?Chapter 385: Chapter 385: Love is Not a Form   Chapter 385: Chapter 385: Love is Not a Form                                   Lady Lu felt she couldn’t maintain her dignity and forced augh, “Indeed, the Mo Family is famous for their foolishness in love. I remember when you and Director Mo also mutually called off your weddings and then, despite society’s objections, ended up together, hurting two innocent people.”


    These words were quite unpleasant to hear, and even carried a hint of a deration of war.


    By revealing Mrs. Mo’s private affairs, the circle of noblewomen around her all wore expressions full of gossip, astonished that there could be such a story.


    “Director Mo and Mrs. Mo had such a tale from their youth?”


    “I haven’t heard of it.”


    “Nor have I. I thought they had simply fallen in love, married, and had children; after all, both families have extremely powerful influence.”


    “I think I vaguely recall hearing that Director Mo did have a fiancée, and Mrs. Mo had a fiancé, but they both called off their engagements and then got together.”


    “Tsk, tsk. Now isn’t that a piece of gossip? That’s true love, this is.”


    Meanwhile, Qiao Ruoxin happened to walk over and heard their murmurs, her brows twisting in disapproval.


    “Ladies, let’s not spread unfounded gossip, spoken without thought, but heard with intent,” she said with a slight smile, exceedingly polite.


    A few gossiping noblewomen nced at her and silently dispersed.


    Qiao Ruoxin’s gaze returned to Mrs. Mo’s direction; after all, this was going to be her future mother-inw. Naturally, she needed to stand up for her, as the Mo Family ces utmost importance on their reputation.


    At the same time—


    Mrs. Mo’s polite smile had vanished without a trace, and she raised her eyes to face Lady Lu, “Lady Lu, are you dering war on me? Is it simply because my son doesn’t fancy your daughter? Is that reason enough? Are you insisting on this marriage?”


    Her words caused the surrounding crowd to react with shock.


    Lady Lu hadn’t expected her to be so blunt in front of everyone.


    “Li Xueli! Do you really want toe to blows?”


    Mrs. Mo, with an air of arrogance, let out a coldugh, “Weren’t you the one who started tearing face first? If even I, as Mrs. Mo, dare not tear face when the Mo Family is in such a state, what’s the point of my position?”


    The crowd erupted into a murmur; it was like watching a live broadcast of the wealthy tearing into each other, everyone’s eyes wide and ears perked, not wanting to miss a second.


    The ultimate showdown between the matrons of the Mo Family and the Lu Family.


    “So, calling off engagements is a tradition of the Mo Family, is it? I see your son has certainly inherited that trait well,” Lady Lu said, each word and phrase a provocation,pletely tearing off the fa?ade. The recent visit by Mo Chen to cancel the arrangement had made the Lu Family lose face.


    Mrs. Mo’s hand, adorned with a jade ring, furiously mmed the table,pletely enraged, she eximed, “I warn you! Don’t spout nonsense just because your husband and my husband have a rtionship.”


    “Are you trying to destroy their brotherhood of many years?”


    The surroundings fell silent, all eyes quietly watching the standoff between the matriarchs of these wealthy families.


    “Lady Lu, how naive. Is brotherly love that important to you? The one who spends his life with him is me, the one who marries and has children with him is also me, the one who takes care of his daily needs is me. I want to see how Mo Tian will choose,” Mrs. Mo replied calmly.


    Lady Lu indeed started to panic. It was rumored that Mo Tian was famously doting on his wife, and during his youth, he would even kneel for his wife’s forgiveness when he did something wrong.


    Qiao Ruoxin watched from a distance, seeing Mrs. Mo’s anger as she pped the table, thinking she was just like Mo Chen… when she first returned to the country and met Mo Chen, he had made the same gestures, expressing the same emotions. Truly like mother, like son.


    But seeing Mrs. Mo’sbativeness, it seemed she needed no outside assistance.


    She gave a slow smile and turned to leave the banquet hall, preparing to wait outside for Mo Chen.


    …


    Outside the banquet hall.


    Qiao Ruoxin stood in the night wind, looking up at the starry sky with disappointment filling her eyes; it was far less impressive than the one she’d seen on the grasnd.


    Suddenly, a ck Bentley stopped in front of her.


    The car door opened, and Mo Chen stepped out in a dark blue suit, a hint of urgency on his tall and handsome figure.


    The man’s long legs took a few steps to reach her, and a smile formed on her lips, “Brother Mo Chen.”


    But Mo Chen’s handsome face was tight with tension as he stared at her for a long time, his dark eyes filled withplex emotions.


    The next second, the man pulled her into his embrace, hisrge hand cradling the back of her head, burying his face in the crook of her neck, “The doctor said it’s twins?”


    “If you don’t believe it, you can ask your mom, but she might be too busy to answer right now since she’s inside having a falling-out with Mrs. Lu.”


    She had thought that Mo Chen would go in to help Mrs. Mo right away, but instead, Mo Chen calmly responded, “Mhm, let’s go home.”


    Qiao Ruoxin looked at him in astonishment, tugging at his sleeve, “Aren’t you going to help Mrs. Mo?”


    He let out a snort ofughter, opened the car door, and scooped her into the car in one smooth motion, taking care to buckle her seatbelt.


    Qiao Ruoxin watched the man who was bending down to fasten her seatbelt, “You really won’t help your mother?”


    “Don’t worry, no one can hurt her.”


    After leaving those words behind, Mo Chen closed the car door, walked around to the other side of the vehicle, and sat down in the driver’s seat.


    She was slightly taken aback and then remembered the arrogant bearing of Mrs. Mo she had just seen, and couldn’t help butugh; indeed, there were hardly any people present who could harm Mrs. Mo, as they were all watching for her expressions.


    The car slowly drove onto the street.


    Suddenly, Qiao Ruoxin remembered the discussions she had overheard from thedies at the dinner.


    “Brother Mo Chen, may I ask you something? Of course, if you don’t want to answer, never mind.”


    “Go ahead and ask.”


    She looked at the man’s profile, cautiously asking, “I heard thosedies gossiping just now, saying that Uncle Mo and Mrs. Mo both had a fiancé and fiancée when they were young and then broke off those engagements to be together?”


    She knew it was improper to ask about such matters, but she was genuinely curious.


    Mo Chen nced at her indifferently and said in a deep voice, “Indeed, that’s true. Originally, their union was an alliance between families, but Uncle Mo met my mom at someone else’s wedding and it was love at first sight.”


    After hearing this, she chuckled softly, “That’s so romantic. So they just broke off their engagements recklessly to be together?”


    “Yeah, but Uncle Mo pursued her for quite some time before he seeded.”


    Qiao Ruoxin’s eyes widened in surprise, “Mrs. Mo didn’t fall in love with Uncle Mo at first sight? I think Uncle Mo was very handsome when he was young.”


    He was exactly the kind of humorous and witty man that women would like.


    Mo Chen let out a lowugh, “Love isn’t a form. Apparently, my mom rejected him seventeen times over three years before he finally won her over.”


    “That’s quite persistent.” She couldn’t help but admire; it was unexpected that Uncle Mo could pursue a woman for three years, but it was good that he eventually seeded.


    Before they knew it, the car had entered the gates of the Mo Family Estate.


    The butler came forward to open the car door, helping her out with utmost care.


    Once again, Qiao Ruoxin saw the vast sea of roses, and she asked, “Uncle Mo nted such a big sea of roses for Mrs. Mo, his love is almost spilling over.”