After Rebirth, the Celebrity Daughter is the Medical Expert!-Chapter 223 - 149: Second Update

After Xiong Mengmeng left, Zhuang Yijing asked Ning Youguang:

"Is she an old classmate of yours?"

Ning Youguang sighed softly, "A classmate from junior high."

"Had plastic surgery?" Zhuang Yijing continued to ask.

"She had her cheekbones, nose, and chin done." That’s also why she didn’t recognize her right away.

"I met her at a party before." Zhuang Yijing thought for a moment and said, "That time, I think she ran into her husband’s mistress at the party. It was quite dramatic."

"She used to be such a cute girl, seeing her like this now, it makes me feel sad." Ning Youguang’s tone was low.

"Her husband isn’t much of a person." Zhuang Yijing pursed her lips, "I didn’t know she was your classmate before; if I meet her again, I can look out for her."

"Thank you." Ning Youguang chuckled softly.

"Why so polite with me?" Zhuang Yijing put her arm around her shoulder, then frowned, "Seeing her, it feels like having money doesn’t necessarily mean happiness."

Ning Youguang held her arm, "Yeah, as Kazuo Inamori once said, people tend to interpret happiness as ’having’—having a house, a car, money, power; but happiness is actually ’not having’—no worries, no fears, no illness, no disaster, because ’having’ is mostly for others to see, ’not having’ is truly yours."

...

That evening, Shi Wangyue invited the entire Xia family for dinner.

During the meal, Xia’s grandfather asked Shi Wangyue, "What kind of work have you been doing in the United States all these years?"

"Grandpa, I’ve just been doing some investments, nothing else." Shi Wangyue replied with a understated smile.

Xia Dai’s emotions became very complex at this moment.

[Brother, is the investment you’re talking about the one where you’ve invested in 20% of global new technologies, 50% of all new energy in China, and 30% of the internet industry?]

Grandpa Xia continued to ask with a hearty smile, "By the way, Shi Wangyue’s age is not much different from our Youyou’s, do you have a girlfriend now?"

Shi Wangyue’s hand holding the wine pot tightened slightly, then he smiled faintly, "These years abroad, I’ve been busy with studying and work, and haven’t had time to consider personal relationships. But now that my career has stabilized, I’m planning to."

Grandpa Xia nodded amiably, "Shi Wangyue, being such a handsome young man, will definitely find a good girl. Come, drink with grandpa, and may you get what you wish for soon."

Over the years, apart from his hair turning completely white, Grandpa Xia seemed to still be in good spirits and health.

Sitting in the private room, his words were full of energy.

Shi Wangyue raised the white wine in front of him, bowed, and clinked glasses with Grandpa Xia, "Then I’ll take your kind words, Grandpa."

His aunt, Xie Haitang, also having watched Shi Wangyue grow up, got interested after hearing his conversation with her father-in-law: "Shi Wangyue, do you have a type of girl you like? Tell me, and I’ll see if there’s someone suitable to introduce to you."

Upon hearing that his aunt wants to introduce people again, Xia Dai felt very complex, "Aunt, don’t introduce someone to everyone just because Hui Jie (Xia Hui) likes blind dates?"

Xie Haitang gave him a piece of food, "You eat your food; I’m asking Shi Wangyue, not you."

Shi Wangyue responded good-naturedly, "As long as it’s a girl I like, it doesn’t matter what she’s like." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

No one noticed that when he looked down to smile, he quickly glanced at Ning Youguang beside him.

There, Ning Youguang was whispering to her cousin Xia Hui, "Hui Jie, Daidai said you’re willing to do blind dates, what’s going on?"

Xia Hui smiled slightly, "Just as you understand it."

Ning Youguang bit her upper lip tightly, quietly looking at her without speaking.

Seeing her look of not giving in until she’d gotten a clear answer, Xia Hui slowly explained, "Before 2024, I couldn’t accept the idea of blind dates. I believed in letting fate take its course, which to me meant not involving human intervention. So I was inwardly resistant to relative and elder-introduced blind dates. After stepping into 2024, when I understood the saying that cow dung equals gold, when I understood the metaphorical love of the grass mud horse, I realized all the rejection and resentment were my own thoughts. Many things disappeared like clouds. I was originally pure; my thoughts dyed me with many colors. A still body and a still mind. I felt the immense love and care in my mom’s nagging, felt that the introduced blind dates by relatives and elders were blessings of love and hope for me to have happiness. I humbly accepted the teachings of the elders, felt their love, accepted love, and tried to give back as much love as I could. Of course, I have my own self and boundaries regarding blind date partners."

She paused slightly, then added, "No matter what, in this life of mine, only I can be responsible for the path I walk. I want to become love, overflow with love, thank my parents’ teachings, and bow in reverence."

After Xia Hui finished speaking, she raised her hands together in front of her chest.

Seeing that she really had thought it through, Ning Youguang let out a breath, "Hui Jie, actually more and more young people are beginning to embrace blind dates. Let me tell you, the other day, one of my students recommended a high-education matchmaking mini-program to me; it was hilarious."

Xia Hui got interested, "Oh, what’s it like?"

"They told me that the matchmaking mini-program is super popular in the circles of 985 universities and the academic world, with more than 10% of users from the four top schools ’Qingbei Jiaofu’. There are also users among international students from top global universities like Hong Kong University of Chinese Language, University College London, and Columbia University."

"Is that interesting?" Xia Hui was surprised.

"Yes, I didn’t expect there to be so many people on this mini-program at first. Finally, I couldn’t resist the student advocating for it, so I downloaded the mini-program, registered, and checked it out. I found that the mini-program was indeed quite popular, with a large user flow. It had even trended on Weibo once before, and I saw that although the related topics on Sina Weibo were high in popularity, there were no negative reviews, and netizens were understanding and supportive of it."

"It seems that the difficulty of singles with bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees finding partners is finally seeing the light of day." Xia Hui sighed.

"Refreshing rain after a long drought, so this really is a genuine matchmaking platform." Ning Youguang praised.

At this moment, Shi Wangyue suddenly interjected, "Is You you also a user of this mini-program?"

Ning Youguang turned to look at him, "Not really, I was just curious and checked it out. After finding it to be a pretty nice product, I recommended it to many colleagues."

Shi Wangyue secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you for your appreciation; this product was invested by our company."

Ning Youguang was shocked, "What?"

Her shout was a bit loud, causing everyone in the private room having dinner to look over at her.

After a brief pause, Shi Wangyue said, "Sorry, because it’s a small project, I’d forgotten to mention it to you earlier."

After coming to her senses, Ning Youguang laughed, "No, I was just curious, why did you invest in this matchmaking platform?"

Shi Wangyue served her a bowl of fish soup, "Because I found that this group of highly educated people are all pursuing certain probabilities, and they want to be efficient in whatever they do. The concept of this product is to efficiently help graduate students find a partner."

Everyone in the private room: "..."