Nightfall

Uncle Zheng was getting on in years and not very familiar with the internet.

He was only focused on fulfilling the young lady's instructions, and he truly hadn't anticipated how quickly online public opinion could ferment.

Mo Jinpeng was a frequent visitor to nightclubs and bars, so it was no surprise that something scandalous might happen. The Luo Family had been keeping a close eye on him and had plenty of dirt on Mo Jinpeng. This time, he was exposed for having a hotel tryst with a married third-tier actress.

The actress was already thirty years old and had a child, though she wasn't exactly a household name, she was somewhat recognizable.

Soon after, news of the Mo Corporation and Su Family's engagement was also leaked, and the Luo Corporation was ruthless enough to even expose numerous photos of Mo Jinpeng being intimate with different women in nightclubs.

Infidelity, adultery, and involving the entertainment industry—it was like stacking up all the worst possible scandals.

When Mo Yingying and Mo Tingting rushed home, Mo Jinpeng was already kneeling on the ground, looking disheveled. Mo Qingqing sat coldly on the sofa, silent. Mo Changshan's eyes were bloodshot, his shirt unbuttoned at several places, holding a cane in his hand.

Qin Ni sat to the side, weeping, while Grandpa Mo was nowhere to be seen.

"I should have sent you away back then!" Mo Changshan roared. "You idiot, can't even control what's in your pants, how many messes have I cleaned up for you? Thought you'd been quiet for a while, but no, you had to pick the worst time to screw up again!"

Mo Jinpeng kept his head down, not daring to speak. His face clearly showed he had just been beaten, and though his expensive clothes covered his body, they were torn in places, indicating the cane had already been used on him.

"Dad, the urgent matter now is to find a way to do damage control!" Mo Qingqing coldly glanced at Mo Jinpeng. "Jinpeng is just young and reckless, let's just let this one slide, shall we?"

"Young and reckless? He's 26 years old!" Mo Changshan threw the cane to the ground. "He's not in the entertainment industry, so this could be suppressed without much loss to us, but the Su Family is already dissatisfied!"

At this, everyone fell silent...

"What? You're not letting me cancel the engagement?"

In her own room, Su Yanran, who was on the phone, stood up excitedly. On the other end, Sister Hui spoke with a smile: "We're just not letting you cancel the engagement. The engagement can be postponed, and as long as you don't get a certificate, this so-called engagement is just an informal verbal agreement, not legally binding."

"What does your vice president mean by this?" Su Yanran suppressed her anger. "I'm canceling the engagement to show my stance, right? I've already started preparing to target the Mo Family, and now she's not letting me cancel the engagement, isn't that going back on her word?"

"Miss Su, you can choose not to cooperate with us," Sister Hui replied calmly. "As long as you indicate that you're not canceling the engagement, Vice President Luo will tell you what to do next."

"Fine, then I won't cooperate with you!" Su Yanran said through gritted teeth. "I'm not like Luo Shiya or Luo Muqi, I can win back Mo Xuan on my own!"

"Miss Su, you must understand that Mo Xuan is now backed by the Luo Family. Do you really think he needs you to retaliate against the Mo Family's past actions?" Sister Hui's tone remained calm. "Moreover, the two children were raised by Mo Xuan himself. He was abandoned by you, and your grandmother's life hung by a thread, yet it was the eldest and second young ladies who were by his side."

"The eldest young lady giving you a chance is already her mercy!"

Su Yanran fell silent. She wasn't unaware that Luo Shiya had ulterior motives, nor did she believe that Luo Shiya would truly give her a chance.

But her obsession with Mo Xuan was one thing, and another was that if she didn't agree, would the Luo Family target the Su Family? What about the engagement being just a verbal agreement? Wasn't her agreement with Luo Shiya also just a verbal one?

She didn't have the courage to confront the Luo Family, this giant. Moreover, if she wanted to win back Mo Xuan, agreeing to Luo Shiya's plan... seemed like a good option.

"Alright, I agree," Su Yanran reluctantly agreed. "I don't understand, what's the point?"

"That's beyond my knowledge, Miss Su. Goodnight."

Sister Hui hung up the phone without hesitation, then sent a message to Luo Shiya: "Eldest young lady, she agreed."

Seeing Sister Hui's message, Luo Shiya smiled, then put down her phone. A news notification popped up: "Second son of Xue Family's supermarket chain caught cheating with a female star, caught in the act by his fiancée!"

Mo Xuan was oblivious to all that was happening outside. At this moment, he was leisurely soaking in a hot spring, a towel draped over his face. A dim light shone behind him, and the wind rustled through the trees, creating a soothing sound.

The warm water gradually relaxed him, making him feel drowsy. The light behind him suddenly went out, but he didn't notice, only feeling the water around him ripple.

Then, a smooth body slowly approached him. Mo Xuan was startled and quickly pulled off the towel from his face. In the faint light from the window, Luo Shiya was wrapped in just a towel, her hair tied up, not a word spoken, only a kiss full of possessiveness...

"Muqi was too tired and fell asleep..."

Luo Shiya's voice, filled with suppressed desire, whispered in Mo Xuan's ear. Actually, she had put a sedative in the water she gave to Luo Muqi. The two daughters hadn't napped all afternoon, and after dinner, they played for a while. Children were naturally prone to sleep, so Luo Muqi had fallen asleep with them in the bedroom on the first floor.

Luo Shiya slowly pressed her entire body against Mo Xuan. Her voice was like an angel's caress, yet also a devil's whisper: "Xuan, tonight, you belong to me alone..."

"Shiya, this, this is outside..." Mo Xuan instinctively tried to push her away, but accidentally touched the softness in front of him, scaring him so he quickly retracted his hand. "Wait, let's talk about this back in the room..."

He always felt that in these moments, he was more like a woman.

"I want it here..."

Luo Shiya's eyes revealed a pathological possessiveness, her kisses fierce, as if she was using this method to tell Mo Xuan that everything about him belonged to her.

I'm a man, okay? You're treating me a bit too lightly!

"You two, that's enough!"

Luo Muqi, wearing a white bathrobe, leaned against the doorframe, looking like she was watching a show. Mo Xuan was so startled that he almost fell into the hot spring, while Luo Shiya flipped over and leaned on the edge of the pool, smiling faintly: "You didn't sleep after all, little sister?"

Heh, do you think I'm stupid?

Luo Muqi disdainfully snorted. She knew her sister had no good intentions, so she didn't drink the water Luo Shiya gave her, pretending to be asleep just to see what her sister was up to.

Sure enough, wasn't the plan to bring Mo Xuan here for a rest? Besides, he was also her Mo Xuan, her sister was too underhanded!

"Alright, then let's all soak for a while," Luo Shiya wrapped the towel she had just pulled off around herself and reached out to grab Mo Xuan, who was trying to get out. "Don't run, Xuan!"

Under the night sky, the three of them sat in the hot spring, in complete silence...

"Hey, who's pinching my thigh?"

"Why are you biting too?"

"Stop biting my face, it's a face, not pork belly!"

It didn't feel like he thought it would. It seemed like they were maliciously taking revenge on him, biting and pinching—what was this about!