Lu Aotian gave his brother a glance. "How old are you?" He sounded like a child complaining to his father after being bullied.

Lu Tongyan immediately explained the situation in detail.

"That girl from the Yan family is nothing impressive. Why does father make her seem to be some goddess from an extraordinary world?" The bullied little brother complained.

Lu Aotian was busy playing with his princesses so he answered expressionlessly, "Just go."

"Bro..." Lu Shaoting cried. Did he just tell him to go for the blind date? My own brother sold me out. Wuuuu....

Before he said something else, Lu Aotian hung up to continue playing with his princesses.

"It's decided then. You will go tomorrow." Lu Tongyan said.

Lu Shaoting could not worm his way out so he reluctantly agreed. He would just tell that girl that he already had someone he liked.

However, life was different from movies and novels. Perhaps he had imagined a scene where he and that girl from the Yan family would form alliance and distract their parents, similar to a certain novel he had read, but reality was bound to prove him wrong.

...

The next day, he was bored the whole time. Su Ling called him just when he was about to die of boredom.

"Lu Shaoting, are you free this evening? There's a newly opened restaurant near my apartment. It's not as classy as those you go to but could we have dinner there? I'll treat you."

Lu Shaoting really wanted to barge into the office of the President with a gun. It's all my brother's fault that I have to go on this blind date. Will I have to miss out on my wife's treat? Although he would not really let her treat him, it would draw them closer. It's all my brother's fault wuuu...

"If you are too busy then..."

"I'm sorry Su Ling, I have something on this evening. Maybe next time?"

"I understand." Su Ling sounded very disappointed.

Lu Shaoting sighed. Nevermind, I'll send her a bouquet of flowers to apologize.

Still in a foul mood, he really found his way into the President's office.

"Bro..." he cried in the same voice that made Lu Aotian ignore him.

"Bro, you sold me out!" he accused.

Lu Aotian did not even glance at him. "Have I not given you enough work? You are too idle."

"All you know is to sell me out. Didn't you see Su Ling? She's a nice girl and you witnessed that too, right? You even said so yourself."

"When did I ever say that?"

"You..." He realized something wrong with his claim. His brother only ever said once that Su Ling was not lying. He never mentioned anything about her being a nice girl.

"But...bro..."

Lu Aotian was tempted to send his whining brother flying with a kick. What had happened to him these past few days? He had become even more whiny than his princesses put together!

"No one said anything about you marrying Miss Yan."

Lu Shaoting was elated. "Really? Really? Then what should I do?"

"Go on those blind dates if father wants you to. When he sees it himself that you are not impressed by any of those girls, he will relent. At the same time, you will have bought enough time for him to start getting to know Su Ling. He will agree to your relationship eventually."

When he finished speaking, a certain little brother was on cloud nine. My brother still loves me! "That's a perfect plan. Thanks bro."

In the evening, he went to the decided venue deliberately later than the agreed time.

The young lady was already waiting.

"You must be Miss Yan, hello." he greeted.

"I am. Nice to meet you Mr. Lu, You can call me Yan Xue."

If Lu Shaoting didn't have someone else in his heart, he would realize that Yan Xue was very beautiful with a body comparable to a model's. She was also quite elegant and had an impressive IQ. Compared to Su Ling, she was definitely tads better and paired with the friendship between their families, everyone would agree that Yan Xue would be a perfect match for Lu Shaoting. However, his heart was already taken.

He decided to be straightfoward. "Miss Yan, I'm really not all up for this blind date. I only came because my father wanted me to. I hope you can understand?"

The young woman smiled. "That's okay. Not many people like going on blind dates but they end up falling in love later. I didn't want to go on a blind date either but when I heard that it was with you, I didn't hesitate anymore."

Lu Shaoting felt something bad coming. These words were pretty okay...but why did they sound like a confession of sorts?

He decided to lay all his cards on the table. "Miss Yan, I didn't want to come because I have someone that I like."

"Oh..." Yan Xue's eyes dimmed. Then she decided to lay her cards on the table too. "I get it. I just...Shaoting, do you remember how we often played together when we were little kids? At that time, every little girl in our circle of friends would fawn over your brother and shower him with love even when they got ignored. But I was different."

Lu Shaoting felt a storm rising...

"Shaoting, I liked you. I have loved you since we were kids. I never stopped loving you over the years."