The villainous second male lead at the beginning? No! He's the white moonlight!

Lin Ba was truly stunned. This time, he felt that he was not only experiencing auditory hallucinations, but also mental hallucinations.

Just now, Xuehuang said she's taken a liking to...

...Ye Linyuan? ???

Lin Ba swallowed hard and asked again, somewhat nervously.

"Snow Phoenix, who did you just say...?"

"Ye Linyuan is the only young master of the Ye family in Haicheng who caused such a huge uproar in Qianri Kingdom before."

In an instant, Lin Ba's expression became quite interesting.

The Ye family of Haicheng, wasn't it just that Shen Xing and I were discussing how to deal with the powerful forces? But then my precious daughter took a fancy to their heir.

At this moment, Lin Ba could only sigh...

This fucking world is fucking fucking fucking...

After sighing several times, Lin Ba finally hardened his heart and refused.

"No!"

"Why?!"

Lin Xuehuang panicked.

"Because...because..."

Lin Ba was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say. He couldn't very well say, "Your father was just discussing with someone how to deal with the Ye family, could he?"

"Why? Tell me!"

"Because you're still young, there's no rush."

"I'm not young anymore! I'm already twenty-two!"

Lin Xuehuang stood up, put her hands on her hips, and glared angrily at Lin Ba, looking just like an angry little bird.

"Dad, tell me, are you hiding something from me?"

"No, no, I just think you're too impulsive."

"I'm not impulsive, I'm serious!"

Lin Xuehuang looked at Lin Ba and said in a serious and coquettish tone.

"Dad~, please say yes to Xuehuang~, Xuehuang is begging you~"

Lin Ba had a terrible headache. Of all the people this girl had her eye on, why did she have to fall for Ye Linyuan?

Moreover, setting aside the fact that the Ye family is now a potential enemy of the Lin family, Ye Linyuan alone makes him absolutely unwilling to have him as his son-in-law.

Ye Linyuan had also investigated, and he was entangled with a lot of women. It was one thing to have a lot of women, after all, which wealthy family like theirs didn't have a few mistresses?

The problem is, none of these women are easy to deal with. Any one of them could probably be the matriarch in any wealthy family!

If her daughter were to actually marry Ye Linyuan, the daily palace intrigue alone could probably turn into a modern-day version of "Empresses in the Palace"...

Thinking of this, Lin Ba said helplessly.

"Xuehuang, let's talk about this later. You should go back and rest first."

"No! I won't leave until you agree!"

"you......"

Lin Ba took a deep breath, feeling it necessary to divert Lin Xuehuang's attention.

"Xuehuang, you know Shen Xing came to our house today, right?"

"I know, I just didn't want to see the Shen family, that's why I went out to play."

"So, do you know what he said?"

"What did you say?"

"He wants you to marry Principal Shen."

"What?!"

Lin Xuehuang instantly bristled, her tone becoming sharp.

"Dad, you're not going to agree, are you? That good-for-nothing Shen Xiao? Does he even deserve to be my husband?! Let me tell you, Dad, I'd rather die than be with Shen Xiao!"

"Oh dear, Xuehuang, don't keep talking about death. It's so unlucky. Don't worry, I didn't agree. I know what kind of person Shen Xiao is. How could I possibly push my most precious daughter into a fire pit?"

Hearing Lin Ba say this, Lin Xuehuang nodded in satisfaction.

"That's more like it."

After a while, Lin Xuehuang asked the same question again.

"Dad, don't talk to me like that. I just want to ask you, do you agree to let me break off my engagement with Qin Lie?"

"I......"

"Just tell me if you agree or not?!"

Looking at his daughter's stubborn face, Lin Ba waved his hand helplessly.

"Yes, yes, okay?"

Well, we can't leave our daughter with no benefits at all, so we can only ask the Qin family to make this difficult.

"But you'll have to discuss it with the Qin family yourself; I won't interfere."

"That's great! Thank you, Dad!"

Lin Xuehuang hugged Lin Ba and kissed him, then turned and ran away.

"Go by yourself then. How dare the Qin family utter a single word in front of the Lin family?!"

Once the engagement with the Qin family is resolved, I can pursue my own happiness!

As the saying goes, "The sky is high enough for birds to fly freely, and the sea is wide enough for fish to leap freely!"

Seeing his beloved daughter about to leave in high spirits, Lin Ba quickly called her back.

"Wait, where are you going so late at night?"

"Go and call off the engagement!"

After saying that, he skipped and hopped away from the study, leaving Lin Ba with only a joyful silhouette...

"Going to call off the engagement so late... is there some rush...?"

Lin Ba watched his daughter run away and couldn't help but sigh.

They say a daughter is her father's little cotton-padded jacket, but my little cotton-padded jacket is really my nemesis...

"Dad, why does my sister look so happy, and why is she going out so late?"

Just then, Lin Ba's eldest son, Lin Xiong, walked in, his face full of confusion.

Why do you care so much?

Lin Ba said irritably.

As for daughters, they're like my little darlings, so naturally I'll spoil them. As for sons, well, whatever...

He's over forty, who cares if he lives or dies!

"No, Dad, isn't your favoritism a bit too obvious? You speak so sweetly and smile so warmly to my sister, but you treat us brothers like monsters, giving us the impression that you'd better get out of here..."

Lin Xiong was very unhappy. They were all his children, so why was the discrimination so obvious?

"If you were a woman, I would speak to you gently and smile at you too."

Lin Ba sneered, his tone full of displeasure. Sons are tough and resilient, they can be raised casually, but daughters are different. They are little darlings, little princesses, of course they need to be carefully protected.

The thought that he had given birth to twelve sons before finally having a precious daughter like Xuehuang made him feel resentful.

If only I had thirteen daughters...

Oh, no, we also need a son to inherit the family business, so I've decided on you, Lin Xiong.

Seeing his father's increasingly displeased look, Lin Xiong felt a chill run down his spine and quickly said...

"Well, Dad, it's getting late, go to bed early, I'm leaving now."

After saying that, he slipped away and prepared to leave, even planning to tell Lin Ba what he originally wanted to say the next day.

He knew very well that his doting father would side with his younger sister, Lin Xuehuang, whenever her involvement was involved...

"Get lost. Oh, by the way, find out where Ye Linyuan is right now. I want to talk to him."

Although he didn't want his daughter to have anything to do with that scumbag Ye Linyuan, the problem was that things had already gotten between them, so as a father, he had to do his best one last time.

"Okay, Dad."