Transmigrating Into a Book, the Villain Becomes the White Moonlight!

101: Chapter 11 Nangong MuxueSoon, the clear and steady voice of a professional simultaneous translator rang out through another channel, roughly repeating the words of the Nangong Family Head: it was nothing more than welcoming all the young talents, expressing his feelings about wandering overseas for many years while keeping his homeland in his heart, especially how he had lost touch with his beloved daughter due to an accident in his early years. He claimed he had never given up searching for her over the years, and every time he thought of it, his heart would ache with piercing pain, and so on.

“Heh.” After listening to the translator’s summary, Su Bai let out an extremely soft, cold laugh filled with obvious sarcasm. He shook his head; his voice wasn’t loud, but it was enough for Lin Wan and Fang Mu beside him to hear clearly.

“How interesting. The child was lost domestically, yet he went abroad to look for her? After searching for so many years, he can’t even speak a coherent sentence of Chinese anymore? This story he’s made up... isn’t it a bit too half-hearted?”

Fang Mu set down his wine glass and picked up the conversation, his tone also carrying a hint of playfulness. “What’s even more impressive is that he supposedly actually found her. Moreover, the process was thorough; the paternity test report has been made public, making it set in stone. The identity of the Nangong Family’s long-lost eldest miss has been confirmed without a doubt.”

Su Bai didn’t speak further. He simply took another pastry, his gaze returning to the seemingly emotional Nangong Family Head on stage. His eyes held a cold indifference, as if it were none of his business, along with a trace of instinctive skepticism toward this classic ’reunion’ drama that seemed touching but was actually full of loopholes.

This entire evening—from the compound surname to the auction, from the lost daughter to the top-quality blood diamond, and then to this hall full of young guests... it all reeked of a meticulously choreographed, familiar script.

“Madam, Sir, please follow me. Your seats are this way.”

A well-dressed, well-trained waiter quietly approached the three of them, bowing slightly to gesture before leading them through the crowd.

Surprisingly, the waiter led them to the very front row, specifically to the three core seats right in the center.

This seating arrangement was by no means random; Su Bai was almost certain it involved deliberate design.

What he found even more amusing was that after sitting down, the person right next to him on his right was Fang Mu, whom he had just been talking to.

The auction began in an orderly fashion. The early items were mostly calligraphy, paintings, porcelain, and antique ornaments. Su Bai had little interest in these, only symbolically raising his paddle twice for a few items that were moderately priced and looked decent, without any intention of competing for them.

On the contrary, Fang Mu, who seemed to have quite a bit of knowledge about these things, acted decisively, successfully bidding for two pieces of Qing Dynasty porcelain and a modern oil painting in quick succession, showing an active presence.

Su Bai leaned against the back of his chair in boredom, his fingers lightly tapping the armrest. At this moment, Fang Mu leaned closer and whispered, “Brother Su, the main event is coming up. That blood diamond... interested in jumping in for a bit of fun?”

Su Bai shook his head, his tone flat. “Not interested.”

Fang Mu’s gaze flickered almost imperceptibly over Lin Wan on Su Bai’s left. A flash of understanding crossed his eyes as he smiled. “True. Brother Su already has a peerless beauty by his side; these worldly trifles are indeed hard to appreciate.”

“Why do you always talk so formally and archaic?” Su Bai glanced at him and casually complained.

Fang Mu simply smiled without saying a word.

On stage, the host’s voice suddenly rose, filled with an atmosphere-building fervor: “Guests, next, let us welcome tonight’s true focus with the warmest applause—our incredibly precious finale item! At the same time, please welcome the long-lost pearl of our Nangong Family, Miss Nangong!”

Amidst the applause and slightly curious whispers, the curtains at the side of the banquet hall slowly drew open.

A woman wearing a light blue floor-length evening gown and simple yet priceless jewelry stepped gracefully from the backstage.

She had a slender figure and exquisite makeup. Her long hair was tied into an elegant bun, with a few stray strands falling by her neck, glowing softly under the lights.

In her hands, she held a dark sandalwood tray. Resting quietly on a velvet cushion was a gemstone whose brilliance and magnificence could be felt even from a distance—it was the rumored blood diamond the size of a fist, refracting a seductive and dazzling light.

However, what caused Su Bai’s pupils to contract slightly was not that world-renowned blood diamond.

It was the person holding it.

That face—even with more mature and exquisite makeup, and a completely different hairstyle and temperament—he would never mistake it.

It was Mu Xue.

And standing a few steps behind her was the young man who had picked up Mu Xue in a luxury car in today’s video.

Mu Xue... is the daughter the Nangong Family found?

Just as this absurd yet impactful thought rose in Su Bai’s mind, he heard a sharp intake of breath from beside him.

Lin Wan slightly covered her mouth, her eyes full of unbelievable surprise as she whispered, “How... could it be her?”

Lin Wan naturally knew Mu Xue.

In her memory, she was a girl from an ordinary background, who had even fallen into hardship due to her father’s serious illness and needed to rely on charitable assistance.

If not for the project Su Bai had set up privately back then, even her father’s medical expenses would have been a problem.

After university, their contact had dwindled, and in the last year or two, they had almost lost touch entirely.

How did she suddenly become the eldest miss of the Nangong Family returned from overseas?

This change in identity was far too dramatic and sudden.

“This...” Lin Wan subconsciously turned her head to look at Su Bai beside her, wanting to find an answer or at least the same shock on his face.

She saw that Su Bai was also slightly frowning, his gaze like a torch, firmly locked onto that radiant yet incredibly familiar figure on stage.

The usual laziness and aloofness on his face had faded slightly, replaced by a deep scrutiny.

Whether Mu Xue was actually the female protagonist was a question that had always lingered in the back of Su Bai’s mind, only suppressed to the bottom of his consciousness by his usual indifferent attitude.

When that guy named Xiao Fan appeared and showed extraordinary concern for Mu Xue, Su Bai had indeed, for a moment, categorized Mu Xue as a suspected female protagonist.

But with Xiao Fan’s bizarre exit, the female protagonist’s halo on Mu Xue had dimmed considerably in Su Bai’s eyes, making her seem more like a character he had crossed paths with but whose plot weight might be limited.

However, at this moment, the Cinderella-to-princess scene before him caused that dormant thought to surface vividly once again, even stronger than ever before.

Male-oriented harem genre—it was a common setting.

Lin Wan was one of the female protagonists; Su Bai could basically be sure of that. Whether it was her family background, appearance, or the marriage contract entanglement with him, she perfectly fit the label of a major female protagonist.

And what about Mu Xue?

The previous persona of a poor but resilient ’little white flower,’ now suddenly transformed into a wealthy young lady returned from overseas—this massive reversal and gilding of identity was practically a classic script tailor-made for subsequent face-slapping plots, identity conflicts, and emotional entanglements.

If this were in a novel, if she wasn’t a female protagonist, what was she? She was the popular type of female protagonist who came with her own mystery of birth and a social class leap.

But if that were the case, the logic made Su Bai a bit suspicious.