135: Persuasion

When Wang Cheng returned home, Mama Wang and Papa Wang had not yet returned. Because the woman's words made him lose his appetite, he didn't eat much at Lvzhuang. He cooked a bowl of dumplings that were left in the refrigerator and finished wholeheartedly. He wanted to take the fragrant pig to go for a walk, only to find that it was moved out of the chicken shed to his grandparents’ house by his parents. When Mama Wang and Papa Wang came back, they saw that their second son had taken a shower and was all clean, now sitting in the living room watching TV. The two did not hurry to ask the results; one went to take a bath and the other took the fragrant pig to the chicken shed while it struggled.

An hour later, the couple sat in front of Wang Cheng. Mama Wang was actually anxious, throwing the clothes into the washing machine without handwashing it. After sitting down, she opened her mouth and asked him how his blind date went.

"Mom, don't arrange a blind date for me in the future. Your son’s condition is not so back that I have to go on a blind date and marry a wife, not to mention that marriage is a big deal. Even if you can't currently cope, do you really want me to just pick the one that fits your vision and get married?” Wang Cheng didn’t tell them the conditions proposed by the other party, so that Mama Wang would definitely say that this was not always the case, then add another one, maybe they would be more pleasing to the eye. He hoped to fundamentally cut off Mama Wang’s idea.

The couple knew that their son was dissatisfied with the blind date. Papa Wang agreed with his son's words, he didn't want his son to go on a blind date, so he joined the ranks of persuasion.

"Lanfang, I think it's not wrong to say this. Forget about it, let’s not worry about it right now."

Mama Wang frowned. "How was your talk with that girl?"

Wang Cheng knew that he couldn't convince Mama Wang with these words alone. This was just a warm-up for what was coming. So, he told the two of them the words that the woman said without fail, even embellishing it in order to make Mama Wang learn of the horrors of some blind dates.

The reason why men and women needed to go on a blind date was because they couldn’t find the right person, but they had to marry at their age, so they would choose a blind date. If the blind date is suitable, the two sides could progress. As for love, that was nothing; if there was no love to maintain the family, then naturally it was hoped that the material could make up for it. At least their family conditions should not be too bad, and their life after marriage would be guaranteed.

However, a lion such as Zhu Bi who made so much noise and was completely self-centered was definitely not a candidate for marriage. If such a woman married in the future, he was afraid that she would unscrupulously use her in-law’s money to supplement her blood family, not only once or twice. Never mind her.

Mama Wang apparently did not expect that the woman introduced by the matchmaker was ‘so good’. Because the matchmaker set them up, she thought it should not be too bad. She didn’t think the girl would be so ‘amazing’; even if freely loving men and women got married, they wouldn’t raise such overkill requirements.

"Mom, in fact, the biggest disadvantage of blind dates is that we don’t know each other at all. The matchmaker can say what they want, but we can’t figure out each other’s personality immediately after getting along briefly. This time I had good luck. What if I meet someone who will conceal their thoughts?" Wang Cheng struck while the iron was hot.

There were people who would certainly not immediately ask for a house for cash, and hide their inner thoughts. Their methods were clever and would make you happy. When you got your marriage certificate, unless you got a divorce, it would be full of arguments or concessions, don’t think about a peaceful life.

Mama Wang would never want her son to marry and divorce. In the countryside, a divorced man might not be able to marry another wife. She was opposed to Wang Cheng and Chu Yifeng being together, but no matter how much she wanted to break them up, she dared not delay herself the lives of a few children.

Mama Wang’s softening expression did not escape Wang Cheng's eye. He continued to persevere, and finally successfully persuaded Mama Wang to promise not to arrange him a blind date again.

What Wang Cheng didn't know was that Mama Wang went to check later, and after inquiring, found that there was much difference between the girl and what the matchmaker had said. The woman had dated many times, it was said that she had dated for two to three years, but her reputation in Chengping was not good. In fact, the woman did not look bad; she had a delicate, melon-seed face that also echoed the ideal person in the hearts of most men. It was said that she had no lack of suitors since childhood, but without exception, they were shocked and rejected her ways of thinking of after marriage. She had failed so many times, even the matchmaker was worried. However, after she received the other's red envelope, she could only try her best to introduce her to the other party and push them together. The matchmaker was anxious, but as long as there were resources, she tried her best to sell the woman, only mentioning the advantages of the woman. The man's parents or the man usually agreed to meet when they heard such good things.

[T/N: melon-seed face = kind of inverted triangle face aesthetic.]

This kind of behavior was somewhat irresponsible. Since she was entrusted with this, she should do her part to introduce them instead of telling the bad as the good. This made it clear that the man was pitted.

Mama Wang was also angry when she heard these things. The blind date really wasn't reliable, wasting money and their effort; Wang Cheng really escaped a disaster.

