Unconventional blind dates

The next day, Lu Li regained his handsome appearance, as if the dejected man of yesterday was a completely different person from the man of today.

His neat hairstyle, handsome and three-dimensional facial features, bright eyes, and simple yet stylish tailored indigo casual suit perfectly accentuated his tall and upright figure.

He was still sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window of the coffee shop.

He rested his chin on his hand, gazing blankly at the setting sun outside the window, the beauty of the sunset reflected in his amber-black pupils.

It seems that my blind date with Miss Bai took place in this coffee shop.

It seems like this is where I'm sitting.

It seems that my blind date with Miss Luo wasn't formal at all.

Have it?

No?

My memory of it is starting to get a little hazy.

Miss Luo's overly familiar manner made him feel as if he had skipped the dating phase entirely.

Lu Li chuckled self-deprecatingly.

Why am I still thinking about them now, even though we're from completely different worlds?

Centuries after their deaths, given their long lifespans, their memories of themselves will probably be forgotten somewhere.

He knew he was deceiving himself, but what could he do?

"Hello, is this Lu Li? You must have been waiting a long time. I'm Xiao Ran's friend."

Lu Li snapped out of his daze and subconsciously gave a faint smile. "No, I just arrived too."

The girl in front of me was indeed beautiful.

She had long, slightly wavy hair that reached her waist, dyed a coffee brown, and wore a light yellow Japanese-style dress with exquisite makeup.

Although it's not as good as the photos I saw yesterday, the difference isn't significant.

Although she can't compare to Miss Bai or Miss Luo at all.

Lu Li started to drift off into thought again.

But he quickly regained his composure.

"I heard you're Xiao Ran's colleague?"

Xiao Ran is Pan Shuai's "new wife".

"Yes, Xiaoran and I opened a nail salon together."

She shook the back of her hand.

The five fingernails, which appeared to be covered in rhinestones, were sparkly.

What followed was the usual small talk, just making conversation when there was nothing to say.

Lu Li felt that since it was Pan Shuai's girlfriend who introduced them, Pan Shuai must have told his girlfriend about his conditions, so the girl on the other side must also know them, so there was no need to "scheme against each other".

He was quite tired too.

Overall, though, we had a pretty good chat.

Lu Li didn't deliberately distance himself, and the other party was quite talkative, so overall they were quite friendly.

Lu Li was thinking of asking her out again next time, and if possible, they could settle down and start a relationship.

It's better to be safe and secure.

But just as he was about to ask her out again, the girl across from him spoke first, "Excuse me, I need to go to the restroom."

"Ah, okay."

Lu Li picked up his coffee, took a sip, and then frowned.

He has never been able to get used to Starbucks coffee.

Personally, he prefers instant coffee, and the only Starbucks drink he finds acceptable is the Frappuccino.

But if you're going to drink a Frappuccino... there are plenty of cheap alternatives.

About fifteen minutes passed, and the girl still hadn't returned.

He glanced at his watch, then frowned.

They can't just leave like that, can they? That would be too ridiculous.

He planned to wait another ten minutes.

About five minutes later, the other party returned.

Lu Li looked up, his expression blank for a moment.

Is this... the same person as the one from before?

It's still the same outfit.

However, her originally waist-length chestnut brown, slightly wavy hair has been reduced to a medium-short length that just reaches her shoulders, and her hairline on her forehead looks quite precarious.

Her skin was slightly sallow, and she had faint dark circles under her eyes. Her double eyelids had returned to normal size, and her large pupils were no longer as big, revealing more of the whites of her eyes.

What's worse is the eyebrows; only faint traces remain, as if they've been shaved off.

Lu Li thought for three seconds, then suddenly realized.

This girl... she's taken off her makeup!

What the hell!

Is this really that outrageous? Is this makeup or disguise?

If it weren't for the fact that the clothes and voices hadn't changed, Lu Li would have genuinely thought it was two different people.

Fortunately, I only kept that "Holy crap" to myself.

At least it's still within his tolerance range.

But the next moment, something even more outrageous happened.

The girl, beaming with pride, nodded slightly. "Sorry, this was just material for my research; I have no intention of going on blind dates. By the way, remember to follow the account 'Beauty Weiming'~"

After saying that, without waiting for Lu Li's response, she walked over to a girl sitting alone at another table, took the DSLR camera, put it in her bag, and then left with the girl in a carefree manner.

