I Seem Unsuited for Dating - Chapter 49

Chapter 49

Chapter 49

　　Xia Wei's laughter broke the tense atmosphere between them . Looking at Jiang Zhi Zhou, she asked, "What's your sign?"

　　"Cancer . " Jiang Zhi Zhou rubbed his forehead gently with a frown . "Can it be that we've been together so long, yet you don't even know my astrological sign?"

　　"I don't know your blood type, either . "

　　Jiang Zhi Zhou: " . . . "

　　"Cancer . . . is your birthday next month?"

　　"Indeed it is . You'd better start preparing your gift right now . "

　　" . . . I've never seen a guy so confidently expect to be given a gift . " Xia Wei pulled a face . "Do you know what my sign is?"

　　"November 21st . You're a Scorpio . "

　　Xia Wei looked at him in surprise . "How on earth did you know? I didn't tell you . " She usually filled out her birthdays on social networking sites with random dates .

　　"I asked Tian Tian the last time we had dinner . " Jiang Zhi Zhou paused after finishing his sentence, suddenly realizing that they had gone off topic . "Wait, it's not signs we should be talking about . "

　　After his mother confronted him about having a good match, he had consulted several online forums . Indeed, women who had married up confirmed that they were under high pressure after marriage, and that due to having been born into a lower class, they felt less confident in standing up for themselves . Jiang Zhi Zhou wanted to spare Xia Wei from these concerns . He hoped for their marriage to bring her happiness, not stress .

　　"I think that in a marriage, there are many things more important than one's circumstances . As long as those in the relationship respect each other and communicate well, many problems won't even become problems . So don't put put pressure on yourself . The fit of two souls is the most important thing . "

　　Xia Wei blinked, wondering when Mr . Jiang got so good at philosophy . "Is this what your psychiatrists usually tell you?"

　　" . . . I'm being serious here . "

　　"I'm serious too," she said . "You're not quite a psychiatrist, but after hearing what you said, I do feel much better . "

　　Jiang Zhi Zhou smiled . "Good . " Looking back at Xia Wei's calligraphy on the table, he asked, "Will you still learn calligraphy?"

　　"Yes . " Xia Wei answered, very positively . "It's good to engage in self-cultivation and to always improve yourself . This time, I don't want to give up halfway . "

　　Anyway, she'd already paid for the lessons .

　　Xia Wei felt a great weight lift off her shoulders after talking with Jiang Zhi Zhou . A few days later, Eight Treasures proclaimed to the group that she was returning to A city .

　　Eight Treasures Congee Female Hero: I'll be on the plane tomorrow morning! Mr . Jiang, please prepare dinner! @Asking For Suicide At Eighteen This Year

　　Asking For Suicide At Eighteen This Year: . . . I'll let him know . Twiggy, Tian Tian, when are you two free?

　　Invincible Little Sweetie: I could do 2pm on Saturday . Twiggy?

　　Asking For Suicide At Eighteen This Year: She's been so busy with blind dates for two days, I haven't seen very much of her [digs nose]

　　Not Losing 5kg Not Changing Name: I've been busy with my parents, and putting all my work stuff in order . Ugh, so annoying

　　Not Losing 5kg Not Changing Name: My parents will have left by tomorrow, though . You figure out the place and I'll meet you there after seeing them off .

　　Eight Treasures Congee Female Hero: Then we should have dessert in the afternoon! To the dessert shrine!

　　Invincible Little Sweetie: Are you afraid you won't have room for dinner?

　　Eight Treasures Congee Female Hero: Not with the portion sizes at Tian Xia Restaurant .

　　Asking For Suicide At Eighteen This Year: Everyone hold on a little, I'll check with Jiang Zhi Zhou to make sure the place isn't full . There may be more people on Saturday .

　　After sending that, she clicked on Jiang Zhi Zhou's message window . "Are you there? Twiggy will be around tomorrow, would you be free for dinner tomorrow night?"

　　Jiang Zhi Zhou: Yup . I'll have the private room reserved .

　　Xia Wei: [Great]

　　Jiang Zhi Zhou: What time will you be coming over?

　　Xia Wei: We might go out shopping and to the movies that afternoon, so around 6:30 .

　　Jiang Zhi Zhou: OK . Should I pick you up?

　　Xia Wei: No, just wait for us in Tian Xia Restaurant, and prepare all the tasty things [doge]

　　Jiang Zhi Zhou: OK

　　Xia Wei smirked and proceeded to inform her girlfriends of the good news . They made an appointment to meet at 3pm in front of the dessert shrine .

　　Ever since graduating high school, it was vanishingly rare for all four of them to be able to get together . This meeting would be an epic one . Xia Wei didn't open the nail salon that day, and began dressing up after walking the dog . Twiggy had left early in the morning, and she didn't know when she would arrive .

　　The great dessert shrine at Starlight Department Store had always been popular, so much so that one worried about not finding a place to sit in the evening . Xia Wei left early and was the first to arrive . After checking with everyone in the group, she bought desserts for all and found a place to sit .

　　Tian Tian and Eight Treasures came together . Xia Wei saw Eight Treasures and blinked in surprise, "Eight Treasures, did you tan again?"

　　Eight Treasures was quite hurt by her remark . "You stay at construction sites every day and see if you tan! I paint on three layers of sunscreen!"

　　Tian Tian comforted, "It's okay, you'll be fair again after staying home for two months . "

　　Xia Wei nodded . "Then you can go to the next construction project and tan . "

　　Eight Treasures:" . . . . . . "

　　She has no such friends .

