Gold Medal Sweetheart

Guan Yushan smiled embarrassedly, and this expression made Tang Xin feel an ominous premonition. Sure enough, Guan Yushan's next words almost made Tang Xin spit out the drink in his mouth.

"Tangtang, my mother arranged a blind date for me. Please go on my behalf." After a mental struggle, Guan Yushan felt at ease when she said this.

"What?" Tang Xin began to doubt her hearing and comprehension. "Did I hear correctly?"

Guan Yushan anticipated Tang Xin's reaction. Her brows furrowed slightly, her eyes dimming considerably. She spoke to Tang Xin in a tone of grievance, "My mom has been introducing me to some director or CEO's son lately, but I've always refused. But to prevent me from meeting Hao Ting, she's been strictly restricting my movements. If I turn down this blind date again, I won't be able to go out this weekend. You have to be home on time after work, too. The only reason I could meet you today is because I had to deliver some materials to the branch campus and left work a little early."

Listening to Yushan's recounting of her recent misery, Tang Xin suddenly realized that worry had nothing to do with one's wealth or status. It seemed like a common topic everyone must face, simply a novel or a poem or essay. Seeing that Yushan also had her own unresolved worries, Tang Xin suddenly felt a sense of empathy, a shared sense of being a wanderer.

Tang Xin was lost in thought, and the change in her expression from slightly frowning to frowning had already caught Guan Yushan's attention. So she continued to strike while the iron was hot, "Tang Tang, please, I have to do this because I have no other choice. Because the situation is so tense, I haven't seen Haoting and I for several weeks. If you go in my place, I can go to the art exhibition with Haoting this weekend. Haoting's tickets have already been bought. Help me, the lifelong happiness of Haoting and me is in your hands!"

"Why are you making it so serious? If I don't help you, I'll be the culprit who destroyed your relationship or even your marriage. That's a crime comparable to being a mistress, and I can't bear it." Tang Xin pouted slightly to show her dissatisfaction.

"Since you can't bear it, can I understand that you agreed to help me?"

Looking at Guan Yushan's expectant expression and almost pleading eyes, Tang Xin's position began to waver, but she had never been on a blind date before, and questions such as how the matter would end if it was exposed were all placed before her. So before she made up her mind, facing Yushan's pleading, she could only remain silent.

Just as Tang Xin was hesitating, Guan Yushan pointed out the window mischievously, "Weren't you worried about me spending money just now? Now you have a legitimate reason to accept my invitation to the concert."

Tang Xin unconsciously saw the poster outside the window. Her favorite handsome male star in the group put one hand in front of his eyes, nodded slightly, and smiled calmly. This smile was like a piece of gravel hitting the center of the water, pushing away layer of ripples, pushing and pushing, and finally pushing into Tang Xin's heart.

Thinking back to when Guan Yushan invited her to the concert right after the poster was posted, she jokingly responded, "I said, you asked me about the concert right from the start? If you're being too attentive for no reason, you're either a traitor or a thief!"

Guan Yushan said with an innocent expression, "Please don't tarnish our pure revolutionary friendship. My invitation to the concert has nothing to do with this matter. It's purely out of deep friendship. Even if you don't agree, I'm still willing to invite you." These words sounded righteous, and Guan Yushan's image suddenly became more prominent, making Tang Xin feel like a petty woman. Tang Xin, feeling a little guilty, reflected on herself. Out of friendship, she couldn't just sit back and watch Yushan's predicament.

She asked hesitantly, "If I go, what if I get caught?"

Seeing that her self-torture trick had somewhat worked, Guan Yushan was overjoyed. "No, I've already agreed with my mom that it's fine for me to go on a blind date, but I can't have a matchmaker. I'm not used to that. And we should exchange WeChat accounts before we meet. Just in case, when my mom told me about this, I wrote down the other person's WeChat account instead of giving him my WeChat account. I told my mom I'd add him. Then you can add him using your WeChat account, so it's foolproof, right?"

Tang Xin pretended to be angry and looked at Guan Yushan and said, "So you've been eyeing me for a long time."

