"Ahh, my dear, do you know? Shen Jingxiu smiled at me. Whoever said he is a high and mighty iceberg must be wrong! Hurry up and come over. I'm touching up my makeup in the bathroom right now, so hurry and help me come up with an idea!"
Wenyan had gone to the restroom in the middle of the meal, but as soon as she closed the door of the stall, she heard this sentence.
The iceberg, Shen Jingxiu, could it be the one she knows, Shen Jingxiu?
What a coincidence, he is also at this restaurant?
And he's on a date with a woman?
But according to the memory of her original self, there didn't seem to be any women around Shen Jingxiu; otherwise, her original self and Qiao Kexin wouldn't have set their sights on him.
This was getting interesting.
Driven by a love for gossip, Wenyan immediately perked up her ears.
Soon, another person joined in from outside.
They must have thought there was no one else in the bathroom and started chatting freely.
The same female voice from before said, "Actually, I didn't expect he would agree to tonight's blind date until I saw him in person. My dear, I'm afraid if I let this chance slip by, there might not be another. Do you have any tricks that could help me secure him tonight?"
"Tonight? Are you that hurried?"
"Oh, what era is this? If you like someone, there's nothing weird about getting to know each other better. Hurry up and think of something. You always have the most ideas, and it just so happens you're also here tonight."
"Alright, let me think... Got it! I'll walk by 'accidentally' with a glass of red wine, pretending to see an acquaintance near him, and then 'accidentally' spill the wine on his crotch. You know, that's a very awkward spot, and he surely won't want to stay in the restaurant. Then, you two can leave. It's late at night; you can say you didn't drive and have him take you home, then invite him up to sit and help clean his trousers or something. You know what to do next, right?"
"Do I need you to tell me that? But are you sure you can hit the target so precisely?"
"Are you doubting me? I guarantee a bullseye!"
"Alright! Then let's do as you say. I must secure him tonight. He is the Shen Family's eldest son, after all!"
"Okay, I'll go get ready. You better hurry back to your seat too."
"Mhm, you go ahead, I'll touch up my lipstick a bit more."
After speaking, the two left the restroom one after the other.
When Wenyan followed them out, she saw the long curly-haired woman taking a seat at the table behind her.
No way? Wenyan's eyes widened in shock, so the man sitting back-to-back with her was Shen Jingxiu?
Could it be that the nonsense she had uttered about being cut off by the Shen family might have been overheard by him?
That would practically amount to spreading rumors about him.
If he complained to Father Shen and Mother Shen about this, would she really lose her allowance?
That's 200,000 yuan, after all. Who in their right mind would want to conflict with 200,000 yuan?
It seemed she had to lend a hand to Shen Jingxiu.
A blind date who wanted to use underhanded tactics to sleep with him was not a good match. Such bad romance wasn't worth entertaining.
Wenyan quickly returned to her own seat.
No sooner had she sat down than Shen Jingxiu heard a sentence.
[But what if he is willing to be seduced by his blind date? If I interfere with her plan, won't I be ruining his opportunity?]
Shen Jingxiu: ...Interfering with the blind date's seduction and plan? They both went to the restroom just now; did Wenyan overhear something there?
The reason he had agreed to come out for this meal was merely to appease his mother's nagging and to make an appearance.
The lady across might be misunderstanding something, right?
It seems he should have made himself clearer.
"Miss Yao, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to have this meal, but we both know that this is just an arrangement by our elders, and I actually have no interest in it. I hope you understand. After this is over, you can tell your family that I don't meet your selection criteria for a spouse."
[Huh? So he was pushed into this, huh. Makes sense, he's already 27, nearly hitting thirty. If he doesn't find someone to settle down with soon, Miss Su will start worrying.]
Shen Jingxiu: ......Is 27 really that old? What on earth is going on in her head all the time?
Miss Yao sitting across from Shen Jingxiu: "But Mr. Shen, I think we get along quite well, maybe we could give it a try."
"I don't want to waste Miss Yao's time, and we've only exchanged three sentences since meeting, which can hardly be considered getting along. I'm done eating, how about Miss Shen?"
"Wait a minute! The dessert hasn't arrived yet. Since we've come all this way, could you stay and finish the dessert with me, Mr. Shen? This place is famous for its desserts. My mom might even ask me how it was afterward, we should complete the act."
[Oh boy, this Shen Jingxiu is quite ruthless. But Miss Yao has her own skills too, being able to say that even after such a cold rejection, she must be trying to buy time for her accomplice to show up. Should I help Shen Jingxiu or not? Let's spin a spoon to decide; if the handle points at me, I'll intervene.]
[Sigh, never mind, no need to spin it, I'm out of time, Miss Yao's accomplice is already on her way over. Shen Jingxiu, oh Shen Jingxiu, you're going to owe me a favor.]
As Wenyan thought this, a woman carrying red wine was approaching their direction.
Before the woman could arrive, Wenyan immediately got up and went to Shen Jingxiu's side.
Her face was full of smiles: "Big Brother, what a coincidence to bump into you here! Are you also out dining with a friend?"
As she spoke, the woman with the red wine had also arrived.
But because Wenyan suddenly appeared, her plan had to be put on hold.
Shen Jingxiu looked at Wenyan with a smile that was not quite a smile: "Yeah, what a coincidence."
He paused for a moment before asking, "Have you been drinking?"
In fact, she hadn't because Wenyan still had to drive later.
But since Shen Jingxiu asked that, there must be a reason for it.
Therefore, Wenyan nodded cooperatively, her big wet eyes even taking on a slightly drunken hue.
"Hmm, but I only had a few drinks, I really didn't drink much."
Shen Jingxiu found it amusing. She really was an acting genius, not bad at playing tipsy either.
"It's not safe for you to be drunk so late, I'll take you home."
After saying that, Shen Jingxiu apologized to the woman across: "I'm sorry, Miss Yao, but I need to take my sister home."
There are two daughters in the Shen family, something most people in the circle know. However, Miss Yao doesn't know whether the woman before her is the true-born Shen heiress or the adopted bargain.
No matter which one it was, she just resented the woman's inopportune appearance, although she had no ground to have Shen Jingxiu stay.
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Shen Jingxiu turned around to pick up Wenyan's bag from the seat, and with Qiao Kexin staring in confusion, he left the restaurant with Wenyan.
Wenyan quickly sent a message to Qiao Kexin.
'Kexin, wait for me, we'll leave together in a bit.'
Shen Jingxiu glanced at her phone screen and commented in a neither salty nor bland tone:
"Shouldn't you be setting clear boundaries with this kind of friend? I thought you'd already taken care of it."