Chapter 327: Guo Yingbai

The first destination for having fun is, of course, her dad Su Yi.

"Dad, where are you going?"

Su Yi, holding the car keys, had just opened the door when he saw a head suddenly sticking out.

He instinctively stepped back and said, "What are you doing?"

"I came to play with you!"

Su Yi thought: Looking to play with me? You must be trying to trap me!

But thinking of his worried friend, Su Yi's eyes flickered, "Shall I go find your Uncle Guo, go or not?"

"Uncle Guo?"

"Guo Yingbai, the uncle who runs the shooting club."

"Let's go!"

Su Yu agreed, Su Yi sent a message to Ji Yan and then took Su Yu out.

Su Yi drove to the address given by Guo Yingbai.

"Why come here?"

Su Yi stared at the pink, pastel castle, feeling very out of place. Su Yu was also uneasy. Since the Ye Shu family moved, she hadn't seen such a girly scene in a long time.

Guo Yingbai looked up and said, "Don't all little girls like this... Hey, yours doesn't like it!"

Su Yu bluntly nodded, "Right, exactly, I don't like it!"

Guo Yingbai gave a thumbs‑up, "I just love Xiao Yu's straightforward, say‑what‑you‑think attitude, refreshing!"

"Uncle, did you go play over in the Northeast?"

"How did you know?"

"Your accent sounds like it."

Guo Yingbai's speech carries that regional twang.

"That place is really nice! Lots of land; I also, like your big uncle, claimed a plot and asked classmates to help. The food should be enough for each family to get some, though it depends on the yield."

Guo Yingbai claimed a huge piece of land and is about to start farming!

"Uncle, you could co‑develop a farming app with my grandfather. After all, you've already secured the land."

Su Yu's strongest impression of the Northeast is the giant cabbage.

It was so much that her face turned green!

Conveniently, grandfather recently gathered player feedback and decided to develop a farming game app. The big uncle can supply vegetables and fruits from south of Jingdu, while Guo Yingbai can provide the northern side, right?

"But if you don't want to, that's fine!"

Whatever seeds are in the app are up to her grandfather! "We'll discuss this later; aren't you here to give suggestions for my wedding?"

Su Yu was surprised, "Uncle, you already have a girlfriend?"

【Can't tell! And with such an explosive temper you have a girlfriend; my big uncle has such a good temper, why doesn't he have a girlfriend?】

Su Yi twitched the corner of his mouth. His older brother now only shows a good temper toward Su Yu. This younger brother is no longer the cherished kid he once was.

Guo Yingbai suddenly felt that Su Yu's blunt, straightforward personality wasn't that cute anymore.

Su Yu, do you know how old he is? Not everyone is like Su Xi, a wolf‑like who can bear elders' pressure and stay unmarried. Moreover, with Su Yu in the Su Family, there's currently no pressure for an heir, unlike his family, right? His family's respectable next generation count is zero!

Moreover, if he doesn't marry, later the family will argue over whether his belongings belong there! The elderly love to see the next generation. For his and his future children's sake, marry early, have children early, acquire property early, and enjoy blessings early!

Jing Ming, standing nearby, saw through his friend's thoughts and smiled while taking a sip of wine.

As a child who inherited the family estate early, he doesn't have such worries and can take his time finding what he likes.

"Here, these are wedding proposals, these are venue layouts. Xiao Yu, I heard your dad say you need to make up lessons, so I didn't ask if you'd be willing to be a flower child."

Guo Yingbai felt a bit awkward. The flower‑child list was already set, consisting of juniors close to the Guo family.

He worried that Su Yu might want to be a flower child.

"Yes, I need to make up lessons!"

Su Yu nodded in agreement, her smile unchanged.

Su Yi gave a quick glance, "All looks good, where do you think needs changing?"

Su Yu slacked, 【Wulongcha, could you help check that?】

【Sure, no problem!】

Wulongcha has always been eager when it comes to earning red packets!

Guo Yingbai also thought it was fine, "The intuition feels odd."

He always trusts his intuition. Yet he can't pinpoint what's wrong. Without identifying the issue, he can't use "intuition" as a reason to ruin the alliance between the two families.

Su Yi believes Guo Yingbai's intuition, but he also can't do anything about it.

"How about you have your older brother help me check?"

This was Guo Yingbai's reason for calling Su Yi over. He wanted Su Xi's help but didn't want anyone to know.

In the past, Su Yi would pat his chest and say it's fine.

