Excuse Me, I Am The Real Female Lead

by Usui Takumii

not mine, mangafresh and allnovel updates. Total: 593 chapters.

9. 141 to 160

In the live stream was abuzz as everyone rushed to watch the latest gossip.

At the filming location.

Many of the staff members took out their phones.

They were watching the latest video.

Bai Rong bit her lip as her whole body trembled.

Huang Yi silently took a few steps away and walked over to Fang Mo'er and Shi Mo's side, staying away from Bai Rong.

On the scene, the assistant quickly passed the video to the director to watch. "Director, quickly take a look at this."

The director waved his hand. "We're still filming. Please put away all unrelated matters."

The assistant said, "This is very relevant, director."

The director was taken aback and took a look. Bai Rong's voice could be heard from the video. "Do you think others will believe you or me?"

Hearing this, Fang Mo'er raised her eyebrows.

She had originally promised Mu Ye that she would not spread the video widely.

But now it seemed that the person who had spread the video was Mu Chen, so it had nothing to do with her.

She had not expected Mu Chen to be so ruthless. In order to clear his name, he had not hesitated to push Bai Rong into the abyss.

Mu Chen clenched his fists tightly. He looked at Bai Rong and carefully enunciated each word, "I originally wanted to give you some face and break up with you in a dignified manner, but now... Bai Rong, I hereby announce that I will be breaking up with you completely!"

After saying that, Mu Chen said to the director of the program team, "I'm sorry, I can't continue filming this program."

The director looked at Mu Chen sympathetically.

In the video, Bai Rong had deliberately aborted the child and wanted to frame someone else for it.

How could a man possibly tolerate a woman like this?

He had not expected that Mu Chen would actually want to break up in a dignified manner on the program.

If not for Mu Chen being slandered, Bai Rong's actions would not have been exposed to the public.

Mu Chen said to Fang Mo'er, "Miss Fang, I owe you a favor today. If there's a need in the future, I'm willing to pay you back."

Fang Mo'er knew that Mu Chen was only speaking in a dignified manner just for show. After the show was over, it remained to be seen if he would keep his word.

"Ha!" Fang Mo'er sneered. "Since you want to return the favor, you should finish recording this show. If you leave midway, you'll ruin the broadcast time of the show. Do you think that this is a reasonable thing to do?

Mu Chen, who was about to leave, was speechless.

Shi Mo also said, "That's right. You're leaving in a straightforward manner, but it's a little irresponsible."

Mu Chen wanted to leave, and so did Bai Rong.

Both of them did not want to continue filming this show any longer.

But now that Shi Mo had said that, neither of them could move.

With the strange looks that everyone was giving Bai Rong, she really wanted to find a place to hide.

But now...

"I'll stay and finish filming then," Mu Chen said helplessly.

He looked at Bai Rong, who was on the verge of collapse.

Bai Rong had a pitiful look on her face. However, after witnessing Bai Rong heartlessly hurt her own child, no one felt pity for her anymore.

The director looked at the crowd. "If there are no objections, the show will continue."

Following that, the director continued to assign tasks. The group had to go to the back of the mountain to harvest bananas and were divided into two groups.

Their labor would be in exchange for food.

Mu Chen said, "I want to change partners."

Mu Chen naturally did not dare to be in the same group as Fang Mo'er at this time, so he requested to be in the same group as Huang Yi instead.

The only option left for Bai Rong was to be in the same group as Fang Mo'er and Shi Mo.

It was clearly the most glorious atmosphere of labor.

However, the atmosphere still felt very awkward.

The live broadcast room was also abuzz with activity.

The wheels of fortune had turned.

After first criticizing Mo'er and then criticizing Mu Chen, everyone had now collectively changed their focus to criticize Bai Rong.

"I was deceived by Bai Rong previously. I didn't expect that this person could be so vicious."

"Mu Chen did nothing wrong. He wanted a proper breakup. If he had another choice, Mu Chen wouldn't have exposed this matter."

"So, at the beginning of the show, Bai Rong still pretended to be in love. It's really disgusting."

"Fang Mo'er is the most innocent. She's been framed time and time again."

"Seeing Fang Mo'er and Bai Rong standing next to each other, I'm really worried that Fang Mo'er will be bullied again!"

"Bai Rong is a scheming b*tch."

"Mu Chen has done his best."

"So, Bai Rong clearly doesn't love Mu Chen. Yet, yesterday, she looked so jealous and hurt. Her acting skills are really good, right?"

Bai Rong really did not want to continue filming. In the end, she used the excuse of feeling unwell to return to the lounge.

After that, she rarely participated in any activities.

The three-day filming only lasted for two days.

The story on the Internet had already flip-flopped and changed direction several times.

When the shoot stopped at night, Shen Yue called Fang Mo'er. "Miss Fang, why didn't you tell me about such a big matter earlier? I only just found out about you being bullied by Bai Rong."

Fang Mo'er curled her lips. "She's constantly pouring dirty water on to me. I can solve it myself."

Shen Yue gasped, "It's a good thing that Mr. Shi has protected you on the show sometimes. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to remove the label of a vixen even if you wanted to."

Fang Mo'er also heaved a sigh of relief. If it wasn't for Shi Mo finding someone who could read lips, Mu Chen would not have leaked the video.

However, Shen Yue said, "But, this is great.. Bai Rong is in a mess, and her popularity is rising steadily."

Rural life. On the third day of filming, Bai Rong and Mu Chen finally left the program team.

The next morning, when Fang Mo'er walked out of the hut, she realized that the program team had two new guests.

Huang Yi was speechless.

"I can't believe I actually lost to someone like that. It's really depressing."

When Fang Mo'er heard this, she frowned as well.

It was just as Shen Yue had said. Although Bai Rong was being criticized by the entire Internet, her popularity was extremely high.

On the new talent list, Huang Yi had already been dethroned.

At the moment, Bai Rong was the one with the highest traffic.

In second place was Fang Mo'er.

In third place was Huang Yi.

She had dropped two places. It was no wonder that Huang Yi was looking so depressed.

It was unclear whether she included Fang Mo'er in her "Losing to such a person" statement.

In any case, Fang Mo'er was not in a good mood either.

On the last day of filming, the live broadcast room was filled with people who were criticizing Bai Rong.

It was completely unrelated to the main topic of the live broadcast.

"Everyone, quickly go and take a look. Bai Rong is selling goods on a live broadcast!"

"No way, no way. She's a celebrity after all. Why is she here as a selling streamer?!"

"It's true. The sales volume is over three million an hour. It's terrifying!"

"Her company is really squeezing the most value out of her!"

Many people clicked into the live stream room.

Bai Rong looked like she was being forced to open for business as she introduced the products mechanically.

However, because her current traffic was so large, the headlines with her name on them were able to attract a lot of attention.

As a result, the goods sold in the live broadcast room were extremely popular.

Seeing this situation, Bai Rong did not know how she felt. All she knew was that she could not bring herself to smile. She took a sip of water from time to time and lowered her head without saying anything.

Those who did not know would think that she was stuck in this situation.

There were also some fans who did not understand. They pitied Bai Rong and said that what Mu Chen had done was too inhumane.

However, Bai Rong was soon drowned out by a wave of curses.

With a popping sound, Bai Rong suddenly turned off the live broadcast.

The screen that had been selling things like hotcakes instantly turned black. On it was displayed, "The streamer has left."

The spectators who were watching the show were in an uproar again.

"I'm not selling anymore!"

Bai Rong pushed the product that was in front of her away in exasperation and strode out.

Outside, Mu Chen was sitting on the sofa, calmly drinking tea.

He had long wanted to punish Bai Rong for having an abortion, but he had endured until now.

Now that Bai Rong had been blacklisted by the Internet, there was no value in nurturing her anymore.

It was better to take advantage of the last bit of popularity and make money for the company.

"Why are you quitting? Don't forget, you are still an artiste in this company. You still have to follow the company's arrangements," Mu Chen said indifferently.

He was already looking for other artistes.

Bai Rong was now an abandoned child.

Bai Rong's face turned ashen. "Don't think that I don't know what you're thinking? Do you think that just because you're grooming new artistes, you have more power than me? Don't forget that even though I'm being blacklisted by the entire Internet, I'm still a hot topic that many celebrities aspire to but can't achieve! "Wait until I take on a few more jobs. I'll be able to rise to a higher level very soon. It's a level that even you can't reach, no matter how you groom new artistes."

"Do you think you can still receive job offers now?"

Bai Rong sneered. "You were the one who stopped me."

Because she was now the center of the conversation, many programs had invited Bai Rong to participate.

Even if it was to stir up the buzz, inviting Bai Rong was the best choice.

However, Mu Chen did not plan to let her show her face. Instead, he planned to let her take on such low-level live broadcast sales to squeeze every her last remaining value out of her.

However, this last remaining value was still worth quite a lot of money.

Bai Rong could clearly see how popular the live broadcast room had been just now.

Although it was full of curses, as long as one percent of people bought the product, she would still be the queen of traffic.

At this time, if the company made good use of this popularity and gave her a few good jobs, she could slowly build her reputation up again and perhaps reach the level of an A-list celebrity.

Mu Chen said calmly, "Do whatever the company wants you to do! Don't forget, you still have a three-year contract with the company."

Bai Rong sneered, "Are you planning to squeeze out all my value and then freeze me?"

That's right, Mu Chen cared a lot about his reputation. He definitely would not let a female artiste who did not even want his child to show off in the entertainment industry. From time to time, his affairs would be brought up again and he would be laughed at.

Seeing Mu Chen's indifferent expression, Bai Rong's heart turned cold. "You'll regret it!"

After saying that, she walked back to the live broadcast room.

She continued to broadcast.

Very quickly, news of Bai Rong's live broadcast room selling over 100 million worth of goods spread on the Internet, once again occupying the number one spot in the hot searches.

The comments of the netizens contained either curses or sighs.

They lamented that the entertainment industry was really in the lead in terms of traffic. They were able to make a wave of quick money just like that.

The recording of 'Life in the Country' was completed on the last day.

Fang Mo'er left the show and took out her phone to take a look.

She saw Bai Rong's situation of being blacklisted and popular at the same time.

She was being criticized and earning money at the same time.

Huang Yi could not help but curse, "Bah, how shameless."

After being surpassed by Fang Mo'er as well, Huang Yi was very indignant. When she left, she even glared at Fang Mo'er.

She had clearly accumulated a lot of popularity through a television drama. It had not been easy for her to get first place on the new talent list, but she had been pushed to third place because of all this nonsense. Who would not be upset?

If she had been beaten through her acting skills, she would have been more convinced.

However, Fang Mo'er and Bai Rong were both trending because of gossip.

With Bai Rong's current popularity, Huang Yi would not be able to catch up. It was extremely infuriating.

Fang Mo'er also sighed.

It seemed that she had no hope of becoming the champion of the new talent list.

If she could not become the champion, she would have to wait for three years before she could participate in the best actress selection.

During these three years, no matter how good her acting was, she could only watch helplessly.

If she still wanted to become the best actress, she would have to wait for three years.

Fang Mo'er thought gloomily.

When Shi Mo saw that she was in a bad mood, he knew roughly what was troubling her.

He could not help but ask, "Actually, without this award, aren't there any other awards that you could win?"

If Fang Mo'er wanted to win an award, Shi Mo could arrange it at any time.

Fang Mo'er shook her head repeatedly. "No, I just want to rely on my own strength."

Fang Mo'er did not want any award that had been won through nepotism.

In the Veiled Queen's WeChat, there was a message from Mu Ye a few days ago inviting her to meet for dinner.

After Fang Mo'er saw it, she replied, "I'm catching up on my work, I don't have the time."

Finally, Mu Ye stopped sending her any more messages.

The Veiled Queen's circle of friends only had a few updates.

One was a photo of the scene during the perfume advertisement shoot.

The other was a few first draft photos of the manga.

Following all that were photos with compliments of the Veiled Queen's talent.

Mu Ye looked at these photos and felt that they looked familiar.

The woman in the manga looked like Fang Mo'er.

The man looked a little like Shi Mo.

It was understandable that the Veiled Queen and Fang Mo'er were good friends and that the characters in the manga were based on good friends.

Very quickly, Mu Ye found out that this drawing was from a manga that had been serialized on a manga website.

