"Mom, I don't want to go on a blind date."
Liu Yilin said helplessly into the phone.
"No, you have to go. I've already agreed with them. We're meeting at 3 PM at Yuanlai Coffee. You know him, Wang Bin. He's been pursuing you for so many years, and you still haven't given him a clear answer."
"He's back from abroad this time, and I heard he's the boss of a large foreign group. You must seize this opportunity. I'm telling you, a young man as outstanding as Wang Bin won't come by again if you miss him."
"Mom, I don't want to go. I don't have feelings for him, and you know how snobbish his family is."
"I don't care. You have to go, whether you want to or not. Three o'clock tomorrow afternoon, Yuanlai Coffee. Don't be late."
After speaking, Liu Yilin's mother hung up the phone, not listening to her explanations at all.
Liu Yilin put down the phone, rubbed her aching forehead, and in a fit of pique, flung off her high heels. She then hopped on one foot to pick them back up.
Although she was already a president, some matters were beyond her control due to her mother's insistence. She knew her mother's personality well and understood that if she didn't go, her days wouldn't be peaceful.
Liu Yilin wasn't born with a silver spoon in her mouth. Her current position was all due to her own abilities. However, this had also resulted in her family not having a broad perspective, and their thinking hadn't changed.
Especially her mother, who, no matter how outstanding her daughter was, believed that marrying into a 'good family' was more important. She believed this was the thought of most mothers.
"Why hasn't that scoundrel Ning Beichen returned yet?"
Liu Yilin was feeling incredibly frustrated and realized that in Ning Beichen's absence, she actually missed him a little.
"Hmph! That scoundrel must have secretly run off with some vixen. When he gets back, I'll deal with him!"
Liu Yilin tapped the heel of her high heel incessantly on the floor, as if the floor were Ning Beichen.
Little did she know how much fun Ning Beichen had been having these past few days. He was like a bird released from its cage, enjoying good food and wine, with women on either side, living a life of blissful neglect.
A plane landed at Haizhou New City. Ning Beichen ended his carefree days. Carrying a suitcase, wearing sunglasses and a mask, he walked out of the airport. If it weren't for the unfinished mission, he wouldn't have wanted to return.
Just as he was about to exit the airport hall, someone bumped into him from behind. However, Ning Beichen was unharmed, while the person who bumped into him was sent flying backward.
"Hey, how can you walk without looking where you're going? You bumped into someone and didn't even apologize. You have no manners."
Before Ning Beichen could turn around, he heard a sharp, mean, and unreasonable voice.
Ning Beichen turned his head and saw a curly-haired woman loudly scolding him. Not far away, a man was holding his nose.
He was the one who had bumped into Ning Beichen earlier. However, Ning Beichen was fine after the collision, while the man himself was dizzy and disoriented.
The curly-haired woman, who was scolding Ning Beichen for being careless, was tenderly supporting her cousin. Her voice was belligerent and unreasonable, and she was shamelessly blaming Ning Beichen.
Ning Beichen frowned slightly and said with some displeasure, "Madam, he bumped into me. I haven't even settled the score with you yet, and you already have such a silver tongue that can twist black into white."
"Madam? Who are you calling Madam? Not only are you immoral, but you're also blind. If you hadn't stopped suddenly, my cousin wouldn't have bumped into you?"
Upon hearing Ning Beichen call her "Madam," the curly-haired woman instantly bristled like a frightened hedgehog, spewing a barrage of curses at Ning Beichen, none of which were repeated.
"Crazy."
Ning Beichen didn't want to argue with a woman in public. Even if he won, it wouldn't be something to be proud of. So, he turned to leave. If he couldn't provoke them, couldn't he at least avoid them?
However, the woman was not having it. Seeing Ning Beichen about to leave, she grabbed his clothes and shouted, "Are you feeling guilty? You bumped into someone and now you want to leave? If you don't apologize to my cousin today, you're not leaving this place."
Ning Beichen couldn't help but laugh out loud. He had encountered many unreasonable people, but someone as extreme as her was a first for him.
"Forget it, cousin. Don't argue with someone so ill-mannered. Let's go."
However, what happened next once again shocked Ning Beichen's sense of propriety.
This woman was already quite extreme, but her so-called cousin was no less so. They truly were a match made in heaven, or rather, a pair that belonged together.
What could Ning Beichen do when encountering such people?
Beat them up?
In the end, Ning Beichen left the airport hall with a stomach full of frustration, feeling as disgusted as if he had swallowed a fly.
There were so many eccentric people in the world, and he had run into some.
"Boss, I'm back."
Ning Beichen went directly to see Liu Yilin, putting the previous unpleasantness behind him.
After all, when you encounter such extreme oddballs, there's nothing you can do. It was like accidentally stepping on a pile of smelly dog excrement.
"Ning Beichen, you finally decided to come back. Did you have a very good time?"
Yilin was also feeling frustrated earlier, but the moment she saw this guy Ning Beichen, she immediately felt her spirits lift.
"Boss, I was doing work."
Ning Beichen put on a wronged expression. He had resolved the matter with the Violet family for her and was thinking about how to claim credit.
"What work could you possibly have been doing? You probably ran off to have fun with your little foxes again."
Liu Yilin gave him a sidelong glance and said.
"Boss, I didn't. I was going to..."
However, before Ning Beichen could finish, Liu Yilin interrupted him.
"Right, it's good you're back. I have to meet someone at Yuanlai Coffee at 3 PM. Go and get ready."
"Alright, I'll go down and get ready then."
Ning Beichen had initially wanted to explain what he had done for her these past few days and tell her she no longer needed to worry about the Violet family. But seeing Liu Yilin's indifferent expression, as if she wasn't interested in listening to his explanation, he decided to keep quiet.
"Never mind, I wasn't planning on asking for credit anyway."
After Ning Beichen walked out, he shrugged helplessly. Since Liu Yilin didn't want to know, he couldn't be bothered to say anything.
He went downstairs to take over Feng Wu's work and asked her if anything had happened in the past few days.
Hearing Feng Wu say that everything was normal, Ning Beichen told her to go back and rest.
Although Feng Wu's injuries had mostly healed, she still needed to continue recuperating to avoid any lingering aftereffects.