Chapter 24 Chapter 24 I have chosen you.

"Thanks."

Lin Mo zipped up her down jacket, put on her backpack, and was about to say goodbye when her expression suddenly froze. She looked at Lu Yanxiao, "Oh, Lu Yanxiao, there's something else. Do you mind if we take a couple's photo first? That way we can prepare it in advance and show it to Grandpa."

cough.

Lu Yanxiao pressed his fist to his nose and coughed softly, covering up the signs of his lips twitching again. He pretended to be calm and said, "You're screaming so smoothly?"

"I just practiced a few more times to get used to it."

Lin Mo smiled sweetly, turned on her phone's front camera, and moved over to stand next to Lu Yanxiao. However, she found that he remained indifferent. She tilted her head back and said, "Lower yourself, or you won't fit in the picture."

The two of them were very close, so close that he could clearly see his reflection in her eyes and smell the faint scent of jasmine in her hair. Lu Yanxiao was stunned for a moment, as if his heartstrings were gently plucked by something, so that he could not take his eyes away from her eyes full of stars.

"Lu Yanxiao, what are you daydreaming about?"

After the girl patted his arm gently, Lu Yanxiao realized he had lost his composure. He said "sorry" and took her phone. "Let me do it."

"That's fine, you have long arms."

Lin Mo struck a pose, maintaining her smile, but noticed something was wrong with Lu Yanxiao. She looked up at the person on the phone screen, "We're taking a couple's photo now, and you can't have a blank expression on your face. It doesn't look like a couple at all. Relax and smile."

“…”Who’s tense?

Lu Yanxiao was very dissatisfied, but he couldn't say it, so he deliberately played a trick. He suddenly put his other arm around the girl's shoulders and pulled her into his arms. With a smile on his lips, he said casually, "This way, we look more like a couple."

"you……"

The unexpected physical contact startled Lin Mo, and her face instantly became hotter. Her tense body pressed against the man's chest. Through the thin shirt, she could clearly feel the hot body and pounding heartbeat under the shirt at the position of her right shoulder.

Noticing the girl's tension, Lu Yanxiao smirked, "What? Is that wrong?

"Yes, absolutely."

Lin Mo realized belatedly that Lu Yanxiao was intentionally "retaliating" against her. She hadn't expected this man to be so stingy. Then she smiled and joked, "Lu Yanxiao, it seems you're quite experienced."

“…”

Someone felt like they were shooting themselves in the foot. A smile floated on their face, but they gritted their teeth and said coldly, "Look at the camera."

Lin Mo said "oh" obediently.

Originally, she thought that since they had signed the agreement, as a "couple", they should quickly get closer, so she was a little casual. Maybe she lost control for a moment and forgot Lu Yanxiao's formidable identity, which made him angry.

Forget it, let’s just take it step by step.

Lin Mo successfully convinced herself. After taking the photo, she took back her phone and said "thank you" to him earnestly. After confirming that the photo was correct, she complimented him, "Lu Yanxiao, you take really good photos."

Bang!

Lu Yanxiao was hit in the heart again!

The girl smiled sweetly at him with her eyes curved, and praised him so frankly. In just a few minutes, his mind seemed to be on a roller coaster, making him confused and intoxicated, and even his voice became a little softer unconsciously.

He said, “It’s OK.”

Lin Mo felt relieved and waved her hand. "Then I'll be leaving first. I'll send you the photos later. Oh, by the way, we don't know each other very well. To avoid any mistakes, let's each make a document introducing ourselves in detail. After we're done, we can send it to each other so that we can get to know each other quickly."

"How detailed?"

"Height, weight, favorite foods, any dietary restrictions, hobbies, habits, etc. The more detailed the better."

"good."

*

The down elevator did not require a card swipe. As soon as she entered the elevator, Lin Mo opened the taxi-hailing app in advance, but the network was poor and she could not refresh all the information on the app. After getting out of the elevator, the network was restored. She restarted the app and entered the address while walking out. However, when she reached the middle of the lobby, she suddenly heard someone calling her name.

"Lin Mo?"

Lin Mo looked over and saw Tang Kai running over from the coffee shop.

"What a coincidence! I didn't expect to see you here." Tang Kai, dressed in a suit and carrying a computer bag, came to meet a client. He smiled modestly. "Do you remember me? Tang Kai from the Third Hospital. I met you during the experiment."

"Oh, I remember."

Although she really didn't want to run into them, since they had already met, she still had to be at least polite. Lin Mo pretended to be completely unaware that Sister Li was trying to bring them together. She waved gently and said, "Hello, are you here to talk about work?"

"Well, I just finished my work. I saw you from afar and came over to say hello."

"Thank you for your hard work, working overtime so late."

Embarrassed, on pins and needles, eager to escape, "Then you go ahead, my car is almost here."

"You haven't called a car yet?"

Tang Kai pointed at her phone screen and said, "If you're not in a hurry, I'll buy you a coffee. I just have something I want to talk to you about."

She told Sister Li this morning that she has a boyfriend and rejected the blind date. Could it be that this person is still giving up and wants to talk to her about this?

Lin Mo panicked and waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, I really have to go. I have something urgent to do. Sorry." As she spoke, she walked out, not wanting to delay for even a second.

Tang Kai was anxious, so he quickly caught up with her, grabbed her bag strap, and stood in front of her, hesitatingly saying, "Um, did Sister Li tell you? I want her to introduce me to someone—ah—"

Before Tang Kai could finish his words, he was suddenly pushed away roughly by a figure, and fell backwards to the ground.

"Who are you?"

Lin Mo was also startled by this sudden action. She thought she was encountering a fight. When she looked sideways, she found that it was Lu Yanxiao standing next to her, holding her scarf in his hand.

