Because she particularly hoped the blind date would be successful, Wu Mangmang even went to get her hair done beautifully that morning, and changed through four or five outfits in front of the mirror. She finally chose a navy blue off-shoulder long sweater paired with a gray short skirt, only showing a little gray hem, along with over-the-knee black matte leather boots paired with gray knee-high socks.

It seemed perhaps too youthful, but it really made her legs look long. Wu Mangmang added a gray large plaid wool shawl, giving off such a scholarly and gentle temperament that she looked like a good girl at first glance.

She heard the other party was a bit older, so Wu Mangmang had actually struggled for a long time between mature and youthful styles, but finally decided to win with youth. Older men mostly liked young girls, wanting to capture the shadow of youth.

The blind date location was set at Jungle Garden. As the name suggested, it was a place that valued privacy very much. Under the greenish lights, everyone was hidden in the shadows of trees. Wu Mangmang frowned – for a first meeting, she actually preferred bright places that made it easier to observe the other person.

The waiter led Wu Mangmang to table eight. The other party had already arrived, sitting with his back turned. Wu Mangmang walked over gently and tentatively called out, “Mr. Lu?”

This blind date had come about quite circuitously – Ms. Liu had asked her friend, who asked her friend for this resource. They only knew his surname was Lu, that his family background was quite good, his work was respectable, his family was simple, just that he was a bit older – in his thirties.

Ms. Liu expressed that she didn’t mind at all – older men were more caring.

Wu Mangmang hadn’t seen the other party’s photo. The matchmaker had an attitude like introducing him to you was already a blessing you’d earned through eight lifetimes of virtue, so Ms. Liu and Wu Mangmang didn’t dare insist.

However, the matchmaker’s identity and status were reliable, so presumably this Mr. Lu shouldn’t be bad.

When Lu Sui turned around, Wu Mangmang almost fell over. “You actually go on blind dates too?”

Wu Mangmang looked completely thunderstruck.

Lu Sui smiled and gestured for her to sit down. “I’m getting old, I’m practically a grandfather now. I should find a companion for my old age, right?”

Wu Mangmang felt very depressed. If she went on a blind date with Lu Sui, wouldn’t she become a grandmother generation?

“You still look very young, just your generational rank is a bit high. If I really had a son, you’d truly be grandfather generation.” Wu Mangmang said as she sat down.

Wu Mangmang thought to herself that actually, there weren’t few women her age who already had children.

“Are we dining here, or changing locations?” Lu Sui directly skipped past Wu Mangmang’s topic.

Wu Mangmang’s eyes blinked repeatedly. This was afternoon tea time. “Let’s not have dinner?” Wu Mangmang felt that she and Lu Sui were acquaintances after all, yet they were still introduced for a blind date – it was truly somewhat absurd and laughable.

Better to quickly say goodbye and each go find their own mothers.

Wu Mangmang saw Lu Sui raise his eyebrows and quickly stated, “I didn’t know the person I was meeting today was you.” There were so many people surnamed Lu, and so many surnamed Lu too – no matter how imaginative Wu Mangmang was, she couldn’t possibly guess the other party was Lu Sui.

Lu Sui glanced at Wu Mangmang.

Wu Mangmang immediately leaned forward and squinted, “Did you know your blind date was me?”

Wu Mangmang’s photo wasn’t as valuable as Lu Sui’s, so it had been sent to the matchmaker long ago.

“I wouldn’t come to a blind date without knowing who the other party is.” Lu Sui said lightly.

Wu Mangmang first felt a surge of pride, but then felt Lu Sui’s words had hidden meaning, as if making her seem very low-class, willing to go on blind dates with anyone.

“I don’t meet just anyone either.” Wu Mangmang smiled like a fox. This kind of flirtatious talk came naturally to her.

Wu Mangmang rested her elbow on the table, supporting her chin with one hand. “Mr. Lu’s conditions are quite good.”

“No in-laws to serve above, no baggage to support below, handsome appearance, successful career. Though a bit older, my mom says older men are more caring.” Wu Mangmang said with a beaming smile.

“You keep talking about my age – subconsciously you feel that only your youth can match up to me, right?” Lu Sui said.

Wu Mangmang sat up straight and leaned back, unwilling to admit she was seeking superiority in her youth.

“Youth is indeed precious wealth, but aren’t experience and wisdom equally valuable?”

Lu Sui’s single sentence exposed Wu Mangmang’s dark psychology, making her feel narrow-minded and inferior in front of him.

She really didn’t want to be friends with someone like Lu Sui.

Fortunately, Lu Sui had already raised his hand to signal for the check.

