"Xie Jinqian!"
Liu Wan's tone was icy. She rose and took a step toward him.
Xie Jinqian involuntarily stepped back. Carefully watching her expression, he said hoarsely, "Sister-in-law."
Liu Wan smiled faintly. "How do you know I don't want to marry Xia Siheng?"
Xie Jinqian choked up. "I was despicable. I coaxed it out of Wanwan, and Xia Qianhui admitted it too. But Wanwan is Xia Qianhui's daughter. Why can't you marry Xia Qianhui?"
Xia Qianhui did not seem particularly clever.
If his sister-in-law married him, she could twist him around her little finger.
Even if she and her daughter suffered some injustice later, he could intervene promptly from the shadows.
He could help her leave.
But Xia Siheng was different. His power was immense; he could practically cover the sky with one hand.
And he had once defiled his sister-in-law right before his eyes.
Did he not know that someone as dignified and self-possessed as her would be overcome with shame?
He did not care about her feelings at all. Xia Siheng was not a worthy match!
"You went to see the First Prince?" Liu Wan asked.
On the day Xia Siheng learned the truth, he had probably gone to coordinate his story with Xia Qianhui.
She had also expected Xia Qianhui to deceive Xie Jinqian.
"Yes, I went to see him. He admitted that Wanwan was his daughter too. But I have no evidence to expose Xia Siheng for forcibly taking his nephew's wife and daughter. If you don't want to marry him, I'm willing to take you away."
Xie Jinqian admitted it, his tone sincere.
The day after Wanwan called Xia Qianhui her father, he had arranged to meet Xia Qianhui.
Xia Qianhui seemed to have no guile either. A little probing had been enough to make