However, Lu Sui didn’t give Wu Mangmang the chance, turning around and entering the house.

Wu Mangmang’s gaze remained fixed on Lu Sui’s swim trunks area, watching him all the way inside.

Really nice lines, clearly very powerful. She wanted to give them a squeeze.

Wu Mangmang sighed. It seemed she really was getting old – in another five years she’d be entering the age of being like a wolf or tiger, yet she still hadn’t enjoyed the ultimate pleasures of life.

Hopefully the blind date target Ms. Liu had arranged for her tonight would be more capable.

After breakfast, despite saying they’d come to ride horses, Ning Zheng and Shen Ting both simultaneously requested fencing, while the ladies seemed more interested in watching the fencing. Wu Mangmang could only stare at them in dismay.

Playing mahjong would be better – at least she understood those rules.

Wu Mangmang felt she was really stupid. Last time when she went out to sea with Shen Ting, hadn’t she already decided never to hang around with these boring old men and women again?

Yet in a moment of mental confusion, here she was again.

As for fencing, Wu Mangmang expressed complete incomprehension. She didn’t know why they suddenly stopped, nor how they won.

However, she could tell that Lu Sui’s technique seemed quite good – neither Ning Zheng nor Shen Ting were his match.

After several rounds, Lu Sui simply removed his mask, inserted his sword into the sword rack, looking like a lonely master seeking a worthy opponent.

He was being so arrogant he wouldn’t even play with them anymore.

Lu Lin leaned close to Wu Mangmang’s ear: “Mangmang, would you like to learn fencing? I could teach you.”

Wu Mangmang had no interest in learning such an elegant yet useless sport.

“You two go ahead.” Lu Sui withdrew, letting Ning Zheng and Shen Ting face off.

He could see that these two were performing poorly precisely because they hadn’t chosen the right opponent.

Now when Ning Zheng and Shen Ting faced each other, it was exactly like male deer competing for mating rights with females, raising their heads with long antlers.

Brotherhood couldn’t be hurt, especially when it was just slight interest. Was it necessary to stare at each other like fighting cocks last night?

Wu Mangmang watched the two gentlemen advance and retreat like dancing the cha-cha, listening to the “clang clang” sounds of fencing collisions in her ears. She couldn’t help but yawn, then posted on Weibo. The picture was naturally of two men in white clothes wearing masks, with the text: “A beautiful day begins with elegant sports.”

In the internet world, if you weren’t showing off, you were being vulgar – anyway, it never seemed like the normal you.

The slightly noisy environment seemed more conducive to sleep. After yawning twice in a row, Wu Mangmang decided not to fight herself anymore. Having woken too early in the morning, she should go back for a nap.

The host was very considerate. Wu Mangmang hung the “Do Not Disturb” sign from the guest room on the door handle and slept peacefully, even skipping lunch – perfect for dieting.

Finally, Lu Qingqing had a servant open the door and dug Wu Mangmang out of bed: “Get up quickly, everyone’s leaving.”

Wu Mangmang groggily crawled out of bed, her face still marked with red lines from hair strands. Lu Qingqing thought she was unbearably cute.

Wu Mangmang was startled awake by Lu Qingqing’s expression that looked ready to drool.

Fortunately, her luggage was already packed. Wu Mangmang closed her eyes, drooped her head, and followed Lu Qingqing outside. When she felt they were about to turn, she’d lift her eyelids to glance at the path.

Most guests had arrived on Lu Sui’s private jet, while Wu Mangmang had come with Ning Zheng. However, at this moment, Shen Yuanzi in a red suit stood quietly beside Ning Zheng with an imposing presence. No matter how thick-skinned Wu Mangmang was, she was too embarrassed to say she wanted to take Ning Zheng’s plane back.

Wu Mangmang suddenly felt a bit fed up with these rich people. Every time they sought entertainment, they deployed either helicopters or private jets, making transportation so inconvenient – what torture.

The servant holding Wu Mangmang and Lu Qingqing’s luggage was waiting for instructions when Lu Lin came over: “Mangmang, come back with me. Yijun still wants to chat with you.”

