358: Chapter 354: Must Succeed in Blind Dating!
358: Chapter 354: Must Succeed in Blind Dating!
During lunch the next day, Hu Jing sat with Ye Fan again, continuing to attract stares and gossip from everyone, leading the company to believe that Ye Fan had really hit the jackpot with Hu Jing.
Ye Fan, with his exceptional hearing, could catch snippets of their hushed conversations despite their low volu.
He simply smiled indifferently at these rumors, not taking them to heart.
Today, Hu Jing was wearing a low-cut autumn dress, which Ye Fan found quite pleasing to the eye, so appealing that he felt he could dine well without the need for food.
After chatting and joking for a while, Hu Jing suddenly asked with a smile, “Ye Fan, are you free tonight?”
“Uh?” Ye Fan then rembered Hu Jing had invited him for dinner, but he was actually not free tonight, as he had a blind date.
Ye Fan looked up at Hu Jing, who was smiling beautifully, her bright eyes gazing at him, and even deliberately blinked slowly at him, her sexy eyes hinting at a playful mischief.
This made him embarrassed to say he wasn’t free tonight.
Seeing that Ye Fan didn’t respond, Hu Jing giggled and said, “Are you busy again tonight?
You really do have a wide social circle.”
“Hehe, I’m sorry, you guessed right,” Ye Fan replied.
“It’s okay.
As long as you find so ti this week to have dinner with , that’s fine,” Hu Jing said lightly.
Luckily, they spoke quietly, so the people around them couldn’t hear.
If they had heard Hu Jing actively inviting Ye Fan for dinner, and how Ye Fan had postponed several tis, only for her request to be lowered to any day within a week, they probably would have been jealous to the point of madness, ready to tear Ye Fan apart.
In the entire Emali Group, whether married or unmarried, countless n lusted after Hu Jing, not just hoping to invite her to dinner, but even a minute of conversation would have them bragging proudly in the office to their colleagues.
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At half-past five in the afternoon, Ye Fan left work early and returned to the Dingsheng International Hotel, took a bath as per Tantai Wanrong’s instructions, changed into his best clothes, and then drove to Yunhua Hotel.
He had agreed to et the woman at seven in the evening, but Ye Fan arrived half an hour early.
However, when he was halfway there, he received a call from Tantai Wanrong.
Tantai Wanrong playfully chided over the phone, “You little trickster, have you left yet?
Don’t you dare stand up.”
“Hehe, don’t worry.
Even if it’s raining knives, I wouldn’t miss our appointnt,” Ye Fan replied while driving, chuckling, “I’m on my way now.”
“Did you take a shower and put on so nice new clothes?” Tantai Wanrong asked, “I’ve praised you to the skies to the girl, you’d better not show up looking unkempt and embarrass , or I’ll skin you alive.”
Touched by her words, Ye Fan knew that with Tantai Wanrong’s status, she wouldn’t really care about such ‘loss of face’; she was just worried that he might deliberately neglect his appearance because he was averse to the blind date.
“I’ve done everything as you asked, I won’t let you down,” Ye Fan said with a smile.
Only then did Tantai Wanrong feel relieved and responded, “Okay, then hurry over.
I’ve already reserved a table, second floor dining hall, Area A, table 32, the sa place as last ti.”
“Alright, I’ll be there soon,” Ye Fan responded.
After hanging up the phone, Ye Fan felt a rush of excitent and couldn’t wait to get there; he floored the accelerator…
Around 6:25 p.m., Ye Fan swiftly entered the second-floor dining hall of the Dingsheng International Hotel, heading towards table 32 in section A.
From a distance, he could see Tantai Wanrong seated elegantly on a sofa chair, her legs naturally stacked to prevent exposure.
Her jade-like hands held a short porcelain cup as she sipped tea gracefully.
That elegant posture, that noble and dignified aura, that stunningly beautiful face, and that voluptuous figure made her the undisputed center of attention in the hall, even though she was just sitting quietly.
However, he soon slowed his pace, took a deep breath, and cald his breathing and heartbeat.
When Ye Fan was about four or five ters away from Tantai Wanrong, she noticed him.
She gracefully put down the porcelain cup and greeted Ye Fan with a gentle, elegant smile.
Her narrow eyes inadvertently revealed a hint of charm.
Ye Fan felt as if his surroundings suddenly beca much brighter, the colors more vivid than ever.
“Here you are, take a seat,” Tantai Wanrong said in a sweet, soothing voice.
Ye Fan ca back to his senses, chuckled, and called out, “Aunt Wanrong,” as he continued to walk over and sat down on the sofa to her left.
“It’s my responsibility, yet I always make you wait for .
I’m really sorry,” Ye Fan said as he gazed at Tantai Wanrong’s stunningly beautiful face.
Tantai Wanrong giggled and said, “You little charr, you’ve learned to be polite with your aunt.
If you really feel sorry, then put in so effort tonight to make this match successful.”
“Hehe, I will definitely try my best,” Ye Fan said, feeling ashad.
This blind date was destined to fail from the start.
At that mont, Tantai Wanrong picked up her handbag from beside the sofa, unzipped it, and took out a stack of bright red bills, then passed it under the table.
“Take this,” Tantai Wanrong said softly.
Just like the previous tis, Ye Fan didn’t refuse and accepted Tantai Wanrong’s kindness genuinely thanking her, “Thank you, Aunt Wanrong.”
Though ten thousand yuan was a re trifle to him, it felt heavy in his hand.
Tantai Wanrong glanced at him sideways and joked, “If you keep failing these blind dates, you’re going to drain all the savings I’ve accumulated over the years.”
Ye Fan was embarrassed beyond words; she was clearly putting pressure on him.
“Do I really have to succeed?” he asked.
“Maybe I can find a decent girl on my own.”
Tantai Wanrong caught on to the hint Ye Fan had let slip and scrutinized him for a while, making Ye Fan so nervous that he almost broke into a sweat.
“Aunt Wanrong, why are you staring at like that?
Is it because I’m too handso today?” Ye Fan said with a forced smile.
Tantai Wanrong’s gaze softened as she said, “I guess I understand now.
It seems you’ve been just going through the motions in the past two attempts.
If you were serious about the blind dates, you could have made them successful, right?”
“It’s unfair!” Ye Fan protested.
“Last ti, Luo Xinling—you said she wasn’t suitable for either.
It’s not my fault.”
Tantai Wanrong rembered that it was indeed not Ye Fan’s fault last ti, as it was her misjudgnt.
However, she wasn’t about to reason with Ye Fan and huffed, “I don’t care; this ti the blind date must succeed.
It’s a political mission!”
“Otherwise, you should never call aunt again!”
Tantai Wanrong spoke sternly, leaving Ye Fan with no choice but to respond despondently, “Yes, I promise to complete the mission.”
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