Mu Ye contacted the manga website directly.

"I want to buy the rights to an adaptation of a manga, but I want to talk to the artist about the adaptation in person and ask her for her opinion."

The website replied that the manga artist "Xiao Fang" had not been online for a few days.

He would only be notified when she came back online.

Fang Mo'er was a little happy when she found out that someone wanted to buy the rights to an adaptation of her manga.

However, when she heard that the other party wanted to meet face to face to discuss how to adapt the comic, she felt a little guilty.

She was a famous celebrity. If she was discovered to be secretly drawing a manga that was a little vulgar, she would definitely be ridiculed by the crowd.

"The website can take full responsibility. When the time comes, just transfer the money to my account."

The website: "The other party said that they wanted to talk to you, and the price is very high…"

Fang Mo'er gritted her teeth when she saw the numbers. See!

In the coffee shop.

Fang Mo'er had a scarf wrapped around her head and sunglasses on her face.

She was carrying an old lady's shopping bag in her hand and she was dressed in simple clothes.

At a glance, one would not be able to associate her with the identity of a celebrity.

Because of her usual attire, she attracted the attention of many people.

Fang Mo'er's face was burning as she found a private room and waited.

After a while, the door was pushed open.

The sound of footsteps from a pair of leather shoes on the floor could be heard.

Mu Ye frowned when he saw the attire of the person in the private room.

He thought that he had made a mistake.

How could the Veiled Queen dress in such an unrefined manner?

However, after assessing the height and figure of the person in front of him, he felt that he was right.

Thinking of the Veiled Queen's superb disguising skills, Mu Ye was certain that the person in front of him was the Veiled Queen.

He playfully sat down in front of her.

Fang Mo'er's eyes darted around like a thief. When she saw who it was, she was so scared that she almost ran away.

She quickly changed her tone and lowered her voice, "Are you the one who wants to buy my manga?"

She kept her voice neutral and it was hard to tell if she was a man or a woman.

Mu Ye laughed, "Are you planning to cover yourself up like this as you bring up the copyright issue with me?"

Fang Mo'er quickly pulled on her scarf and exposed only her mouth. "Tell me, what did you want to talk about?"

If there was anything to talk about, Mu Ye wanted to talk to the manga artist face to face.

"Stop pretending, I know who you are!" Mu Ye looked straight at her.

Fang Mo'er gulped and stood up. "I don't know what you're talking about."

Fang Mo'er was about to stand up and leave.

However, a hand moved faster than her. Fang Mo'er felt that the sunglasses in front of her had been removed.

"We meet again, Veiled…" Mu Ye was dumbfounded when he saw the person beneath the sunglasses.

Fang Mo'er was also dumbfounded.

Her sunglasses had been taken off and her headscarf fell off. She looked at Mu Ye in horror.

It was over. She had been recognized.

"It's you!" Mu Ye took a deep breath.

He had always thought that the person who had come was the Veiled Queen.

He had not expected that it would be Fang Mo'er.

"Where's the Veiled Queen?" Mu Ye asked in a deep voice.

Fang Mo'er took a deep breath. "Sister Veiled has no time, so she asked me to come over and help her negotiate."

Fortunately, she had reacted quickly on the spot.

It was better to leave such a shameful matter to the Veiled Queen.

Mu Ye frowned. "You both have a very good relationship!"

Fang Mo'er heaved a sigh of relief and saw Mu Ye waving his hand disinterestedly. "I want to talk to her face to face. I won't meet with anyone else."

After saying that, Mu Ye walked out arrogantly.

Fang Mo'er was dumbfounded.

She walked out of the private room and saw Mu Ye's back as he left.

She felt her heart ache at the thought of the royalties that she had just received flying away just like that.

She hurriedly chased after him.

In the parking lot.

Fang Mo'er said, "Young Master Mu, the Veiled Queen really is too busy. How about this? I'll get her to find an opportunity to talk to you over the phone?"

Mu Ye turned around. "Sure."

Fang Mo'er heaved a sigh of relief and gave him a professional smile as she watched Mu Ye leave.

However, she had not realized that she had forgotten to disguise herself when she had run out of the private room.

There were already quite many people around who recognized her identity.

At that moment, there were even people who had secretly taken photos with their phones when they saw Fang Mo'er.

Very quickly, a post appeared on the online gossip forums.

The title was 'Fang Mo'er's Suspected Secret Lover Exposed.'

In the picture, Fang Mo'er was smiling as she talked to a man in the parking lot.

Furthermore, Fang Mo'er had deliberately disguised herself.

Although in the photo, only the back of the man was visible, Fang Mo'er's face could clearly be seen.

There was even a gossip interview from the waiter, "I did notice a strangely dressed person enter and thought that it was a mistake. I didn't expect that after she entered the private room, a very handsome man appeared and entered the same private room. The two of them seemed to be quarreling. After the man left, that woman, Fang Mo'er, didn't even bother to disguise herself and hurriedly chased after him! We all saw clearly that the person was Fang Mo'er."

Just as Fang Mo'er was about to earn a huge royalty fee from Mu Ye, who she thought was rich and dumb, she suddenly received a message from Shen Yue.

"Auntie, you were too careless when you were out on a date with Mr. Shi."

Fang Mo'er was confused. "What happened?"

"Just look at the trending searches and you'll know. You were photographed at the coffee shop with Mr. Shi!"

Fang Mo'er exclaimed, "That wasn't Shi Mo! How did he get photographed?"

Shen Yue replied, "What? You went on a date with another man behind Mr. Shi's back?"

Fang Mo'er, "…"

When Fang Mo'er saw the trending searches, she had already been pushed to second place in the trending searches.

First place in the trending searches was still the matter of Bai Rong's abortion being shelved.

"Sister Shen, I just went to discuss something with someone else," Fang Mo'er said helplessly.

Shen Yue said, "How about this? Since it's a misunderstanding, let's not rush to clarify it. Let's stir up the scandal for a few days first. Who knows, you might even be able to win first place in the new talent award."

Fang Mo'er's eyes lit up when she heard that.

Recently, there had been too many scandals on the program team of 'Life in the Country.

First, the news of Bai Rong's abortion and framing of Fang Mo'er had been exposed, causing Bai Rong to become popular.

Now, it was Fang Mo'er who was suspected to be dating a secret lover, and it was also trending on the Internet.

The whole Internet was making guesses as to who Fang Mo'er's secret lover was.

"It's no wonder. Back then, Fang Mo'er had been chasing after Mu Chen with such fervor. After that, she suddenly stopped chasing after him. Maybe it's because she fell in love with someone else!"

"I heard that that person has an extraordinary bearing. Maybe he's a big shot from some company. No wonder Fang Mo'er was so calm when she faced Mu Chen. It turns out that she really doesn't love him anymore!"

"I'm very curious. Who could this secret lover be?"

Many celebrities did not publicize their relationships because they wanted to avoid losing fans.

Everyone was used to it.

However, they could not help but compare that person to Mu Chen.

They were all guessing what kind of existence this person would be.

Some people even speculated that because Fang Mo'er had been interacting with Mu Chen on the show, she was dumped by her real boyfriend when she left the show. That led to the two of them having a huge fight.

All sorts of rumors and speculations were flying around.

Fang Mo'er's popularity was also rising rapidly.

Fang Mo'er was summoned to the office by Shen Yue.

The two of them looked at the rising popularity with excitement.

Shen Yue said, "Actually, this post can't really be used as concrete evidence. Wait for it to ferment for another half a day and your popularity will surpass Bai Rong's. When that time comes… When you win the championship, you can clear up the misunderstanding or use your husband to announce your relationship. It will definitely be a win-win situation."

Shen Yue was well aware of the twists and turns in the hype.

At this time, Shen Yue suddenly exclaimed, "Strange, why can't the post be opened?"

Fang Mo'er also said, "Why have all the posts been deleted?"

All of a sudden, all sorts of posts about Fang Mo'er meeting her secret lover had disappeared. Fang Mo'er was puzzled when she received a call.

She looked at the caller ID "Kissing Husband", and gulped.

She looked at Shen Yue and said, "Oh no."

Fang Mo'er and Shen Yue had allowed the gossip to fester without clarifying the matter. As a result, many people were convinced that Fang Mo'er really had a secret lover.

Fang Mo'er and her manager had been busy hyping up the issue. Thus, it had slipped Fang Mo'er's mind that her real husband, Shi Mo, did not know about this.

After Fang Mo'er picked up, Shi Mo's lowered voice sounded, "Where are you?"

Fang Mo'er gulped, "Well, I'm with Sister Shen. Please let me explain…"

"Oh," Shi Mo's voice became colder, "Wait there, I'll be there soon."

After saying that, he hung up.

Shen Yue hurriedly stood up. "Wait here, I still have things to do so I'll be leaving first. You two can handle your own matters."

After saying that, Shen Yue immediately stood up.

Fang Mo'er stretched out her hand. "Sister Shen…"

Shi Mo had arrived too quickly and pulled open the door of Shen Yue's office.

"I didn't know that you had a secret lover?"

Shi Mo said as he strode in.

When he had first seen the gossip, he had not believed it.

However, it was true that his wife had disguised herself to meet another man.

He had thought that it might just be a misunderstanding.

He had not expected Fang Mo'er to pretend to be mute and just acquiesce to the gossip.

Shi Mo had not been able to stand it any longer and had ordered that the thread be taken down.

"Tell me, who was that handsome man?" Shi Mo sat down on the sofa.

Fang Mo'er replied guiltily, "That's the man who came to buy the rights to my manga."

"Buy the rights? Then why the need for the disguise?" Shi Mo stared at her.

Fang Mo'er sheepishly showed him the transcript of her conversation with the chief editor of the website. "This is what happened. I was afraid that someone would find out about my large-scale manga and embarrass me, so I disguised myself."

Shi Mo heaved a sigh of relief.

On the way here, he had thought of many possibilities.

If Fang Mo'er really had an affair with someone, what should he do?

Should he let her go free, or break her wings and lock her up at home without letting her out?

Or should he kill that man?

Knowing that Fang Mo'er was trying to overshadow Bai Rong, Shi Mo did not know whether to laugh or cry. "If you want to stir up the hype, I can cooperate with you."

Fang Mo'er spread her hands. "Forget it, I'll just walk the right path."

It would be fine if she did not want to be as popular as Bai Rong.

Shi Mo frowned. However, if she wanted to use him to stir things up, wasn't that the right path?

Seeing that he was not angry anymore, Fang Mo'er heaved a sigh of relief.

When Shi Mo had walked in earlier, his gaze had been so scary, as if he could swallow her alive at any moment.

She immediately walked over and obediently sat down beside Shi Mo. In front of him, she made a public announcement to clarify that the man in the picture was not her secret lover.

The onlookers then lost their interest and immediately dispersed. So, it had only been a mistake.

"Are you saying that the other party offered a huge price to buy the rights to an adaptation of your manga?" Shi Mo asked.

Fang Mo'er nodded.

Shi Mo said, "I can offer more. You can sell it to me."

Other than keeping it herself, who did Fang Mo'er want to sell it to? That manga was based on Shi Mo and Fang Mo'er, so naturally, Shi Mo was reluctant for the rights to be sold.

Fang Mo'er blinked.

Then, Shi Mo said, "By the way, are you willing to come back to the Shi family with me?"

"What?" Fang Mo'er asked, "Are you taking me to meet your parents?"

All along, the two of them had been in a secret marriage. Fang Mo'er had never met a single member of the Shi family.

Even when she had lived in Xiangyuan Residence, she had only been served by the servants. No relatives had ever visited.

Fang Mo'er had thought that Shi Mo did not have any family.

"Yes, my father wants to meet you," Shi Mo said.

The news of him appearing in a variety show had shocked the entire Shi family.

Shi Mo, who had always kept a low profile and did not even appear in media interviews, had actually appeared in a variety show himself.

Many people had been secretly investigating the reason for such an unusual occurrence.

In the end, they had naturally found out about Fang Mo'er.

Shi Mo's father had quickly found out about the fact that Fang Mo'er had been living in Xiangyuan Residence all this while.

It was impossible to hide such a matter from any of the hired help.

After finding out about it, Shi Mo's father had asked him to bring his girlfriend home.

