Online dating backfired? A wealthy heir begged me to continue lying to him.

She and Lin Zhiyu exchanged a glance.

Both of them instantly had tears in their eyes.

However, Lin Zhiyu was already shedding tears.

Lin Xiran, on the other hand, had red eyes, as if she had been deeply hurt, yet stubbornly maintained her dignity.

"Is that all you think of me?"

This is a counterattack against Lu Yanci's accusations.

Then she looked at Su Ruan, who was being protected by Lu Shuangshuang and preparing to leave.

"Miss Su, I don't think I've done anything to wrong you. Today's incident was Zhiyu's fault to begin with, and I'll have Zhiyu apologize to you right now."

Having figured out her aunt's tricks, Lin Zhiyu quickly cooperated by bowing and apologizing to Su Ruan.

"Miss Su, I'm so sorry! It's all my fault. I'll accept whatever punishment you want me to receive."

This time, Lin Zhiyu adopted a very humble attitude, so humble that it was completely unbecoming of her status.

People around started whispering.

He secretly pointed and whispered at Su Ruan.

"Who is that woman? She's so arrogant. She just accidentally bumped into someone and got her clothes dirty. Miss Lin apologized to her and offered to compensate her. Even Lin's aunt came to apologize to her personally, yet she's still so unreasonable."

"Didn't you see that the Lu siblings are backing her up? This woman doesn't even know where she came from. She's never seen the world and is just spoiled and arrogant."

"I think the Lu family has really reached its end. They used to boast that they had produced an extraordinary heir, but now it seems they've got their noses in the air."

"No, really no one recognizes that woman? The bracelet on her wrist looks so familiar, and her features... they look so much like the eldest son of the Su family in Yuncheng!"

"The illegitimate son of the Su family in Yuncheng? No wonder he's so arrogant and domineering, ha!"

That laugh was full of disdain.

Lin Xiran smiled slightly.

She has achieved her goal.

Even if this woman reveals that she is Su Gege's illegitimate child, she will only be ridiculed.

She was just a pitiful person who was bullied at will by her juniors.

When Brother Su finds out later, he will only think that Su Ruan was being unreasonable and that she was the one who was wronged.

Perhaps to compensate her, we should officially make her Mrs. Su.

She truly harbored resentment towards Su Ruan, her illegitimate son, but her purpose was never merely to vent her anger.

Hearing the people around him pointing and whispering about Su Ruan, Lu Yanci's face darkened.

"Miss Lin!"

His voice became louder.

Many people were watching this farce, speculating about the relationship between Lu Yanci and Su Ruan.

Lu Yanci's brows were deeply furrowed.

In such a scenario, doing anything inappropriate could bring even greater trouble to Susoft.

Su Ruan doesn't like trouble.

But in this place where status and family background matter, he really didn't have a good way to protect Su Ruan without using the Lu family's influence.

Su Ruan understood.

Lin Xiran is now using her family background and status to suppress her.

But she was just an ordinary person.

She was too naive.

She thought that by not actively causing trouble and not actively getting involved with any men, she could remain invisible and achieve her goals peacefully.

But trouble still found her.

She used to think that all the troubles were caused by the male lead, since the root cause of the harm suffered by the female lead in many stories was actually the male lead.

Su Qingqian, who was bullied at the banquet, was also bullied for this reason.

Despite having no connection whatsoever with Lu Yanci, she still found herself entangled in trouble.

Could she say that it was already fortunate that Lin Zhiyu bumped into her but didn't even take her seriously?

Can she say that Lu Shuangshuang greeted her after seeing her, which led to her trouble?

No.

All because she lacked sufficient status, yet stepped into this arena of fame and fortune.

If the female characters standing next to the male protagonist also had equally illustrious backgrounds, would anyone still bully or belittle them for various reasons?

She is still too weak.

"Auntie, what are you doing?"

Lin Mo's figure entered the scene.

Then he looked at Su Ruan with surprise.

"Miss Su? What's wrong? I was away for a while. Did my sister bully you?"

Lin Zhiyu looked incredulously at her brother, who had been speaking up for another woman since entering the room.

They even said that she had bullied others.

She's his own sister!

Lin Xiran's gaze was also complicated.

"Lin Mo, you don't know the whole story..."

She tried to extricate Lin Mo from the matter.

If it's just a few women having a minor squabble over a misunderstanding, then it's a trivial matter.

But Lin Mo is the eldest son of the Lin family, representing the Lin family's attitude, so his involvement changes everything.

Lin Mo frowned, looking suspiciously at his aunt whose eyes were red.

The scene looked exactly like Su Ruan bullying his aunt and sister.

But he knew Su Ruan quite well; she would never do anything to bully others by abusing her power.

Besides, judging from Lu Yanci and Lu Shuangshuang's expressions, Su Ruan was the one who was bullied.

"Little Aunt..."

He didn't know why his aunt suddenly wanted to target Su Ruan, even though she had previously praised her highly and even offered her the Lin family's coveted spot.

But he hoped his aunt could stop in time.

Su Ruan is not the kind of noblewoman they think she needs to rely on her family to gain respect from others, nor is she someone they can control with their methods.

A ruthless glint flashed in Lin Xiran's eyes.

She never expected that Lin Mo, who had previously held a strong prejudice against Su Ruan, would now completely side with her and even warn her, his aunt!

That Su Ruan is such a vixen!

In just a few days, she has already captivated the young master of the Lu family, who is willing to risk everything to protect her, and even made the future prodigy of the Lin family, who has always been indifferent to women, speak up for her.

She gave a bitter smile.

"I was wrong."

"It was Zhiyu and I who were wrong."

We apologize!

Her apology was incredibly poignant.

No one thought Miss Lin lacked backbone; they only saw that the heirs of the Lu and Lin families were protecting the seemingly unfamiliar woman.

Sex scandals are always the easiest to explain.

Moreover, the people present were all young, and the woman at the center of the controversy was very beautiful.

Some people then began to make sarcastic and cynical speculations.

"Wow, this woman is quite something. She's managed to bewitch the heirs of the Lu and Lin families."

Lin Mo never expected things to develop in this direction.

He was just a normal member of the Lin family who came to mediate, and his starting point was even for the good of his aunt and sister. How did it become that he was infatuated with Su Ruan?

Lu Yanci sighed inwardly.

He knows it!

They say people can say whatever they want, but right now it's Su Ruan who's being wildly speculated about.

Su Ruan looked at Lin Mo apologetically.

She never expected that today's events would also involve Lin Mo.

Fortunately, she doesn't know many people, otherwise she would be implicated in all the sex scandals, and it would be a lot of work to clear them up later.

"Hey, what kind of dirty rumors are these? Count me in!"