"What? You're going on a blind date?!" Ni Sitian almost spat out her lemon tea.

"Do you have to go to such lengths?" Xiang Zhilan stirred the saccharin in her coffee and smiled helplessly.

Her mother was very efficient. She had only told her about the blind date, and in less than a week, her mother had already provided her with a stack of men's photos, telling her to choose the ones she liked and meet them one by one.

She has plans for tonight: to meet her first blind date at a French restaurant.

However, let's have afternoon tea with Ni Sitian first. We didn't manage to buy anything the other day, so we went shopping together today.

“Miss Xiang, why would you need to go on blind dates? You could just call out and suitors would line up all the way to the Huangpu River. Besides, don’t you dislike this kind of thing?” Ni Sitian really couldn’t understand. Even if Xiang Zhilan was extremely disappointed in Shen Muzhi, she didn’t need to do this.

“That’s all in the past. Now that I’m divorced and raising a child, my value has decreased.” Xiang Zhilan sighed. Perhaps she would still get a lot of attention if she went out alone, but if she went out with her two children, the effect would be different.

"What kind of discouraging talk is that? A man with such limited vision isn't good enough for you." Ni Sitian frowned, disagreeing with her statement. Ordinary women are often constrained by such things, but for truly outstanding women, it's not a big deal, especially considering how many women these days remarry and marry even better.

"Pfft, I was just joking and you took it seriously." Xiang Zhilan laughed, then said seriously, "I just want to find someone to live a stable life with, like your sister, not for any other reason."

“You and my cousin have different personalities. She went through a miscarriage, a divorce, and the death of Li Shaoan. She had no expectations for love, which is why she made this choice.”

"I have nothing to look forward to anymore." Xiang Zhilan remembered that Shen Muzhi had said he would let the seed in her heart that had once loved him sprout again, and let it blossom and bear fruit. However, just as her little sapling broke through the soil, he slapped it to death.

“Zhi Lan, is it because of the misunderstanding that day…” Ni Sitian looked at her with concern.

"Don't mention him again. I feel nauseous just hearing his name now," Xiang Zhilan said earnestly. "Besides, there's no misunderstanding. He slept with Bai Yutong."

"Huh?" Ni Sitian exclaimed in shock, "How is this possible?"

"I heard it with my own ears, right that day." Xiang Zhilan didn't want to say any more.

Ni Sitian didn't quite understand what was going on. Xiang Zhilan wouldn't tell her this lie, and Shen Muzhi didn't seem like that kind of person. He and Xu Tingchuan were both oddballs who were over thirty and still virgins. How could they suddenly sleep with Bai Yutong?

But seeing that Zhi Lan's expression had darkened slightly, she didn't speak up for Shen Muzhi anymore.

The two changed the subject, and after a while, Ni Sitian's phone rang. It was Xu Tingchuan calling.

Ni Sitian hung up the phone and was about to speak to Xiang Zhilan when Xiang Zhilan waved her hand dismissively: "You should leave now, don't keep your Mr. Xu waiting."

"Then I'm leaving." Ni Sitian picked up the bags and stood up, but couldn't help saying, "You should really think about the blind date carefully."

"I understand, go ahead and go ahead," Xiang Zhilan urged.

Then she watched as Ni Sitian left the coffee shop, walking briskly towards her lover, just like Su Yan had done that day.

She looked away, then opened WeChat and read through Shen Muzhi's last message from that day before deleting it entirely.