Chapter 1627

With that, Mu Lan steeled her heart, turned abruptly, and with a loud thud, knelt before Su Jiaojiao. Tears streaming down her face, she cried out in a voice loud enough for everyone nearby to hear, "Jiaojiao, since your sister refuses to apologize, then I, as her mother, will apologize on her behalf. I'm so sorry! It's all my fault for spoiling her, letting jealousy cloud her judgment. I never imagined she'd resort to such vile tricks—luring you to that hotel last night, allowing Mr. Qiao to... to violate your innocence. Auntie... I truly don't know how to make it up to you." Su Jiaojiao tilted her head back, eyes shut tight, tears cascading down her cheeks like scattered pearls. The sheer anguish in her expression drew sympathetic gazes from the onlookers. "My God, Xiao Qingqing always seemed so quiet—who knew she could be this vicious?" "I heard she's the former heiress of the bankrupt Xiao Group. Even though the company collapsed, it seems she never outgrew that spoiled, ruthless r