Lu Li remained silent for a minute, then finally couldn't hold back anymore.

"Holy crap..."

He even laughed in anger.

"So, I've become a source of material for beauty bloggers' videos?"

After finishing his coffee, he got up and left.

He didn't plan to tell Pan Shuai about this.

That's so damn embarrassing!

Of course, if this woman later tries to shift the blame to me, saying that my blind date failed because of me, then we'll have to talk about that.

"Oh shit......"

The city is full of tricks, and people's hearts are treacherous...

I spent all my time going on blind dates, and it all ended up being a complete disaster!

It's all retribution.

Lu Li strolled home and casually searched on a video website; sure enough, the account existed!

Meizhuang Weiming has over 1.3 million followers, and each of her videos receives between 300,000 and 500,000 views and between 2,000 and 5,000 shares.

So he's not even a small-time content creator yet...

This content creator frequently posts makeup tutorials inspired by anime, games, and celebrities, and has announced that they will be starting a new series soon.

Lu Li raised an eyebrow, casually gave a follow, and then tossed his phone aside to cook instant noodles.

After the noodles were ready, he opened his phone to find a science-themed comedy video to watch while eating, but then his phone suddenly received a notification.

Lu Li had a bad feeling.

Surely not that fast... Does this content creator update this frequently?

The video was edited so quickly?

No way...

He casually pulled down the notification bar, and everything went black.

It really is "Beauty & Beauty" that has been updated!

Lu Li clicked on it, and the video started playing.

The more I looked at him, the darker his face became, and even instant noodles didn't taste good anymore.

In the video, the person first introduced their Japanese-style fresh and natural makeup look, and then demonstrated the results.

Then he said he wanted to do the whole thing!

In other words, she would put on makeup to meet a man she was going on a blind date with, then go to the bathroom to remove her makeup halfway through the date, and then come back to see the man's reaction.

What was the man's reaction during the blind date?

The guy she met on a blind date is currently eating instant noodles and watching her video with gritted teeth!

Looking at the screen full of disgusting comments like "Guo Nan," "greasy," and "idiot," Lu Li felt angry.

He didn't have the other party's contact information, so he could only send them a private message through the backend.

It's not really appropriate not to blur their faces, is it? Did you get their consent?

After a while, the other party actually replied.

I've already apologized, and this will actually help him gain some popularity; he might even thank me later.

"You have been blocked by Meizhuang Weiming".

Lu Li: "..."

Apologize?

Thank u?

Lu Li smiled.

But all I could do was laugh.

He plans to go to the police station tomorrow and find a lawyer while he's there.

That's right, he's going to sue the other party.

After finishing his instant noodles and washing the dishes, Lu Li gritted his teeth and went to bed.

............

"Haha~ You guys have no idea what that guy's expression was like back then, it was hilarious~"

In front of the computer, Wei Ming, with a towel wrapped around her head and a face mask on her face, laughed heartily at the camera.

After streaming for a while longer, she glanced at the clock on the wall; it was already twelve o'clock.

She laughed and said, "Alright, ladies, that's all for today's live stream. See you tomorrow night at 8 PM! Bye-bye~"

After the live stream ended, she checked the data in the background of her phone.

Today's video has already reached 800,000 views, which is basically higher than the average of around 300,000.

Likes, coins, favorites, and shares were also significantly higher than the average.

She was in a good mood, humming a song as she went to the bathroom to take off her face mask, wash up, and go to bed.

Just as the hour, minute, and second hands all pointed to twelve o'clock, she stepped into the bathroom.

Suddenly, the lights went out.

In the instant she extinguished it, she seemed to catch a glimpse of it in the bathroom mirror out of the corner of her eye...

There seemed to be another person behind her.

"..."

Wei Ming swallowed hard and turned on her phone's flashlight.

Then, she saw it in the mirror...

There was indeed another person behind her.

............

Lu Li was suddenly awakened from his sleep by a constant stream of message notifications.

He opened his sleepy eyes and picked up the phone to take a look.

It's 1:30 a.m.

Pulling down the notification bar, he was overwhelmed by the endless stream of app message notifications.

Lu Li unlocked his phone.

Then... he suddenly sat up, staring blankly at his phone screen.

The dating app I downloaded for free that I had deleted has somehow reappeared.

And that's not all.

Next to this app, there are all sorts of other dating apps!

Lu Li flipped through the pages, his expression growing increasingly grim.

There are at least thirty different dating apps!