Fu Wenzhou was pleased by the compliment and began to get down to business: "You're going to pursue Gu Bai?"
"I have that plan," Xu Zezhan said.
Fu Wenzhou's eyes held an unreadable meaning: "A rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its burrow, but you're the opposite, practically trying to uproot the grass."
After a moment of contemplation, Xu Zezhan said, "I'm just taking advantage of my proximity to the source."
Fu Wenzhou raised an eyebrow. Why did this line sound so familiar?
Just as I was pondering this, I heard a noise from upstairs.
Song Qingyou helped Grandpa Xu downstairs with a smile on her face. After saying something, Grandpa Xu, who had been angry just moments before, was now all smiles.
He kept praising, "You are a promising young man. I only won by half a point today."
Song Qingyou chuckled and said, "Grandpa Xu, winning by half a point is what makes you impressive. How could I dare to show off my limited skills in front of you? It was just a lucky accident. If Grandpa Jiang were to play this game with you today, he would probably lose by half a point as well."
Grandpa Xu was pleased with the coaxing, and even Xu Zezhan, who was kneeling on the ground, seemed more pleasing to the eye. After seeing Song Qingyou and Fu Wenzhou off, he looked at Xu Zezhan with a stern face: "I will no longer force you to marry and have children."
Xu Zezhan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to speak when he heard Old Master Xu say the next sentence:
“But the Xu family will never accept a man into the family, so—pack your things and get out of the Xu family. You can come back when you have reformed.”
Xu Zezhan clenched his fists suddenly and asked in a low voice, "What if you can never change it in your entire life?"
Remembering what the young girl from the Song family had said to him, Old Master Xu gritted his teeth and said resolutely, "Then never come back for the rest of your life!"
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