Wu Mangmang felt like she’d received a great pardon and nodded decisively.

Ning Zheng said nothing with a cold face.

Wu Mangmang felt no guilt – people with quasi-fiancées shouldn’t be out fooling around, right?

Lu Sui’s plane was slightly more spacious than Ning Zheng’s. Perhaps because it looked roomier, the decoration was extremely high quality but very low-key. Compared to Ning Zheng’s Arabian palace-style interior, it was actually more comfortable.

Once on the plane, the bosses were still busy talking business, building relationships, and discussing cooperation frameworks. Wu Mangmang put on an eye mask, curled up on the sofa to continue napping, ignoring Lu Qingqing’s look that said “you’re really hopeless.”

When disembarking, Du Yijun smiled at Wu Mangmang and said again: “Your little face is very suitable for the screen. If you’re interested, you can call me.”

Wu Mangmang just smiled. She didn’t believe she had such great charm that Liu Tai would invite her repeatedly.

Everything in this world came with a price.

But it seemed only the pocket money from Wu Boss and Ms. Liu could be taken with the least psychological burden.

As soon as Wu Mangmang got off the plane, she headed straight to the hillside, stopping on the way to buy Wu Dandan an Ultraman set. To regain her pocket money, she had to keep working hard, or she wouldn’t have money to buy equipment in the game.

Ms. Liu probably hadn’t seen Wu Mangmang for a long time. Distance makes the heart grow fonder, and today she found her much more pleasing to the eye. Seeing that Wu Mangmang was still wearing last season’s clothes all summer was also an eyesore.

So she threw Wu Mangmang a newly bought rose gold iPhone 6S, and for the first time ever, gave Wu Mangmang five thousand yuan to buy new clothes for her blind date.

Although a decent dress would cost more than this, it exceeded Wu Mangmang’s most optimistic estimate. She hugged and kissed Ms. Liu enthusiastically, not minding getting a mouthful of powder: “I almost had to sell a kidney. When posting on Weibo, everyone else has a 6S while I only have a 6.”

Wu Mangmang’s vanity was understandable – their circle was even more snobbish than ordinary people. If you fell slightly behind their pace, you’d be looked down upon at a forty-five-degree angle.

“Look at you, didn’t I give you money before?” Ms. Liu was completely helpless with her shameless yet stubborn daughter.

“The money was used for other things.” Wu Mangmang answered righteously. In mobile games, ten diamonds cost one yuan. While Wu Mangmang couldn’t become a super tycoon like Lu Sui in reality, she was definitely goddess-level in her game server.

When others asked for help, they’d call: “Goddess, give me a dozen bottles of wine, Goddess give me a dozen multi-layer boards…”

It felt especially satisfying.

In the entire server, her manor was the most luxurious and beautiful, with the most chickens, the most cattle, and producing the most wool.

Even Wu Dandan marveled that his sister was a real tycoon in the game.

Today’s children, at just four or five years old, played mobile games more skillfully than adults. Wu Dandan wanted to play with Wu Mangmang’s new phone, and Wu Mangmang had to comply.

When Wu Dandan wanted to play games, Wu Mangmang had to open her mobile game app.

Mobile phones hurt the eyes, so Wu Mangmang got scolded: “I told you not to let your brother play games, blah blah blah…” Ms. Liu’s mouth shot countless darts.

Wu Mangmang never talked back. Finally, Ms. Liu couldn’t help but stop and ask: “Are you sick? Why aren’t you saying anything?”

Wu Mangmang lowered her eyelids, thinking of those mature and worldly old men, and sighed softly: “Because I went around outside and discovered that home is still the best.”

Although Ms. Liu was a bit too biased, she was always good to her daughter without ulterior motives.

Liu Lewei stopped talking, feeling somewhat bitter inside.

Of course she was happy that her daughter had become sensible, but if this sensibility came from being hit and bullied outside, her whole heart ached.

After all, she was flesh that had fallen from her own body.

At two or three years old, she was so adorably chubby.

Unfortunately, too much had been missed in between. When she wanted to make amends, the child had grown up with independent thoughts and life, and could never again depend on and be close to her like when she was small.

