Meanwhile, in a secluded courtyard on the outskirts of Qincheng, Lu Erya stood beneath a trellis of luffa vines. Reaching out, she viciously pinched off a flower, her expression dark. "You're telling me... the Beijing Jiang Family wants to take Lu Wensheng as their adopted daughter?!"
A middle-aged man with ordinary features stood beside her, watching her with cautious apprehension. "Yes, the news has already spread throughout the upper-class circles of Qincheng. Tomorrow is the recognition banquet."
Lu Erya squeezed the flower in her hand until the juice burst out, staining her fingers a vivid crimson that looked almost like fresh blood.
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