In a certain members-only fancy club, several women were sitting at a round table by the window, discussing something.

“In order to avoid wasting each other’s time, I specially looked up on the Internet how to quickly identify whether the other person is suitable to continue dating.” A young lady wearing exaggeratedly big bow earrings said to the person opposite her with a serious expression. “You can talk to him about political topics or controversial things.”

“I don’t think it needs to be that troublesome.” Another young lady with blonde hair pushed away the drink in front of her and leaned over. “Just talk to him about women’s rights. When 90% of men hear those two words, they’ll be so scared that they’ll buy train tickets and run away overnight.”

“That’s also okay.” The bow lady nodded in agreement. “Or just ask him what he thinks about the whole taking a husband’s surname thing.”

The young lady sitting opposite who had been listening to their suggestions moved her eyes and told them, “Chen Yiran took his mother’s surname, not Uncle Zhan’s. He shouldn’t care too much about that, right?”

“Maybe.” The blonde girl said, “Anyway, when have to look for a man whose ideologies are compatible with ours.”

“That’s right, I checked Chen Yiran’s information and found that he’s indeed quite outstanding. However, you’re not short of money nor do you care about his money.” Miss Big Bow added, “So the most important thing is that you two have the same views, otherwise when you get together in the future and talk about issues, you’ll argue!”

They were talking when they saw someone coming up ahead. Seeing that it was almost time, the two young ladies took their own food and drinks and sat at the next table. Before doing so, they didn’t forget to cheer their friend.

Not long after, Chen Yiran walked in from outside. The agreement was to meet at table nine and when he saw a woman sitting there, Chen Yiran was slightly surprised.

It wasn’t nice to make a woman wait for him on this type of occasion. He had already set off early, but he didn’t expect the other party to arrive even earlier than him.

“Hello, are you Ms. Qi Lei?” Chen Yiran walked to table nine but did not sit down. Instead, he greeted the young woman opposite.

Qi Lei had already seen Chen Yiran’s photos and read his magazine interviews, and knew that he’s good-looking. But seeing him in person, she was still a little nervous because Chen Yiran looked even better and more imposing.

“Hello, Mr. Chen, I’m Qi Lei.” Qi Lei stood up and smiled at him.

Only after confirming the other person’s identity did Chen Yiran continued the conversation, “Sorry, I’m late.”

“No, no, I’m the one who came here earlier.”

After the two sat down, a waiter came over and asked them what they wanted to order. Qi Lei already had a cup of coffee in front of her. Chen Yiran asked her if she needed anything else before ordering a cup of coffee for himself.

Qi Lei had been covertly surveying Chen Yiran. To be honest, Chen Yiran’s appearance and temperament were outstanding. His face alone could make many women’s hearts flutter. She doesn’t just look at men’s faces, but with a face like this it’s hard for people to resist.

The two friends at the other table were also sneaking a look at Chen Yiran and discussing in low voices.

“It’s over. Look at Leilei’s appearance. She’s been blinded by the other party’s beauty!”

“It’s no use. Although Chen Yiran’s appearance is indeed impeccable, we just highlighted the main point. What’s important is his thoughts, his thoughts!”

This was the first time Qi Lei and Chen Yiran met so their conversation topics were relatively superficial, such as what they usually do, their hobbies and so on. The two chatted for thirty minutes until they felt that they had nothing else to discuss. Qi Lei asked Chen Yiran for his contact information and said that she would meet with him again if there’s an opportunity.

In the context of a blind date, this meant that the other person thought their date was pretty good and wanted to continue the development with them. Chen Yiran exchanged WeChat with her, but added that he seldom used it and might not be able to reply on time.

Qi Lei smiled and expressed her understanding, then said that she also didn’t often use WeChat.

After adding her WeChat account, Chen Yiran saw Li Linlin’s chat box pinned to the top. He subconsciously clicked in and took a look. The last message was the game link that Li Linlin shared with him a few days ago. He had never helped her chop wood in game and he didn’t know if anyone had done if for her.

With this thought in mind, he clicked on the link and then a prompt told him that the wood cutting task was over.

