Entertainment: A whirlwind marriage with a fairy-like mother at the start!

2002, fall.

In an old-fashioned coffee shop in Jiangcheng.

"Xiao Yu, let me tell you, Xiao Li's qualities are so rare, you couldn't find anyone like her even with a lantern!"

"A dancer! Leaving aside her poise, her figure, her looks... well, anyway, if she could succeed, it would be an incredible stroke of luck!"

Matchmaker Aunt Zhang was whispering in Yu Le's ear, introducing his blind date.

Yu Le held her coffee cup, her eyes darting around, her mind completely elsewhere.

It took him a while to barely accept the fact that he had been reborn.

A car accident brought this 55-year-old, successful but widowed and childless man back to the age of 32.

Regaining one's youth is certainly a good thing, but the timing... is really a bit of a trap.

Having lost his parents at a young age, he is now all alone, and all the achievements of his previous life have vanished, forcing him to start all over again.

But he was just too tired.

Struggle? Comeback? Business warfare? It's too tiring. I've had enough of that in my past life.

All he wants in this life is to find a place where he can lie down peacefully and be a salted fish basking in the sun.

Just as he was lost in thought, a name came into his ears—"Xiaoli".

He subconsciously raised his eyelids, his gaze sweeping over the woman who had just sat down opposite him.

With willow-leaf eyebrows and phoenix eyes, she wore an elegant dress that accentuated her shapely figure.

Just sitting there quietly, she exudes a cool yet gentle aura, completely out of place with the surrounding noise.

She is Liu Xiaoli, the woman Aunt Zhang was referring to.

I returned to China to accompany my daughter to the Beijing Film Academy.

Yu Le's mind went blank for a moment.

Liu Xiaoli? Accompanying her daughter to the Beijing Film Academy? 2002?

These keywords, when combined, instantly stirred up a storm in his 55-year-old soul.

He suddenly remembered that the future "celestial beauty" Liu Yifei's mother was named Liu Xiaoli.

She is also a famous dancer who returned to China in 2002 to accompany her daughter when she was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy!

"No way?" Yu Le's heart skipped a beat, and the hand holding the coffee trembled slightly.

My first task after being reborn is to go on a blind date with the celestial being's mother?

This script is absolutely outrageous!

He couldn't help but glance at Liu Xiaoli a few more times, and the more he looked, the more she seemed to resemble him.

That outstanding temperament and well-maintained appearance are perfectly matched.

Matchmaker Aunt Zhang wiped the spittle from the corner of her mouth and began to praise Yu Le.

"Xiaoli, this is Xiaoyu."

"A graduate of a prestigious university, he worked as a manager in a state-owned enterprise; he's of good character and has a dignified appearance!"

"You two are a match made in heaven!"

Faced with Aunt Zhang's extravagant boasting, Liu Xiaoli always wore a polite but distant smile. She would occasionally take a sip of her coffee, but her gaze never lingered on Yu Le for more than three seconds.

She had seen too many men who approached her because of her looks; they were all smooth-talking and had lustful eyes.

Although Yu Le was indeed very handsome and had a good physique, he seemed to be daydreaming the whole time, which made her a little confused.

"Mr. Yu?" Liu Xiaoli finally couldn't help but speak up, her voice clear and cold, like the tinkling of a spring.

"Huh?" Yu Le finally came to her senses and met her gaze.

gorgeous.

Even the slightest wrinkles at the corners of her eyes do not diminish her beauty; on the contrary, they add a touch of mature charm.

But no matter how beautiful she is, it has nothing to do with me now. Given my current circumstances, she would only be interested in me if she were blind.

Thinking of this, Yu Le instantly felt relieved.

"Aunt Zhang said you work for a state-owned enterprise?" Liu Xiaoli asked.

Aunt Zhang quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, yes! A secure job! Stable!"

Yu Le shook his head, put down his coffee cup, and leaned lazily against the back of the sofa.

That was in the past.

"I resigned."

Those two words froze Aunt Zhang's smile on her face.

Liu Xiaoli raised an eyebrow slightly, seemingly showing some interest: "So... Mr. Yu is running his own business now?"

"No." Yu Le continued to shake his head.

Aunt Zhang was so anxious that she kept slapping her thigh and desperately trying to signal to Yu Le with her eyes.

What's wrong with this guy? Who talks like this on a blind date?!

