Wei Guangmo's romantic life was also quite bumpy. In his early years, he was once engaged according to his family's arrangement. Families like his mostly chose family marriages for the benefit of the family, and Wei Guangmo was no exception. As an only son, he was taught from a young age not to go against the family's wishes.

However, his former fiancée, Miss Wei, was not only lost as a child and only found by her family many years later, but she had also married another man and had children. He had been the nominal fiancé of the Wei family for many years. It was hard for this outcome not to become the talk of the town in high society.

It's understandable that he might harbor resentment towards his fiancée. However, coincidentally, this fiancée was the only one willing to invest in 'Beishang' back then. At a time when no one recognized 'Beishang' and held the rigid belief that men couldn't achieve anything significant, only his fiancée became his mentor...

Now, his fiancée and her husband's child is old enough to run errands, but his marriage is still pending, so it's only natural that his family is anxious.

But after that incident, Wei Guangmo felt that people were looking at him with more scrutiny and inquiry. Everyone seemed to be looking at him with prejudice. He also began to resist his family's attempts to find him a marriage partner. This not only caused him to rebel against his family, but also created some obstacles in his approach to romantic relationships.

After experiencing Yan Chang being trapped in the basement in the game, he developed a greater aversion to women. He didn't believe that marriage was a man's destiny, and that living alone until old age was a good choice.

As for these things, Pei Wu, as Wei Guangmo's friend, was well aware of them. She was rather oblivious when it came to romantic relationships. Her friendship with Wei Guangmo was simply due to their good working relationship. She admired Wei Guangmo's talent and drive, regardless of gender. If he were a woman, she thought she would still be friends with him.

Even though they knew in their hearts that their relationship was just a simple friendship, societal expectations always bound them together. Even Wei Guangmo's parents had privately approached Pei Wu, and at one point they thought Pei Wu was a good candidate for their daughter-in-law.

Thinking of this, Pei Wu slowed her pace until she stopped. "I still feel it's not right."

Hearing her voice, Wei Guangmo stopped and turned around to look. "What's wrong?"

"I still feel uneasy about accompanying you on a blind date." Pei Wu felt that when she was single, she didn't care about anything, but now that she had decided to develop a relationship with Jin Wei, she needed to consider societal opinions and... Jin Wei's feelings.

"...You..." Wei Guangmo asked after giving him a probing look, "Are you in a relationship?"

Wei Guangmo knew Pei Wu well. The fact that she was so eager to sever ties with him, and that she only appeared in the game, was for Shao Sang's sake and also for Shen Yu Nan's.

"Not yet, but it should be soon." Pei Wu paused for a moment before continuing, "I've found him."

"Didn't you say Meng Qinsu wasn't..." Wei Guangmo frowned slightly, but quickly connected it to Pei Wu's performance at the meeting just now, "Could Shen Yu'nan be... Jin Wei?"

Wei Guangmo suddenly realized, "Then...no wonder my name became a banned term in the game. Oh well, you blockhead finally got it, how could I make things difficult for you?" Wei Guangmo waved his hand and walked away.

"If you really don't want to go, just refuse. There's no need to make things difficult for yourself," Pei Wu said to Wei Guangmo's departing figure.

"knew!"

However, Wei Guangmo's unintentional remark, "No wonder... my name is a banned term in the game," caused Pei Wu to pause in surprise for a moment.

'Does he...care about his relationship with Wei Guangmo?'

Thinking of this, Pei Wu reached into the pocket of her white lab coat, only to realize she hadn't brought her phone. It wasn't until she returned to her lab that she discovered her phone was on her desk, and that the message Jin Wei had sent her was from an hour ago.

Pei Wu, who was about to reply, paused her typing and instead dialed his number.

The phone rang for a long time before Jin Wei's voice finally came through.