Don't meet me in your next life.

When the two arrived at the Civil Affairs Bureau, it was early and not a special day, so there were hardly any people inside.

With the official stamp affixed once more, the marriage between Xiang Yiyi and Lin Lubai was officially recognized.

Lin Lubai felt as sweet as if he had eaten honey, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.

This time, he won't give her a chance to divorce.

As soon as he stepped out the door, Lin Lubai took a picture of the marriage certificate, then tore his own certificate to shreds and grabbed Xiang Yiyi's certificate in his hand.

"Lin Lubai, what do you mean by this?" Xiang Yi asked him.

“Now that I don’t have a marriage certificate anymore, no matter what problems we encounter, we can’t get a divorce, right?” Lin Lubai said.

Xiang Yi was speechless. She could no longer get a divorce. Was this a good thing or a bad thing?

"It doesn't matter. We've come this far, so who cares what happens in the future?" Xiang Yi comforted herself.

"Yi Yi, where do you want to go?" Lin Lubai asked her as the two got into the car.

“I don’t have anywhere I want to go,” Xiang Yi replied.

"I have to go back to see my grandfather today, so I can't stay with you. I'll make it up to you when I get back," Lin Lubai said. "Or should I take you home first?"

“Okay,” Xiang Yi said.

“I’ll hire a nanny for you. You’re quite far along in your pregnancy now, so you need someone to be by your side all the time,” Lin Lubai said.

"No need, I'll just go slower," Xiang Yi said.

“You have no experience, so I’ll find you someone with experience. It’ll be better for both you and the baby.” Lin Lubai was still worried. “Besides, I can’t be openly with you often until things are settled, or it will arouse their suspicion.”

"Okay." Hearing Lin Lubai say that, Xiang Yiyi no longer refused.

Lin Lubai took Xiang Yiyi home and then asked the villa's butler to arrange an experienced and reliable butler for Xiang Yiyi before calling Xiao Zhao to return to Lucheng together.

In the evening, Lin Lubai returned to the Lin family home.

"Grandpa, I'm back!" Lin Lubai called out affectionately.

"You must be tired. Take a rest, and we'll talk after dinner," Grandpa said.

"Okay." Lin Lubai smiled.

Grandpa always treated Lin Lubai like his own grandson, transferring all the love he had for his daughter onto Xiaobai.

After dinner, Grandpa called his two uncles and Xiaobai to his study.

"Xiaobai, have you and Su Qiaoqiao decided to get married?" Grandpa asked bluntly.

“Grandpa, I don’t love her, and I don’t want to marry her. I was careless that day and someone drugged me,” Lin Lubai said.

“I know that. The Su family might be behind this.” Grandpa said calmly. “Fifty years ago, he used the same method on the Zhou family. How do you think they rose to power?”

"Looks like this is one of Master Su's old tricks," the uncle remarked.

"So what can we do to prevent them from repeating their old tricks?" the eldest uncle asked slowly.

"Xiaobai, what do you think about your marriage?" Grandpa asked Xiaobai.

"Grandpa, I will not marry her, nor will I let their evil scheme succeed," Lin Lubai said through gritted teeth.

"So what are your thoughts?" my uncle asked.

"I want to stall for time first, gather enough evidence, and then expose the Su family, letting them clean up the mess they made themselves," Lin Lubai said, revealing his thoughts.

“How can we stall for time? They keep pressuring us to get married. Yesterday, the old man from the Su family even came to see my grandfather. This matter has such a big impact, so it's not easy to delay,” the eldest uncle said.

"Uncle, please help me find evidence against the Su family. Uncle, please help me stall for time. Grandpa, please bear with me for now and pretend to be sick so you can buy me some time."

"This can be delayed for now, but it's not a long-term solution. You should also prepare a backup plan," Uncle reminded Xiaobai.

“I have a backup plan. At worst, I’ll marry her and have my grandfather choose a date, until I find evidence against them,” Lin Lubai said.

"Of course, my last trump card is that I'm married," Lin Lubai said softly.

Although the sound was very soft, everyone in the study heard it.

"No, Xiaobai, what did you say? Say it again." His uncle looked at him in surprise.

“I said, I’m already married.” Lin Lubai paused for a moment. “I had already registered my marriage before I came here today.”

"Are you kidding me? You don't want to marry Su Qiaoqiao?" The eldest uncle was a little angry. "If you really don't want to marry her, we'll just agree to their demands!"

"No, it's my own decision to get married," Lin Lubai said, head down.

"Xiaobai, how can marriage be treated so lightly?" Grandpa's face was gloomy.

The younger uncle didn't say anything, just stared at Lin Lubai, and suddenly burst into laughter like a pig.

Grandpa and Uncle had been watching Lin Lubai, but they were drawn to Uncle's laughter.

"Little brother, what's wrong with you?" The eldest uncle didn't hold back in criticizing his younger brother. In the eldest uncle's mind, his younger brother was just as unreliable as Lin Lubai.

"Hey, Xiaobai, is this woman still the same woman?" the uncle asked with a smile.

Lin Lubai nodded.

"Nonsense, a woman like that will divorce you soon," Grandpa said angrily.

Grandpa knew about their previous marriage and divorce, and naturally he disagreed with the fact that it was with that woman again.

"See? I knew it. The only woman who could make us newbies fall into this trap again is the same one." The uncle shoved him. "Hurry up and show me the photo. I want to see who she is."

"I tore up the marriage certificate," Lin Lubai said in a low voice. "But I managed to get a copy on my phone."

"Quick, send it to me so I can see it." The uncle quickly took out his phone.

Lin Lubai didn't say anything, but sent the photo of the marriage certificate to the family group, and the group members immediately went wild.

"No way, Xiaobai, what are you up to?" Aunt replied instantly.

"Congratulations, little cousin! My cousin's wife is so beautiful. But I'll be having a nephew soon, right?" This was a message from my cousin.

The younger uncle then opened his phone, zoomed in on the photo, and zoomed in again.

"Let me see," Grandpa said, looking at his younger brother.

The uncle's hands trembled as he handed the phone to his father: "That one, he's not bad looking."

The uncle gave Lin Lubai a meaningful look: "You've always liked her?"

"Yes, it always has been. The child is mine." Lin Lubai guessed that his uncle knew something.

“You…” the uncle glanced at the two unsuspecting people beside him, “No other reason?”

"No." Lin Lubai looked at his uncle. "I will marry no one but her."

"But do you think she really loves you?" The uncle didn't dare to say it directly, but he couldn't help himself.

"I don't know, but I've already torn up the marriage certificate," Lin Lubai said, sounding unsure.

"I really don't know what to say to you. There's more than one woman in the world," my uncle sighed.

The eldest uncle held his phone, but his eyes were fixed on the interaction between the two people, his gaze full of doubt. Only the maternal grandfather was intently staring at his phone.