The car was silent. After the door closed, the only sound was Wen Ya rustling as she fastened her seatbelt.
During this time, she secretly glanced at the rearview mirror. The man lowered his eyes indifferently, a trace of fatigue between his brows.
It seemed he had flown for quite a long time to get here.
Wen Ya suddenly understood his mood. Sitting on a long flight while dealing with jet lag, then arriving at the airport only to wait for the person picking him up for a full hour, and the person who finally showed up was not very capable either…
“Grrr…”
The sound came without warning. Wen Ya’s face flushed red. Her fingers gripped the steering wheel so tightly they almost crushed it. She wished she could dig a hole and crawl into it.
Today was truly terrible luck.
Taking in her embarrassment, Lin Xuehe shifted his gaze away.
“I’m hungry. Find a place to eat.”
If Wen Ya had not clearly felt that the sound had come from her own stomach, she would have thought it was this man speaking naturally to continue the moment. Unexpectedly, he was rather considerate.
She said gratefully, “Alright. Do you have any dietary restrictions?”
Lin Xuehe thought for a moment. “I don’t eat scallions, ginger, or garlic. I don’t eat spicy food. I don’t eat seafood. I don’t eat organs. I don’t eat chicken, duck, fish, or pork. I don’t eat vegetables. I’ll add more if I remember.”
“……” Wen Ya nodded. Wonderful, he had perfectly avoided most edible things.
“Sorry, let me ask it another way. Since you just returned to the country, is there anything in particular you want to eat?”
“Congee.”
“…You don’t seem to have much appetite.”
“I did originally.”
Wen Ya silently slapped herself in her mind. That is what you get for talking too much.
After arriving at the congee restaurant, Wen Ya was much smarter. She did not foolishly ask him to line up together with her. During the short time it took for him to finish a bowl of congee, nothing went wrong. After he finished eating, she safely drove him to the company.
By the time she arrived, the big boss had already returned. Seeing his cousin appear, he was clearly very happy and threw a punch toward him.
Wen Ya only saw Lin Xuehe’s brows crease slightly. The boss immediately withdrew his fist awkwardly, and the punch did not even brush past him.
Impressive. He did not even give his cousin face.
Wen Ya became even more cautious in serving them. When the boss completely took over the conversation and waved his hand to dismiss her, she was almost moved to tears of joy and nearly shouted “Yes, Your Majesty.”
After returning to the office, she had not even had time to collapse for a while before a colleague, dazzled by Lin Xuehe’s good looks, came over.
“Oh my god, Wen Ya, why are you so lucky! An unbelievably handsome guy!!!”
Wen Ya rolled her eyes.
Oh my god, she would gladly hand this kind of luck over to the brave warrior in front of her.
“Hey, is he still single? Do I have a chance?”
The phone at the corner of the desk rang. Wen Ya grabbed the receiver and smiled at her colleague with narrowed eyes. “Anyway, you definitely have no chance. Go home and take care of your kids.”
Her colleague glared and was about to hit her. Wen Ya did not dodge at all and had already answered the phone seriously.
“Hello, Boda Technology… Hello, President Wang. Yes, please go ahead.”
“You little brat.” The colleague could only tap her forehead and give up.
It was just a small episode that would pass quickly.
That was what Wen Ya thought.
Friday night.
Wen Ya worked an extra hour of overtime. She finally endured the darkness before dawn and made it home alive.
She talked a lot during the day, so at night she did not feel like speaking much. After silently finishing dinner, she returned to her room to rest.
Mother Wen looked worried. “Look at her. Just because we asked her to go on a blind date tomorrow, she is already so gloomy. If she is still like this tomorrow, how can the first impression be good?”
“You are overthinking it. She must just be tired.”
“Just keep spoiling her. Her temper now is all because you spoiled her!”
Mother Wen glared at Father Wen, still feeling that she needed to talk to Wen Ya again. “Clean up and wash the dishes. I’ll go check on her.”
Once she had an idea, Father Wen could not stop her. He could only say, “She’s not a child anymore.”
“I know what I’m doing. Hurry up and wash the dishes.”
With that, Mother Wen rushed energetically into Wen Ya’s room.
“……” Father Wen sighed heavily. At least knock on the door, woman.
Wen Ya had just turned on her computer, planning to play a round of Fight the Landlord, when she saw her mother wandering around her room for a while. After searching through a storage box, she pulled out a curling iron and headed straight toward her.
Wen Ya immediately slid her chair aside in alarm. The wheels under the chair rolled far away in perfect cooperation. “What are you doing? What are you doing?”
Mother Wen said excitedly, “I’m going to tidy up your hair.”
Last July, Wen Ya had gone to curl her hair. About ten centimeters at the ends were curled. At first she carefully maintained it, but now it had almost been a year and she had long stopped caring. Her hair had grown out anyway, so the curled ends sticking out did not matter.
