A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

Chapter 99 Single Dog

Whether it was a formal appointment or a promotion, the internal personnel changes at the Southern Metropolis Daily did not affect the printing and distribution of the newspaper. The next morning, the pre-edited newspapers still appeared in the hands of many people as scheduled.

"Oh, good morning, Teacher Li."

".——"

Li Mu's lips twitched. Looking at the sarcastic and strange Sui Pangzi early in the morning, he rolled his eyes in annoyance: "Spit it out if you have something to say."

"Haha~"

Sui Kuan laughed and pointed to the trash can next to him, indicating that he wanted to go and whisper something.

"What's wrong?"

Are you free tonight? Let's have dinner together.

Hearing his invitation, Li Mu asked, puzzled, "Didn't we just eat that yesterday?"

"Yesterday was a meal for our department, and today it's a meal for all the interns. You're the first one to be promoted, so everyone wants to celebrate for you."

"—Celebrate for me?"

Li Mu was a little surprised, thinking to himself that he should be the one to treat others to this kind of thing.

But Sui Kuan nodded: "Yes, we'll celebrate for you. The same principle applies to other people getting promoted; we'll celebrate for them too—and if they fail, we'll throw a farewell party when they leave. How about it? Do you have time?"

"no problem."

He readily agreed.

He's really fine today.

"Hey Li, perfect timing, I was just looking for you."

Just then, a voice rang out.

Li Mu subconsciously turned his head and saw it was Sister Yan from the HR department—he didn't know her exact name, but everyone called her that. So he nodded politely, "Sister Yan, you wanted to see me?"

"Yes. Xiao Sui, did you check in?"

Listening carefully to what he was saying, Sui Kuan immediately replied, "Oh right, I'll go check in now, you guys chat."

He left quickly, and Li Mu stepped forward to greet him, asking, "Sister Yan, just let me know if you need anything."

"Haha, it's nothing serious."

Sister Yan laughed heartily: "Little Li, do you have a girlfriend yet?"

"?"

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Li Mu looked puzzled and subconsciously shook his head: "No, what's wrong?"

"Oh, that's great!"

The older woman's eyes immediately lit up: "Let me tell you, Xiao Li, I have a friend who works at the city hospital. He's the deputy director of orthopedics now. His wife works at a bank, and their daughter is 24 this year, exactly three years older than you. She graduated from teachers' college and is now a primary school teacher. Shall I introduce you to her?"

"————?"

Only after hearing the older woman's words did Li Mu belatedly realize what was going on.

Matchmaking?

For myself?

"what?"

His mind suddenly went blank.

For a moment, I didn't know how to respond.

Seeing him in a daze, Sister Yan continued, "That girl has a really nice personality, she's very gentle, she owns three apartments in the city, and she's quite pretty. How about I play matchmaker for you two?"

As a human resources professional, she was very familiar with Li Mu's background.

My family is from the countryside; both my parents are farmers.

At first glance, the family background seems quite different from that of the woman he was introducing. But—putting aside the fact that the child is a legitimate university student, the fact that he was promoted to a full-time position after only a month of internship already proves his outstanding abilities.

What's more, he's someone who can dig up big news.

At the same time—they were soldiers led by Bie Yan, who had just been promoted to deputy director.

Don't mention his family—they're not simple.

Therefore, in the older sister's opinion, Xiao Li is a genuine high-quality stock, the kind that anyone who misses out on will regret.

Sure enough, she had barely been officially appointed when she was already planning her next move.

And the older woman believed that it wasn't just her—others were surely thinking about the child too.

She had to strike first.

But Li Mu was truly dumbfounded.

The reason is simple: they just haven't experienced it.

Matchmaking wasn't unfamiliar to him, since his two older sisters, who were already married, had both been "taken away" by matchmakers. Especially his eldest sister, who had two or three matchmakers visiting their home every day back then—so he was no stranger to this kind of thing.

But seeing something as familiar and experiencing it firsthand are two completely different things.

Instinctively, he felt some resistance.

I don't know where this feeling came from.

So he said, "Sister Yan, I'm not considering that right now—"

"Oh, why don't you meet them first and then talk about it?"

"Sister Yan, Xiao Li."

Then, another voice rang out.

The two turned their heads and saw Bie Yan driving his Honda and looking in their direction.

"Don't mention Deputy Director."

Sister Yan greeted her.

"Brother Bie."

Li Mu also called out, and then, as if afraid he would refuse again, Sister Yan said, "Little Li, I'll call you this Saturday, you two can come out and meet—"

"Sister Yan, no."

Upon hearing that it was Saturday, Li Mu quickly shook his head again: "I have something to do on Saturday—I'm not free for either day this week."

"Tonight is fine too!"

"Tonight—we interns are having a get-together."

"Then let's say Monday, you two get to know each other, you always need to make new friends, right?"

The older woman didn't give Li Mu any chance to refuse. She finished speaking with a smile, glanced at Bie Yan who had already started parking, and then quickly walked into the office with her bag.

Li Mu was left looking completely bewildered.

No way—what are you doing? It sounds like you're forcing me to buy something.

Then, Bie Yan walked over and, noticing that Li Mu's expression was off, asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"Uh—Brother Bie, you're here so early today?"

