"Mr. Diamond?"
Shao Chen was startled and instinctively asked, "A princess who wears flat shoes?"
Their eyes met, and both their faces were filled with shock and disbelief.
Could it be that after all this fuss, this ex-boyfriend she broke up with five years ago was the online friend she was supposed to meet?
Ruan Tianxin asked uncertainly, "A mall security guard with a monthly salary of three thousand, average family background, no house or car, hoping to find a partner to work hard with?"
Shao Chen: "Base salary of two thousand, relying on commission to support the family, hoping to find a jewelry salesperson to get married and have children with?"
"..."
"..."
After they both finished speaking, there was silence.
An awkward silence was the atmosphere outside the restroom of the Qing bar tonight.
Amidst the awkwardness, Ruan Tianxin's heart was a jumble of emotions. She had imagined every possible appearance for Mr. Diamond, but never dared to imagine it would be Shao Chen, and yet it was him!
She even felt like he had tricked her, and couldn't help but accuse him, "A mall security guard with a monthly salary of three thousand looking for a partner to work hard with, how could you make that up! Aren't you ashamed? You hate people lying the most, yet you deceive others!"
Shao Chen's feelings were no better. He didn't deny that he had casually stated his identity at first, as he was tired of women who rushed to him as soon as they knew who he was.
Who knew she would believe him, and then he had to spin lie after lie.
If he had known that "the princess who wears flat shoes" was Ruan Tianxin, he would never have lied, let alone bought these cheap clothes from Chen Dong, or downloaded a bunch of headache-inducing apps on his phone.
Now that he had been exposed, he felt utterly embarrassed.
"You're no better! A jewelry salesperson? Wanting to find a partner to get married and have children? You're trying to trick someone into your home, to fool them for sex!" Shao Chen sneered, "You too have a day like this, cheating men online."
"You're the one who's cheating! I genuinely wanted to find a man to get married and have children! Unlike you, who is full of lies! And you have the nerve to say your romantic history is zero, that you're a virgin?"
Ruan Tianxin recalled his past words and his notorious romantic history, and couldn't help but mock him, "You? A playboy, and you claim to be a virgin?"
Shao Chen choked, unable to care about his embarrassment, and blurted out, "Are you the only one telling the truth?
"Still not out of the sorrow of being hurt by your ex-boyfriend five years ago, a maiden in love? Five years ago? You've been unable to forget about me all this time? If you really like me that much, I don't mind maintaining a friends-with-benefits relationship with you."
Her innermost secret was exposed by the person involved, and Ruan Tianxin became enraged, "Don't flatter yourself! I've had plenty of ex-boyfriends, not just you! If I can't forget anyone, it won't be you!"
Shao Chen: "Tsk tsk, are you embarrassed?"
As they spilled out the words they had said to each other, the two of them became increasingly certain that the other person was the one they were supposed to meet tonight.
At the same time, with these words, their faces grew hotter and hotter. They had never imagined that their casual remarks would be brought up and spoken in public.
The brave men lying on the ground, defeated, forgot to groan and got up to stand by the bartender, enthusiastically enjoying the show.
The two suddenly realized that if they continued to argue like this, they would only be providing a spectacle and would be even more humiliated. Finally, they stopped talking and parted on bad terms.
The bartender and the two security guards: Huh? Why did they leave, the show isn't over yet!
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Ruan Tianxin found Yu He and returned to the villa together. Yu He saw her dejected look and knew that things hadn't gone smoothly.
"What's wrong?" Yu He asked.
Ruan Tianxin had suddenly run off tonight, and when she returned to the Qing bar, she only saw Qin Beiting, with Shao Chen and Ruan Tianxin nowhere to be found.
"Wuwu, Xiao He Miao, I'm never dating online again, it's too damn awkward!"
Thinking about what happened tonight, Ruan Tianxin felt so embarrassed that she could dig out a mansion with her toes.
Upon returning, her first action was to log out of her Mango Dating App account, delete the app, and swear never to log in again.
Whenever she recalled that for the past six months, she had been immersed in chatting with Shao Chen whenever she had free time, she felt an indescribable complexity in her heart.
What kind of twisted fate could lead her to date her ex-boyfriend online?
After Yu He listened to her recount the night's events, she couldn't help but laugh, "The two of you are destined to be together."
Ruan Tianxin: "Destined my foot, this is twisted fate! If it were truly destiny, they wouldn't have broken up five years ago over whose surname the child would take!"
Yu He: "But you've been looking for a partner who feels like being with Shao Chen all along."
Ruan Tianxin's lips moved, and she found herself unable to refute. She couldn't deny that when she chatted with "Mr. Diamond," she always felt a sense of familiarity in his tone and views, which was why she kept chatting with him.
Seeing her not deny it, Yu He asked again, "You still like Shao Chen deep down, don't you?"
Ruan Tianxin pursed her lips and remained silent.
Among all the boyfriends she had dated, her favorite was indeed Shao Chen; she also didn't deny that after their breakup, she had considered getting back together, but only if Shao Chen主动 came to find her, but he hadn't!
"If you like him, then get back together with him. Where is the bold, passionate Ruan Tianxin of five years ago?" Yu He encouraged.
Ruan Tianxin felt a spark of desire from Yu He's words. Perhaps before, it was all about physical attraction, so she could be carefree, but once her heart was involved, she became cautious.
She said listlessly, "But after everything that happened, he won't want to talk to me anymore, will he?"
She had noticed that Shao Chen hadn't returned to the villa at all tonight and had left directly.
However, it was good that he hadn't returned, so they wouldn't have to see each other and feel even more awkward.
"How will you know his thoughts if you don't try to approach him?" Yu He countered.
Ruan Tianxin thought it made sense and took her phone back to her room.
But as she lay on the bed, looking at the blank WeChat chat box with Shao Chen on her phone screen, she stared for a long time, unable to think of how to start.
Just then, an advertisement popped up at the top of the screen. She clicked on it and suddenly had an idea. After some operations on her phone, she finally sent a message to Shao Chen.
Meanwhile.
Shao Chen left the seaside in extreme embarrassment and went to the city center of Lucheng.
Sitting in the car, looking at the unfamiliar city, he suddenly felt lost, not knowing where to go.
Going home, he didn't want to, and facing his grandfather's pressure to marry was even more annoying.
Returning to his own apartment felt too lonely, with no one to talk to. During the New Year, his brothers who could talk about their feelings were all busy and couldn't be called out. The friends he could call were people he didn't want to discuss such awkward matters with.
He simply found a bar at random, booked a private room, and called some of his acquaintances in Lucheng to drink together.
When Shao Chen was in a bad mood, he liked to drink. Alcohol could numb his nerves and make him feel less miserable.
After a few strong drinks, influenced by the alcohol, Shao Chen began to become excited.
At this moment, he saw a WeChat message notification on his lock screen. He clicked on it and thought he was hallucinating. Ruan Tianxin had actually messaged him?!