Don't meet me in your next life.

The banquet was suppressed by Lin Lubai's uncle. The next day, no official media reported on Lin Lubai's engagement banquet. The focus was on Lin Lubai becoming the successor of the Lin family.

Lin Lubai and his uncle planned how to apologize to the Lin family and let the matter rest.

Su Mingli also hoped that Lin Lubai would step forward and clarify the matter, so that his sister could give up.

However, on the third day, a bunch of photos and videos of the banquet were leaked. As soon as the videos were released, they quickly went viral online. Suddenly, news of his engagement to Su Qiaoqiao was everywhere, which caught Lin Lubai off guard, who had originally planned to visit her to apologize.

"President Lin, look! The video of your banquet from that day has been leaked." Xiao Zhao called Lin Lubai.

Lin Lubai opened the video, his head practically pounding with anger.

"Uncle, look, someone released the full video from that day." Lin Lubai said to his uncle, pointing to the video that was going viral online.

"It seems someone is trying to target our Lin family," the uncle said after seeing the video. "Let's find out who's so bold. I've already told them to keep quiet, but they're still doing this. They're trying to oppose our Lin family."

"Xiao Zhao, go and find out which media outlet or person published this," Lin Lubai instructed.

"Yes, we're already investigating," Xiao Zhao replied.

Lin Lubai was so anxious he was jumping up and down. He had originally planned to go and apologize in person today to end the matter, but now things were developing completely out of his control.

Now that this video has been leaked, whatever he says will likely cause the Su family to hold a grudge against the Lin family.

Lin Lubai slumped onto the stool. In his current situation, it seemed that he had no other choice but to get engaged to Su Qiaoqiao first and then destroy himself.

"Mr. Lin, we've found the person behind this." Xiao Zhao called him.

"Who is it?" Lin Lubai sat up instantly.

"Just like the photos posted last time, it's from Xiaoling Media, uploaded personally by the overseas boss." Xiao Zhao's voice was much softer.

"Overseas again, and Xiaoling Media again?" Lin Lubai muttered to himself.

"Xiao Zhao, send someone overseas to find this guy. I want to see who he is and what he's up to," Lin Lubai instructed Xiao Zhao.

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements now. I'll have Gangzi go there personally," Xiao Zhao replied.

"Okay, hurry up and be quick, don't let him get away," Lin Lubai said.

He hadn't taken it seriously last time, but this time, he had to take it seriously.

“Overseas, all three things are being controlled by people overseas. What kind of game is this?”

Lin Lubai was deep in thought when his phone rang again.

"Xiaobai, what happened? I just saw the video," Su Mingli asked as soon as he spoke.

“I don’t know either. My uncle has already asked the media not to publish anything about me and Qiaoqiao, but Xiaoling Media broke it again today,” Lin Lubai said.

"Xiaoling Media?" Su Mingli asked in return.

“Yes, I wonder who is behind this media. They’ve tried to arrange our marriage once or twice. What is their purpose?” Lin Lubai didn’t notice Su Mingli’s unusual behavior.

"Alright, I understand. Are you really absolutely not capable of anything with my sister?" Su Mingli asked again.

“I only have Yi Yi in my heart, you know that. And I’ve always treated Qiao Qiao like my own sister. Do you think anyone would have feelings for their own sister?” Lin Lubai said.

"Sigh." Su Mingli sighed, "Alright, the key now is how to solve this."

“I’m at my wit’s end too. Both of our fathers are stubborn, and this is affecting our reputations,” Lin Lubai said frankly. “This is really a headache. If things go wrong, our two families could become enemies, and our stock prices will also be affected.”

“This is too big a gamble,” Su Mingli chimed in. “Why don’t you get engaged to my sister first, and then find a reason to break up once you find Xiang Yiyi?”

“It seems like this is the only way. But I really don’t want to do this. I haven’t even found my Yi Yi yet. If she sees us getting engaged, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life,” Lin Lubai said.

"Why don't we just drag this out and not respond?" Su Mingli suggested.

"That's all we can do for now, but we don't know how the two old men will try to cause trouble," Lin Lubai said worriedly.

"I'll try my best to handle things on my end; you'll have to figure out what to do on your end," Su Mingli told him.

"Okay, I understand. Let's defeat our respective old men first," Lin Lubai said with a self-deprecating laugh.

"Let's say that for now." Lin Lubai hung up the phone.

"Uncle, don't go to apologize yet. Let's just let this cool down for now. Can you help me talk to Grandpa and tell him not to mess around with my marriage again?" Lin Lubai decided to go and talk to his grandfather to clear things up.

“Okay, but I can’t guarantee we can convince your grandfather. You know that since your mother passed away, he has put all his heart into you and wants to make it up to you. Besides, he’s getting old,” the uncle said to Lin Lubai.

"Yes, I know. But I'll still give it a try. I'll try my best to avoid any conflict with him," Lin Lubai said.

Lin Lubai and his uncle arrived at their maternal grandfather's room, where the grandfather had just woken up from his afternoon nap.

"Grandpa, I want to talk to you about something," Lin Lubai said.

"What is it? Tell me." Grandpa looked at Xiaobai with a kind expression.

"Grandpa, I really don't like Su Qiaoqiao. Can we not get engaged?" Lin Lubai said.

"Feelings can be cultivated. Didn't I tell you about this? Su Qiaoqiao is a pretty good girl. She doesn't mind that you're a divorced woman, so why are you complaining about her?" Grandpa asked.

“It’s not that I dislike her, it’s that I don’t love her. There’s someone in my heart, and I can’t be with her,” Lin Lubai said.

"Xiaobai, Qiaoqiao is a good person, and she can help you in your career. That girl you mentioned, she has already given up on you and left. You should let go of yourself too. If you don't have feelings for Qiaoqiao, you can slowly cultivate them. Look at those photos of you two, you seem to be doing well, chatting and laughing."

“No, Grandpa,” Lin Lubai interrupted his grandfather. “That was a photo taken on the first day she came to see me. There’s nothing between us.”

Unfortunately, Lin Lubai's grandfather did not buy his explanation.

"Xiaobai, if you tell me you don't like it now, it's like putting both the Lin and Su families on the hot seat. Whether you like it or not, let's get engaged and see how things go." Grandpa was getting a little upset.

“Dad, since Xiaobai is so resistant, I think we should do this: let’s delay it for now, and don’t get engaged yet. Let them spend more time together, and then we can put the engagement on the agenda once they’ve developed feelings for each other.” The uncle quickly chimed in, afraid that his father would get angry.

"That's fine, Xiaobai. You should spend more time with Qiaoqiao first, and we can talk about the engagement later," Grandpa said after thinking for a moment.

"Thank you, Grandpa. I'll go back to work now." Hearing his grandfather say that, Lin Lubai breathed a sigh of relief. As long as his grandfather didn't bring up the matter for the time being, things wouldn't be so difficult to handle.

Lin Lubai took a breath and asked his uncle to help him calm his grandfather down before he got up and went back to Shashi.

Lin Lubai's mind was filled with thoughts of Yi Yi. He had to find Yi Yi quickly, or this matter would never be over.