Wu Mangmang took this opportunity to quickly type a line on her phone and send it to her close friends’ WeChat group.

“Guess who my blind date today is?!!!” followed by a string of shocked emojis.

The close friends group indeed sent back a pile of question marks: Who? Who?

Wu Mangmang was satisfied to see her lips curve up, and after appreciating more than ten “who is it” messages, she prepared to reveal the answer.

But then she heard Lu Sui’s slightly cool voice from above: “Don’t play with your phone in front of me in the future.”

Wu Mangmang was quite a coward, so when she heard Lu Sui speak, she quickly put away her phone.

Leaving behind a group of women desperate for answers.

“Let’s go.”

With Lu Sui’s command, Wu Mangmang quickly stood up following him, though she breathed a big sigh of relief inside.

When they reached the elevator, Wu Mangmang saw Lu Sui press the up arrow, and her heart tightened again. Were they really going to have dinner?

Wu Mangmang felt somewhat irritated. Being around a big shot was oppressive, especially one who wasn’t so approachable.

Wu Mangmang wanted to breathe freely.

“Mr. Lu, I don’t eat dinner – I’m on a diet.” Wu Mangmang tried hard to fight for her freedom.

“Then watch me eat.” Lu Sui turned his head to glance at Wu Mangmang.

What?!

Wu Mangmang followed Lu Sui into the elevator in shock.

Actually, she didn’t understand her own psychology either. She clearly didn’t want to, but still involuntarily followed Lu Sui into the elevator. There was always a feeling of powerlessness to resist.

The helicopter parked on the rooftop brought Wu Mangmang to Lu Sui’s island.

Wu Mangmang only realized halfway through that she had boarded a pirate ship and would have no personal freedom from now on.

Once on the island, without Lu Sui’s orders, she simply had no way to leave.

Wu Mangmang stood outside Lu Sui’s villa, refusing to move her feet, feeling like she was walking into a prison.

Lu Sui turned back and waited for Wu Mangmang for half a second, then simply walked back to take her hand.

Wu Mangmang was stunned by this lightning-fast development speed. Her other hand couldn’t help but cover her lower abdomen, afraid she’d be devoured by the transformed Lu Sui tonight.

Hopefully the rule that animals weren’t allowed to become spirits after the founding of the nation would also apply to Lu Sui.

After entering the villa, Lu Sui took off his coat and handed it to C-3PO, then very gentlemanly helped Wu Mangmang remove her shawl.

“Mr. Lu, we…” Wu Mangmang’s tone carried some pitiful panic. Now that she was on someone else’s territory, she couldn’t help but be obedient.

“Just call me Lu Sui. At certain special times, you can also call me uncle.”

Wu Mangmang’s heart really went “thump” and “thump” – she had indeed guessed correctly that Lu Sui was interested in her sexually.

“I’m going to cook. Feel free to look around.” Lu Sui handed the remote control to Wu Mangmang, then said the network signal was unlocked. “Don’t take photos.”

Wu Mangmang obediently nodded and sat on the sofa.

When there was signal, Wu Mangmang could ignore the whole world.

WeChat was almost blown up, especially Lu Qingqing, who sent a message every minute asking who the blind date was.

Wu Mangmang no longer had that cool feeling from earlier – like “meeting Lu Sui on a blind date was like seeing Jay Chou while eating.”

So Wu Mangmang ignored those WeChat messages. She scrolled through Weibo but there were no hot topics, mobile games were also unappealing, so she had to stand up and wander around.

When she wandered to the dining kitchen area and saw Lu Sui with his shirt sleeves rolled up, rapidly chopping vegetables, her face immediately showed a dumbfounded expression.

Lu Sui could actually cook?!

And was so good at chopping vegetables?!

Wu Mangmang felt a bit dizzy.

With this spare time, wouldn’t it be better to go earn more money?

“It’ll be ready soon.” Lu Sui poured the carrots into the pan.

Carrots were what she hated eating most. Wu Mangmang sighed inwardly.

Braised red wine beef brisket, cheese-baked crab meat, tuna potato salad, avocado mousse – it looked quite pleasing to the eye.

But sitting in front of the dining table, Wu Mangmang was thinking: you might as well give me a bowl of spicy beef noodles. The reason this lady doesn’t go abroad is because she only likes Chinese food.

“Don’t like Western food?” Lu Sui asked.

Wu Mangmang couldn’t help but touch her face. Had she been that obvious?

Lu Sui got up and went back to the cooking counter to get ingredients.

Wu Mangmang quickly stood up and said, “Mr. Lu doesn’t need to trouble yourself. I don’t eat dinner anyway.”

