Chapter 42: Go on a blind date

  The next evening, Cheng Zhiyi really went on a blind date! Yes, for her, finding an ordinary man to marry and live with was a Cinderella fantasy of turning into a princess, the best way to forget Xu Shao Yan.

  This is simply a fairy tale!

  Mo Wei heard that Cheng Zhiyi was really going to go on a blind date and was shocked. However, seeing Cheng Zhiyi carefully putting on exquisite makeup and standing in front of the mirror trying on clothes tirelessly, Mo Wei truly believed it - this girl must have been stimulated by something!

  Was it because Lin Zihao had a car accident, and Cheng Ziyuan was so grief-stricken that she wanted to die, so she would think of going on a blind date? No, maybe kind-hearted Ziyuan would worry about Lin Zihao, but not to the point of losing her mind. Besides, Lin Zihao has already woken up from his coma and is now fine.

  "Where are you going to meet?" Mo Wei sat on the edge of the bed, swinging her two long legs, looking at Cheng Zhiyi's tense and busy appearance, and asked curiously.

  "Ah...... Peninsula Time Bookstore." Cheng Zhiyi stood in front of the mirror, practicing her smile - no, it was too stiff, she needed to be more natural... more natural...

  "Wow, can you please not laugh like that? I'm getting goosebumps all over my body..." Mo Wei frowned and shook her head, "Please be more natural, why are you being so serious?"

  "Ah!" Jing Yee unknowingly tensed up, her face gloomy as she said, "What's going on? This blind date... is actually more nerve-wracking than my civil service exam back then! What to do?"

  "What's wrong? This is called reaping what you sow, jumping into the net yourself, and doing evil that can't be tolerated! Haha……" Mo Wei said with a tone of gloating, then, without forgetting to offer "good advice" to Cheng Ziyue, she raised an eyebrow and winked, saying "Or else, why don't you just not go?"

  "How can you not go!" As she spoke, Mrs. Cheng quickly pushed open the door and entered, swiftly grabbing Qidi's bag and pushing her outwards while urging her on, "Hurry up! I've already promised them you'd be there, if you don't show up I'll lose face... Ah, stop admiring yourself in the mirror, you're beautiful enough already..."

  Seeing Mrs. Cheng's appearance, it seems that she is afraid that Cheng Zhiyi will be taught by Mo Wei to escape at the last minute, so it's better to hurry up and "send" her daughter out of the door! Seeing Mrs. Cheng's cautious look, Mo Wei couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

  With a "bang", Mrs. Cheng didn't forget to lock the iron gate of the courtyard, and then stood at the entrance, waving goodbye to Cheng Zhiyi: "Go, go, hurry up! I'll prepare a midnight snack for you when you come back... Be gentle and quiet, even if you're not satisfied with the other person, don't show it, got it?"

  "Got it!"

  "Really don't need me to go with you?" Cheng's mom still couldn't put her mind at ease, and couldn't help but ask again.

  "It's not like we're getting engaged or anything! Why do parents have to come along from the start?! It's just a casual meeting, who knows if we'll even get along..."

  "Alright... you'd better hurry up and go, time is almost up..."

  See you at 8:30, Half Island Time Bookstore.

  Since she arrived a bit early, Cheng Zhiyi sat down in the lakeside window seat and casually flipped through the magazine in her hand. The location was chosen by her, and the reason for choosing the bookstore was that it was easier to see a person's upbringing in such an elegant and quiet place.

  Here, you can easily and comfortably 'chat', get close to observe a person, and more easily 'get' clear his character and preferences. For example, does he like reading books? Is he a gentle and polite person who understands etiquette? Does he know how to respect others (such as service staff)? Can he calm down and focus?

  "Hello! Excuse me, may I sit down?" A gentle and pleasant voice came from above.

  Perhaps it was that "person" who had arrived? Cheng Zhiyi's heart rate quickened unknowingly, and her emotions, which had just calmed down, became tense again. However, she still tried to conceal the tension in her heart, lifted her head, smiled gently, and asked softly: "Excuse me, are you... Zheng Xiwen?"

  All I saw was a clean and handsome man standing in front of me, or rather, a clean and handsome "boy". This man didn't look like what the introducer said at all! He's only one year older than Cheng Zhiyi! Because he has a baby face, he looks more like Cheng Zhiyi's younger brother!

  He is about 1.7 or 1.8 meters tall, with fair skin, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, under which are a pair of beautiful big eyes, wearing a white T-shirt with a collar and a light blue jeans, on his feet are a pair of white sneakers, looking elegant and refined, just like a sunny and cheerful boy next door.

  He smiled at Cheng Zhiyi, and when he smiled, his cheeks actually showed two shallow dimples! Oh my god, if she really was with a man so much younger than her, wouldn't that make Cheng Zhiyi look too old?! ——Hmm, she'd just "jealously" deduct 10 points from him then!

  Eason Chan sat down opposite Cheng Qiyuan with a big smile and said: "Cheng Qiyuan, long time no see!"

  "You... do you know me?" Cheng Zhiyi was shocked and widened her eyes, carefully sizing up Zheng Xiwen - no matter how hard she tried to recall, she couldn't remember where she had seen the man in front of her who was as gentle as 'jade'.

  "Haven't we... met before?" Cheng Zhiyan asked with a slight frown, both curious and suspicious.

  "We attended the same high school, I'm one year your junior." Zheng Xiwen tried his best to conceal his inner 'excitement', speaking lightly, "And you, were the campus belle who captivated the whole school - how could I not know you?"

  He wouldn't say that he had secretly liked Cheng Ziyue since high school; He wouldn't say that all these years, he had been quietly paying attention to her, sincerely hoping she could be happy; He wouldn't say how heartbroken he was when he learned about Lin Zhixiao's betrayal of her; He wouldn't say how he tried every means to ask others to introduce him to her...

  "What school 'flower'... it's been so many years..." Cheng Ziyuan's face slightly reddened, but her heart was filled with nostalgia - wasn't that something from ten years ago? At that time, she was just an ignorant girl who didn't know what love was, and together with Mo Wei, they spent their youth on the Phoenix Road of the school campus, crazily liking Song Chengxian and Jay Chou, and vowed to be an independent woman, never getting married for her whole life.

  In a daze, she was pushed forward by the years, and now she is a woman in her thirties. Having been betrayed by love, deceived by time, trampled on by power, she no longer dares to give away her heart easily, no longer believes in love!