Chapter 18 Chapter 18 The truth is revealed.

My first blind date ended in failure, and it was such a bad experience that it somewhat affected my mood.

Lin Mo leaned back in her chair for a moment, her mind slumped. The vibration of her phone brought her back to reality. She ignored the incoming call and answered it. Wei Wei's voice rang through the receiver.

"Are you busy?"

"No hurry, are you going to get your hair done?"

Due to the nature of her job as a test pilot, Wei Wei usually keeps her hair short, past her ears, to facilitate her movements. However, Wei's love of beauty and bold personality are not bound by rules and regulations. Whenever she has a slightly longer vacation, she will take the time to get hair extensions, take care of her skin, and put on makeup, and then remove her hair before the end of the vacation.

Years ago, Wei Wei went to the hospital to visit her grandfather. She made her grandfather so happy that he acted like a spoiled child and asked to borrow her hand for half a day.

The two of them went to relax together for half a day. Wei Wei had long hair extensions, and she had a one-time wavy perm. They agreed that before the holiday ended, she would accompany Wei Wei to get her hair removed.

My mood has been so up and down this day and I urgently need someone to talk to.

Lin Mo pulled herself together: "I was just looking for you to chat, and you called me."

"It means we're in tune with each other. I'm near your house. Wait for me in ten minutes."

After the call ended, Lin Mo didn't go home. Instead, she took the elevator from the basement garage to the first floor, exited the complex, and waited for Wei Wei at the entrance. A moment later, a red G-Class sped up and parked in a curbside parking space.

Wei Wei got out of the car. She was wearing a black coat, leather boots, and a dark blue baseball cap. She looked cool and casual.

The key point is, she has short hair under that baseball cap! She actually took off her long hair!

Lin Mo was surprised: "You took out your hair?"

"Yeah, I just opened it this afternoon." Wei Wei handed her the bag in his hand. "Hot orange juice or hot chocolate, choose one."

"Then you..." Lin Mo was a little confused.

Wei Wei stuffed the hot chocolate into her hand without explanation and explained, "I received a last-minute notice and have to go back to work tomorrow. Isn't Grandpa Lin discharged from the hospital today? I know you're busy, so I went to open it myself. I wanted to call you to tell you."

Wei Wei patted Lin Mo's head and said lovingly, "Who knew that a certain little girl would be in such a bad mood? How could I bear to ignore her?"

"Wei Wei~"

Sure enough, no matter how subtle your emotions are, they cannot be hidden from your good friends.

She only said two sentences on the phone, but Wei Wei could tell that she was in a bad mood, so she came to see her and bought her a drink. Lin Mo was deeply touched and gave Wei Wei a big hug.

Wei Wei took her arm and said cheerfully, "Let's go to Qinzhou Lake to see the ducks."

Qinzhou Lake is an artificial lake that has existed since ancient times. Through continuous expansion, it has now reached an area of ​​more than 700,000 square meters. As it is a rare Feng Shui treasure land in the main urban area, many high-end residences, villas, clubs, etc. have been built with Qinzhou Lake as the center and radiating to the surrounding areas. It is known as the "rich area" of Shaofeng City.

The residential complex where Lin Mo's family lives is located in the southwest corner of Qinzhou Lake. Because it is separated from the lake by a noisy main road, it is not considered a super high-end community, but it is less than one kilometer away from the nearest lake.

Therefore, since she was a child, she often went to the lake with her parents to play and take walks. One of her great pleasures was watching the ducks living by the lake.

The memories of her childhood with her parents were incredibly beautiful. Even though they were no longer with her, the beautiful memories healed her forever, and she never gave up this habit. Whenever she felt down, she would go to the lake, feel the steamy breeze, and watch the ducks playing, and her mood would inexplicably improve.

There was a time when she always made mistakes in her experiments and couldn't write her papers. She often ran to the lake and stayed in the pavilion with the literature and experimental materials for most of the day. Wei Wei discovered her special hobby and didn't understand it but supported it unconditionally and occasionally came to accompany her.

"Oh my god, the little black guy has gained weight!"

Wei Wei pointed at the fattest white duck nestled beside the rock, her face filled with shock. "It was only this small when we passed by before the New Year when we were getting our hair done."

Lin Mo walked over and saw a small black spot on the white duck's neck that was particularly noticeable: "Wow, it really is this one. It's gotten so fat."

"I'll go tease it."

Under Wei Wei's teasing, the lazy duck finally stood up, and walked with a big belly and a bit of the demeanor of a penguin.

"Look at it, its body is too heavy, and its feet make a popping sound when it walks."

The two were amused by the duck's antics. Children playing nearby followed the duck, imitating its walk, their laughter ringing out in pure, innocent laughter. The scene before them was so captivating, even just by watching it quietly, that their previous annoyance vanished without a trace.

After their moods had almost calmed down, the two of them took a leisurely stroll along the lakeside. Lin Mo then frankly told Wei Wei about her experience today.

Upon hearing that her good friend had met a weird blind date, Wei Wei was filled with righteous indignation and scolded the man. However, she didn't want Lin Mo to go on a blind date just because she was in a hurry to get married, so she made a point of scolding her friend and then comforting her.

She actually cared more about another thing, which was "Lu Yanxiao".

"The President Xiao you are talking about is the second son of the Lu Group, Lu Yanxiao?" Wei Wei confirmed.

"Yes, it's him. Do you know him?" Lin Mo was surprised.

