Perched on the high platform, Xiao Meng looked down toward the hall, trying to find Yun Li.
On the other side, Yun Xin also showed a look of amusement, as if enjoying the spectacle.
In the main hall, many people had already learned about “Little Yun” and the previously exposed smear post, and they began looking around.
At that moment, Yun Li stood up.
The purple fishtail gown she wore draped elegantly to the floor, and her long, jet-black hair fell in soft curls.
Amid such a commotion, all eyes were drawn to her.
Yun Li walked gracefully and unhurriedly toward the stage.
A faint orchid fragrance lingered around her; anyone who caught it seemed momentarily entranced.
The banquet hall fell into a silence so deep it felt almost suffocating.
Only when Yun Li reached the stage and stopped, smiling at the audience, did a loud gulp break the stillness, snapping everyone back to reality. Shock and confusion rippled through the crowd.
“Hello everyone, I’m Xiao Yun,” Yun Li said, taking the microphone from the host and waving sweetly at the audience below.
Major media outlets rushed forward like sharks sensing blood, snapping photos of Yun Li from every angle.
Among them were also paparazzi hired by Yun Xin and Xiao Meng specifically to capture unflattering shots—but after taking countless pictures, they were dismayed to discover she had no bad angles.
No matter the angle—even the notoriously unforgiving upward shots—she still looked flawless.
Normally, even celebrities can appear distorted from below, with widened faces or awkward expressions.
But when Yun Li was photographed from below, it only made her cheeks look slightly fuller, giving her an even more youthful charm.
A reporter from Bo Luo TV stepped forward and held out a microphone: “Miss Yun, what do you think about the widely discussed smear post from before?”
Yun Li smiled lightly, her pale eyes filled with amusement. “I just want to say: the boat has already passed through ten thousand mountains. I suppose whoever slandered me didn’t expect that this would actually boost my popularity.”
“I did NOT slander you!” a sharp female voice cut through the pleasant atmosphere.
Yun Li turned and saw Yun Xin, her face flushed with anger.
“Oh? So it’s my half-sister who’s been throwing mud at me,” Yun Li chuckled, covering her mouth.
The words “half-sister,” “mud-slinging,” and “illegitimate sibling conflict” landed like a bomb in the crowd, instantly making the atmosphere even more charged.
Everyone loves gossip—especially a juicy sibling feud.
Yun Li casually glanced at the massive screen set up by the official “Hero Strike” event. On it was the live broadcast of everything happening on stage.
The official livestream’s popularity was skyrocketing; the comments were flooding so fast they were unreadable.
Yun Li shifted her gaze and noticed Yun Xin had already stormed onto the stage.
Yun Xin’s beautiful face was filled with indignation—but when enlarged on the big screen, it somehow looked even worse.
“Yun Li, you know very well whether I was lying. I really don’t understand—who on earth gave you this kind of ‘upgrade’? Send me your doctor’s contact!”
Camera flashes intensified from below.
In response, Yun Li pinched her own cheeks, rubbed her nose, and demonstrated everything openly—not just to Yun Xin, but to all the media present.
She even leaned toward the camera, letting them capture her pores in extreme close-up.
Only after her face turned slightly red from rubbing did she let go.
“How is that possible!” Yun Xin screamed, unable to accept it. “You must have used some kind of high technology, right? Yes, that must be it!”
Panicking, she suddenly thought of something. “You must be wearing makeup. Your makeup artist must be extremely skilled…”
To Yun Xin’s unreasonable outburst, Yun Li only smiled.
Like she was looking at a clown.
Under that mocking gaze, Yun Xin gradually lost her words.
“Enough!” Yun’s father shouted angrily from below the stage.
Seeing Yun Xin continue to embarrass him in public, he stormed up, grabbing her and dragging her away.
Before leaving, he glanced at his eldest daughter—the one he had never truly cared about—and said, “There is no wrong parent in the world. Come back home in a few days.”
He spoke as if granting a mercy.
If this were the original Yun Li, starved of affection, she might have gone back. But she was not.
For the first time in public, Yun Li’s expression turned cold.
“On what grounds?”
“When your mother died, you took her compensation money to start a business and only came home once a month. I tried my best to understand you then.”
“I thought you were traumatized and didn’t dare to say anything. But in the end, you only brought me a younger sister.”
“Cheating during marriage, embezzling my mother’s inheritance, deliberately changing my college entrance choices, never giving me living expenses…”
Yun Li stepped forward, listing his crimes one by one with each step.
The reporters in the hall were going wild—they hadn’t expected so many revelations today. This news was going to explode.
Yun’s father’s veins bulged in anger. “Shut up! Is that how you speak to your father?!”
“You are my daughter! Even if I did something wrong, it’s not your place to judge me!”
He spoke with complete righteousness, genuinely believing he had done nothing wrong.
Adultery? A man’s nature.
Taking his deceased wife’s compensation? Creating a better life.
Neglecting his daughter? Letting her be free.
In short, in his mind, all of it could be summed up as: “A true man should be like this.”
Yun Li almost laughed at his absurd logic.
“Sorry, my father died the day my mother passed away. If Mr. Yun has nothing else, please leave.”
“If I remember correctly, this is a host’s segment, right?” she signaled to the host.
The host quickly reacted and politely escorted the father and daughter off stage.
The event proceeded smoothly afterward, and soon the halfway point passed.
Yun Li stepped down, exhausted. Her legs ached from her high heels, and she just wanted to sit somewhere and rest.
But before she could even sit down, Yun’s father’s annoying figure appeared again.
“Mr. Mo, this is my eldest daughter.”
“I saw everything that happened on stage earlier. You are far too cold and heartless toward your own daughter.”
“Mr. Mo! It’s not like that—I was just overwhelmed at the time. Look, isn’t she fine now?”
Yun Li rolled her eyes, trying to walk around him to get dessert.
“Wait.” Yun’s father quickly stopped her and introduced the man beside him. “Yun Li, have a chat with Mr. Mo.”
Yun Li glanced over impatiently, trying to recall who this man was from the original owner’s memories.
After a moment, she finally identified him.
The eldest son of the Mo Group!
In her memories, Yun’s father had tried to set Yun Xin up with him, but the man was completely uninterested. Under pressure, Yun Xin even resorted to drugging tactics, which were eventually discovered—after which Yun’s father’s business suffered a severe backlash.
That incident was one of the rare times Yun’s father suffered a major loss, so the original Yun Li remembered it clearly.
Wait…
Looking at the slightly flushed face of the elegant man in front of her, Yun Li suddenly had a shocking thought…