Emily couldnt listen anymore, and she rushed into another road, walking around with her head down, until she was blocked by a green wall, cutting off her way.
Looking up again, her eyes were not clear, and her face was a bit tight, with a bit of coolness.
Lost.
Emily simply gave up struggling and sat on the ground, not walking.
"Why so sudden..." Emily murmured in a daze.
When did Michael have someone to marry? Why didnt she know? The year he graduated, who did he meet? It actually made him make such a decision.
The phone rang, and Emily didnt want to pay attention with her head buried in her knees.
Her heart is like glass with cracks, and after the bumpy ride, the cracks spread, and when she encounters the wind, she becomes dust, and there is nowhere to catch it.
A dream for many years, it is broken before it is found.
"How are you sitting here?" Following the sound of the phone, Michael found it.
The person to be waited for was sitting on the ground by the flower bed, hugging her knees with her hands, and her shoulders were slightly trembling.
She cried.
Michael frowned, squatted in front of her, and didnt think much, "Are you lost again?"
The last time he also found her here, like a small beast abandoned, looking at him tearfully, asking him to take her out of the maze.
Michael still remembers that night, the moonlight was bright, but it was inferior to her.
Emily took back her thoughts, and her heart ached again. She still dared not ask him who the person he was preparing the dowry for.
She also dared not tell him now, saying that I like you.
Emily turned her head to the side, and her mouth hummed, "I will not cry because I am lost."
The red light, Michael looked at Emily, who was lost in thought, and smiled without saying a word.
In the second ring of a commercial street and a residential building intersection, the first house in the alley was covered with colorful debris from the ceremonial cannon, forming a sharp contrast with the dark brown tables and chairs and green sun umbrellas in the courtyard.
There are many light-colored tables and gray and white rattan chairs in the store, checkered mats are pressed under plain bowls, logs and bamboo chopsticks are placed on one side, and transparent and flawless glass cups are within reach, with yellowish strong wheat tea poured inside, and the heat is lingering.
Henrys Bistro, the first day of opening, is full of customers.
The one who led Emily and Michael to their seats was the boss Henry himself, a seat for four people, Emily and Henry sat together, and next to Michael was Lucy Liu.
Emily took the opportunity when everyone was not paying attention, and glared at Henry angrily, if it were not for him, the person sitting next to Michael now would be her!
The latter seemed to have not noticed, and helped the waiter to set the dishes while enthusiastically greeting, "Its rare for me to be happy today, you should eat more, its all on me!"
The big hand waved very generously, and Emily squinted and grinned, "Thats great."
There were many dishes, all ordered by Michael, but they were all Emilys favorite.
This meal, Emily kept eating, and Michael kept feeding, and the plain bowl piled up into a small mountain, losing the artistic conception and beauty, but gaining a bit of human smoke.
Henry seized the opportunity to interject, puzzled, "Emily, I havent seen you for more than a year, why are you still so edible?"
Emily stuffed a mouthful of chicken fiercely, chewed angrily, and before she could retort, Michael spoke up first, "She is so thin, its not considered edible, she can continue to be fed."
As he said, he picked up the sweet and sour pork ribs in front of him and put them into Emilys bowl, which made her smile and bend her eyebrows and eyes, and Michaels mouth also rose slightly, and he was in a good mood.
The interaction between Emily and Michael, as if no one else was around, made Lucy Lius hand holding the chopsticks tighten a bit, forcing herself to look away and focus on eating.
"Ah Chen, the task of taking care of women is handed over to you today," Henry interpreted his original intention seriously, asking him not to only take care of Emily, and such an obvious meaning, how could he not know.
Emily, who was eating happily, suddenly stopped, and also understood it, and her focused gaze on the food rose and stared at Michaels deep eyes, and in a moment, she fled in a panic.
As if what they were talking about had nothing to do with her.
Michael caught Emilys small action, and his expression was a bit more serious when he spoke, "I have seen the restaurant, its not bad. If there is nothing else, the person I brought, I will take away now."
Henry looked at his watch, one oclock in the afternoon, "So early, where are you taking the person?"
"Its none of your business." Michael said lightly.
"Then what about me and Yuqing?" Henry complained discontentedly, "Where are you going? Why dont you take me and Yuqing together?"
"Im taking her to a blind date, are you going?"
"No, thank you."
"..."
The two walked out of the restaurant.
Emily patted her head, which had been sleeping in the house for two days and was a bit confused, as if she had suddenly realized, frowned, but it was still not right, "Isnt the blind date on Saturday?"
Today is clearly Friday.
Michaels eyebrows didnt change, he hummed, and explained, "It was originally said to be on Saturday, but I advanced it." He paused, and then asked, "Can I take up your time tomorrow?"
"Hmm?" Emily patted her chest, a bit bloated after eating too much just now, slowly, she said, "Whats the matter tomorrow?"
