The ring shone with a faint red light as Qiao Mei gripped it. Of course, only Qiao Mei could see this light. Once the ring absorbed enough energy, Qiao Mei could move her body again and her body temperature slowly rose.
Liang Lan pursed her lips and looked at Qiao Mei disdainfully. Although Qiao Mei kept talking about rejecting the gift, her hands were clenched around the ring tightly, seemingly worried that Liang Lan would go forward to snatch it from her. Yet she still said that she was not interested in it.
She was indeed just a country bumpkin from the countryside. Even if the Xia family managed to dress her up to look like a rich lady, she still behaved like a poor and greedy person.
"Qiao Mei?" Xia He called out to her.
