Furious and Defeated

The delight on Gu Qing's face was practically overflowing. She tipped up her chin slightly, so proud her tail might as well have curled into the heavens. She cast a sidelong glance at Tang Xuanxuan's little face, flushed red with rage, watching her chest heave violently as she gritted her silver teeth in helpless fury. The twisted satisfaction in Gu Qing's heart reached its peak.

"Two hundred and twenty million!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Gu Qing raised the price again. Beneath her fiery red sable cloak, her chin was lifted high, her phoenix eyes brimming with mockery and provocation. Her voice was so shrill it seemed deliberately aimed at piercing Tang Xuanxuan's eardrums. "Tang Xuanxuan, if your Tang Family doesn't have the means, then get lost to the side already. Don't puff yourself up at the cost of a swollen face and make a spectacle of yourself!"

"You—!"

Tang Xuanxuan trembled with rage, her lively eyes nearly spitting fire. She had been pampered like a precious jewel since childhood—when had she ever suffered such public humiliation? Without thinking, she was about to speak again.

"Two hundred and fifty—"

"Miss Xuanxuan, don't act rashly."

At that moment, a long, steady hand gently settled on Tang Xuanxuan's shoulder.

Tang Xuanxuan's words caught in her throat. She turned back in astonishment and met Lu Changsheng's deep, tranquil eyes. Lu Changsheng's expression was calm, his azure robes neat and unrestrained. Warm strength flowed from the hand resting on her shoulder, inexplicably soothing some of her turbulent emotions.

Then, a low voice rang directly in her mind. It was Lu Changsheng's voice transmission. "Calm down. She never intended to buy those three Snow Fox Clan girls. She is deliberately driving up the price. First, she wants to disgust you and watch you lose your composure