"On my first day in office, I can't be late—what's wrong?"

Seeing that Xiao Li, who was usually so composed, looked completely dazed, he pressed him for more information.

So Li Mu had no choice but to say, "Sister Yan just said—she'd introduce me to—a girl. She wants me to go meet her—"

"Oh? A blind date?"

Bie Yanle: "You didn't mention you—oh right, that's true, things with Fan Bingbing are also hard to say."

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Li Mu's lips twitched.

I thought to myself, "Brother, can't you just stop making things worse now?"

I wish I hadn't used that excuse in the first place.

So he quickly explained, "Brother, we're really just good friends, it's not what you think."

"Haha, okay."

To be honest, Bie Yan didn't care.

His consistent attitude was that he didn't think highly of the two of them.

A reporter and a celebrity—they don't seem like a couple that could end up together. And whether they do or not, it's all just a joke now.

"Let's go, let's go to work and get the car keys."

He said.

Li Mu nodded and followed his older brother into the office building.

The deputy director's office wasn't particularly large, but the furnishings gave it a very sophisticated feel.

After taking the Santana key with its peeling paint, Li Mu went outside and started working.

Bie Yan, sitting idly in his office—in fact, even if others didn't mention it, he himself felt a little "uncomfortable" coming to work so early.

Recalling Xiao Li's expression just now, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Ha, this kid—he gets so flustered just from a blind date.

Still young after all — hmm?

Suddenly, he paused, startled.

Blind date —?

A thoughtful look flashed in the older brother's eyes.

"Wow, the benefits for permanent employees are amazing! I just got promoted and someone's already trying to set me up with someone?"

When Sui Kuan found out what Sister Yan and Li Mu were talking about, he couldn't help but show a hint of envy.

Li Mu rolled his eyes.

I thought to myself, "Then you can have this one."

But after thinking about the fat man's habit of "talking about little things," I decided to forget about it.

Anyone who associates with him is doomed.

He said no more and obediently began his day's work.

After a busy day, when it was time to get off work, Sui Kuan, who couldn't sit still any longer, pulled him and urged him to hurry up and go to the dinner party.

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After a busy week, I'm just looking forward to these two days of relaxation.

"Can I borrow this car?"

In front of the Santana, Fatty Sui was eager to try it out.

Li Mu asked, puzzled, "What are you going to do?"

"A few of us planned to go to Dongguan this week, and I kept getting hitched rides with other people, which made me feel bad."

"6

Looking at his radiant face, Li Mu was momentarily speechless.

In the end, he simply tossed the keys over and obediently got into the passenger seat.

"Hehe, how sophisticated! Why don't you come with me? Let me tell you—it's a truly royal experience."

"No thanks, I have something to do on Saturday."

"—Going on a blind date?"

All that came in response to Fatty Sui was a big eye roll.

"Just drive your car properly."

"Haha~"

Amidst laughter and chatter, Li Mu fell silent under Sui Kuan's slightly lewd gaze, turning his eyes to the window.

Blind dates and matchmaking—why did it end up being me?

The problem is that he feels like he hasn't grown up yet.

Soon, the two arrived at the restaurant where they were having dinner today, a restaurant specializing in Qingyuan chicken hot pot.

One by one, the other interns arrived as well.

Everyone who saw Li Mu offered their congratulations.

Then the hot pot and beer combo was served.

For young people, the culture of baijiu (Chinese liquor) has clearly not yet taken hold. In Guangzhou in September, enjoying hot pot, which is easy to get hot and spicy, with ice-cold beer is a wonderful experience.

"Come on, let's congratulate Li Mu on being promoted to a permanent position! Cheers!"

At Sui Kuan's invitation, everyone laughed and clinked their glasses together.

With glasses clinked, the first private dinner gathering of the Southern Metropolis Daily interns officially began.

"Buzzing".

After noticing the phone vibrating in his pocket, he took it out and glanced at it discreetly.

Text message, from: Fan Bing.

"Brother Li, what are you doing?"

He thought for a moment and quickly replied, "Having dinner with colleagues."

Then he put his phone back in his pocket.

Someone asked him what changes he felt at work after becoming a permanent employee.

Actually, nothing has changed at all; in fact, he's even more free than before—because Brother Bie hasn't assigned him any tasks.

After exchanging a few words, my phone vibrated again in my pocket.

"Oh, okay, you go ahead and eat. Our crew is having a get-together later. I just had nothing to do, so I was just checking to see what you were up to. No need to reply."

So he didn't reply.

Seeing him looking down at his phone twice in a row, Li Wei asked curiously, "Who's texting you? Your girlfriend?"

Li Mu was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "No."

"Haha, speaking of which, Sister Yan from HR is going to introduce him to a girlfriend today."

Sui Kuan chuckled and chimed in.

Li Mu's lips twitched—

She rolled her eyes at him, annoyed, and picked up her glass: "Get lost, let's drink."

He meant for Sui Kuan to stop talking.

What's there to say about this?

But for some reason, Li Wei's eyes suddenly lit up: "So, Li Mu, you don't have a girlfriend?"

"Well----"

Seeing the way her colleague looked at her as if she were a single person, Li Muxin said, "You're really being presumptuous."