Chen Yiran suddenly realized that it had been many days and even if she did the task herself, it would be finished by now.

Qi Lei was standing right next to him and accidentally glanced at the game task request he clicked in. She gently raised her eyebrows. Didn’t he say he rarely used WeChat? He had time to help people in game?

“Then I’ll be going. Where are you heading, I can give you a lift.” Chen Yiran politely asked.

Qi Lei said, “I have an appointment with my friends for dinner. You don’t have to worry about me. You can go first.”

“Alright then, goodbye.” After Chen Yiran said that, he left. When he had completely walked out of the club, the two young women on the side returned to Qi Lei’s table along with their food and drinks.

“Qi Lei, are you okay? We’ve talked so much, is it all in vain?”

“Yeah, whose time isn’t valuable in the modern world? It’s not just Chen Yiran’s time who’s precious. You should have used rapid questioning when talking with him.”

The two of them talked one after another. Qi Lei waited until they had said enough before she said, “I just feel that going on a blind date with him can’t be considered a waste of time, at least he’s very pleasing to the eye.”

“……You’re just dazzled by beauty!”

“Yeah, the purpose of your blind date is to get married. Don’t invest time and emotion only to end up with everything not working out!”

“We’ll have to wait and see.” Qi Lei ate a piece of the small cake on the table. “No one can guarantee that a blind date will be 100% successful. I have a good impression of him, but if it didn’t really work out in the end, it doesn’t seem to be a loss either.”

“……”

Was this the way of face dogs^[1]someone who treats good-looking people especially well, sometimes to the extent of ignoring their weaknesses?!

———pr

On Youxian Mountain, Li Linlin was still recording the variety show. Last time, her group was the first to select the ingredients. And right now, they were asked to study the menu and make the finished product, and then attract investment.

The so-called investors were some professional audience invited by the program team. They would choose the food they want to try most and invest in it. The team with the most investment would receive real funds from the program group for their restaurant’s subsequent operation.

In order to attract the audience to invest in themselves, the guests from both sides tried their best, even to the point of rolling around the ground. Li Linlin came there to be a salted fish, so she naturally didn’t work as hard as them. She found a place to sit down by herself and silently ate the finished product made by her team.

Then an unexpected scene happened. The audience all lined up to her side saying that they wanted to try what she was eating.

The hosts hurried over to interview an audience, who said, “I don’t know why but watching Little Sister Linlin eat so well, it makes me want to try the food as well.”

Li Linlin: “……”

Why are you all acting unconventional?

Because of Li Linlin’s ‘live mukbang’ the White Team had an absolute advantage in attracting the audience and received an overwhelming ‘investment votes’. This time the victory belonged to the White Team again!

“Today is still Linlin’s moment! Congratulations to Linlin for making the white team win again!”

“That’s right! It sure is enjoyable to watch Linlin eat, even I want to try the food too!”

Li Linlin: “……”

What exactly does one have to do to be a salted fish in the truest sense of the word? Could it be that she wasn’t sincere enough?

By the time she finished recording the show, it was another day when the sun was setting in the west. The two assistants accompanied her down the mountain and drove her back to Yinwan—— But before returning, Li Linlin had dinner outside on her own first.

When she arrived to the residence, Chen Xi and Wu Hui were already both there. Wu Hui was on the phone with her mother in her room, while Chen Xi was sitting on the sofa playing games, looking a little distracted.

Li Linlin poured herself a glass of water and glanced at Chen Xi on the sofa. “What happened, Xixi? Did you meet stupid teammates and lose five games in a row?”

As soon as Li Linlin called her name, Chen Xi was startled, as if she had done something wrong. Li Linlin also noticed something was up and walked over to sit next to Chen Xi. “What’s wrong with you? Did someone confessed to you or something?”

“No way!” Chen Xi loudly denied, then her momentum weakened again. “I just…… met stupid teammates.”

Li Linlin: “……”

“Why are you and Wu Hui so weird lately?” Li Linlin muttered. She stood up and went back to her room. Chen Xi looked at her retreating back and hesitated for a long time. However, in the end, she still didn’t stop her.

