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Ma Honggang walked slowly towards Ma Yun and the others. When the others saw the serious expression on Old Man Ma's face, they couldn't help but stop talking, afraid that they would make Old Man Ma unhappy.

He walked to Ma Yun's side, looked at Ma Yun's red and swollen face, and could not help but ask: "What happened, what was the wound on your face?"

Seeing Old Man Ma like that, Jiang Yaner thought that she was angry. After a pause, Jiang Yaner opened her mouth and said: "I'm sorry, Grandpa Ma, it's all my fault, it's all my fault."

Hearing Jiang Yaner's words, Ma Honggang looked at Jiang Yaner's guilty expression and couldn't help but reveal a smile. Ma Honggang then said to Jiang Yaner: "What's wrong, Little Yan'er, who made you angry. Quickly tell Grandfather, Grandfather will help you take revenge." With that, he looked around to see who had bullied Jiang Yaner.

After receiving Old Man Ma's gaze, everyone could not help but shift their gazes away, afraid that the Old Man Ma would look down on them and start attacking them.

Seeing the Grandpa Ma being so kind to him, Jiang Yaner couldn't help but feel warm in her heart. The grievances she suffered from being bullied by these people all seemed to have disappeared, all that was left was warmth.

"Grandpa Ma, no one is bullying me, it's just that Ma Yun …" Jiang Yaner did not speak the rest of her words, because she did not know how to explain this matter.

Seeing that Jiang Yaner wanted to take all of the responsibility, Ma Honggang laughed and said: "This brat has been beaten up again, you truly are trash."

He never thought that the Old Man Ma would insult his own grandson in front of so many people. How could he have such a grandfather?

Seeing that Old Man Ma didn't help him in the slightest, and instead even harmed him by a bit, Ma Yun helplessly shouted. "Grandfather …"

"Don't call me grandfather, I only have Jiang Yaner's granddaughter." Old Man Ma laughed and said, as long as it was not Jiang Yaner who was bullied, it did not matter.

Hearing Old Man Ma's words, Ma Yun was speechless. Isn't I the grandson of my grandfather?

But the words of the Old Man Ma confused everyone. How did Jiang Yaner become Ma Honggang's granddaughter?

Normally, it was very normal for things like this to happen in large clans, but normally, such things would occur and the family would try their best to conceal it. No one would have thought that Ma Family would be so open to the public.

"Old Man Ma, that means, Jiang Yaner is your …" Jin Chen asked, wanting to understand the reason behind it.

Ma Honggang glanced at Jin Chen. He knew that Jin Chen was Jiang Yaner's lover, but he was not very nice to Jiang Yaner, so he shot his a glance.

He coldly said: "This is a matter of my Ma Family, it is not up to outsiders to meddle in." Hmph, brat, I haven't settled the score with you yet, you dare bully my granddaughter?

"Heh, Old Man Ma, you are an elder and I respectfully address you as that. However, the matter with Jiang Yaner is my problem and I have the right to know about it." Jin Chen said courteously, but did not care about Ma Honggang.

Seeing how stiff Jin Chen was talking to him, Ma Honggang squinted his eyes and looked at Jin Chen. He did not say a word, but Jin Chen also looked back at Ma Honggang, not flinching.

"Grandpa Ma, Jin Chen didn't mean it that way, he just wanted to be concerned about him …" Jiang Yaner said awkwardly, looking at this big and small pair of eyes, he felt that it was really strange.

Hearing Jiang Yaner's words, Ma Honggang retracted his gaze and changed his evaluation of Jin Chen. He felt that Jin Chen was not as bad as he thought.

"Hur hur, alright. Yan'er said no, so that's not the case." Old Man Ma laughed and said, compared to the strict old man from before, he was two different people.

didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he saw that his grandfather had a granddaughter who was perfectly fine. He remembered that when he was young, his grandfather always wore some small dresses for him, making him look like a little girl.

"Grandpa Ma, I wish you a happy birthday." Grandpa Ma, I wish you a happy birthday. Li Yilong jumped out at this time to give Ma Honggang a birthday celebration. He wanted to cover this up since this was a banquet after all.

Seeing that Li Yilong had celebrated his birthday, Ma Honggang said in a merry voice, "Good boy, you've grown quite a bit again."

"Hehe, thank you Grandpa Ma for your praise." Li Yilong said to the Grandpa Ma with a smile.

Seeing that Grandpa Ma's attention had been successfully diverted away, Li Yilong made a gesture towards Ma Yun's direction.

After receiving Li Yilong's gesture, Ma Yun promptly opened his mouth and said: "Since grandfather has already come down, let's begin."

Ma Honggang nodded and said: "Alright, the banquet will begin now. Yan'er, leave with grandfather."

Without a doubt, Jiang Yaner smiled and nodded: "Okay, grandfather." Although he did not know where his grandfather was bringing him, Jiang Yaner did not ask either, and only followed behind Ma Honggang.

Seeing that Ma Honggang had left, the others followed behind him. Jin Chen glared at Ma Yun fiercely, sooner or later he would find out about this matter, and at that time, the result would be clear to see.

Ni Xiaoxing stared at Jiang Yaner's back. He was confused, could it be that Jiang Yaner really planned to marry Ma Yun? Otherwise, why would Ma Yun's grandfather treat Jiang Yaner so well and even call him granddaughter? It was really strange.

After silently following Grandpa Ma up the stage, Jiang Yaner very consciously stood next to the stage, and did not follow Ma Honggang onto the stage.

Ma Honggang glanced at Jiang Yaner without a word, and accepted the host's microphone, raising her head to indicate for everyone to quiet down. Seeing the old man's actions, everyone became quiet, quietly watching the Old Man Ma speak.

