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Chapter 234: Chapter 234: Sorry, I Was Inconsiderate
Online, online dating?
First time meeting face-to-face???
Others who date online find themselves disappointed upon meeting—the hot guy they were chatting with turns out to be short, fat, or unattractively poor—just victims of photo deception.
Yet this girl ends up online dating a tall, handsome, and wealthy man who’s also of mixed heritage, resembling a foreign noble.
Neither of them had seen what the other looked like, but both turned out to be incredibly good-looking.
This is like a plot straight out of a novel!
All the girls around are green with envy.
That woman never imagined such a possibility.
With just one sentence from Chen Shu, she was left utterly speechless.
As more and more onlookers gathered, she felt her scalp tingle and her face couldn’t hold up.
So, with an ugly expression, she directly took her husband’s hand, unable to resist justifying herself, "Forget it, I can’t be bothered to argue with a little girl. Honey, let’s go, we’re not eating here!"
However, she had barely taken two steps with the foreigner when Chen Shu suddenly blocked her way.
"Excuse me, madam," Chen Shu said with a smile in his corner, but his pale green eyes showed no mirth, "You don’t think that after insulting my girlfriend, you can just leave like that, do you?"
"You..." The woman, taken aback by the man’s handsome gaze but with a cold undertone, trembled involuntarily and mustered a tough front, "... What do you mean by this?"
Chen Shu narrowed his eyes and looked at her, "Don’t you think you owe my girlfriend an apology for verbally attacking her without understanding the situation?"
Chen Shu’s Mandarin was indeed excellent.
Not only fluent, his intonation was standard Mandarin, and even colloquialisms like ’without understanding the situation’ came to him with ease.
Hearing Chen Shu suggest she apologize, and seeing that he was not moving from her path, obviously implying she couldn’t leave without doing so, her face sunk even deeper.
But at this moment, Lu Sheng suddenly spoke up.
"Your apology means nothing to me," Lu Sheng said to the woman, her tone even and indifferent.
"But if your accusation against me was based on a misunderstanding from what you saw and also on your distrust of your fiancé,"
"Then I think you should clarify what actually happened just now."
Saying that, Lu Sheng glanced into the crowd where a waiter dressed young man was squeezing through with a phone in hand.
"Miss, here’s the security footage from our restaurant," the waiter proactively handed the phone to Lu Sheng.
Chen Shu couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow slightly.
It turned out that while he was talking with the woman, the girl had already sought out the surveillance footage.
When they first approached the table, it was probably around 7:22 pm.
Lu Sheng looked down at the phone, dragged the progress bar of the surveillance playback to 7:21, and then held up the phone for the woman opposite her to see.
This table was tucked in a corner, nearest to the surveillance camera. Moreover, when Lu Sheng came earlier, many people in the restaurant were gathered on the other side near the flower bed looking at a handsome man, so this side was relatively quiet.
In a few seconds, clear voices started coming out from the phone—
[Hello Mr. Chen, I’m Lu Sheng, nice to meet you.]
[Ah.. ahem... ahem...]
[I’m sorry, Mr. Chen, I didn’t mean to startle you.]
[My apologies, it was too sudden of me to appear; are you alright?]
[Beautiful Miss, what did you say your name was?]
[I’m sorry, sir, I mistook you for someone else. My apologies for the intrusion.]
[Wait, Miss, even a mistaken encounter is a form of fate. I think we can make friends...]
As the playback began from the surveillance video, the crowd spontaneously held their breath to listen to the voices coming from the phone.
Those closer to the phone craned their necks to try and see the video.
Those who saw the screen witnessed the foreign man actively reaching out to pull the girl, who frowned and tried to pull away.
Even if others didn’t see, just by hearing the conversation, they knew what was going on.
Everything the girl had said was true, although she mistook him for someone else, she promptly apologized and wanted to leave. It was clear the foreigner had taken the initiative to hold onto the young lady attempting to strike up a conversation.
Oh boy, despite having a fiancée, and with her just gone to touch up her makeup.
The foreigner, upon seeing a pretty girl, couldn’t resist and wanted to make friends with her?
What a lowlife man!
Many girls in the audience cast disdainful glances, confirming that despicable men are the same regardless of nationality.
The most outrageous thing was that this foreigner hadn’t said a word from the start; they even thought he didn’t understand Chinese.
Turns out, not only did he understand, but he could ask for someone’s contact in Chinese.
The woman, upon seeing the surveillance footage and hearing the conversation, widened her eyes in shock.
She never thought her fiancé could be like this, especially since he was always so honest and simple in front of her.
The woman, infuriated, turned around and slapped the foreign man’s guilty face, angrily exclaiming, "You’ve been doing this behind my back?"
"I was wrong to scold her just now. It’s you who are shameless! We’re breaking up!"
With that, the woman stormed off. The chubby foreign man didn’t think twice, quickly chasing after her while loudly calling "honey."
After these two left, the crowd had no reason to linger. With the staff’s dispersal, everyone dispersed. 𝔫𝔬𝖛𝖕𝔲𝖇.𝖈𝖔𝖒
To apologize, the waiter also proactively asked Lu Sheng if she wanted to be moved to the restaurant’s private room, noting that a reserved table hadn’t shown up that night.
So Lu Sheng agreed.
Compared to the Great Hall, the quiet and superb soundproofing of the private room offered an additional sense of tranquility, and the surrounding décor exuded elegance.
Sitting face to face with Chen Shu again, the man opposite her always had a light smile.
His gestures were casual yet refined, lending an innate sense of nobility even to actions as simple as reviewing the menu.
After the waiter took their order and left, Lu Sheng spoke, "Mr. Chen, thank you for showing up in the Great Hall and helping me out of an awkward situation."
"However, although your intentions were good, I do have a boyfriend," Lu Sheng looked up at Chen Shu, "So, I hope you won’t mention terms like darling, girlfriend, or online dating anymore."
The moment Lu Sheng finished speaking, Chen Shu paused his act of pouring water.
At an angle invisible to the girl, his light green eyes narrowed, a fleeting and enigmatic light shimmering within.
Then it disappeared without a trace, and when he looked up again, his composure was as serene and elegant as before, but his eyes showed a hint of surprise.
"Ah? Miss Lu Sheng, you already have a boyfriend?" Chen Shu’s tone was sincerely apologetic, his voice gentle, "My apologies, it was thoughtless of me, I will bear that in mind in the future."
"But of course, for an excellent girl like Miss Lu Sheng, you must have many admirers."
Chen Shu rested his elbow on the table, his long, well-defined fingers touching his chin, and looked at Lu Sheng with interest, "I wonder what kind of gentleman is so lucky to be dating you?"