Yu Le ignored her gaze and calmly met Liu Xiaoli's scrutinizing eyes.

Liu Xiaoli was silent for a moment, then asked, "So... do you own a car, or a house?"

The moment the question was raised, the air went silent.

Aunt Zhang wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground; it was all over, this marriage was going to fall through.

Yu Le smiled.

His smile dispelled the languor between his brows, revealing a calm acceptance of the world's ways.

"Ms. Liu, let's be frank and speak openly."

"I, Yu Le, currently have no house, no car, and no job."

"People without a job, identity, or proof of identity."

He spoke each word clearly and decisively.

The coffee shop was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Aunt Zhang's face turned from red to white, then from white to green. She opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

She felt that her reputation as a top matchmaker was about to be ruined by this unconventional man.

Liu Xiaoli was completely stunned.

She had imagined countless scenarios where the other person would boast about themselves or cover up their embarrassment, but she had never thought of this one.

So... candid?

Seeing her shocked expression, Yu Le continued in that lazy tone, "My future life plan is also very simple."

"I just want to find a place to retire."

"Find a place where I don't have to struggle or worry, and live out the rest of my life in peace."

"So, if you're looking for a man who can provide you with a comfortable material life, then we might not be a good match."

After saying that, he picked up his coffee, drank it all in one gulp, and prepared to get up and leave.

In this lifetime, he no longer wants to lie to anyone or pretend to be someone he doesn't want to be anymore.

It's good to live authentically.

"Wait a moment."

The cold, clear voice rang out again.

Yu Le paused in his act of getting up and turned to look at Liu Xiaoli.

In her beautiful phoenix eyes, there was no longer aloofness and scrutiny, but a complex expression mixed with absurdity, curiosity, and contemplation.

"Mr. Yu," Liu Xiaoli looked at him and asked, word by word, "Are you telling the truth?"

"Absolutely true." Yu Le nodded.

Liu Xiaoli fell silent, her slender fingers tapping lightly on the table.

The image of her daughter, Sisi, being bullied by her classmates in the beautiful country, her eyes red from crying, flashed through her mind.

"Mom, they all laugh at me for not having a father... They say I'm a wild child..."

After her divorce, she lived alone in the United States with her daughter. As a dancer, her income was already unstable.

More importantly, the daughter is in a sensitive adolescence, and the environment of a single-parent family has subjected her to ridicule and exclusion, making her increasingly withdrawn and sensitive.

She needs to give her daughter a complete family.

A father in name only.

She had been on many blind dates, and those men were either after her beauty or their eyes seemed to want to see right through her clothes.

They either want her fame or want her to be a pretty decorative vase.

None of them are like the man in front of me.

His frankness was absurd, yet also strangely reassuring.

He doesn't want anything.

A man with no ambition, no desires, who just wants a peaceful life.

Perhaps... this is exactly what she and Sisi need right now.

A "family member" who won't bring any extra trouble or disputes.

Liu Xiaoli took a deep breath and made a decision that left Aunt Zhang and Yu Le speechless.

"I agree."

"What?" Yu Le wondered if she had misheard.

"I said, I agree." Liu Xiaoli looked at him with unusual determination. "I can even give you a home and provide you with food and lodging."

"However, I have two conditions."

Yu Le was completely dumbfounded.

This script is wrong!

When a normal woman hears something like that, shouldn't she throw a cup of coffee at him, yell "You're crazy!" and then turn around and leave?

"Go ahead," he answered instinctively.

"First, you must be good to my daughter. Be genuinely good to her."

"Secondly, I'm in charge of everything at home."

Looking into her gentle yet strong eyes, Yu Le suddenly realized that this woman was more interesting than he had imagined.

He thought about it and realized that he was all alone and had no ties, so having a daughter right there in front of him didn't seem so bad.

Moreover, this daughter is a future "celestial beauty"!

As for the second condition... he's too lazy to even move. Does it matter to him who's in charge at home?

"Okay." Yu Le nodded.

"Okay." Liu Xiaoli stood up. "Then let's go get our marriage certificate now."

"Now?" Yu Le was once again taken aback by her decisive action.

"Strike while the iron is hot." A playful smile appeared on Liu Xiaoli's face, as if a heavy burden had been lifted off her shoulders.

Only the matchmaker, Aunt Zhang, was left standing there, bewildered in the wind.

This...this is it?