Li Bingman was exasperated. She was the butt of the joke because of this woman's naivety! But there was nothing she could do about it. If there was one rule of thumb that everyone had to follow when interacting with Xia Ling, it was—
Tolerate everything, no matter how intolerable.
This was someone she couldn't afford to offend.
But having had to bear with such grievances for so many years, Li Bingman had long wanted to skin this woman alive. That was why she lost control of herself and began spreading rumors the moment she thought that Xia Ling had lost favor.
And yet, it was all back to square one now. She was full of regret and fear now, and she sobbed even more miserably. "Xiao Ling, I've really never spread rumors about you. Please, please believe me…"
Xia Ling had been in a bad mood recently and could not be bothered to entertain her. She gave a cold "hmph" and walked off.
