Wu Mangmang liked having lots of people around for everything she did. Something like Lu Sui coming alone to drink porridge was something she absolutely couldn’t do.

What he was drinking wasn’t porridge – it was loneliness.

“Yes,” Lu Sui answered, pouring himself a cup of tea, then glancing at the empty seat beside Wu Mangmang.

“I’m not alone, I came with a friend,” Wu Mangmang explained.

“Mm,” Lu Sui responded perfunctorily.

Actually, the place setting was right there – no explanation needed. It was unnecessary and only made Wu Mangmang’s deliberateness more obvious.

Just then, Dr. Lin returned from the restroom to his seat, and Wu Mangmang was happy to talk with the doctor gentleman.

Lu Sui’s cold aura and perfunctory words like “yes” and “mm” made talking with him feel painful to Wu Mangmang.

Even chatting with a robot would be better than him.

“Miss Wu, I just thought about it. Actually we don’t need to rush about the children issue. People’s thoughts change with time, and no one knows what the future holds. How about we set aside this topic for now?” Lin Letao said.

Wu Mangmang thoroughly agreed, but Dr. Lin had been quite insistent about the one-son-one-daughter matter earlier – she wondered why he’d changed his mind.

But Wu Mangmang liked Lin Letao’s open-minded problem-solving attitude.

Seeing Wu Mangmang nod, Lin Letao couldn’t help but feel relieved.

Although he had some objections to Wu Mangmang’s various shortcomings, her eyelashes were both curled and long. When he came out of the restroom and saw her quiet appearance with lowered head and eyes while pouring tea, seeing those butterfly-wing-like fluttering eyelashes, for some reason his heart skipped half a beat.

Moreover, Wu Mangmang’s teeth were indeed very beautiful and healthy. This showed her lifestyle habits weren’t bad – at least she was particular about brushing her teeth.

“However, I’m usually very busy with work. I wonder if Miss Wu would mind?” Lin Letao asked.

Wu Mangmang shook her head – of course she wouldn’t mind.

Lin Letao nodded with satisfaction. “But Miss Wu is really too beautiful, so that whoever marries Miss Wu would probably not feel at ease leaving you at home.”

Wu Mangmang’s big eyes stared unblinking at Lin Letao, wondering whether this person was insulting or praising her.

Low laughter came from beside her. Wu Mangmang hadn’t expected she could actually entertain Mr. Lu – that was quite meritorious.

But Wu Mangmang couldn’t laugh at this moment, thinking that if she didn’t have an affair in the future, she’d be letting down Dr. Lin’s words today.

“Don’t be angry, Miss Wu. This isn’t your problem, but rather that you’re born so beautiful that even if you don’t want to, others will come to tempt you.”

These words weren’t bad. Wu Mangmang’s rating of Lin Letao went up a bit.

“So, could Miss Wu work at my dental clinic?” Lin Letao asked.

A dental clinic? Wu Mangmang couldn’t help but think of nurse uniforms again – that wasn’t a pleasant memory.

She was about to shake her head when she heard Lin Letao continue: “I know the profession doesn’t match, but Miss Wu could work reception – just arranging appointments and answering phones, very simple work.”

Even wanting to control someone’s job – that was managing a bit too broadly.

“This way, not only can I see you every day, but Miss Wu can also see me every day. We’d both feel very secure.”

Wu Mangmang leaned back against her chair, picked up her now-cold tea for a sip, and said lightly: “Actually, if I wanted to have an affair, even working reception at your clinic, I could still deceive everyone.”

Lin Letao knew he had probably wounded this young lady’s self-respect. He was just speaking realistically.

Wu Mangmang suddenly grabbed Lu Sui’s arm and said to Lin Letao: “Look, my darling here doesn’t work and just stays home watching me all day, yet today he still caught me coming out on a blind date, didn’t he? But my darling has good manners and knows I was forced to come on this blind date. Thank you for your trust, darling.”

Wu Mangmang tilted her head up slightly and gave Lu Sui’s face a loud kiss.

“I’m sorry, Dr. Lin.” Wu Mangmang’s expression immediately became somewhat dejected. “My parents look down on my darling’s poor family background and don’t approve of our marriage. They insist on breaking us up – I had no choice.”

Lin Letao’s gaze naturally turned to the calm-faced Lu Sui, easily falling on his wristwatch.

Wu Mangmang pouted at Lu Sui: “Darling, didn’t I tell you not to wear this kind of fake goods out? Anyone with eyes can tell it’s counterfeit.”

At this point, even Lu Sui’s mouth couldn’t help twitching as he slowly picked up a tissue to wipe his cheek.

Wu Mangmang quickly pulled out makeup remover wipes from her bag: “Darling, let me help you wipe it.”

Uncle Lu was unexpectedly cooperative today, so much so that Wu Mangmang’s heart began to race – she momentarily couldn’t control herself again.

Lin Letao watched the intimacy between the two, feeling he’d become superfluous. He left two hundred-yuan bills and directly left.

Actually, Dr. Lin’s manners were quite good – in this situation he still remembered to pay the bill.

While wiping Lu Sui’s cheek, Wu Mangmang felt regretful, thinking it was quite a pity. If only Dr. Lin hadn’t insisted she work reception and hadn’t attacked her moral bottom line.

As soon as Lin Letao left, Lu Sui pushed Wu Mangmang’s hand aside.

The young couple across the round table had really enjoyed the show, still staring blankly at Wu Mangmang and Lu Sui. The woman looked excited, obviously waiting for Wu Mangmang and Lu Sui to have a lovers’ quarrel.

The most deadly thing about acting was having an audience that loved watching. As long as others enjoyed it, you couldn’t stop.

