If you're going on a blind date, do it properly, don't confiscate my property!

In winter in Jiangnan, the misty rain and cold wind make people shiver.

The two people in the car had the heater on, making the air feel dry; but even drier than the air was the awkward atmosphere that could be described as a three-bedroom apartment.

After the two came out of the parking lot, they remained silent, still recovering from the "massive socially awkward scene" they had just witnessed.

Zhou Fang had planned to dress up in her finest clothes to snag a rich guy, but things went wrong; the Porsche owner turned out to be a beautiful, wealthy woman.

The two argued about it, and their actions in the car were quite intimate!

The atmosphere was extremely awkward!

He silently drove Zhou Fang to her residence, not even saying goodbye when she got out of the car.

Xu Lang didn't care about these details. He stepped on the gas and sped away.

When he returned to Sister Wang's house, he hummed a little tune as he entered. Recalling Zhou Fang's expression in the restaurant, he couldn't help but laugh.

But in Sister Wang's living room, his smile froze as he saw a familiar figure—Liang Xiuhua!

Liang Xiuhua clearly saw him too. Their eyes met, and all their movements froze, as if the air had solidified.

Seeing this, Sister Wang frowned and scanned the two of them back and forth like a radar.

The expressions on their faces were getting more and more interesting; these two... had a story!

"Embroidery, you...know each other?"

"know!"

"I don't know him!"

Liang Xiuhua and Xu Lang spoke in unison, but their answers were completely opposite, instantly putting them in an awkward situation of double standards.

Liang Xiuhua sneered a few times: "What? Only one day has passed, and you don't recognize me anymore?"

She knew Xu Lang was a tenant in Su Liqiu's house, but she didn't expect him to come to the landlord's house and even open the door himself.

This doesn't make sense!

"Sister Wang, I left the car keys here." Xu Lang placed the car keys on the front door without going to the sofa, and said:

"Ms. Liang, I think it's better if we pretend we don't know each other and forget that terrible experience, wouldn't that be better?"

Sister Wang smelled the melon, and a faint smile appeared on her face:

"Hey you two, what happened? Come on, tell me all about it."

"Aunt Wang, this guy is disgusting..." Liang Xiuhua immediately put on an innocent look and selectively told the whole story from her perspective.

Xu Lang occasionally let out a cold laugh to express his attitude; Sister Wang also roughly understood the situation.

"Xu Lang, what do you want to say?" Sister Wang naturally knew that Liang Xiuhua was definitely hiding something and was only saying what was in her favor.

She wasn't in a hurry to draw conclusions. She asked Xu Lang to restate the whole story from his perspective, and by combining the two accounts, she could basically clarify the true situation of the whole matter.

Xu Lang looked at Liang Xiuhua and sneered:

Why don't you just say your best friend is a guy?

Liang Xiuhua's eyes darted away slightly, but she still spoke with conviction:

"So what if he's a guy? He's still my best friend. We have a pure friendship. Only someone with dirty minds would think of something like that."

Male best friend?

As someone who has been through it all, Sister Wang has a fairly good understanding of this species.

The existence of a male best friend is either because one of them is particularly ugly and it's impossible to bring oneself to pursue him, or because the backup option failed to become the main one, so they use the guise of best friends to keep each other company, and will definitely make precise moves once there's a gap!

She never believed in so-called pure friendship between men and women, unless they were married for many years.

Xu Lang sneered again: "You two have been sleeping in the same bed, and you still call it pure friendship? Why don't you just say he's your dad!"

Sister Wang's smile widened, as if to say, "Just as I expected," and she looked at Liang Xiuhua, waiting to see how she would explain herself.

But then she became angry and stammered:

"That was when I didn't have a boyfriend. If I had a boyfriend, I would never sleep in the same bed with him!"

Xu Lang took out a cigarette, handed one to Sister Wang, lit it for her, then lit his own and took a deep drag.

Liang Xiuhua's eyes lit up as she thought of something:

"How dare you talk to me like that? Don't you have girlfriends too? Can you honestly say you've never slept in the same bed with one?"

Sister Wang exhaled a puff of smoke, and through the hazy smoke, she looked at Xu Lang with a mixture of surprise and anticipation for his explanation.

