Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 268 - 281: Decadent Photograph

Su Xingyu angled her body slightly, effortlessly dodging the empty bottle.

She looked at the disheveled Su Xingqi, as if she were staring at a pile of filthy garbage: "I really regret coming to see you today."

Faced with her pitying gaze, Su Xingqi appeared manic, yelling desperately, hurling the world’s most venomous curses at her: "Su Xingyu, you bitch! You won’t die well! Who asked you to come see me, who wants your pretense! Get out! Get out! You disgusting woman!"

Su Xingyu listened calmly to her insults, not getting angry, even a hint of a mocking smile appeared on her lips: "Who’s really the lowly one? You’re pitiful."

"What did you say?!" Su Xingqi roared, struggling fiercely in Liu Meizhi’s arms, trying to rush over and hit her. Unfortunately, having not eaten for days, her strength was too weak; she could only grab whatever she could and throw it at Su Xingyu, throwing and cursing, cursing and crying, "You’re the lowest! You’ve ruined everything for me! Su Xingyu, give me back Qin Mu! Give him back..."

Su Xingyu stood there by the door watching her go crazy, her lack of strength made her throws wildly inaccurate, never coming close to hitting her.

Her voice seemed like a sigh: "Have you still not seen Qin Mu’s true nature?"

"Don’t you dare speak ill of Qin Mu!" Su Xingqi cried, tears carving black lines down her dirty cheeks.

Su Xingyu turned slightly to the bodyguard beside her and said, "Give it here."

The bodyguard handed her an item, unexpectedly a small, exquisite silver camera.

She raised the camera and snapped a few shots of Su Xingqi, changing angles and lighting with effortless fluidity.

Startled, Su Xingqi shrank back into Liu Meizhi’s embrace: "You can’t take pictures of me!"

Liu Meizhi was also shocked, releasing Su Xingqi and rushing to snatch the camera from Su Xingyu: "Su Xingyu, you cruel woman, how can you randomly take photos of Qiqi? Give me the camera!" Su Xingqi’s current appearance was indeed ugly, if such photos were circulated, it would be detrimental to her image in every way, under no circumstances could they be taken.

Su Xingyu calmly held onto the camera, standing where she was, not moving at all, while the bodyguards naturally stepped forward, restraining Liu Meizhi who dared to come at her.

Liu Meizhi’s arms were twisted behind her by strong bodyguards, yet she wouldn’t give up: "Su Xingyu, you can’t take pictures of Qiqi, you just can’t!"

And as for Su Xingyu, her pale pink lips curled into a smile, she picked several more angles, capturing Su Xingqi’s embarrassed face-covering and curled-up-in-blanket appearance.

"I didn’t expect you to have at least a shred of shame." After snapping the photos, she said to Su Xingqi.

Su Xingqi covered her face, curling up into a ball: "Get out! Get out!"

But Su Xingyu walked over step by step, handing the camera to her: "Take a look at yourself now."

The camera’s screen was on, the images chaotic and dim, as if painted with the hues of doomsday featuring a filthy woman, as miserable as the beggars commonly seen on the streets. Su Xingyu’s photography skills were excellent; with just a few casual snaps, she accurately conveyed the spirit of the person in the photo, the despair and decay overwhelming, causing one to instinctively cover their nose.

Su Xingqi stared blankly at the photos for a long moment, then frantically tried to smash the camera: "This isn’t me! This isn’t me!"

"This is you." Su Xingyu’s voice was icy, giving her not a moment of respite, "Su Xingqi, take a good look at yourself now, your mom with all her schemes seduced my dad to marry into the Su Family, then spent a fortune to cultivate you, raised you like a princess, it wasn’t to see you ruined by a man."

"What do you know!" Su Xingqi wailed while crying, tears messy, she looked like a madwoman, "You have Lu Shifeng! Su Xingyu, it was you who got Lu Shifeng to ruin my engagement banquet, the Qin Family’s power isn’t as great as the Lu Family’s, I’ve reconciled with this, but why won’t you leave me alone?" Are you jealous that I could marry Qin Mu, and you’re merely Lu Shifeng’s girlfriend!... Yes, you must be jealous of me! Jealous of me right?! You must destroy my marriage to Qin Mu, you still hate that Qin Mu chose me over you back then!"

She cried and laughed, staring at Su Xingyu with twisted and hateful eyes.

Su Xingyu looked at this sister with a mix of sympathy and disgust, thinking that Liu Meizhi’s wisest move was to invite her over to see Su Xingqi, otherwise with things continuing like this, Su Xingqi might suffer a nervous breakdown.

She stared indifferently at Su Xingqi: "I stopped hating you and Qin Mu a long time ago, on the contrary, I’m very grateful to you both, grateful you didn’t let me blindly end up with Qin Mu, that person is no good match, don’t you understand this by now? Su Xingqi, look at how he treated you at the engagement banquet, any man worth his salt wouldn’t do something like this."

Su Xingqi wailed hoarsely, covering her ears: "Get out! I’m not listening!"

Su Xingyu was unfazed, even reaching out strongly to pry open Su Xingqi’s hands covering her ears.

This sister of hers had trained as a model since elementary school, honing her physique, stronger than her, yet now she was so weak, with just a light prying, she was opened.

Ignoring Su Xingqi’s struggles, she coldly stared into her eyes: "I look down on you. I too was publicly abandoned by him, at your coming of age ceremony, the insults he hurled at me were even worse than those he cast upon you this time. But take a look at me now, I’m living better than him, better than any of you, I’ve long risen from that blow, but you?"

She spoke, releasing Su Xingqi’s hand, a trace of a cold smile on her lips: "If you want to die then die, when I give birth and raise children for the Lu Family in the future, I’ll tell my children I once had a half-sister who couldn’t endure even a small setback, spent her life defeated by me and died in disgrace. That will be your final fate."

"No—!" Su Xingqi emitted a scream of agony.

"Unwilling?" Su Xingyu rose, her voice cold like shattered jewels scattering on jade, "If you’re unwilling then live well, live better than anyone, make Qin Mu regret it, understand?"

After saying that, she turned and told the bodyguards, "Let’s go."

The group left Su Xingqi’s filthy and crowded room, as they went downstairs, Su Zhongxiao was still sitting on the living room sofa, his face buried in his hands.

Su Xingyu gave him a glance, for this father, she harbored deeply complex emotions, sadness, heartbreak, grievance, hatred... blood is thicker than water, even with a legal document severing ties, actually facing him, she was still unable to be completely indifferent. "I’ve said everything that needed to be said to Su Xingqi," she told Su Zhongxiao coldly, "whether or not she wants to live well, depends on herself."

Su Zhongxiao lifted his head with defeat, glancing at her, his lips trembling: "Tha... Thank you."