"Please bring that young man from earlier here." Mo Shanshan composed herself, she wasn’t the type to make unreasonable demands, especially not in the Mo family’s residence.
"If your Mu family didn’t intend to break off the engagement, why lure a ghost onto me, only for you, the Mu family’s eldest young master, to ‘solve’ it later?"
After hearing his daughter’s words, Mo Xiangxiong’s mind raced, and his face darkened. "The Mu family has gone too far in bullying others!"
His daughter had been pure and innocent, yet the Mu family had resorted to such underhanded methods to break the engagement. He would never let them off easily.
"Patriach Mo, the facts are not yet clear. Please refrain from baseless accusations." Mu Changnian had his temper too, no one would take kindly to being publicly cursed at like this.
"Uncle Mo, the person Miss Mo wishes to summon is Mu Xiaolin, the Mu family’s second young master. Let him confront her directly." Mu Lichuan’s expression was stern. "The Mu family will not tolerate slander."
Mo Xiangxiong motioned for his daughter to stay calm. If the truth was as she claimed, the Mo family would fight to the death to make the Mu family pay.
Mo Shanshan nodded. She knew her reputation was already ruined, her only chance was to pin the blame firmly on the Mu family. She had been too impulsive earlier, but the thought of these two men ganging up on her, a helpless girl, made her hatred unbearable.
Soon, Mu Xiaolin was brought in by a servant. "Father, Elder Brother, Patriach Mo, Miss Mo." The servant had briefed him on who was present, so he made no mistakes in addressing them.
"Miss Mo, now that both brothers are here, please explain exactly what happened. If they truly wronged you, the Mu family will not let it slide. But the same applies in reverse!" Mu Changnian spoke with the authority of a patriarch, his imposing demeanor making it clear that the Mu family would not tolerate false accusations.
"Shanshan, since Patriarch Mu has given his word, you need not hide anything. Speak the truth. Your father will protect you at all costs." Mo Xiangxiong bolstered his daughter’s courage.
Mo Shanshan glanced at them, then spoke rapidly, her voice tinged with fear. "That night, I went to the cemetery and saw him. After I returned home, I fell unconscious..."
When she finished her account, Mu Xiaolin responded, "Father, how could I have gone to the cemetery? Especially at night. Could Miss Mo have been mistaken? Or perhaps the ghost possessing her never left."
She lost her purity and now wants to pin it on me, does she think I’m an idiot who’ll just take the blame?
Since childhood, he had been called a bastard. Now that he was part of the Mu family, he would never let himself be trampled on again.
"Young Master Mu, mind your words. The Mo family is a lineage of metaphysics," Mo Xiangxiong warned, pressuring Mu Xiaolin to back down.
"How could I have been mistaken? It was you. I saw you flash by, and then I was overwhelmed with terror!" Mo Shanshan shrieked.
"Wait a moment I’d like to ask, Miss Mo, what was a young lady like you doing at a cemetery late at night?" Mu Lichuan countered coolly.
She definitely has ulterior motives toward me. I always found it strange that she didn’t pester me again after that humiliation.
When confronted with this question, Mo Shanshan paled, stammering incoherently.
"Miss Mo, lying isn’t a good habit. Right, Father?" Mu Lichuan glanced at his father meaningfully. Once the truth came out, the engagement would be dissolved naturally.
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