The two Chapters are combined.

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"I... I wasn’t chickening out..."

Yang Xiaoli interrupted the softly mumbling Lin Mengran and explained to Luo Xiaoqiong, "She wanted to play hard to get, make Zuo Jiang ask a few more times, but unexpectedly, things didn’t go as she planned, so isn’t she panicking now?"

"So unmanly, just got rejected once and became a turtle hiding in its shell, hmph..." Pretending to be tough, someone continued to act brazenly, "If he’s really like this, I’d regret it to death if I really married him!"

Yang Xiaoli mercilessly interrupted her, "Come on, stop being stubborn. Every day at a certain time, you’re peeking outside, even getting distracted while eating. I bet you’re regretting it like crazy now, right?"

"Hey..." Lin Mengran frowned at Yang Xiaoli, who always opposed her, "Whose friend are you exactly? You know I’m in a bad mood, not only do you not comfort me, but you also keep making sarcastic remarks. That’s too much, isn’t it?"

Yang Xiaoli just pursed her lips, "I’m waking you up so you don’t get brainwashed by those random books. Look at Zhang Guiying and Zhang Fengying, I don’t believe you don’t feel anything."

"Who are Zhang Guiying and Zhang Fengying?" Luo Xiaoqiong asked curiously.

Li Xinli explained, "Two classmates in my dorm room, one’s in their thirties, the other’s about to be thirty, both still single. A few days ago, their moms actually brought two men over for blind dates, causing a huge stir in the entire school. Luckily, they have good mental endurance; otherwise, most people would be too embarrassed to stay in school."

"Xinli is kind, she hasn’t even told you what those two guys are like..." Sighing, Yang Xiaoli said, "Honestly, if I reached that age without a partner, and my mom brought someone like that for a blind date, I’d definitely cut off the mother-daughter relationship with my mom!"

"So what are they like?" Luo Xiaoqiong, whose curiosity was piqued, anxiously tugged on Chuxia’s sleeve, "Stop them from keeping me in suspense, quickly, tell me!"

"Does that even need asking?" Chuxia gave her a sideways glance, "With the way they’re talking about it, can’t you just imagine it yourself?"

"I know it’s probably not very reliable, but specifically?" Luo Xiaoqiong, playfully shaking her arm, said, "Do tell me in detail, good Chuxia, you’re always the best..."

"Alright, alright..." Chuxia quickly held up her hands in surrender, "I’ve got goosebumps all over; save that charming act for my brother when he comes back."

"Will you say it or not?" Luo Xiaoqiong glared at her in dissatisfaction, "If you keep dawdling, that means I’m not welcome here. I’ll immediately go back to City A with Mom and won’t bother you here!"

"You, always either acting cute or threatening; you’ve really mastered some skills. Fine, fine, I’ll tell you in detail, okay?" Chuxia helplessly shook her head, "Let’s start with the man Zhang Guiying’s mom brought over, named Gao Jie, thirty-three years old, about 1.75 meters tall, not bad-looking, a group leader in a bicycle factory. He has a paralyzed mom and a sister with mental issues at home. Of course, I’m not judging his family conditions, just to set the context for what’s coming..."

"Chuxia!" Luo Xiaoqiong looked at Chuxia with a mix of laughter and frustration, "I’m not stupid, I get what you’re trying to say. Are you deliberately teasing me?"

"Look at you being impatient now, I’m just giving you the details..." Chuxia shook her head, amused, and continued, "Gao Jie and Zhang Guiying’s uncle work in the same factory, and naturally, her uncle acted as the indirect matchmaker.

Zhang Guiying’s mom met him once, thought that although Gao Jie’s family background wasn’t impressive, he looked good, had a decent job, and hadn’t been married before, which was suitable for her daughter. So she agreed to the match.

She brought Gao Jie to the Capital City, intending just for Zhang Guiying to meet him and interact a bit, then go home on leave to get married. Naturally, Zhang Guiying didn’t want to, but her mom was more persistent, following her around everywhere with Gao Jie, including to meals and outside her classes.

Later on, she even took Gao Jie to the principal’s office, complaining that her daughter was being unfilial for not finding a partner by that age and demanded the school to intervene.

With much persuasion, the principal finally got her out of the office but also asked Zhang Guiying to sort out her family issues quickly to not disrupt the school’s normal teaching order.

With no other option, Zhang Guiying had to agree with her mom to go home and get married during the summer break. Then, when her mom wasn’t around, she privately approached Gao Jie, saying that there was no love between them and that their marriage wouldn’t be happy, hoping he would give up voluntarily.