“Young Master Zhang, what brings you here at this hour? Business talk is too late, so you’re also here to invite Ruoruo to dinner?”
Zhang Cheng replied, “Is that not allowed? Ruoruo and I have been on a blind date.”
That point stung Zhan Wei the most.
He had never been on a blind date with Lan Ruoruo, yet she had been set up with several wealthy young men. Fortunately, her standards were high and she looked down on them.
When she went on that date with Zhang Cheng, Zhan Wei knew about it. Back then, he had not yet realised his own feelings and was unaware he liked her. Upon hearing of the date, he privately said a few words, claiming Lan Ruoruo had a bad temper and a dominant personality, that Zhang Cheng would not handle her, and the date would surely fail.
He turned out to be right. The date led nowhere.
Yet recently, the two had started seeing each other again.
Zhang Cheng had even been Lan Ruoruo’s public escort, attending banquets together. Yangcheng high society saw them as a couple.
Both families favoured a match.
Once Zhan Wei recognised his feelings for Lan Ruoruo, he began viewing Zhang Cheng as a rival.
At the banquet, learning that a drunk Lan Ruoruo would flirt with men, he ignored that Zhang Cheng was her escort and that he himself was seen as her arch-enemy. He snatched her away, took her home, and sparked a chain of events.
“So what if you two went on a date? Ruoruo has kissed me, hugged me. We have been intimate. She is responsible and said she would take responsibility for me.”
Zhan Wei spoke very quietly, just loud enough for Zhang Cheng to hear, protecting Lan Ruoruo’s dignity.
In truth, the story of a drunken Lan Ruoruo flirting with her rival, only for him to latch on and demand responsibility, had already spread across Yangcheng.
Zhang Cheng looked at Zhan Wei. After a pause, he said, “President Zhan really has thick skin.”
“To chase a wife, you need thick skin, the shameless kind.”
Zhang Cheng: “…”
He still had face. Did that mean chasing a wife would be hard for him?
“Didn’t Ruoruo play matchmaker for you, introducing girlfriends? Now you’re chasing the matchmaker.”
Zhang Cheng could not resist a jab.
Zhan Wei smiled. “The girls Ruoruo introduced don’t suit me. She suits me better. So today I came to tell her that from now on, we just need to eat together. No more introductions.”
The women Lan Ruoruo introduced were all Lan Group employees.
New hires who fell for him at first sight. He knew her intent.
Those who failed the date felt they could not stay at Lan Group and resigned. The loss to the company was minor.
Under her arrangements, Zhan Wei had dated two or three such employees. They were clever. Seeing his attentiveness to Lan Ruoruo over dinner, they knew he truly liked her.
Their Vice President Lan and President Zhan were indeed a perfect match.
Talented and beautiful, equal in status.
Though President Zhan had come to Yangcheng from elsewhere to work, in a few years he had become a new powerhouse. Clearly formidable.
His true identity was unknown to the public. He disliked ostentation.
Lan Ruoruo knew but said nothing. It was his private matter. Why gossip? If he stayed silent, so would she.