Fang Mo'er immediately jumped up. "Then, what should I prepare? What kind of clothes should I wear? Do your parents like traditional or fashionable clothes?"

"It's good enough to have your presence there!" Shi Mo held her hand.

Very quickly, Fang Mo'er got into the car.

The car drove off in an unknown direction.

Shi Mo said, "My father isn't feeling well. He has been recuperating in a quiet place for the past few days."

They arrived at a relatively quiet courtyard.

Fang Mo'er got out of the car.

This place was similar to the situation when they had been filming 'Life in the Country.

However, the scenery here was better and the living quarters were more modern.

Outside was a large grassland, with mountains and water in the background.

Between the mountains and water, lay a secluded mansion.

Along the way, Shi Mo had explained the basic situation of the family.

It turned out that Shi Mo's mother had died of illness in her early years. Later, his father had remarried.

Shi Mo's stepmother also had a son who was only 17 years old.

Upon entering the door, Fang Mo'er saw a woman who was dressed elegantly.

The woman was wearing a red veil and was dressed in a formal gown. She carried herself in great style.

When she saw Shi Mo and Fang Mo'er enter, she immediately came over and asked, "Oh, whose daughter is this?"

Fang Mo'er knew that this had to be Shi Mo's stepmother.

"Where's my father?" Shi Mo asked coldly.

Wu Ling pursed her lips and replied, "He's up there."

She looked Fang Mo'er up and down with a critical look in her eyes. "I think that this person isn't as good as the Cheng family's daughter."

"You don't have to worry about whether she's good or not." Shi Mo said coldly.

"What are you saying? No matter what, you were raised by me. If I don't worry, who will?" Wu Ling said angrily.

Shi Mo ignored her and dragged Fang Mo'er upstairs.

Shi Mo said to Fang Mo'er, "My stepmother has been trying to stop me from getting married. She's worried that after I have an heir, I'll compete with her son for the family assets."

Fang Mo'er clicked her tongue in wonder. "No wonder you were stood up when you got married."

Shi Mo's eyes darkened. He was clearly the person in charge of the Shi family, yet he had always been single.

Back then, at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau, he had initially wanted to find a random person to get married to.

He had not expected to meet Fang Mo'er, at the entrance itself, no less.

Shi Mo knocked on the door.

In the room, Shi Tian was painting in the study room.

When he saw Shi Mo bringing someone in, he quickly put down his brush.

"Here you are!"

Shi Tian glanced at Fang Mo'er and nodded. "So, this is the young miss of the Fang family? Not bad, not bad. You both look very compatible."

Although her family background was a little shabby compared to the Shi family, which owned a big business, Fang Mo'er looked like a good girl.

She did not look like the kind who would betray Shi Mo.

Recently, Shi Mo had been protecting Fang Mo'er very well and had not exposed the fact that the two of them were together.

In his heart, Shi Tian knew the reason that Shi Mo had not been able to get married in the past few years. Thankfully, it had not destroyed his belief in a marriage of love.

"Dad," Shi Mo said, "Have you been feeling better recently?"

Shi Tian coughed, "The doctor said that I need to rest and recuperate, so it's been somewhat effective."

Shi Mo nodded.

Shi Tian looked at Fang Mo'er again. Fang Mo'er quickly said, "I should have come over earlier."

Shi Tian waved his hand and said, "It's alright. You guys can live your own lives."

The reason Shi Mo had moved out was for the sake of peace within the family.

Otherwise, Wu Ling would continue to interfere with everything.

"Oh right, I heard from Shi Mo that you guys have been together for half a year. When do you plan to have a child?" Shi Tian asked again.

He knew that he would not be able to last more than a few years. In his lifetime, he would have no regrets if he could just have a grandchild.

Fang Mo'er's face turned hot and she stole a glance at Shi Mo.

Shi Mo held her hand lovingly. "Mo'er is still on the rise in her career. I won't be considering it for the time being."

Shi Tian looked at Shi Mo in surprise when he heard that.

He had thought that Shi Mo would immediately have a child as soon as he had a girlfriend as a slap in the face to Wu Ling.

He had not expected Shi Mo to change his mind.

It seemed that Shi Mo really had his heart set on Fang Mo'er.

"Very good, very good!" Shi Tian was happy for Shi Mo.

Shi Tian was not in a good state. After sitting for a while, he went to rest.

Shi Mo then left with Fang Mo'er.

When they went back downstairs, Wu Ling said sarcastically, "It's not easy for you to come back, so why are you leaving so soon? You remember that you have a father, but you don't know that you have a mother like me."

Wu Ling had always prided herself on the fact that she had raised Shi Mo. Although she was biased in her opinion, Shi Mo really did not want to touch her.

"Mother!" Shi Mo said, "I still have something to do, so I'll come and visit you next time."

After saying that, Shi Mo left with Fang Mo'er.

Wu Ling still did not know that Shi Mo and Fang Mo'er were already married. All she knew was that the two of them were a couple.

She could not help but say, "This Fang Mo'er is not good enough for you, you should find someone who is of equal status."

Shi Mo stood still. "I can't marry someone of equal status, can I?"

Wu Ling choked for a moment, feeling a little guilty.

In the past, Shi Tian had arranged for Shi Mo to get married. In the end, just as Miss Cheng was about to enter the house, Wu Ling had provoked her and caused the two of them to suddenly cancel the engagement at the crucial moment of the final marriage registration.

Wu Ling had always been proud of her actions. She had thought that Shi Mo had stopped having anything to do with relationships for half a year and had already given up on the idea of marrying and having children. She had not expected him to have hidden one instead.

After Shi Mo left, Wu Ling went upstairs and saw Shi Tian sighing.

"It seems that I won't be able to have a grandson in my lifetime!"

Wu Ling quickly went forward. "Master, what are you saying?"

"Sigh, Fang Mo'er has no intention of having a child at all. She's focused on her career. What can I do?"

A smile flashed across Wu Ling's eyes when she heard that. "Well, our Yu'er will soon be of marriageable age. When that time comes..."

"Yu'er is only seventeen years old!" Shi Tian said in a deep voice.

Putting the burden on Shi Yu to carry on the family line at this time was a bit too much.

Wu Ling also sighed. "We can only blame our Shi Mo for being too outstanding. Her status is too high, and those rich daughters aren't talented enough to be worthy of our Shi Mo. Some of them even came because of Shi Mo's status but they didn't love him at all. Take that Miss Cheng, for example. When she heard that she couldn't use our family's relationship to get the project, she immediately fell out with him."

Wu Ling said coldly, "If that's the case, I'd rather Shi Mo be alone than be betrayed by a woman! Take that Fang Mo'er, for example. I've looked into it. Previously, she was pursuing a man named Mu Chen with great fanfare and declaring it as true love. In the end, she ended up with our Shi Mo in the blink of an eye. How much of this is true love?"

Wu Ling let out a long sigh. "Right now, Fang Mo'er can obtain a lot of resources through Shi Mo's entertainment company. However, if one day she is treated equally, she will only be able to rely on her ability to speak. Who knows, she might even throw a tantrum and end up breaking up with us."

Rich kids had such concerns. They always thought that other people were here for wealth and status. How could there be much true love?

Shi Tian had not expected that Wu Ling would have been pressured by the women who approached Shi Mo and would have such concerns.

"We still have to trust Shi Mo's judgment." Shi Tian saw that Wu Ling's brows were deeply furrowed and quickly comforted her.

Wu Ling said, "Shi Mo has a high IQ, but his EQ is not. He still needs our help to keep an eye on him!"

Shi Tian glanced at her. "What do you want to do now?"

Wu Ling said, "Of course, I want to test her."

A woman's heart could not withstand a test. Once her will was not firm, she would easily be attracted by temptation.

"Don't go too far." Shi Tian frowned. No matter how sincere or fake Wu Ling's words were, he did not want to see Wu Ling and Shi Mo fall out completely.

Wu Ling had been the mistress of the household for the past few years. She had done an impeccable job both at home and abroad.

However, she had interfered too much in Shi Mo's love affairs.

Whether it was really for the family assets or to help Shi Mo identify his true love, it was hard to say.

On the other side.

The new talent list was about to begin.

As the second-place winner, Fang Mo'er was still given an invitation to the awards ceremony.

However, it would only be a meaningless silver medal.

In the past few days, many companies had seen the value of Bai Rong.

Even the fact that Bai Rong was going to be the champion of the new talent award was a foregone conclusion.

Once she won this award, her status would be much higher.

No matter how this award had come about, the media would definitely report on it widely. At that time, no matter what the level of Bai Rong's acting was, she would still be known as the best among the new actors.

In the past few days, Bai Rong had received many offers from companies trying to poach her.

Among them, the biggest company was Fang Mo'er's rival company, Haotian Entertainment.

The offer made by Haotian Entertainment was very attractive. They were willing to pay compensation and spend a lot of resources to support Bai Rong.

However, there was one request…

Bai Rong looked at the hotel location and time, and her heart skipped a beat.

All along, the reason she had been famous in the entertainment industry was not because of her superb acting skills or her superb singing skills, but because of her good appearance.

Bai Rong was gentle and graceful. If she even frowned slightly, she would give off a feeling of pity.

It made it very easy for men to feel protective of her.

She did not know how many people were coveting her, but… ordinary people were not qualified to touch her.

Even Mu Chen had given her most of his company's resources in exchange for Bai Rong to be with him.

But now… This person, that she did not even know his age, gender, or even his name, made her feel embarrassed.

However, the other party's conditions were something that Bai Rong could not refuse.

After some deliberation, Bai Rong appeared in the hotel that the other party had appointed.

She knocked on the door and saw a rich young master inside. He was handsome and exceptionally noble.

He was extremely good-looking.

The resistance in Bai Rong's heart vanished in an instant.

"You are the Crown Prince of Haotian Entertainment?" Bai Rong recognized the other party's identity.

There was less than an hour left before the gala of the new talent list.

Fang Mo'er was trying on her gown.

Xiao Tian was flustered. "If we delay any longer, we'll be late."

Fang Mo'er rolled her eyes. Taking the second-place award was quite meaningless.

However, if she didn't go, the media would make a fuss about it, saying that Bai Rong was happy to be the champion, while Fang Mo'er did not even dare to show her face.

So today, Fang Mo'er planned to dress up carefully.

If she could not win in terms of ranking, at least in terms of style, she wanted to be the most elegant and beautiful one.

At the very least, if the people waiting to vilify her compared her to Bai Rong, the photos of her would be stunning.

Today, Fang Mo'er had put in a lot of effort.

As a result, Fang Mo'er saw the latest gossip on her way to the award ceremony.

"Sister Fang, look! Bai Rong just announced that she's going to terminate her contract with Creative Entertainment. She's going to switch to another agency!" Xiao Tian showed her phone to Fang Mo'er.

Fang Mo'er was surprised. "Under such circumstances, there's actually someone who's willing to have Bai Rong sign with them? They're even willing to pay a penalty? Is that person blind?"

Xiao Tian was also puzzled. "Although good or bad publicity still means publicity, it's very strange to pay a penalty to promote an artist with so many black spots."

Fang Mo'er was trying to think about which company would be willing to pay such a huge penalty.

After thinking about it, the biggest company in the entertainment industry was Star Dream Era.

Xiao Tian said, "Do you think Bai Rong is coming to our company?"

"Blah blah blah!" Fang Mo'er waved her hands. "She won't."

Even if Star Dream Era wanted to sign a contract with her, Shi Mo would not allow such a thing to happen.

Thus, among the remaining companies, the second-largest management company was Haotian Entertainment.

Haotian Entertainment had always been the sworn enemy of the Star Dream Era company.

However, there was no need to sign a contract with a small artiste with a bad reputation.

Fang Mo'er could not figure out who would do such a loss-making business.

It seemed that she could only wait until the scene to check out the situation.

At the award ceremony venue.

Fang Mo'er's car stopped in front of the red carpet.

In front, the third person who walked the red carpet was Huang Yi.

Huang Yi was also meticulously dressed. It did not look like she was here to receive the award, but more like she was here to compete in beauty.

She stopped at the signature area and gestured with her hands. No matter what, she was already here, so she had to try her best to get some attention.

At this moment, Fang Mo'er alighted from the car wearing a luxurious gown.

