Mo Yaru still managed to dig up information about Mu Yue. Wei Xuan only said one line, "Don't go provoke her," and that was it, not bothering to explain to her exactly who Mu Yue was.
Wei Xuan's words were meant exactly as they sounded — after all, he had already experienced first-hand Mu Yue's overbearing young lady temper. But those four words coming out of his mouth were weirdly easy to misinterpret. Who misinterpreted them? Mo Yaru, of course.
She already had her own ulterior motives, so everyone else looked like a potential rival to her. With Wei Xuan's words, she was even more convinced that there was something going on between Mu Yue and Wei Xuan. She had just come back and did not want to upset Wei Xuan, so while Wei Xuan was out at a business engagement, she went to ask some old acquaintances for information on her own.
With that, Mu Yue's counterattack points started rising again.
Mu Yue was amused. This white moonlight was way too proactive. She was by far the character in this body double novel that had contributed the most points to her. She could easily guess what the white moonlight was busy doing. It was good to keep busy — the more she did, the more points Mu Yue might earn.
But there was only so much information about Mu Yue to dig up, and after this wave of points, there were no more incoming points from the white moonlight for the time being.
Mu Yue was not disappointed. She had already earned over five hundred points from coming here today, which was a pretty good haul. She had no intention of lingering at the banquet, and planned to leave right after finishing her meal.
Unexpectedly, she ran into Mo Yaru in the restroom. Mu Yue had no idea if this was a real coincidence or a deliberate encounter.
Mo Yaru, looking at Mu Yue in the mirror, had an expression like she was genuinely stunned by how beautiful Mu Yue was. When she caught Mu Yue glancing at her, she snapped back to reality, brushed a strand of hair back, and spoke in a complimenting tone, "I'm so sorry, I rarely see a girl as pretty as you. I was just a little... stunned. My name is Mo Yaru."
Mu Yue met Mo Yaru's gaze calmly through the mirror, slowly wiping the water off her hands. She watched Mo Yaru's expression shift from delight to embarrassment, with a hint of poorly hidden irritation flickering in her eyes, before she said slowly, "You know what? Your acting is terrible. The mirror is right here, didn't you see the ill intent in your eyes is almost spilling out into the real world?"
Mu Yue tossed the used paper towel into the trash can, looked back at the frozen Mo Yaru, and smiled, "Do I look like someone who is easy to fool? Or are you just way too confident in yourself?"
"..." Mo Yaru had never met someone as straightforward as Mu Yue, who did not leave her even an inch of leeway. She had not even gotten to start her act yet, and she had already been seen through. The feeling was terrible. She forced a smile, "You must have misunderstood... I just wanted to say hello to you."
Mu Yue raised an eyebrow, "I thought Wei Xuan already warned you. Ah... judging by your expression, he really did, didn't he?"
Right then, Mo Yaru realized exactly how tough Mu Yue was to deal with. She stopped talking, and just put on a look of being wronged and flustered. There was no one else in the restroom. When Mu Yue had already laid all her cards on the table, Mo Yaru was still putting on a show. That could only mean two things — either she was really obsessed with acting, or an audience was about to arrive any second.
Mu Yue stayed on high alert, and asked her system companions to turn on the recording function.
Sure enough, right after Mu Yue stepped out of the restroom, a group of people came over. When she turned around, she saw Mo Yaru fall to the ground, looking on the verge of tears, glancing at Mu Yue with a deliberately fearful expression. The people who had just walked in immediately hurried over to help her up, and asked what had happened.
The classic green tea lines made their reappearance.
"I'm fine, it has nothing to do with anyone..." Then she put on an obviously frightened act towards Mu Yue, making everyone think that Mu Yue had done or said something to her.
Several girls all turned their eyes to Mu Yue, with awkward expressions, "This... Miss Mu?"
Mu Yue actually laughed out loud this time, and said to Mo Yaru, "You asked for this."
