Chapter 19: Are You Really Going On A Blind Date With Representative Qin?
Actually, it was only about ten minutes from start to finish.
But how could Lu Qiaoling have imagined that such a big thing would happen in such a short time.
Lu Qiaoge said to Lu Qiaoling, “Sister Zhao and her brother came, and they’re right in the first floor lobby.”
She had just seen them too.
It was just that when Liu Feng slandered her, she noticed Sister Zhao’s expression didn’t look too good.
After that, she hadn’t let her gaze fall on that place again.
Lu Qiaoge thought about it and still told Lu Qiaoling about what had just happened.
Lu Qiaoling had been a bit tense before, but at this moment, she wasn’t tense at all.
She stared in shock with wide eyes, then angrily rolled up her sleeves: “Where’s Liu Feng, that shameless bastard…”
Lu Qiaoge held her back, because at that moment, the restaurant’s main door was pushed open, and Sister Zhao and Zhao Jinbao came out from inside.
They were standing on the steps.
Lu Qiaoge and her sister were standing below the steps.
Sister Zhao looked down at the Lu sisters from above; she had originally planned to eat together.
But Sister Zhao felt it was still better not to continue here.
She wasn’t too satisfied to begin with; these past few days there had been the matter with Lu Qiaoge, Liang Aishu, and Shen Yun. Though it hadn’t blown up into a big fuss, it wasn’t pleasant to hear about.
Sister Zhao glanced at her brother and pinched his arm before coming down the steps and saying to Lu Qiaoling, “Qiao Ling, it’s been several years since I last saw you. In the blink of an eye, you’ve become a young woman.”
Lu Qiaoling didn’t know what to say and could only say dryly, “Sister Zhao…”
Lu Qiaoge, on the other hand, smiled and asked directly, “Sister Zhao, what do you mean?”
Sister Zhao: “How about we chat here, and let my brother and your sister take a stroll over there?”
This meant they weren’t planning to go into the restaurant anymore.
Lu Qiaoge glanced at her sister and asked, “Shall we go?”
Lu Qiaoling looked down without speaking.
This was as good as agreeing.
Joy showed on Zhao Jinbao’s face, and he really started walking ahead.
Lu Qiaoge said, “Let’s talk under that tree, don’t go far.”
Night had already enveloped the entire sky, and even though she knew him, Lu Qiaoge didn’t really trust Zhao Jinbao’s character.
Once Sister Zhao and the others had walked away, she tentatively asked Lu Qiaoge, “Are you really going on a blind date with Representative Qin?”
Lu Qiaoge glanced at her and said, “Fake.”
Sister Zhao hadn’t expected Lu Qiaoge to answer so straightforwardly.
For a moment, she didn’t know what to say.
With a cold smile at the corner of her mouth, she thought, just as she figured—right after an engagement cancellation, to go on a blind date with Representative Qin? Not even in her dreams.
Lu Qiaoge caught Sister Zhao’s contemptuous expression and said indifferently, “When my sister and I arrived, you hadn’t come yet. I thought at the time, unless there was some unexpected situation, there was no reason for you to be late. So I thought to ask the waitress, but the waitress sister misunderstood and led me upstairs, where I happened to run into Representative Qin. So Representative Qin confirmed I had no relationship with Liu Feng; he kindly helped me out of the situation and indirectly testified for me.”
Then Lu Qiaoge asked in return, “Why were you late?”
Embarrassment flashed across Sister Zhao’s face—it was still because neither she nor her mother agreed.
But her little brother knew Lu Qiaoling had come back without a partner and was anxious to find someone to introduce her for a blind date.
Seeing Lu Qiaoge staring at her for an answer, displeasure flashed in Sister Zhao’s eyes: “You little girl, so what if we’re late? Why do you have to have a reason?”
Lu Qiaoge also smiled: “Yeah, whether Representative Qin and I are really on a blind date or faking it, why do you need an answer for that?”
