Chapter 1019 - 467: Ling Ao’s suicide? Shocking Fu Lingxi!_2
Hearing the venomous tone Gui Xingfu used to speak of himself, a cold sneer spread across Ling Ao’s face.
Gui Xingfu said: "I may lack dignity and spine, but I know their worth and wouldn’t desecrate them. I won’t make any excuses or gild my actions. In other words, even if I become a harlot, I would never pretend to be chaste. Whereas you, Ling Ao, play the harlot and yet insist on erecting a memorial arch of chastity. Your refusal to surrender to Suo Lun is out of jealousy, what does it have to do with dignity or spine? Stop gilding your own face."
These words struck straight at the most fragile part of Ling Ao’s heart.
Instantly, Ling Ao roared: "Gui Xingfu, don’t project your own craven fear of death onto me. I am not as spineless as you, not as devoid of righteousness and shame. My knees are too stiff to kneel, and my back too firm to bend."
Gui Xingfu said coldly: "You just can’t kneel to Lord Suo Lun, that’s all. Gui Qinshao is the woman you love most, yet you sold her first-night rights to Zhi Li, willingly putting on a green hat for yourself. Where have your dignity and backbone gone?"
Ling Ao’s face twisted, and with a fiery gaze he spat: "You were the one who sold out Gui Qinshao!"
"What’s the difference?" Gui Xingfu asked coldly: "I did ask you, didn’t I? Did you refuse? All you did was put on a dramatic show of punching the wall, creating a bloody scene of anguish for whom to see? But in the end, you didn’t refuse, did you? Are you guilty of selling out your own wife for wealth and status?"
Gui Xingfu’s words pierced right through Ling Ao’s most vulnerable part, driving him nearly mad.
Gui Xingfu continued: "Moreover, afterwards, you still grovelled at Zhi Li’s feet. What if it were Suo Lun instead? If someone asked him to offer up his wife to another man, what would he do? He’d probably lead tens of thousands of troops to annihilate that man’s entire family. That’s what dignity and spine are about, so don’t make excuses for your cowardice."
Ling Ao roared: "He has tens of thousands of troops, I do not."