Chasing Shadows: Targeted by the President
Chapter 699

Arrogant Overlord, Very Disobedient (64)

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"Shut up! You shut up!!!"

Lu Jingwen was so furious he wanted nothing more than to strangle this woman. "Someone, take this woman..."

"Wait."

Su Qiao furrowed her brows slightly. "No matter what, she's still pregnant, and her belly is already so big. How can you be so rough? What if someone dies later?"

Quite a few guests nodded in agreement.

"That's right. If someone really dies, it'll be two deaths in one. That won't be easy to deal with."

"If someone dies, it'll be difficult to clean up afterward. It won't do the Lu Family any good, either."

Su Qiao was very pleased with the effect she had created.

"Uncle Lu, Auntie Lu, first of all, I'd like to congratulate you both on this double celebration. Oh, no, it should be a triple celebration, since Miss Bai is pregnant, too."

"But as everyone has said, it wouldn't be good if someone died. Whatever the matter is, it would be better for everyone to sit down and discuss it properly. Don't you agree?"

Su Qiao's expression was extremely sincere, and her manner was exceptionally polite.

Madam Lu, however, was so furious that she gritted her teeth and glared at her resentfully. "Su Qiao, this is my Lu Family's business. It's not your place to interfere."

Su Qiao smiled. "Heh, I'm not trying to interfere in the Lu Family's affairs. I simply couldn't bear to see you treating a pregnant woman so roughly, especially one who's already five or six months along."

"I believe no one here is cold-hearted or ruthless. Seeing something like this, everyone would want to step in and stop it. After all, no matter what, those are two lives."

"Besides, if this really became a case of two deaths in one, none of us attending the wedding

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