Xu Lang also looked at Sister Wang and said, "I don't have any female friends. Sister Wang is Zhang Yuejiao, who shares an apartment with me. She was eating at that restaurant at the time and saw me being bullied, so she pretended to be my female friend."

"Oh—" Sister Wang said knowingly, "Xiuhua, I can testify to that; Zhang Yuejiao is my tenant, and the two of them are not sissies."

In fact, she knew Zhang Yuejiao quite well. She was a typical female protagonist among the migrant workers in Hangzhou. She was independent, striving to be an independent woman of the new era. She was a workaholic, aiming to achieve upward social mobility.

In Hangzhou, there are simply too many women like this, and they generally end up as older single women, with their requirements for a partner constantly increasing as their wealth and professional status improve.

People like her simply can't get along with people like Xu Lang.

Hearing Aunt Wang say this, Liang Xiuhua was speechless for a moment, her cheeks puffed out in anger, and she spoke softly:

"In short, I have a clear conscience. My male best friend and I have nothing to hide. It's you guys who are being petty."

Sister Wang smiled and said, "Xiuhua, you are still too young and don't understand the true nature of men. In fact, men understand men best."

"If you really want to find a partner, I advise you to cut ties with your male best friend as soon as possible. Otherwise, even if you manage to get married later, you'll still get divorced because of his existence."

Turning to look at Xu Lang, he said:

"Actually, embroidery is a good skill. She's pretty and quite a practical girl. If she cuts ties with her male best friend, would you be willing to get to know her again?"

Although Xu Lang kept arguing with Liang Xiuhua, he was secretly making all sorts of calculations in his mind.

He's waiting!

Waiting for that familiar "ding" sound!

However, the system seemed to be offline, with no activity whatsoever.

Does that mean the chaotic scene from just now doesn't count?

How about changing tactics and trying blind date mode?

He pondered for a moment, composed himself slightly, and flashed a professional smile:

"Let me introduce myself again. My name is Xu Lang, and I'm Sister Wang's tenant!"

Liang Xiuhua pouted, huffing and puffing, looking somewhat unwilling; only after Sister Wang gave her a meaningful look did she reluctantly say:

"My name is Liang Xiuhua!"

silence--

Silence fell suddenly!

Sister Wang, watching from the side, was getting a little anxious. "You two—are you out of power?"

Actually, Xu Lang was waiting for Brother Tongzi to appear. Usually, Brother Tongzi would appear at this stage.

But there was absolutely no movement!

Is it possible that the same person cannot go on two blind dates in different settings?

Or did Brother Tongzi slack off and arrive late today?

"Xu Lang, Xu Lang, say something!" Sister Wang urged.

"I'm here, are you feeling awkward? Then I'll go back to my room, and you can chat slowly."

"No need, Sister Wang!" Xu Lang hurriedly said. He believed that Brother Tongzi was just delaying, and he would try to stall for three minutes.

If Tongzige doesn't appear after three minutes, it means this tactic won't work; Tongzige doesn't have any buffs in this area.

This wool is hard to get!

"Miss Liang, if—and I mean if—we were to date, would you break up with your male best friend?" Xu Lang spoke rather slowly.

He didn't care about the other person's answer. He slowed down his speech to buy time and test whether Brother Tongzi had this buff.

A woman with a male best friend is absolutely off-limits; whoever does will be cheated on.

Liang Xiuhua was conflicted and hesitant!

She herself has reflected on this, and since she had a male best friend, she has dated four boyfriends, and all of them broke up with her because of her male best friend.

She went on more than ten blind dates, all of which ended because she told him she had a male best friend, and there were basically no follow-ups.

Perhaps, men really do mind the existence of male best friends.

But she maintained from beginning to end that she had not done anything wrong.

Even if I sleep in the same bed with my male best friend, that happened during my breakup with my boyfriend, so there's no betrayal involved.

She has a clear conscience!

But these repeated experiences of breaking up and failed blind dates have repeatedly slapped her in the face.

Perhaps I really need to make a change, after all, this person in front of me is quite generous, and most importantly, he's handsome.

Why not give it a try!

"My request remains the same. If you can accept that, I... I can try to keep my distance from my male best friend—"

"I cannot accept this!" Xu Lang said firmly.

He was silently counting down three minutes in his mind!

Time has passed, the system has not appeared, the experiment has failed!