Lu Sui acted as if he hadn’t heard.

Excessive courtesy indicates ulterior motives. Wu Mangmang’s heart jumped to her throat.

Wu Mangmang’s fried rice was quickly served.

Red, yellow, orange, green, white – all five colors present, but unfortunately there were carrots again.

Wu Mangmang very carefully used her spoon to push away the carrot pieces as much as possible, then occasionally lifted her eyelids to steal glances at Lu Sui.

Though a bit nervous, Wu Mangmang still had the courage to speak up. Afraid she’d lose courage if she spoke slowly, she mustered all her lone courage and said, “Mr. Lu, what’s our current situation?”

Wu Mangmang had actually been confused all along. Without saying a word, bringing a girl to his villa and cooking personally – no matter how she thought about it, it seemed wrong.

If he was interested in her, wasn’t this too impulsive? When they met some time ago, he still had that aloof and cold demeanor reaching the clouds. Did he suddenly wake up today?

Lu Sui put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth with a napkin, took a sip of water, then slowly spoke.

“What do you think the situation is?” Lu Sui threw back a counter-question.

Wu Mangmang didn’t want to be looked down upon by Lu Sui, so she said directly, “Do you mean you want to continue developing things with me to see how it goes?”

Lu Sui nodded, “You could say that.”

Such uncertain language!

“Mr. Lu, the reason I’m going on blind dates is because I want to get married, so I want to find someone to date with marriage as the premise.” Wu Mangmang righteously stated her position.

Lu Sui stared at Wu Mangmang for a few seconds without speaking. Just when Wu Mangmang was about to lose her composure, he finally spoke, “As you wish, then let’s date with marriage as the premise.”

Wu Mangmang really wanted to bang her forehead on the table. What did he mean “as you wish”? She was actually trying to indirectly reject him, okay?

“Mr. Lu…”

Wu Mangmang’s words were interrupted by Lu Sui again, “Since the relationship has been established, you can call me Lu Sui, or other intimate forms of address.”

Wu Mangmang had trouble adapting to Lu Sui’s fast pace and high efficiency.

Intimate forms of address?

Wu Mangmang put on a full smile and said in a coquettish voice, “Honey, I don’t like eating carrots. Can you not put them in next time?”

Upon hearing this, Lu Sui only raised his eyebrows.

Unfortunately, Wu Mangmang didn’t get to see Lu Sui break character as she hoped, but instead disgusted herself.

“Eating carrots is good for your eyes. Your eyes are beautiful and should be protected.” Lu Sui said.

Wu Mangmang had a flaw – whenever someone complimented or praised her, she could no longer bring herself to argue with them.

Carrots it was then – they weren’t poison after all.

After dinner, Lu Sui invited Wu Mangmang for a walk. The island had a large greenhouse with soilless cultivation crops on shelves. Wu Mangmang looked around and saw rows of carrots. How much did he like eating them?

“You must be born in the Year of the Rabbit?” Wu Mangmang had hidden motives, indirectly probing Lu Sui’s age.

“Just love eating them.” Lu Sui said.

After the walk, Lu Sui went into his study to handle business. Wu Mangmang stood outside the glass door in a daze. Had they entered married life already?

After eating, they walked; after walking, he worked while she played on her phone?

This was the price of dating an older man.

And what had Lu Sui said earlier: You can play with your phone for a while, but don’t play too long – it’s bad for your eyes and your cervical spine.

Wu Mangmang cursed inwardly. Having a random stranger suddenly appear in her life who even wanted to control whether she played with her phone?

“I want to go home.” Wu Mangmang opened the study door and faced Lu Sui directly.

Lu Sui looked up, “I’ll take you back tomorrow.”

Wu Mangmang knew this person had ulterior motives.

“But I didn’t bring any change of clothes.” Wu Mangmang insisted.

“Go to my room and pick out a shirt or hoodie to wear. Take off your underwear, wash it clean and dry it – you can wear it tomorrow morning.” Lu Sui said, as if everything was not a problem.

But for Wu Mangmang, this was a big problem. It was only the first day and she was already wearing his shirt? Was this pace heading straight to third base?

Wu Mangmang stood there without moving. Lu Sui looked up at her again, “Any other problems? I just need half an hour here, then I’ll come out to keep you company.”

Wu Mangmang was simply speechless. She was standing here not moving, not because she wanted his company. She could only weakly say, “I still want to go home.”

“This is your home.” Lu Sui stated briefly.

Wu Mangmang was about to speak when she saw Lu Sui frown.

“Can you go out first? I need to work now.” Lu Sui said with slight impatience.

Wu Mangmang could only dejectedly close the door.