After a blind date, a wealthy heir asked me to marry him.

Tang Yiran said "Oh," and then asked, "So?"

"So you could consider working together. You don't want to be nagged by your aunt every day, do you?"

"Cooperation?" Tang Yiran frowned.

She thought for a moment and roughly guessed what her friend meant by "cooperation".

"But I don't want to work with him."

Putting aside whether the collaboration is reliable or not, she simply doesn't want to work with He Ze.

After all, first impressions matter.

She still vividly remembers the scene where she stood in the restaurant corridor, hands on her hips, arguing with that guy on the phone.

The labels of stingy man and arrogant man were attached to him back then.

“Tangtang, you’re prejudiced against him. You can’t truly understand someone just by meeting them once, especially since you only talked on the phone,” Lu Shiyi said.

While waiting at the traffic light, Tang Yiran turned to look at Lu Shiyi and complained indignantly, "Shiyi, I'm your best friend, why do you always speak up for him?"

"I'm not speaking up for him, I just feel it's really unfair that such a good young man has been misunderstood like this by you."

Just then, the light turned green, and Tang Yiran turned around and stepped on the gas. "I don't know him well, so it's not a matter of misunderstanding or not. But I think he's not wronged at all. Have you ever seen a man who accidentally stained his clothes and then went to find someone else to blame? It's like eating at a restaurant and you choked. You can't blame the chef, can you?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Shiyi chuckled, "Isn't that exactly what you did? Last time, after you had a fight with your aunt and uncle, you dragged me to go out for Western food with you. To vent your anger, you ate big mouthfuls of steak, and ended up choking. You then started blaming the chef, saying that the steak was cooked badly."

Tang Yiran: "...I was in a bad mood at the time, I'm not usually like that."

"Then how do you know that He Ze wasn't in a bad mood at the time, or under tremendous pressure and just needed an outlet to vent?"

"Everyone has an emotional side. For example, when you receive a scam call, if you're in a good mood, you can chat with the scammer for a long time, acting it out from beginning to end. But if you're in a bad mood, you'll just start cursing and swearing, and you might even insult their ancestors..."

"Tang Tang, I want to say that judging a person based on only one aspect at a certain moment is bound to be biased."

Tang Yiran remained silent.

After a while.

"Okay, let's put him aside for now. Just this so-called cooperation you mentioned sounds unreliable."

Upon hearing this, Lu Shiyi smiled gently and said, "Whether it's reliable or not, let me analyze it for you first."

"First of all, you're both being pressured by your families. If you two were together, you'd instantly have some peace and quiet, wouldn't you?"

"Of course, when I say 'together,' I mean you cooperate with each other and act as each other's shields."

Tang Yiran blinked. To be honest, the phrase "peace and quiet" resonated deeply with her.

"Secondly, He Ze is a person who can be praised by Fu Cheng like that, so I believe he can't be too bad. Moreover, you two are of similar social standing. If you hit it off during the cooperation, everyone will be happy. If you don't hit it off, you will just remain single. Consider it as helping each other."

"Of course, he's not without flaws, but I think those flaws are actually advantages for you."

Tang Yiran found it quite strange; what she considered a strength was actually a weakness?

"What are the drawbacks?" she asked.

"You two share a love of gossip, which means you'll never have an awkward silence when you're together.

Tang Yiran: "..."

That guy from Eleven probably meant to say that birds of a feather flock together.

"In conclusion, with Fu Cheng around, and knowing him quite well, cooperating with him is the most suitable option if you want peace and quiet from now on."

After speaking, Lu Shiyi glanced sideways, observing the changes in her friend's expression.

Tang Yiran first frowned, then relaxed, and finally frowned again.

After repeating this several times.

She asked, "Are you sure this is okay?"

To be honest, she was willing to try anything as long as she could temporarily escape the nagging and controlling influence of her parents.

"I'm not sure," Lu Shiyi said frankly.

"But you can try it first. There's a seven-day no-reason return policy for buying things, right? If it's not suitable, you can just cancel it."

"Try it? How can you try something like that?"

"Then you two will have to discuss it. This idea just popped into my head today, and I haven't mentioned it to He Ze yet. You might be willing, but he might not."

Lu Shiyi slightly provoked her friend, but it was the truth.

This idea actually flashed into her mind when Tang Tang asked her to watch a movie with him.

My best friend seems carefree and nonchalant on the surface, always resisting her family's pressure to get married, giving the impression that she enjoys being single and values ​​freedom.

But in reality, she knew that Tang Tang, this little princess who had been pampered since childhood, always harbored a longing for beautiful love.

To put it bluntly, it's not that I don't want to find a partner, but that I'm unwilling to settle.

Just from what we saw at the movie today, Lu Shiyi could already imagine that if that girl had a boyfriend, she would definitely be sweetly showing off in front of him, arm in arm: "Shiyi, this movie is really good! If you're not going, we'll go! Come on, darling, mua~"

There's no need to fawn over her and ask her to come and keep me company.

He Ze is the best friend she feels is the most suitable for her so far, but unfortunately the two of them had a little bit of a grudge before.

Lu Shiyi wouldn't force a match, but she hoped that the two could at least get to know each other normally before deciding whether it would work out.

Who knows, it might just lead to a beautiful marriage.

"Give me time to think about it." After a long while, Tang Yiran gave her reply.

"No rush, think it over carefully. I'll also take some time to ask He Ze for his opinion."

As the two arrived at the cinema to watch the movie, Fu Cheng, far away at the Fu Group, had just finished a meeting and walked out of the conference room.

"Old Fu, let's go for afternoon tea together later."

He Ze strode after him from behind.

Fu Cheng turned his gaze, "If you have something to say, just come to the office. I'm busy with afternoon tea."

He Ze: Okay, nothing can hide from the boss, there really is something going on.

The two took the private elevator directly to the office.

As soon as he entered, before He Ze had even sat down in his chair, he said, "Isn't there an overseas project going on recently? Do you think you could arrange for me to go on a business trip in the next few days?"

Fu Cheng walked to the table, sat down, and then looked up at the table. "Abroad? On a business trip? Hiding from debt collectors?"

He Ze said sullenly, "Old He's birthday is in a few days. This time, the guest list was specially selected by him. It's full of rich heiresses and socialites. You know what I mean."

Fu Cheng sneered mercilessly, "Is it really that serious?"

"How could it not be? A birthday banquet turning into a giant blind date event—would you go?"

"Why not go? It's his own father's birthday, how immoral of him not to go?"

He Ze: "..." I wonder who's being so wicked.

He clutched his chest for a moment to catch his breath. "You don't know the pain of being single now that you're out of the single life. Old Fu, you've been pressured to be single before, so why can't you empathize with me?"

Fu Cheng: "The word empathy doesn't exist in my dictionary, as you know."

As we were talking, I saw a WeChat message on my phone.

Lu Shiyi: "Are you busy?"