Ms.CEO Falls in Love with Aloof Professor

Chapter 23 - 23 23 Blind Date

?Chapter 23: Chapter 23 Blind Date Chapter 23: Chapter 23 Blind Date She was a princess. Living in a castle. Born with a silver spoon in her mouth. She could summon the wind and command the rain, unequalled in her own world.

But he felt she was not happy.

Even a little lonely.

The moment that came to his mind was the night he carried her home, when she refused the honey water offered by the housekeeper, huddled alone in bed like an abandoned kitten.

He never pried into others’ business, especially women’s affairs, but in that moment, for some reason, his sympathy for her overflowed.

He almost didn’t hesitate before getting out of the car and snatching the cigarette from her lips.

Reflecting on his actions at that time, Sheng Xian’s brows twitched, and his fingers accidentally pulled on the page he was holding, tearing off a piece of paper.

Sheng Xian, you must be out of your mind.

What business was it of yours if the girl smoked, and not only did you manage to stop her, but you also threw away a whole new pack of her cigarettes.

Seeing the girl shiver from the cold wind, you even acted as a human wall to shield her from it.

And when the girl wanted to go home, you had the initiative to drive her yourself, playing the chauffeur.

Are you a masochist, Sheng Xian?

…
Lu Jingyan spent this weekend at home, nursing her illness. Fortunately, she exercised regularly and was generally in good shape. The medication made her drowsy, and she slept drowsily for two days. By Sunday evening, her cold had mostly subsided.

Perhaps because she slept too much over the past two days, she woke up early on Monday morning before dawn.

With time to spare, she stayed in bed playing with her cell phone until it was about time for her usual waking hour, then lazily kicked off the covers and climbed out of bed.

After freshening up, she picked up her cell phone intending to go downstairs for breakfast, when her phone rang.

It was Lu Hongcheng, who hadn’t been home these past few days.

Lu Jingyan answered the call, but before she could even say “Uncle,” Lu Hongcheng spoke from the other end of the line, “Did you take care of the matter I mentioned to you last week?”

Last week at breakfast, he had mentioned two things to her.

One was arranging a blind date for her, and the other was to promote his business partner’s daughter on social media.

She was still in the dark about who the blind date was, so Lu Jingyan presumed he meant the second matter and hummed in response, “It’s done.”

“When was it done?”

“At what time?”

Lu Hongcheng asked a few straightforward questions and then moved on to more important matters, “Yesterday afternoon, the boyfriend I’m introducing to you arrived in Beijing. I’ve arranged for you two to have dinner tonight. I’ll have my secretary send you the address later. Oh, by the way, he likes classical literature and music, so when you talk to him, remember to bring up those topics and show that you’re also interested.”

Lu Jingyan, with downcast eyes betraying little emotion, hummed in response.

Lu Hongcheng hung up the phone as if he was arranging tasks with a subordinate, satisfied with her acknowledgment.

Lu Jingyan listened to the dial tone on the phone, recalling how she woke up on Saturday evening, went downstairs to get some water to take her medicine, and stumbled upon the housekeeper reporting to Lu Hongcheng, mentioning her illness.

Lu Hongcheng had just called her, without even asking if she was feeling better.

Lu Jingyan stood in her bedroom with her cell phone for a while, as if she hadn’t taken a call from Lu Hongcheng at all, her face calm as she opened the door and walked downstairs.

Monday was the busiest day of the week, and Lu Jingyan was busy from morning until four in the afternoon when she finally took a break.

On Friday night, Chen Kai had drunk too much and spent two days on an IV drip in the hospital. Now, as if he had forgotten the pain as soon as the wound healed, he started @ing Song Xian and Lu Jingyan in the group chat, “Beauties, shall we go out and sit for a while tonight?”

Song Xian was the laid-back type, “I’m good with anything.”

Chen Kai@Lu Jingyan: “Where’s Yan Bao?”

Lu Jingyan: “Can’t do tonight, how about tomorrow?”

Chen Kai: “What’s up, you’re busy tonight?”

…Yeah, Lu Hongcheng has arranged a match…

Lu Jingyan’s fingers, tapping away at the keyboard, halted.

Her parents had died in an accident when she graduated from junior high, by which time she had stopped trying to vie for their attention as she used to when she was a child.

It was as if her parents had forgotten about her; if she didn’t call them, they seldom took the initiative to call her.

She remembered clearly that the news of her parents’ death came during those two months when she first heard anything about them.

She couldn’t tell if she had been sad or not upon hearing the news; she was more likely stunned.

The entire process of her parents’ death felt like a dream. After the funeral, Lu Hongcheng took her into his care.

Lu Hongcheng spoiled her even more than her own parents had, and despite their absence, she still remained the pampered little princess of the Lu Family.

It was much later that she realized Lu Hongcheng’s care for her had an ulterior motive.

When life is measured by money and benefits, so-called kinship and blood ties also become worthless.

It wasn’t that Lu Hongcheng had no affection for her, but he loved money and his ambitions more.

Lu Hongcheng hoped that one day she could bring more stable and long-lasting cooperation to his empire through marriage.

She hadn’t even graduated from college, yet every now and then, Lu Hongcheng would seek out a new prospect for her.

At first, she wasn’t interested in his choices, and Lu Hongcheng didn’t mind much, thinking she was young and there was plenty of time for her to choose.

But as the years passed and she grew older, the daughters of Lu Hongcheng’s friends married one by one, and his patience with her began to wear thin.

Especially this year, he kept a particularly close watch on her, even meddling in her private life, reminding her more than once not to mess around.

Lu Jingyan didn’t want to go on blind dates, but she didn’t want to argue with Lu Hongcheng either. He told her to go, so she went, and then it was over.

In the past, whenever Lu Hongcheng arranged a blind date for her, she would tell Chen Kai and Song Xian about it. Sometimes, if she met some peculiar man, she would even share the story in their group chat like a joke.

But today, she didn’t want Chen Kai to know.

Mainly because she was afraid of Sheng Xian finding out.

Lu Jingyan picked at her keyboard, hesitating for a while, then deleted the few words she’d written and just sent a “Mm” in reply.

She could understand not wanting to make it harder to attract Sheng Xian. To appear sincere and not let him know about the matchmaking seemed reasonable.

But why should she be afraid?

She had no relationship with him; what did she have to fear?

It made her seem as though she was cheating on him, ready to place a green hat atop his head.

…

It was obvious that Lu Hongcheng was extremely pleased with the man he had arranged this time. Afraid she’d be late, he called her personally at five in the afternoon, reminding her to leave early.

Well, just looking at his appearance, the man Lu Hongcheng picked this time really had the best taste he’d ever demonstrated.

But that was just the appearance. After chatting with him for a bit, Lu Jingyan found it hard to continue the conversation.