Qiu Ya stared at Xia Luo in disbelief.
How shameless did someone have to be to say something like that?
She was so angry that her whole body trembled.
Yet she was at a loss for words.
Because in a certain sense, Xia Luo was right. She had indeed relied on Ding Ling to attain her current status, fame, and achievements.
Without Ding Ling, she would just be an obscure, utterly ordinary girl.
That was how things stood, but Xia Luo's words were simply infuriating.
Qiu Ya's face turned deathly pale.
Just as she was at a loss for how to retort, Ding Ling appeared beside her. He gently put an arm around her, looked at Xia Luo, and said:
"Qiu Ya is my girlfriend. My family is her family. Besides, she isn't some nobody dependent on me. She's my girlfriend, my other half, and my family. Xia Luo, watch what you say."
His words were spoken calmly, but they sounded like thunder in Qiu Ya's ears.
She was deeply moved. Her eyes glimmered like water, and she stared at Ding Ling without blinking, completely ignoring Xia Luo.
Xia Luo's heart rose into his throat. He hadn't expected Ding Ling to suddenly appear at a time like this.
He immediately put on a humble face, apologizing with bows and scraping:
"Ding Ling, I was wrong. I deserve to be beaten."
He lightly slapped himself across the face, grinning like a eunuch from ancient times:
"Please forgive me. I shouldn't have spoken that way about Sister-in-law. Sister-in-law really is different from me. I'm a nobody, while Sister-in-law, like Ding Ling, is an important person."
Seeing Ding Ling put his arm around Qiu Ya and turn to leave,
Xia Luo couldn't hold back any longer and hurriedly shouted:
"Ding Ling, every mistake