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"No! That's not right!" Shen Anya shook her head frantically! She didn't steal anything, she didn't do anything, it was all voluntary! Her parents voluntarily let her stay in the Shen Family as a pampered young lady, and Lu Yanshi liked her on his own. She didn't do anything, she's not a thief!

"Yes!" Shen Anya Lu Yanshi took out her phone and sent a message to Lu Yanshi, asking if he also knew that she wasn't the real heiress.

A series of messages were sent, but no one responded for a long time.

"Reply to my message! Reply to my message! Why aren't you replying to my message!" Shen Anya angrily threw her phone, smashing it against the wall.

After a while, she ran back to pick it up and frantically called Lu Yanshi.

"Lu Yanshi, reply to my message! You're all I have left. It's all because of you that I've become like this. You can't ignore me. You have to take responsibility for me!"

Lu Yanshi, of course, would not reply to her; at that moment, he was being punished by his father to kneel in the study upstairs.

"You kneel here and reflect on your actions. Once you've reflected properly, Xiang Family tomorrow!" Father Lu tried his best to suppress his anger.

Lu Yanshi straightened his back. "Even if you make me kneel here until I die, I'll still say the same thing: the person I love is Shen Anya. I will never marry Xiang Lu, and I will never apologize to the Xiang Family! Just give up on that idea!"

"Lu Yanshi another slap landed!

"Do you even want to hear what you're saying?! Have you forgotten who gave you your current status?! Have you forgotten your uncles who are eyeing the Lu Corporation with covetous eyes? If it weren't for the Xiang Family's support, would I be able to hold onto my position Corporation Director Lu? Would you even be the young master of the Lu Family today?!"

"Even if I beat you to death today, I'll drag you to the Xiang Family tomorrow and make you apologize to Xiang Lu!" Father Lu said, looking around for something he could find.

"Lu Li, wait, Lu Li!" The woman beside him quickly stopped him. "If you want to talk, just say it properly. Why are you resorting to violence!"

"I'm going to beat this unfilial son to death today!"

"Fine," Lu Yanshi sneered, "You can kill me, then you can have another child with this woman, and let the next one marry into the Xiang Family Marriage Alliance. Anyway, you like Marriage Alliance, so go ahead and have a few more to do that!"

"You, you..." Mr. Lu was so angry he almost had a heart attack!

Lu Yanshi looked coldly at Lu Li: "I don't understand. It's the same Marriage Alliance, so why is it okay for Xiang Lu but not for Shen Anya? The Xiang Family and the Shen Family aren't that different! I like Shen Anya and she likes me. Wouldn't Marriage Alliance with the Shen Family be the best of both worlds?"

"You still dare to mention Shen Anya to me? The whole world knows that Shen Anya is just an adopted daughter of the Shen Family, the adopted daughter that Shen Ting'an and his wife switched at birth! She's fake, do you even know what fake means!"

Now it was Lu Yanshi's turn to be stunned. He paused for a moment, wondering what it meant. Had Shen Anya been switched at birth? But he only paused for a few seconds before quickly realizing what was happening.

"So what if she was switched at birth? The Shen Family has raised her for so many years and has long treated her like their own daughter. She's still a daughter of the Shen Family!"

"You don't know anything!" Mr. Lu blurted out angrily, "Don't say I don't approve of you two being together, the Shen Family would never approve of Shen Anya being with you. Do you think their family members are as shameless as you are!"

"That's all I have to say for today. You have to go tomorrow whether you like it or not, or get out of the Lu Family. I'll pretend I never had a son like you! I want to see how many people will still like you without the Lu Family's prestige!"

"Get out!" Mr. Lu pointed to the door. "Get out of here!"

Without any hesitation, Lu Yanshi stood up and left the study. Only after returning to his room did he have a chance to take out his phone, which contained a message from Shen Anya.

Lu Yanshi's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly called Shen Anya back.

"Yan Shi!" Shen Anya's voice came through, choked with tears. "Why didn't you answer my calls? I thought even you were ignoring me!"

"No, how could I ignore you? I just had a fight with my dad in his study." Lu Yanshi briefly recounted what had just happened to Shen Anya.

"Don't worry, even if I sever all ties with him, I won't Xiang Family."

"No!"

Lu Yanshi:?

Shen Anya panicked instantly. If Lu Yanshi really severed ties with the Lu Family, how would he be any different from an ordinary person? She had already lost her status as the true heiress of the Shen Family, and she couldn't afford to lose the identity of being the future daughter-in-law of the Lu Family, the identity that would allow her to enter the circle of the wealthy openly again!

Realizing she had been too emotional, Shen Anya took a deep breath and softened her voice, saying, "At the banquet, I don't want you to argue with your family because of me, and I don't want you to be unhappy. You know, a relationship without the blessings of family won't be happy. I also hope that on the day I marry you, my parents will hold my hand and walk me to you, and that your family will wholeheartedly accept me. I hope that day will be a happy and joyful one."

There was silence on the other end of the phone, and Shen Anya knew her persuasion had worked. She quickly pressed her advantage, "I know my family won't accept us being together right now, but that's okay. After a while, they'll get used to it and accept it gradually. We have a long life ahead of us, take it slow, don't rush. I believe they'll accept us someday!"

Lu Yanshi: "You're right, but my dad wants me to apologize to Xiang Lu tomorrow. If I go, the engagement can't be dissolved!"

"It's alright, go apologize first and calm everyone down. We can talk about the rest later!" Shen Anya coaxed patiently, "Maybe one day, Xiang Lu will come to his senses and realize that you and I are the most suitable for each other, and he might even take the initiative to cancel the Marriage Alliance! There's no need to cause trouble with your family over such a small matter."

Shen Anya comforted her, and she wasn't just saying it casually; she was certain! Because that's exactly how the dream went. As long as Lu Yanshi didn't take the initiative to contact Xiang Lu and distance himself Xiang Lu Xiang Lu, Xiang Lu would eventually realize that she didn't actually like Lu Yanshi that much; she was just used to having him around. At that point, she would naturally be the first to propose dissolving the Marriage Alliance with the Lu Family!