"Yes sir!"
Lin Wen Cheng glanced at her for a second before spitting out a single word. Mu Ran felt as if a needle had pierced into his heart, causing his entire body to tremble in pain.
When all the guests had arrived, the banquet began. It was unknown where the host had found him, but he had managed to speak of Mu Yunhai as a legendary figure.
As the host's words became more and more exaggerated, Mu Ran noticed that the expression of the person beside him became uglier and uglier. He looked down and saw the person with his hands clasped in front of him as if he was trying his best to restrain something.
She hesitated a moment or two before saying what she was concerned about, because she thought she might not appreciate it if she cared about him.
She didn't know what was going on today, but she always felt that there was a resentful gaze lingering on her in the hall. Every time she turned around to look, it would disappear and all she saw was a dense crowd of people.
When the host on stage was at his peak, he actually shouted for Mu Yunhai and his few daughters and son-in-law to come up onto the stage. She was slightly stunned as she didn't expect there to be such a segment.
Seeing Mu Wanjing, Mu Lingfeng, and the others start to walk towards the stage, she was still stunned and did not move. She did not like it! He really didn't like this kind of occasion. Standing on the stage, he let everyone look at him as if he were a commodity.
She was still in a daze when she saw a pair of large hands reach out to her. Their joints were sharp and clear, long and vigorous, and as she lowered her eyes and pursed her lips, she slowly extended her hand towards the big palm, then used his strength to get up.
When he pulled her up, he stuffed an expensive and exquisite box into her hands. She gave him a puzzled look but he didn't say anything. He just held her hand and walked towards the stage. Only later on did she realize that this was a birthday present for Mu Yunhai.
The instant his hand wrapped around her, she once again felt an indescribable chill. It was just that this time, the coldness was even stronger than the previous times, causing a bad feeling to surface in her heart.
The four daughters of the Mu family stood separately on the stage. Mu Xiyan was currently single, so she stood alone on the right side of Mu Yunhai.
Although her image had fallen due to the scandal about her relationship with Gu Mo City, after the Mu family developed strong and powerful, and she was the only one remaining from the Mu family's daughter group, it caused many rich and powerful members of the Jia family to fall for her.
As for the three married daughters, they stood to the left of Mu Yunhai, while the three son-in-law stood behind their wives. They were all handsome men and beautiful women who had murdered quite a few reporters, Ferlin.
On the other side, Mu Xiyan was alluring and beautiful. On the other side, Mu Wan Jing was gentle and gentle while Song Yida's eyes were bright and sharp. On the other hand, Mu Lingfeng was strong and capable in Lin Wen City.
The two most eye-catching were the rumored mysterious Mu family's fourth young mistress. She wore a dazzling violet dress. Her makeup was cold and proud, while her black hair was indolent and enchanting.
She didn't have a face full of smiles like Mu Xiyan and the others. Standing there like that, she made all the men below the stage go crazy, not avoiding the fact that she was already married. Not only that, she was even married to that high and mighty Second Young Master Gu.
The man behind her was tall and well-built. He stood silently behind her, like a thick wall that absorbed all of her cold arrogance.
If it was just the Fourth Miss alone, she would feel that it was too cold and elegant. If it was just Second Young Master Gu, she would feel that it was too noble.
The two of them looked so compatible with each other that it was likely that no one would talk about it after today. Since Fourth Miss Mu did not have the ability to keep Second Young Master Gu, it seemed that the other party was disdainful of competing with the women outside.
Even the beautiful and enchanting Mu Xi Yan was no match for her.
Mu Yunhai laughed so much that she couldn't even close her mouth. When she arrived at Mu Ran's place, she held that expensive box in her hands as she stood there hesitantly. She couldn't even open her mouth to call Mu Yunhai father, much less smile and wish him a happy birthday.
Just as she stood there at a loss, not knowing what to do, she suddenly heard a stern shout.
"Xiao Yan – careful –!"
Before she could react, a person rushed out from behind her and threw her body to the ground. The box in her hand fell to the ground. She could vaguely see that the box contained a piece of high-quality jade.
