"I'm not young, I'm nineteen this year."
"Is this the important point?" Ling Yi asked, sitting next to Liu Yunxiang.
"But you are the most capable person I have ever met. You only need to protect me for a month. You can name your conditions."
Ling Yi pouted. "What kind of logic is that? Just because I'm the best doesn't mean I have to be your bodyguard!"
You can name your terms!
"What conditions do you think you could offer to get me to come?"
Guan Qing'er scratched her head. Money? Ling Yi is much richer than the Gao Clan.
Can the Gao Clan come up with a trillion? Don't be ridiculous, they can't even come up with ten billion.
The Gao Clan's most valuable trump card is, in Ling Yi's eyes, the least valuable.
The rest are even less presentable.
Or perhaps you could offer yourself in marriage?
Guan Qing'er glanced at Liu Yunxiang and thought, "Forget it, with the Empress here, I can't afford to offend her."
She witnessed it with her own eyes: Liu Yunxiang crippled a female assassin with a single knee strike.
With her small frame, I'd better not.
If she dared to offer herself in return, she feared that Liu Yunxiang would kick her out of the villa the next moment.
"But what should I do?" Guan Qing'er, somewhat troubled.
Having been murdered twice, Guan Qing'er was truly terrified. Guan Qing'er genuinely didn't care about inheriting the rights, but she didn't want to die!
Ling Yi didn't actually want to get involved in this girl's affairs.
We're all strangers, and it's all about the messy, life-and-death affairs of a wealthy family—it's troublesome.
Besides, he might save Guan Qing'er once or twice, but could he really save Guan Qing'er for a lifetime?
If Guan Qing'er cannot become stronger on her own, Guan Qing'er future will still be fraught with crises.
Most importantly, Ling Yi is lazy.
Just as Ling Yi was about to refuse and ask Liu Yunxiang to see the guest out, the system pinged.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have activated a temporary mission!]
[Task objective: Help Guan Qing'er resolve family issues and successfully assume the position of family head.]
[Task Reward: The script can be edited by 1 word. Additional rewards will be given for exceeding the word limit.]
[Do you accept?]
If there's a task, of course I'll accept it.
"I can help you," Ling Yi said.
As soon as she said those words, Ling Yi sensed a change in Liu Yunxiang's Aura Field.
In particular, Bai Se's battle aura instantly doubled, and it even had a powerful aura effect.
"Ahem, I can help you, but there are conditions!" Ling Yi quickly continued.
"You said you'd agree to any condition as long as you could help me."
"I want your Gao Clan to follow my lead from this day forward."
"Okay!" Guan Qing'er agreed without hesitation.
"Really?" Now it was Ling Yi and Liu Yunxiang's turn to be surprised.
"Yes, that's fine. To be honest, I don't want to be the head of the family at all, let alone inherit the Gao Clan. My mother made me take her surname so that I wouldn't get involved in the Gao Clan's messy affairs."
"Unfortunately, my father was injured in his early years and could no longer have children after I was born."
"The current situation is that I have no choice but to accept it. Even if I give up my inheritance rights, the others won't let me go. They will only be at peace when I'm dead."
Ling Yi and Liu Yunxiang exchanged a glance; the troubles within wealthy families were indeed very complicated.
"My dad has already made a will, which will take effect on his 20th birthday. There's still a month until my 20th birthday, which is why I asked you to be my bodyguard for a month."
Liu Yunxiang asked, "Now that you've inherited the Gao Clan and become the head of the family, is everything alright?"
"How could that be? Even if I inherit the family headship, I doubt those people will let me go."
"However, after inheriting the position of family head, I have much more authority over the family, making it much more difficult for them to take action."
"Who are those people?"
"Uncle, paternal uncle, aunt, maternal aunt!"
Liu Yunxiang exclaimed, "Good heavens, this is even more exaggerated than what's shown in the short drama!"
"Of course! I'm only nineteen!" Guan Qing'er said dejectedly.
" Brother Yi Lingyi, although I can promise you that the Gao Clan will follow your lead from now on, you'll have to do it yourself. I can't persuade everyone."
Human hearts are complex. Even after she became the head of the family, she couldn't convince everyone to bring the entire Gao Clan under Ling Yi's command.
Is Ling Yi really going to take over the Gao Clan? Of course not.
However, it was for the sake of the mission, and also to prevent Liu Yunxiang from overthinking things.
In the end, it will probably just be a formality.
"What did you say?" Liu Yunxiang asked.
"Let this girl stay with you for now!" Ling Yi said after thinking for a moment.
"Huh? You want to come with me? I'm very busy. I need to follow up on that AI Film and Television project, and there's a lot of follow-up stuff to do. Besides, if Guan Qing'er comes with me, what about you?"
"Me? I'll be your bodyguard and assistant."
"Hmm, hmm? Not bad, very conscientious!" Liu Yunxiang said with a smile.
In this way, Ling Yi can protect both Liu Yunxiang and Guan Qing'er, achieving the best of both worlds.
"That's it?" Guan Qing'er asked.
That's all for now. We'll talk about the rest later.
Actually, dealing with the Gao Clan isn't difficult. With the Gao Clan meager assets, Ling Yi could easily bribe Gao Clan into submission.
Or, to put it another way, Ling Yi could simply acquire all of the Gao Clan's businesses and then hand them over to Guan Qing'er.
However, there's no need to do that for now.
Maybe in a couple of days, Ling Yi will find a better way to complete the mission?
You should know that Ling Yi still hasn't received a script revision reward!
"I'll go upstairs to get busy now. Just call me when it's time to eat." Ling Yi stood up and walked upstairs.
"What's Brother Ling Yi busy with?" Guan Qing'er asked curiously.
"You forgot, he bought all the items at the morning auction, and they were delivered over at noon and placed in the second-floor collection room."
"Ever since he came back, this guy has been studying these auction items. I don't know what's so interesting about studying these antique bottles and jars."
What's so interesting about studying antiques?
Of course there are studies on this!
Ling Yi discovered that these antiques possessed different Aura Field.
Ling Yi originally thought that only living things had Aura Field, while inanimate objects only had Aura.
But these antiques possess Aura Field.
Are antiques alive?
That's not the key point. The key point is that Ling Yi discovered that the Aura Field these antiques seems to be absorbable.
That's amazing.
Since returning, Ling Yi has been studying these antiques and has now made some progress.
At the same time, a black Rolls-Royce was driving towards the Dihao Cloud Court villa area.
Inside the large carriage were Li Yunshen and Guan Ling.
The driver was from Guan Ling.
"Any news about that mysterious person?" Guan Ling asked.
"No, it's been almost half a month since I've received any news from that mysterious person. The messages I sent Dahai." Li Yunshen shook his head.
After a pause, Li Yunshen asked, "Is that Ling Yi really that powerful?"
"Even if our entire Hidden Dragon Battle Team goes all out, we'd still have a hard time taking him down. His strength is beyond our comprehension."
"That's troublesome." Li Yunshen frowned.
He hadn't forgotten the message Ling Yi had sent him: Ling Yi is very angry, and the consequences will be severe.