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Chapter 268: Chapter 268: Come Out and Meet Your Fiancee Chapter 268: Chapter 268: Come Out and Meet Your Fiancee Hearing this, Shang Qing remained impassive.

His gaze was deep and calm, like a warm pond in winter that easily disarmed people, encouraging them to reveal their innermost thoughts.

To Lu Xining, he seemed an extremely dangerous individual adept at manipulating people.

Shang Qing said, “Child, you are still too young.”

His voice was steady, his lips curling into a faint smile, showing no sign of emotional change in response to Lu Xining’s blunt words.

“My youth is obvious, there’s no need for you to point that out.”

“… Your misunderstanding of me runs deep.”

The man’s composed demeanor irked Lu Xining.

“If misunderstandings can exist, it’s because the other party did something to be misunderstood. Since you’ve done it, don’t look back and talk about how deep the misunderstanding is, it just makes you look cheap.”

Right now, she resembled a small, spiky hedgehog, coming across a superior force that made her wary, raising all her quills in an attempt to fend off the other party.

Shang Qing silently curved his lips further.

“You’ve inherited your mother’s eloquence. When I first met her, she was younger than you are now, yet beneath her seemingly fragile exterior was a strong heart.”

This was the longest phrase Shang Qing had spoken that night, and it was closely related to her mother.

It was a past Lu Xining had never known.

She pursed her lips and scoffed coldly; even the strongest heart couldn’t endure all that pain and ended up withering away, passing from this world at such a young age.

Upon the mention of Chu Yan, the aura around the man before her instantly changed.

His tone was filled with nostalgia and affection.

Those who have long held power do not readily reveal their vulnerabilities to their adversaries, unless it is a deliberate show to lower your guard to achieve their true intentions.

Or perhaps it was a form of deliberate indulgence… a test!

Lu Xining summoned two hundred percent of her focus, locking her gaze onto the expressions on Shang Qing’s face.

“There’s no need to be so guarded against me.”

“I am your father, and I will never hurt you.”

Would a man who could harm his lover care for a child who never grew up by his side?

Lu Xining did not believe a word he said.

She looked at him emotionlessly and scoffed, “Don’t flatter yourself. My father died long ago, and your daughter isn’t here.”

Sensing the disdain crystallizing in her eyes, Shang Qing spoke calmly, “You will understand one day.”

His paternal compassion retracted, the man’s presence suddenly became as biting as the coldest winter wind, and just a casual glance contained the power to dominate everything.

He had already seen through Lu Xining’s purpose for coming today.

Shang Qing told her, “The Gou Family is but a tiny ant.”

His dark eyes deepened, “Yet you went to great lengths to get to this point.”

Whether it was her misconception or not, Lu Xining thought she detected a trace of disappointment in his tone. Her brow furrowed in displeasure; what right did this man have to be disappointed?

Seeing her undisguised expression, Shang Qing’s sharpness faded from his eyes, and he returned to the demeanor she had seen upon her arrival. However, the words he spoke carried an immense confidence.

“It’s all because you haven’t reached a high enough position.”

Lu Xining countered, “I don’t share your ambition, nor do I need such a high position.”

All she wanted was to protect her three children and her loved ones.

A simple life was enough for her.

Yet Shang Qing brought up how she dealt with Liu Xixi, Chen Li, and the Zhou family.

“But you have people you want to protect.”

Shang Qing’s words sank into Lu Xining’s heart.

She gradually became absorbed in a world of deep reflection following his line of thought.

Meanwhile, as Lu Xining was immersed in her contemplation, Shang Qing was reassessing her.

This was his biological daughter.

Half of his blood flowed through her veins.

Although he had never raised her, her temperament was even more like his own than that of Shang Lvxing, whom he had personally raised…

…Is this the power of blood ties?

Without a doubt, seeing Lu Xining today stirred something deep within Shang Qing.

Not just because Lu Xining was his daughter, but also because she was the child that Chu Yan bore for him!

Before she looked up at him, he had already concealed all his emotions, as if everything was within his prediction and control.

Shang Qing’s gaze was piercing, his stature erect; merely sitting there, he exuded an invisible yet palpable aura of authority.

He told her from the perspective of a superior, “When you’re in a position of power, they wouldn’t even dare to think about touching your child.”

He tried hard to paint for her that world she had never been in, as if tempting her to step into Pandora’s box.

The pain where her fingernails dug into her palm brought back her senses.

She suddenly realized that she had almost been swept away by his line of thinking.

Lu Xining broke free from the layers of dark webs he had laid and told him resistantly and firmly, “That’s not what I want!”

“That’s the world you want, not mine.”

Hearing her words, Shang Qing’s gaze fixed on her eyes, where there was endless brightness and a determination to protect her family just like her mother.

This was a child who, even after crawling out of the murky mire, could still live under the sunshine.

Admiration welled up in his eyes, but he had hidden it before she could catch it.

Shang Qing said, in an even tone, “Bring the people from upstairs down.”

The massive dog cage was carried down from upstairs.

Their steps were steady, their movements effortless, and they quickly placed the cage in a certain spot.

Gou Ruibo, with his legs crippled, and Gou Shanmu, who had been taken from the hospital, shivered and curled up inside the cage.

Lu Xining suddenly thought of the words Shang Qing had just spoken.

The current appearance of the two, indeed, resembled the ants he had referred to, utterly powerless to retaliate.

“The Shang Family are all expert archers.”

“Your mother was no exception.”

As his words trailed off slowly, a bow and arrows were brought to Lu Xining.

Shang Qing said, “You claim no need for it, so let me see what you’re capable of.”

Listening to his words devoid of any warmth, a shiver ran down Lu Xining’s spine; he wanted to watch her personally end the remaining lives of this father and daughter duo right here.

The moment Gou Ruibo learned of Shang Qing’s identity, his face had turned to ash.

Seeing his face.

Had already sealed his fate with no chance of survival.

Realizing this, the yearning for life in his eyes completely dissipated. He took a deep look at Lu Xining outside the cage, with words he wanted to say, but his mouth was blocked by the Shang Family’s people.

Gou Shanmu was unaware of Shang Qing’s identity, and even less of what it meant to see his face.

She tried to spit out the thing in her mouth but could never manage to do so.

And Lu Xining’s heart had sunk to the bottom of the lake, deeply aware of the dangerous level of this man.

What was this if not to watch her deal with the Gou father and daughter, clearly another test of the cruelty she was capable of?

Because…

In the eyes of those above, there was only the cold efficiency of achieving goals.

Mercy, to them, was a burden.

Seeing that Lu Xining made no move, a profound meaning flickered in the unfathomable depths of Shang Qing’s emotionless eyes.

“Lvxing, come out and meet your fiancee.”

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