Chapter 572 Just Say You Can’t Afford It

• “I got played?” Sheng Qiuyue froze, then seemed to catch on. Her eyes went wide. “You mean she was baiting me on purpose, trying to make me hit her?”
• Xia Yanxi nodded, sure of herself. “Exactly. If you really did it, you’d trash your own reputation and make her look even more fragile. Then she’d badmouth you to your dad, and once he gets pissed, he’ll be even less willing to come home.”
• Sheng Qiuyue frowned. “Then she’s nuts. She goaded me just so I’d smack her, all to tattletale in front of Lu Jinchang?”