These are really well-reasoned, and the underlying message is that you shouldn't get in your own way.

Mr. Jiang Er was about to be amused by his anger: "You don't have to worry about this, I will handle this marriage agreement, and I will definitely not do anything as insane as forcing the younger generation to marry a vegetable for the sake of reputation."

Bo Jingzhou: "..."

Having received assurances from Old Master Jiang, he knew that even if Wanwan was truly his daughter, she wouldn't be forced to marry the vegetable by virtue of past favors. However, he wasn't happy: "Going back on one's word is not honorable and easy to criticize."

“Thank you, Mr. Bao, for your concern. But I have lived for so many years and have experienced all sorts of things, big and small. I will not be threatened by anyone,” said Second Master Jiang with righteous indignation and a firm attitude. “We, the Jiang family, acknowledge the kindness of her son, but to expect us to marry our well-behaved daughter to him just because of this is impossible. The old man only made the engagement promise after hearing from the doctor that his son would wake up.”

"I'd rather bear this name than do such a despicable thing."

Bao Jingzhou looked at Jiang Er Ye's righteous appearance and was so angry that his chest ached.

You are noble and great.

Finally know why the Ginger family has been hanging around City A for so many years, it's because of their inability to turn corners. They couldn't make it in Kyoto at all.

"Mr. Bo is leaving? I'll have Lu Feng see you off."

Bo Jingzhou's face was cold: "No need, I'll walk myself."

Master Ginger would rather bear the scolding than agree to that marriage, so it wouldn't matter much if Shen Wanci didn't get married. Based on Master Ginger's impression of him, he and that vegetable were probably at the same level. It's best not to expose his true identity.

Bo Jingzhou stood up to leave, and Old Master Jiang carefully packed the chess set and handed it to him. "This gift is too valuable, I can't accept it. General Bo just coming here shows your kindness. It's late tonight, let me treat you to a meal another day, and we can have a proper game then."

The latter half of the sentence is purely polite.

What's given out can't be taken back. "Just consider it a birthday gift for you."

"It's been half a year since my birthday, and there are still six months until the next one."

"...."

Hearing the loud bang of the door, Old Master Jiang felt a surge of happiness. The irritability he had been feeling from being constantly pestered by the red-clothed maiden dissipated considerably.

After leaving Tianyu Jiangjing, Bo Jingzhou went straight to the company. He said he would be back later, and he wasn't lying to Shen Wanci. He really had something to deal with until very late.

……

The next day.

Shen Wanci received a call from Qin Yuezhi when she was about to leave work, "Baby, accompany me to meet a potential match, okay? The great-grandmother of the Emperor ordered it, and if I don't go, they'll kill me and offer me as a sacrifice to Heaven. They say he's another 'sea turtle,' just hearing these two words makes me feel allergic."

"Are you still taking pictures?" Today was the first day of the appraisal meeting, and there were many folk art collectors who came. Her voice was hoarse.

"Nah, I don't want to get married. My mom insists on it though, so we might as well meet in the middle," Qin Yuezhi said listlessly, "Did you drive here?"

"It's open."

"Okay then, I'll send you the location. Just in case it's another weirdo, you have to hold me back, okay? Don't let me turn from a cute fairy into a Barbie doll right there on the spot."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Wanci sent a message to Bo Jingzhou, saying that she was going on a blind date with Yue Zhi and asked him not to wait for her dinner.

Bo Jingzhou is probably busy and hasn't replied.

The restaurant was the other party's choice, a high-end Western restaurant with an elegant atmosphere.

Qin Yuezhi saw this and immediately frowned, her lips pursed in displeasure: "I like eating Chinese food. This person didn't even ask for my opinion when booking the restaurant. One hundred points deducted."

"???" Shen Wanci was shocked, "What's the full score?"

"A hundred?" Qin Yuezhi said casually.

"You deducted it all at once, weren't you a little harsh?"

"He and I are two strangers, and completely independent individuals. Before booking a restaurant, he never even asks me, just makes the decision on his own. A man who acts so self-centered even over something as small as dinner, can you expect him to be more respectful in other things? The reason I didn't give him a low score is that I think he might have simply studied too much and neglected his emotional intelligence."

The other party has already sent over the booth number. Qin Yuezhi went straight to find the seat along the window row according to the seat number.

Wearing a suit, frameless glasses, lean figure, gentle temperament, his whole body is full of scholarly aura.

Judging from its appearance, it shouldn't be too out of the ordinary.

Seeing them, the men quickly stood up, their eyes darting between Qin Yuezhi and Shen Wanci's faces: "Excuse me, which one of you is...Miss Qin?"

Qin Yuezhi extended her hand generously: "Qin Yuezhi, your blind date today is my friend, Shen Wanci."

The man held her hand and introduced himself: "I heard that Ms. Qin is in the business of carving and collecting jade? I happen to like this kind of thing too. I took a class related to it in college. I wonder if there's a chance to visit Ms. Qin's shop sometime, as I'm looking for a good hand-held piece."

The awkward and uncomfortable feeling that often comes with blind dates just vanished when we started talking about our shared interests.

The opening was decent at least, there wasn't any awkward conversation about inheriting a throne like some families have. Shen Wanci watched the two people talking animatedly and was just about to find an excuse to leave when she saw a woman rushing towards them in a hurry.

Shen Wanci cautiously pulled Qin Yue up, ever since she was splashed with sulfuric acid last time, she had developed a psychological shadow, and any slight disturbance would make her jumpy. What's more, that woman looked like someone who meant business.

All along the way, my gaze has been fixed on Qin Yuezhi.

To be trapped in here is no different than being caught in a turtle shell.

The woman shouted at the sea turtle man, her voice hoarse and choked with tears: "I'm pregnant with your child, I'm bleeding, and you abandoned me to go on a date with that slut? How can you do this to me? How can you betray my hard work, my early mornings and late nights working tirelessly to send you abroad for your studies?"

Qin Yuezhi : "..." Damn.

Shen Wanci:：“……” Watching the drama has its risks, better retreat quickly.

She had just dragged Qin Yuezhi a couple of steps, when the woman's eyes, like radar sweeping across an enemy, locked onto them. "It's all you two, at such a young age you don't learn your manners, always trying to seduce other men."

She picked up the lemonade on the table and splashed it directly at the two of them.

Shen Wanci hurriedly pushed Qin Yuezhi to the side.

The lemonade didn't splash on them, but it splashed on the person behind them. The two of them caught a glimpse of each other out of the corner of their eyes, noticing the black suit of the drenched person. Raindrops were dripping from his chest and onto the ground at his feet.

As they got up, no one was behind them. This person didn't know when he came, and just happened to catch this splash. What bad luck!

Qin Yuezhi's gaze followed the imposing suit upwards, wanting to see what the big softie looked like.

From the neck to the jaw, and down to the bridge of the nose...

The more I look, the more familiar it seems.

Whoa, isn't this Huo Tingdong?

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