The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 175 Encountering an Acquaintance on a Blind Date

Chapter 175: Chapter 175 Encountering an Acquaintance on a Blind Date

Jiang Man hesitated for a moment.

At that moment, Lu Xingzhou came out of the bedroom, already changed into his clothes.

The suit was crisp, not a wrinkle on his outfit, and he looked very neat and meticulous.

"Manman needs to go to school, we won’t go to the matchmaking event for Third Brother. I also still have official duties to attend to," Lu Xingzhou said firmly.

His reasoning was sound, and the elderly lady had no further comments.

Her purpose for coming today was to check on this couple.

Jiang Man was actually quite interested in matchmaking.

She had never seen it abroad, and wanted to experience firsthand whether matchmaking in her home country was as it was described online.

"We’re still in military training, haven’t even started actual classes yet," Jiang Man said indifferently, implying she had time.

"I could go there to join the fun."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Lu Xingzhou immediately said, "I just realized there’s nothing urgent at the company today."

"Then Manman, let’s go together."

"Sure," Jiang Man shrugged.

Seeing this, Lu Xuemei took the elderly lady’s hand, "Mom, I want to go have the morning tea at Qingfangzhai. Why don’t we head there first? If we go late, we won’t get good seats."

"Zhou’er, Manman, take your time, no rush," Lu Xuemei said, then took the elderly lady’s hand and left.

The elderly lady briskly followed and was out of breath by the time they reached and entered the elevator.

"Why the rush?"

"Mom, let’s not be third wheels! I just discovered something big!" Lu Xuemei’s eyes sparkled.

"What big thing?" the elderly lady inquired with interest.

Lu Xuemei leaned close and whispered into the elderly lady’s ear with her hand covering her mouth, "I saw that Manman has a lot of ’strawberries’ on her clavicle!"

"What strawberries?" The elderly lady was confused.

"Oh Mom, it’s from kissing, turns the skin red, young people call this ’planting strawberries!’ Don’t worry, you’ll be holding a great-grandchild soon!"

"Is that so!" Hearing this, the elderly lady happily revealed her neat row of white dentures.

"Let’s go, let’s go to Qingfangzhai, order more ’many children and blessings’ buns!"

The two women, whose combined ages were nearly 120, linked arms and happily acted like three-year-olds.

...

In the room, Jiang Man leisurely watched the neatly dressed man in front of her.

Thinking of his wildness last night, she clicked her tongue.

"Looking quite proper in your attire," she teased with a smile playing at the corners of her mouth.

Lu Xingzhou wore an expression that was calm, "I’m only like this with you."

"Hmm," Jiang Man chuckled with a smile, "keep it up."

"Of course," Lu Xingzhou returned the smile, stepped forward, stretched out his solid arms, and pulled the girl into his embrace, securing her tightly.

"Are we eating at Qingfangzhai, or just the two of us?"

"Just call Lu Zhendong, let’s eat at the place of his date," Jiang Man said nonchalantly, without implying anything special.

Lu Xingzhou responded with full jealousy, "You seem very interested in Third Brother?"

Jiang Man raised her eyebrows, "I’m interested in the matchmaking."

Speaking, she patted his shoulder and extricated herself from his embrace, "Hurry, call, I’m hungry."

...

Half an hour later.

Jiang Man and Lu Xingzhou showed up at a French restaurant.

The two sat next to Lu Zhendong’s table.

Jiang Man ordered a lot of dishes and leisurely savored the meal.

Lu Zhendong sat alone drinking coffee, occasionally glancing over at the next table.

Lu Xingzhou continuously served Jiang Man, spreading butter on bread for her, cutting her steak.

Lu Zhendong watched, entranced, and in a daze remembered his past with Ming Ran.

In those years, he had treated Ming Ran the same way, cherishing her so much that he was afraid she might melt in his mouth or break if touched.

Heh, his sincere heart had been misplaced, even now recalling it makes his heart still ache.

"Mr. Lu."

Just as Lu Zhendong was lost in thought, a gentle female voice interrupted.

Lu Zhendong looked up to face a very stylishly dressed woman.

The woman wore a leather black vest, silver flared trousers, and sported red mid-length hair with flipped ends.

