She goes crazy, he'll cover for her; the darling of the group is someone no one dares to mess w

Xu Qingrang nodded: "This time I'm going to make sure everyone in Haicheng, no, in the whole of China, knows my Guobao. Let's see who will dare to bully her in the future."

Uncle Hao shook his head and chuckled: "We haven't told Guo Bao about this yet, and we're afraid she might not agree."

"That's not up to her."

The two chatted back and forth as they left.

Not long after, Uncle Hao smiled smugly: "Hey, I'm the general!"

Upon seeing this, Xu Qingrang realized that his pieces were indeed cornered and immediately tried to reclaim the captured elephant. "No, this move is wrong, I made a mistake..."

"Hey, sir, you can't go back on your word anymore."

"How am I cheating? I misread it. This should be here. You, you can't stop me!"

"Admit it, you just can't beat me. Look how many times you've taken back your moves this game."

"I regret it... I clearly misjudged the move, how could I take it back!"

The two pushed and shoved each other, neither willing to give way to the other while facing a game of chess.

"Grandpa! I'm back!"

As a crisp sound rang out from outside the courtyard, Fang Li walked in with light steps.

Xu Qingrang's face lit up with joy, and he immediately threw down the chess piece, his expression changing like that of an old child: "You lousy chess player, I'm not playing with you anymore, I'm going to go play with my granddaughter!"

Uncle Hao was also helpless.

Seeing Xu Qingrang trying to get up with his cane, he quickly went over to help him and said with a smile, "Alright, alright, I'm a terrible chess player. Don't play with me anymore. Let Guobao accompany you down."

As the two were talking, Fang Li came over.

"Playing chess." She reached out and touched Xu Qingrang's other side, smiling as she asked, "Grandpa, did you miss me?"

Xu Qingrang: "What do you think? You heartless brat, you can't stay at home for even a day, you're always thinking about running away."

Fang Li stuck out her tongue: "I had something to do, and besides, I only went with Grandpa's permission."

"So, is everything taken care of?"

"That's it."

"Did those people give you any trouble?"

Fang Li smiled smugly: "With the guardian angel that Grandpa sent me, who would dare to make things difficult for me?"

"That's good." Xu Qingrang patted her hand with satisfaction and said, "It's perfect that you're back. There's something I need to tell you."

Fang Li asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Xu Qingrang stopped and turned to look at her: "As you know, ever since your brother had that accident when he was a child, your family has kept you hidden very closely, for fear that you will be targeted like your brother."

“We thought that as long as outsiders didn’t know your identity, they wouldn’t have any ill intentions towards you, but now I realize that some calamities are destined, and simply trying to avoid them…” He shook his head.

"Guobao, you've suffered these past few years in Hangzhou. It's all Grandpa's fault that you were bullied by those blind fools. Don't worry, this kind of thing will never happen again!"

Fang Li had a bad feeling: "Grandpa, why are you saying all this? What are you going to do?"

Xu Qing looked at her with an inscrutable expression, while Uncle Hao, standing to the side, said with a smile, "The master is preparing to host a banquet to invite celebrities from all walks of life in Haicheng. Your identity will be announced on the spot."

Xu Qingrang smiled and said, "The young talents of Haicheng will all be here then. You can take a good look around. If you find someone you like, Grandpa will personally help you make the connection."

Fang Li: "......."

"Why the expression?" Xu Qingrang laughed heartily, "This child must be overjoyed!"

Fang Li's lips twitched.

I thought to myself, "Grandpa, do I look like I'm overjoyed?"

I was clearly terrified!

We haven't even had a few days of peace, and you're already making such a big move behind our backs.

"Grandpa, can we discuss this matter again?"

"What are you going to discuss?" Xu Qingrang's eyes widened. "I've already sent out the invitations, and it's set for the 19th. There's no room for negotiation this time."

"Number nineteen?!"

Fang Li took out her phone and glanced at it, her face showing astonishment: "Isn't that the day after tomorrow?"

Xu Qingrang thought she felt it was too rushed, so he patted her hand to comfort her: "Don't worry, Grandpa has already arranged everything for the banquet. You just need to look beautiful as the little princess of the Xu family."

Fang Li laughed, but her laughter was more like a grimace.

She really didn't want to stand there and be judged.

Although being the Xu family's 'little princess' makes many things easy, it also means losing out on a lot of the joy of striving.

With the Xu family around, she could be guaranteed a worry-free life, but she couldn't just hide behind her family and take their protection for granted because she was hurt once due to misjudging people.

Like this time, if she had the ability, she might have had another way to help the Xu family through the crisis, instead of being forced into a marriage alliance.

But once Grandpa makes a decision, it's very difficult to change it, unless...

After lunch.

Fang Li then went back to her room.

She wanted Xu Fangye to persuade her grandfather, saying that there might still be a chance for things to turn around.

Despite the fact that Grandpa and Xu Fangye always argue whenever they meet, everyone in the family knows that Grandpa listens to his older brother the most.

Fang Li's parents travel all over the world year-round, and her uncle rarely comes back either. The Xu family basically relies on Xu Fangye to support them.

Xu Fangye is arrogant about trivial matters, but never makes a mistake when it comes to important things.

Grandpa outwardly disliked him, but inwardly he was quite satisfied.

But when Fang Li dialed Xu Fangye's number, the other end announced that the user she had dialed was switched off.

"Turn it off?" Fang Li was so angry she almost smashed her phone.

They can't be reached whenever I need their help; they're never reliable!

She thought for a moment, then pulled out Zhou Ran's phone number to ask him, just as a call came in.

It is Wen Yang.

"Hello." Fang Li answered the phone and collapsed onto the bed.

Across from me, Wen Yang asked, "What's wrong? You sound so weak."

Fang Li pulled the plush toy from beside her pillow and hugged it to her arms: "I might be doomed."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Wen Yang said speechlessly. "Tell me, what happened? How did the dignified beauty of Hangzhou Film Academy end up like this?"

"It's all thanks to my grandfather."

"Your grandfather?" Wen Yang chuckled. "What, is he forcing you to go on blind dates, or is he keeping you from leaving the house?"

"All."

Fang Li rolled over, looking utterly dejected. "What should I do? I know the old man is doing all this for my own good, but I really..."

"You're really going to go on a blind date!" came a few soft laughs from the other end of the line.

"dare you laugh?!"

".......No."

Fang Li rolled her eyes through the receiver, wondering if she thought Fang Li was deaf or stupid.

"If you're a friend, quickly think of a way to escape this calamity."

Wen Yang calmed down and said, "Don't you know the old man's temper? I'm worried myself, what can I do? If you ask me, this is also his good intention, so don't be too resistant."

"Get lost." Fang Li said angrily, "I don't want to hear your nonsense."

"Fine, you won't listen, huh?"

Wen Yang's voice came through the receiver in a low, languid tone, "Since you're bothered by me so much, then you don't need to know anything about the publishing house."

"and many more!"