Mu Beiyin's gaze swept over everyone in the hospital room.
Mu Qianrou was only three months younger than her. The day after their mother passed away, Lin Ru had happily moved into the Mu family villa with Mu Qianrou.
When Mu Beiyin discovered suspicious circumstances surrounding her mother's death, she was promptly sent to the countryside by the Mu family, left to fend for herself.
If not for the stipulation in her mother's will that she must inherit the estate, the Mu family would likely have forgotten her existence entirely.
Mu Yaohui's face flushed red, then turned pale. He straightened his neck and shouted angrily, "What did I say wrong? You and your mother never reflect on your own faults, always blaming others!"
"Reflect on our own faults?"
Mu Beiyin responded with a blank expression, "You're right. After all, my mother lacked Lin Ru's talent for seducing men. Not only did Ms. Lin succeed herself, but she also taught her daughter to surpass her. I truly can't compare."
"You!" Lin Ru cried as she threw herself into Mu Yaohui's arms, as if the whole world owed them mother and daughter.
"Yaohui, look at Beiyin. It's one thing for her to hate me, but why does she hate Qianrou? It was Lingqian who wanted to break off the engagement, not Qianrou's fault!"
Her tears reminded Mu Yaohui not to forget the matter of the engagement.
Suppressing his anger, he said, "Enough! No more words. We brought you here today to annul the engagement!"
Song Lingqian also snapped out of his anger and took a deep breath.
"Beiyin, I won't marry an unchaste woman. I don't want Qianrou to be hurt anymore. Please hand over the jade pendant, the token of engagement between the Mu and Song families, to Qianrou."
Tears shimmered in Mu Qianrou's reddened eyes, her delicate face filled with guilt and restraint.
"Brother Lingqian, I know my humble background doesn't match yours. Please don't make sister sad because of me..."
Song Lingqian's heart ached. "Qianrou! Even if you're an illegitimate child, you've maintained your integrity, which is far better than Mu Beiyin! She, relying on being the legitimate daughter, bullies you daily. Don't speak up for her anymore!"
After speaking, he turned angrily, "Mu Beiyin, annul the engagement! I won't repeat myself!"
Mu Beiyin sneered. Back then, to save Song Lingqian, she nearly bled to death. He promised to protect her for life.
Later, when the doctor said the scar on her neck would never heal, Song Lingqian found it unsightly and turned to Mu Qianrou.
Anyone could criticize her, but not Song Lingqian, who owed her his life!
It's strange how she ever fancied such scum.
Mu Beiyin calmly nodded, "Fine, I agree to annul the engagement."
"Brother Lingqian, please listen to sister's explanation. She just..."
Mu Qianrou was still crying, but halfway through her sentence, her expression changed, thinking she misheard, and she looked sharply at Mu Beiyin, "What did you say—"
"I said, I agree to annul the engagement."
Mu Beiyin smiled slightly, "So, my dear sister, can you stop your less-than-exquisite acting now?"
The hospital room instantly fell silent.
Mu Qianrou looked incredulous. This country bumpkin Mu Beiyin actually agreed to annul the engagement?!
Song Lingqian was also stunned for a moment before reacting, "You agree?"
Everyone knew Mu Beiyin loved him. Otherwise, she wouldn't have used her mother's inheritance to help him achieve his current status.
How could she agree to annul the engagement so easily?
But... annulling the engagement was good. Otherwise, he feared that one day, this engagement would wrong Qianrou.
Song Lingqian took a deep breath, "It's good that you've thought it through. For the sake of our decade-long relationship, as long as you return the jade pendant, I won't say anything after the annulment. In the future—"
Mu Beiyin interrupted him with a slight smile, her voice firm:
"I agree to the annulment, Song Lingqian. But let me be clear—it's not you who is annulling the engagement; it's me who is breaking it off with you!"
The room fell silent once more.
Lin Ru was stunned for a few seconds before reacting, screaming loudly, "Mu Beiyin, what did you say?!"
If Song Lingqian initiated the annulment, it would be because of Mu Beiyin's alleged infidelity; but if Mu Beiyin took the initiative, what would people think? Would they believe that Qianrou had instigated it? That couldn't happen!
Mu Qianrou's pale face was streaked with tears. "Sister, I know you feel wronged, but there's no need to vent your anger on Brother Lingqian..."
Song Lingqian snapped out of his daze, his fleeting guilt vanishing.
"What nonsense are you spouting now?"
Mu Beiyin sneered, "Young Master Song wants to annul the engagement because of those photos, thinking I'm promiscuous?"
Song Lingqian frowned. "That's the truth. You've been involved with so many men; I could never be with you!"
Mu Beiyin nodded, took out her phone from her bag, and played a pre-prepared video.
Mu Qianrou's face stiffened, instinctively trying to stop her—but it was too late!
In the video, a man knelt on the ground, crying and pleading:
"It wasn't me. Those photos—Mu Qianrou gave me 200,000 yuan to Photoshop them. She wanted to ruin Miss Mu's reputation. It has nothing to do with me!"
"Mu Qianrou wanted to sabotage the wedding. I just did what I was paid to do. Please forgive me!"
Then, the man tearfully handed over a check from Mu Qianrou.
Two hundred thousand yuan, not a cent more or less, with Mu Qianrou's name clearly written in the lower right corner.
Mu Qianrou had bribed someone to falsely accuse her own sister of infidelity...
The evidence was irrefutable!
Everyone in and outside the hospital room turned to look at Mu Qianrou. Her tear-streaked face turned ashen!
Lin Ru and Mu Yaohui took a step back, their lips trembling.
Mu Beiyin nonchalantly asked, "I'm promiscuous?"
Song Lingqian's body trembled.
Mu Beiyin said coldly, "My sister has quite the tactics. She spent 200,000 yuan to take my place. You two have been playing these tricks for fifteen years and still aren't tired of it?"
Lin Ru instinctively shouted, "Shut up! You're slandering Qianrou..."
Mu Beiyin ignored her and turned to Song Lingqian.
"And you, as my fiancé, didn't listen to my explanation. Instead, you accused and insulted me for Mu Qianrou. In your eyes, Mu Qianrou is a hundred, a thousand times more important than your fiancée!"
"Two-timing, hypocritical, unable to distinguish right from wrong—what right do you have to annul our engagement? If this engagement is to be broken, it's me who is breaking it off with you, you unfaithful scumbag!"
Mu Qianrou stood frozen, her crocodile tears still hanging in her eyes, utterly embarrassed.
Song Lingqian trembled with anger. Mu Beiyin had always been obedient to him, and now she was calling him a scumbag?
The surrounding doctors and nurses began to look at them with subtle expressions, whispering indignantly.
"It's obvious that Mu Qianrou framed Miss Mu. The Mu family never suspected anything. Are they all brainless?"
"Didn't Miss Mu say that Lin Ru and Mu Qianrou have been playing these tricks for fifteen years? Who knows how many times they've framed her. The Mu family must have known!"
"Who says Mu Qianrou is pure and kind? She sabotaged someone's wedding, successfully became the mistress, and ruined her sister's reputation..."
"The daughter of a mistress is still a mistress. Mu Beiyin is the legitimate young lady; how would she know how to seduce men?"
Lin Ru heard the phrase 'the daughter of a mistress is still a mistress' and trembled, unable to speak in fear.
She's not a mistress, and Qianrou isn't either! It's Mu Beiyin, unloved and clinging to the engagement, who's the real mistress!