Sister Zhao: ……
She angrily turned her back, not looking at Lu Qiaoge.
But Lu Qiaoge bluntly said, “Actually, if you hadn’t been late, none of this mess would have happened. But you won’t even give a reason—how am I supposed to explain to my parents? I can’t just say you were late because you, as the elder sister, aren’t very satisfied?”
Sister Zhao suddenly turned around, glaring at the leisurely Lu Qiaoge with wide eyes.
And at that moment, over there, Zhao Jinbao hesitated a bit before saying to the silent Lu Qiaoling, “Is your household registration still in the rural area?”
Lu Qiaoling looked up upon hearing this, meeting Zhao Jinbao’s gaze levelly.
She knew Zhao Jinbao, but it had been several years since they’d met. To be honest, she was a bit disappointed.
She actually still liked tall, slim, and good-looking guys. She had thought that after a few years, Zhao Jinbao would be quite tall. But unexpectedly, he was about the same as before; the only advantage was that he was chubby.
In this era, being chubby wasn’t easy for anyone, man or woman—most people saw fatness as a blessing and a sign of eating well.
Lu Qiaoling thought the same, but she still couldn’t hide her disappointment.
Now hearing Zhao Jinbao ask her this way, she nodded: “Yeah, I don’t have an urban relocation target.”
Zhao Jinbao frowned and said troubledly, “The matchmaker said your dad could handle your household registration. Do you know how long it will take? Nowadays, children follow the mother’s household registration. If you’re rural household, our future kids being rural household won’t do. As for work, that’s no issue—you don’t have to go to work. You can stay home to cook, take care of the child, serve my parents… I’m telling you, go back and talk to your dad; no matter what, figure out a method to get your household registration moved back…”
Lu Qiaoling’s expression had already changed.
She looked at the rambling Zhao Jinbao in disbelief and raised her voice: “Zhao Jinbao, if you have the skill, say that again!”
Not only Zhao Jinbao, but the embarrassed Sister Zhao not far away and the frowning Lu Qiaoge also heard it.
Lu Qiaoge ran over here without thinking.
“What’s going on?” She looked at the short and stocky Zhao Jinbao with his neat side part.
Sister Zhao also hurried over at this time; her expression already unpleasant, she pulled Zhao Jinbao and asked, “What’s going on?”
Lu Qiaoling rattled off everything Zhao Jinbao had just said to Lu Qiaoge.
“Who does he think he is? Making me go home and urge Dad to settle the household registration, making me stay home to cook, take care of the child, and serve his mom—did I agree to marry him?”
Facing the clear-headed and sharp-tongued Lu Qiaoling, Lu Qiaoge felt relieved.
This girl was pretty formidable too.
She had even cut in line with her grandmother, going all the way to the hometown—you could tell she had plenty of wits.
Lu Qiaoge didn’t look at those two and only asked Lu Qiaoling, “What do you mean—go home or continue?”
Lu Qiaoling grabbed her second sister’s hand and started walking, but then realized the direction was wrong and angrily turned around, heading toward home.
Zhao Jinbao was so angry his face flushed red: “Big sister, I haven’t even said that in our family generation I’m the only boy, so she must give birth to a son!”
Sister Zhao hadn’t thought much of Lu Qiaoling’s conditions to begin with, and now she said disdainfully, “One got her engagement canceled, one has rural household registration, Lu family’s eldest married a rural wife, not a single capable one in the family, and they still dare to be picky—people wouldn’t even pick her and she’d be thanking heaven and earth. Alright, let’s go too. Luckily it didn’t happen, or else what a burden she’d be for you?”
After his anger passed, Zhao Jinbao hung his head and stayed silent.
Sister Zhao said resentfully again, “And that Lu Xiaosi, sickly and all. Once you two marry, the Lu family will be coming to our house borrowing money every day—that’s a bottomless pit…”
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