Pei Yang was full of expectations and even thought of words to coax his wife. Dai Mingfang was a relative of his and he had no choice but to stay in the company, but he had transferred her to work in the store and they seldom met.

"Nothing. I won't be home for dinner tonight. Just telling you. Bye."

"etc!"

Pei Yang stopped her unwillingly: "Don't you have anything else to say to me?"

Shen Mingzhu on the other end of the phone paused for two seconds, "Give Fugui a bath at night, comb his fur, and apply some care essential oils."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Pei Yang put down the phone in frustration, and kept muttering while driving: "Fugui Fugui, she only thinks about Fugui every day. Am I such a grown-up, but in her heart, I am worse than a dog?"

Shen Mingzhu sneezed twice, thinking that the air was dry. She stood up and sprinkled some water on the towel on the heating pipe to keep it moist, then left the office to go to the bathroom.

On the way, I met Pei Qiuxia who was also heading towards the bathroom.

"Mr. Shen."

"Um."

Pei Qiuxia felt a little embarrassed when Shen Mingzhu looked her up and down. "I don't want to dress so formally, but my mother forced me to wear it, otherwise she wouldn't let me go out."

Shen Mingzhu smiled and patted her arm. "It looks pretty, but your face is a little plain. Come to my office after work to put on some makeup."

"It's not necessary. It's just a meal. If I make it too grand, people will think I'm really eager to get married."

Pei Qiuxia said self-deprecatingly, her expression unable to hide her uneasiness and inferiority.

In this day and age, 25-year-old women have no advantage in the blind date market.

What's more, she had been in a relationship that lasted for 5 years and was engaged to the man. In addition, she was not good-looking. All these factors led to her several blind dates ending in failure, and she was already a little discouraged.

Shen Mingzhu could understand Pei Qiuxia's feelings: "Women dress up not to please others, but to arm themselves. You don't know who you will meet in the next second, maybe your ex, maybe your soulmate."

“Don’t think that dressing up for a date is being pushy. Your appearance directly represents your sincerity and respect for this meeting. Similarly, you can also tell a person’s upbringing and character from their outfit.”

Shen Mingzhu's words made Pei Qiuxia suddenly enlightened and she felt much better.

"Then I'll go get my hair blown dry at noon?"

"Well, give me some bangs, make them thinner, and curl the ends of my hair a little more inward."

"good."

At noon, Pei Qiuxia came to Shen Mingzhu as soon as she finished blow-drying her hair and asked her to check it.

"Yes, it's much prettier this way."

Shen Mingzhu's praise obviously gave Pei Qiuxia more confidence and self-confidence.

She has relatively flat facial features and a square face. The bangs and inward-curling hairstyle modify her face shape very well, making her look more gentle and intellectual.

After get off work, she put on some light makeup with the help of Shen Mingzhu, and then they set out to the restaurant they had agreed to meet at.

After getting off the car in the parking lot, Shen Mingzhu met an acquaintance and started chatting with him.

Pei Qiuxia didn't know the other person, and she was nervous and wanted to look in the mirror, so she went into the restaurant first under the pretext of going to the bathroom.

…

"Qiuxia?"

In front of the sink, Pei Qiuxia was fixing her hair in front of the mirror when a familiar voice suddenly came from the side.

Turning around, Pei Qiuxia thought to herself that what Shen Mingzhu said was right.

The person who greeted her was her ex-fiancé Jiang Xinsheng.

Jiang Xinsheng and she were high school classmates. She failed the college entrance examination, while Jiang Xinsheng was admitted to a good university in another province.

After graduation, Jiang Xinsheng returned to Fengcheng to work. At this time, both of them were over 22 years old, which was the right age for marriage.

But Jiang Xinsheng wanted to develop his career first. As his girlfriend, Pei Qiuxia fully supported him and agreed to get engaged first.

After getting engaged, although the two did not live together, they did everything that a couple should do.

At the beginning of this year, seeing that their daughter was about to turn 25, Pei's father and mother began to urge her to get married.

Every time Jiang Xinsheng made excuses and delayed the relationship, and the two often quarreled and had the cold war over this. Finally, on Pei Qiuxia's 25th birthday, Jiang Xinsheng stood Pei Qiuxia up because of work and broke up with her.

After the breakup, Pei Qiuxia was in pain for a while and even thought about asking for reconciliation. Five years of relationship cannot be given up just like that.

It was not until a good high school classmate told her that Jiang Xinsheng had a new girlfriend and had known her long before he broke up with her.

Jiang Xinsheng had been delaying marrying her, not because he was busy with work, but because he was busy cheating on her. He stood her up on her birthday so he could go to the movies with his "new love".

Although Jiang Xinsheng's betrayal made her angry, it also made her completely let go of this relationship and began to follow her family's arrangements for blind dates in order to settle her lifelong event as soon as possible.

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Today is the first time the two meet after their breakup.

"Qiuxia, what a coincidence."

Looking at the dressed-up Pei Qiuxia, Jiang Xinsheng had undisguised amazement in his eyes and a relaxed and comfortable look on his face, as if they were old classmates who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

"You're dressed so beautifully, are you here for a blind date? I heard Qian Rong say a few days ago that you've been on a blind date recently. How come you haven't found the right one yet?"

"none of your business!"

Jiang Xinsheng used his size to stop her from leaving. "Do you really need to do that? Even if we can't be husband and wife, we can still be friends, right?"

"I'm sorry, I'm a germaphobe and don't like being around garbage. Also, please stay away from me, I can't stand the smell of garbage."

Pei Qiuxia had worked with Pei Wenping for a long time, and had somewhat acquired Pei Wenping's aggressive character, and was not at all soft-hearted when it came to scolding people.

Jiang Xinsheng was irritated by her, "Why are you so arrogant? If it weren't for our past relationship, I wouldn't want to meddle in other people's business. Tell me, you've been on blind dates for so long and haven't been successful. Haven't you looked for the reason yourself?"

"You are not young anymore, stop being picky, and marry someone who is willing to marry you. If you wait another year or two, you will probably only be able to marry a divorced man..."

“Bang!”

Jiang Xinsheng's words were interrupted by a slap from Pei Qiuxia.

He covered his face with a look of disbelief: "You hit me?"

"What's wrong with hitting you? Jiang Xinsheng, anyone can laugh at me, but you are not worthy! Who is the reason why I haven't gotten married yet? If you are a human being, you should repent for your shamelessness every day!"

After scolding, Pei Qiuxia still felt it was not enough and picked up her bag and hit Jiang Xinsheng in the face.

Jiang Xinsheng was no pushover. He snatched the bag away and raised his hand to slap it back the next second.

A strong and powerful hand stretched out from the side and stopped his movement like an iron clamp.

"Brother, hitting someone in public is against the law, do you understand?"

"Who are you? What does it have to do with you?"

Shen Zhemin showed his police ID, and Jiang Xinsheng's arrogance disappeared instantly.

Pei Qiuxia, who was sitting opposite, blushed when she saw Shen Zhemin's police ID.

"She was the first to do it!"

Shen Zhemin let go of him, his eyes fell on Pei Qiuxia for two seconds, and said: "Oh, I didn't see it."

Jiang Xinsheng: "..." (End of this chapter)