"I am very grateful to all of you for coming to my birthday feast. I, Ma, would like to thank all of you very much." After he finished speaking, Ma Honggang bowed his head to everyone, expressing his gratitude.

After he said a few polite words, Ma Honggang lifted his hand to signal Jiang Yaner to go up on stage. Seeing that Grandpa Ma was calling him, Jiang Yaner didn't want to go up the stage initially.

Seeing that Jiang Yaner had come up on stage, Ma Honggang said happily: "Now I have an important matter to announce, Jiang Yaner, in the future, you will be my granddaughter." After saying that, he looked at the reaction of the people below.

The people below were in an uproar as they looked at Jiang Yaner in astonishment. They did not know whether Jiang Yaner was Ma Honggang's biological granddaughter or his recognized granddaughter, which was why they were making guesses one after another.

Seeing everyone discussing amongst themselves, Ma Honggang was very clear about what they were thinking. Ma Honggang said: "If anyone wants to mess with Jiang Yaner in the future, that means they want to mess with me. I hope everyone can understand what I mean."

Seeing the Grandpa Ma protecting him in such a way, Jiang Yaner felt that her heart was very warm.

And Jiang Yaner had thought that Ma Honggang treating him as her granddaughter, which was also why she had said that in private, as if she had finished playing with him, but she hadn't thought that Grandpa Ma would actually solemnly introduce her to everyone.

Seeing Jiang Yaner, Ma Honggang laughed and patted Jiang Yaner's shoulders. Ma Honggang then said: "I have already passed my Ma Family's symbolic ring to Jiang Yaner, she is now part of Ma Family."

With that, Ma Honggang even indicated for Jiang Yaner to raise his hand, and let everyone take a look at the inheritance ring. Under Ma Honggang's instructions, Jiang Yaner slowly raised his hand and revealed the ring on her middle finger to everyone.

"Congratulations Elder Ma, you've added another junior." One of the men came to their senses and exclaimed loudly. They clapped their hands and cheered. These people also clapped their hands and the scene immediately became extremely lively.

Seeing how enthusiastic everyone was, the atmosphere immediately became lively, but there were still a few women who were extremely unhappy. They couldn't help but reveal vicious gazes as they looked at Jiang Yaner.

Especially Ni Xiaoxing, who couldn't help but crush the bag in his hands as he glared at Jiang Yaner. Even now, he couldn't believe that Jiang Yaner would actually have such a good life, to actually receive the protection of the Ma Family.

Now that he finally knew what had happened, Jin Chen heaved a sigh of relief. Although he never thought that the conclusion would be like this, it would at least be a hundred times better than marrying Jiang Yaner.

Feeling that Jin Chen was not as tense as before, Ni Xiaoxing became extremely clear of what was going on. Jin Chen knew that there was nothing going on between Jiang Yaner and himself, which was why he relaxed.

At this time, everyone came to congratulate Ma Honggang, and Ma Honggang cheerfully accepted everyone's thanks. In a moment, Jiang Yaner was surrounded by a group of rich women, and they all wanted to get closer to Jiang Yaner.

Looking at the pitiful Jiang Yaner, Ma Yun revealed a gratified smile. He could finally protect Jiang Yaner fair and square.

Ma Yun politely squeezed into the circle that was surrounding Jiang Yaner, bowed to him and said: "My dear sister, tonight's first dance, please follow me."

"How can that be? He should be following me." Jin Chen said in a neither warm nor cold voice as he glared at Ma Yun. This damned Ma Yun, why does he keep thinking about getting close to Jiang Yaner.

"What are you doing here?" Ma Yun frowned as he spoke to Jin Chen. Since he was Jiang Yaner's brother now, he naturally had the authority to question him.

Seeing Ma Yun so protective and happy, as well as angry at the same time, Jin Chen coldly said: "Yan'er, come over here." He did not even care about Ma Yun, and directly ordered Jiang Yaner.

"Why are you talking to Yan'er like that? She's not your person." Ma Yun said angrily, this Jin Chen really did not learn his lesson, he had even owed a punch just now, why did he come here again, making angry.

Jin Chen shot Ma Yun a glance, then said to Jiang Yaner: "Yan'er, come and dance with me." With that, he looked at Jiang Yaner, wanting to ask Jiang Yaner to come and dance with him.

Seeing the warning in Jin Chen's eyes, Jiang Yaner hesitated. If she did not go, with Jin Chen's personality, she would definitely not let this matter go. What if she fought with Ma Yun again?

If she went over herself, she would directly slap Ma Yun's face, and things wouldn't be so good. For a moment, Jiang Yaner fell into a dilemma.

Sensing that Jiang Yaner was in a difficult situation, Ma Yun gave in first. Ma Yun said to Jiang Yaner: "Yan'er, are you tired? Although he did not want to make things difficult for Jiang Yaner, it could be considered as lifting the awkward atmosphere around him.

Hearing Ma Yun say that, Jiang Yaner immediately nodded, and said to Jin Chen: "That's right, I'm really a little tired, why don't we dance again later."

Seeing Jiang Yaner's expression, Jin Chen did not say anything, he only nodded, gave a deep look to Jiang Yaner, and turned to leave.

Looking at Jin Chen's leaving figure, Jiang Yaner secretly heaved a sigh of relief. She was really afraid that Jin Chen would do something like what he did just now.

"Yan Er, let me help you take a rest." Ma Yun considerately said. Looking at Jiang Yaner's exhausted face, she couldn't help but feel her heart ache.

"I'm sorry, we'll be leaving first." Jiang Yaner looked at the noble ladies, nodded her head, and followed Ma Yun out of the room and into the resting area.