The Secret of Second Marriage

My mom said, "Man, I'm going to introduce you to this blind date. The young man is quite capable. His mom is a friend of mine, and I heard he's a policeman."

He is 1.8 meters tall, a handsome guy, and used to be a soldier. Later, he was assigned to the police station, where he earns more than 7000 yuan a month.

His family is in business, specifically the jade business; they are a family with a long history in the jade industry.

His parents own numerous shops and several villas across the country. Now that they are retired, all they want is to have a grandson.

The young man went undercover a few years ago on some kind of mission, catching smugglers at the border. He stayed there for several years and was only recently transferred back to Beijing. Mom really hopes you can talk to him.

"Mom, I understand."

I say.

But I'm not sure. I'm divorced and have a daughter. People might not choose me.

But I still followed the advice of my elders and arranged to meet the man at a Western restaurant around 8 p.m.

The hazy moonlight in the city night sky.

At a high-end Western restaurant in downtown Beijing, a beautiful waitress in uniform politely led me to my reserved private room as soon as I entered.

I sat down by myself, ordered a lemonade, glanced at the time, and waited until 8:30, but the other person still hadn't shown up. I really hate being stood up, especially on a first date; it feels disrespectful.

I packed my luggage, tidied my hair, and prepared to leave.

But at that moment, Lu Xiao appeared.

He was wearing a white shirt, a black down jacket, and black uniform trousers and black leather shoes, probably in a hurry to leave work.

He had clean and sharp features, distinct angles, and a high nose bridge, but he was a bit tanned. When I first saw him, I thought he was quite handsome, upright and dashing.

When Lu Xiao saw me, a shy expression appeared on her mature face. She sat down and said apologetically, "Sorry, I was working overtime at the office today and I'm a little late. Ms. Jiang, are you hungry? I'll ask the waiter to bring the food quickly."

"Hmm, I'm a little hungry."

I nodded.

Lu Xiao called the waiter to serve the dishes.

He ordered all the dishes I like, probably because he heard from my mom that I love spicy food.

At the dinner table, the two of us ate without saying a word.

It's funny, we're both over 30, adults, and our first blind date was with a young girl. We were both shy and bashful, and the atmosphere became awkward and sweet.

I feel like I'm back in college, dating again.

We had almost finished eating when he very gentlemanly served me food and poured me drinks. I could tell he was glancing at me furtively; it seemed like he was interested in me.

After dinner, he racked his brains for a topic of conversation, then stammered, "Could I invite you to a movie?"

"Okay, okay."

I think this boy is quite cute.

After we finished eating, we went to a nearby shopping mall and movie theater.

Lu Xiao selected several movies on the mobile app and asked me which one I wanted to watch.

I thought about it and watched a comedy film, "Goodbye Mr. Loser," starring Ma Li and Shen Teng.

He said, "And I quite like this movie too."

We went to see a movie. In the dark movie theater, the only sounds were the movie playing on the screen and the whispers, popcorn eating, and milk tea drinking of the surrounding audience.

Lu Xiao is straight and doesn't usually watch movies. I guess he's very busy at work and works overtime. He watched a movie with me in the evening, and before he knew it, he had fallen asleep with his head on my shoulder.

Out of kindness, I didn't wake him up.

I heard he was assigned to the major criminal cases unit, where he deals with things like solving cases, corpses, and forensic doctors every day, keeping him extremely busy.

It's not easy for him to find time to go on a date with me.

It was past 10 p.m. when we finished watching the movie.

When he woke up, he found himself asleep on my shoulder and quickly said, "Ms. Jiang, I'm so sorry. I've been working on a case for the past three nights in a row without much rest, relying on coffee to stay awake. I was just so tired just now..."

"fine"

I say.

I feel that I've always been quite generous and easygoing in my interactions with him, but he's always been quite shy and reserved.

We came out of the movie theater, and on the street late at night, I was still holding the popcorn he had bought for me, and the unfinished cup of milk tea.

The nights in November were already quite cold. Apart from the 24-hour convenience stores that were still lit up, the other businesses had already closed for the night.

I smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, the matchmaker should have told you about my situation. I am 33 years old, divorced, with a daughter, and this is my second marriage."

You come from a well-off family with a government job, so you probably wouldn't choose a divorced woman.

I know that we went on this blind date to save face for our elders.

When we got back, we told our elders that we didn't like each other and that we didn't click. That should have been enough to get by.

If there's nothing else, I'll head back now…

"Wait a minute, how did you hurt your hand?"

Lu Xiao suddenly noticed my left hand, which I was holding tightly, and grabbed it. There was a wound on my hand, a scrape from falling from a height while filming. The dark red scar was exposed on my white skin.