The next morning, due to an appointment with the owner of the shop, Wang Cheng went out. Mama Wang neither stopped him, nor said that she would go with him, but told him to go early and return early. Her attitude improved a lot. Wang Cheng deliberately went on a blind date according to her intentions, and could talk to Su Yunyun, and that Zhu Bi.

Wang Cheng and the other party met at a leisure club. The appointment time was in the afternoon, but he left the house early. He just got out of the car when he was met with the cold winter wind. His lips were blown a little, and he quickly tightened the thick scarf around his neck, striding into Jinding Hotel.

This was the third time he came to this five-star hotel, and stepping in again reminded him of Wei Dandan. Ever since he rejected Wei Dandan's confession, they never contacted again.

When he didn’t pierce that window of paper before, he had no special relationship with Wei Dandan. Most of the time, Wei Dandan took the initiative to contact him. However, now that her confession failed, Wei Dandan probably stopped her thoughts and didn’t continue to contact him.

They couldn’t be a couple—they could be friends—but not many people could really do this.

Wang Cheng was still unfamiliar with the structure of Jinding Hotel. He found a waiter and the other person led him to the hotel's presidential suite. The door was knocked three times before someone came to open it. Chu Yifeng, who was soaked in steam, appeared at the door after taking a shower.

"It's almost ten o'clock, have you just gotten up?" Wang Cheng walked in while muttering this. He also learned yesterday that Chu Yifeng had stayed at Jinding Hotel for the last few days. It turned out that Liu Ye had taken a few days off, and he wanted another worker to come, but their relationship could not be known by too many people. Fortunately, when Chu Yifeng arrived in Shanhai City, he was able to settle in Jinding Hotel.

"Your mother allowed you to come out?" Chu Yifeng closed the door behind him. It was only three or four days after their relationship was discovered, so he was a bit surprised when he received a call from Wang Cheng in the morning. It wasn't as if Mama Wang was such an early, relaxed person.

"It's not, it’s because of my resourcefulness." Wang Cheng first praised himself, and then told him briefly about his second blind date. Since it was the first time that he had met a blind date like Zhu Bi, he also spit out a lot.

There was no shortage of handsome men and beautiful women around Chu Yifeng, and there were many people who wanted to be Mrs. Chu. However, after all, they were not on his level, so he had never encountered such a character. But this did not hinder his thorough understanding of human nature, he understood.

"I said that I didn't plan to buy a house in the city, and I would live with my parents after marriage. It would be even more impossible for the wife to manage all the money. As a result, she still wanted my contact. Thanks to my intelligence, I didn't give my number to her." Some women could be cheekier than men imagined.

"Living with parents?" Chu Yifeng seized a certain point and raised an eyebrow.

When Wang Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but comprehend what he thought, and his expression suddenly became strange. "The difficulties before us haven't passed yet, you don't have to think about other things; it's not too late to wait until after we pass the barrier."

Although the two did not say it directly, they both intended to stay with each other for a long time, future development was not unexpected.

Speaking of Mama Wang, Chu Yifeng also had to change the topic, "What are you doing here today?"

"I’m fond of a shop in the commercial district. I made an appointment with the shop owner in the afternoon to talk about renting the shop. If it succeeds, I may often run here in the future. This is also good news."

Wang Cheng didn’t come at the right time. Some time ago, Chu Yifeng once said that he spent most of his life, from birth to present, abroad. Therefore, he guessed that he should also have a business company abroad. This speculation was confirmed today.

It was the end of the month, and of course, there was a monthly work summary. Because Chu Yifeng was not abroad, they could only do it through video. Chu Yifeng hadn’t been back for several months. Although the person in charge didn’t need to do everything themself, it was important for them to not be missing all the time, so he at least had to attend the monthly work summary.

English was spoken throughout the conference. From time to time, different English accents came out of the computer. Some spoke very quickly. Wang Chengcheng didn't understand and there were too many professional terms. Although his academic performance in high school was not as good as his older brother’s, he won first place every time, he was pretty good in class. Most of the time, he could get high scores in English. Unfortunately, he had left it behind for many years. Maybe he should pick up the language again?

Wang Cheng glanced up at the bookshelf on the wall. There were a lot of books on the wall, but they were all very esoteric, and they were in many languages, such as Italian, German, French, English, etc, just blinding. Who would stay in such an expensive room just to learn these languages, might as well go to a bookstore to buy it themselves. The price of buying a hundred copies was not as expensive as a night here.

After making complaints in his heart, Wang Cheng was still very open-minded and took two English books to scan.

He didn't know that because of his actions, the high-level officials at the other end of the video exploded. The location of the book he took happened to be right behind Chu Yifeng. As soon as he passed, his figure immediately entered the scope of the video. Although he did not stay too long, a person that big could never be invisible.

As we all know, in addition to reporting on the events of the previous month, the monthly summary also included arrangements for some major events next month, so no outsiders could be present. But what they saw was that someone was dangling behind the boss during the meeting?

Oh! My! God!

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