Michael thought of the webpage he closed before going out, and asked tentatively, "There is an exhibition tomorrow, do you want to go around?"
"Okay, okay!"
Hearing the word "exhibition", Emily was more energetic than biting a Snickers, and her bright eyes became more colorful, and the street scene lost its color.
She was excited and stamped her feet, thinking about the exhibition that she had been thinking about for many years but had not been to the scene. If Michael hadnt mentioned it, she would have forgotten that there was an exhibition tomorrow.
Michael looked down at Emily, who was so excited that she couldnt close her mouth, and he knew her choice with the bright eyes in front of her, and he couldnt help but smile, as expected, he still understood her.
If you want to pursue someone, you must first observe what they like, investigate what they say, know what they do, and then you can take it step by step.
The movie was as exciting as expected, and Emily was excited, and her delicate mind changed with the plot, sometimes sad and sometimes happy. At the end, she was so emotional that she couldnt return to her senses for a long time.
Until a flower appeared in front of her eyes, with a delicate face and an attractive figure, dressed elegantly and not losing elegance, the woman sat down, and Emily was shocked to realize that she had come to the appointed place with Michael.
Emily saw Michael looking at her helplessly, and her cheeks were a bit hot, and she drank two sips of water to suppress the shock.
"You guys are good." The woman introduced herself, smiled and said, "I am Catherine Chen."
"Michael Lee, Emily Wilson." Michael threw out two names and responded lightly, which was considered an introduction.
Catherine Chen seemed to not care about Michaels indifferent tone and expression at all, as if she knew he was always like this, and she was not annoyed. She smiled with red lips and said, "I often heard my mother mention that Mr. Lee is talented and promising, and today I see that it is indeed true."
"You flatter me."
Michael glanced at Emily, who was sitting quietly on the side, drinking water, listening to his conversation with Catherine Chen, and his expression became a bit softer, and his attitude towards Catherine Chen was also a bit better.
He thought about it and said directly, "I never think that my marriage needs to be interfered with by my parents, and I believe that Miss Shen and I should have the same view."
He refused politely, and Michael wanted to end this meaningless blind date as soon as possible.
But the encounter that has already started, how can it be left by one person.
Catherine Chen nodded and agreed with Michaels point of view, "Mr. Lee is right, I was against the arrangement of the parents at first." She paused and then said, "After seeing Mr. Lee, I changed my mind."
Hearing this, Emily suddenly raised her eyes, and the shock was written all over her face, and the familiar gaze made Catherine Chen lose her mind for a moment.
Michael frowned slightly.
In an instant, Catherine Chen adjusted her thoughts and said again, "Mr. Lee, you came with your sister today, is it to check whether I am qualified to stand side by side with you?"
Forcibly treating Emily as his sister, the words from the red lips and white teeth did not touch blood, but they could seal the throat.
Catherine Chen, in the tone of a sister-in-law, educated Emily, who had not spoken from beginning to end, and said, "Not every man can successfully block a blind date introduced by parents by bringing a friend, you are still young, and some things often have unexpected reversals."
"What do you mean?"
What does it mean? Catherines eyes flowed with waves, and she smiled, "The flower ball that has not yet settled, who knows who will take over?"
Emilys eyes dimmed in the light, and Michael saw it, and his words were coldly advised, "The flower ball follows the owner, if thrown, it is settled." He paused and said, "Since you already have a treasure in your arms, you will no longer throw the ball."
Catherine shook the water in the glass and still smiled, "Water can change its course, and mountains can be moved, there will always be changes."
The front sounds like a truth, but in the latter half, Emily couldnt figure it out.
What is the settled place, and what is the treasure?
Michael thought about Catherines words, glanced at Emily, who was half confused and half understanding, and said with a smile, "Miss Chen is right in this regard."
Things that have not been settled will always change.
The bell rang, it was Catherines phone.
She smiled apologetically, answered the phone, and didnt know what the other side of the phone said, but she saw that Catherines expression was not quite right. She hung up the phone, and the smile on her lips never went down, "Mr. Lee, something came up temporarily, I have to leave, and I will treat you next time."
Emily watched Catherine leave and sighed.
"At a young age, why sigh."
Michael raised his hand and knocked on Emilys forehead, not lightly or heavily.
He shook his head, and Emily was angry and stared at him, and he didnt know where to start, struggling for a moment, and finally gave up, and looked down in frustration, looking at the seat opposite her that was already empty, and sighed, "Your mothers vision is really good."
The blind date introduced by Mrs. Li, with her every move and every move, is elegant and generous, with a beautiful face and a good figure, confident and bold.
Thinking of this, Emily sighed again, and she couldnt compete with Catherine for her life.
Michael looked at Emilys rich expressions, changing back and forth, and couldnt help but laugh, "I dont know if my mothers vision is good or not, but my vision is quite good."