Chapter 89: Meeting an Old Classmate on a Blind Date

The third blind date location was set at Jiangnan Grand Hotel, one of the few five-star hotels in Jiangnan City, which looked extremely luxurious.

"Son, talk nicely to the girl later. If she's suitable, you absolutely mustn't let her go. And now that our family's financial situation is better, you must be generous when spending money. Don't let the girl look down on you…"

Ouyang Lan repeatedly admonished him before letting Ye Bufan go in, while she waited at the hotel entrance.

Entering the booked room, Ye Bufan was slightly surprised; it was a large private dining room for more than ten people.

He even suspected he had gone to the wrong place, so he went out and checked the room number again, comparing it with the number Ouyang Lan had given him, confirming it was indeed this room.

Generally, for blind dates, people would choose teahouses or cafes. Few would come to such a five-star hotel, and even fewer would choose such a large private room.

Perhaps other rooms were fully booked, Ye Bufan didn't pay much attention and pulled out a chair to sit down.

After waiting for about half an hour, the girl he was supposed to meet still hadn't arrived. Just then, his phone rang; it was Qin Chuchu calling.

"Xiao Fan, why are you calling me? I just got out of the shower."

Ye Bufan said helplessly, "Your showers take too long. I've already been on two blind dates."

"Girls just like to take longer showers, that way their skin stays nice…"

It was only then that Qin Chuchu came to her senses and exclaimed in surprise, "You went on a blind date?"

"I am currently on one, and I've already been on two. Now I'm waiting for the third one."

Qin Chuchu said annoyingly, "You! You actually went on a blind date! Are you afraid you won't find a wife or something?"

"Can you blame me? I called you for Jianghu help and you didn't answer, so my Old Buddha forced me to come…"

"How were the dates? Did you like anyone?"

"Not yet. The first two were oddballs, and the third one hasn't arrived yet, so I don't know what the situation is."

"Send me the address, this girl will be right over."

After Qin Chuchu finished speaking, she hung up the phone in a hurry. The man she liked absolutely couldn't be snatched away by other women.

As soon as Ye Bufan sent his location, his phone rang again. This time it was Xie Donglin, the Dean of Jiangnan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, calling.

"Dr. Ye, where are you?"

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Ye Bufan said, "I'm at the Jiangnan Grand Hotel waiting for a friend."

"Oh, your honorary Dean appointment letter is ready. How about I bring it to you now? Is it convenient?"

Ye Bufan didn't take this blind date seriously and said, "Then I'll trouble Dean Xie. I'll send you my location now."

After hanging up the phone, he still hadn't seen any sign of the other party. Bored, he took a photo of the room and posted it on his Moments: "Waiting for someone is really too boring!"

Just then, the door opened, and a girl in a red dress walked in. Seeing him, she exclaimed in surprise, "Ye Bufan, why are you here?"

Ye Bufan turned around and saw that the girl who came in was his high school classmate, Sun Xiaotong. He frowned slightly and said, "I'm waiting for a friend."

Although they hadn't seen each other for three years, he had no good feelings for this woman.

When he was in high school, there were always some people in the class who were uneducated and idle, and Sun Xiaotong was one of them. Relying on her beauty, she hung out with disreputable people all day long.

Once, she made a bet with someone that she would definitely win over Ye Bufan within a week.

But at that time, Ye Bufan was focused on his studies, single-minded, and didn't pay any attention to her.

A week later, Sun Xiaotong lost 200 yuan, which made her furious. She reported Ye Bufan to the school's academic affairs office, claiming he had molested her.

This blew things up. At that time, it was close to the college entrance examination. To quickly calm things down and not affect her son's exam, Ouyang Lan personally went to the school to apologize to Sun Xiaotong and paid 2000 yuan in compensation, which finally settled the matter.

Although a long time had passed and he no longer dwelled on the incident, he still found it difficult to feel any goodwill towards this woman.

Sun Xiaotong said, "Waiting for a friend? You wouldn't be here for a blind date, would you?"

Ye Bufan also realized that the person he was supposed to meet was Sun Xiaotong. It really was a small world; he hadn't expected them to meet awkwardly under such circumstances.

Since they had met, he couldn't say much and could only nod helplessly.

A hint of disdain flashed in Sun Xiaotong's eyes, and she said mockingly, "Ye Bufan, you were so honest and simple when we were in school. I didn't expect that after three years, you've learned to commit marriage fraud."

"Marriage fraud? When did I commit marriage fraud?"

"Pretending, still pretending with me, huh? We were classmates for three years, how could I not know you? Your mom told my mom that your family owns some big hotel. Isn't this

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deception? Everyone knows your mom sells steamed buns, and she can actually describe a bun shop as a big hotel. The bragging is beyond anyone. What is it if not marriage fraud?"

Ye Bufan didn't speak. He didn't want to have any relationship with this woman, nor did he have any interest in explaining himself.

Sun Xiaotong disdainfully scrutinized him from head to toe. "If you're going to pretend, you should go all out. You should at least spend some money to dress yourself up. This shabby outfit doesn't look like someone who owns a big hotel at all.

How about this, for the sake of being old classmates, I won't hold your marriage fraud against you anymore.

Today, my relatives just happened to come over, so why don't you treat everyone to a meal? If you can make my family happy, perhaps I can give you a chance to pursue me."

After speaking, she didn't wait for Ye Bufan's agreement and directly pulled out her phone to make a call, "Mom, tell Great Uncle and them to come over."

After she hung up, a dozen people quickly walked in from outside, men and women, old and young.

Ye Bufan was quite shocked by their speed. Booking such a large private room for a blind date, and having relatives waiting outside, it seemed Sun Xiaotong's blind date was fake, and her real intention was to use the opportunity to have a family gathering.

"Alright, stop standing there foolishly. Let me introduce you. This is my dad, this is my mom, this is my great uncle, this is my eldest cousin…"

Sun Xiaotong pulled Ye Bufan to introduce him to her family. When those people saw Ye Bufan's ordinary clothing, a hint of disdain flashed in their eyes simultaneously.

Sun Xiaotong's father completely ignored him, directly took the menu on the table and said, "Alright, everyone's hungry, let's start ordering."

After speaking, he unceremoniously called the waiter and ordered 16 dishes in one go, and each dish was quite expensive.

Putting down the menu, he then looked up and said, "You're Ye Bufan, right? Do you have a house in Jiangnan City?"

"No."

"Then do you have a car worth more than 300,000 yuan?"

"No."

Sun Xiaotong's father frowned, clearly not satisfied with these two answers, and asked again, "You must have a seven-figure deposit, right?"

"Not that either."

Ye Bufan shook his head again. His current bank account balance was in the nine figures; he truly didn't have a seven-figure one.

"You have nothing at all, so what do you plan to use to be friends with our Xiaotong?" Sun Xiaotong's mother said, "What do you do now? You must have a job with an annual income of several hundred thousand, right?"