So Wen Ya refused firmly. “No need. It’s fine like this. Anyway, I’ll cut a section off after some time.”
“But that’s still later. Come here, let me fix it up for you.”
Wen Ya was unwilling. Mother Wen put on a stern face. “It’s not going to interfere with anything you’re doing. Just do whatever you were doing.”
“Fine, fine.”
She obediently moved back. After all, she could not win against the head of the household.
Wen Ya lost all her game coins, and Mother Wen had more or less finished fixing her hair. Satisfied, she turned Wen Ya’s head from side to side. “Once my daughter is properly tidied up, she really is the prettiest girl in the whole neighborhood.”
That made Wen Ya laugh. “Am I not the prettiest girl in the whole world?”
Mother Wen pinched her cheek. “Shameless girl.”
“Alright, when you sleep tonight be careful. Don’t just press your hair down and sleep on it.”
Wen Ya replied casually, “Alright, alright.”
She thought the night would end there, but as soon as Mother Wen turned around she opened Wen Ya’s wardrobe. After taking a glance, she exclaimed, “Oh my! How come there isn’t a single bright outfit in this whole closet of yours?”
If Wen Ya still could not figure out why her mother had come tonight, she might as well not have a brain. She threw down the mouse and picked up the unopened delivery package beside her.
“Alright, alright. Isn’t this all for tomorrow’s blind date? I already bought a new outfit. I take it seriously too.”
Mother Wen looked at the delivery bag and exclaimed again, “You bought clothes from Taobao without even trying them on and you still say you take it seriously?”
Wen Ya protested, “This dress is very expensive, it cost five hundred yuan!”
Mother Wen immediately quieted down and muttered, “The price is indeed quite impressive.”
The two of them opened the package together. Inside was a light pink chiffon dress, with gently flowing sleeves and hem, giving off an airy, fairy like charm.
Mother Wen nodded in satisfaction. “Not bad. Looks like something a young girl would wear.”
“In that case…”
Wen Ya grinned and spread her palm toward the door. “Please go and rest with peace of mind.”
They had agreed to meet at ten the next morning. Wen Ya got up at nine and spent twenty minutes putting on makeup in front of the mirror. Once she made sure her face matched the price of the dress, she slung on a small bag and floated out the door like a fairy.
Today she was a lady just like her name.
Heh heh.
The meeting place was a café on the west side of Chengxiang Plaza, only about twenty minutes by car from the Wen family home. Wen Ya arrived five minutes early.
The man must already be here…
Thinking this, she glanced around the softly lit café interior. According to her father, the man was quite handsome, tall, and fair skinned, so he should be easy to recognize…
When she saw a man sitting alone by the window, her breathing suddenly stopped.
What the hell, it can’t be!
Lin Xuehe?!
Since the two families had arranged the meeting themselves, her father had felt embarrassed asking for the other party’s photo and only sent over her own. Wen Ya did not know what her blind date looked like, but now that she saw him, Mr. Not to Be Provoked matched perfectly.
Overseas returnee, fair, tall, handsome, rich!
While her mind was filled with exclamation marks, Lin Xuehe, who had noticed her burning stare, also saw her.
He watched as she frowned in confusion, grabbing her bag strap one moment and taking out her phone as if about to make a call the next. Finally she sat down in front of him with an indescribable expression.
Wen Ya nodded respectfully at him. “Hello, Mr. Lin.”
Lin Xuehe glanced at her. “And then?”
And then? What then? Wen Ya was completely confused. Did blind dates have to be this cold too?
“Ah, sorry. I am Wen Ya.”
Lin Xuehe’s eyebrow twitched uncontrollably. “What nonsense are you talking about?”
Wen Ya felt like she was going crazy. Why did she have such a terrifying and unapproachable blind date? What a waste of several hundred yuan!
“Well, here is the situation.” She carefully adopted the tone she used when speaking to a superior. “With your qualifications, it is truly unfair that my father asked you to come out and meet someone like me. How about this, I will treat you to this coffee. After you go back, you can just tell your parents honestly that we are not compatible. I definitely will not pester you.”
Lin Xuehe fell silent, and his silence made Wen Ya’s heart pound even harder.
Had she not sounded sincere enough? Not heartfelt enough?
“Are you Miss Wen?”
A male voice with a noticeable rolled accent sounded. Wen Ya turned her head abruptly and saw a fairly handsome face. The man was wearing a pink shirt with the top button open, revealing a tattoo along his collarbone. His hair was golden blond.
Oh ho ho ho.
“Y, yes.”
Wen Ya stiffly turned back.
Lin Xuehe looked at her, the corner of his mouth lifting.
“Miss Wen?”