Stepdaughter of a wealthy family? The little darling of a Beijing tycoon

"What should we learn from her? Learn how she shamelessly pursued Lu Jingxing for so many years, and still got nowhere." Mo Chu said coldly.

Mo Xi's face flushed instantly, looking wronged: "Sister, how could you say that to me? You know perfectly well that I love Brother Lu, and there are no other women around him. I will become the mistress of the Lu family sooner or later. With Grandpa and Grandpa Lu's friendship on our way back to the country, as long as Grandpa agrees, I will definitely be able to marry into the Lu family."

"Are you that sure?" Mo Chu raised an eyebrow.

"Of course!" Mo Xi raised her chin, her tone confident, then changed the subject, turning her attention back to Mo Chu, "But let's not talk about me now, let's get back to you, sister. What exactly is going on between you and that Young Master Wang?"

Mo Xi was about to continue splashing dirty water on Mo Chu when a commotion suddenly broke out at the other end of the banquet hall.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a man clutching his arm, limping towards them from the direction of the restroom. It was none other than Young Master Wang, who had just been reprimanded by Shen Jingshu.

He spotted Mo Chu and Mo Xi at a glance and staggered towards them. Before he could even get close to the Mo family members, Wang Shao's parents rushed forward to greet him.

Seeing her son's disheveled state, the Queen Mother's face was filled with both heartache and fury: "My son, what happened to you? How did you get so badly injured? Who dared to lay a hand on you at the Mo family's banquet?"

Young Master Wang was in so much pain that cold sweat poured down his forehead. He pointed in Mo Chu's direction and said, "It's her! It's that woman!"

He glanced around but didn't see Shen Jingzhu. His gaze fell on the Mo sisters, Mo Chu and Mo Xi. Two identical faces came into view, and a ridiculous fantasy arose in his mind. He secretly calculated how glorious it would be to have both of the Mo sisters in his arms.

Seeing her son's wandering gaze and distracted expression, Wang's mother immediately urged him sharply, "Who is it? Tell me now!"

Wang Shao staggered forward a few more steps and pointed at Mo Chu.

Although Mo Chu and Mo Xi are twins, their formal attire is completely different. Mo Chu is wearing a light green long dress, while Mo Xi is wearing a snow-white evening gown. Even though they look alike, they can be distinguished from a distance.

However, Wang Shao had just been subdued by Shen Jingshu in the restroom, and his head was already throbbing with pain. Coupled with the chaotic thoughts that had been running through his mind, he was momentarily confused. He only remembered that the person he had clashed with was the eldest daughter of the Mo family. His gaze swept over the two girls in front of him who looked almost identical, and he was momentarily disoriented.

"It's her!" He raised his hand, his fingertips darting back and forth between Mo Chu and Mo Xi, his tone becoming indistinct. "It's one of these sisters! She hit me in the bathroom and dislocated my arm!"

These words immediately caused an uproar among the surrounding guests.

Mother Mo's face turned deathly pale instantly. She subconsciously looked at Mo Chu, her eyes filled with rage. She was clearly convinced that Mo Chu was behind this.

Mo Xi stood to the side, lowering her eyes to hide the fleeting smugness in them, but feigning a panicked expression. She whispered to her mother, "Mom, my sister actually hit someone at our own banquet. If this gets out, our Mo family will lose all face."

Mo Chu's heart sank. She never expected Wang Shao to say such ambiguous words, which only confirmed her suspicion. She looked coldly at Wang Shao, her tone firm: "Look carefully, I wasn't the one who did it."

Young Master Wang's arm was throbbing with pain, and he couldn't hear any explanations. He just kept shouting, "It's you Mo family people!"

Yes, there was one more! She was with another woman at the time. Where did that woman go?

Wang Shao was in so much pain that cold sweat beaded on his forehead, and he opened his mouth to expose Shen Jingshu.

Mo Chu's heart tightened. She had already made up her mind to take all the blame upon herself and was about to admit it.

Just then, Shen Jingshu slowly walked out from the edge of the crowd, her expression indifferent, her gaze falling on Wang Shao: "I was the one who hit you, why are you grabbing Miss Mo?"

"Yes, it's you!" Young Master Wang immediately pointed at Shen Jingshu.

More and more guests gathered around, their voices rising and falling in murmurs. Lin Wanqing squeezed through the crowd and spotted Shen Jingshu standing in the middle. She quickly stepped forward and reprimanded her urgently, "Jingshu, did you hit this young master? Apologize to him right now. No matter what happened, you can't hit someone."

Seeing someone speak up for him, Wang Shao straightened his back a bit. But when Wang's mother saw Lin Wanqing next to Shen Jingshu, her expression changed instantly.

Shen Jingshu rarely appeared at high-society banquets. At the last banquet hosted by the Li family, she only made a brief appearance. The Queen Mother only caught a glimpse of her from afar and only remembered that the Li family had a stepdaughter who had been brought by Madam Li. But when she saw Lin Wanqing beside her, she immediately realized that the one who had made the move was the Li family's daughter.

She knew perfectly well that neither the Li family nor the Mo family were people the Wang family could afford to offend. Her son was likely to suffer a great loss today.

The Queen Mother quickly forced a kind smile and stepped forward to smooth things over: "So it's Madam Li. This must be Miss Shen from the Li family. Oh dear, what a mess! We're all acquaintances, so let's just let it go."

She reached out and tugged at her son, who was still yelling, and whispered, "You're a grown man, and you're making a scene after being hit by a girl. You must have offended Miss Shen earlier."

"Mom! How can you take the side of an outsider! I don't even know her. She came up to me and started hitting me. I didn't even get to say a word to her!" Young Master Wang retorted loudly, full of indignation.

Upon hearing this, Lin Wanqing felt a surge of anger. In her eyes, Shen Jingshu was indeed a troublemaker, daring to injure someone at the Mo family's banquet.

She was solely focused on suppressing the matter as quickly as possible, fearing that the situation would escalate and jeopardize the hard-won cooperative relationship between the Li and Mo families. At this moment, she acted entirely as the matriarch of the Li family, concerned only with preserving the family's reputation, and completely disregarded the cause and effect of the matter.

Shen Jingshu did not look at Lin Wanqing once from beginning to end, ignoring her demands for an apology and remaining silent.

Mo Chu, standing to the side, was seeing Lin Wanqing up close for the first time. Seeing Lin Wanqing relentlessly pressuring Shen Jingshu to apologize without any regard for right or wrong, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

Mo Chu had always thought that only her parents were so biased and cold-hearted, completely disregarding right and wrong. But she never expected that someone as dazzling, powerful, and extraordinary as Shen Jingshu would be treated so unfairly by her own mother, who only knew how to criticize and suppress her.

In an instant, a strong sense of kinship and shared suffering welled up in her heart.