She had applied very delicate makeup, her eyes were narrow and elongated, and her presence was fully assertive, completely embodying the queenly vibe.

"I am Yi Sha."

She introduced herself.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Man subconsciously turned her head.

Indeed, she laid her eyes on a striking woman.

Fate plays its tricks, it was none other than Yi Sha, the globally top fashion designer who disdained Wen Rui and refused to design clothes for him.

It just goes to show how small the upper circles are; go round and round, and it’s easy to bump into someone you know.

Jiang Man picked up her phone to text Lu Xingzhou.

Jiang Man: I know this person, a fashion designer.

Lu Xingzhou raised his eyebrows upon seeing the message and replied, How do you know her?

Jiang Man: She refused to design clothes for Wen Rui, who is my cousin.

After sending the text, she played with her fork, losing her appetite.

If Lu Zhendong and Yi Sha hit it off, wouldn’t she have to call Yi Sha ’sister-in-law’?

Interesting, quite interesting indeed.

Either way, she couldn’t care less.

"May I sit down?" Yi Sha asked softly, her face all smiles.

Lu Zhendong extended his hand politely: "Please sit."

Yi Sha placed her coat on the adjacent seat.

At this moment, all her attention was on Lu Zhendong, completely oblivious to Jiang Man at the next table.

"Shall we start by introducing ourselves to each other?" Yi Sha looked very shy.

Lu Zhenedong just wanted to appease his family; he wasn’t really interested in this blind date.

He said indifferently, "I don’t have much to introduce, I’m 35 years old, not young anymore, indeed it’s time to consider settling down."

Yi Sha didn’t seem to mind the age difference at all and smiled, "I am 27 this year, an 8-year gap, I think it’s fine."

"I heard from Aunt Lu that if the two of us get married, we would have to start trying for a baby immediately..."

She bit her lip: "I don’t have a problem with that."

Lu Zhendong’s eyes shot up upon hearing this: "Aunt mentioned you are a renowned fashion designer, and these are the peak years of your career. Aren’t you worried that marrying and having children now might affect your career?"

"I’m not that career-driven," Yi Sha grinned, "After the V-night event, I plan to post a status about retreating for a year or two to focus on marital matters."

"Understood," Lu Zhendong nodded, realizing she wasn’t just toying with the idea but was very serious.

Conveniently, he was also seriously considering settling the marital matters.

"Shall we exchange contact information?" he asked.

Upon hearing this, Yi Sha was overjoyed: "Sure!"

She immediately opened up her QR code.

Jiang Man, propping her cheek, watched them, finding their blind date quite dull.

Is that how they exchange contact information?

"Alright, added," Lu Zhendong said in a muted tone after scanning.

He placed his phone to the side: "If Ms. Yi Sha doesn’t mind, could you talk about your work? Marriage doesn’t mean the woman has to stop working; I don’t agree with a marriage that sacrifices a woman’s career."

"Mr. Lu..." Yi Sha was touched and impressed by Lu Zhendong’s words.

She had assumed that a major CEO like him would definitely be unreasonable and very domineering.

Who knew he could be so understanding; he was practically an ideal man!

No wonder Miss Ming couldn’t forget him till this day!

"My job is designing clothes, which can be quite mundane to talk about."

"However," she paused, her eyes lighting up, "recently there has been a very interesting development."

Lu Zhendong appeared all ears.

Yi Sha somewhat smugly stated: "An eighteenth-tier singer, who hasn’t officially debuted yet, actually wanted me to design clothes for her to attend the V-night. The funnier part is, after I refused her, her roommate confidently claimed she would design for her."

"I am really looking forward to seeing what kind of clothes her roommate ends up designing for that eighteenth-tier singer to wear; haha, just thinking about it seems quite comical."

Yi Sha laughed to herself.

Lu Zhendong, however, completely missed the humor and instead frowned slightly.

"Huh?" As Yi Sha continued to laugh, her glance accidentally caught the neighboring table.

Her eyes landed on Jiang Man, utterly incredulous.

"Mr. Lu, isn’t it ironic? That brash, comical designer is far from the horizon yet so near right before our eyes!"