Looking at the young man in front of him, who remained completely unmoved, Yun Ze Wu felt increasingly that finding a girlfriend for the young one was an urgent matter.
After thinking it over, he resolutely said, "Alright, I’ll give you a ten-day vacation, and help set you up with a girl. After all, if you haven’t experienced a girl’s charm, how would you know the wonders of love?"
The highly desirable figure in North America’s east coast investment circles.
With such good conditions, how could he live like a woman-repellent?
Isn’t that a waste of resources?
Yun Ze Wu was full of enthusiasm, immediately taking out his phone to browse photos, hoping to find someone suitable in his circle to introduce to the young one.
Unexpectedly, just when he found a girl he thought was suitable, the young man beside him suddenly uttered, "Who says I don’t have someone I love?"
Thud, crack...
A phone dropped onto the granite coffee table, its screen shattering instantly.
Yun Ze Wu was dumbfounded.
It wasn’t until the secretary came in with a cup of aromatic coffee and left again.
That he jumped up from the sofa in shock, "Damn, bro, all these years I’ve never seen a single female rabbit around you. Are you sure you’re not joking?"
"I have someone I love dearly, have loved her for many years, and I want to marry her."
"..."
Looking into the depths of the young man’s eyes, it seemed to be filled with a tenderness about to overflow, Yun Ze Wu calmed down.
He slowly sat down, his whole body still feeling a bit stiff, yet his gaze was unwavering.
Upon realizing there wasn’t a trace of insincerity in him.
He could no longer dismiss his words as a joke.
This young man, who lived like an ascetic monk, seemingly cold-hearted and indifferent, never paying heed to the women who approached him; it wasn’t because he was naturally cold or apathetic, but because he already had someone he deeply loved, leaving no room in his eyes for anyone else.
After a long while, he sighed and asked:
"I’m really curious, what kind of girl is it that has won your love?"
The young man, without any reservation, openly declared:
"The person I love is far away from me. She has great looks and a heart of gold."
She never disappoints him, giving him the courage and strength to keep living.
She is always there, radiant, like a belief.
"So I’m unwilling to touch bodies I don’t like, to respond to words I feel nothing for, to embrace souls I have never been moved by."
Looking into the deep eyes of the young man opposite him, they suddenly swirled with abyss-like endless ambition and desire.
Yun Ze Wu paused for a breath, then leisurely picked up the coffee in front of him and took a sip.
He drank the entire white "heart" that the little secretary had carefully drawn on the surface of the cup.
Sighing with a profound meaning:
"Really sweet."
He was overthinking.
You probably won’t find a temple that takes in ambitious people who haven’t severed all earthly ties.
...
Every week, during the Ning family’s family day at dinner time.
"Sister, what’s the difference between 100 points and first place?" Six-year-old Ning Youyu slowly swallowed a mouthful of spinach and asked Ning Youguang next to him.
"First place is compared with others, 100 points is compared with yourself."
Casually answering the young one’s question, Ning Youguang gave him another chopstick of spinach.
"Sister, I just ate spinach!" Ning Youyu quickly reached out to cover his rice bowl, pulling it towards himself.
Someone started gently persuading the young one.
"You need to eat more spinach to grow strong like Popeye and look good too."
"Alright then." Ning Youyu let go of his hand.
Ning Yi looked disdainfully at his son, thinking no one could beat this level of intelligence.
Yet the corners of his mouth lifted high.
Over there, Ming Jinxin chuckled and also served a chopstick of spinach to their eldest son, concernedly asked, "Have you and Nana gone out shopping recently? How are you two getting along?"
Nana was the daughter of a friend of hers, good looking, with a nice family background and education, most importantly she’d had a crush on Ming Chao for quite some time.
Ming Jinxin noticed her son, enamored with work over the years, hadn’t dated anyone or brought a girlfriend home. So, when her friend subtly mentioned it, she took the opportunity to introduce the young ones to each other.
Ming Chao looked somewhat helplessly at the green spinach in his bowl, finally picking it up to eat, and only after finishing did he reply, "I went out with her once, felt nothing particularly different, probably won’t go out again in future. I don’t want to spend my time with her going through the motions."
When Ming Chao spoke, everyone at the table was watching him.
As soon as these words left his mouth, apart from the still innocent Ning Youyu, everyone understood the implication behind his words.
The young lady had no chance with Young Master Ming.
Her affection for him was in vain.
Although Ming Chao used a very mild tone, he was undoubtedly stating that the young woman was transparently thin and superficial, offering no appealing qualities upon closer observation.
Ming Jinxin tried once more: "I think Nana is quite lively and cheerful, a good personality, doesn’t that complement your quiet nature?"
Ming Chao nodded, "She is lively, but no matter how loud someone like that laughs, it cannot hide the pale boredom from her words, thoughts, even deep within her soul."
He could talk with someone like that, but he would never share those deeply joyful or painful matters of the heart with her.
Having hit a soft yet firm wall with her eldest son, Ming Jinxin didn’t want to find more frustration there.
Turning around, she saw her stepdaughter picking up her younger son’s bowl to ladle soup for him.
With a gentle sigh, she shared the news she received today with everyone:
"The youngest daughter of the old chairman of Huaxin Group committed suicide."
"She died in a hotel room, and when the police were gathering information, they found a suicide note in her bag. The note said ’Never worried about food and clothing, but lacking sunshine and love.’"