With that, she walked over and slapped Mo Yaru twice right across the face, just as the girl had been helped back to her feet. "Now you don't have to beat around the bush and hint at things. Say thank you."
Mo Yaru was completely stunned. The girls beside her subconsciously took two steps back, afraid that they would get dragged into the mess too.
Mu Yue went to wash her hands again, and said in confusion, "How could you even have the nerve to use such a cheap trick? Don't worry, I'll help you spread this little performance of yours far and wide later."
She dried her hands, and shook her phone playfully with a bright smile.
Mo Yaru finally snapped back to her senses. Her face stung sharply where she had been slapped. The few girls who had just come in exchanged glances, and no one dared step forward anymore. It was obvious that the two of them had some sort of conflict, and from what Mu Yue said, Mo Yaru was the one who picked the fight. It was better not to get involved.
Mu Yue had no intention of waiting for Mo Yaru to continue her act. She strode out of the restroom, heading straight for Wei Xuan. When she reached him, without a word, she slapped him hard across the face.
The whole room erupted in commotion. After a moment of dead silence, everyone started moving instinctively. Within seconds, a crowd had formed around them.
Wei Xuan was just as shocked, staring at Mu Yue in disbelief, "You —"
"Are you out of your mind?" Mu Yue took advantage of his daze, and spoke loudly first, "What's the meaning of getting that person of yours to pick a fight with me? Playing these dirty little tricks, do you really think I'm a pushover? Are you even a man?"
"Oh dear, what on earth is going on?"
"Everyone calm down, calm down. Mr. Wei, here, let's put something cold on your face first."
"Miss Mu, if you have a problem, can't you talk it out properly? Why... going this far with violence is a bit too much."
"Yeah, that's right..."
"Here!" Mu Yue directly handed her phone to the host who had come over to mediate. "Take a look at this. It's absolutely ridiculous."
The host took Mu Yue's phone. On the screen was a video, taken right by the restroom sink, that did not capture anything inappropriate.
In the video, Mu Yue and Mo Yaru were clearly having a tense, unpleasant conversation. Right after Mu Yue walked out, Mo Yaru deliberately dropped herself to the floor, messed up her hair a little, and less than a minute later, a group of people walked in. She then put on a wronged act, making it look like Mu Yue had pushed her.
"..." They really thought everyone was an idiot? The host could barely stand to watch, and passed the phone over to the seething Wei Xuan with a complicated look. "Ah, Little Xuan, you'd better take a look at this yourself. Honestly, no one can blame Miss Mu for being this angry."
The onlookers craned their necks as far as they could, dying to see what was going on.
Wei Xuan held back his rage, took the phone, and watched Mo Yaru's whole little scheme. People standing close to Wei Xuan also caught a glimpse of the video, and secretly snuck glances at Wei Xuan's darkening face.
This was really something...
The people on the outer edge of the crowd who could not see what was happening were so anxious they were scratching their heads. Come on, tell us what's going on!
Unfortunately, because of Wei Xuan, everyone who saw the content did not say it out loud directly, but they used their eyes to signal people they knew well that they would chat about it privately later.
At this moment, Wei Xuan's anger burned even hotter. Didn't he tell her not to provoke trouble? Why wouldn't she listen? Why did she have to do such a stupid thing?
Making trouble was bad enough, but she even got caught red-handed. It was simply unbelievable.
Wei Xuan, along with many others present, all thought the same way: you could pull off underhanded tricks, but you must not get caught, let alone have it broadcast openly in front of a crowd like this. It was far too humiliating!
Wei Xuan did not care what conflict the two women had between them. All he knew was that because of Mo Yaru, he had become the laughing stock of everyone today.
He was full of pent-up rage, especially towards Mu Yue. This Mu Yue never played by the rules, she insisted on laying everything out in the open, did she really have to make things so awkward for everyone? Couldn't this have been resolved privately?
