Chapter 549: Chapter 549: The True Purpose Chapter 549: Chapter 549: The True Purpose Watching Zhong Mengxuan wielding a dagger and stabbing towards herself, Zhong Niangyao’s eyes flashed with a dark gleam. With swift movements, she dodged the attack, grabbed Zhang Mengxuan’s hand, and twisted hard.

“Ah–” Zhong Mengxuan let out a sharp cry of pain as she felt her own wrist being twisted to the point of breaking by Zhong Niangyao.

“Clang–”
After the noise, the dagger dropped to the ground, and with a push from Zhong Niangyao, Zhong Mengxuan fell seated on the floor.

At this moment, due to the pain in her wrist, Zhong Mengxuan’s forehead was covered in cold sweat, her face pale and her lips cracked, but her gaze towards Zhong Niangyao was still filled with deep hate and malice.

Zhong Niangyao stood there, looking down on Zhong Mengxuan with an expressionless face and not a hint of warmth in her eyes. “Zhong Mengxuan, it seems you’re tired of living. If that’s the case, I wouldn’t mind sending you straight to prison.”

“I think the charge of attempted murder, even if it won’t make you rot in jail forever, should at least get you a good twenty or thirty years behind bars!”

Hearing Zhong Niangyao’s words, Zhong Mengxuan became frantic. She looked up, her face full of panic, “Don’t talk nonsense, when did I ever try to murder anyone?”

“Holding a dagger, entering my rest room when no one’s around, and then stabbing at me.” Zhong Niangyao’s words were precise and clear, “If such actions don’t count as attempted murder, then what does?”

Zhong Mengxuan couldn’t find any words to retort, her face growing even uglier as she stubbornly replied, “I didn’t, you’re talking nonsense, I was just… just…”

“Whether you did it or not isn’t for you to say,” Zhong Niangyao coldly spoke, “Let the police decide.”

While speaking, she lifted her head, looking at a hidden corner of the rest room and spotted a surveillance camera.

Following Zhong Niangyao’s gaze to the camera, the panic in Zhong Mengxuan’s eyes was almost impossible to conceal when she saw it. Her lips quivered, her voice trembling as she spoke.

“You can’t do this, you can’t call the police, Zhong Niangyao.”

“Why can’t I call the police?” Zhong Niangyao’s icy gaze fell on Zhong Mengxuan, “Just now, had I not reacted quickly, I would either be dead or seriously injured. What right do you have to demand I don’t call the police?”

Fear spread within Zhong Mengxuan’s heart, and her body started to shake. At this point, her hatred for Zhong Niangyao had almost reached its peak.

“Zhong Niangyao, you are to blame for everything today. If it wasn’t for you preventing me from attending the engagement party, would any of this have happened? It’s all your fault, all your fault.”

As she spoke, Zhong Mengxuan even reached out, clutching her head, frantically pulling at her own hair in a mad state that was terrifying to witness.

Zhong Niangyao ignored Zhong Mengxuan’s actions, took out her phone, and was about to call the police.

Seeing that Zhong Niangyao was about to call the police, Zhong Mengxuan panicked and immediately got up, charging towards Zhong Niangyao as if to knock the phone out of her hand.

Zhong Niangyao sidestepped smoothly but a flash of cold light passed by and she felt a sharp pain on her wrist.

Upon closer inspection, a shallow cut appeared on her wrist.

It turned out that hidden between Zhong Mengxuan’s fingers was a tiny blade, which would have been imperceptible unless looked at closely.

Just now, Zhong Mengxuan’s true intention hadn’t been to knock the phone from her hands, but rather to slice her skin with the blade, only–
“Zhong Mengxuan, is this your tactic?” Zhong Niangyao sneered, glancing at the wound on her wrist, “Too bad, you still miscalculated!”

“Miscalculated?” There was no trace of frustration on Zhong Mengxuan’s face, in fact, a hint of madness and triumph could be seen, “Zhong Niangyao, do you really think this is just a minor wound? I told you, if you’re going to ruin me, then I won’t show you any mercy.”

“There’s something good smeared on this blade, just wait and feel it!”

After saying this, Zhong Mengxuan swaggered out of the rest room, as if she was certain that Zhong Niangyao wouldn’t be able to catch up with her.

Zhong Niangyao frowned, and as she watched Zhong Mengxuan leave, she tried to follow. But as soon as she lifted her foot, she felt a wave of dizziness.

The dizziness quickly subsided, and then–
At that moment, at the engagement party, Lu Yichen suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart, an inexplicable sense of panic welling up from deep within.

Without any hesitation, he immediately turned around and headed toward the rest room.

“Yichen, you–”
Old Master Lu, observing Lu Yichen’s almost frantic pace, couldn’t help but feel puzzled and tried to call out to him.

However, Lu Yichen, as if he heard nothing, didn’t stop for a moment and breezed right past.

Old Madam Lu, standing next to Old Master Lu and noticing Lu Yichen’s demeanor, her face immediately darkened, and her words carried a sarcastic tone, “You treat him like your own son, but it seems he doesn’t regard you as his father at all!”

“Shut your mouth.”

Old Master Lu snapped in a low voice, quickly scanning the surroundings to make sure no one had overheard their conversation, and he sighed in relief.

Facing Old Madam Lu again, his expression soured, but then remembering the importance of the occasion, he quickly forced a smile. Yet, while speaking to Old Madam Lu, his tone remained harsh, “You’re not young anymore, you should think before you speak. Some things can be said, and some cannot. Better make that distinction clear. Otherwise, you might want to refrain from attending such important events in the future to avoid becoming a laughingstock.”

Old Madam Lu caught the warning in Old Master Lu’s words, pursing her lips and finally replying with reluctance, “Sorry, Old Sir, I misspoke just now. I’ll be more careful in the future.”

In fact, she regretted her words as soon as they left her mouth.

She knew that saying such a thing was bound to anger Old Sir. Yet she still couldn’t control the fury and resentment in her heart, and thus had blurted it out.

Today’s engagement party was extravagant, but it was the very extravagance that made her uncomfortable. Because for her other two sons, their engagement ceremonies had not been nearly as grand, with so many important guests in attendance.