The camera that had originally been on Huang Yi suddenly shifted away.

After alighting from the car, Fang Mo'er exuded the aura of a goddess. Every move she made was elegant and noble.

She even had the charm and grace that only rich women had.

This was something that even the more childish-looking Huang Yi and Bai Rong could not compare to.

The cameras were focused on Fang Mo'er.

On the live stream, the comments were all drowned out by the stunning sound.

"Goddess Fang is so beautiful!"

"In comparison, the two people from before are completely dull!"

"Huang Yi still has to keep posing. On the other hand, every movement that Fang Mo'er makes is like a poster!"

"I didn't expect Fang Mo'er to have such a temperament when she dresses up. I always thought that Fang Mo'er was very relatable to ordinary people. By the looks of it today, she is able to come across as nobility as well.

Fang Mo'er slowly walked towards the signature area.

Huang Yi was already petrified on the spot, completely forgetting to leave after signing her name.

Fang Mo'er glanced at her and took the pen from the petrified Huang Yi, before turning around to write her name.

Huang Yi reacted and hurriedly took a step back. She then hurriedly left the stage.

F*ck, Fang Mo'er was such a schemer. Dressed like this, she was simply stunning.

She did not want to stand together with Fang Mo'er.

She did not want to be seen as inferior.

As expected of the power of capital, wearing such an expensive gown would definitely cause the wearer to be the center of attention.

Huang Yi was just a newbie with no background and no backing.

Otherwise, she would not have worked hard for half a year to get her current status as a supporting actress.

After signing her name, Fang Mo'er walked towards the awards ceremony.

Although today was a newcomer award, the guests were all big shots in the entertainment industry.

That was why there were so many reporters.

The venue was packed with big names.

Although Bai Rong was the champion today, she was only able to sit in the second row.

The first row had been prepared for A-list artistes.

At the moment, Bai Rong was in a glorious position.

She had just decided to change companies, which made her feel much more at ease.

She had not expected that the Crown Prince of Haotian Entertainment would sign her only because he wanted to compete against the Shi family. He had not even touched her hand.

The other party had said that his target was Shi Mo.?Since Shi Mo wanted to support Fang Mo'er, he had decided that he wanted to support Bai Rong and let Bai Rong steal Fang Mo'er's popularity.

The two parties seemed to have some kind of big feud.

Bai Rong was sent back before she could pry any further.

Although she had not signed the contract yet,?Bai Rong had still announced this matter in advance.

Wouldn't it be more eye-catching than if she had waited until after the awards ceremony was over before canceling the contract with Mu Chen in a high-profile manner?

Bai Rong was thinking about it happily when she suddenly heard someone say, "Your seats are here."

The staff led Fang Mo'er and Huang Yi to the seats beside Bai Rong.

The seating arrangements at the venue were very particular.

If they sat around randomly and messed up the arrangements here, they might offend someone.

Bai Rong looked at Fang Mo'er and frowned.

That's right, Fang Mo'er was dressed more elegantly than her.

At the moment, Fang Mo'er was dressed in white, like a white swan.

The low-cut evening gown made the swan neck look extremely beautiful.

Fang Mo'er was also wearing the largest top hat at the scene.

Her skirt was not propped up by a structured cancan, but was instead made of layers and layers of skirt which made it look very fluffy.

She was just like a noble princess.

Even the other guests were outclassed by Fang Mo'er, let alone Bai Rong.

Bai Rong's mouth twitched. Subconsciously, she touched the small hair accessory on her head and reluctantly moved a little further away.

Fang Mo'er sat next to Bai Rong.

She had been sandwiched between Bai Rong and Huang Yi.

Huang Yi's reaction was exactly the same as Bai Rong's. She tried to sit as far away as possible and not to be in the same frame as Fang Mo'er.

Otherwise, they would look like followers.

Fang Mo'er felt great. She was going to dazzle everyone today.

At the same time.

In the live broadcast room, the camera subconsciously followed Fang Mo'er.

Fang Mo'er was like a noble princess and the hem of her dress was so complicated that when she sat down, it naturally fell on both sides, squeezing into the other two artiste's space.

The bullet comments were almost going crazy with laughter.

"Haha, Fang Mo'er is really too daring by dressing so grandly!"

"Actually, everyone is very grand. It's just that Fang Mo'er's dress was custom-made and it's really very beautiful!"

"She should have blinded Bai Rong's eyes. What's there to be proud of if she relied on the good and bad publicity to top the rankings!"

"Speaking of which, today is a happy day for Bai Rong. She is about to leave her original company and go from a small company to a big entertainment company! I heard that it's one of the Top 100 companies in the country! Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Mu Chen was also watching the live broadcast, but his face was already livid.

Earlier, Bai Rong had privately posted on Weibo that she was planning on changing companies. That was already a big slap in his face.

He did not even know when Bai Rong had contacted Haotian Entertainment. It was ridiculous that the other party was actually willing to sign Bai Rong.

However, it did not seem like a rumor.

Mu Chen had seen Bai Rong walking the red carpet with a smile on her face on the live broadcast. It had been a glorious scene.

Now…

When he saw Fang Mo'er sitting beside Bai Rong, Mu Chen was stunned.

He had not expected Fang Mo'er to be so eye-catching.

It was hard to look away from her face.

Regret flashed across Mu Chen's eyes. If he had supported Fang Mo'er in the beginning, everything would have been different now.

Bai Rong had just been pretending to be nice to him.

The Fang Mo'er in the past was the one who had been wholeheartedly willing to give everything to him!

Unfortunately, there was no going back now.

"President Mu, Haotian Entertainment said that Haotian will come to discuss the termination of the contract and is willing to pay the penalty!" The assistant said carefully.

"I've got it." Mu Chen said impatiently, "Go, contact the event venue and tell them that Bai Rong will be withdrawing from the awards ceremony!"

The assistant widened his eyes. "But, the award ceremony is about to begin."

Canceling the awards ceremony at this time would cause a huge commotion.

"She's still an artiste of this company. The company has the right to decide whether she will participate in the selection or not!"

On the other side, on the popularity rankings for the newcomer award.

Bai Rong, who had been in first place, suddenly disappeared from the rankings.

Bai Rong had betrayed the company and turned Mu Chen into a joke. Thus, he did not hesitate from taking revenge on Bai Rong at this time and stopped her from winning the championship.

A scene of 'You scammed me, so I'll scammed you' was soon released.

In the live broadcast room.

The netizens had already realized that something was wrong. "That's weird. Why did the name on the leaderboard change?"

"Bai Rong's first place has disappeared!"

"Creative Entertainment has just announced that their artiste has withdrawn from the selection!"

"Hahaha, well done. Bai Rong doesn't deserve to win the championship anyway!"

"If that's the case, wouldn't the champion be…"

Everyone looked at Fang Mo'er, who was still clueless.

At this moment, Fang Mo'er was sitting upright with her back straight.

She had not expected that even though this gown looked good, it was a little inconvenient to move about.

It was not practical at all.

For example, right now, the hem of her left skirt had already covered Bai Rong's knee.

The right side of her skirt was pushed down impatiently by Huang Yi.

It wasn't convenient for her to get up.

Bai Rong sneered, "So what if you dress like a peacock? When the time comes, you'll only be in second place anyway!"

Bai Rong's sarcasm had even offended Huang Yi who was in third place.

In fact, Huang Yi had put in a lot of effort to dress up, but she was not as exaggerated as Fang Mo'er.

Fang Mo'er glanced at Bai Rong. "It's nothing much, it's just more eye-catching."

The cameras at the scene were all focused on Fang Mo'er.

Didn't did this speak volumes?

Clearly, the spotlight was completely on Fang Mo'er.

Huang Yi said unhappily, "What's there to be proud of if you relied on gossip to win the championship?"

Fang Mo'er nodded. Indeed.

Huang Yi saw that Fang Mo'er was still unaware and could not help but remind her, "Aren't you the same?"

Initially, the three of them had been on the same variety show together. If they had relied purely on their talents to change their rankings, it would have been fine.

However, it was due to a scandal that had broken out. One had relied on good and bad publicity to get first place, while the other had relied on the sympathy of the netizens to get second place.

Bai Rong turned to look at Huang Yi. "What? These are the rules of the competition. Are you just being a sore loser?"

Huang Yi gritted her teeth. "I don't believe that you can rely on good and black publicity to win other awards later on."

The other awards were all based on real talent.

It was different from the new talent award.

There was a big reason why the new talent award was based on traffic and not on their work.

The main thing was that this award had originally been given to several rookies who did not have much fame.

Giving an award to an actor who was not famous but had good acting skills did not garner any publicity.

On the contrary, hiring a rookie actor who had the most traffic would get a lot of attention.

It was because of this consideration that the evaluation criteria was so unusual.

Only the traffic generated by the artiste was considered and nothing else.

However, they did not dare to do the same for other awards.

If the best actor award was given to an actor who did not garner much traffic, then it would be meaningless.

Suddenly, there was a commotion among the organizers.

Many staff members jogged backstage and discussed something.

When they had entered the venue, everyone's phones had been required to be in flight mode.

Therefore, Bai Rong and Fang Mo'er were also confused.

After the organizers came out, they subconsciously looked at Bai Rong.

Then, they looked at Fang Mo'er.

The two of them were confused.

In the live broadcast room, everyone saw Fang Mo'er's confused expression and started discussing.

"Fang Mo'er's fortune is extremely good today. The entire venue is focused on her gown, and she even managed to get first place. She's really lucky!"

"It looks like Bai Rong will have nothing to do with this awards ceremony!"

The emcee went on stage and dragged out the time to allow one of the guests to perform a song.

Only then did they start to prepare for the awards ceremony.

Suddenly, the third-place winner rushed over.

It was an actor.

When he found out that he had risen by one place, he had rushed over.

He was still wearing casual clothes from home and was sweating profusely as he stood below the stage and waited.

"Next up, the third-place winner of the new talent award, Wang Feng."

The crowd erupted in applause.

Huang Yi, who was about to go on stage, had already stood up.

She stared at the podium in shock.

What was going on?

Why had the third-place winner been replaced?

Fang Mo'er was also dumbfounded. "Could it be that someone overtook her at the last minute?"

Huang Yi was extremely embarrassed and quickly sat down. She could not care less about the rule of not playing with her phone and immediately logged into the rookie rankings.

When she saw the latest rankings, she heaved a sigh of relief.

It was not that she had been pushed down, it was that she had been promoted.

On the other side, Fang Mo'er turned her head and looked over. When she saw the first-place ranking, her heart skipped a beat.

It couldn't be, she was actually ranked first.

What about Bai Rong?

The two of them looked at the rankings from top to bottom several times, but they did not see Bai Rong's name.

Next, the host presented the award to the second-place winner.

The camera lens landed on Huang Yi.

Hence, the audience in the live broadcast room saw Fang Mo'er and Huang Yi almost huddled together. The two of them stared at each other on their phones.

Both of them were dumbfounded.

After Huang Yi had been called out, she quickly stood up and went on stage in excitement.

Bai Rong frowned.

Why was the change in ranking so strange?

Had Fang Mo'er also been pushed down?

What was her ranking now?

Bai Rong took out her phone in a panic.

The moment she turned off her flight mode, she realized that she had received many missed calls.

She did not have time to look at the news and quickly went to look at the rankings.

However, she realized that her name was no longer on the rankings.

Huang Yi was still excitedly giving her acceptance speech.

On the other hand, Bai Rong's face was ashen.

She stood up angrily and walked to the organizers to negotiate with them.

However, it had been her company that had taken the initiative to forfeit her right to participate.

As an artiste of the company, Bai Rong could only respect the company's decision.

Before she could witness Fang Mo'er win the award, Bai Rong left in a huff.

The reporters outside were prepared to fire their questions.

"She's out!"

"Bai Rong, do you really want to terminate your contract with the company?"

"The company has temporarily canceled your selection event. What do you have to say now?"

"If you don't win the championship, will the contract with Haotian Entertainment go on?"

Bai Rong's eyes reddened. "I feel sorry for Mu Chen, but I've done my best at work. I didn't expect him to not be able to separate business from personal affairs. He's trying to ban me even though the other company was willing to pay the penalty for breach of contract. He's just trying to kill my career!

