Chapter 1
“Hello, Mom. Uhm… I’m here. I know, I know. I won’t fail this time….”
Sighing, Pei Ge hung up the phone. After all these blind dates, I hope I meet a reliable man this time….
Pei Ge lifted her head and, before her eyes, there stood a tall, sleek coffee house with a hint of perfection.
Blues Coffee.
She opened its bright, glass door and, at the direction of the service staff, Pei Ge found her date very quickly.
“Miss Pei?”
“Yes, hello, Mr. Liu. I’m Pei Ge.” Pei Ge politely greeted the man, who sat comfortably in the deck area and did not even bother to stand, with a smile.
…
No wonder she was dumped… Once Pei Ge stepped out of the coffee house, her indifferent face betrayed a trace of bitterness.
She could not help but replay the man’s mocking words in her mind. “We agreed never to leave each other; to stay together forever…”
Suddenly, her phone rang. Pei Ge dismissed the thoughts in her mind and retrieved the phone from her bag.
“Hello, Ge Ge. I just heard from Auntie that you went on a blind date again.”
Hearing her best friend’s voice on the phone, Pei Ge was comforted at once and her initially foul mood took a turn for the better.
“Yeah, I did. Sadly, I met another jerk. Xiaoyu, tell me why I’m this unlucky?” Pei Ge asked depressingly as she complained to Xiaoyu.
“He he… You met another jerk?” Tang Xiaoyu laughed grimly in response to Pei Ge’s question.
“This fellow… reminds me so much of that guy from my fifth blind date – loves to show off, thinks he is very impressive, picky of everything, yet he doesn’t even look at himself in the mirror—”
Without waiting for Pei Ge to finish ridiculing her date, Xiaoyu interrupted, “Wait a minute! Missy! After so many blind dates, haven’t you learned anything? Honestly, not all those guys were jerks, but, in your eyes, how did all of them become one? Ge Ge, you’ll soon be 27. You’re not really thinking of continuing to go on blind dates when you reach 30, are you?”
A hint of impatience could be detected in Tang Xiaoyu’s voice.
“But… this time, the guy was really a jerk…” Feeling wronged, Pei Ge argued as she held the phone tightly.
“Ge Ge, tell me honestly; are you still hung up on that bastard? Still missing him so you reject every guy you’ve been on a date with?”
“Oh! Xiaoyu, I just remembered! It’s Friday! My cousin is flying home today; I have to go home and help my mother prepare for my cousin’s arrival. I better go now; I’ll call you later when I have time.”
“Hey! Ge Ge! Ge Ge! You dare hang up on me—”
Hearing Xiaoyu’s angry shouts, Pei Ge quickly hung up the phone.
Do I still miss him? Pei Ge’s lips curled into a sad smile. She was, in fact, still thinking of him…. Forget it. Stop thinking. Be happier. Today, Cousin is coming back; I better hurry home. Pei Ge stood on the pavement, raised her hand to flag down a taxi, and went on her way home.