Chapter 309: Tonight, You Must Come

In the office, Mu Liusu moved his phone away with a calm expression.

Only when the roaring from the other end of the line subsided did he place it back to his ear and say unhurriedly, "I can guarantee you, this is truly the last one for the near future. Once this is over, there will be no more blind dates for at least a month, I promise."

Cai Xiaotang gave a cold snort and mercilessly exposed him: "You said the same thing last time."

"This time is for real." It was rare for Mu Liusu to be willing to waste words, and after saying this, he added, "Dad also said this is the last one. If you really don't like him, we won't force you in the short term."

"I really don't understand, why are you all in such a rush to make me go on blind dates? I don't even go back to that house, and now I don't even have the right to be single?"

Cai Xiaotang felt a bit irritated by what Mu Liusu said and couldn't help but retort with a sharp tone.

She immediately felt regret after saying it.

Ever since she was little, she had never been very close to the Mu Jia, and only her brother cared about her.

Although his personality was both unfathomable and difficult to approach!

Yet he had never done anything bad to her; on the contrary, when she was at her most destitute, he had given her a lot of help...

Hearing the silence on the other end of the line, Cai Xiaotang couldn't help but say in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I just now..."

"I understand your thoughts." Mu Liusu spoke suddenly, interrupting Cai Xiaotang.

After pondering for two seconds, he continued, "The blind date candidate this time is excellent in every respect. You are out there on your own, and Dad just wants someone to be able to take care of you; he doesn't want to pressure you into marriage. I haven't mentioned a word to Dad about how you performed on your previous two blind dates, so as long as you go, I won't interfere with how you choose to handle it."

Cai Xiaotang's gaze flickered for a moment, and a dark, indistinct look flashed across the depths of her eyes.

Handle it.

A necessary skill for a mature adult.

If she didn't agree, that old man would definitely keep nagging her brother about it...

And... did her brother mean by those words just now that as long as she showed up, he wouldn't care how she messed things up in front of the blind date candidate?

Cai Xiaotang pondered for two seconds and finally agreed: "Fine, I understand, but I have one request."

"Go ahead." Mu Liusu raised an eyebrow.

Cai Xiaotang thought for a moment before saying, "First, this is the last time. If there is anything like this again, you must give me at least a month. I don't want to see anyone at all lately. Second, I will decide the time and place for tonight's meeting."

"Fine, send it to me once you've decided." Mu Liusu agreed readily.

Neither of them was willing to say a single extra word.

After speaking, they hung up the phone at the same time.

Cai Xiaotang tossed her phone aside, but the happiness she felt while talking to Jiang Baobao earlier was gone, leaving only irritation.

That old man said he didn't want to force her to marry?

Yeah, of course he didn't want to.

To be precise, he didn't dare to!

If he hadn't forced himself upon her mother back then, her mother wouldn't have ended up dying of a broken heart!

What right did he have to dare to demand that she marry another man?

Even if she died, she would never be used by him as a bargaining chip for the Mu Family to trade for benefits with others!

Cai Xiaotang clenched her fists tightly, a spark of fire flashing in her eyes, and she pounded the sofa beside her fiercely.

The next second, she heard the phone ring again.

Cai Xiaotang was stunned; thinking it was Mu Liusu calling again, she picked up the phone with a bad attitude.

She didn't expect to see Jiang Baobao's name.

Cai Xiaotang immediately perked up, answered the phone, and pretending as if nothing had happened, asked with a smile: "What's wrong? You miss me already, not even five minutes later?"

On the other end of the line, Jiang Baobao couldn't help but laugh as she replied: "Yes, I haven't seen you for a few days and I miss you so much I can't even eat or sleep!"

Cai Xiaotang's mood couldn't help but relax, and she changed the subject: "Tell me, what is it now? Don't tell me you can't come tonight. If you dare to stand me up, I won't talk to you for a month!"

"It's not that, I just wanted to say... I might be half an hour late... There's a lot going on with the Team, I have to hold a small meeting for them, so..."

Jiang Baobao's voice carried a hint of apology as she discussed it with Cai Xiaotang.

Cai Xiaotang immediately agreed: "Alright, but... I also have something to tell you..."

Thinking of the blind date she had just promised Mu Liusu, she said: "My brother... arranged another blind date for me tonight. Can you come with me?"

"Me go with you?" Jiang Baobao was stunned, then said with some difficulty: "Is that... a bit inappropriate..."

"What's inappropriate about it? Lots of people take their best friends on blind dates now!"

Cai Xiaotang immediately retorted, then continued to persuade: "Just come with me. I've already made it clear with my brother; he said as long as I go and handle it, he won't interfere with how I behave. We'll just say our personalities don't match. If the guy is a weirdo, we'll both roast him! Then we'll chase him away, and it'll be back to just the two of us!"

Cai Xiaotang had already arranged everything in her mind, her tone carrying a hint of pleading, almost directly saying "I beg you to come with me" to Jiang Baobao.

Jiang Baobao heard her urgency, pondered for two seconds, and finally agreed: "Alright then..."

"Yay! I knew you were the best to me! Mwah!"

Cai Xiaotang immediately cheered, her heart finally settling back into place.

7:30 PM.

Jiang Baobao arrived on time near the tavern Cai Xiaotang had mentioned.

She then saw Cai Xiaotang standing at the entrance of the tavern not far away, waving at her.

Jiang Baobao shook her head with a smile and hurriedly drove the car over.

As soon as she parked, she heard Cai Xiaotang knocking on her car window.

Jiang Baobao hurriedly got out of the car, quickly scanned the person's outfit in front of her, and couldn't help but tease with a smile: "Dressed quite normally. I thought you were going to do a complete reverse-makeover today..."

"That was my plan, but once I thought about you being here, I felt it wasn't worth the trouble!" Cai Xiaotang replied with a smile, and the two of them pushed the door open and walked in, chatting and laughing.

The table Cai Xiaotang had reserved was by the window on the second floor, which also happened to provide the best view of the stage.

As soon as Jiang Baobao sat down, she looked around and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

"It looks pretty good here... I just don't know if the food is any good..."

As she spoke, she casually flipped open the menu.

Cai Xiaotang, meanwhile, let her gaze wander, subconsciously staring in the direction of the staircase, and said languidly, "I don't have that many requirements; I just hope that whoever comes today is a normal person, and that they don't ruin my appetite for the meal!"