As soon as Lu Yin said this, Xia Ziheng's eyes widened. Dean Wen watched him warily, afraid he might make a move.
Lu Yin's words had struck a blow to the Xia family's pride.
Someone like Xia Zhitong would be unacceptable even in an ordinary family, let alone the Xia family. If word got out, her reputation would be utterly ruined.
That was why the Xia family had used Xia Zhitong to deal with the Yu Family, making all the major families and sects across the Tree Starry Sky too fearful to help the Lu Family Remnants. As a result, many of the Lu Family Remnants had suffered.
It was a vicious move, one that was not only fatal but would also bring eternal disgrace.
Although the Yu Family had become a laughingstock, the Xia family had suffered too. Xia Zhitong had been born into the Xia family, and while the direct line might not care, it was deeply humiliating for him, a member of a collateral branch.
Xia Zhitong knew it herself. The moment she had been used, no one across the Tree Starry Sky had wanted anything to do with her, except those who had shared her bed. They would not even invite her to the ancestral rites. She had given up and only wanted to live freely for the rest of her life. Who could have guessed that Yu Hao would return and bring up the past again? The ones being hurt now were not the Yu Family—they had already fallen so low. Now it was the Xia family, and the dignity of his branch, that was being harmed.
"Wenlai, do me a favor and let me speak with him alone. Don't worry, I won't lay a finger on him. I swear it on the Xia family's