So Liu Lewei was even more unwilling to miss Wu Dandan’s childhood. Sometimes she could sense her own favoritism, but awareness was one thing, correction was another.

“Now your father’s funds are all tied up in the second phase project. Your pocket money recently can’t possibly be as much as before.” Ms. Liu said.

Wu Mangmang hadn’t expected such a plot twist and looked at Ms. Liu in disbelief.

“Cut in half every month.” Ms. Liu added.

Wu Mangmang calculated – that would still be enough. If she saved for a few months, she could buy a domestic SUV.

Having a car for transportation would be fine. She was getting tired of catching thieves and perverts lately.

Before dinner, Wu Boss came home from business entertainment. Seeing Wu Mangmang at the table, he couldn’t help saying: “You’re finally willing to come home?”

Wu Mangmang could tell at a glance that Wu Boss had been wronged outside and was now venting at home, so she didn’t respond.

“Look at yourself – twenty-five or twenty-six years old and you don’t even have a proper boyfriend. When people mention you, their biggest impression is that you change boyfriends daily. How embarrassing.”

Wu Boss had a whole string of words waiting for Wu Mangmang: “Your mother finally used connections to set up a blind date with Shen Ting from the Shen family. And what happened? He didn’t fancy you at all. What face do you have to throw tantrums at us?”

Wu Mangmang’s eyes reddened from Wu Song’s words, as if his daughter was just a tool for building relationships in his heart. If others didn’t fancy her, she lost face?

The brief moment of warmth burst like a bubble.

Hearing Wu Song’s harsh words, Liu Lewei quickly pulled at him: “Go change clothes. I’ll run you a bath.”

Turning back, Liu Lewei said to Wu Mangmang: “You hurry and change clothes too. I’ll have the driver take you.”

Where to? For a blind date, of course.

The blind date location was a porridge restaurant, chosen by the other party. It was an old establishment that made good dim sum and excellent porridge.

Wu Mangmang had eaten there once. The location was a bit remote, but it was incredibly crowded, often requiring table sharing.

Given the World Health Organization’s recently published “possible carcinogen list” that placed red meat and pesticide DDT in the same category as chemical weapon mustard gas, Mr. Lin across from Wu Mangmang directly eliminated her favorites like black pepper short ribs, steamed chicken feet, and garlic spare ribs.

All the dishes that came were blanched vegetables and blanched Chinese cabbage.

Mr. Lin was pale and beardless, working as a dentist.

High income, high education, just a bit of a germaphobe, which wasn’t too bad.

Wu Mangmang had been getting internal heat lately and her teeth hurt. If she could have a dentist boyfriend, it would save the trouble of appointments and waiting.

However, Mr. Lin felt Wu Mangmang’s appearance looked somewhat unsafe, and he happened to be too busy to guard against his beautiful wife having an affair, so his attitude was somewhat reserved.

Overall, Mr. Lin was a high-income, realistic man. Wu Mangmang actually appreciated this type of man more – knowing what he wanted and what he could offer.

Most valuable was that he was seriously dating for marriage.

Just as the two were exchanging views on marriage and relationships – Mr. Lin expressing he didn’t want too many children, one son and one daughter would be enough, while Wu Mangmang expressed her hope for a child-free life – the waiter timely interrupted their not-so-friendly atmosphere.

“Sir, it’s too crowded now. We need table sharing. Please understand.” the waiter said.

Mr. Lin seemed to be a regular customer, expressing full understanding and nodding slightly.

Soon other customers sat down – first a young couple who, from their conversation, seemed to have found the place through online food guides.

Then their large round table welcomed another single customer.

Wu Mangmang was pouring tea with her head down when she inadvertently saw which great person was sitting beside her.

“Mr. Lu!” Wu Mangmang was extremely surprised.

Lu Sui showed no surprise – he must have seen Wu Mangmang when he came over, just nodding slightly.

“Are you alone?” Wu Mangmang couldn’t help asking.

Coming to drink porridge alone – wasn’t that a bit too lonely?