Pitfalls and Reputation Damage

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ren Suo was herded out of bed early like a pig, wrapped a cat scarf around his neck, and followed his parents and sister out to pay New Year visits.

So-called New Year visits were really just dropping by relatives' homes around the city. Although Ren Suo was still at the age where he could receive Lucky Money—the custom was that you stopped receiving it after getting married, and Ren Suo had always felt he could probably collect it until the day he died—he no longer cared about such small sums. Yet, unexpectedly, all his relatives had given him huge red envelopes this year. It seemed the people really had grown wealthier.

The problem was that their conversations revolved tightly around Ren Suo and Ren Xingmei. Only then did Ren Suo realize that he had long become a household-name premium blue-chip prospect among the relatives. After all, any one of the labels "cultivation," "nationally famous," or "doctor—one who treated cultivators" would draw attention. Ren Suo had all three, turning the family gathering into a family consultation.

A family consultation would have been one thing, but the relatives genuinely knew many eligible men and women. They pulled out their phones and wanted to introduce people to Ren Suo and Ren Xingmei. Ren Xingmei immediately hid smartly behind Ren Suo and said, "Let my brother go first."

Looking at these well-meaning relatives, Ren Suo found it hard to refuse too bluntly. But if he did not refuse, he would definitely be dragged into blind dates later. Seriously, Ren Suo had at least a little awareness as a boyfriend. He would not go on blind dates when he already had girlfriends.

More importantly, wouldn't it be much better to lie at home and play