Su Miaomiao strode onto the stage, which was decorated with a profusion of flowers. Standing there in a little black dress, she completely overshadowed the garish colors around her.
The crowd instantly forgot to speak, turning their gazes towards her.
A beam of light shone on her, dazzlingly beautiful.
She looked around the room, picked up the microphone, and let out a light chuckle.
"I suppose everyone present has heard the rumor,"
"It was my engagement to Lu Zi'ang that my grandfather had settled on with the Lu Family back in the day,"
Liu Wan stood below the stage, smiling.
"Yes, Miaomiao, everyone was mistaken, weren't they?"
Su Zhen stood behind her, wrapping his arm around her waist, his eyes full of warning.
"Speak properly."
Su Miaomiao's smile faded away, "I want to say, this is not a misunderstanding!"
She took out her phone and played an audio recording.
"Lu Zi'ang, did your brain get a short circuit? When the old man settled the marriage, you were 22, not two."
"What, after three years, you suddenly became wise?"
"Are you sure your brain is not overheating?"
"I've been with Niannian for two years, not two days."
"Miaomiao, I love her, and you don't have to cling on."
"Actually, you and my uncle make quite a good couple."
"He won't despise you, and you have no right to despise him."
"You two have been involved for two years, but kept it hidden all this while."
"You're showing your cards as soon as the old man has an issue, so sure that he can't back me up right now?"
"Sister, it's the unloved who are the third wheel, don't you know?"
The words, clear and distinct, were infinitely amplified by the microphone, reverberating throughout the entire banquet hall.
Especially that last self-righteous sentence from Su Niannian, that the unloved are the true outsiders, the echo lingered on and on.
Su Miaomiao raised her eyebrows ever so slightly at the sight of Liu Wan, who was so angry she was about to faint, and Su Zhen, whose blood vessels seemed ready to burst.
Were they satisfied with this engagement gift she had offered? Did they really think she was just playing with her phone that day?
Before Liu Wan could speak, the murmurs around her began.
"Speaking of which, the Su Family's newcomer doesn't seem to have entered in the most glorious way?"
"Exactly, the younger daughter getting engaged today is only half a year younger than the eldest daughter, right? Being so self-righteous, it just shows what the family is like."
"Come to think of it, she's quite a match for Mr. Lu. His actual wife is still in America getting treatment and yet to divorce, yet she's already assuming the role of Mrs. Lu, moving in high and mighty!"
Zhang Wanqing could no longer bear to listen and cast a fierce glare at Liu Wan.
"You better explain this to me clearly; otherwise, don't even think about Su Niannian setting foot in my Lu Family's home."
After saying this, she left the banquet hall without looking back.
"You, you beast..."
Su Zhen clutched at his chest, barely able to stand.
"Husband? Quick, call an ambulance."
"Miaomiao, are you sick again?"
Liu Wan frantically supported Su Zhen, trying to salvage the situation.
Su Niannian had just been in the makeup room getting ready when she heard Su Miaomiao's words and hurried over, but it was still a step too late.
Looking at the mess that was the banquet hall, her makeup was ruined from anger.
"Su Miaomiao, you've ruined my engagement party, I will never let you off."
She grabbed the hem of her dress and ran onto the stage, projecting photos from her phone onto the big screen.
"What face do you have to accuse me? It was you who found yourself a Sugar daddy first."
"Shameless, it's you."
The big screen flicked through several photos.
Each showing Su Miaomiao entering and leaving a hotel with an old man.
Then, after the old man left the hotel, he sent another woman away in a car.
Originally, she planned to keep these photos for after the engagement party, to serve as an appetizer for everyone, but now everything was ruined, and Su Miaomiao wouldn't get away with it either.
"Su Miaomiao, this old man is older than Dad, can you even stomach that?"
"This is what I've seen with my own eyes, who knows how many more there are that I haven't seen!"
"You're the mistress, am I wrong?"
The crowd looked at the photos, and someone muttered softly,
"Isn't it, those two look familiar?"
It's just they couldn't remember where they had seen them.
Su Zhen regained some composure, strode onto the stage within a few steps, and yanked Su Miaomiao's wrist, dragging her down.
"I apologize to everyone, my family's unfilial daughter is mentally unstable, and you mustn't take her words seriously."
"After the engagement party, I will make her apologize to everyone one by one..."
Before he could finish, the doors to the banquet hall were pushed open.
A line of bodyguards dressed in black suits entered one after another, led by the very old man in the photos.
Su Zhen seethed, "So you're her sugar daddy? Good timing, pay me for the damage..."
Wang Zhong wore a smile, stepped forward briskly to Su Miaomiao, and nodded respectfully.
"Madam, the Master has sent me to take you home."
The two rows of bodyguards beside him bowed and said, "Madam, the master has ordered us to bring you home."
Such a grand entrance frightened everyone present.
And that wasn't all, as Xia Man walked in from outside, glanced at the large screen on stage, and frowned slightly.
"Mr. Su, you have insulted my client's personality and inflicted physical harm. I will represent my client in filing a lawsuit. Here is the lawyer's letter."
"Moreover, spreading my photos and slandering my reputation without my permission, I will pursue legal recourse to the fullest extent."
A lawyer's letter fluttered into Su Zhen's hands, leaving him completely dumbfounded.
Although he didn't know Xia Man, those present had already recognized her.
"I knew she looked familiar; that's Xia Man! Her team is the best legal team in China, and getting her to appear personally means that Su Miaomiao's husband must be someone powerful."
"Shhh, keep it down, we can't afford to provoke such people, let's leave quickly as if we were never here."
Su Miaomiao shook off Su Zhen's hand, glanced at Lu Zi'ang and Su Niannian who stood to the side, dumbstruck, and sneered.
"Happy engagement, may you have a long and happy marriage!"
After finishing, she left the banquet hall escorted by Wang Zhong and Xia Man.
Once the group departed, the remaining people came to their senses and began to leave one after another.
They had hoped to use the engagement party to pull the Su Family out of the mire, but instead, it accelerated their downfall.
Su Zhen stumbled and collapsed on the ground, fainting completely.
"Husband..."
"Dad..."