Today Chen Xi heard from her mother that Brother Yiran went on a blind date! She had never thought that Chen Yiran would go on a blind date even though he was almost thirty years old.

His family had urged him to find a partner before, but in Chen Xi’s mind, Chen Yiran was the kind of person who would not be manipulated by his parents. If he wanted to get married, it would be because he wanted to do so, not because his elders were urging him.

But Brother Yiran actually agreed to go on a blind date! The person was even introduced by his biological father, whom he wasn’t that fond of!

Chen Xi thought about it for a whole day but couldn’t figure out why he did so. Her mother even showed her the photo of the other person. She’s quite beautiful, but…… Brother Yiran didn’t seem to be such a superficial person!

She sent Chen Yiran a roundabout message, asking him how the blind date went. Chen Yiran didn’t answer her directly and told her to stay out of adults’ affairs.

Chen Xi inwardly laughed at that time. As if she wanted to pry into his business. She’s doing it for Linlin!

Should she tell Linlin about this?

Chen Xi’s mind was twisted into a knot.

Because of this matter, Chen Xi lost sleep that night. Early the next morning, she ran to Wu Hui’s room, told her about Chen Yiran’s blind date, and then asked her if she wanted to tell Li Linlin.

Wu Hui: “……”

Why would she want to tell Linlin?

The two girls discussed for a long time and decided that they had to find a chance to tell Li Linlin the matter. Just as they were choosing an auspicious day, Chen Yiran met up with Qi Lei again.

This time it was Qi Lei who took the initiative to ask Chen Yiran out, saying that she wanted to invite him to see a painting exhibit. Chen Yiran originally wanted to refuse, but then as if he had thought of something, he finally agreed. Assistant Wu was surprised when he learned that he would continue to meet his blind date.

According to President Chen’s character, he wouldn’t take a second look at an investment that had no value. The fact that he would meet his blind date again showed that he believed there’s a possibility of further development.

Was he about to have a lady boss?

The painting exhibit was in Starlight Park and was held by a niche painter from Northern Europe. Qi Lei had been following this painter and knew a lot about him, but what surprised her was that Chen Yiran also knew about the painter.

“You like his works too?” Qi Lei asked in surprise.

Chen Yiran said truthfully, “I looked up his information before coming here. Since I’m coming to his exhibition, of course I want to know about the painter and his works on display.”

This was Chen Yiran’s usual style of doing things. He was doing this in full accordance with his work habits.

Qi Lei also heard a bit of this meaning, although Chen Yiran probably didn’t do it intentionally. She blinked lightly and said nothing. She enjoyed the painting exhibit with Chen Yiran.

Regardless of whether Chen Yiran did a last minute cramming before coming, Qi Lei still appreciated some of his comments on the paintings.

In the corridor outside the venue, there were several vending machines placed side by side and there’s a claw machine adjacent to them. When Chen Yiran saw it, his eyes moved and he said to Qi Lei next to him, “Excuse me for a second.”

Qi Lei followed him curiously, thinking that he wanted to buy water. However, she didn’t expect him to walk up to the claw machine. Before this moment, she never thought that Chen Yiran would do so since he looked so incompatible with the game machine.

Chen Yiran surprised her even more. Not only did he know how to play, he was also very good at it. When Qi Lei saw that he easily caught a pink rabbit toy, she exclaimed, “You’re actually so good?”

Chen Yiran’s lips slightly curled up and handed the rabbit toy to her. “Can you hold this for me please?”

Qi Lei took it from him and the corners of her lips lifted up a bit as she squeezed the stuff toy in her hand.

It’s quite cute, cuter than the ones that were bought.

Soon, Chen Yiran got another rabbit of another color and handed it to Qi Lei. She held two stuff toys in her hands and was in a good mood as she watched Chen Yiran clip the little black cat on the side.

Its position was rather tricky and Chen Yiran’s movements were much slower than before, however, he still didn’t miss and managed to nab it.

“You’re really good.” Qi Lei couldn’t help but exclaim again.

Chen Yiran picked up the little black cat, and then took back the two little rabbits in Qi Lei’s hands. “Thank you.”

Qi Lei: “……?”

So he’s really just asking her to hold them for him?