No one expected Mu Beiyin to open the door at this moment.
Lin Ru's eyes flickered. Mu Beiyin was evasive, not daring to open the door, and a man's voice could be heard inside...
It seemed that Mr. Huang was still there!
She hurriedly put on the act of a caring stepmother, "Beiyin, it's good that you're okay. Yaohui is just too worried about you. Open the door and let us in."
Mu Beiyin slowly glanced at everyone, "Open the door? That's not going to happen."
Her words seemed to ignite a fuse, and the crowd clicked their tongues and shook their heads.
"How shameless! Even now, she's still like this—selling her body for a bit of money!"
"Heavens, if Mr. Huang can go that far, then the rumors about Mu Beiyin cheating must be true. How can she be Mu Qianrou's sister?"
Lin Ru looked smug.
Mu Beiyin's life was basically over—just a stepping stone for Qianrou, making the last contribution to the Mu family.
She deserved to suffer humiliation and die like her mother!
Yet Lin Ru pretended to weep softly, "Stop talking. It's all my fault as the stepmother for not educating Beiyin well. She's also my daughter, a piece of my heart. How could this happen?"
Mu Yaohui's face darkened, "Mu Beiyin, what shameful things are in your room? Open the door right now!"
Mu Beiyin suddenly laughed lightly, "Dad, do you really want me to open the door?"
Mu Yaohui had no choice but to force Mu Beiyin to marry Mr. Huang, otherwise the fifty million wouldn't come through. This was even more effective than 'catching her in bed with another man' publicly!
So he raised his voice deliberately: "What else? You've done such a disgraceful thing and still won't admit it? Besides marrying Mr. Huang, what choice do you have? Open the door—I want to discuss your marriage with him!"
Others sighed and shook their heads. Everyone said Mu Dong didn't love his eldest daughter, but this was fine, right?
Even now, he was still considering Mu Beiyin. After all, if the matter with Mr. Huang got out, no one would marry her. Apart from Mr. Huang, what options did she have?
Mu Beiyin pretended to hesitate, "Opening the door isn't impossible, but the people inside... I'm afraid you can't afford to offend them..."
Several noblewomen, trying to please Lin Ru, sneered sarcastically, "Miss Mu, could there be others in the room? How many men did you keep company with all night? Honestly, bastards without mothers are shameless. If it were me, I'd be mortified to death."
"Mu Dong, you really need to educate this daughter properly. She's promiscuous—what won't she dare to do?"
Mu Yaohui's anger surged. He suddenly raised his foot and kicked open the half-closed door!
"I want to see who exactly is this person I can't afford to offend—"
His words caught in his throat, his face changing drastically!
Everyone turned to look inside the room. The large double bed was neat and untouched, clearly no one had slept there.
On the sofa in the luxurious room, three people were sitting, holding playing cards, leisurely shuffling the deck.
Hearing the noise, a man and a woman turned their heads, half-smiling, their expressions meaningful.
"Mu Dong, we're just playing cards in Miss Mu's room... do you have a problem with that?"
Everyone was stunned.
How was this different from what they expected? They thought Mu Beiyin was with a man, but it turned out they were playing cards?
And these people... the man furthest inside had a face that couldn't be clearly seen, but his aura was extraordinary—definitely not an ordinary person.
The two people sitting by the window were none other than Chu Xiao, the eldest young master of the Chu family and head of Chu Hospital, and Chu Zhi, the true heir of the Chu family and eldest young lady.
Mu Yaohui's heart skipped a beat, his expression changing abruptly.
Wait... where was Mr. Huang?! Why were the people in the room now these Chu siblings? Where was Mr. Huang?
Lin Ru and Mu Qianrou nearly lost their composure, their eyes constantly searching the room.
It couldn't be, it just couldn't be! They had clearly seen Mr. Huang bring Mu Beiyin upstairs—how could Mu Beiyin resist that drug? What was really going on?!
The noblewomen who had just sided with them were now scared stiff. Chu Zhi and Chu Xiao were not people they could afford to offend!
They shouldn't have defended Lin Ru!
Mu Beiyin took her time enjoying everyone's expressions, then slowly sighed, "Dad, I already told you, you can't afford to offend the people in this room. Now that we've disturbed Miss Chu and Young Master Chu's card game, I don't even know how to plead for you."
Chu Xiao glanced at Huo Shiqing, then squinted his eyes and asked knowingly:
"Judging by this situation, does Mu Dong really think Miss Mu is doing some shameful thing in the room?"
Chu Xiao and Chu Zhi had been called here by a single phone call from Huo Shiqing. They took a fast passage, coming through the side door of the adjacent room directly to this guest room, pretending to play cards.
The siblings immediately understood that Mu Yaohui and the mistress had sold Mu Beiyin to Mr. Huang for fifty million, trying to ruin her reputation.
Chu Zhi casually threw down the playing cards, her gaze darkening. "The rumors say Mu Dong doesn't like his daughter by his original wife. It's true—he even cuts off father-daughter ties over a card game. Tsk tsk."
Cold sweat dripped down Mu Yaohui's face.
He glared fiercely at Lin Ru. Everything had been arranged perfectly, yet he had no idea where Mr. Huang had gone. He couldn't afford to offend these two from the Chu family—he was truly at a loss for words!
Lin Ru bit her teeth in anger. She didn't know what had gone wrong today that allowed Mu Beiyin to escape. If there had been three men in the room, she could have insisted that Mu Beiyin had slept with them.
But Chu Zhi was here too. She couldn't very well claim that Chu Zhi was involved with Mu Beiyin!
At this point, all she could do was bluff it out and then secretly send Mu Beiyin to Mr. Huang later!
Thinking this, Lin Ru forced a smile, "Miss Chu, you've misunderstood! Yaohui was just too worried about Beiyin and said some nonsense. As parents, how could we not care about our daughter..."
Before Lin Ru finished, Chu Zhi cut her off rudely, "Who are you?"
Lin Ru choked and tried to flatter her, "I'm Yaohui's..."
"Mu Dong's mistress?" Chu Zhi sneered. "A mistress shouldn't shamelessly call Miss Mu your child. Have some shame. That's not how you make family connections."
The room fell into dead silence.
Lin Ru trembled with rage.
Mu Beiyin's friends really were despicable! She wasn't a mistress! Scoundrels, scoundrels!
Just as she was about to curse loudly, Mu Qianrou grabbed her hand. Taking a deep breath, she pleaded humbly:
"Miss Chu, it's not like that. Mom was just too worried about sister and said the wrong things. Please don't take it to heart. Since you're still playing cards, we won't disturb you anymore."
"But sister, today is Dad's birthday banquet. While you're with your friends, don't forget to come back and see Dad."
Mu Beiyin curled a cold smile. Mu Qianrou really knew how to put on a show. Even now, she was still scheming to pin the 'unfilial' label on her.
She would never let Mu Qianrou have her way!
Mu Yaohui cleared his throat, "Beiyin, Qianrou is right. After you finish playing cards with Miss Chu, remember to come downstairs. We're leaving first."
Just as the group was about to slink away, a cold yet imposing male voice suddenly rang out—
"Mu Dong thinks this matter is over just like that?"