Wu Mangmang now had tears coming out, one after another, crystal clear like pearls, making the bespectacled young man across feel sorry for Lu Sui.

“Don’t be like this.” Wu Mangmang sobbed grievously, pitifully using her fingers to wipe the teardrops from under her eyes. “I had no choice either. My parents threatened that if I didn’t come on blind dates, they wouldn’t give me allowance. What would we live on then?”

The young couple across collectively had an “oh” moment of realization – so he was a kept man living off women.

Just as Lu Sui was about to speak, Wu Mangmang covered his mouth with her palm.

Wu Mangmang cried: “I won’t let you go back to your old job. Those old women are all perverts.”

The girl across gasped – this first-rate charming man had actually been a host! Though he certainly had the assets for it.

Lu Sui pulled Wu Mangmang’s hand away: “Are you addicted to acting?”

Instantly breaking character.

Wu Mangmang really regretted it. The couple across were such rare good audience members – their expressions were so vivid and exciting to watch.

But Uncle Lu wasn’t to be trifled with. Wu Mangmang’s rationality finally returned a bit, and she couldn’t help regretting once again violating Uncle’s reputation rights.

Only this time, hopefully Jiang Baoliang would show mercy.

Wu Mangmang secretly glanced at Lu Sui. Why was Uncle Lu so calm? Not planning to sue her? This time’s defamation seemed more serious than last time.

It seemed that indeed when people became familiar, it was harder to take action.

Wu Mangmang secretly smiled inside, feeling somewhat perversely pleased.

When Wu Yong heard Wu Mangmang describe this scene, he carefully observed Wu Mangmang’s expression. The intoxication on her face was like she’d taken drugs.

“You’re very happy to demean him like this,” Wu Yong said.

Wu Mangmang first paused, then decisively nodded: “Mm. I don’t know why, but thinking that in some parallel world, Lu Sui might be working as a host makes me very happy.”

“Am I envious of the rich, Dr. Wu?” Wu Mangmang asked.

Wu Yong shook his head: “Is this Mr. Lu usually very cold toward you?”

Cold? Of course – almost to the point of ignoring her completely.

So was she actively trying to attract his attention?

Just because he was like Wu Boss and Ms. Liu back then?

Ignoring herself.

Thinking about it was really sad.

But there were many people in this world who ignored her – why didn’t she care about others’ attitudes?

This answer was so obvious that Wu Mangmang had to honestly admit that Uncle’s charm had indeed dazzled her eyes.

This kind of difficult problem had many solution methods.

First was restraint followed by ignoring, but that was very self-deceptive and might even worsen the condition.

Second was fighting poison with poison – sexual attraction always decreased with closer distance or the passage of time.

But there was another solution method: letting nature take its course. Being too deliberate would show she cared too much.

Wu Mangmang felt that caring about a successful, mature man like Lu Sui would be tormenting herself.

She was more inclined to find some simple young hunk with abs and V-lines, but Ms. Liu and Wu Boss probably really wouldn’t approve of his financial situation.

“What happened next?” Wu Yong’s voice awakened Wu Mangmang from her contemplation.

Next? Wu Mangmang didn’t react at first, then after a moment understood Wu Yong was asking about Lu Sui – this was the guy who’d sent her a lawyer’s letter last time.

But Wu Mangmang had no intention of satisfying Wu Yong’s curiosity. She lifted her wrist to check the time: “Oh my, time’s up, Dr. Wu.”

Previously Wu Mangmang always lingered in Wu Yong’s office refusing to leave, wanting to freeload on the psychologist’s billable time, but this time she ran faster than a rabbit.

As for the aftermath of that evening?

Lu Sui’s food had just arrived at the table, but he obviously had no intention of inviting Wu Mangmang to dine together.

Wu Mangmang waited for ages without seeing any other indication from Lu Sui, so she had no choice but to take the money Dr. Lin had left to pay the bill.

But actually when Wu Mangmang walked out of the porridge shop, her heart was clawing like a cat’s.

Why had Lu Sui been so cooperative in acting with her?

If he was interested in her, she couldn’t sense it. He didn’t even know to strike while the iron was hot and invite her to dine with him.

So she couldn’t figure it out.

During dinner time, the city’s rush hour traffic peak – forget about hailing a taxi, even ride-hailing apps were useless now.

In the narrow alley, even turning around was impossible. Once you entered, it was a complete “blockade.” Everyone wasn’t stupid – no one wanted to come here.

Wu Mangmang looked at the three-inch high heels on her feet, sighed, and lifted her foot toward the nearest bus stop.

But what kind of ghostly place was this neighborhood? The buses actually stopped running at 8 PM. Wu Mangmang checked her watch and began weighing whether to wait for a last bus that might not even exist, or continue walking forward.

Just as Wu Mangmang’s painful feet left her hesitating, she saw Lu Sui riding a super cool motorcycle speeding up to the bus stop.

“Lu Sui!” Wu Mangmang put her hands to her mouth in a trumpet shape and shouted with the highest voice of her entire life.

To hell with being ladylike and proper – Wu Mangmang was already going crazy from the torture of high heels.

She didn’t know why every time she entered a shoe store, when choosing between flat shoes and these expensive, torturous high heels, she always chose the latter.

Perhaps when gentlemen chose between unattractive but durable, practical women and beautiful but high-maintenance delicate beauties, they faced Wu Mangmang’s same dilemma.

The motorcycle couldn’t go too fast in the small alley, so Lu Sui stopped about ten meters in front of Wu Mangmang.

Wu Mangmang decisively took off her high heels to carry in her hands, then ran barefoot to Lu Sui.

“Mr. Lu, could you take me to the nearest subway station?”

When being normal, Wu Mangmang was still quite polite.