The moment the narration kicked in, he knew he had no choice.

He also remembered the narration from a week ago, which had warned him about a potential blind date, and it seemed to be related to his mom. He hadn't expected the week to fly by so quickly.

Lately, he's been swamped with work - editing videos, trading stocks, even managed to be a dad for a bit, pretended to be a husband, and battled with the ex-husband for three hundred rounds - he's feeling a bit drained.

The instant he refused, Gotham City's big sister made her threat, telling him he'd be dead meat if he didn't go, advising him to dress up, drive the car home in the evening, while conveniently sending him a file with important chat records between him and the girl in recent times.

Seeing this, how could he not understand what was happening? His mom had set him up with a blind date, and they were meeting tonight at a hot pot restaurant on Pedestrian Street.

Who can withstand this? He was utterly dumbfounded. No wonder it was said to be his mother's romantic debt. Indeed it was, the elder had flirted the young woman almost senseless, and now expected him to wrap things up. Could she even be considered human?

Ugh, to think he could speak like that about his own mom. All in all, Su Qing was inwardly cursing a thousand times over.

Zhou Hui, naturally, hadn't kept it a secret and straightforwardly admitted it. She said if he didn't handle relationships well, she couldn't rely on the boss next door, now insisting he deal with this girl properly. If he dared not go, he'd be dead meat.

After being a son for more than twenty years, how could he not know his mother's personality? If he dared stand up the girl, she might really kill back to town by plane overnight. Just thinking about it was spine-chilling.

At three in the afternoon, Su Qing sat at his workstation uninspired to work. By this time, he'd normally be editing Da Huang's videos or checking the stock market, but now he could only cram up on chat records.

"Hey, what are you looking at? Gossip?"

"No way, how come this profile picture looks like you? Wait, it is you!" A socializing loner next to him poked her head over and gasped quietly.

"Nice observation, it is indeed me!"

"You're looking at your own chat records, and even using a document... you're so freaky, eww~~"

Su Qing: ...

"I know it's freaky, but could you please not say it out loud!"

While talking, he kept scrolling through the chat history, skimming through the lines, but soon Sun Mumu noticed something was off:

"Hey? Although the profile picture is you, it doesn't quite match your personality though?"

While speaking, the chat history had already reached the final night, and Sun Mumu's eyes widened: "You're going to meet up... oh no!"

"It's meeting an online friend, don't say it randomly!"

Seizing the awkward situation, he had to manually break off the spell.

"Oh, a blind date, huh!" Lin Miaomiao, from the innermost side bumped in.

Su Qing immediately felt a dagger strike in his chest, truly a testimony to how formidable the dagger gang is, even daring to stab their own.

Seeing this, Su Qing released Sun Mumu and wiped off some drool on her clothes saying: "I had no choice, the family stressed fervently over this, what could I do? You two aren't that young either, haven't your families pushed you?"

Hearing this, Sun Lin & Company shook their heads in unison: "No~pe~No~pe~"

Su Qing: ...

Apparently, he seemed to be prematurely enlisted into the blind date army. Feeling forlorn, he could only shut his laptop and stand up: "I'll go chill out in the restroom for a bit."

To his unexpected realization, less than ten minutes passed from the time he went to the bathroom until his return, and yet everyone in the room was looking at him differently.

"Xiao Su, heard you're going on a blind date?" Feng Yan inquired.

Su Qing: "Huh?"

"Huh, what huh, it's really embarrassing. With so many girls in our department, you still needed to resort to a blind date."

"Exactly, Xiao Su, if you're unwilling to go, this sister can help you," Zhang Xiao smiled, saying.

The other two in the narration trio were also nodding continuously.

This single sapling in the company having to step down to a blind date - not only is this an offense but also an insult to them. Isn't this indirectly saying they're no good?

"Exactly, Xiao Su, just name the location, and the sisters will back you up, how about that girls?"

"Back him up, back him up, back him up!"

In an instant, low growls echoed in the small office, leaving the neighboring business department bewildered—what's happening, is the planning department planning on snatching our jobs?

At this moment, besides Cui Bo, almost everyone else was present, and everyone's eyes fell on him, blazing with fiery resolve, as if eager to dash out.

Yet, in Su Qing's eyes, this wasn't the case. These women's eyes clearly carried a gossipy tint; they were looking for some fun, not genuinely supporting him.

The planning department had a laid-back job, and given they just came back from a two-day rest, work was already dull enough, so shouldn't any fun be seized with both hands?

Seeing this, he hurriedly slipped to his seat and stared intently at Sun Mumu saying: "What on earth did you do?"

"Mumu mentioned in the group chat that you're going on a blind date, everyone is really concerned you know," Lin Miaomiao explained, blinking her innocent eyes.

'Puh puh' another stab to the heart, and at this point, he felt he could barely catch his breath.

"You..."

"Sorry, I mistakenly posted it to the wrong group chat, I just wanted to share with my roommates."

Su Qing: ...

"Oh come on, it's just a blind date, why are you so afraid? Rest assured, we may not assist you in succeeding in your blind date, but if you want it to fall through, our department's top-notch at that."

Seriously, top-notch at ruining things, is that what you call being helpful?

"What now? Give us a word, my favorite pastime is finding amusement."

Lin Miaomiao: "Find amusement, find amusement, find... ouch!"

