Seeing them come out, he couldn't help but grin, revealing a somewhat cold smile.

His eyes were like a wolf waiting to kill its prey, a mixture of bloodthirsty mockery and hatred.

The gentle and gentleman, the middle-aged man with the vicissitudes of life, was completely different from the one in Sofia Western Restaurant.

Ruan Xingchen raised his head and nodded slightly at him across the street.

The two people didn't speak, their eyes met each other, as if they had reached some tacit understanding, and quickly looked away.

Huo Yan stood quietly to one side before opening the car door: "Madam."

She raised her eyes and gave him a faint smile, then they got into the car one after the other and drove away.

As they left, the noise in the banquet hall became even louder.

In order to dig up explosive and exclusive news, the tabloid reporters ignored everything else and rushed forward to surround Zhong Shaoyang. "Mr. Zhong, you said you've been in love with Ms. Ruan for a long time. Have you known Ms. Ruan for a long time?"

"Mr. Zhong, have you ever been with Ms. Ruan?"

"Mr. Zhong, what made you say these words at the engagement party? Did Ms. Li know about this?"

"Mr. Zhong, do you have anything to say about Ms. Ruan's rejection?"

"Master Zhong, will your engagement with Miss Li continue?"

"Mr. Zhong, Ms. Ruan is married. Does your current behavior count as being a third party interfering and destroying someone else's marriage?"

"Ms. Li, how do you feel about your fiancé regretting his actions in public?"

The microphone almost drowned out the crowd, and the dazzling flash lights never stopped.

"Get out! Get out of here, everyone!"

Zhong Shaoyang was furious. He grabbed the flower basket lying on the ground and threw it around randomly.

Li Mian's face was dejected as he slumped beside him, watching him go crazy with a mocking smile on his lips.

This was the engagement party she had been looking forward to for a long time.

The man with a crazy face is the man she wants to marry.

The noisy sounds of the world seemed to fade away in her ears.

It all turned into an absurd pantomime, which made her heart clench into a knot.

She even wanted to laugh out loud.

Her engagement party made her a complete joke!

Finally, security personnel rushed over and drove all the reporters away.

Zhong Shaoyang was distraught and took advantage of the chaos to go somewhere unknown.

Even though Zhong Dingguo and Lin Rou were filled with anger, they could only suppress their emotions and send all the guests out with a smile.

Mr. Li and Mrs. Li rushed over and helped Li Mian stand up.

"Xiao Mian, my poor daughter..."

Seeing her daughter in such a state of dismay, Madam Li couldn't help but burst into tears, choking with sobs, "That bastard Zhong Shaoyang is going too far! Our Xiaomian is such a good girl, how could he... damn it!"

"It's all your fault. You were so young and wanted to get engaged to the Zhong family..."

Mrs. Li couldn't help but vent her anger on Mr. Li, crying, "Look at our Xiao Mian. What a sin she has committed... It's so shameful. How can Xiao Mian face people in the future?"

"Okay, stop crying."

Mr. Li's expression also looked very ugly.

He and Madam Li only have Li Mian as their only child, so naturally he loves his daughter very much.

Having lost face so much, his face turned ashen, and he said in a deep voice, "Who could have thought that the child I've watched grow up could do such a thing! We really misjudged him. Don't worry, Xiao Mian, Daddy will help you cancel the engagement right away. Li's daughter is very valuable, so we won't marry her off!"

They thought that the two families had a close relationship, and since Zhong Shaoyang had been their child, they would feel at ease when their daughter married him in the future.

Who could have expected that Zhong Shaoyang would cause such a thing?

"No, no."

Li Mian seemed to wake up suddenly, raised his eyes abruptly, and his brows were filled with determination.

She said in a deep voice: "Dad, the engagement cannot be cancelled."

"Xiaomian! Are you still thinking about Zhong Shaoyang?"

Mrs. Li gritted her teeth in anger and said angrily, "Does he deserve it? Look at what he did. Mom doesn't agree with you staying with him!"

"Then what can I do? Mom, tell me, what can I do?"

Li Mian raised her eyes, tears falling, her eyes red: "Since I was a child, you have told me that I would marry Brother Shaoyang in the future... My dream is to be Brother Shaoyang's bride. If I don't marry him, what will you let me do?"

She has been chasing him for so many years, tolerating the spoiled and foolish Zhong Sisi and flattering the vain and selfish Lin Rou.

Over the years, in order to become Zhong Shaoyang's wife, she has smoothed out her edges and turned herself into the person that the Zhong family likes.

Tell her now to cancel the engagement?

Then isn't her life of the past twenty years a joke?

No! She absolutely could not allow all her past efforts to be negated.

It’s just Ruan Xingchen, a bitch from the slums.

"Dad will find you a new one!"

President Li was still furious and glared at Zhong Shaoyang, saying, "There are countless young talents who are better than him. How could my daughter of the Li family hang herself on a tree?"

"But, the only person I love is Brother Shaoyang..."

Tears fell like rain, Li Mian's face turned pale, and she looked even more pitiful.

She wiped away her tears and whispered, "Besides, I know that our family's company is cooperating with the Zhong Corporation. Dad, if we cancel the engagement, both of our families will be severely damaged, right?"

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