Chapter 169: I’m Not Interested in Men

Sure enough, Hong Xiaodan’s face showed a somewhat unnatural expression, but she pretended to say in a tone that she didn’t care, “I’m just starting to set up my own studio now. Some of the clothes I’ve designed have been affirmed by many well-known designers.”

“So, you’re planning to become a professional fashion designer, or create your own design brand?”

“I have this plan.”

“That’s quite remarkable. After all, not everyone can set up their own studio at such a young age and even try to create their own fashion brand.”

Chen Feng’s tone was quite sincere, but Hong Xiaodan felt very awkward in her heart.

After all, the reason why she was able to successfully set up her own fashion design studio was because she relied on her father. Her own confidence was a bit lacking.

“Thank you for the compliment.” Hong Xiaodan’s face was calm. She then asked in a flat tone, “You seem to be making a lot of money from stock trading now, but you can’t possibly trade stocks for a lifetime, right? Do you have any specific career plans?”

This woman, Chen Feng, really couldn’t stand her. Although they were on a blind date with each other and should be honest and ask clearly, there were still two elders sitting next to them. Hong Xiaodan’s blunt and direct questions were definitely uncomfortable and made the other party seem a bit condescending and disrespectful.

Of course, to be honest, with her family’s capital, she was qualified to do so. But as a “victim,” Chen Feng really didn’t want to continue talking to her like this.

“I really plan to trade stocks for a lifetime.” Chen Feng’s tone was also very flat, but it was firm. A faint smile appeared on his lips, with a hint of disdain.

Of course, this was what Hong Xiaodan thought. She clearly felt that kind of faint disdain and contempt from Chen Feng. She felt that she was not mistaken.

She had never felt this kind of emotion from the opposite sex in her life, which made her very curious and angry.

She was really curious. What qualifications and confidence did a middle-aged divorced man like Chen Feng have to despise her and look down on her?

She was also angry about this. Even if Chen Feng was a little handsome and had a good education, his age was there after all. He was thirty years old, and his family background was very ordinary. Even if he had made some money from stock trading now, she really didn’t care about this little money. It was nothing compared to her family.

Hong Xiaodan suppressed her anger and said bluntly, “If you don’t have a proper job, it will be difficult for any girl to marry you.”

Chen Feng smiled and said with an indifferent expression, “To be honest, I just got divorced a few months ago. I’m not in a hurry to get married again. Besides, if a woman is only with me because of my job and my money, and is willing to marry me, then I don’t want such a woman.”

Hong Xiaodan was suddenly speechless.

In today’s society, although women are more realistic than one another, they generally will not take the initiative to admit this in front of men. They all take the initiative to file for divorce, and the responsibility is all on the man’s side.

Things like not working hard and not being motivated are the best excuses they often use to attack men, although in many cases, it is not the case at all.

But their logic is that if you can’t make money, it means you’re not working hard and not motivated.

If you have money, even if you sleep in every day and even go out to prostitute yourself, they will never say that you are not working hard and not motivated, and they will generally not take the initiative to file for divorce.

This is the reality.

Miss Hong was not a sheltered little girl. On the contrary, her personality had always been relatively outgoing. She had actively participated in some social practice activities since high school. In college, she was an important cadre of the student union. In her junior year, she was the vice chairman of the college student union. Of course, she was relatively familiar with some things in society.

It was precisely because she understood that she was not good at answering this question. She couldn’t say with reason that women are willing to marry you men because of material needs.

Although this was mostly true, it was different when said out loud.

This made her even more angry in her heart. She looked at Chen Feng with a hint of unfriendliness.

Chen Feng didn’t take it seriously. Anyway, he wasn’t really here for a blind date. Even if he was really here for a blind date, this woman would have been blacklisted by him long ago.

If it weren’t for his aunt’s face, Chen Feng would have wanted to leave directly at this time.

“You’re right.” After a moment of silence, Hong Xiaodan spoke again, with a look of agreement with Chen Feng. “A marriage without love is destined to not last long.”

Chen Feng smiled and said, “Love, money, companionship, and sex are all necessary factors for a long-lasting marriage, not just love.”

The three women present were all stunned. A trace of shyness and anger flashed in Hong Xiaodan’s eyes.

It was his aunt, Chen Xiaoxia, who reacted first. She smiled and eased the atmosphere for Chen Feng, “You child, you’re so direct.”

