Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Run towards her!
After the message was sent, the study fell silent, everyone's attention focused on the phone, waiting for the girl's reply. After waiting for about three minutes, the phone didn't budge, and Lu Yanxiao began to get impatient and wanted to leave.
"Stop." Lu Qingye shouted.
Lu Yanxiao snorted softly, and simply sat on the soft stool, draped his long legs lazily, and picked up the Rubik's Cube on the bookshelf to play with it.
Another three minutes passed, and with a buzzing sound, everyone looked at the phone on the table.
Qingqing texted back: [I see. This really does help avoid wasting each other's time. Don't blame yourself. I understand. There's no need to apologize in person. I'm no longer angry, and you don't have to feel any burden. Best wishes (smiley face).]
Seeing the content of the text message, Lu Yanxiao's lips twitched, and he exchanged glances with Wang Qian, and they both felt relieved.
"Look at this! What a good kid! What a respectable way of handling things." Lu Qingye picked up his phone and read the few lines of text over and over again, his eyes full of admiration. Then he looked at his grandson and suddenly became furious. "You kid don't know how to cherish me!"
"You said those nonsense. The girl must be angry, that's why she refused to meet you." Lu Qingye glared at Lu Yanxiao and continued, "Leave your phone here. You guys go out first, I'll make the arrangements."
After saying that, Uncle Zhang invited Lu Yanxiao and Wang Qian to leave, and the four bodyguards followed closely behind.
After a while, Uncle Zhang helped Lu Qingye out of the study.
Arriving in the living room, Lu Qingye returned the phone to Lu Yanxiao and said, "It's settled. Qingqing agreed to meet you, and I've already arranged a location for you. It's at your Yunting Club. You better watch out for me. If you do something naughty again, I won't let you off!"
After saying these harsh words, he added a soft and heartfelt remark, "Trust me once, give it a try. Maybe this is fate."
When I walked out of the old villa, snowflakes started falling from the sky. The sky was gray and looked like a net, making it hard to breathe.
Lu Yanxiao opened the text message interface on his phone and saw the text message that his grandfather had sent to Qingqing using his phone.
Grandpa sent Qingqing the address and time of the club.
Qingqing replied: [Okay, see you tomorrow.]
Lu Yanxiao was already upset because of being rejected by Lin Mo today, and after this incident, his emotions were on the verge of exploding. He cut in on the call without saying anything, intending to make it clear to this woman named Qingqing that he should just deal with the old woman and not waste time meeting her. Just as he was about to press the dial button, he was stopped by Wang Qian.
"Director Lu is not in good health. How about taking a break first..."
Wang Qian had just thought about this carefully and guessed that someone had probably complained to the old man, and the old man had just discovered that Mr. Xiao was faking a blind date and had sent four bodyguards to snatch the phone from him. The person who had complained was most likely "Qingqing". If Mr. Xiao contacted her now to cancel the meeting, there was no guarantee that this woman would complain again.
"Maybe she showed the chat records to the old man." Wang Qian expressed his guess.
Lu Yanxiao seemed to be lost in thought.
Wang Qian's guess was not without reason. Although his previous blind dates had been persistent and entangled with him, they were all afraid of him and would never dare to expose him. However, this woman named Qingqing said one thing in public but did another in private.
Lu Yanxiao sneered, "You're quite good at complaining."
"Boss Xiao, then let's do it as before. When we meet, we'll make a plan to make her give up?"
"No, we'll double it on top of what we've done before. Not only will we make her realize the difficulty, but we'll also make her afraid." Lu Yanxiao's eyes were sharp, as if he was brewing a malicious punishment.
Wang Qian: "I understand."
*
When she was almost at the residential complex, Lin Mo bought two packs of cigarettes from a nearby store and gave them to the security guard. She told him that someone would be returning her car in a few days and she might not be home by then, so she needed him to keep the keys. The guard reluctantly accepted the cigarettes and happily agreed.
Only after returning home did Lin Mo see the missed calls and text messages on her phone.
Just as she suspected, Lu Yanxiao was indeed being pressured by his family's elders to go on a blind date. Therefore, he disregarded other people's feelings and tried to ruin the blind date in the most effective way possible. Although she had volunteered to go on the blind date, there were many people who were pressured into marriage and couldn't resist their elders, so they had to go on blind dates as a chore. She could completely understand that.
The two had only added each other on WeChat before, without leaving their phone numbers. Lu Yanxiao still didn't know Qingqing was her. Now that she had sent an "apology" text message, she knew without a doubt that it was the result of the old man's coercion. Why would she do anything to displease others? So, she immediately replied, politely declining the meeting.
I thought the matter was over.
But not long after, Grandpa called him via video, saying that Grandpa Lu had contacted him, explained the whole story, and apologized. Grandpa admired Lu Yanxiao's attitude and praised him with a smile, "You're a good boy who admits his mistakes and corrects them. Qingqing, how about we give him another chance?"
