Bai Suxiang checked the time. She arrived at Guazijiang Park and, not seeing Liu Sandao, called him.
"Hello, are you here? Hurry over, under the tallest ginkgo tree in the middle of the park!"
Liu Sandao had already strolled by early and naturally found the spot quickly.
Bai Suxiang was wearing a white dress today, which stood out remarkably in the lush green park.
From a distance, she looked like a princess getting married, drawing the attention of many.
Li Langqing spotted the girl in the white dress at a glance. He silently prayed that she would be the one he was supposed to meet.
But the more he wished, the more uneasy he became. He could feel his heart pounding wildly.
As a doctor, he had never experienced such a rapid heartbeat, whether from his own sensations or through a stethoscope.
On the other hand, he tried to reassure himself, "Such a beautiful girl must already have a boyfriend. How could she still be here for a blind date? Impossible, impossible!"
Thinking this, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Even if she were plain-looking, I'd still have to meet her. It's just to fulfill my family's wishes!"
Li Langqing told himself this as he walked towards the ginkgo tree.
They had agreed to meet under the tallest ginkgo tree in the park. Perhaps the person who relayed the message hadn't paid attention to details, so they didn't tell him how to recognize the other person upon arrival.
They only said the person was very beautiful and would be recognizable at first sight.
He wondered if the matchmaker had exaggerated or if the girl was truly that confident.
Beauty is subjective, isn't it? It should be based on what everyone says! Most importantly, it has to be pleasing to him!
Complaints aside, he still had some lingering anxieties.
His parents had said, "You're almost thirty, no longer a child. No matter how good your job is, what's the use? If you don't make a move early, you'll inevitably become a leftover man."
Although Li Langqing had always argued that among his colleagues, he was relatively young and didn't need to rush, his parents still arranged blind dates for him.
If Aunt Liu hadn't said that the girl was from a "scholarly family, with knowledge and beauty surpassing Chang'e," he truly wouldn't have intended to go for the blind date.
He glanced at his watch. It was exactly 9:55 AM. Li Langqing quickened his pace towards the ginkgo tree.
The girl in the white dress stood there alone, with no one else around. Li Langqing muttered, "Please, don't let anyone else come, please don't let anyone else come!"
The girl in the white dress looked around, seemingly waiting for someone.
"She must be the one for the blind date. If this works out, I must thank Aunt Liu properly!"
Even before anything had happened, Li Langqing had already made a silent promise.
"Thirty steps... twenty steps... ten, nine..."
Just as Li Langqing was walking step by step, Liu Sandao appeared.
"Liu Sandao! Why are you so late!"
Li Langqing, who was about to step forward, immediately froze.
As he had suspected, his wishful thinking was wrong. "How could such a beautiful girl come for a blind date!"
Li Langqing grumbled inwardly, feeling a bit disappointed, and couldn't help but sigh.
Liu Sandao saw Bai Suxiang, and Li Langqing not far away. He initially wanted to greet them first, but then he thought that since she was Bai Suxiang's friend, it would be better for her to make the introduction.
However, Bai Suxiang was only looking at Liu Sandao, not at Li Langqing at all, as if she hadn't seen him.
Just as Liu Sandao was about to remind Bai Suxiang that Li Langqing had arrived.
Bai Suxiang stepped forward and grabbed his arm, saying, "Didn't I tell you to come earlier? Why make the girl wait?"
Liu Sandao casually shook off her hand and gently pushed her towards Li Langqing, so she could see him, while replying:
"I arrived early, I was just strolling around here!"
However, as Bai Suxiang turned around, Liu Sandao saw the Matchmaker.
He greeted him with a divine secret language: "Matchmaker, what a coincidence. Didn't you have something to do? Why are you here?"
"Hehehe, that's right, I do have something to do here!"
Liu Sandao was not one to pry. Having already greeted him, he naturally didn't dwell on the Matchmaker's matters.
At this moment, Bai Suxiang complained, "The appointment time has passed, why isn't anyone here yet? They said they'd meet, and they're still late?"
Now it was Liu Sandao's turn to be puzzled. The person was clearly here, so why did she say they hadn't arrived? Could it be that this Li Langqing was not the Li Langqing he knew?
The Book of Fortune had never been wrong, it must be the person in front of him!
Bai Suxiang was getting a little anxious and flustered.
She hadn't figured out how to introduce the two of them.
Although she hadn't experienced a blind date before, she had watched enough television shows to know that she was probably the first to bring a male friend to a blind date.
If it weren't for the fact that he was someone Liu Sandao wanted to connect with, she really shouldn't have agreed to the blind date.
Being indecisive wasn't her style, so she decided to take it one step at a time.
Bai Suxiang took out her phone. Before she left, her mother had specifically given her Li Langqing's phone number again.
"Ring, ring! Ring, ring!"
Li Langqing's phone rang. He saw it was an unknown number and intended to hang up, but fearing he might miss the blind date, he answered it.
"Hello, this is Bai Suxiang! I am..."
"Hello, hello! I've arrived, and you?"
Li Langqing interrupted Bai Suxiang before she could finish.
Bai Suxiang, Bai Suxuan, the name was very memorable; she was the girl Aunt Liu mentioned.
After waiting for so long without seeing anyone, he was a little worried she wouldn't come. But at the same time, he didn't want her to come...
"I'm here too! Where are you?"
Upon hearing that Bai Suxiang had arrived, Li Langqing immediately grabbed his phone and started looking around.
At this moment, he saw Bai Suxiang also holding a phone. He started to wonder if he was mistaken.
After all, there was clearly a handsome guy standing in front of Bai Suxiang, so it couldn't be her calling him.
"Me? I'm... I'm wearing a white suit... Where are you?"
Li Langqing intentionally or unintentionally glanced in Bai Suxiang's direction while also searching for the person on the other end of the phone.
There was only one tallest ginkgo tree in Guazijiang Park; he definitely wouldn't be looking in the wrong place.
Bai Suxiang also started searching with her phone. Indeed, there was a boy in a white suit not far away.
"Hello! Over here!"
Bai Suxiang shouted, waving her hand.
Li Langqing saw her, and at the same time, he felt a mix of surprise and nervousness.
He hastily hung up the phone and jogged over.
The situation was quite awkward. A woman who already had a boyfriend was coming for a blind date. Honestly, he didn't much like women who were that casual.
But what was most irresistible was Bai Suxiang's beauty and demeanor; she didn't seem like the promiscuous type at all.
Despite his thoughts, Li Langqing decided to give it a try. What if it wasn't her boyfriend?