C1 A Blind Date
On the Apricot Forest Avenue, a taxi rushed forward like a madman. The two rows of trees beside the road retreated quickly, and the man in the passenger seat kept glancing at his watch.
"Hurry up!" Left! "Overtake!"
Qiao Qianchu silently looked at the woman in the front seat and the sweaty driver, and finally couldn't help but open her mouth.
"Master, safety first."
Tang Yixin turned her head around and rolled her eyes. "We have to see him before he gets off work. This is such a rare opportunity. It wasn't easy to meet someone with such good conditions …"
Qiao Qianchu turned her head to look out the window and thought to herself, "The greenery is not bad. The air is fresher and more fragrant than the air in the city."
"Qiao Qianchu!" Are you listening to me? You'll have to put on a good performance later … " Tang Yixin reached across the car seat and shook Qiao Qianchu's arm.
"I know." She dealt with it.
If she remembered correctly, this was already the third blind date this month. Qiao Qianchu suddenly shifted her body in annoyance.
The driver's voice was thick with accent. "What's the matter with the little girl in such a hurry to go to court?"
The local drivers were all very friendly. They cut the number of cards down to a whole number, and occasionally chatted a little while in the car. They talked about family and work.
Tang Yixin chuckled and said, "Let's go see a friend. He's a lawyer."
"Meet friends?" The driver mumbled in surprise, "Seeing that my friend is in such a hurry …"
"Just make a turn at the intersection up ahead!" Tang Yixin suddenly pointed at the front of the car, interrupting the driver's momentum.
The car turned and stopped in front of a rectangular building.
"37.5, accept 35." The driver looked at the punching machine.
Qiao Qianchu handed the money over and got off the car to thank him. Tang Yixin also took her arm and waved to the driver, then turned and jogged back towards the court.
"Why are you more anxious than I am?" Qiao Qianchu asked.
"Their time is more expensive than gold! "Do you think he's like you, spending the whole day doing a bit of beauty on the sofa with his sketches in hand?"
Tang Yixin's tongue was filled with poison. This was something that everyone in the neighborhood had experienced from the age of six to the age of one.
"Over there!" Tang Yixin shouted, pointing ahead.
Qiao Qianchu raised her head and looked towards the solemn building. A tall figure was standing in front of the main entrance, maintaining a posture of looking down at her watch.
The courts had always been a place of fairness and justice in her eyes, sacred and inviolable, while lawyers were relatively inaccessible people, sober, eloquent, and expert at creating verbal traps that Qiao Qianchu regarded as frightening existences.
Beside him stood a middle-aged man with a bent back and a smile on his face. He kept nodding his head and said, "I really have to thank Lawyer Mu this time. He really lives up to his name …"
The man replied with a smile. Then, he turned around and slowly walked over. It was only then that Qiao Qianchu saw his appearance clearly. He was about 25 or 26 years old. He wore an ordinary black suit and tie, and his shirt collar was embroidered with three short horizontal lines. He looked delicate and unique. His facial features were impeccable. His height of a meter and eighty-three centimeters made him appear even more tall and cold.
"Hey …" Tang Yixin pushed her away, waking Qiao Qianchu who was sizing her up.
She took a step forward due to her inertia, and immediately broke into a smile. Then, she stretched out her hand and said, "Hello, Qiao Qianchu."
"Mu Nanyan." Mu Nanyan lowered her head and looked at the pair of white hands. She then stretched out her own left hand and gripped it lightly.
This was the official introduction.
Tang Yixin blinked at them and slapped her head, saying loudly, "Nan Yan, wait a minute, are you going to do something?"
Nan Yan? Qiao Qianchu turned around and glanced at Tang Yixin. According to Tang Yixin, this Lawyer Mu was her brother's friend and had impeccable conditions. It was also the first time Tang Yixin had met him. Was it really alright for them to call each other affectionate?
"Yes," a pleasant male voice slowly rang out, speaking slowly, "I just finished dealing with the divorce case, so I have to accompany my client to the Civil Affairs Bureau. If you don't mind … Together? " Mu Nanyan looked at Qiao Qianchu.
Qiao Qianchu was stunned.
What a strange blind date …
"Alright, alright. She has the time!" Tang Yixin intimately took Qiao Qianchu's hand and used her eyes to warn her to shut up.
Mu Nanyan smiled with a hint of ridicule in her eyes. "I'm going to drive."