The frustrating part was that for a moment, he really had no way to deal with Mu Yue. A whole set of business tactics would not work on her at all, because she had no industries in City A. She was just plain, stinking rich.
If his family's businesses refused to serve or sell products to Mu Yue, it would not have any impact on her at all. There were plenty of other businesses in City A, and if City A did not have what she wanted, the whole world would. Mu Yue never lacked access to any resources.
Since open, legitimate methods would not work, he would have to resort to underhanded ones.
Wei Xuan's eyes darkened, and under Mu Yue's unwavering stare, he handed her phone back to her, and whispered, "Today's incident was Yaru's fault, but Miss Mu, you've already hit her and gotten your revenge. Don't push your luck."
"Hmph. It's not like I want to have anything to do with the two of you. As long as you don't come bothering me, I won't bother to look at your annoying face," Mu Yue said, too lazy to waste more words on him. She had already decided that from now on, every time Mo Yaru came looking for trouble with her, she would take it out on Wei Xuan. It would be a piece of cake.
The onlookers who were there for the gossip secretly let out sounds of disappointment that the situation had not escalated further, but since Wei Xuan had already left the venue with the hosts, they could not let their obvious anticipation show on their faces. Still, it was fine. For all the parts of the story they had not fully grasped, they could just go find Mu Yue later to get the full details.
So when Mo Yaru reappeared, she noticed that a huge number of eyes were fixed on her. She had a vague bad feeling, and rushed to look for Wei Xuan, but after scanning the entire banquet hall, he was nowhere to be found. Fortunately, Wei Xuan's cousin, the one who was getting engaged that day, showed up, his tone full of disgust and anger. "You're looking for my cousin, right? Come with me. Stop wandering around out here."
Mo Yaru followed him, feeling very displeased. What was his attitude for? Didn't he know she had come to the banquet with Wei Xuan today?
But after just a few steps, she heard the cousin mutter even more disdainfully, "What an embarrassment. The mess you caused yourself, and you even dragged my cousin into it."
Mo Yaru looked up in shock, but the cousin made no effort to hide his meaning. He rolled his eyes openly, full of irritation, and led her away.
By then, Mu Yue had already left. The hosts had even apologized to her on Wei Xuan's behalf. They thought Mu Yue's way of handling things was a bit over the top, but after all, Wei Xuan could not even keep a tight rein on his woman, and let her go out picking fights first. Anyone who started the trouble first was the one in the wrong.
The Mo family used to have a presence in City A, but they had not been here for a long time. They had just come back from abroad, and no one knew if they were doing well or not. How could they compare to Mu Yue, who had far greater potential?
Mu Yue only targeted overbearing CEOs and the white moonlight, and never made things difficult for anyone else. She accepted the hosts' apology, and went home happily, with a new batch of "face-slapping points" credited to her account.
In just a short while, the whole banquet knew exactly what had happened. Mo Yaru's underhanded, low-class tactics were nothing but a joke to everyone. Of course, she was not the only one being laughed at.
Mu Yue thought she was doing a good deed. Those overbearing CEOs always bragged about how deep their love was. When the person they cared about was in trouble, shouldn't they stand by their side? To show how deep their feelings were, there had to be some hardships to test them, right?
She was just helping them witness their love!
Love? Wei Xuan could not care less about that right now. Saving face was far more important to him. Now when he looked at Mo Yaru, he no longer saw the gentle, thoughtful, kind and innocent woman he remembered. All he saw was a brainless troublemaker who loved courting disaster.
It made him wonder if the person he had been pining for all this time was even Mo Yaru at all.
Mo Yaru had also found out everything that had happened while she was out of the hall. Her expression changed several times, and she was on the verge of breaking down. She never expected that when Mu Yue said she would spread the word, she really meant it. What was more, she never imagined that Mu Yue had anticipated all this and recorded a video in advance!
She had only been back for a few days. How was she supposed to make connections with other wealthy young ladies in the social circle now?
