?Chapter 396: Chapter 396: Mo Chen! You will pay for the murder!   Chapter 396: Chapter 396: Mo Chen! You will pay for the murder!                                   Amidst the banquet.


    Mo Tian and Mrs. Mo stood at the center stage, beginning to speak.


    Mo Tian: “I appreciate everyone taking time out of their busy schedules to attend my son Mo Chen’s engagement party…”


    Mrs. Mo stood beside him with a smile, dressed in a dark red evening gown that evening, noble and elegant, that perfectly suited the status of the Mo Family matriarch.


    Meanwhile, Mo Chen was holding Qiao Ruoxin by her slender waist at one side, his usually cold face now sporting an upward curve at the corners of his mouth.


    Qiao Ruoxin surveyed the room and immediately noticed the people from the Lu Family looking dispirited.


    She had originally thought that the Lu Family might note at all, but surprisingly, they had all attended.


    She had clearly underestimated their psychological resilience.


    However, it was evident that Lu Xingxing was so angered that she was almost green in the face, seemingly on the verge of erupting like a volcano, while thedy beside her tightly grasped Lu Xingxing’s hand.


    Qiao Ruoxin smiled faintly, not realizing that she and Mo Chen had actually reached the point of engagement, and so the next step would be preparing for the wedding.


    She then looked down at her abdomen, hoping the two little babies would be born safely.


    After Mo Tian and Mrs. Mo finished their speeches, it was time for Mo Chen to speak.


    The security measures were extremely strict that evening, for the engagement party, after all, the Mo Family valued their reputation above all else.


    Xiaowu stood guard at the entrance of the banquet hall, not letting anyone enter or leave casually.


    Mo Chen took her hand beside him and said in a deep voice, “We’ve known each other for nine years, through ups and downs, and in the end, she is still my woman, I got my wish…”


    As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar at the venue.


    “They’ve known each other for nine years? How old was Qiao Ruoxin back then?”


    “Nine years ago, Mo Chen was only 18, right?”


    “Tsk tsk, no wonder Mrs. Mo didn’t interfere, one simply can’t stop this, it’s been nine years, those feelings must be deep.”


    “I always thought it was that little star who got lucky because of her child, using the baby to force a marriage, but now it seems Mo Chen truly loves her.”


    “I heard this rumor long ago, but I didn’t expect it to be true, tsk tsk…”


    The people from the Lu Family stood among the crowd, their faces ugly to the extreme.


    Lu Xingxing snorted disdainfully, “What a show-off, who knows how long you’ll be able to stay pleased with yourself, plenty of female stars who marry into wealthy families end up divorced.”


    “Enough, stop talking,” Lu Ming red at his daughter; he did not want to fall out with the Mo Family just yet.


    Suddenly!


    A farmer couple burst into the banquet hall, yelling, “Mo Chen! You must pay with your life for the murder! My daughter is dead, how dare you happily get engaged here and continue to harm someone else’s daughter!”


    Their roaring voice seemed to have mustered all the strength in their body.


    The entire venue erupted into chaos.


    On the stage, Mo Tian shouted in anger, “What is going on here!”


    Mrs. Mo nced back at the bodyguard: “Throw them out!”


    Bodyguard: “Yes!”


    However, everyone at the scene was bustling with discussion.


    Mo Chen’s handsome face instantly turned ice-cold and grim, looking indifferently at the farmer couple outside the banquet hall.


    A trace of panic appeared in Qiao Ruoxin’s eyes. What in the world was going on?


    Pay with a life for a murder?


    She looked at the man’s handsome profile beside her, Mo Chenmitting murder? That was absolutely impossible.


    Outside the banquet hall, Xiaowu quickly blocked the couple, “Who are you?”


    Xiaowu, holding one person, prepared to drag the couple out, and soon the other bodyguards also hurried over, ready to throw the couple out.


    The woman cried out, “You rich people are so arrogant, you caused my daughter such misery, and now here you are, happily holding an engagement party. How is that fair? Did you forget how you caused my daughter to die ten years ago? Do you even remember how you drove her to jump off a building?”


    At this moment, the editors-in-chief of the three major media outlets arranged by Lawrence also appeared.


    “Hold on! Mr. Mo, you wouldn’t want Mr. Mo Senior to suffer this injustice, would you? I really want to know why they say Mr. Mo Senior killed their daughter.”


    The other two joined in, “Exactly, if this isn’t true, it’s best to rify it on the spot.”


    Mo Tian’s face turned extremely cold on stage. Who had invited these media people? He had not agreed to media involvement in the engagement party at all.


    He despised the media for their indiscriminate reporting, all for the sake of creating hot topics for public opinion.


    Mo Tian finally lost his patience and roared, “rify what? Which one of you three let yourselves in? It’s my son’s engagement party, I didn’t invite any media reporters, why did youe in?”


    The three editors were instantly speechless, unsure of how to react.


    Only Mo Tian dared to lose his temper on such an asion because the immense power of the Mo Family made him fearless.


    Mo Tian: “Xiaowu! Throw these three out!”


    Xiaowu: “Yes, sir!”


    After the couple and the three editors were driven out, the scene became even more chaotic.


    “What did that uncouth couple just say? Mr. Mo Senior a murderer? Killed their daughter? What’s going on here?”


    “I have no idea, I’ve never heard of such a thing.”


    “Mo Chen has been studying abroad since primary school, he onlyes back for a few days during the New Year, a murderer?”


    “Mo Chen wouldn’t fancy girls from the lower ss, would he? He’s so particr about women with his high standards.”


    “I’ve heard from my son that Mo Chen is very picky about women, he wouldn’t just mess around with any.”


    “Exactly, those rich second-generation kids keep sending beauties his way, and he doesn’t even give them a nce, would he fancy a bumpkin from the countryside?”


    Qiao Ruoxin stood by the man’s side, looking at the woman, and suddenly remembered something her mother had mentioned once; Mo Chen was involved in a case about a girl’s suicide ten years ago.


    Could it be… that this was arranged by her mother?


    Thinking of this, her face grew even uglier.


    Mo Chen nced at her and noticed her slightly pale face, “Are you feeling unwell?”


    “No, I was probably just a bit startled earlier.”


    The man wrapped his arm around her waist, letting her lean into his embrace.


    Mo Chen’s handsome face was taut, expressionless, and his deep eyes emanated a brooding darkness.


    …


    Even though the engagement party went on, it wasn’t very pleasant, but everyone being from noble families knew the importance of maintaining a dignified appearance.


    When the Lu Family left, Lu Xingxingughed gleefully, “I told you, a female celebrity jinxes a wealthy family, look at the state of today’s engagement party, will the wedding still go smoothly?”


    Lady Lu alsoughed, “Such a relief, just look at Li Xueli’s face, didn’t she indulge her son to marry whoever he wanted, huh… what an embarrassment.”


    Lu Ming, “However, I am really curious, did Mo Chen actually kill someone?”


    Lu Xingxing, “Impossible, how could Mo Chen fancy a woman from the countryside? He only likes pretty and ssy ones, and the figure matters too, he doesn’t like Cinderes one bit.”


    Lu Feifei, “You seem to know him quite well?”


    Lu Xingxing fell silent, indeed, she had learned a lot about his preferences in an attempt to get close to Mo Chen.