"Probably not feasible; big brother's company draws too much attention, and we can't afford to offend the two families in a marriage alliance."

【Hmm, dad finally grew up, not making enemies for us.】

Su Yi makes enemies, Su Xi and Su Yu suffer. The former is put in a difficult position when discussing projects, the latter will be ostracized by kids at various competitions and training camps.

Su Yu sometimes even wonders, it's hard to say whether Ji Yan's soft blacklisting across the entire entertainment industry is Su Yi's fault.

Guo Yingbai also knows this puts people in a difficult spot.

"Then you look at it for me again."

Jing Ming muttered a few words, "He figured it out; you cause a ruckus, what's the difference from letting his family investigate?"

The difference is pushing Su Yi out to take the blame?

Guo Yingbai has been anxious lately, "What should I do?"

Guo Yingbai doesn't want his friend to take the blame, but as the divorce date approaches his anxiety grows and he gets a bad premonition. He can't pinpoint the cause of his unease, and he feels increasingly restless. If this continues, he'll lose control of himself.

Wulongcha returns, "Alas, he's so pitiful; he may have to bear the stigma of killing his wife."

"??? Guo Yingbai's wife died?"

How strange, Guo Yingbai's premonition turned out to be correct! "If not strange, it's like some small animals are extremely keen while others are as dumb as rocks; even within the same species there are huge differences. Take Guo Yingbai—his personality is blunt, but his intuition is accurate, allowing him to survive in a big clan."

Wulongcha, having seen many, says, "When you study abroad in university, you'll witness the diversity of species!"

Su Yu's heirship program requires her to conduct research in at least ten developed countries. The process is ongoing, and it's believed Su Yu will experience humanity's species diversity! "Going abroad for research always feels dangerous!"

Su Yi grits his teeth; he hates this about Su Yu—her thoughts are too scattered, and sometimes her previous sentiment has nothing to do with the next. He now just wants to know whether Guo Yingbai's wife—no, fiancée—has actually died.

"Bring enough bodyguards, and you can physically persuade the other side to stop bothering you!"

"Bodyguards can't follow you 24/7; what if a teacher or classmate sends them away?"

Su Yu is unreliable. "Have you spoken to your fiancée?"

Guo Yingbai looks at Su Yi with a bizarre stare, "How did you marry a wife before I did?"

When you tell a woman—especially one you have a mediocre relationship with—about this, her first reaction will certainly be to suspect he wants to call off the marriage, not to help find a loophole.

"Hmph, it's because my mother is young; if she had grown up beside my grandfather and his family, there wouldn't be so many messes. Damn Ji Xiaoling!"

Su Yu bites her teeth inwardly; Su Yi thinks, if I weren't here, where would you come from?

"She is also part of the wedding!"

Su Yi can only say that much.

Guo Yingbai, thoughtful, indeed never doubted the bride.

"I'll have my mother invite her over to discuss."

Wulongcha watches the commotion, "She definitely can't make it; her life is almost gone!"

Su Yu, curious, "Why is she dead? Is she ill?"

"Yes, it's a condition she aggravated herself. She once had a good chance, but now she's just dragging out her life."

Wulongcha examined hospital records, marveling at how strange humans are. Their obsession seems to affect the body somehow? Guo Yingbai's fiancée is forced to endure a sudden fatal illness on the wedding day.

"You still haven't said why she has to die?"

"The people in her family who support the match aren't Guo Yingbai, but the designated marriage partner is Guo Yingbai. The family has only two daughters. To let the other daughter, who is already pregnant, marry in normally, they have to sacrifice this one."

The younger one can't marry Guo Yingbai, so the family simply destroyed Guo Yingbai! "Luckily my dad is clear‑headed and didn't provoke such a bottomless lunatic."

"Truly a lunatic."

Wulongcha agrees: cherish life, stay away from lunatics!

After hearing Guo Yingbai's gossip, Su Yu decides, "I must work harder so others can't scheme against me!"

…

"What a clever scheme!"

Mingmeng is discussing the show she wants to make with Ji Yan when Ji Yan's phone rings. After listening to the director's words together, Mingmeng is furious!

Clearly the other party is asking Ji Yan for a favor, wanting to use a new camera to outshine peers, but the terms sound like a gift to Ji Yan—disgusting! "You just lack any industry lady's prestige!"

If a young lady of equal status to Ji Yan were treated so slowly, it wouldn't be an exaggeration for her to unleash a "Heavenly Chill King Break."