Just as Lin Mo was hesitating, Lu Yanxiao sent her a text message: [Just think of it as fulfilling the old man's wish. Why not meet him in person to reassure him?]
Then, Grandpa actually pulled Grandpa Lu into the video chat.
With the two old people eagerly waiting, and Lu Yanxiao's text messages, Lin Mo was in a dilemma. After thinking carefully, she thought that it might be better to meet with Lu Yanxiao to explain the matter clearly, so she agreed.
At this moment, looking at the meeting time and place sent in the text message, Lin Mo hesitated whether to tell Lu Yanxiao in advance that Qingqing was her.
After hesitating for a moment, I decided to forget it and not tell him.
Lin Mo held the phone in her hand and smiled maliciously, thinking of playing a prank on her as a punishment for Feng's disrespectful remarks. Thinking of this, she became curious about how Lu Yanxiao would react when he saw her tomorrow.
*
The Yunting Club where they had agreed to meet was on the west bank of Qinzhou Lake. The next day at noon, Lin Mo walked there.
Walk along the lake for about ten minutes, turn onto the bluestone path on the left, and soon you will see the "Yunting" sign in a secluded path in a bamboo forest.
The Yunting Club has a Chinese-style architecture. The first thing that catches your eye is the bright vermilion wooden door and the magnificent smoky green gatehouse. Looking inside from the gatehouse, you can see that the courtyard is extremely spacious, with pavilions, waterside terraces, flowers, plants and rockery, which looks very much like the classical gardens in the Jiangnan region.
"Hello, I'm looking for Mr. Lu Yanxiaoxiao." Lin Mo said to the reception staff at the gate.
"Who are you?"
"Qingqing, I made an appointment with President Xiao yesterday."
"Oh, Miss Qingqing." The staff member pretended to understand something and handed her a notebook. "Please register here."
"good."
Lin Mo took the registration booklet and had just written "Qingqing" in the name column when her hand suddenly stopped. She realized that there was a long list of information to fill in behind the registration column, including: name, ID number, height, weight, occupation, home address, contact information, reason for visit, date...
She looked up at the club. She had the impression it was a private club, closed to the public, meaning it only entertained guests invited by the owner. Was it necessary to register the owner's guests in such an intrusive way?
Lin Mo didn't comment and asked the staff member for confirmation: "Do I need to fill out all of them?"
The staff nodded: "Sorry, this is the rule of our club."
I've lived for over twenty years and have never seen anything like this.
Lin Mo had a vague feeling that something was wrong. The page the staff asked her to register on was currently blank. With a give-it-a-give mentality, she put down her pen and planned to turn to the previous page to take a look. Before she could turn it, an aggressive voice came from the side.
"Write it or not? If not, can you please move aside for a moment?"
Two girls in fur coats came over. One of them snatched the notebook and pushed forward without hesitation, "Let's sign first."
Lin Mo looked at them in disbelief.
The two girls not only wrote down the required information in the registration book, but also added the digital measurements of "chest, waist and hips" in the blank spaces. Then they took out the lipstick slowly, applied a thick layer on their lips, and finally printed their lip prints on the registration book.
“…”
Lin Mo was stunned. Has this world become so crazy now?
"What are you looking at? Are you jealous?"
The girl glanced over, looked her up and down, and made a "tsk tsk tsk" sound of disdain.
As if trying to show off their beauty, one of them pulled her fur coat down, revealing her collarbone and shoulders, while the other took off her fur coat altogether, leaving only a thin tight dress. When she looked at her, she deliberately straightened her chest, and the dress seemed about to burst.
Aren't they cold? It snowed yesterday.
Lin Mo frowned slightly and subconsciously wrapped the scarf around her neck tightly.
The girl chuckled and said coquettishly, "You have to dress like us when you come to see Xiao. He will like it~" After that, she glanced at her with her seductive eyes and walked into the club with her slender waist.
They also came to see Lu Yanxiao.
At this point, Lin Mo became more certain of her previous guess. She casually flipped to the first few pages of the registration book, looked at the completely blank pages, and asked directly, "Is the owner of the club Mr. Xiao?"
The staff nodded.
"Did President Xiao ask me to fill this out?"
The staff member replied guiltily, "This is the club's rule. If you don't fill it out, you really can't get in. Look, those two beauties just now both filled it out. They are also Mr. Xiao's guests."
It was obvious that the registration process, like a private inquiry, and the demonstration with two alluring beauties were all aimed at forcing her to leave. How childish! Couldn't they have just met and explained things clearly?
Because she knew Lu Yanxiao, she knew that these were all illusions to scare her away. But if she didn't know Lu Yanxiao and didn't know that these were illusions, it would be a real offense.
A strong feeling of discomfort arose in my heart.
Lin Mo smiled silently, glanced at the two red lip prints on the registration book, and smiled at the staff member, "Sorry, I won't go in. Please tell President Xiao that we can each take care of our own elderly relatives. There is no need to meet each other, and we don't need to contact each other in the future."
The staff were stunned and couldn't believe what was happening before their eyes.
