Beloved Bride: Captured by the Top Playboy

"My skin is dark, and there's nothing I can do about it. I'm telling you, when I was a kid, I was actually very fair. It was only after frequent contact with computers that I turned dark, probably due to the radiation."

"Oh, that's quite noble of you, sacrificing your skin color for work. Admirable!" Suxin replied with a resigned smile.

"Hehe," the high-quality man chuckled silly, twirling his ear, "Mainly because I like computers, and now that it has become my job, I guess it's a wish fulfilled."

"Yeah, that's not bad." Suxin wondered why the conversation was so boring, sitting on the sofa as if being punished, yet she had to continue sitting with a smile on her face and boredom drove her to pick up her coffee and drink.

"Miss Cheng, what do you think of me? Am I okay?"

Suxin was startled, she hadn't expected this man to be so direct. She almost choked on her coffee, "Um... this... it's okay..."

"Since Miss Cheng thinks I'm quite alright, then let's just settle it between us!" The high-quality man immediately smiled like a Maitreya Buddha.

"This..." Upon hearing this, Suxin almost sprayed out her coffee,

"Let me tell you, our family has a new place at Bihai Lantian. It wasn't easy for my parents to raise me, so, after getting married, I want them to move into the new house with us. It's more lively with more people anyway. I can see you're a filial person who probably won't object, right? I plan to sell the old house, just right to repay the mortgage. After we get married, you'll manage the household, and I'll handle the outside world. You'll take care of the laundry, grocery shopping, cooking, dishwashing and such, and leave the external communication, financial management, and the like to me. These things, you see, are the most tiring..."

Suxin's eyes widened, completely lost as she stared at the man blabbering nonstop, her mind turning to mush.

"Um... don't you think... if we're to be together... shouldn't we be in a relationship first?" Suxin couldn't help but interrupt his endless talk.

"Relationship?" The high-quality man's eyes bulged in surprise, his mouth gaping wide, and then he burst into laughter, "Miss Cheng, if you add up our ages, we're well over sixty. What's this talk of a relationship? That's for the young folks. Our goal now is marriage! Marriage!"

Suxin was absolutely dumbfounded. If she hadn't been personally involved, she'd have found the situation hilariously absurd, but instead, she felt like crying without tears.

"Our goal is marriage? Don't you think mentioning carrying on the family line would be more apt?" Suxin asked, longing to crack open his skull to see what was inside!

"Yes, exactly, that's what I meant. I was worried I might have been too direct, but it turns out you're even more straightforward, Miss Cheng. We truly are a match made in heaven!" The high-quality man grinned from ear to ear, "After all, at our age, why be so pretentious? To put it plainly, isn't marriage all about this? Miss Cheng, you... "

With a soft "bang," Suxin stood up: "Um, sorry, I just remembered I forgot to close the door of my house when I left, I need to get back now. Goodbye!"

"Miss Cheng, let me walk you back. It's also a chance for me to get to know your place. After all... "

"Um, I really need to go now. If it gets too late and a thief breaks in, that wouldn't be good," she said, taking out two hundred yuan from her purse and placing it on the table, "This meal is on me. Look, there's still so much food on the table. You eat some more, don't waste it!"

"Miss Cheng, I..." The high-quality man wanted to say more, but Suxin had already dashed off like a shot.

Chen Ziqian at the next table watched Suxin hurry past as if fleeing for her life, the smile on his face widened. He wondered who it could be—such an old-fashioned blind date. So it was that old lady, huh?

"Ziqian, let's go, it's about time," said the beauty across from him in a seductive voice, with a sweet smile.

"Okay, let's go!" Chen Ziqian stood up and walked towards the door as well.

After sprinting out of the café, Suxin finally stopped to catch her breath, "This blind date was truly terrifying. You never know until you meet, and it was a shock when we did!" Suxin panting heavily with exasperation, "Oh, my poor two hundred dollars, it hurts just thinking about it." Rubbing her chest with heartache, Suxin walked towards the subway station.

While walking, she couldn't help but make a call to Bai Xiaoyan.

"Susu? Why are you calling me at this time? Is your date over?"

"It's over!" Suxin replied loudly.

"How was it? You must be satisfied with that quality man, right? I'm telling you, it's really hard to find someone as honest as him these days. He's a bit older, but older men are caring, right? Most importantly, he makes money!"

"Xiaoyan, it seems you don't understand. That 'quality man' doesn't need a girlfriend, what he needs is a nanny, a breeding tool!" Suxin was truly furious, "What a man, a quality man? More like trash!"

"Ah? Really?"

"How could it not be? I'm telling you, we had barely started talking when he wanted to settle things down, going on about how he'd be responsible for outside, I'd be in charge of the inside..."

"Beep—" The long blare of a car horn pierced her eardrums, a dazzling white light blinded Suxin, followed by the screeching sound of an emergency brake.

By the time Suxin came to her senses, all she could see was a red sports car growing larger and larger in front of her eyes.

"Screech—" At the very moment it was about to hit her, the red sports car suddenly swerved sharply to the right, and "thump" Suxin fell to the ground as her white cell phone flew out of her grasp, following a parabolic trajectory.

"Screech—Screech—" The red sports car grazed by a flower bed, spun half a circle, and finally came to a stop.

Her heart pounding, she wondered if she was still alive. Using her hands to push herself off the ground, she stood up with effort, "Ah—That hurts!" Suxin opened her palm and saw the skin was scraped raw.

"I say, miss, don't you look where you're going when you walk?" A woman in a black lace dress got out of the red sports car. Those legs were long and slender, and even though she was angrily pointing at Suxin's nose, Suxin couldn't help but think she looked beautiful.

"You caused my car to get scratched. Can't you walk properly instead of being on the phone while walking?" The beauty kept scolding Suxin when she didn't respond.

This angered Suxin as well. She had felt a bit guilty knowing she was distracted while walking, but the woman's attitude was too much. Did she see Suxin fall and still blame her so harshly, trying to push all the responsibility onto her?

"Miss, since you've hit me, this counts as an accident. Let's call 110 and the insurance company to assess the damages," Suxin said, raising her head to face the beauty. She rubbed her hands together; the pain in her palms was scorching, indicating she'd taken a hard fall.

"Call 110 and the insurance company?" The beauty was taken aback. How could she do that? She was a public figure!