"The people below need to eat!"

Ji Yan suddenly understands those statements in the data.

"Starting a business is truly ten thousand times harder than maintaining one!"

If Ji Yan kept her own wealth, she could live a comfortable life. But Su Yu can't; she still has to Draw card! Ji Yan must set aside a large sum for her daughter so the system doesn't see them as penniless and neglect them.

Ji Yan knows the system is useful; her ideas are a bit selfish, but she truly hopes the system leaves Su Yu soon so their family can live an ordinary life.

"I think Shi Xu is quite dashing."

After the Shi Family incident and Shi Xu stepped down from the heir seat, Shi Xu has been living quite dashing, with a sizable following team. Mingmeng still thought managing a team was easy.

"His is a family business, different from ours."

Family businesses have a safety net. Generally, as long as the heirs don't self‑destruct, they'll never lack food and clothing.

Ji Yan suddenly wonders, "His future enterprises don't belong to Guo Guo? Then why are you thinking about starting a business?"

Mingmeng awkwardly adjusts her clothes, "He said that if a daughter sacrifices herself for the family, she can gain lasting benefits, but without a marriage alliance, she only receives elders' gifts. Anything given to him can be taken back by others at will."

Her father‑in‑law suspects her of cheating, and her mother‑in‑law dislikes girls. By this calculation, neither of her two daughters will get anything good.

Jiu Jiu is fine; later she'll inherit the Ming family's assets. Guo Guo will be in trouble. In her generation, perhaps only Shi Xu can give her money.

She has little money; splitting it between the two sisters is a drop in the bucket.

In this world, money paves the way. Without enough, what will Guo Guo do later? The sisters' gap is huge; it's no wonder their relationship is strained. Ji Yan sighs; each family has its own rules.

"If you want to start a business, you need your own team. Being led by others is fine, but you'll miss a period of training body and mind. That experience is vital; it hones you, and you'll still need to deal with others later."

On‑the‑spot reaction isn't something you can master in a moment; some things need real experience before you care.

"Hmm, back to it, camera, will you give it or not?"

"Let my dad worry; I don't care, it's not mine."

Ji Tianlin worried? He doesn't worry! Especially after learning that person's attitude toward Ji Yan, he sent a beta camera to that person's arch‑rival.

The rival thanks the opponent's gift, uses it immediately, and sincerely says that to pass review he can't use Ji Yan's studio staff, but he can introduce Ji Yan to a mineral source.

Ji Yan doesn't need it; the Xu family behind her does.

Ji Yan delivers the news to the Xu family.

Xu Mo Bai learns the news and gets excited, "Woo, I haven't seen my darling in ages; finally I have an excuse to go!"

She really misses Su Yu, but had no excuse to go. Now, with a hard‑won chance, Xu Mo Bai quickly heads to Ji Yan's current address, calling it a "discussion."

Xu Mo Bai arrives by car, and Su Yu and Su Yi have just returned home.

"Dad, why is everything with you so boring?"

"Touch your conscience and say it again? What does 'so boring' even mean—you didn't notice the massive gossip surrounding Guo Yingbai?"

Clearly Su Yu herself was eavesdropping, a flood of unspoken thoughts in her heart; how can she now have the nerve to call it boring?

"I really want to grab a stick and beat you up!"

Su Yi wondered, when will he finally be able to give the child a complete childhood? He and his brother have bamboo‑shoot stir‑fry; Su Yi hopes Su Yu can also enjoy it.

Su Yi considered, after telling Su Xi, how likely it is that he'll succeed.

"If we fight each other, the punishment doubles; you'd better drop it!"

Su Yu doesn't want to fight Su Yi. Uncle would be very angry!

If the two of them get punished together, the one who looks the messiest will definitely be her—so embarrassing!

"Baby, I'm here. Did you miss me?"

Xu Mo Bai, unaware of the father‑daughter dispute, leapt out of the car, rushed over, and scooped Su Yu up in a whirl.

"Miss me? I'm heavier now, don't crush you!"

"This little weight doesn't count as anything?"

Xu Mo Bai, having undergone training, should be a bit stronger.

"Sister, you're awesome!"

"Of course!"

Xu Mo Bai was proud, "But someone as awesome as me still hasn't found a suitable partner!"

Previously, those like Xu Mo Bai who wanted to find a child as cute as Su Yu have all gotten married and are trying for a baby.

Now only she remains, a singleton, like a protruding lumbar disc! "Sister, why haven't you found someone you like?"

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