She was about to graduate from university, and her family was worried about her marriage.
Her family had urged her several times to go home for a blind date.
Her mother said that at twenty-two, having graduated from university, she would become an old maid if she didn't get married soon.
She also said that if she didn't settle down with someone at her age, all the good matches would be gone.
Zhao Hongmei, however, did not agree with this.
There were many girls her age in university, and she hadn't heard of them all becoming old maids.
After all, there were many boys of the same age in university, and these people would only look for partners and get married after graduation.
In Zhao Hongmei's opinion, her mother was worrying about nothing.
But an arm couldn't twist a thigh, and as a daughter, she could only listen to her mother's words.
It would be great if she could find someone she liked now.
"Hongmei, he's a good person, but there are still some issues." Su Xiaotian didn't intend to hide anything from Zhao Hongmei and decided to tell her the truth.
"What issues? It's not like he has a deceased partner he can't forget, is it?" Zhao Hongmei asked casually as she took a sip of water.
Su Xiaotian was choked by the words.
How could Zhao Hongmei come up with such a melodramatic plot?
"No!"
"Xiaotian, tell me. If the issues are too big, then forget it. No matter how good-looking he is, I won't be with someone who has someone else in his heart, right?"
"Gu Chengxuan's sister-in-law has a cousin who has taken a liking to Gu Chengxuan and is determined to marry him."
Su Xiaotian watched Zhao Hongmei intently as she spoke.
Zhao Hongmei's expression didn't change much, not even a flicker of excitement.
This made Su Xiaotian unable to understand.
Zhao Hongmei played with her water cup and asked, "What is Gu Chengxuan's attitude?"
Someone pestering Gu Chengxuan was a rather complicated issue, but Zhao Hongmei was somewhat attracted to Gu Chengxuan's looks and decided to give it a try.
However, the premise of this trial was that Gu Chengxuan had no feelings for the other person.
If Gu Chengxuan's stance was not firm enough, even if he were ten times more handsome than he was now, she would resolutely give up.
"He doesn't like her at all. In fact, to avoid problems, Gu Chengxuan hasn't dared to go home recently."
Zhao Hongmei was quite satisfied with this.
"Then let's meet and try. Maybe he won't like that cousin, and he won't like me either!"
Handsome men had the capital to be proud.
After they had talked for a while, Cui Tonglan and Gu Chengxuan arrived.
It wasn't mealtime, and they had already eaten, so they were invited upstairs for tea.
Liang Xiu also asked a waiter to bring up two plates of fruit.
At this time, many fruits were not yet in season, but because Su Xiaotian was there, the Su family often had fruit.
As it happened, cherries and strawberries were served, looking very appealing.
"These strawberries and cherries look good. Xiaotian, where does your family buy them from?"
Cui Tonglan thought it would be great if she could buy some for her son to eat.
"Yesterday, I met someone selling from a cart on the road, so I bought both large baskets."
These strawberries and cherries were indeed brought home by Su Xiaotian when she got off work yesterday evening, using the same excuse.
Strawberries and cherries were not fruits that could be stored for long, so Su Xiaotian sent some to Du Tonghe and his wife that evening, and kept the rest at home to eat.
To prevent the fruit from spoiling the next day, Su Xiaotian secretly kept all the fruit in her portable system space overnight to preserve its freshness.
Therefore, the fruit served at this time was very fresh.
Cui Tonglan was somewhat disappointed to hear Su Xiaotian say this.
The person selling from a cart was likely a farmer from near the capital, which would be difficult to find.
After all, without a fixed location, they couldn't search all over the capital, could they?
"Sister Tonglan, I bought a lot yesterday. I'll pack some for you later so you can take them home for the elders and children to try." Su Xiaotian knew that strawberries and cherries were not yet in season at this time.
The earliest batch to be released was about half a month away.
However, there were some farmers around the capital who specialized in growing special supplies, and their produce was available earlier, but ordinary people couldn't buy it.
The fruits their family ate were mostly exchanged for points by Su Xiaotian from her system space.
Earning points was not easy, and Su Xiaotian always spent her points frugally, so she naturally wouldn't use points to exchange for fruit to sell.
Her family wasn't short of money!
But eating fruit was good for health, so Su Xiaotian persuaded her family to eat fruit frequently.
At first, the Su family was somewhat unaccustomed to eating expensive fruit every day.
However, after years of doing so, they had developed a habit.
Even Grandpa Su and Grandma Su no longer felt bad about spending money on fruit.
As they spoke, they kept glancing at the other two.
After all, these two were the main purpose of today's meeting.
The two sat facing each other, not saying a word.
"Brother Gu, Hongmei, this isn't your first time meeting, why aren't you talking? Do you expect me to introduce you again?" Su Xiaotian couldn't help but tease.
"Xiaotian, these strawberries taste really good. Pack some for me, the little one will definitely like them!"
Cui Tonglan understood the current situation of the two better than Su Xiaotian, so she took Su Xiaotian's hand and went straight out.
It was only then that Su Xiaotian realized that the two were too embarrassed to speak with others present.
After Cui Tonglan and Su Xiaotian left, Gu Chengxuan spoke.
"Hello, your name is Zhao Hongmei, right? Should I call you Comrade Hongmei, or Miss Zhao?"
"If you don't mind, just call me Hongmei. It's not like the past few years when calling everyone 'comrade' felt a bit strange," Zhao Hongmei said generously.
Seeing Zhao Hongmei like this, Gu Chengxuan was pleased by a third.
This girl was good, with a cheerful and generous personality!
"Alright, then I'll call you Hongmei. Hongmei, you know the purpose of our meeting today, but there's a slight issue that I need to mention in advance." Gu Chengxuan spoke with a righteous expression.
Zhao Hongmei was curious what Gu Chengxuan was going to say.
Then, she heard Gu Chengxuan frankly confess that his sister-in-law's cousin was currently living at his home.
However, Gu Chengxuan expressed it rather implicitly, not as directly as Su Xiaotian had said.
There were naturally some reasons for this.
Firstly, Gu Chengxuan was not as familiar with Zhao Hongmei as Su Xiaotian and Zhao Hongmei were with each other.
Secondly, it was his sister-in-law's cousin, and his sister-in-law was a very good person, whom he did not want to make difficult.
"What are your thoughts on this?"
Since the other party had spoken so openly, Zhao Hongmei no longer held back and directly asked the question that worried her the most.
Even if Xiaotian said that Gu Chengxuan had no such intentions, she still needed to hear it from Gu Chengxuan himself to be completely at ease.