Guan Yushan stuck out her tongue, "Who told you to be my best friend?"

Tang Xin said with a forced smile, "It's such a great treat to be your best friend."

Guan Yushan held Tang Xin's hand and said coquettishly, "You are the best, you are the best!"

Tang Xin glanced at Guan Yushan, and the two girls smiled at each other.

"What if the other party thinks it's okay and wants to meet again next time? I can't always cover for you, right?" Tang Xin was still worried.

"There's absolutely no way he'd agree!" Guan Yushan said to herself, waving her hand. When she looked up and saw the cold glint in her friend's eyes, she realized her mistake and her smile froze. She hurriedly explained, "I'm not saying you're not good enough. It's just that I heard that my blind date, although he's a top-notch person, has been rejected outright by everyone who's gone on a blind date with him, or hasn't been with him for more than two weeks!"

"Why is that?"

Guan Yushan shrugged her shoulders, looking indifferent, "I don't know, maybe he's too picky, or maybe," she paused intentionally, as if to attract Tang Xin's attention, "Maybe he has a physical or psychological problem and is not interested in women?" Then she smiled at Tang Xin.

"So," Guan Yushan seemed to remember something and became much more serious. "Tangtang, you can just wait for him to reject you. Then I'll have an excuse to tell my mother that my self-esteem has suffered a severe blow. I will no longer accept formal or informal, official or unofficial blind dates. In the end, only Haoting can help me out of my emotional predicament. How about it? Perfect, right?" Guan Yushan was completely immersed in the happiness of talking to herself, looking like a little woman.

"To achieve your perfection, I'm going to die." Tang Xin pouted, pretending to sneer at Guan Yushan's self-absorbed expression, but quickly changed the subject, "However, when I was in college, I also accepted a lot of bribes from Hao Ting. I have no way to repay you, so I can only risk it all to repay you and Hao Ting." A smile also appeared in front of Guan Yushan's eyes, "Also, I don't want to sit in the last row of the concert!"

"Of course, I'll do whatever you say!" Guan Yushan smiled as she stuffed the French fries that she had ordered in advance into Tang Xin's mouth.

While these words might have seemed like a bit of a pretext for taking advantage of someone's misfortune, they actually reassured Guan Yushan. She'd assumed that Tang Xin, with her close relationship, would definitely help her, but she hadn't expected her plan to go so smoothly. So, she said gratefully, "Actually, my mom thinks meeting such a great blind date is unthinkable, and it's considered marrying up for me. That's why she won't give me any slack and insists on forcing me to go. If there were any wiggle room, I wouldn't want to burden you."

This left Tang Xin somewhat puzzled. In her opinion, while Yushan's family background wasn't exactly wealthy and prestigious, it was certainly distinguished. If she hadn't been a classmate of Yushan's, she probably wouldn't have had the chance to meet such a prominent figure in her life. However, Yushan's mother believed that the Guan family was marrying up, which only piqued Tang Xin's interest. She couldn't help but sigh, "There are always people who are better than you." She couldn't help but ask, "What does this person do? Why is my aunt so fond of him?"

Guan Yushan introduced the male guest with great interest. "You might not know his name, but you know everything about his family's business." Seeing Tang Xin's focused expression seemed to arouse Guan Yushan's occupational ailment as a teacher. She continued, "He's the heir to the five-star hotel chain, the Shi Tian Hotel, which dominates the hotel industry. Since he took full control of the Shi Tian Hotel, he has expanded its influence overseas. In recent years, the new business projects he has developed for the Shi Tian Group, such as Shi Tian Shopping and Shi Tian Real Estate, have become marvels in the industry. My mother says he's the epitome of young and promising people."

Thinking of the well-known Shi Tian Hotel, and Jiaojiao showing off the luxury goods she occasionally bought from Shi Tian Shopping Plaza, while she usually only went there to take a casual look when she was with friends or waiting for someone, and the Shi Tian Shopping Plaza where the things were extremely expensive was actually a business project under the management of the person she was going to meet on a blind date. The hand holding the straw froze in the air, and her mouth became an O shape. She suddenly felt that this world was unreal.