Perhaps because she slept too much the day before, Qiao Xia was forced to get up very early at the manor.

As soon as she stepped out of her room, she heard a deafening argument coming from next door. The soundproofing in each room was excellent, and even though Qiao Xia pressed her face against the crack in the door, she couldn't make out what they were arguing about.

Just as she was about to leave, she bumped right into Tang Ling, who was running out with tears in her eyes.

She glared at her resentfully, "Now that I've fallen out with Grandpa, are you satisfied?"

After saying that, she covered her face and ran down the stairs, followed by Old Master Tang's roar, "If you have the guts to leave, then don't come back!"

Qiao Xia looked at the empty stairwell, shrugged, and was about to leave when Old Master Tang called out to her, "Come here!"

"Grandpa."

Grandpa Tang's suspicious gaze swept over her. "Lingling has always been a well-behaved and sensible child. Did you instigate her to suddenly want to break off her engagement with that Shen family boy?"

Qiao Xia said frankly, "Part of it."

"Nonsense!" Old Master Tang slammed his cane heavily on the floor. "The invitations have already been sent out. How can you call off the engagement at the last minute? Where do you think you're going to put the Tang family's reputation?"

Qiao Xia pursed her lips, but finally couldn't help but say, "Grandpa, apart from us, not many people really care about the Tang family's reputation. You're overthinking it!"

"You..." Old Master Tang's hands trembled with anger.

Qiao Xia grabbed his finger and put it back in place. "Didn't Zhang's son make a fuss about marrying a rice cooker a few years ago? You never mentioned it. Years have passed, and he's been attending various events with his wife, but not many people care. Grandpa, your life doesn't actually have that many spectators."

Upon hearing this, Old Master Tang let out a sigh of relief and silently clutched his chest.

"Grandpa, come on, have some water and calm down."

Grandpa Tang silently pointed towards the door.

Qiao Xia asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Did you leave the medicine outside?"

Old Master Tang clenched his fists and said, word by word, "Get out!"

Qiao Xia rolled her eyes. "I thought it was something serious. I know you don't want to see me right now, but how can I really leave you here? What if you don't catch your breath? I won't be able to explain myself even if I have eight mouths."

Old Master Tang's chest pain intensified, but he suppressed his anger and said, "I'm fine now, get out!"

"No." Qiao Xia sat down next to him with a roguish look on her face. "I called the family doctor. I'll leave as soon as he arrives without you having to rush me."

Grandpa Tang closed his eyes and turned his back, choosing not to look at her.

Qiao Xia grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds from the table and started cracking them open, still not letting up on Grandpa Tang, "Grandpa, I'm not trying to be mean, but is your pride more important than Tang Ling's lifelong happiness?"

"How could you force her to marry someone else just for the sake of saving face? You're so stubborn."

The veins on Old Master Tang's arm bulged, and he finally couldn't hold back. "I'm letting her get married so she can settle down. If she's like you, thinking about something today and something tomorrow, when will she ever really settle down?"

Qiao Xia spread her hands, "What's wrong with being the same as me? Why do we have to settle down? What if Tang Ling is unhappy after we get married?"

"You can get a divorce if you're unhappy, but you can't call off the marriage."

Qiao Xia scoffed, her mouth moving faster than her brain, "Just like you and Grandma, you two haven't divorced yet because of some public image issue. The only way to improve your relationship is to live apart..."

Faced with Old Master Tang's murderous gaze, Qiao Xia awkwardly shut her mouth.

It's not entirely her fault; chatting while eating sunflower seeds is just too easy for people to let their guard down.

Just then, the family doctor arrived, and Qiao Xia jumped off the table in a flash. "Well, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

Old Master Tang breathed a sigh of relief, but then he saw the person who had already walked away peek out from the doorway again, and he almost choked.

Qiao Xia clung to the door frame and said, "I'm giving you one last piece of advice, Grandpa. Tang Ling is different from Grandma. She values ​​her pride more than anything. Even if she's really unhappy after getting married, she'll force herself not to get a divorce. By then, it will be too late to say anything."

Old Master Tang was taken aback and fell into deep thought.

Qiao Xia said cheerfully, "I'm done talking, goodbye Grandpa."

Downstairs, Tang Xining and his wife were sitting at the dining table eating.

When Qiao Zhaoxing saw her arrive, he looked up and greeted her warmly, "Xia Bao, come quickly! Your grandfather has recruited a top chef from Guangdong and Guangxi. His morning tea is delicious."

Tang Xining nodded, "Your dad found a way to divert a hot spring next to the newly built residential building. I'll take you there to relax after dinner."

While eating heartily, Qiao Xia looked at Tang Xining with a puzzled expression, "Aren't you going to see Grandpa?"

Tang Xining pushed up her glasses. "Lingling just ran out crying, and you just came from your grandpa's, so your grandpa probably doesn't want to see me right now."

Qiao Xia lowered her head in shame, realizing that her mother was right.

After finishing her meal, Qiao Xia drove back to the completed construction site. Looking at the small artificial hill that had sprung up from the ground, she asked with a puzzled expression, "Is this the living hot spring you were talking about?"

“Yes!” Qiao Zhaoxing nodded expectantly. “To highlight that this is a live hot spring, I not only built an artificial mountain, but also specially made it look like a volcano, so that people can tell at a glance that this is a natural hot spring.”

Qiao Xia silently covered her eyes, "Let's take it down."

"Ah?" Two tears welled up in Qiao Zhaoxing's eyes instantly. "Isn't my hot spring good enough?"

Qiao Xia looked away, unable to bear it any longer. "The hot spring can be kept, but the artificial hills must all be demolished."

Qiao Zhaoxing wanted to try again, "Although it looks a bit strange, it's very private..."

Qiao Xia couldn't take it anymore. "What kind of privacy is this? There's a hole in the ceiling. If someone takes a drone and circles it up, they can easily take a picture!"

"And you've completely blocked the hot spring with artificial hills, not letting in any sunlight. The temperature is just right after you get in the hot spring, but after you get out, you send it straight to the Arctic. With such a huge temperature difference, are you planning to grow grapes?"

"Xia Bao~" Qiao Zhaoxing said dejectedly, unable to utter a single word after being rebuked.

Qiao Xia added, "But the hot spring idea is still pretty good. Let's turn it into a bathhouse."

Qiao Xia pointed to the side again, "And over there, we'll build an amusement park; over there, a zoo; and over there, a museum."

Qiao Zhaoxing perked up again, "Okay, I'll do whatever Qiao Bao says."

With a wave of his hand, Qiao Zhaoxing ordered the amusement park and bathhouse to start construction simultaneously, investing four billion yuan in them.

Just then, Qiao Xia received a phone call and immediately fled the place.

When they arrived at the dormitory base prepared for the trainees, President Wang was already waiting at the door. Upon seeing her, he immediately came up to greet her, "Sister Qiao, you've finally arrived."

"What's going on?" Qiao Xia was a little tired. She just wanted to be a mascot in peace, but why did everyone have to come to her for the talent show?

"They want to break the contracts and kick all the trainees out."