"Let me ask you, I'm just an artiste. If I really gave birth to a child, should I really have had to put my acting career on hold just like that? I did bear a grudge against Fang Mo'er, but all of that was because after Fang Mo'er had broken up with Mu Chen, she still found an opportunity to stay in the company and flirt with Mu Chen. Everyone has seen how much Mu Chen cared about Fang Mo'er on the show!

"Do I deserve to give up my career as a woman and marry a man who can't promise me a future?"

Since they had already fallen out, Bai Rong spared no effort to throw dirt onto Mu Chen.

She had just labeled Mu Chen as an unfaithful sc*mbag.

Several reporters saw Bai Rong's tearful face and could not help but hand her a tissue.

They all felt that it was too inhumane to forcefully question Bai Rong at this time.

Although it was a little disgusting that Bai Rong had been relying on good and bad publicity to win the award, the rules of this award allowed for it.

It was indeed too much to be disqualified at the last minute.

Mu Chen was really trying to exterminate his ex-girlfriend's career.

Outside, Bai Rong and Mu Chen were having a big fight.

Inside, Huang Yi returned to his seat in satisfaction after having won second place.

She was looking at Fang Mo'er more favorably.

Even though she had only won second place, but Huang Yi had not expected to be so satisfied now.

She had forgotten that if it had been based on ability, the first place should have been hers.

"You're lucky," Huang Yi said to Fang Mo'er.

Soon, Fang Mo'er was called on the stage by the host.

The spotlight fell on Fang Mo'er.

She stood up slowly, the dress on her body was thick and heavy.

Fang Mo'er's posture and movements on the stage were like that of a queen.

In a trance, someone seemed to see the shadow of the Veiled Queen on Fang Mo'er.

However, he quickly dismissed this thought.

How could it be? Fang Mo'er was a person who was friendly to the people. On the show, she would go down to the ground and work without complaint.

How could she be a person like the Veiled Queen who seemed so aristocratic?

It had to be an illusion.

Putting aside the illusion, the host handed the microphone to Fang Mo'er. "May I ask what you're feeling at the moment?"

It was now time for her acceptance speech.

Fang Mo'er held onto the hem of her dress with one hand and the trophy in the other.

She smiled at the camera and said, "I'll work even harder and strive to win the Best Actress Award next year! Also, I want to thank everyone who has supported me all this while."

The crowd erupted in applause.

Fang Mo'er had really gotten the limelight.

She was wearing a beautiful gown that was enhanced by her exquisite face. Facing the camera, she held the champion's trophy in her hand and smiled very brightly in a heartwarming way.

Just like that, Fang Mo'er's photo was placed on the major headlines.

In contrast, was Bai Rong and Mu Chen's face-off.

One side was happy, while the other two were sad.

The netizens sighed. Fang Mo'er's luck was extremely good. She had won the championship this time.

She was simply the queen of luck.

That night, Fang Mo'er returned to her residence.

She saw that the butler had already arranged a place for the trophies on one of the walls in the hall.

"Mr. Shi has instructed that all your trophies will be placed here in the future."

Fang Mo'er handed the trophy over to the butler.

She saw the butler carefully place her first place trophy on the display shelf.

This way, anyone who came here would be able to see it at first glance.

It was too dazzling.

Fang Mo'er could not help but ask, "Did you know that I would get first place in advance?"

The butler replied, "No, Sir said that even the second place trophy should be placed here, too."

"Oh!" Fang Mo'er pouted.

Before she could go upstairs, she saw Shi Mo come down.

The butler had gone to prepare champagne to celebrate.

"You did well!" Shi Mo could not help but pinch her cheek when he saw her beaming so widely.

He had watched the entire live broadcast.

He had seen Fang Mo'er become the focus of attention at the awards ceremony with her absolutely dominating style.

Then, Fang Mo'er had won the championship and smiled gracefully.

At that moment, everyone felt that it was right that first place should be given to such a dazzling woman.

Even the netizens had been stunned by Fang Mo'er's beauty.

As much as Shi Mo admired Fang Mo'er's beauty, he still felt a tinge of jealousy.

This was especially more so because Fang Mo'er was wearing a more daring evening gown.

It exposed the decolletage around her neck.

Although in the entertainment industry, it was common for celebrities to wear low-cut gowns.

However, Shi Mo still felt a little uncomfortable.

At this moment, seeing Fang Mo'er smiling so happily, the discomfort in his heart faded a little.

He was okay as long as she was happy.

Just as the two of them were raising their glasses to celebrate.

Mu Ye sent a WeChat message.

Fang Mo'er looked down and saw Mu Ye. "Aren't we going to discuss the adaptation rights?"

Why had there been no news yet?

He had been waiting for the Veiled Queen to take the initiative to contact him.

However, there was no news after waiting for a few days.

He could not help but look for her.

Fang Mo'er quickly replied, "I'm sorry, I forgot about this. I can't sell the rights to the anime. I've already sold it to someone else."

Shi Mo had spent a lot of money to buy the rights from her.

The rights to the adaptation were no longer owned by Fang Mo'er.

Mu Ye sent back an ellipsis regretfully.

Since Fang Mo'er had won the championship tonight, Shen Yue had worked overtime to stir up the buzz.

All sorts of posts saying that Fang Mo'er's acting was good and that she was popular filled the air.

During this period, there was mixed gossip about Bai Rong and Mu Chen.

It could be said that the attention was divided between the three people in this triangular relationship.

At the same time, at the Fang family home.

Fang Han and Fang Kai were watching the video of Fang Mo'er winning the award together.

When the two of them saw how dazzling Fang Mo'er was, their hearts were filled with pride.

"My sister Mo'er is so beautiful!"

Fang Kai also nodded. "Ever since sister broke up with Mu Chen, she seems to have changed into a different person."

In the past, Fang Mo'er was stubborn and had a low EQ. She was also prone to anger and was like a walking thorn.

The current Fang Mo'er was confident and behaved much better than before. If it had been the previous Fang Mo'er, she would definitely have caused a ruckus if she had been outclassed by Bai Rong at the awards ceremony. However, today, Fang Mo'er had not lost at all. Instead, she had become the final winner.

Fang Han suddenly said, "We must celebrate today!"

Fang Han quickly took out her phone and called Fang Mo'er.

Fang Mo'er was having drinks with Shi Mo.

She received a call from Fang Han who wanted to take her out for a celebration.

She glanced at Shi Mo and said that she was with Shi Mo.

Fang Han quickly said, "Then, ask brother-in-law to come too."

At the bar.

Fang Mo'er disguised herself as an ordinary person, wearing sunglasses and a hat on her head.

In the private room, Fang Han and Fang Kai had already arrived.

Fang Mo'er held Shi Mo's hand and went in.

The two people who were whispering to each other immediately looked at them.

Fang Han and Fang Kai were still kind, but they did not know what Shi Mo's character was like.

They would have to find an opportunity to dig out some information from Shi Mo and give him more toasts.

"Sister, brother-in-law is here!"

When they saw them, Fang Han and Fang Kai smiled very warmly.

As soon as they started, they had one round to celebrate Fang Mo'er taking first place.

After Shi Mo had raised his head and drank a cup, Fang Han and Fang Kai found an opportunity to give a toast to Shi Mo.

Shi Mo, who had always seemed to be quite unapproachable, now gave people the illusion that he was quite a pushover.

Shi Mo drank whatever Fang Han offered.

"I've always been curious, how did you two meet?" Fang Han had seen that Shi Mo had already drunk three large glasses, so she quickly took the opportunity to ask this question.

Before Shi Mo could speak, Fang Mo'er, who was by his side, quickly and sheepishly answered, "The first time we met was by chance on the road."

"Oh!" Fang Han was extremely curious and immediately wondered what came next.

Fang Mo'er sighed, "After several exchanges, we both felt that we were very suitable for each other, so we discussed the matter of marriage."

Fang Mo'er did not dare to say exactly how they had communicated.

In less than two minutes, the two of them had gone into the Civil Affairs Bureau to get their marriage certificate.

Shi Mo smiled and leaned against the sofa, tilting his head to look at Fang Mo'er's blushing face.

Fang Han and Fang Kai listened with great interest.

During this time, Fang Mo'er went to the restroom.

When she came out, she was almost bumped into by a drunk man.

The man's footsteps were light and his body reeked of alcohol.

Fang Mo'er quickly turned to the side. "Be careful."

With her head down and her hat on, she was about to walk forward when suddenly, someone grabbed her wrist.

"Mo'er?"

Fang Mo'er looked up and saw Mu Chen's dazed expression. He was looking at her in surprise.

Fang Mo'er had clearly concealed herself well. How had he recognized her?

Just then, a young master ran over and apologized to Fang Mo'er.

"I'm sorry, miss. He drank too much. Please don't mind him!"

As he spoke, he was about to take Mu Chen away.

However, Mu Chen insisted on holding onto Fang Mo'er's hand and refused to let go.

Fang Mo'er frowned. With the help of that young master, she finally broke free from his hand.

Mu Chen felt the person in his hand break free and said in pain, "You're leaving me too!"

Fang Mo'er was baffled. It was obvious that he was already very drunk.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. He suffered a huge blow today and is in a bad mood!" The young master quickly apologized to Fang Mo'er.

"It's alright!" Fang Mo'er lowered her voice. She did not want to be recognized and have the news of her and Mu Chen appearing together in a bar be exposed. She quickly ran back to her private room.

Mu Chen was still there and said, "Don't go!"

The young master said, "Young Master Mu, if you want a woman, I'll find one for you. All of them are as beautiful as a flower."

Fang Mo'er returned to the private room and saw Fang Kai and Fang Han sitting there talking with great satisfaction.

They weren't interrogating Shi Mo anymore.

Fang Kai was sitting even closer to Shi Mo now, the two of them looking like the best of friends.

Fang Kai said, "My sister is really lucky to have met you!"

Fang Han said, "I'll leave my sister in your hands from now on."

Shi Mo responded to each of them.

Fang Mo'er was impressed by Shi Mo's social skills.

It turned out that it was not because he did not know how to socialize, but more because he did not care to do it.

"Sister, brother-in-law is such a rare good man! Not only is he successful in his career, but he is also easygoing, humble and polite. He is also so gentle and considerate towards you."

Fang Mo'er blinked. "…" How was he gentle and considerate?

Suddenly, Shi Mo frowned and pulled Fang Mo'er's hand closer to him. "What happened to your hand?"

He could see that Fang Mo'er's arm was red and swollen.

Fang Mo'er waved her hand. "It's nothing. I just accidentally bumped into a drunkard…"

Fang Mo'er told him about what had happened at the bathroom door, but she did not mention that the person was Mu Chen.

Shi Mo quickly called the waiter over and got someone to fetch some ointment.

He applied the ointment on Fang Mo'er's wrist, not being particularly roughly or softly.

"Ouch…"

"Does it hurt?"

"Please be gentle."

Fang Mo'er said petulantly, "It hurts."

Sure enough, Shi Mo did not know how to do it.

This kind of bruise needed to be rubbed firmly to heal quickly.

Fang Han and Fang Kai looked at each other, indicating that they had seen enough PDA, and hurriedly looked for an opportunity to leave.

Fang Mo'er saw that Shi Mo was still sober and could not help but ask, "You've been drinking for so long, why aren't you drunk yet?"

Shi Mo replied, "I never allow myself to get drunk. Moreover, this amount of alcohol is only enough to wake me up."

Fang Mo'er clicked her tongue.

Just now, Fang Han and Fang Kai had left with slightly flushed faces.

However, Shi Mo's alcohol tolerance was extremely shocking.

The two of them took care of the bruises on her arm and quickly left.

At the entrance of the bar.

Fang Mo'er crossed her arms as she waited for Shi Mo's car.

All of a sudden, she saw Mu Chen and that young master from before, standing by the roadside not far away.

Mu Chen was squatting on the ground and vomiting. That young master had a worried look on his face.

Suddenly, Mu Chen's gaze fell upon Fang Mo'er.

Fang Mo'er lowered her hat.

Mu Chen stood up from the ground and looked straight at her.

Fang Mo'er was worrying that he would rush over and grab her hand when a car suddenly stopped in front of her, blocking their line of sight.

"Get in the car!" Shi Mo was sitting in the back seat and rolled down the car window to look at her.

