?"

Lu Chen quickly turned back, a smile still on his face, and said to Chen Liping:

"Mom, it's okay. I asked Qiuqiu to hit me. It doesn't hurt."

His cheeks were burning with pain, but he pretended to be nonchalant, looked at Su Qiu, and asked softly:

"Is Qiuqiu happy? Does your hand hurt?"

As he spoke, he reached out to take Su Qiu's hand.

"Snapped!"

Without hesitation, Su Qiu slapped him again.

Lu Chen paused for a moment, then smiled again:

"Does Qiuqiu still want to get hit? Will it make her feel better?"

Su Qiu remained expressionless and raised her hand to slap him several more times.

The crisp sound of a slap echoed in the living room, making Chen Liping's heart ache. She couldn't help but speak up:

"Su Qiu, Lu Chen likes you so much, how could you hit him like that?"

Su Qiu slapped Lu Chen across the face again, her tone icy:

"His appreciation for this is far too cheap."

Just as she was about to hit again, Chen Liping grabbed her arm and said urgently:

"Stop hitting me! I know you're holding a grudge, but after so many hits, it should have subsided by now. Hitting me any further is going too far! If you have a problem, take it out on me!"

"Snapped!"

Su Qiu slapped Chen Liping across the face, her eyes sharp as knives:

"Fine, then I'll hit you."

Chen Liping covered her face, a burning pain shooting through her; she was both shocked and furious.

"Su Qiu! I gave you a way out, and you just..."

"Snapped!"

Su Qiu slapped her again, interrupting her.

"Weren't you going to make it up to me?" Su Qiu took a step closer, her voice laced with sarcasm. "I've got my eye on the Lu family's manor. Are you going to give it to me or not?"

"Snapped!"

"Didn't you want to move around more? Can you handle me touching you like this?"

"Snapped!"

"Now you realize you've hurt me? Then I'll make you pay for all the grievances you suffered in the past. Isn't that going too far?"

"Snapped!"

"I'm giving you a way out, are you going to take it or not?"

Every time Su Qiu asked a question, he would slap her hard across the face.

Chen Liping was so dizzy from the beating that she lost all feeling in her cheeks and could only futilely try to dodge.

The servants around were so frightened that they dared not breathe, their heads bowed and not daring to lift their eyelids.

Lu Chen initially tried to maintain his affectionate demeanor, but seeing his mother beaten like this, he couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.

I couldn't keep up the act any longer.

He rushed over, his eyes bloodshot:

"You bitch! Don't go too far! We've already given you chances, how long do you intend to keep causing trouble?"

"So noisy!"

Su Qiu slapped him across the face again.

The force was so great that he staggered backward, his vision went black, and he completely passed out.

When Chen Liping saw her son faint, she screamed like a madwoman:

"You bitch! How dare you hurt my son! I'll fight you to the death!"

She lunged at Su Qiu like a madwoman. Su Qiu's eyes turned cold, and he reached out and precisely grabbed her neck, tightening his grip forcefully.

"Chen Liping, stop putting on airs in front of me!"

"You just think I'm still soft-hearted and that if you say a few nice words, I'll come back?"

And then, like Su Qian, you'll seek benefits for the Lu family?

"They're really trying to take advantage of me!"

Chen Liping was choked and couldn't breathe. Her feet left the ground, and she grabbed Su Qiu's arm haphazardly with both hands, struggling incessantly.

"Let...let me go..." she managed to squeeze out a few words.

Xiao Xitian, who had been excitedly shouting just moments before, was now utterly horrified:

"Host! Spare her! This is the male lead's mother, you can't kill her!"

"If we kill the Supreme God, they'll definitely find out, and we'll all be wiped out!"

Su Qiu sneered, but did not loosen her grip, only coldly saying:

"Don't worry, I'll spare your life. Once I find the guy surnamed Xiao, I'll settle the score."

After saying that, she suddenly let go and threw the nearly unconscious Chen Liping hard onto the sofa.

Before Chen Liping completely lost consciousness, she vaguely heard the words "surname Xiao".

Her heart skipped a beat, and a strong sense of unease gripped her instantly.

……

Shen Yi was sitting in the living room, unaware that Su Qiu had already arrived.

The man tapped his knee unconsciously with his fingertips, calculating in his mind when Su Qiu would return.

He planned to pick her up in person and surprise her.

Just then, Lin Wei pushed open the door and came in, followed by a man being escorted by bodyguards.

The man had disheveled hair, unfocused eyes, and a strange smile on his lips.

He looks crazy and not very bright.

Shen Yi looked up at Lin Wei: "Are you sure it's him?"

Lin Wei bowed and replied:

"Yes, Mr. Shen. This person is indeed one of the members of the assassin organization that participated in the assassination attempt on Miss Su."

I just don't know what happened, that's why it's in this state now.

Lin Wei: We finally found him, but he turned out to be an idiot. We should be able to get some information out of him, right?

Shen Yi's gaze fell on the man, who was shrinking back in fear, looking around nervously like a frightened rabbit.

He frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Why did you want to kill Su Qiu?"

The man ignored him, looking around and muttering to himself.