After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Became the Stepmother of the Film Emperor - Chapter 10

Missing?

Everyone present was no fool.

As soon as the word “missing” was mentioned, a sense of suspicion arose in everyone’s minds, but no one dared to question it in front of Mo Yuting.

So they waited and waited, hoping that the big shot on stage would speak again.

But after a long pause, Mo Yuting didn’t ask anything further. Instead, he withdrew his gaze and became a stunning yet cold presence once more.

The elderly man who first broke the silence noticed the situation hitting a deadlock and spoke again, “Since the Second Miss Ruan is missing, what about the wedding…”

Everyone understood the old man’s implication. After all, many families hoped that Mo Yuting’s engagement with the Ruan family would fall through so that their own children could take over.

As some families began making their own plans and were about to agree with the elderly man, Mrs. Ruan, Xia Wan, suddenly cried out in distress, “My poor daughter! Why must you suffer so much? The old lady of the Mo family adored you when she was alive!”

Beside her, as Ruan Wei sobbed softly, a hint of darkness suddenly flashed in her eyes, but in the next moment her expression turned tense and her eyes became erratic.

“Is she still pitiful? Speaking of which, if she’s missing, why is the Ruan family still holding this engagement party?” Liu Yan saw Ruan Wei’s expression and suddenly stood up, drawing everyone’s attention.

“Yan Yan, this isn’t the time for you to speak. Sit down quickly!” The head of the Liu family quickly tugged at his daughter, signaling her to look at the big shot on stage.

Liu Yan did follow her father’s gaze and looked at Mo Yuting on the stage but missed her father’s serious warning. Instead, she became more energized.

“Father, I’m just thinking of President Mo! That Ruan Meng is unworthy of him. Aren’t the Ruan family just embarrassing themselves by going through with this?”

“Shut your mouth!” The head of the Liu family turned crimson. He wished he could drag his foolish daughter out of the venue.

But it was too late.

Liu Yan’s words had already set the stage for what came next.

At this moment, Ruan Wei, the “filial daughter” who had helped Mrs. Ruan to her seat, walked up to the stage with a “delicate and weak” demeanor.

She nodded slightly at Mo Yuting, who was standing beside her with a refined and polite expression. “President Mo, I apologize to you on behalf of the Ruan family and my second sister for today’s events.”

Hearing this, Mo Yuting lowered his gaze, his expression inscrutable. He did speak.

Ruan Wei didn’t mind and turned to Liu Yan, who criticized the Ruan family. “Miss Liu, please don’t slander our Ruan family. Who could have predicted such an uncontrollable situation? We want to find my sister too!”

Seeing her dream man standing alongside that adopted daughter, Ruan Wei, Liu Yan inexplicably had an illusion that the two would get engaged.

This made the really emotional Liu Yan explode, “You’re just an adopted daughter! What are you pretending for?”

“An adopted daughter? So what if I, Ruan Wei, am an adopted daughter? As an adopted daughter, I am filial to my elders and well-mannered. I have never wronged the Ruan family in the slightest!”

As soon as Ruan Wei’s righteous words fell, many influential figures from the Mo family showed approving expressions, and even a flicker of light crossed Mo Yuting’s eyes.

However, at a corner table, none of the men were paying attention to Ruan Wei on stage.

The reason these unknown guests were not paying attention to the stage was that they were engrossed in conversation at the moment. They were drawn by the presence of a stunning beauty among them.

Despite being an ice beauty!

A playboy who only knew how to eat and drink and have fun saw the ice beauty’s interest in the Ruan family’s gossip and suddenly dropped a bombshell. “I heard that Ruan Meng isn’t really missing. She’s already been murdered!”