Fang Mo'er nodded her head and opened the car door to get in.

The driver quickly drove away.

The car happened to go around the two men by the roadside and drove past them.

The strong wind blew and woke Mu Chen up a little.

He saw Fang Mo'er's face flash past the side of the car.

The young master pointed in the direction of the car and asked, "Hey, isn't that the person you were pulling on just now?"

Mu Chen was shocked. "What did you say? Who was I holding onto just now?"

The young master sighed, "You were holding onto that person and refused to let go. I had to try very hard to pull your hand away. Her arm was bruised, but she didn't say a word."

Mu Chen, "…" How could he not remember that?

After returning to Xiangyuan Residence, Shi Mo insisted on calling for the family doctor and asking him to take a look at Fang Mo'er's injuries.

In the middle of the night, the family doctor rushed over anxiously, thinking that something serious had happened.

However, when he saw Fang Mo'er's outstretched hand, he was speechless.

This was not even considered an injury. Even if he did not treat it, it would heal within a few days.

"I'm sorry to trouble you." Fang Mo'er was a little embarrassed. "I still have to shoot a print advertisement in two days."

The doctor frowned. "In two days, I'm afraid the bruise won't go down, but I can help it become lighter."

Fang Mo'er sighed. "Then, I'll have to wear a bracelet to cover it, or only wear long sleeves."

It was not impossible, but it would be a little troublesome for the advertising department to work with.

When the doctor left, Shi Mo's expression did not look too good.

"Which drunkard was so detestable that he injured you so badly? Should I take revenge for you?" He said as he held Fang Mo'er's hand.

Fang Mo'er lowered her head. "There's no need. The guy was just delirious."

A dark light flashed across Shi Mo's eyes. Hmph, Delirious. Mu Chen, a grown man, had drunk himself into such a wretched state. He was truly a coward.

He only knew how to use external forces or dirty methods to achieve his goals. He did not know how Fang Mo'er had been so blind as to fall head over heels for such a person.

In the past two days, the news that Bai Rong had left her original company and joined Haotian Entertainment, quickly spread on the Internet.

Even so, both Bai Rong and Mu Chen's reputations were not good.

Their public relations team often exposed each other's dirt, hurt each other, and fought against each other.

Both of them wanted to portray themselves as innocent people, but in the end, both of them had lost. The netizens declared that both of them were not good people.

Shen Yue took two scripts out for Fang Mo'er to choose from.

"These are the two TV series with the biggest investments this year. One is the Xianxia drama 'Stars' that Lang Qi won the rights to, and the other is the Wuxia drama 'Thirteen blades'. Both of the TV series are adapted from big IP novels. You can choose one to act in."

After Shen Yue had finished speaking, she looked at Fang Mo'er with hesitation.

Actually, the main protagonist of both TV series was the male lead. 'Stars' was about a mortal who had lost both his parents when he was young. By chance, he entered a cultivation sect and his abilities continued to improve along the way.

As for 'Thirteen Blades', it was about the grudges of the martial arts world. There were fights and killings, and the female lead's scenes would only be a quarter of the male lead's.

These two TV series, regardless of whether Fang Mo'er's acting was good or not, were just vehicles to showcase the male lead.

Fang Mo'er was a little hesitant.

She was contemplating whether she could participate in both of them.

Shen Yue said helplessly, "These two TV series are this year's main TV series. I don't know how many artistes from the company will be competing for the roles of the male and female lead roles. Initially, the company had made the decision to appoint a female lead role for you. However, the news then came from the higher-ups that they don't plan to make any special exceptions. They will only rely on the live auditions to pick the most suitable candidate."

Shen Yue moved closer to Fang Mo'er and lowered her voice, "Did you quarrel with your family member?"

Fang Mo'er shook her head. No.

Both she and Shi Mo were fine.

"Then, why did the higher-ups change their mind?" Shen Yue was also very surprised.

Fang Mo'er said, "Forget it, I'm not afraid of competing based on my abilities."

"Miss Fang, what you may not know is that if you really compete, your competitors might be A-list celebrities, or even best actors and actresses. Will you be able to beat them?"

Shen Yue said, "I have a backup plan here. This is a television series that revolves around the female lead."

Fang Mo'er picked it up and took a look. She only saw that the script read, "High Monk, Please Follow Me!"

The corner of Fang Mo'er's mouth twitched and she quickly pushed the script away. "No, no, this script is too big."

Shen Yue was puzzled. "How do you know? Have you seen the original manga? Although the original manga is a little trashy, it can't be denied that this is currently the most popular manga. Moreover, when it was adapted, the scriptwriters also made conservative changes according to the standards of the TV series."

Shen Yue saw that Fang Mo'er was unmoved, so she continued, "Although this is the first TV series that has been adapted from a manga, the fan base of this IP is very large. I feel that you'll have more chances to shine in this TV series."

Of course, Fang Mo'er knew that the entire manga revolved around the female lead. Everyone else was just a foil.

Even the male lead did not have as many scenes as the female lead. He was just an embellishment to the female lead's love scenes.

There were even several other male lead roles. All of them were bigwigs from all walks of life. The moment they saw the female lead, they would fall in love with her at first sight.

Fang Mo'er counted. There were a total of four male leads who were in love with the female lead in the entire manga.

When Fang Mo'er had been writing the storyline, she had been able to do whatever she wanted. After all, no one knew who the author was.

But the moment she acted it out… she would embarrass herself to death.

"No, no, no!" Fang Mo'er shook her head repeatedly. "It'd be better for me to consider the first two shows."

Shen Yue said, "Alright then. Actually, there are A-list actresses competing for the female lead in those two shows so you'll have to be mentally prepared."

Even though Fang Mo'er had won first place in the new talent award, at best, she would be considered as a newcomer who had only just emerged.

In this industry, A-list actors who had played many female lead roles and those who were highly skilled actors and actresses would not be easy to challenge.

Shen Yue still hoped that Fang Mo'er would play the female lead role in 'High Monk, Please Follow Me!' for her own selfish reasons.

Although this manga was very popular, many female artistes would not be willing to accept such a large-scale TV series because of their reputation.

Therefore, there was little competition.

If the previous two dramas were major productions, then "High Monk" would be more like an online drama. There would not be a high-level team, and there would not be a large investment. It would just be riding on a wave of popularity.

However, playing the female lead of this drama would allow for maximum exposure and performance.

Compared to movies, Shen Yue felt that this would be the best way for Fang Mo'er to let more people see her and acknowledge her acting skills.

Fang Mo'er was still struggling, yet she planned to audition for the two main dramas in a few days.

At the same time, her identity as the Veiled Queen had also received a notice from Wanfeng Mall to shoot a cover advertisement.

In the car, Xiao Tian was reading the script with great interest.

"Sister Fang, I think this manga is quite interesting. Why don't you give it a try? The adaptation of this script is also very conservative." Every now and then, Xiao Tian would look up and compliment Fang Mo'er after reading the script for a while.

Fang Mo'er could not help but say, "What did Sister Shen promise you? I'll give you double!"

Xiao Tian quickly touched the latest hair accessory on her head. It was fashionable and shiny. She said, "No, I genuinely think this TV series will help you gain more fans."

Furthermore, she was really engrossed in reading the script.

Fang Mo'er glanced at her head and said, "You're such a good-for-nothing. I'll buy you a better one later. Don't say anymore. I've made up my mind."

"Ah!" Xiao Tian was helpless.

When they arrived at the mall, they were still half an hour ahead of the scheduled time for the shoot.

Fang Mo'er put on her veil and led Xiao Tian to the jewelry shop in the mall.

They were really going to pick out an accessory for Xiao Tian.

Looking at the shop's facade, it was extremely luxurious.

Xiao Tian was embarrassed and quickly pulled Fang Mo'er back. "Sister, please forget it, I won't say anymore. You don't have to spend any money."

Fang Mo'er said, "You've been with me for so long, it's only right for me to buy you an accessory."

Actually, Xiaotian was quite obedient. She was on-call for Fang Mo'er, 24 hours a day.

She was usually very attentive and would not allow Fang Mo'er to get thirsty.

Fang Mo'er picked out a small and exquisite headdress for Xiao Tian.

Just as she had finished paying, there was a commotion outside.

A broadcast from the mall announced, "A one-year-old child has gone missing from their stroller. All entrances and exits will be closed. Customers, please wait where you are. Please forgive us for the inconvenience."

The broadcast was repeated over and over again, causing an uproar among the customers.

A child had gone missing, and he was only a year old.

Fang Mo'er and Xiao Tian looked at each other. When they walked out of the jewelry store, they saw that the entrance to the mall had indeed been closed.

Security guards were searching everywhere.

"Could it be that he encountered a human trafficker?"

"The child is so young. That kidnapper is too wicked!"

"I hope he hasn't left the mall yet. We must find him."

There were many surveillance cameras in the mall. Who would have the guts to steal a child here?

Not far away, there was a distraught woman, surrounded by a few people, who were searching together.

Fang Mo'er received a call from Mu Ye, asking if she had arrived yet? If she had not arrived yet, she would have come a little later. There was an emergency in the mall.

Fang Mo'er asked, "How is it going?"

Mu Ye learned that she was already at the mall, but he had no time to care about her, so all he said was, "From the surveillance footage, the only thing that could be seen was a woman wearing a mask and a hat who was carrying the child away. After the child's mother found out, she quickly went to the security guard. That woman hasn't been found in the mall yet."

Fang Mo'er nodded. "You go ahead and do what you need to do."

The kidnapper was a woman with a child. If they wanted to find her, it should be easy.

However, time passed by slowly.

The security guards found nothing.

"Could it be that she has already left?"

"Everyone is looking for the child but they haven't found her yet. She must have left before the mall had been sealed."

The child's mother was crying her eyes out.

Fang Mo'er frowned.

"Miss Veiled!" Mu Ye's expression was solemn.

Although the mall was closed, the situation at the scene had already been photographed and posted about.

The netizens were questioning the mall's actions.

Fang Mo'er said, "Mr. Mu, could you show me the surveillance footage?"

Mu Ye felt that even if the Veiled Queen looked at the surveillance footage, it would be useless.

He had looked at the surveillance footage a few times himself, but he still had not been able to find the person.

"Bring her to the surveillance room," Mu Ye said to his assistant.

Then, he left in a hurry.

When she reached the surveillance room, Fang Mo'er saw a tall woman wearing a tight headband. When the mother had not been paying attention, the woman had carried the sleeping baby away and left quickly.

She disappeared around the corner.

The surveillance cameras in the mall were not placed everywhere and there were also several blind spots.

There was a staircase in the corner. The woman could be hiding on any floor.

Fang Mo'er thought of the customers that she had seen when she had swept past the crowd. Her heart had already locked onto one person.

"I know who the kidnapper is!"

The security guards in the surveillance room looked at each other and looked at Fang Mo'er in surprise.

"Follow me!"

Fang Mo'er said to them and hurriedly walked out.

Amongst the crowd, there was a man sitting in a corner. He was looking down at his phone, looking bored.

Suddenly, a woman wearing a veil walked over and said to the security guards behind her, "This is the person who stole the child!"

The crowd was in an uproar.

The security guards were also in disbelief. Could it be that they had made a mistake?

No one at the scene believed what Fang Mo'er had said.

Even the tall man widened his eyes and pointed at himself. "Are you talking about me? I didn't do anything!"

Xiao Tian sheepishly pulled on Fang Mo'er's arm. "Sister, did you make a mistake? This is a man."

There was a small package beside the man.

Without a word, Fang Mo'er snatched the package and poured out the contents.

There was a hat, a mask, and the clothes that the woman in the surveillance camera had been wearing.

When the security guard saw this, he quickly stepped forward and caught hold of the man. "Where is the child?"

Seeing that he had been exposed, the man glared at Fang Mo'er. "You shouldn't meddle in other people's business."

It was no wonder that the surveillance camera had not been able to find the culprit. It turned out that he had changed into another outfit.

The man refused to tell them where the child was hidden.

However, after checking the surveillance cameras, they soon found out that the child had been placed in a storage room.

A lady with a tear-stained face rushed over. "My child!"

When the child was found, the crowd heaved a sigh of relief. They quickly took photos of the Veiled Queen and the woman together.

