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Chapter 25 Su Ruoyun Goes on a Blind Date
Su Mingyan closed his eyes slightly, his face turning grim. His gaze kept scanning the sentence in the center of the screen, as if he was unsure what he had just seen.

Undeterred, he pointed to the message and added it again, this time making sure to include his own name in the greeting.

[I am Su Mingyan.]
Half a second later, the same message popped up on the phone screen again—the other party refused to add her as a friend.

Su Ruoyun caught a glimpse of Su Mingyan's unpleasant expression out of the corner of her eye, and subconsciously tilted her head to look at his phone. "What's wrong?"

Su Mingyan cleared his throat and said calmly, "It's nothing." Then, before Su Ruoyun could see the screen, he calmly turned off the phone and put it back in his pocket, the whole process flowing smoothly.

This is such an embarrassing thing, no one else can know about it.

Twenty minutes later, the Maybach stopped in front of the yard, and Peng Ran got out of the car to open the door for the two of them.

Su Ruoyun stuffed the crossbody bag into Su Mingyan's arms, picked up 'Panda' herself, and walked away first.

Su Mingyan trailed two steps behind Su Ruoyun. Seeing her walk away, he slowed his pace and took his phone out of his pocket again, the screen still displaying the original image.

He stared at the other person's profile picture and WeChat name for a few moments, his brows furrowed slightly, and his expression seemed to be troubled by something major.

……

At the dinner table, as always, the topic of finding a partner came up.

Grandma Su personally ladled a bowl of yam and pork rib soup for her grandson. As she placed the white porcelain bowl beside Su Mingyan, she asked, "How did that chat go last time?"

Su Mingyan was a seasoned liar; he could lie without batting an eye. He calmly looked back at Old Madam Su and uttered two words: "So-so."

Upon hearing this answer, Madam Su sighed.

Just when Su Mingyan and Su Ruoyun both thought that the old lady had already noticed, she said, "We don't need to be so concerned about saving face in front of your own grandmother."

???

Su Mingyan and Su Ruoyun exchanged a glance, their eyes meeting briefly in mid-air before they turned back to look at the old lady sitting opposite them in perfect unison.

"They've already said they don't click with you, so there's no need to keep insisting that it's just okay. If this one doesn't work out, let's look at the next one."

Su Ruoyun, biting her spoon, blurted out, "What do you mean by 'not liking each other'?"

"It's just that the Jiang family girl didn't take a liking to your brother. She said she didn't feel good about him during their conversation." The old lady's tone was full of disappointment. "Maybe... your brother was a block of wood in his past life."

Su Ruoyun knew everything that had just happened. The two hadn't added each other on WeChat, so how could they have been chatting? Was it based on brainwaves or stream of consciousness?

Just as she was lost in thought, the person at the table suddenly spoke up, his tone casual, "I think she's quite nice, and I'd like to talk to her some more."

“But she has already asked an intermediary to refuse,” said Madam Su.

Sitting in the main seat, Old Su spoke up: "If he likes her, let him go. Let him lower himself and pursue the girl. Only by trying can he know the final result."

Since Old Master Su had already spoken, Old Madam Su naturally wouldn't object.

"Then you should have a proper conversation with them, instead of just talking about your reports and data all day long..."

Old Madam Su personally shared some 'secrets' on how to chat with girls, clearly thinking her grandson was a blockhead.

Su Ruojun watched with glee.

Su Mingyan caught a glimpse of her upturned lips and said softly, "Don't smile, you have it too."

"Huh?" Su Ruoyun put her chopsticks in the bowl, turned her head, and saw the kind and gentle smile of the old lady Su. She felt a chill run down her spine.

……

Su Ruoyun's resistance to this blind date extended from the meal to after the meal.

"Architect, I don't want to."

Wearing her reading glasses, Madam Su flipped through the old book in her hands and asked slowly, "Why?"

"He's always drawing blueprints and running around construction sites; he must be a complete idiot." Su Ruoyun made a loud chewing noise with the lychee in her mouth to express her dissatisfaction.

"That kid from the Chen family is known in the circle for being a chatty person." Su Mingyan watched the commotion from the side, flipping through a newspaper, occasionally chiming in with a lazy voice.

Madam Su nodded affirmatively, "He's not only easy to talk to, but he also has a good temper and is witty and humorous. Didn't you say you like this type of person?"

"You still remember what I said when I was three years old?"

"Alright, your plans are set for next Wednesday. I've also asked around, and apparently this Chen guy is twenty-seven or twenty-eight and has never had a girlfriend, let alone someone he's keeping on the side."

“I met him when he came to pay his respects at the beginning of the year. He is a very handsome man. It’s just a pity that you had a fever at the time and didn’t get to see him.”

Grandma Su made the final decision almost immediately, "It's settled then."

Su Ruoyun threw herself onto the sofa and let out a heavy sigh!

"Ugh, this is so annoying!"

Chen Zheyan was also extremely dissatisfied with this matchmaking arranged by his elders. He was only twenty-seven and a half years old, how could he have come to this point?

But the old lady gave a strict order: if you don't go, you don't need to come home anymore; you can just pack your bags and leave.

So he dragged a group of friends to a bar for drinks, and they drank directly from a bottle of whiskey. "My grandma didn't even ask for my opinion before arranging this for me. I'm still a child. How could she arrange blind dates for me? Am I just a seed to carry on the family line?"

The private room was quiet and secluded, with soft, layered dim lighting, unlike ordinary entertainment venues. The three or five friends sitting there were all from the same circle, and they all felt the same way about this kind of experience.

With a cigarette dangling from his lips, Qi Zhiwen spoke in a muffled voice, tinged with a teasing tone, "Aren't you supposed to be a tough guy? Why are you acting like a kid today?"

This remark drew a burst of laughter from the audience.

Huo Jingcheng held a glass of brandy in his large, well-defined hands. The amber-colored brandy was mixed with ice, and the glass was shimmering with liquid. He leaned back lazily in his leather chair, his long legs crossed. Upon hearing this, the corners of his mouth slowly curled up.

"Get out of here!" Chen Zheyan shouted, taking a big gulp of whiskey. He was furious.

Qi Zhiwen held the cigarette between his left fingers, casually flicked the ash to the side, a faint smile on his face, and said in a nonchalant tone, "Hey, what's there to be angry about?"

“I just can’t accept it, why is it so forced…” he complained.

"..."

During the conversation, someone asked the crucial question, "Who is the woman?"

Chen Zheyan stopped drinking, the liquid in the bottle swaying back and forth. He squinted, looked up at the lamp above at a 45-degree angle, the light flashing in his eyes. He closed his eyes and thought for a moment, "It seems to be, the daughter of the Su family."

"Su Mingyan's younger sister."

(End of this chapter)