Assistant Wang Qian didn't reveal too much to them, simply saying that a woman who was pestering the boss would be arriving today and asking everyone to do everything they could to get rid of her. They had no hope for his first attempt at interception, as there were even more dramatic things waiting inside the club. Who would have thought he'd succeed in this first attempt?
"Hello, do you hear me?" Lin Mo stretched out her hand and waved it in front of the distracted staff member.
The staff member suddenly woke up: "Okay, I'll pass it on."
Lin Mo: "Thank you."
*
On the other side, a Rolls-Royce was driving towards the Yunting Club.
Inside the car, Lu Yanxiao, still reeling from Lin Mo's rejection yesterday, sat in the back seat, staring at his phone. Lin Mo's WeChat Moments, a post he'd seen countless times, filled the screen. The girl loved life and shared it freely. Her WeChat Moments included links to numerous aviation-related articles, as well as fragments of her life.
Lu Yanxiao browsed through them one by one, as if trying to find some clues from them.
At this time, Wang Qian's cell phone rang. It was a call from the club. Things went more smoothly than he expected. Qingqing was not only scared away, but also asked the staff to convey that she did not plan to meet with President Xiao again.
After helping his boss solve his problems, Wang Qian suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment and hoped to make his boss feel a little better.
"Boss Xiao, the blind date has left. Do we still need to go to the club?" Wang Qian reported.
Lu Yanxiao hummed absentmindedly.
I promised the old man to meet at the club, so I have to go through the necessary procedures.
Wang Qian stepped on the accelerator and drove straight to the Qinzhou Lake parking lot.
"Boss Xiao, Assistant Wang..."
Seeing Lu Yanxiao and Wang Qian approaching, the staff at the gate greeted them respectfully. Eager to take credit for their work in front of their boss, they raised their voices and said, "Assistant Wang, we dare not neglect your instructions. That woman didn't even get into the club."
Wang Qian nodded in response.
Seeing that Lu Yanxiao hadn't noticed, the staff member deliberately picked up the registration book for the two to review: "Assistant Wang, take a look!"
Wang Qian raised his arm and was about to block the other party, but saw Lu Yanxiao suddenly grab the notebook and stare at the words on it. His eyebrows were getting tighter and tighter, and his eyes seemed to be thinking about something.
"Boss?" Wang Qian called out weakly.
Lu Yanxiao ignored him and hurriedly flipped through Lin Mo's circle of friends. A long time ago, she had posted a watercolor painting she had drawn. The text on the painting was exactly the same as the handwriting of the word "Qingqing" in the registration book in front of him.
When they were first in the hospital, Lin Mo added him as a friend by entering her WeChat ID, but did not leave her phone number. After that, the two of them communicated using WeChat. Therefore, even if he had Qingqing's phone number, he would never have thought it was Lin Mo.
Lu Yanxiao's expression became solemn, and his thin eyelids drooped.
He quickly entered Qingqing's number into the WeChat search bar. The moment his finger pressed the search button, he was stunned. The WeChat account displayed on the screen was Lin Mo's.
"Give me your phone." Lu Yanxiao stretched out his hand towards Wang Qian, his voice hoarse.
Wang Qian didn't understand and handed him his cell phone.
Lu Yanxiao said in a deep voice, "The one about the blind date."
Wang Qian quickly took out another mobile phone from his bag.
Lu Yanxiao turned to the chat history between "Feng" and "Qingqing", and his brows furrowed even deeper.
Whose avatar could that be if not Lin Mo’s!
In the past, he only listened to the results and never saw how Wang Qian dealt with his blind date. Now, looking at these inferior remarks, he really wanted to beat himself up.
I was so angry that I laughed!
There was a hint of weakness on Lu Yanxiao's lips. After hesitating for a moment, he dialed Lin Mo's number.
Beep—beep—
There was an endless busy tone in the receiver. It rang for a long time, but no one answered the phone.
She should be very angry, right? She should be angry!
Lu Yanxiao's eyes darkened as he asked the staff member in front of him, "How long has she been gone?"
"Ten, about ten minutes."
As soon as the staff member finished speaking, a gust of wind blew past, and in just a moment, Lu Yanxiao ran out and ran towards the Jinwan community where Lin Mo's home was.
Fate is such a teaser!
It turns out that the girl he had been searching for for years lived in a neighborhood so close to his old house that they might have even passed each other; it turned out that the girl he had been pursuing was actually a blind date introduced by his grandfather, but he mindlessly pushed her away.
There was regret, but it was undeniable that now, he felt more joy in his heart, joy that the two of them had such a fate.
Lu Yanxiao ran desperately along the lakeside, his windbreaker rustling as it fluttered. Even though he didn't know what to do next, at this moment, he just wanted to see the girl he was thinking about as soon as possible.
"Happy New Year, Happy New Year..."
Accompanied by cheerful music, a sightseeing train came towards them. Lu Yanxiao had to slow down. He glanced to the left inadvertently and stopped suddenly. In the pavilion not far away, he saw a familiar figure.
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