The news that the Veiled Queen had uncovered a kidnapper soon spread like wildfire on the Internet.

"Thank you so much!" The child's mother said gratefully to Fang Mo'er.

Mu Ye took a step forward and sent the kidnapper to the police station. He then sent the mother to the lounge.

The doors to the shopping mall opened again.

After the crowd had dispersed, Mu Ye looked at Fang Mo'er gratefully.

"You've really helped me a lot!"

If they had not found the child, the reputation of the mall would have been ruined.

If that happened, who would dare to bring their child to the mall in the future?

"There's no need to thank me. You helped me last time too, so we're even now," said the Veiled Queen coolly.

Previously, Mu Ye had given the surveillance video to the Veiled Queen, so she had owed him a favor.

Now, she had paid him back.

Next, Fang Mo'er went to one of the floors of the mall for her photoshoot.

The advertising team had just learned about the heroic deeds of the Veiled Queen.

Now, they looked at her with admiration in their eyes.

In addition to the infinite charm that she exuded when she faced the camera, they could not help but admire her.

Mu Ye stood beside the cameraman, his gaze following the woman whose every move was exuding charm. His eyes flashed.

During this period, Shen Yue had called a few times, but Xiao Tian was the one who answered.

When Fang Mo'er finished her photoshoot, Xiao Tian immediately went forward. "Sister, Sister Shen is on the phone."

When Fang Mo'er answered, Shen Yue's excited voice sounded on the other end. "Do you know how popular you are now? You're now the spokesperson for justice. Hurry back to the company. I'll arrange all sorts of interviews and jobs for you!"

Fang Mo'er glanced at Mu Ye who was walking over and said, "I'll be back immediately!"

Mu Ye stopped in his tracks and said with restraint, "Let me send you off."

Fang Mo'er waved her keys, indicating that she had a car.

Mu Ye had no choice but to take out an ointment and stuffed it into the Veiled Queen's hands, "This is very useful for bruises!"

The Veiled Queen grinned. "Thank you, then."

Although she did not need it because the ointment Shi Mo had given her was the best, she still accepted it out of goodwill.

Then, just like that, Fang Mo'er and Xiao Tian left without stopping.

Mu Ye stood where he was until his assistant came over and said, "CEO Mu, now that the company's image has been reported on positively, everyone says that our security did a good job in taking action immediately."

Mu Ye's face turned cold. "If it had not been for the Veiled Queen, we would have had to open the doors and let the kidnapper leave. We have to immediately reorganize the surveillance of the mall! I don't want to see any more mishaps."

"Yes."

In the car, Fang Mo'er was reading her latest report.

Earlier in the mall, someone had filmed the entire process of the Veiled Queen catching the kidnapper.

At first, the netizens had not expected that this person would be a kidnapper.

It was not until they had taken out a woman's outfit from the other person's bag that they realized that the man had been disguised as a woman who was very similar to the one in the video on the surveillance camera.

"Sister Veiled is too amazing!"

"Have you forgotten that the Veiled Queen's disguise ability on the show was top-notch? It seems reasonable that she would be capable of recognizing the kidnapper."

"The Veiled Queen has such sharp eyes!"

"Wanfeng Mall has indeed made a profit. With this, I feel like the Veiled Queen's endorsement fee will double."

"The safest shopping mall, Wanfeng Mall!"

"The nemesis of kidnappers, the Veiled Queen!"

"Her energy is so positive!"

"I want to buy perfume to support Sister Veiled."

Fang Mo'er watched with relish, feeling flattered by all the praise.

She even used Fang Mo'er's own account to repost the incident of the Veiled Queen saving people. She liked it and expressed that she wanted to learn from the Veiled Queen.

Xiao Tian observed Fang Mo'er's actions the entire time and was so shocked that her jaw almost fell off.

However, that was still not enough.

Xiao Tian also saw that Fang Mo'er had then logged into the Veiled Queen's Weibo again and gone to Fang Mo'er's Weibo to interact.

In an instant, many of the Veiled Queen's fans were attracted to Fang Mo'er's Weibo account.

Two waves of fan interaction were achieved.

Fang Mo'er also gained a lot of fans.

"So, Fang Mo'er is a good friend of the Veiled Queen!"

"Both of them are positive people!"

"The Veiled Queen's friend must have a good character. Let's follow her for a while!"

Fang Mo'er chuckled and put away her phone in satisfaction.

She walked towards Shen Yue's office.

As a result, Shen Yue handed Fang Mo'er several notices for job offers for a safety drill, a detective show, a mystery fan show, and other variety shows.

There was a fire prevention and theft prevention program, there was a post-crime investigation program, there was also a post-crime simulation program, and there were even troops who had invited the Veiled Queen to sing.

The Veiled Queen, "…"

"Sister Shen, why are there so many of such notices!" Fang Mo'er looked at Shen Yue.

Shen Yue took out more job offer notices. "There are other notices too, but the Veiled Queen has such a positive image now that I've decided to deepen this impression first, so…"

Fang Mo'er had no interest in participating in speculative cases.

The reason she could recognize the kidnapper was entirely due to her actor's instinct.

In the end, Fang Mo'er chose a charity event that had invited her to sing.

This charity event would be the biggest one among the most recent events to be held. Celebrities from all walks of life would be invited to participate, and the products that would be auctioned off would be the most collectable.

Therefore, many celebrities were willing to participate in this event. Not only would they be able to gain a good reputation, but they would also be able to find something satisfactory for themselves.

They would be killing two birds with one stone.

However, the number of places for the charity event was limited. Ordinary people would not be able to enter at all.

The organizers had actually invited the Veiled Queen to sing the theme song, which could also improve the Veiled Queen's reputation even further.

Ordinary singers would not be able to attend even if they wanted to.

If it had not been for the Veiled Queen's good deed being on the hot searches today, it would have been impossible to push the Veiled Queen into such an event.

At night, at a neon-lit commercial building.

Luxury cars were parked one after another in the parking lot.

Many reporters were outside the main entrance reporting on this grand event.

The people who were in attendance were all business tycoons or socialites.

One by one, luxury cars stopped at the entrance of the building.

Everyone who got out of the car and entered the building was someone who was extremely powerful within their own industries.

Here, everyone was humble and polite because there were always people who were richer than you.

When the Veiled Queen got out of the car, the reporters were dumbfounded.

Wasn't it said that only socialites could participate?

Why was the Veiled Queen here too?

When Fang Mo'er got out of the car, she could feel the reporters frantically snapping photos of her.

"The Veiled Queen, may I know which family you're representing today?"

"Will your true identity be announced today?"

The reporters were extremely excited. They had originally thought that the Veiled Queen had a very noble temperament. She had to be the daughter of a wealthy family.

Now, it was finally time to confirm their guesses.

Fang Mo'er held the hem of the dress in one hand and the invitation letter in the other. She smiled at the reporters and said, "I'm here to sing the opening song on behalf of our company."

While the reporters were stunned into silence, Fang Mo'er gracefully walked inside.

The reporters outside snapped back to their senses and quickly reported on the incident. The Veiled Queen had been invited by the charity event organizers and was the only female celebrity present.

This honor made the Veiled Queen even more dazzling.

Fang Mo'er walked towards the VIP elevator under the guidance of the staff.

At the entrance of the elevator, a fashionably dressed lady was also waiting.

"The banquet is being held on the 28th floor." After the staff member finished speaking, they left.

Only then did Fang Mo'er realize that the person standing beside her was Shi Mo's foster mother, Wu Ling.

Wu Ling glanced at her and frowned before taking two steps back.

She had always disliked celebrities in the entertainment industry. She always felt that the entertainment industry was not clean and that the celebrities there were not as noble and elegant as the daughters of the rich and famous.

Just by looking at Fang Mo'er's scheming within the entertainment industry, one could tell that there were all kinds of conflicts and infighting. It was simply a mess.

When Fang Mo'er saw the other party's disgusted expression, she did not go over to greet her and pretended that she had not seen her.

Since she was wearing a veil and different makeup, the other lady could not recognize her at all.

The elevator door opened and the two people walked in one after the other.

One stood on the far left while the other stood on the far right.

Wu Ling held onto a diamond-studded branded bag with both hands and raised her chin.

Fang Mo'er pressed the button for the 28th floor and chose to remain silent.

When the elevator reached the 20th floor, Fang Mo'er suddenly let out a gasp of surprise.

Looking at the floor number that was displayed, Fang Mo'er saw that from the 20th floor, the numbers had started to retreat rapidly.

19,18,17…

Even Fang Mo'er and Wu Ling, who were standing in the elevator, could clearly feel a sense of discomfort. They could even hear the sounds of friction.

Wu Ling was so frightened that her face turned pale. She pressed on the handrail and asked, "What's going on? Quick, call for help."

Fang Mo'er frowned. "It's too late."

The elevator was falling too quickly. By the time they called for help, they would have already fallen to the last floor.

In a flash, Fang Mo'er took a step forward and quickly pressed on the lighted buttons to the other floors.

All of a sudden, the lift suddenly stopped at the 10th floor and the door opened.

Fang Mo'er was about to run out when she saw Wu Ling's pale face. She was so scared that she could not even bring herself to walk anymore.

"Quick, help pull me out!" Wu Ling said in a trembling voice.

Fang Mo'er turned back and pulled Wu Ling out of the elevator.

The elevator door closed again.

Following that, she heard the sound of the elevator descending rapidly again.

9, 8, 7…

Finally, when it reached the first floor of the basement, there was a loud crash.

The elevator had crashed!

Fang Mo'er looked in the direction of the elevator door with lingering fear.

If she had been in it a little longer, she would have crashed along with the elevator.

Wu Ling was still holding onto the Veiled Queen's hand tightly, as if she was looking for a sense of security.

The person in charge of the building came over very quickly.

"How do you guys do your job? This is such a big hotel, yet the elevator can actually have an accident like this!" Wu Ling questioned the people in the building.

The people on the other side repeatedly apologized.

The people who were present today were all top-notch figures. They could not afford to be responsible for any accident.

Fortunately, no one had been injured or killed today. Otherwise…

Wu Ling's heart was still filled with lingering fear, indicating that she would not dare to take the elevator in the future.

The elevator photos that were transmitted from the first floor of the basement showed that the elevator had been smashed until it was distorted. The elevator doors could not be opened easily due to the distortion.

It was the same for the elevators. If a person had been inside, it would be difficult for them to survive.

Wu Ling looked at the Veiled Queen and changed her arrogant attitude from before. She held her hand affectionately and said, "I owe you my thanks for what happened just now."

Facing the Veiled Queen, Wu Ling no longer had any prejudice against the people in the entertainment industry.

Instead, she seemed to be very kind and affectionate to her savior.

Fang Mo'er saw that Wu Ling's face was still pale, so she helped Wu Ling to the lounge to rest.

"I thought that people in the entertainment industry were selfish and only cared about themselves. I didn't expect you to still want to help me at the last moment!"

Fang Mo'er said, "Of course not. There are all kinds of people in the entertainment industry."

Wu Ling sighed. "However, there aren't many people as kind as you. Look at the various scandals involving Fang Mo'er, that girl is a disgrace to the entertainment industry."

Fang Mo'er herself was speechless.

She quickly retracted her hand. She had almost forgotten that this currently extremely kind person had looked down on her at the Shi family's old residence a few days ago.

Wu Ling seemed to have decided that Fang Mo'er was a scheming woman who had made her appearance in the entertainment industry and seduced Shi Mo to get ahead. She sighed. However, she had a good impression of the Veiled Queen instead. She even pulled her along and assured her that she would be available to her if she had any difficulties in the future.

On the other hand, she told the Veiled Queen about how her annoying son had been bewitched by a vixen.

The more Fang Mo'er listened to Wu Ling's words, the more she could not take it anymore.

She hurriedly took two steps back and said, "Auntie, I still have to perform the opening song. It's almost time, so I'll be leaving first."

Wu Ling had initially wanted to exchange contact details with the Veiled Queen.

However, she saw that the Veiled Queen was running away very quickly and soon disappeared.

Wu Ling sighed and said, "Such a kind-hearted person who doesn't take credit for her good deeds is really rare!"

Wu Ling took out her phone and clicked on the website to check the news about the Veiled Queen.

