Beauty and the Bodyguard

Chapter 860: The Dominating Guan Xuemin

The problem is, Guan Xin was afraid that her father would hurt Lin Yi out of anger, which made her uneasy. She doesn’t know what to do now. This had nothing to do with Lin Yi but now he’s getting involved in it as well...

Guan Xuemin heard the quarrel downstairs and came down to check it out. He saw Guan Xin crying on the couch and paused before asking her worriedly, “Xin Xin what’s wrong? Why are you crying down here? Where’s your dad?”

“Grandpa...” Guan Xin saw her grandpa and cried even harder. She had never felt such a grievance. She just didn’t understand. How can her father control her marriage, forcing her to marry someone she doesn’t even know?

“There there. Dry your tears now. Tell Grandpa what happened first, what else is there that can’t be solved? Why are you crying so hard?” Guan Xuemin didn’t know what happened to Guan Xin. He walked over to the sofa and sat down, patting his granddaughter’s shoulder while comforting her.

“Grandpa, dad said that he had arranged a marriage for me when I was little. He wants me to marry someone I’ve never met before...” Guan Xin sobbed as she explained the story to her grandfather.

“Rubbish!” Guan Xuemin slammed his fist on the table in anger, “Guan Xiaoxiang’s getting more and more unreasonable. How can he just casually decide on something like this? Don’t worry Xin Xin, Grandpa will help you with this. Without my permission, no one can do anything. I’m giving your dad a call right now!”

Guan Xueming was angry. Although he was a righteous man, he was not narrow-minded. So, when he heard about Guan Xiaoxiang arranging Guan Xin’s marriage, he felt a wave of anger. Also, his preferred son-in-law was Lin Yi. Of course, he couldn’t let Guan Xiaoxiang just marry Guan Xin off like that.

“You bastard what did you say to Xin Xin?” Guan Xuemin berated through the phone. “Because of you, my beloved granddaughter’s now crying her eyes out! Do you think you’re so grown up now you brat? Arranging marriages now huh? You better cancel this arrangement right now and don’t even think about it again!”

Guan Xiaoxiang was stunned at the scolding. The last time his father yelled at him like this was back when they argued about the formation of his own company. It gave him the feeling he had back when he got in trouble as a kid. He was somewhat fearful of disobeying his father’s wishes...

However, he did not have a say in the matter his father had mentioned. He had decided on this marriage along with his wife and an important figure. How could he one-sidedly go back on this promise? Looking back at how the person had helped him back then, it was a huge favor. Had he not received the investment and had those connections, he would never have made the achievements he has now, nor would he have gotten the recognition from his family in law.

Guan Xiaoxiang was not an ungrateful person, so at that moment he felt uneasy. After giving each other the silent treatment for so many years, Guan Xiaoxiang knew his father losing his temper today for Guan Xin was a turning point for their relationship. Therefore, if he could compromise, then his relationship with his father would improve.

The thing is, could he compromise? It was a promise between him and that person, he couldn’t just break it. Unless that person broke it first, Guan Xiaoxiang couldn’t force himself to do such an ungrateful thing.

At this point, he could only force a smile. He couldn’t be both loyal and filial, so what could he do? He didn’t want to anger his father further, especially when there was a chance for their relationship to improve. Yet, he just couldn’t decide to cancel the arrangement.

“Look, dad... I can listen to you for any other thing, but for this, I really can’t change anything. I had arranged this with that person back then, you know him too...” He sighed before continuing, “how could I cancel this?”

“But did you ever consider Xin Xin’s happiness? In this case, when that person comes just tell him to come to me! Just say I’m the one who canceled this arrangement!” Guan Xuemin couldn’t help but smirk at the excuse, “sure he helped you, I even helped treat his wife’s leg! If he’s unhappy about it, just tell him to come to me. If you still force Xin Xin into that marriage, I’ll tell her to emancipate from you and give you the silent treatment like you did to me back then!”

With that, Guan Xuemin hung up, ignoring whatever else Guan Xiaoxiang had to say.

Guan Xiaoxiang, on the other hand, stood there holding the phone unsure whether to laugh or to cry. He didn’t even know what to say anymore. His father used the same actions he had taken to threaten him. However, at least his father took on the matter himself and promised that if anything happened, the person can go to him directly. Although relieved some of the pressure on Guan Xiaoxiang, he still didn’t want to go back on his words.

As for this matter, Guan Xiaoxiang would have to slowly convince his father who, at that moment, was already in an awful mood. If he called back again to discuss that topic, then he’d strain their already strained relationship even more. It wasn’t something Guan Xiaoxiang would have wanted to see.

On this end, Guan Xuemin had hung up and next to him, Guan Xin was also smiling through her tears. After she saw her grandfather fighting for her in such an unyielding manner. She was sure her father would compromise. Yeah, that’s right, if worse comes to worst, she would just give him the silent treatment. What else could he do to her?

As long as she doesn’t want to marry, he wouldn’t be able to force her.

“Xin Xin, are you feeling happier now? Grandpa is on your side for this so don’t worry, as long as I don’t nod my head to this, no one can force you into marriage!” Guan Xuemin could at least still have a say in this matter.

“Thank you, Grandpa,” Guan Xin smiled happily.

“Why are you thanking me? Come on now, go wash your face. Nanny Liu’s almost finished preparing our meal, let’s go eat something,” Guan Xuemin nodded and smiled back.

Guan Xin went off merrily to wash her face, completely unaware of her father’s plans.

Meanwhile, after Kang Zhaoming left Guan Xin’s house, he sullenly got in his car with a depressed look on his face. Zhu Xiaozhang, who was waiting in the car, saw his melancholic expression and found it quite strange. “What’s the matter, Young Master Ming?” He questioned, “Does Guan Xin’s father object to you two dating?”

“Oh my gosh, don’t talk about it anymore. It’s a long story,” Kang Zhaoming felt that all that time and banknotes had been wasted. The worst thing was he gave Xiaofen a few hundred thousand dollars for free. What a waste!

“Let me answer this,” explained Wang Shubin while looking at Zhu Xiaozhang. “Guan Xin already has an in-law and this can’t be changed. Therefore there’s no way that Guan Xiaoxiang would allow Young Master Ming here to visit Guan Xin. With this arranged marriage, Guan Xin can’t even go out with Young Master Ming or do anything that would ruin her imager for the sake of it. So there’s no hope for him with Guan Xin.”

Wang Shubin had entered the mansion along with Kang Zhaoming so his words were based on what he witnessed. Zhu Xiaozhang listened to his explanation and stopped questioning Kang Zhaoming. He merely pondered sulkily, “so basically we put so much effort in for nothing?”