As a marriage between two major business giants in the Southern Province, the Han and Mo families, it naturally alarmed businesses of all sizes throughout the province.

The wedding was held at a five-star hotel, with the Han family booking the entire hotel for the day, and reporters from major media outlets were invited to attend.

Mo Jing sat quietly in front of the makeup mirror, letting the makeup artist touch up her face. People came and went around her, and the white wedding dress made Mo Jing's skin look even whiter and more delicate.

Behind her, Xu Yan, dressed in a purple bridesmaid dress, sat on the sofa. The wounds on her face had been treated over the past few days, and her skin had regained its fair and smooth appearance. With a smile on her face, she sincerely wished Mo Jing well: "Jingjing, you are so beautiful. After so many years, you have finally waited for this day. It has not been easy."

Mo Jing smiled casually, somewhat absentmindedly. She had intended to give Xu Yan a box of her skin-beautifying cream a few days ago, but she had been preoccupied with other things. Seeing that Xu Yan's scars had completely disappeared today, she felt somewhat relieved; after all, those were injuries sustained for Xu Yan's sake. If a stranger treated her so kindly, what about her own family?

Thinking back to what she overheard in Mo Xiangtian's room the day before yesterday after returning home, it turned out that he had intercepted all the photos she sent to the newspaper. Mo Xiangtian, however, assumed it was a tactic by their rivals to prevent the marriage alliance between the Mo and Han families. Mo Jing was deeply disillusioned with her adoptive father. Those photos were all of Han Wenlei secretly having affairs with other women. She never imagined that Mo Xiangtian, knowing Han Wenlei was a wolf in sheep's clothing, would still insist on pushing her into the wolf's den to achieve a business marriage with the Han family. Since that was the case, then she shouldn't be blamed for taking this final step.

Perhaps seeing that Mo Jing hadn't answered for a long time, Xu Yan stopped the conversation and began to pay serious attention to Mo Jing instead, "Jingjing, I think you've changed a lot since you woke up this time?"

"Why do you say that? For example?" Mo Jing looked at herself in the mirror, now fully made up. Her long, straight hair had been permed into waves that cascaded over her shoulders, and the rhinestone crown on her head sparkled under the lights. Her already long and thick eyelashes appeared even longer and curlier after applying mascara, and her clear eyes looked even brighter and more captivating with the help of eyeshadow. With her makeup on, Mo Jing had lost some of her girlish charm but gained a more mature and alluring quality.

"I can't quite put my finger on it, but it just feels different." Xu Yan carefully examined Mo Jing, and when she saw Mo Jing's confident and radiant expression, she clapped her hands and said happily, "That's it, that's the feeling, confidence, the feeling that everything is under my control."

Mo Jing smiled but didn't speak. She understood what Xu Yan meant. From Mo Jing's past memories, she could sense that she hadn't been happy. Her reckless behavior might have been just an attempt to get her family's attention, but unfortunately, Mo Xiangtian was always focused on business and never truly cared about Mo Jing, which led to her increasingly bad temper later on.

Afterwards, Xu Yan offered her blessings to Mo Jing, who accepted them with a smile, without telling her that the wedding would not actually take place.

It's not that she doesn't consider Xu Yan a friend right now, but rather that her own affairs are too complicated and involve too many people, and she doesn't want to involve her friends for the time being.

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First update delivered, another one after 9:30 PM. If today's collection exceeds 400, Saoqing will add another update. It's not that I'm being lazy and not updating much, it's just that I've been busy lately. Things will be better after the Lantern Festival. But if it gets collected, Saoqing will write the update even if it means staying up all night. Mwah!! o(n_n)o~