　　Sitting down and taking a long draught of her cold drink, Eight Treasures calmed down and finally asked, "When will Twiggy be here?"

　　Xia Wei shrugged her shoulders . "She goes home early and comes back late every night, even busier than I am . She might have said that she would have to meet a blind date today . "

　　Eight Treasures sighed . "Twiggy's slim, fair, rich and beautiful, why work so hard!?"

　　Tian Tian said, "It's her family that's in a hurry . It's probably because she's nearly 30 now . "

　　Xia Wei immediately retorted: "No way! I'm just eighteen this year . "

　　Tian Tian & Eight Treasures: " . . . "

　　As long as you're happy .

　　The three chatted for a while until Twiggy rushed in . Seeing her, Eight Treasures let out a shout, "Ah, ah, Twiggy! It's you! How've you gotten so beautiful? Is it because you went abroad?!"

　　Just like the time she saw Xia Wei for the first time, Twiggy held tight onto Eight Treasures and jumped around . "How on earth did you get so tanned, Eight Treasures? And you've cut your hair so short!"

　　Eight Treasures Congee Female Hero: " . . . . . . "

　　She doesn't know any of these people! None of them see past her skin to her pale, untanned heart!

　　"There's too much dust on the construction site . Long hair's difficult to take care of, so I just cut it all off . " Eight Treasures sat back down in a huff to regain her calm with her cold drink .

　　After having hugged Eight Treasures, Twiggy went on to embrace Tian Tian . "Tian Tian, you're looking more and more scholarly!"

　　Tian Tian smiled and asked, "What should I say in reply? Are you getting thinner?"

　　"Yes!" Twiggy immediately nodded .

　　Everyone laughed and slowly calmed down . Tian Tian forked up a fruit from her plate and inquired of Twiggy, "I heard from Xia Wei that you went on a blind date?"

　　Twiggy snorted . "What blind date! I don't know what blind date you're talking about . "

　　"What happened?"

　　At the mention of the subject, Twiggy began getting worked up . "The last person they introduced me to was scared of me because I was more well-off than them . So this time my parents found a super-qualified guy . Both his parents work in the government, he has a Ph . D . from Imperial City University, and he's been graduated for two years . "

　　Tian Tian nodded . "Sounds good so far, what went wrong?"

　　Twiggy bent her mouth in a demented smile and said: "I'm not a member of a party so I didn't qualify politically . "

　　Everyone: " . . . "

　　Twiggy wolfed down a few mouthfuls of dessert, voice full of indignation . "I went abroad right after graduating high school! How would I ever join a party?!" Looking at the three people in front of her, she demanded, "Are any of you a party member?"

　　Xia Wei blinked: "I'm not, and neither is Eight Treasures, but Tian Tian is . "

　　Twiggy patted Tian Tian's shoulder . "Congratulations, you have won the opportunity to meet elite men . "

　　Tian Tian: " . . . "

　　Xia Wei couldn't help laughing . "Nowadays blind dates sure have all kinds of weird requests . Before Mr . Jiang's blind dates, he always made sure that the other party had never had a boyfriend before, or he would have declined them . "

　　"You got him in the end, didn't you?" Twiggy gave her a look . "Anyway, I don't want to go on blind dates . I don't mind being an unmarried 30-year-old . I see lots of perfectly happy unmarried 30-year-olds around . "

　　Tian Tian sighed: "Thirty's a sly number . After thirty, time goes fast . "

　　"I feel like time's already been going fast . " Eight Treasures couldn't help but say .

　　Tian Tian smiled . "It's true, ten years has gone in a flash . When we were in high school, we often wondered what it would be like in ten years . At that time, I was super confident that after ten years, I would be a shining star of an adult . I'd be mature, have a successful career, a good family . . . It's just that ten years later I discovered that I'm exactly the same as ten years ago . "

　　Eight Treasures said, "No, no, there are still some differences . Take a good look - the corners of your eyes have fine lines . "

　　 . . . . . .

　　Ouch .

　　Twiggy coughed drily and changed the subject . "Tian Tian, still working overtime every day?"

　　"Yes, but it's been a bit better recently . "

　　Eight Treasures said, "At least you can be satisfied knowing that you'll be sitting in the office, running the air conditioner when working overtime . I have to bask in the sun . Xia Wei's got the right idea about being your own boss . "

　　Xia Wei flattened her lips and muttered: "What's so good about it? People look down on my shabby little shop . "

　　Twiggy frowned, "Didn't you say that you talked it out with Jiang Zhi Zhou?"

　　"I did, but his family hasn't changed their attitude . Luckily he won't be living with them in the future . " She believed in Jiang Zhi Zhou and had the courage to continue walking alongside him .

　　Twiggy sighed . "Why do adults have so many things to worry about? Especially women at our age . "

　　"Mmhmm . . . " Xia Wei cupped her chin in her hand . Indeed, they faced so many choices and difficulties in work, love, and marriage . The gleaming adulthood she had once dreamed of might actually be further away than before . "Ah, I've had enough! Since we're all here at Starlight Department Store anyway, let's go buy some clothes!"

　　"Sounds great! Even if I'm over-tanned, at least I'll get to wear a beautiful dress!" That was Eight Treasures' last rebellion .

　　"Let's go!" Xia Wei picked up her bag and rushed out . Twiggy hurriedly took a bite of dessert and called to her, "Wait a minute, I need another bite!"

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