Before, in order to prevent Wei Wei from worrying about her, she had never told Wei Wei about her hospitalization and the series of events that involved her meeting Lu Yanxiao. Now, because Lu Yanxiao wanted to "recruit" her into Lu's company, she had to recount the key points of how they met.

Obviously, Wei Wei knew Lu Yanxiao, and it wasn't just an acquaintance through hearsay. She seemed to have a bad impression of Lu Yanxiao.

"We went to the same high school, and he's three years younger than me." Wei Wei said seriously, "Lin Mo, you'd better stay away from Lu Yanxiao. He's not a good person."

Logically speaking, if they were three years apart, the two should not have had much chance to have direct contact. Could it be that Wei Wei was also misled by the information on the Internet?

Lin Mo smiled nonchalantly and said, "All the gossip about him online is fake. After getting to know him, I really feel that he is a decent person. He has helped me many times."

"Not online, I saw it with my own eyes, he..."

Wei Wei paused, pondering for a few seconds. She felt she shouldn't say too much. Although she and Lin Mo were good friends, some things were private and she couldn't talk about them. Therefore, she had to forcefully and unreasonably say, "Anyway, treat me like your sister. Just listen to me. Return the car as soon as possible and don't have anything to do with this person anymore."

"Maybe he had ulterior motives towards you from the beginning!"

"Think about it carefully. There must be a lot of people watching at the airport exit. He's a well-known figure. How could it be bad for his reputation if he didn't help? They specifically asked you to deliver the phone to the club. Could it be that they were trying to use you to cause trouble for Kongying Company? Also, the L Hotel is the most upscale hotel in Shaofeng. How could they lock a customer's car in the garage and not let them get it out? And they took half a month to repair a broken door?"

"In my opinion, he had a very clever plan. He wanted to give you a luxury car worth a fortune to lure you into his company. But you didn't fall for it, so he had to think of another way and gave you a car that was exactly like yours. After that, he used the excuse of getting you to deliver something to the sports center or to come to his company to watch a test. This was all part of his plan..."

"Some capitalists just won't get up early unless there's profit!"

The more Wei Wei spoke, the more she felt her analysis made sense. "Every step he took was planned. Don't be fooled."

"Probably not."

Lin Mo was stunned by what she heard. She had interacted with Lu Yanxiao before, and she had a hunch that he wasn't the person Wei Wei described him as. She was just a commoner, so there was no need for Lu Yanxiao to come up with such a long list of plans for her. Besides, how could everything be planned so perfectly?

However, she could tell from the beginning that Wei Wei was hesitant to speak. If Wei Wei didn't want to talk, she wouldn't ask. Good friends always wanted her best. Plus, her holiday was almost over, and she had to go back to Changli Town for work on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. She couldn't keep driving someone else's car, so she agreed with Wei Wei.

"It's really outrageous that they haven't returned my car yet. I'm going to the hotel to ask about it tomorrow."

Wei Wei breathed a sigh of relief: "Well, you should be tougher and more aggressive."

"Okay, I will."

*

Lin Mo didn't take this matter to heart at first, but the next morning, a call from her grandfather shocked her.

Lin Jingwen's spirits improved a lot. He felt sorry for his granddaughter who had to take care of him in the hospital during the holidays and hadn't gone out to play much during the New Year. So, he called and asked Lin Mo to take advantage of the few days without any vacation to have some fun and rest, and not to come to the nursing home to see him.

Finally, she didn't forget to ask what she cared about most: "How was the conversation with that boy?"

this……

Lin Mo was in a dilemma. She couldn't just tell her grandfather directly, "That person is weird. I've blocked him."

Grandpa must feel so guilty.

Lin Mo carefully chose her words and said, "After chatting for a while, I felt that our personalities weren't very compatible, so we stopped chatting."

A heavy sigh came from the old man on the other end of the phone.

Lin Mo forced a smile and said coquettishly, "Grandpa, this is my first blind date, and you don't have confidence in me? Let me tell you, many people in our unit are waiting for me to return to Changli and want to introduce me to someone."

Lin Jingwen on the other end of the phone seemed not to hear, muttering to himself: "Lu Qingye raised a grandson, so logically there should be nothing wrong with him."

"grandfather……"

Lin Mo tried to "wake up" her grandfather again, but suddenly her expression froze, and she realized that her grandfather seemed to have just said a person's name.

Lu Qingye.

It's a familiar name.

Lin Mo couldn't help but think of when she first added her blind date on WeChat, the other party was surprised that she didn't know him. Could it be that they were really acquaintances?

"Grandpa, do you know what the boy's name is?" she asked.

"Lu Qingye's grandson?"

"Well, don't worry, Grandpa, take your time to think about it." Lin Mo used a soft and soothing tone to persuade him, "Lu? He's a young man who runs a company, the grandson of your comrade-in-arms..."

"My comrade-in-arms Lu Qingye's grandson, Yanxiao, oh that's right, his name is Lu Yanxiao!" The old man laughed heartily when he finally remembered the name, and he was as happy as a little child.

Lin Mo was stunned.

My first reaction was disbelief. How could such a coincidence happen?

Someone with the same name, right?

Lin Mo quickly removed "Feng" from the blacklist and looked through the chat records one by one. How could Lu Yanxiao say such weird words?

It definitely couldn't be Lu Yanxiao, she was sure of it.

However, he was slapped in the face the next second.

Her phone vibrated. Grandpa had sent her two WeChat messages: one with Lu Yanxiao's photo and one with a voice message. Lin Mo clicked on the voice message and her grandfather's voice rang out.

[This is a photo of the young man from the Lu family. Do you think he's handsome?]