"Blind date? How do you know?"
"I'm just guessing. It's not the first time he's done this," Gu Junxing went on to explain to Nian Suian that if relatives or friends introduced a potential match to Liu Jian and asked him to treat them to dinner, he would come to the mall to eat if he wasn't satisfied after meeting them.
Nian Suian choked, recalling the woman she had just seen. She had something to say but wasn't sure if she should.
Seeing Nian Suian's hesitation, Gu Junxing smiled, "If you have something to say, just say it. It's okay."
Nian Suian thought about it but still didn't speak, "He's your friend, I'd better not say anything."
Actually, she wanted to say that the lady she saw earlier looked beautiful and elegant, and was as tall as Liu Jian even in flat shoes. Just judging by appearances, shouldn't that lady be the one who was unsatisfied?
Of course, she didn't know the details of the situation, so it was better not to comment carelessly. Besides, if Gu Junxing criticized her friend in front of her, she would definitely be upset. Putting herself in his shoes, Nian Suian swallowed the words that had almost come out.
After finishing dinner, the three of them headed home. As soon as they got in the car, Gu Junxing's phone rang.
Seeing the caller ID, Gu Junxing smiled.
Nian Suian guessed who it was from his expression.
"Liu Jian?"
Gu Junxing nodded and answered the phone.
"Hello? We just finished eating and are about to head home."
"Zhijing's school is nearby. There's a sports meet these days, so we came out to eat after leaving school. What's going on with you today?"
"Your mother introduced her? Why aren't you satisfied?"
"You really are... throwing the baby out with the bathwater."
"Is that so? Okay, I'll ask her."
As soon as Gu Junxing hung up, Nian Suian quickly asked, "What's going on?"
Gu Zhijing also sat up straight, ready to hear what this was all about.
"It was indeed a blind date today, introduced by Liu Jian's mother. The woman is a kindergarten teacher."
"A kindergarten teacher, no wonder she looked so gentle. So why isn't he satisfied? Beautiful and gentle, isn't that what you men like?" Nian Suian silently added in her heart: Not just men, I like that too. Who doesn't love a gentle older sister?
Hearing this, Gu Junxing couldn't help but retort, "Not every man likes that type."
"Oh~ So you like women who are neither beautiful nor gentle~"
"That's not what I meant..." Gu Junxing realized that whatever he said now seemed wrong.
"I don't like that type," Gu Zhijing chimed in from the side.
"You're underage, it's not your turn to speak yet."
Gu Junxing didn't dare to dwell on this issue any longer, so he explained why Liu Jian wasn't satisfied with the woman.
"He thinks she doesn't earn enough and she has a younger brother."
...
Nian Suian opened her mouth but couldn't say anything for a while. This reason was... very realistic. So realistic that it seemed out of place in a world of rich CEO romances. Of course, everyone has their own criteria for choosing a partner, and if Liu Jian was determined that his criteria included the woman being an only child, others had no right to comment.
"He's always been like this. We've told him before that you need to get to know someone properly before making a decision. You can't sentence someone to 'death' based on one external condition, but he still does things his own way."
Liu Jian was in his early thirties and still not finding a partner, which made his parents extremely anxious. Their son had money and looks, so why couldn't he find someone?
Since Liu Jian turned thirty, there hadn't been a relative who hadn't tried to set him up. From civil servants to private company bosses, from kindergarten to university teachers, there was no one the relatives couldn't introduce.
But he stubbornly refused every one. At first, he really didn't want to find someone, but later when he became interested, he was always dissatisfied with this or that.
When Liu Jian was thirty-three, his parents were almost in despair. They even tried a different approach and introduced a man to their son, thinking that whether it was a boyfriend or girlfriend, at least he should find someone.
When Liu Jian arrived at the meeting place and saw it was a man, he thought he had come to the wrong place. Only after asking did he realize what was going on... To make matters worse, that man was very satisfied with Liu Jian, which scared him so much he ran away.
When they ate together with friends, they would talk about this. Chen Shu didn't say much, as if he had a cold personality; he really didn't want to find anyone.
Liu Jian was different. He wanted to find someone, but he looked down on everyone introduced to him.
Sometimes he complained about their education level not being high enough, sometimes he complained they weren't an only child. For single-parent families where one parent had passed away, he thought there were genetic problems in the family. For those whose parents were divorced, he thought there were issues with family values.
Gu Junxing had said something a couple of times but then couldn't be bothered to say more. If he didn't want to, he could just stay single for life.
Gu Junxing wasn't very interested in Liu Jian's love life, so he turned to tell Nian Suian about what they had discussed at the end of the phone call.
"Liu Jian said he's opened a new hot spring resort hotel that will be open to the public in December. He said for the hotel's opening, he wants to entertain his own people first, letting us be his first batch of guests. He suggested we go play there for a few days. Do you want to go?"
"I want to go, I want to go," Gu Zhijing said eagerly.
Nian Suian agreed too, "It's perfect timing as the weather is getting colder. Why not enjoy some hot springs?"
"Good, I'll set a date in a while. If you like it, you can stay there for a few more days. He's been preparing that hotel for a long time, aiming for the high-end market. The conditions are very good."
"Do we need to pay?" If it's free, we'll stay longer.
"You can stay as long as you want for free. I've invested in it."
...
It's so good to be rich!
While driving and waiting for a red light, Gu Junxing saw a pet shop by the road and remembered something else.
"Isn't it time for Tang Yuan's third vaccine shot?" Counting the days, it was indeed time for the third shot after the second one at the end of October.
The last time they went for the vaccine, Tang Yuan was so scared that they were busy comforting it and forgot to mention changing its name.
"I wonder if it will be better this time at the hospital. We still need to get it neutered in the future. It won't do if it's always this scared," Nian Suian worried that Tang Yuan might have a stress reaction.
"It should be fine. It wasn't that scared the first time. The second time it might have been frightened because it saw a dog. You're going to see Jiaojiao on Saturday, so let's take it on Sunday."
When they took Tang Yuan for its second vaccine shot, just as they entered and took Tang Yuan out, they saw a doctor leading out a large golden retriever. Although the hospital was called "Cute Meow", they obviously treated dogs as well as cats.
The moment Tang Yuan saw the dog, all its fur stood on end and it started struggling. Finally, after the dog was led away and they spent half an hour comforting it, Tang Yuan calmed down.
Nian Suian had no objections to the time arrangement.
"I want to go too..." Gu Zhijing said softly.
"You stay at home and review on Sunday. You're not allowed to go anywhere."
"Oh."