When she entered the Veiled Queen's Weibo account, she saw all kinds of comments about the Veiled Queen being the Goddess of Justice.

She was even more appreciative and could not help but follow the Veiled Queen.

At the charity event venue.

The organizers were also very grateful to the Veiled Queen for saving Wu Ling.

"Miss Veiled, if not for your help, we probably wouldn't have been able to hold this event today."

Wu Ling had always been the Shi family's representative to the outside world, so her status was naturally very high.

If anything had happened to her here today, it would have been a huge problem. If the Shi family were to pursue this matter, they would have no choice but to bear it.

Not only was the organizer extremely grateful to Fang Mo'er, but even the hotel staff treated her as a benefactor who had saved their lives as well.

"This will be your seat later. You'll be sitting in the first row with the most honorable status."

Initially, the Veiled Queen had not been assigned a seat. After her performance, she was to have left immediately without being allowed to stay any longer.

However, the host had now specially arranged a seat for Fang Mo'er.

Since the other party was honoring her so greatly, Fang Mo'er naturally could not refuse.

After a while, most of the attendees had arrived.

The host went on stage to explain the proceedings of today's Gala. The first stage was a charity auction, followed by a banquet and a lucky draw.

Next, the Veiled Queen went on stage to sing the opening song.

Wu Ling had never liked listening to music, nor did she like watching TV dramas.

However, for the first time, she was looking forward to this performance today.

She sat in the first row, but no one else came to the seat next to her.

She had come today to represent the Shi family and get certain items that had caught her eye.

It could be considered a contribution to charity.

On the stage.

The appearance of the Veiled Queen made the lively sounds in the room quiet down.

Only her ethereal voice remained.

Her pure and flawless voice reverberated throughout the entire event, giving people an extremely high sense of enjoyment.

Beneath the spotlight, the Veiled Queen stood alone, like a beautiful fairy who did not belong to the mortal world.

Many people had not initially been interested in listening to the song, but they were suddenly attracted to it.

Fang Mo'er's singing completely fascinated everyone.

Wu Ling thought to herself, this was true power. Her existence was like an absolute king, she was like a refreshing stream in the entertainment industry.

At the same time.

There was one person at the scene who looked livid.

It was Bai Rong, who had accompanied the Crown Prince of Haotian, Long Kui.

Bai Rong did not know why Long Kui wanted to go against Star Dream Era. He had spent a lot of resources to turn her into an all-rounded artist.

The reason she had been able to attend today's event was because Long Kui had wanted to enhance her image.

Initially, Bai Rong's confidence had been boosted to the maximum over the past few days.

She had thought that Fang Mo'er would no longer be able to catch up to her.

For such an important event like this, Fang Mo'er would definitely not have the chance to participate.

However… who was the one standing on the stage and becoming the center of attention if not Fang Mo'er?

"Why is she here?" Bai Rong muttered.

Long Kui said indifferently, "Why are you paying attention to her? All you have to do is defeat Fang Mo'er!"

Although Shi Mo had never revealed his identity as the person in charge of the Shi family, Long Kui knew that the company that had always been suppressing their company was none other than Shi Mo's company.

He had always been unhappy about it, but when he saw Shi Mo personally appear on the variety show, he seemed to have found a breakthrough.

He wanted to beat him!

Bai Rong bit her lip. Who else was she paying attention to? It was Fang Mo'er herself.

Oh right, only she knew about Fang Mo'er's secret identity.

Bai Rong was about to say something when she saw that Long Kui was also entranced by her performance. She could not help but clench her fists.

After the Veiled Queen's performance, the whole venue erupted in warm applause. Fang Mo'er stepped off the stage and was led to her seat.

Wu Ling had not expected the Veiled Queen to be seated right next to her.

In her heart, she sighed because of the organizer's arrangement.

She knew that she wanted to be close to her savior.

Fang Mo'er was just here to watch the show.

However, Wu Ling continued talking to her the entire time.

When the auction items came out, the first thing Wu Ling said was, "Miss Veiled Queen, do you like this antique? If you like it, I'll bid for it and give it to you.

"What about this…"

Fang Mo'er rejected them all, one by one.

Wu Ling was even more impressed by her humble character. She was still able to remain so calm when faced with so many priceless treasures.

It wasn't until Fang Mo'er heard, "Next up is the newest work of the new artist, Bai Rong, 'Autumn Harvest Painting'. The starting price is 500,000 yuan."

When Fang Mo'er heard Bai Rong's name, she could not help but frown as she looked up at the stage.

It was a brightly colored landscape painting with exquisite brushwork.

Even at a glance, it was obvious that it would take a person with twenty years of skill to paint it.

The problem was that the artist's information actually showed Bai Rong's photo.

It showed that Bai Rong's work had entered the overseas market a few years ago. It had been bought by people for their own collections for hundreds of millions of dollars, and it had even received praise from all the famous artists.

Fang Mo'er could tell at a glance that all this was just packaging.

How could Bai Rong have produced such a work?

Take the poem that was included at the top part of the painting, for example. Bai Rong's handwriting was not usually that good. The difference was like the difference between heaven and earth.

The merchants who were present were not fools. They did not pay much attention to the sudden appearance of this artist.

However, there was actually someone who wanted to purchase this painting, which then started a competitive scramble for it.

The painting went from 500,000 yuan to over 10 million yuan.

Seeing that the Veiled Queen seemed so concerned, Wu Ling thought that she liked this painting very much.

She hurriedly joined the auction of this painting.

"20 million!" Wu Ling instantly doubled the price.

On the other side, the people who had been specially arranged by Long Kui were all dumbfounded, and they hurriedly looked in the direction of Long Kui.

Had this person also been arranged by you? Why had she bid so ruthlessly? She had not followed the usual procedure.

Long Kui was also baffled.

He indicated that the other side should continue to raise the price to at least 50 million.

Fang Mo'er saw that Wu Ling still wanted to raise her paddle again, so she hurriedly advised her, "This painting is not worth this much money!"

Wu Ling said, "But, you like it."

"No, I don't like it."

Fang Mo'er said to Wu Ling, "Look, this Bai Rong is only in her twenties. How could she produce such a painting? Moreover, I remember that the style of the painting is very similar to that of another artist. Even the brush strokes of the poem are exactly the same."

Wu Ling frowned when she heard this. "Are you saying that someone else is pretending to be the artist for this painting?"

Fang Mo'er spread her hands.

"This is ridiculous. The organizers are too careless." Wu Ling was so angry that she immediately called for the organizers.

The bidding had already reached 37 million yuan.

The organizers were already feeling guilty towards Wu Ling. They were afraid that Wu Ling would make a fuss about what had happened earlier today, so they were very careful with her. When they heard that Wu Ling had asked someone to thoroughly investigate this painting, they immediately stopped the auction.

Naturally, the organizers did not dare to offend Wu Ling, so they quickly stopped the bidding.

"I'm sorry, the auctioning of this painting has been suspended."

Bai Rong had initially been a little excited. After this auction, she would also be able to claim herself as a genius painter.

However, she had not expected the auction to suddenly stop. The painting was quickly taken down and replaced with the next auction item.

Bai Rong was dumbfounded. Long Kui was also puzzled.

He had clearly arranged everything. How could the organizers have changed their minds halfway through?

The news of the charity gala quickly spread.

The unexpected call to stop the auctioning of the painting had caused the reporters outside to smell the scent of gossip.

When one of the reporters heard that the artist was Bai Rong, he was stunned.

When he checked, he found that there was a lot of news about Bai Rong being an artist on the Internet.

Even on overseas websites, there was news that a talented young lady's painting had been hyped up.

Recently, there was news that Bai Rong was a young genius female artist from overseas.

The reporters were all confused because that talented young female painter had never shown up.

Therefore, everyone was not even sure if that person really was Bai Rong.

However, it was certain that there was something wrong with Bai Rong's painting. Otherwise, it would not have been stopped from being auctioned.

The organizers were not stupid. Of course, they knew that the style of the painting had been painted by a certain artist in the industry.

It had not been painted by Bai Rong at all.

Therefore, no matter whatever explanation that Bai Rong and the others gave that there was no problem with the painting, they would still not be allowed to participate in the auction anymore.

This also implied to the public that there was really something wrong with the painting.

This was the biggest charity event. The organizers had already identified the problematic painting, so it would be impossible for the other auction houses to put it up for auction now.

Long Kui had spent a lot of money and pulled a large favor to buy this painting.

In the end, his good plan had failed.

"Who was the one who reported it?" Bai Rong gritted her teeth.

On the other side, Fang Mo'er had left the auction ahead of time, but Wu Ling had insisted on sending her out.

As the two of them walked to the corridor, they were still talking with each other.

"Miss Veiled, you have a sharp eye. Otherwise, this malignant tumor of the art world would come and disrupt the market again!" Although Wu Ling did not collect calligraphy and paintings, Shi Tian liked to collect them. In the past, she had bid for several paintings before. Once, she had bought a fake, which had made Shi Tian unhappy. Therefore, Wu Ling abhorred fakes.

Bai Rong looked at the voice that was speaking.

Immediately, she became anxious. "So, it was you!"

Bai Rong's face was livid. She was flustered and exasperated. "You actually used such underhanded methods behind my back!"

When Wu Ling saw the other party's appearance, she recognized that this was the fake painter.

Wu Ling said coldly, "This is not a place for you to behave so atrociously!"

A person who had faked the painting actually had the guts to accuse others of exposing her.

She was simply too thick-skinned.

When the organizers came over and saw Wu Ling's unhappy expression, they were immediately filled with fear and trepidation.

Wu Ling had already been planning to leave, so today's matter would have been safe settled.

Why had Bai Rong come out to provoke this great Buddha?

When the organizer heard that Bai Rong had spoken rudely to the Veiled Queen, he immediately ordered, "Get this person out of here!"

Bai Rong was dumbfounded.

The crowd was in full view.

The reporters were still waiting outside for the auction to end.

In the end, what they saw was Bai Rong being pushed out from inside.

Long Kui felt that Bai Rong had humiliated him, so he had secretly left the parking lot.

Bai Rong was left to face the reporters' questions alone.

The reporters' series of questions completely stunned her.

"Excuse me, Miss Bai, did you just get kicked out for faking your painting?"

"I heard that the overseas genius painter had sold a painting for hundreds of millions of dollars. If you were really that painter, why did you enter the entertainment industry as an artist? You've also never publicly painted before, right?"

Bai Rong's face turned pale. "Today, the organizers misunderstood me. It's not what you think!"

She still wanted to maintain her identity as a talented artist.

After all, the overseas artist had never shown up, and she could not care less about an imposter from China.

Moreover, all kinds of fake promotional posts on the Internet had already been completed.

Bai Rong could only continue to stick with this persona.

The reporter wanted to ask more questions.

However, Bai Rong lowered her head and escaped by claiming that she was feeling unwell.

Compared to this miserable situation, the Veiled Queen, on the other hand, was personally escorted out by the organizer.

On the left side of the Veiled Queen was the organizer of the charity event, and on the right side was the mistress of the Shi family. This was followed by the manager of the hotel.

All of them wanted to send the Veiled Queen off, due to their fear and trepidation.

They were afraid that the elevator incident would cause even more complications.

Hence, the reporters took pictures of the Veiled Queen being surrounded by all these people.

They felt even more incredulous.

So, how terrifying was the Veiled Queen's hidden identity?

How was it that so many people were so careful in their treatment of her?

Some people even speculated that the Veiled Queen was the princess of a certain country?

Fang Mo'er finally heaved a sigh of relief when she got into the car.

She felt extremely uncomfortable when she saw Wu Ling's smiling face.

If Wu Ling found out one day that the Veiled Queen was actually Fang Mo'er, she did not know what kind of reaction she would have.

Would she feel that Fang Mo'er had merely been toying with her?

In the car, Fang Mo'er felt a chill go down her spine and shivered.

On the Internet, although the identity of Bai Rong's painter had been questioned by many people, they could not find any evidence for a while.

In the end, they could only let the matter go.

The matter of the Veiled Queen being suspected to be the princess of a certain country had also been spread in an orderly fashion.

There were even photos that proved that Wu Ling had greeted the Veiled Queen with a smile.

Even the organizers of the charity event, who had always had a strong background, were cautious of the Veiled Queen.