Chapter 69: Trying to Date

The essence of marriage is actually mutual compromise and mutual accommodation.

This is the ideal state; in other words, it is a two-way rush toward each other.

But in marriage, the effort is usually one-sided; as time passes, even with love, one will feel tired and weary.

Therefore, from the first contact with the two women, Shen Siyuan leaned more toward Jiang Taozhi.

He was heading toward marriage, not simply having a fiery romance.

Marriage is not poetry and distant horizons, but firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea.

Two women, two styles, just from the initial contact.

Ruan Hongzhuang has a domineering personality and is very opinionated; obviously, she is not an easy person to compromise with in life. So, to live with such a person, one can only compromise oneself and accommodate the other, otherwise there will absolutely be arguments.

But over time, he did not think he could endure it, and why should he wrong himself from the very beginning?

He and Ruan Hongzhuang had only met once, and it was not to the point of loving each other to the death.

Jiang Taozhi's personality is exactly the opposite of Ruan Hongzhuang's; she is gentle and kind. Because she was protected too well since childhood and grew up in love and being loved, with everything arranged for her, she does not have many opinions of her own.

Marrying such a woman, as long as you give her enough love, she will basically obey your every word, because she is used to a life arranged by others, does not contradict your opinions, and naturally there are no conflicts, which can reduce many unnecessary troubles in life.

Even if she has many flaws, she is still a person worth loving.

Moreover, through Shen Siyuan's observation, Jiang Taozhi is not that kind of fairy; she is still a person who cares about others' feelings.

Because she grew up in love, she is also very good at loving others.

Of course, such a woman, if she meets a scumbag, will be deeply hurt, unless she makes changes herself, or has her natal family give her enough support, otherwise it will be miserable.

But Shen Siyuan considers himself not a scumbag; if they can really be together, he will definitely give her happiness.

That is why Shen Siyuan took the initiative to probe the other party's attitude.

But he did not receive a reply from Jiang Taozhi; instead, he received a WeChat message sent by Ruan Hongzhuang.

"Have you arrived home?"

Why does this message look so familiar?

Isn't this the message he just sent to Jiang Taozhi? Even the punctuation marks are exactly the same.

What's up? Copied, pasted, and forwarded back?

Shen Siyuan did not reply to the message immediately; instead, he stroked his chin and pondered.

He naturally understood what Ruan Hongzhuang meant.

To be honest, a beautiful woman actively pursuing you; he is neither a saint nor married, so it is hard not to be moved.

This made Shen Siyuan, who originally intended to pursue Jiang Taozhi, start to waver.

Just as Shen Siyuan was hesitating whether to reply to the other party's message.

Ruan Hongzhuang sent another one: "Do you like peaches?"

Shen Siyuan thought for a moment and replied to her first.

"I just got home and only just saw the message."

Immediately adding: "We just met today, so it's not about liking yet, but Miss Jiang is indeed a very good person, so I want to get to know her first and try."

Shen Siyuan honestly expressed his One's Own Thought, not hiding his true feelings just because the other party was another beautiful woman.

However, Shen Siyuan's answer and Jiang Taozhi's answer were almost no different; both wanted to get to know each other first and see.

Shen Siyuan saw that after his message was sent, there was no news, and he was about to put down his phone when he heard another ring.

He picked it up and saw it was still sent by Ruan Hongzhuang.

"What do you think of me?"

Seeing this, Shen Siyuan immediately made a subway old man face; Sister, is it so direct?

But after thinking about it and weighing it over and over again, he sent a message saying: "You are a very good person."

This time, Ruan Hongzhuang's message came very quickly.

"Then should we try dating?"

"This..."

Shen Siyuan was even a bit shocked.

After thinking, he replied: "Isn't it too fast?"

"I'm not asking you to be my boyfriend directly. You think I am a good person, and I think you are also interested, so we can try dating first."

Before Shen Siyuan could reply, the other party immediately sent another message.

"Do you think I am too frivolous?"

Then another message followed, as if it had been edited long ago, just waiting to be sent one by one.

"I'm afraid you will date Taozi, so I won't be able to make a move to snatch you."

"..."

Shen Siyuan directly sent six dots; he didn't even know what to say.

After sending the six dots, he saw that the other party was always in the typing state. Shen Siyuan was also curious about what the other party wanted to say, so he waited quietly for the other party.

"The reason I am so direct is related to my personality. You have a unique temperament that attracts me very much. You are a very special person. I'm afraid I will regret it if I miss this..."

"In what I do, even if I regret it in the future, I will not choose to regret it now, so I might as well lay my cards on the table directly with you..."

"Of course, my behavior may cause your disgust, but I can see that you have a very good impression of Taozi. If you two really date, then I will have no chance anymore. I cannot do the thing of snatching her boyfriend..."

"If it weren't for this, I might also choose to get to know you slowly..."

"I asked you how I am. You said I am a very good person, which shows that you also have a good impression of me. Since that is the case, why not let me try with you first..."

"Also, I have a question. I consider my looks and abilities should not be inferior to Taozi's. Why did you choose her?"

Looking at the messages sent one by one by Ruan Hongzhuang, Shen Siyuan finally understood what was in her heart.

As for the last question, it was also easy to answer: "It is precisely because you are too good that I feel we two are not suitable."

Then he added, "Besides, I feel that getting along with a Miss like Miss Jiang would be more relaxed and more comfortable."

Shen Siyuan didn't directly say that the other party's personality was too overbearing, but given Ruan Hongzhuang's intelligence, she should understand.

"You haven't even spent time together, how do you know it's not a good match?"

"Fine, that was my mistake, being too arbitrary, but that was just my personal judgment. I was afraid that in the end there'd be no result, and we'd both end up deeply hurt."

"Isn't that a good thing?"

"?"

Shen Siyuan's face was full of question marks — where exactly was the good part?

"Hurting deeply only proves there's room for each other in your heart. Would you feel sad for a stranger? The deeper the feelings, the heavier the hurt. Regardless of the outcome, for both of us, it's the most beautiful memory of life…"

Shen Siyuan suddenly felt she made a lot of sense.

A complete life has never been made up of only beautiful things. Those unforgettable loves and regrets, loving yet unable to have — that is the true norm of life.

Shen Siyuan was persuaded by her, and also admired her boldness in loving and hating.

Of course, the main thing was still that she was pretty — that mattered a lot.

So he said, "Then shall we give it a try?"

Ruan Hongzhuang then sent over a smiley face, and continued, "Let me formally introduce myself. My name is Ruan Hongzhuang, I'm twenty-eight this year, my career has had some small success, I've never been in a relationship, and I look forward to our future…"

This formal? Shen Siyuan thought.

But following the format she had sent, he introduced himself as well.

"My name is Shen Siyuan, twenty-six this year, accomplished nothing, no house, no car, have had one relationship…"

Shen Siyuan still spoke bluntly. If Ruan Hongzhuang retreated because of it, then there'd be nothing more to talk about.