"I fell and injured myself while filming, but it's nothing serious."

I say.

I work very hard when filming, and I refuse to use a stunt double. I always end up hurting my hands and feet with bruises, but I'm used to it.

Lu Xiao said, "I'll find you a band-aid to bandage it."

As he spoke, he took my hand and led me to his car. He found the bandages and anti-inflammatory medicine in the passenger compartment.

He helped me apply the medicine and wrap it with bandages.

I could clearly feel his hands trembling as he bandaged my wound, like lightning flashing, as if he was very nervous.

We started by talking about the wound on my hand, then moved on to my career, my family, and my daughter… In the quiet night, he listened to me so patiently, as if we were the only two people in the world.

This feeling is very strange to me.

I usually don't get into a strange man's car alone at night, but because he was a policeman, and his eyes were clear, without the complexity and greasiness of those adults.

This temperament might be a result of his work within the system.

Lu Xiao was driving his black SUV, I think it was a Land Rover, and this car must have cost around 500,000 to 600,000 yuan.

When he drove me home, he gave me a box of candy and said, "This is shortbread; it won't make you fat. Miss Jiang, you can try some when you're bored."

"Yes, thank you for taking me home."

I accepted the box of candy, waved goodbye, and stood at the door watching him drive away. In truth, I didn't have much hope for today's blind date.

I got home, took a shower, and changed into my pajamas. My mom knocked on the door and came in to ask, "Man, how did your blind date go? Did you like the guy?"

"Mom, he's a policeman, quite handsome, and seems to work very hard. He's an upright and exemplary young man. I think he shouldn't lack for a girlfriend. Being handsome within the system, there should be many people eager to introduce him to potential partners."

So, Mom, never mind, I'm going to sleep now.

I say.

My mom kept asking me, "Man, do you like him or not? If you do, Mom will support you! Although his family started out in the jade business and is quite wealthy, our family is in the gold, diamond, and jewelry business and is also quite wealthy. Our two families are a good match."

Man, Mom sincerely hopes you can settle down and find a good, reliable man to live with. You and Lu Xiao are a good match, and after you get together, the businesses of both families will be handed over to you to manage.

"You'll be a proper young mistress of a wealthy family from now on, Man. This is the best path I could think of for your future. If that accident hadn't happened back then, your marriage partner wouldn't have been that scumbag Xue Fan, but a rich second-generation like Lu Xiao!"

"Mom, let's try getting to know each other first."

I just gave my mom a perfunctory answer.

That night, just before going to bed, Lu Xiao sent me a WeChat message saying that the blind date went quite well today. He said that he, a grown man, fell asleep leaning against me tonight and even drooled. He apologized.

He said he would ask me out for dinner next time, and also reminded me to change the dressing on my hand injury on time.

I replied with a "goodnight".

……

The next morning, the crew of the TV series "The Story of My Sister's Struggle" that we were filming was going to be featured on a TV show for promotion. My manager, Sister Qiong, arranged for my team to come over early in the morning to do my makeup, and then assigned me two assistants, two bodyguards, and a driver to go to the recording of the show.

I feel like I'm slowly getting used to the work schedule of female celebrities. Although I'm always traveling for work and staying in hotels, and filming in Hengdian is tough, I think it's all worth it.

But to my utter surprise, the production team arranged a surprise for me on the show, saying that a male guest, a very important person in my life, wanted to appear on the show and give me a bouquet of flowers.

When the host suddenly asked me about this part of the program, I was taken aback and wondered if the male guest was Shen Xing or President Jiang.

But to my surprise, the person who came out dressed in a suit and looked all respectable turned out to be my ex-husband, Xue Fan.

After he learned that I had become famous, he kept pestering me, but when we found it was no use, he posted a lot of photos and videos of us from when we were in college, and so on, and debuted as the husband of the big star Jiang Man.

Xue Fan appeared on the show, holding a bouquet of roses, and proposed to me, saying, "Wife, I have never forgotten you, and I still love you!"

You're a star now, living the high life. You can't abandon your original husband... I truly love you, I regret it, I was immature and made mistakes before.

But after going around in circles, I've realized that you're still the woman I love most, and I want to remarry you!

After he finished speaking, he knelt down and begged me to remarry him.

And it was broadcast directly as a TV program that made me realize how shameless the TV station was. For the sake of so-called ratings, they invited my ex-husband onto the stage without even a word and proposed to him in public.

I said it directly: "I will never forgive a man who has cheated on me! Get out!"

Sister, you're so cool!

The audience erupted in cheers.