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### Chapter 561: The Truth Hurts

Anna cringed, her body tensing slightly as Mo Xing's words echoed in her mind. "People change, or maybe they were always that way, but they hide it until they get what they want." It was a bitter truth she found difficult to swallow. How could someone, a person you loved and trusted, turn out to be one of your worst enemies? The thought alone made her stomach churn.

Ling Buyi's situation felt like a living nightmare, and the idea that her husband had approached her with malicious intentions from the start sent shivers down Anna's spine. She thought back to that dark alley, the image of Ling Buyi's tear-streaked face replaying in her mind. A woman so powerful, admired, and successful, reduced to a shell of her former self by the person who was supposed to be her greatest protector.