Chapter 200: None of them were ordinary people
"Dashan Road Yinqiao Garden, please."
After giving the driver the address, Gou Junbao relaxed his limbs.
He had been home for less than a week, and his mother had somehow found a matchmaking circle. Guided by the principle that wide hips and a big frame made for easy childbearing, she had picked women who were all rather "sturdy."
He had thought today's meeting would be just the two of them, but the woman's mother had come along too. She acted like they were old friends, and after a few questions, she seemed to have practically decided he was her son-in-law. Her enthusiasm was overwhelming.
Gou Junbao felt he had barely said anything before she was already discussing dates and wedding customs. Her daughter looked quite taken with him too. The whole thing made him sweat more and more. Several times, he had wanted to say something "hurtful," but somehow he just couldn't get a word in.
He had always thought that if a blind date didn't work out, he could simply turn it down. He had been utterly unprepared for today's situation. Getting away might require an ugly confrontation. (Adapted from a friend's real experience.)
He couldn't stay in his hometown any longer. Gou Junbao planned to go home, grab his things, apologize to his mother, and retreat.
Right, what did Xiaoxia call about earlier? Could it really have been urgent?
At that thought, Gou Junbao called him back.
"Pick up, pick up..."
In private room 306 at the Fuhua Grand Hotel, everyone had ordered desserts and pastries, along with a pot of fragrant tea to warm their stomachs.
They had also asked the server to have fresh portions of some of the tastier or more substantial dishes they had ordered