Chapter 1: Unskilled Touching Porcelain [Xu Xu]

When the cup of water hit her, Xu Xu was getting money from her purse to pay the bill.

Mr.
Chen, whom she had awkwardly conversed with for the past half hour, was already so angry his face was red.
The back of his hand that got splashed with tea shook.

“What do you mean by that? You strung me along for half a month, you ate and drank as you wished, and now you want to break up?”

His voice wasn’t loud, but it still drew numerous looks in the quiet book cafe.

Xu Xu didn’t like the feeling of being watched, especially when she had water running from her hair and down her chin.

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She rummaged for tissues in her bag.
Her voice sank slightly as she suppressed her anger.
“First, our relationship is but a blind date.
It cannot be considered breaking up.
Second, know that I believe I have not spent a single cent of yours.
Third, your ex-girlfriend came and made a big scene at my studio yesterday.
For the reputation of my studio and myself, I wish to maintain a distance from you in the future.
Is such a request excessive?”

Before Mr.
Chen could speak, Xu Xu had already taken out a stack of photos from her bag and pushed them in front of him.

Because of her bad mood, a few photos slipped off the corner of the table, landing scattered on the ground a couple tables behind them.

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The two had been friends for many years and were plenty casual in private.

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After they finished discussing official matters, her friend mocked her, “I told you that blind dates were risky.
How many times have you failed already? The matchmaker is probably afraid of you to send this veteran of the battlefield of love to make you surrender.”

Xu Xu: “Surrender? Are you insulting me?”

“Tsk.
Look at you, you’re pretty and you make a lot of money.
Do you simply have a lonely constitution?”

The corner of Xu Xu’s mouth twitched, not really willing to answer.

“Your standards for a spouse are not that high either, why is it so hard to find someone to marry?”

Xu Xu’s steps paused and she pursed her lips.

That’s right, is it so hard to find a man that doesn’t mess around?

After a pause, she said, “Yuanyuan, I’ll try one more time.
If the next one still doesn’t work out, then I just won’t get married.”

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The next day was Saturday.
Xu Xu got up early because of construction on the walls in the studio.

Seeing her, Xiao