Having reached his limits, Su Qing gave each of the two girls a gentle knock on the head, seriously, seeking amusement out of everything, yet seldom seen this proactive at work.

Just then, the office door swung open, Shen Yi stood at the entrance and glanced around, instantly, the entire office space fell silent.

"What's all this ruckus about, everyone done with their work? How about some overtime? Still want your bonuses next month?"

Seeing the big boss unhappy, everyone quickly sat upright and turned into model employees. The sound of typing filled the office.

"Su Qing, come in for a moment."

The sudden call-out made him pause, and he quickly realized that everyone around him was sitting perfectly upright, eyes fixed straight ahead.

"Oh no, be careful, Little Su. President Shen is angry, hurry and admit your mistake!" Sun Mumu spoke softly, but kept her eyes on her work, clearly a bit afraid of this President Shen.

Su Qing rolled his eyes at her, admit mistake? Did they not see how she admitted her mistake to me yesterday? Who do they think they're looking down on?

As soon as he stepped into the office, he was met with Shen Yi's sharp gaze. She stretched out her arm and slammed it against the wall beside his face.

"Are you going on a blind date?"

Looking at the wide-eyed Aunt Shen and then at the arm by his face, he couldn't help but laugh:

"Is this what they call the legendary wall slam?"

Shen Yi stood at a solid 170 cm. If she wore high heels, standing next to him would give the illusion they were almost the same height.

Women, as long as they are slim, tend to look taller, so this wall slam wasn't difficult for her at all.

"Less nonsense, are you going on a blind date or not?"

At her words, Su Qing sighed, handed over his phone, which displayed his chat history with his mom, and even had that document.

After a while, Shen Yi looked at him in utter disbelief, murmuring: "Your aunt set you up with an online girlfriend?"

"Mm~ Not just that, knowing my mom, this is just the prelude. She probably chatted with a few already." Su Qing took a bite from the apple on the desk.

No one knows a child better than their parent, how could he not know what his mom is like?

Just looking at the narration's first shot, you could tell, this is only the beginning, right? That's why he feels a headache. If it were just an ordinary blind date, he wouldn't mind, at worst, he could just say it didn't work out after the meeting. He wouldn't believe his mom could beat him to death.

Besides, the girl might not even be interested in him.

"But... how old are you now? Why is Aunt so anxious?" Shen Yi asked, puzzled.

From her perspective, Su Qing had just graduated a year ago, no need for this at all. This age should be about looking for work, right?

"Isn't it because our relationship got exposed last time? My mom knows you're not my girlfriend, so she set me up. I was wondering why she didn't react back then, turns out this is why," Su Qing shook his head as he spoke.

Hearing this, Shen Yi pondered and then said, "If worst comes to worst, I can pretend to be your girlfriend, we're neighbors, after all, no need to be polite."

To this, Su Qing waved his hand repeatedly.

"What? You don't want me to pretend to be your girlfriend?" Seeing him wave his hand, Shen Yi instantly got angry.

Su Qing quickly said, "It's not that, but I advise you against it."

"Why?"

"Previously, it was just my mom assuming you were my girlfriend. If you admit it yourself, that's it, today you say it, tomorrow she'll want to discuss engagement, decide the marriage, and by the end of the year you'll be getting your marriage certificate, and next year she'll expect a grandchild. Can you handle that?"

Shen Yi: ...

She could pretend to be a girlfriend, but talking about marriage and having kids, she honestly wasn't ready.

"What are you going to do then?"

"What else can I do? Go and see for myself. If I don't go, I'll end up worse," Su Qing shrugged helplessly.

To this, Shen Yi was out of options as well, but her mood lightened a bit, at least she wasn't as angry as when she first heard he was going on a blind date.

At five in the afternoon, he clocked out on time, fled downstairs with Big Yellow amidst the crowd of female colleagues, and hailed a cab to escape.

If he didn't run, he feared these women would really accompany him there.

After sending Big Yellow home, he changed clothes and took a cab back to his hometown.

"Brother, you're back! The car keys are here, Mom asked me to give them to you. Good luck on your blind date!"

As soon as he walked in, Su He came out with their father's car keys and said with a smile.

Su Qing: ...

"You knew too?"

"Of course, brother's going on a blind date, I'm home alone. Oh well, hurry on, don't keep the girl waiting."

In response, Su Qing gave a little slap on her head: "Enough with the sarcasm, if it weren't for your big mouth, would your brother be in this situation? You wait and see, I'll deal with you later!"

He turned and left right after saying that.

The time set by Gotham City's number one sister was seven in the evening. He finished work at five, went back to his rented place, returned home to get the car, and the time barely sufficed.

Although he didn't want the hassle, one must follow multiple instructions imploring him to drive there, saying first impressions matter and so he reluctantly agreed.

At six forty in the evening, he arrived at a hotpot restaurant on the pedestrian street twenty minutes early, found a seat, took a photo, and sent it to his mom to show he wasn't going to stand anyone up, only then did he feel at ease.

That's right, because she was the online love interest through his mom, even now, he could only relay information through his mom.

Over ten minutes later, a woman with fluffy hair, wearing a light yellow long dress, looking around 26 or 27, stopped in front of him.

Without waiting for him to confirm her identity, she spoke first: "Earthquake, high ridges, serene mountains and streams forever handsome!"

Su Qing: ???

"Door... doors facing the sea, rivers flowing for ten thousand years?"

"Hubby!"

Su Qing: (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

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