Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 461 - 459: Mommy is going on a blind date tomorrow
Xia Tingxuan took out a photo and spread it out on the coffee table, "Jiayi, come take a look and see if you like him. Mom thinks he’s quite charming, he looks like a decent man. He is a classmate of your Aunt Zhang’s distant relative. If you think he’s okay, you can meet him tomorrow, just to get to know him a bit."
The man in the photo seemed to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, wearing glasses, with a handsome set of features, radiating an air of scholarship, and quite refined.
Jiayi was stunned, not knowing whether to cry or laugh!
So Aunt Zhang came to her house to set her up with someone!
Her mom actually hadn’t forgotten about setting her up on a blind date!
She smiled bitterly, "Mommy, I’m not considering that issue right now."
Xia Tingxuan’s gaze shifted, "Is it that you’re not considering, or is it that you no longer need to consider it?"
That day Jiayi wouldn’t admit it no matter what, but her mother felt she already had someone she liked. Since she wouldn’t speak up, there was nothing to be done.
She had no choice but to resort to this tactic.
If Jiayi really had met a man outside, she would definitely refuse the blind date.
If it were just her own misunderstanding, then going on the blind date was also good, as it would put one of her worries to rest.
After all, she was still so young; she was bound to get married eventually.
Jiayi swallowed hard, "Mommy, what are you thinking about now?"
"Just listen to mom’s arrangement and go have a look. Okay? This man is quite nice. Although he’s been divorced once, it wasn’t his fault. It’s said that it was his wife who eloped with a young lover. Look, he’s dignified, has a high educational degree; he’s a surgeon. What’s more, Aunt Zhang has shown him your photo and talked about you, and he didn’t mind at all, he still wants to meet you."
Faced with the thought of not going on the blind date and thus arousing even more suspicion from her mommy... Jiayi took a deep breath.
"Alright," she finally nodded.
Only then did Xia Tingxuan show a smile.
Zaizai’s gaze, however, fell on the photo, his eyes blinked, and a hint of indescribable slyness appeared in his large pupils.
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After dinner, while Mommy and Grandma weren’t paying attention, Zaizai slipped onto the balcony alone and dialed his godfather’s phone number.
"Hello, godfather~" As soon as Zaizai heard the familiar voice on the other end, he called out.
"What’s up?" Huo Zhenyang had gotten used to the little meatball’s sudden calls.
Zaizai’s small face crumpled, "If someone is mean to me, will you protect me, godfather?"
Huo Zhenyang couldn’t help but chuckle, "Who’s being mean to you?"
"The stepfather! Mommy is finding a new daddy for me, stepfathers and stepmothers are witches, very scary! They might hit me..."
There was silence on the other end of the phone for three seconds.
Then, a voice came through, slightly changed in tone, "Your mommy is finding you a new daddy?"
The voice sounded very calm but hid a trace of barely noticeable frost.
Hey! There seemed to be a reaction.
Zaizai continued to act like a child about to be mistreated, "Grandma’s colleague introduced an uncle to Mommy, and Mommy is going on a blind date with him tomorrow. Grandma seems to like that uncle a lot. I’ve seen his picture; he’s very handsome and also Mommy’s type... I reckon there’s a high chance of success!~"
Huo Zhenyang: "..."
Zaizai raised an eyebrow, "Godfather? Why aren’t you speaking, are you still listening?"
On the other end, the man seemed to be forcefully suppressing the surge in his heart, his voice even colder, "There’s nothing to be done if your mommy wants to go on a blind date; she has to pursue her own life."
"But mommy is naive and easily deceived. I want to see her blind date myself," Zaizai said, growing anxious as it seemed his godfather didn’t care and was resorting to extremes, "I heard grandma and mommy talking about having dinner on Bhisk Street at Sidao Cafe. I want to go and see, but grandma won’t let me—"
Huo Zhenyang pondered for a moment, and that point was indeed true; that little woman really had poor judgment of character.
Forget it, consider it a good deed.
It certainly wasn’t because he was compromising.
His voice turned cold with a hint of teasing, "So you want to go see?"
"Of course, I do!"
"Alright, wait at home for my call tomorrow."
Zaizai sighed with relief, and once he hung up the phone, he grinned smugly.
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The next day at noon, under her mother’s urging, Jiayi got dressed up and left the house.
Before she left, Zaizai was quietly morose.
Jiayi took Zaizai’s hand, squatted down, and asked softly, "Zaizai, what’s wrong? Mommy will be back in a bit."
Zaizai said sincerely, "If mommy really likes that uncle, will she marry him? Will that uncle really like me? If you marry someone else, will you stop loving me? If you have a little brother, will you kick me out?"
Jiayi couldn’t help but smile tearfully at her little jealous devil of a son, who was clearly having some emotional turbulence upon finding out mommy was going on a blind date and there might be a new dad.
She couldn’t tell Zaizai that she was just doing it to play along, and lightly flicked his nose, "Nobody is more important than you. If someone doesn’t like you, mommy definitely won’t be with him."
Seeing Zaizai so downcast, she felt a little heartache, truly not wanting to go, but then thinking of her mother’s expectations, she felt she probably still had to give this blind date a try.
Forget it, think of it as fulfilling an obligation, to make mom happy.
After calming Zaizai, Jiayi left the house.
Perched on the windowsill, watching mommy’s figure disappear from sight, Zaizai quickly slid down and ran to the balcony, dialed the phone, and whispered, "Godfather, mommy has gone out."
"Is your grandma home?"
"No, she’s gone to class!"
There was a pause before a man’s deep voice came through, "Okay, Uncle Ade will come to pick you up downstairs in five minutes."
Meanwhile, Jiayi hailed a taxi and soon arrived at Bhisk Street.
Walking into the agreed-upon Sidao Cafe, Jiayi stopped and looked around.
In a corner by the window, a man in a suit who saw her coming knew she was his blind date for today, and a satisfied smile spread across his genteel face.
This young woman was even prettier than her photo.
One would never guess she was a mother just by looking at her.
A slender waist, delicate arms, her hair cascading down her back like a waterfall—she looked like a female student, possessing the petite frame that men often found most desirable and possessive over.
"Miss Chu!" the blind date man beckoned with a wave.
Jiayi looked over, recognizing the man Aunt Zhang, her mother’s colleague, had introduced as her blind date. She nodded politely and went over to sit down.
The man with the surname Tao was dressed in a suit and looked learned and elegant, a gentleman with manners, giving a very favorable impression. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
After introducing themselves, Jiayi didn’t beat around the bush and said plainly, "Mr. Tao, I believe you’re already aware I have a nearly four-year-old son and I’m a single mother. You’re very eligible and could definitely find better matches. If you think we’re not suitable, we can call it a day right now."
The blind date man smiled warmly and amicably, "Miss Chu, if I minded that you had a son, I wouldn’t have agreed to meet. Everyone has a past, and I, too, have been divorced, although the divorce was not my fault. Besides, I really like children. I visit the orphanage every weekend and even sponsor several underprivileged children in the mountains remotely. If I could be with you, your son would be my son, and I’d treat him well. Don’t worry, I will make sure you and the child have a stable life."