Hong Xiaodan immediately calmed down and said with a smile on her face, “Big brother Chen’s speaking style is a bit like mine. I also like to be direct and not hide things. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. On the contrary, I think it’s very good.”

Chen Feng said with a half-smile, “Being so direct can easily offend people.”

These words had a hidden meaning, which made Hong Xiaodan feel uncomfortable again.

Damn it!
She had never met a man like Chen Feng who hid a needle in his words. His words were very annoying.

“Yes. Being direct can indeed easily offend people. But I’m just this kind of person. It’s hard to change, and I don’t want to change. You’re the same. You must have had the same experience, offending people with your words. Do you have any plans to change?”

Chen Feng smiled and shook his head slightly, “I’m a person who is objective and not personal. I’ve always been like this. You can’t change at a young age. I’m so old, it’s even harder to change.”

Hong Xiaodan said with a smile, “I still quite like your personality.”

At this point, she paused for a moment, then suddenly attacked, “If we get together in the future, where do you plan to settle down?”

Hong’s mother, who had just taken a sip of tea, almost spat it out. After coughing a few times, she looked up and said, “Sorry, I drank too fast. Ah Xia, let’s go. Let the young people talk by themselves.”

After saying that, she stood up and pulled Chen Xiaoxia away.

Chen Feng and Hong Xiaodan were left looking at each other.

“You haven’t answered my question yet,” Hong Xiaodan asked with a frown.

Chen Feng looked at her strangely. He was an experienced person and had been with several women. He really didn’t see any good feelings for him in her eyes or expression. This sudden question about such a deep issue made him suspicious.
“Xiuzhou or my hometown,” Chen Feng replied casually.

“You haven’t thought about settling down here?” Hong Xiaodan frowned again.

“No,” Chen Feng shook his head honestly. This was actually a euphemistic rejection of the possibility of being with her.

Hong Xiaodan was not stupid. She immediately understood, and her face suddenly became wonderful.

She had never thought that Chen Feng might reject her, or that he would not care about her, a rich and beautiful girl. With her own conditions, she was confident that no man would reject her.

It had never happened before. On the contrary, a lot of men pursued her, but she was too lazy to bother with them.

Now she had met an exception, Chen Feng.

Hong Xiaodan suppressed her anger again, tried to keep her tone calm, and pretended not to understand Chen Feng’s meaning. She continued to ask, “Then what do you think about your future eldest son taking his mother’s surname?”

Chen Feng looked at her speechlessly. He didn’t believe she didn’t understand. Since she understood and still asked this kind of question, wasn’t she deliberately making people embarrassed?

At this time, the two elders had already gone upstairs. Chen Feng also put down his psychological burden. He glanced at her, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and he said to her in a slightly lower voice, “You don’t have to pretend. I know you’re not interested in me, and I’m the same. So, after I leave later, you can just tell your mother that you’re not interested in me. I’ll also tell my aunt.”

Hearing this, Hong Xiaodan suddenly smiled and gave Chen Feng a thumbs-up, “It seems you’re really an old hand. I pretended so well, but you didn’t fall for it.”

Chen Feng rolled his eyes at her and said, “Although I’m handsome, I still have self-knowledge. A rich young lady like you can’t possibly be interested in a grassroots person like me, and I’m also divorced. I don’t know why you and your mother agreed to this blind date. In short, I think it’s a bit abnormal.”

Hong Xiaodan shook her head and smiled, then neatly took out a box of cigarettes from her handbag, took one out and put it in her mouth, then took the initiative to hand one to Chen Feng, saying casually, “Here, have one.”

Chen Feng glanced at her and shook his head, “I don’t smoke.”

“You’re no fun!” Hong Xiaodan muttered, took out an exquisite women’s lighter, and then lit this thin cigarette. Her movements were extremely skilled. She was obviously an old smoker.

Although it was relatively rare for women to smoke, Chen Feng had seen some before, so he was not surprised.

It was just that he couldn’t help but complain wildly in his heart about his aunt and uncle’s evaluation of this rich girl. What petite and pretty girl, good personality, Chen Feng almost believed it before he came.

“Your guess is very accurate. Under normal circumstances, our family would not have a blind date with a divorced man like you. After all, our family’s status is here. I’m not bragging, but if our family really wanted to recruit a son-in-law, we would have a choice of undergraduates, postgraduates, and doctoral students from Qingbei and other universities.