"Her boyfriend."

Lu Yanxiao glanced down at Tang Kai, then tied the scarf for Lin Mo as if nothing had happened.

They came at the perfect time, now was the perfect time to show that they were boyfriend and girlfriend. Lin Mo cooperated with Lu Yanxiao's actions, looking at him with her bright eyes, a shy smile on her lips.

Lu Yanxiao was very considerate. He tied the scarf and considerately helped the girl tuck her scattered hair behind her ears.

Tang Kai stood up, unable to believe it for a moment.

He thought Lin Mo's refusal to go on a blind date today was simply due to disappointment with last night's date, or perhaps because she was frustrated and temporarily discouraged, not a genuine rejection. What a coincidence that they met here tonight. He was feeling lucky that this was a special opportunity for him, and was about to give it another try, when he called Lin Mo. Why was she in such a state now?

Tang Kai looked at everything in front of him in amazement. The man was caring and doting, the girl was shy and timid. The whole process was sweet and loving, just like a couple in the early stages of love. But, was this too fast?

Yes, it is indeed unrealistically fast.

"Lin Mo, is this really your boyfriend?" Tang Kai ignored Lu Yanxiao and asked Lin Mo directly.

Lin Mo nodded: "Yes, he's my boyfriend."

"To be precise, it's my fiancé."

Lu Yanxiao played with his "girlfriend's" hair with one hand and emphasized, "The kind that's going to get married soon."

Why did she sound a bit cocky in this guy's words? Lin Mo glanced at him and signaled that that was enough.

Then, not forgetting to clear up the misunderstanding, she said to Tang Kai, "I'm sorry, you just grabbed my bag and blocked my way. My boyfriend must have thought you were a bad person, and I was a little impulsive in a hurry. I'm sorry."

As he spoke, he tugged at Lu Yanxiao's sleeve and spoke gently, "He's a colleague from our group. Even though it wasn't intentional, you pushed him down after all, so you still have to apologize to him."

Needless to say, it is impossible for Young Master Lu to apologize.

On the contrary, he looked at Tang Kai sinisterly, as if he wanted to eat this man alive.

After a stalemate of nearly half a minute, Tang Kai finally lost his composure, fearing the other party would come up and hit him. A brave man would not suffer a loss in front of him, so he laughed dryly and said, "Forget it, it's all a misunderstanding. Lin Mo, I'm leaving first. We can talk again when we have time."

"Okay, bye." Lin Mo waved symbolically and finally left.

Turning around, I felt as if there was an ice wall standing beside me. Not only was the ice wall freezing, but it also uttered a sarcastic question: "A candidate competing with me?"

"Ah?" Lin Mo was confused.

Lu Yanxiao: "Blind date."

Lin Mo was startled and finally reacted.

As expected, he had expected that she would continue to go on blind dates with others when she returned to Changli. Now, he knew that he might not even be considered a backup option for her at the beginning. With Young Master Lu's temper, it would be strange if he was not angry.

Lin Mo felt guilty and tried to make amends, "You haven't gotten along with him yet?"

Lu Yanxiao snorted coldly: "Still want to meet again?"

"No, no, blind dates are so troublesome. I can't do it again." Lin Mo hastily denied, "Lu Yanxiao, there will definitely not be anyone else. I've decided on you."

Cough cough.

Lu Yanxiao's eyebrows twitched, and his expression relaxed a little: "I'll take you back."

"No, you're too cold dressed like this."

Lin Mo pointed at his clothes. Perhaps in his haste to catch up, Lu Yanxiao had only casually thrown on a down jacket over his home clothes and his hotel slippers. "I can just take a taxi. The long pear is very small, and I'll be home in no time."

Fearing that Lu Yanxiao would insist on giving her a ride, Lin Mo hurriedly called a car on the ride-hailing app without waiting for him to say anything.

The girl had already run out of the hotel, but Lu Yanxiao remained standing at the door until he saw her get into the car and completely disappear from his sight. Only then did he turn around and walk back. When he reached the elevator, his phone vibrated twice. He glanced down and saw two WeChat messages from the girl.

One was a photo of the "couple" just taken in the room, and the other was text.

Lin Mo: [Lu Yanxiao, don't forget to pick me up after work tomorrow.]

Lu Yanxiao's eyes glared, and he thought of his dirty "blind date" just now. He immediately replied: "It's time to show your face in front of your colleagues."

*

In the car, Lin Mo stared at Lu Yanxiao's WeChat message for a while, always feeling that there was something else behind his words.

But she didn't have the energy to dwell on it. She was thinking about how to send the couple's photo to her grandfather and parents. She had to start preparing them for marriage. Her previous relationships had always been spontaneous, without a specific timeline to tell her family. But this time was different. Time was tight, and she had to prepare them first so that getting the marriage certificate next week wouldn't seem like a surprise.

Her family situation was complicated, with no family group, so she had to chat one-on-one, then casually share a photo when the time was right. Her mother, Xu Jinyan, was in France, with a seven-hour time difference, so the chat ended late at night.

The next day, Lin Mo walked into the office bleary-eyed and forced herself to work. By 3:00 p.m., she couldn't hold it back any longer and began yawning. She planned to make herself a cup of iced coffee to wake herself up, but before she could leave the office, a colleague from the adjacent research lab appeared at the door.

"Engineer Lin, Ning Xin, Director Shen wants you two to bring your notebooks and pens and come to Hangar 2."

After saying that, the colleague hurried away. Confused, Li Ningxin quickly moved in front of Lin Mo, "Senior Sister, what's going on? There's no experiment for us in Hangar 2?"

Lin Mo didn't understand what was going on either, so she clapped her hands on her cheeks and forced herself to cheer up.

"Let's go, we'll know when we get there."