Everyone at South Mountain Nursing Home was a big shot

After eating, Li Yi caught a ride to South Mountain Nursing Home.

The grandparents had just finished eating too and were sitting in the courtyard, chatting and resting.

As soon as they saw him, they gathered around him with cheerful smiles.

"Li Yi, you little rascal, you finally came back to visit us old folks."

"Come, come, the little kitchen just made some mung bean soup. Hurry and try some."

"Have things been hard lately? If they have, come back. We'll support you."

"Where's Sheriff? How come we haven't seen you post any photos of Sheriff lately?"

"Let the boy get a word in. You're all crowding around him, and he hasn't had a chance to speak."

"Grandpas, grandmas, I've been doing well lately, and so has Sheriff." Li Yi held a bowl of mung bean soup, smiling brightly. Being here made him feel relaxed and happy.

"Li Yi, last time you told us to stop supporting that sister of yours. Did something happen at home?" Grandma Yun Ruoyi, whose WeChat name was Thirteenth Young Madam of Beicheng, asked with some concern.

"Yes. From now on, there's no need to support anyone in the Lu family." Li Yi took a sip of mung bean soup. "After spending three years with the Lu family, I've finally seen what they're really like.

"Once my real eighteenth birthday has passed and I've received the coming-of-age gift Grandpa prepared for me, I'll leave the Lu family."

"Good! I told you long ago that the Lu family was no good. You're better off leaving." Grandpa Pei Ling, whose WeChat name was Thirteenth Young Master of Beicheng, cheerfully patted Li Yi on the shoulder. "Come back to the nursing home and eat, drink, and have fun with us."

"What do you mean, eat, drink, and have fun? You're teaching the child nothing but nonsense." Grandma Yun slapped Grandpa Pei.

"Our grandson is clever. He's just finished the Gaokao, so there must be plenty of things he wants to do. Li Yi, which university are you planning to apply to?" Grandma Wang Lin, whose WeChat name was Square-Dancing Ms. Wang, asked gently.

"I want to apply to study artificial intelligence at Beiqing." Li Yi looked up with a sweet smile. "I also want to start a company someday and develop the smartest assistive robots.

"Then I'll send a few over to the nursing home, and whatever you want to do, you can have the robots help."

"Good boy." Grandpa Zhang Jin, whose WeChat name was Mr. So Much Money It's Alarming, stroked Li Yi's hair. "If you're short on money, just ask me for help. I have plenty."

Grandpa Zhang really was wealthy. Not only did he own assets in China, but he also owned several estates, horse ranches, vineyards, and wineries abroad.

Everyone in this nursing home was either rich or influential.

But Li Yi had no idea. He merely thought these elderly people had some talent and had earned a little money. He had never imagined that they were all big shots with impressive backgrounds outside.

The only poor people here were him and Dean Li from the orphanage across the way.

"Okay, I definitely won't stand on ceremony when the time comes." Li Yi smiled and nodded in agreement, but in reality, he never asked the grandparents at the nursing home for money.

"Li Yi, that sister of yours had her manager call yesterday. They said they wanted to borrow our nursing home as a location for a variety show." Grandpa Wang Song, whose WeChat name was Old Wang Registering at the Madhouse, asked, "Should we let them?"

South Mountain Nursing Home was divided into two sections. The front section was much like an ordinary nursing home. Its residents were elderly people who were on good terms with these grandparents and either had no children or whose children could not be there to care for them.

The front section's decor was simpler and cleaner than that of an ordinary nursing home. All the staff hired there had undergone standardized management training and were highly professional.

The rear section was closed to the public and reserved exclusively for these elderly VIPs. Its various leisure and entertainment facilities rivaled those of an upscale entertainment venue.

Li Yi had never been to the rear section, so he knew nothing about the grandparents' identities.

Lu Xingluo had once done charity work in the front section and won these grandparents' affection. After a round of publicity, she had attained her current status as the Nation's Daughter.

Now that her image had been damaged, was she trying to salvage it with the same old routine?

How could Li Yi possibly give her a chance to make a comeback? He had to bury her in the dirt so she could forget about climbing back up!

"Let them!" Li Yi finished the last sip of mung bean soup, set down his bowl and utensils, and said, "But I want to take part in their variety show too. Grandpa Wang, please help me negotiate with them."

"Li Yi." Grandma Yun took his hand. "Do you want to get back at this sister of yours?

"I saw what was online. You left her fan group and cleared out your Weibo.

"Yet she turned around and falsely accused you, dragging your name through the mud.

"Now that her image is damaged, she wants to salvage it through a variety show and suck us old folks dry too!

"We won't go along with her.

"This time, I'll help you!"

"I'll help you too!" Grandpa Zhang added, "You just want to take part in that show, right? I'll talk to them for you."

"Okay. Thank you, grandpas and grandmas." Li Yi was deeply touched. Whenever he was hurt, these grandparents always stood by his side.

"Xingluo, the company has arranged a charity variety show for you." Her manager called while Lu Xingluo was painting her nails at home. At those words, she immediately tossed aside the nail polish and said happily, "The company finally remembered me!

"I've been reading the comments online these past few days, and they're all attacking me.

"I don't have any outstanding work to begin with. If I really take a month off,

"I'll go from the Nation's Daughter to the Nation's Nobody!"

"The company originally wanted to let things cool down. Once another big story broke, people would stop talking about you.

"Who knew you'd be this unlucky?

"There hasn't been any other big news these past few days. It's been days, and you're still hanging around the bottom of the trending list, getting attacked.

"If we don't take action soon, this image of you will become firmly entrenched in people's minds. Salvaging it then will take several times the effort.

"One Hundred Percent Love is Director Sen's first charity variety show focused on caring for vulnerable groups.

"You first became popular after publicity and news coverage of your charity work at the nursing home. Now we can keep using the same old approach to repair your image.

"Filming starts in half a month. Behave yourself until then, and don't cause any more trouble."

"Okay, don't worry."

After hanging up, Lu Xingluo perked up again, bouncing around on the couch and tossing cushions everywhere.

This variety show was her chance to salvage her image!

She had to make the most of it.

How had she pleased those old people before?

Lu Xingluo sat on the couch thinking for ages, but she still could not remember what exactly she had done to win them over.

"Maybe it was because of this likable face of mine?"

In the end, she happily reached that conclusion and took a few pretty selfies with her phone. She was just about to post them on Weibo to show off when she suddenly remembered her manager's words and decided to hold off.

Li Yi spent some time at the nursing home, then went to the orphanage to see Dean Li. Just as he was about to leave, his phone beeped several times.

He took out his phone and looked.

They were WeChat messages from Zhou Xuanze.

[Baby, the Gaokao scores come out tomorrow, right? Don't check yours yourself. Give me your exam admission number, and I'll check for you. I'll prepare a surprise for you!]