But our family only has me as a daughter. There are too many people with ulterior motives. Many people covet our family’s property and family business. Since I was in junior high school, many boys have either tried to get close to me on their own or were encouraged by their families. So, my parents wanted to find a son-in-law from an ordinary and innocent family, with good genes, good looks, a good personality, a good education, not too ambitious, and not too capable. My mother heard your aunt’s introduction before and thought it met their standards, so she arranged this blind date.”

Chen Feng believed her explanation. Hong’s father and mother obviously had their own ideas and insights. They only had Hong Xiaodan as a daughter. If their son-in-law was too capable and had a strong personality, and their daughter couldn’t control him, then the huge family property they had worked so hard to build might be taken by their son-in-law.

Of course, this son-in-law couldn’t be a good-for-nothing. He definitely had to be above the standard line. Otherwise, it would be unfair to their daughter. What’s more, the genes of the “grandson” who would inherit their family business in the future also had to be good.

“I heard from my aunt that you also agreed to this blind date. What’s that about?”

Chen Feng also asked casually.

Hong Xiaodan exhaled a puff of smoke, then said with a smile, “I’m actually not interested in you men. It’s just that my family has been urging me to go on blind dates. I was really annoyed, so I just agreed. I originally thought you were a boring person, or like those men who tried to curry favor with me before. I didn’t expect you to be completely different.”

“You’re also completely different from what I imagined.” At this point, Chen Feng smiled and asked with a strange expression, “You said you’re not interested in men. You don’t like women, do you?”

“Go to hell!”

Hong Xiaodan directly blew a puff of smoke at Chen Feng. Chen Feng quickly waved his hand to fan it away.

“I said I’m not interested in men because I haven’t met a man who can move my heart and make me fall in love with him. Do you understand? My sexual orientation is very normal.”

“OK, sorry!” Chen Feng quickly raised his hand to apologize. “I was just asking casually. You don’t have to be so excited. It’s you who has short hair and smokes, and also said you’re not interested in men, which made me misunderstand. You can’t blame me entirely.”

“Alright. It seems that my short hair is really not very suitable. No wonder when I was smoking on the roadside last night, several women looked at me with very different eyes, and two even took the initiative to chat me up.”

Hearing this, Chen Feng couldn’t help but smile, “That probably has little to do with your short hair. It’s mainly the car you drive.”

Hong Xiaodan was stunned for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully, “Maybe. I was just driving a Land Rover worth more than 600,000 yuan yesterday. I was already being low-key enough, right?”

These words were really a bit of a Versailles. Driving a Land Rover worth more than 600,000 yuan was still considered low-key? Then what was he driving a car worth more than 200,000 yuan? A beggar?
“You’re low-key enough,” Chen Feng agreed honestly, then returned to the main topic, “I said before, do you agree? After I leave later, you can just tell your mother that you’re not interested in me. I’ll also tell my aunt.”

Hong Xiaodan held the cigarette with two fingers and took a drag. Her posture was free and easy. She squinted her eyes, tilted her head and asked, “You really don’t like me?”

Chen Feng said euphemistically, “It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s that I’m not good enough for you.”

“Don’t say that. Actually, our family wasn’t very rich at the beginning. My father was originally a state-owned enterprise worker. Later, he resigned and started his own business, and then he gradually developed. So, our family is not a rich and powerful family. At most, we are just rich. And you are now considered to have a small fortune. The most important thing is that you earned the money with your own real ability. I still admire you very much. How about… we try to date? Maybe we’ll have a spark in the future.”

“Thank you. But I’m really not suitable for you. I won’t hide it from you. I actually already have a girlfriend. We just got together at the end of last year, and our relationship is relatively stable. It’s just that my aunt didn’t know, so she made a mistake and arranged this blind date. I was too embarrassed to tell her the truth, so I had to be brought here to go through the motions.”

Hong Xiaodan was suddenly speechless. After taking a few more drags, she suddenly put out the half-smoked cigarette on the leather sofa and said with a smile, “You’re very interesting. Aren’t you afraid that I’ll get angry and find someone to beat you up?”

Chen Feng said calmly, “In my feeling, although you have short hair and smoke and drink, you are a good girl.”

“Damn! Are you giving me a good person card?” Hong Xiaodan immediately glared.