Once Again, Pretending to Be Someone's Boyfriend

After hearing Xu Yingying explain the whole situation, Ning Wangshu nodded in understanding. "That does sound like a real headache."

"Exactly! That's why I wanted to ask you two for advice. I need to figure out how to avoid becoming a pawn in a marriage alliance without making my parents and my grandfather's side fall out completely..."

Xu Yingying sighed.

Ning Wangshu furrowed his brow and fell into thought.

This really wasn't easy to handle.

After a long while, Ning Wangshu finally said, "How about telling your family you have a boyfriend?"

Xu Yingying smiled bitterly. "I could say that, but whether my parents believe me is secondary. The real problem is my grandfather. He might not believe me at all."

"Even if he did, he's so forceful that he'd definitely insist I break up with the boyfriend I mentioned."

"Or he might ask about this so-called 'boyfriend' of mine, then have someone approach 'him' in private and make 'him' back off."

"Besides, where am I supposed to find a 'boyfriend' who can stand up to the pressure from my grandfather's side?"

Seeing the troubled expression on Xu Yingying's face, Lin Qingzhu glanced at Ning Wangshu. She hesitated, then said, "What if... what if Wangshu pretended to be your boyfriend again?"

"Would... would that be all right?"

Xu Yingying's eyes lit up. She looked uncertainly at Ning Wangshu, then glanced at Lin Qingzhu and couldn't help asking, "Qingzhu, you really don't mind?"

After all, Ning Wangshu was Lin Qingzhu's boyfriend.

Lin Qingzhu smiled. "It's only temporary. What's there to mind?"

She paused, then added, "Besides, when we were at your school before, Wangshu already pretended to be your boyfriend once."

"And given Wangshu's circumstances, even if your grandfather's side is overbearing, it won't affect him in the slightest."

Xu Yingying