Then, an ear-piercing gunshot rang out in the noisy hall, and the audience was thrown into chaos. Screams and cries mixed together, and then she heard the muffled groan of the person behind her before she fell silent.
She hurriedly climbed up from the ground and flipped over the body of the person lying on her stomach to block the fatal bullet. Seeing Lin Wen Cheng lying on the ground with his chest covered in blood and his pale face, she felt dizzy and her breathing almost stopped.
Tears streamed down her face. She sat there hugging him tightly and let out a mournful cry.
"NO!" "Brother Wen Cheng!"
She was crying hysterically, screaming with all her might, as if it was the only way to get rid of the uneasiness and panic in her heart.
As she cried, the people on the stage came back to their senses. Song Yiduo quickly called the ambulance.
Mu Linfeng's face turned pale as she looked at Lin Wen Cheng lying in a pool of blood. She held her forehead as her body swayed a few times. Luckily, Mu Wan Jing was able to support her in time so she didn't fall to the ground.
He staggered and rushed over. His trembling hand swiped across his face and tears began to flow.
"Wen Cheng —"
Then, as if she thought of something, she raised her hand and slapped the woman who was sitting there hugging him and crying bitterly.
"Scram!" Get lost! "
Her angry expression was completely devoid of the usual elegant demeanor of the Mu Family's CEO. The veins on her forehead were all exposed. The slap exhausted all her strength.
The corner of Mu Yurou's mouth was covered in blood from her beating, coupled with the fact that Mu Lingfeng's hand was already stained with Lin Wen Cheng's blood, her pale face had a large amount of blood on top of the five bright red finger marks.
However, it was this slap that had caused Mu Ran to wake up from his deep sorrow. She had almost forgotten that she was a doctor because she was too heartbroken. She no longer cared about hiding her identity or feeling the burning pain on her face.
"Brother Wen Cheng, don't be afraid. I will save you. I will definitely save you!"
Trembling, she reached out and tugged at Lin Wen Cheng's tie. She had to stop the bleeding first, otherwise, when the ambulance arrived, he might die from blood loss.
As she pulled at his tie, she glanced at the spot where he had been shot in the chest and felt dizzy again, because she saw that the bullet had gone through his back and into his chest, where it seemed to have hit his heart.
Tears once again welled up in her eyes. The more nervous she was, the more useless her hands became. After struggling for a long time, she still couldn't pull his collar. Lin Wencheng weakly grabbed her trembling hands and forcefully pulled out a smile.
"Xiao Yan, don't cry, I won't die!"
Earlier, everyone's attention had been focused on the birthday present that Mu Yunhai had given to Mu Ru Yue. He was the only one that had his gaze fixated on her. He stood behind Mu Lingfeng, his mind completely focused on her.
He knew that she had never been willing to call him father. He thought that she had always had a grudge against him for sending her to an orphanage, but he didn't know that she had rejected him because he wasn't her father.
As he watched her stand there with that delicate box, helpless and dazed as a child, he felt the pang of wanting to step forward and take her in his arms and carry her away, away from the crowd of deceitful people, away from this place of noise.
Just when she seemed to muster up the courage to open her mouth to say something, he suddenly saw with his sharp eyes that a man dressed in black was pointing a gun at her in the midst of the noisy crowd below the stage.
At that moment, his mind went blank, leaving behind only one thought: Nothing must happen to her! Then, without thinking, he pounced on her and pressed her to the ground.
The moment the bullet entered his body, the pain came, but his heart was unusually clear and cold. He silently said to her in his heart: Xiao Ran, as long as you can live, and live well, I won't complain to you anymore in this life.
However, Lin Wen Cheng's words made Mu Ran cry even more fiercely.
"Brother Wen Cheng, don't talk anymore!"
Mu Ran's heart ached as he looked at the pale-faced man lying in a pool of blood. The hatred that had settled in his heart suddenly vanished. If there was a man who was willing to sacrifice his life for you, what could he possibly hate?
"Mu Yurou! "You're just a jinx and an unlucky ghost. Ever since you and your mother came to our house, our family hasn't lived a peaceful life for a day!"