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The waitress noticed the diminishing excitement and anticipation on Cecilia's face.With a clientele as diverse as theirs, there was a familiar routine and explanation."It does block the view, but it's intentional," she explained. "Today happens to be our coffee shop's weekly collective blind date day. On this day, all the customers on the second floor become participants in a blind date. Our boss specifically set up these bamboo curtains to help everyone quickly find a compatible match. It's convenient for those attending the blind date not to judge based on appearances.""Not judging based on appearances? How can you determine compatibility without seeing each other?"Cecilia placed a lot of importance on a person's appearance. She couldn't tolerate an unattractive appearance for even a minute.At the very least, the person should have a decent appearance to be likable. Now that she couldn't even see the faces, what if she found out the person was unattractive after the revelat
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More and more bamboo curtains were being lowered. This meant that the collective blind date in this café was about to begin.Cecilia never expected that her first blind date would turn out to be a group event. Sue probably had no idea about the nature of blind dates in this place.Well, that was okay.Cecilia had no plans to explain it to her mother when she got home. After the incident with Noel, Cecilia's mindset had matured. She was no longer the girl who used to share every detail with her mother.One must walk their own path in life.A cup of Cloud Peak Coffee was soon placed in front of her. Its aroma wafted through the air, and Cecilia's interest was suddenly piqued even more.She grabbed the waitress. "Who’s the owner of this place?"Not only could the owner run a flexible business and explore new models, but he also maintained a high standard of coffee quality. It was a bit regrettable that she didn't know the owner."Our boss is an old man," the waitress said, smiling
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The waitress didn't rush to leave. She stood by Cecilia's side, still demonstrating how to use the microphone."There's no harm in wearing it. Just think: if someone can accept a voice that's difficult to listen to, that's when genuine feelings develop. Not just based on the face, but also the voice. "For two people to last long together, they must share similar values and have similar thoughts. Only then can they get closer over time. Otherwise, they'll inevitably go in opposite directions."The more Cecilia thought about it, the more she felt it made sense. “Thank you.” She took the device from the waitress, and operated it. "Do I use it like this? If I do this, I can have an unpleasant voice?"Completely disguising herself, testing, and probing from an onlooker's perspective seemed like a good idea."The prerequisite for love is to stay calm. Only then can one avoid pitfalls." The waitress affirmed Cecilia's technique, and added, "After all, there are so many scumbags in t
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He was a man! Couldn't he take the initiative? Just as she was thinking this, Noel reached out with his other hand and held hers.He looked at her with bright eyes, just like he had done when she was sick, and announced, "Cecilia, I'll treat you well for a lifetime!"What was the use of such a solemn promise? Just like his efforts when she was sick, everything had been done deliberately with ulterior motives! He had only wanted to elevate his status by becoming the Jarvis family's son-in-law.Marrying her wasn't important. What mattered was that by marrying her, he could transform his status as an assistant in the Fulcher family to the distinguished son-in-law of the Jarvis family. With just one wedding, Noel could shake off the traces of his roots and transform into something so much better.This was the result of Sue's analysis for Cecilia."Sweetie." That was a term of endearment for a girl in the South, something commonly used when they were young, but less so as th
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"You don't understand. All I wanted in this life was a wife, children, and a warm home. Despite so many years, the heavens have only sent me money. Even if I do nothing and just lie in bed every day, the money in my bank account keeps increasing." There was no way around it; with so much initial capital accumulation, just the interest alone brought in several tens of thousands every day."So I started a business, hoping to lose money. You know what they say, right? Fail in love, succeed in gambling; fail in gambling, succeed in love." If he started losing money in business, did that mean his love life would go more smoothly? And yet, why did everything he did turn into a profit? Even opening a roadside café turned into an internet-famous spot?!In order to sabotage the business, he racked his brains and came up with the idea of hosting blind dates in a café filled with young people. Who wanted to see blind dates in a coffee shop? Seriously? It would affect people from tak
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People wouldn't realize the importance of having a good spouse until they were old and unable to move about freely.Having children was good! In short, the more parents worried about their children, the more successful the café become. Fine, then! Isaac Larson, the boss of the roadside café, simply stopped doing anything. As long as they weren't bad people or people he found too disagreeable, he let everyone in for blind dates.Let the café become as cramped and noisy as a marketplace! Who would want to bring their children here for blind dates if that happened, huh? The waitress, Ginny, didn’t need to guess to know that her boss was the reason for today’s noisy and cramped venue. He had arranged the blind date scene in a desperate attempt to become poor. Unfortunately for him, these people who came for blind dates didn’t feel disgusted at all. On the contrary, they cooperated well. It was mainly because Ginny was competent and not at all clumsy in handling things.Under
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Even his voice was different.This man’s voice was quite hoarse, rich, and deep. It could be considered pleasant; in fact, it had a unique feeling.Cecilia took a sip of coffee. "I'm not saying you should have worn a voice changer. I didn't want to wear it at first, either. It was the waitress who suggested that wearing it would make blind dates more fun. So I thought, 'Yeah, wearing it will give it a cosplay vibe.' So, I decided to wear it."As for whether you wear it or not, it doesn't matter. The most important thing is whether we can have a good conversation."If two people are in love, then voices..."Cecilia trailed off, and her voice suddenly became melancholy.Inevitably, her thoughts turned to Noel.Noel was Cecilia's first true love.She had liked Julian before, but that didn't count as love and didn't leave a deep impression in her heart.Noel, on the other hand, was someone who made her feel happy and experience the pain of happiness being shattered because of lo
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"You want to...?""You said if I really give birth to a child for you, you'll let me go. Is that true?"She didn't want to spend her entire life in this empty villa, nor did she want to be treated by all her relatives and friends as if she were dead.She was clearly still alive. Rather, she had exerted a lot of effort to live her life.Why should Oliver's words erase all her efforts and sacrifices. Why should everything about her disappear with just a word from him?Fanny wanted to get out of here alive!She wanted to walk out of here alive and tell everyone… She wanted to tell everyone how hypocritical the Channings were, even Oliver!She had to destroy all the commercial success she had helped Oliver establish!Provided she could get out of here, of course. "If it's true, I'm willing to have a child with you," she bit out. "Heh." Oliver actually thought she would give up everything and get back together with him.From her words, it seemed like she hadn't given up on re
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“Life is all about reconciliation.” Decades passed in the blink of an eye. Diana’s children had all grown up.Kate and Isaac had both passed away. Even Diana’s old friends, Fanny and Oliver, had left the world too.Fanny was never able to get pregnant again after that rainy night. She had gradually let go of her desire to get pregnant under Oliver’s persuasion.They stayed relentlessly by each other’s side, albeit childless. Over the years, having experienced all that life had to offer and being each other’s best friend, Oliver died on a peaceful night, never awaking again.Fanny held his hand while sending him off, and closed her eyes forever as well.Diana had seen too many people off in her lifetime.She had grown old herself, too. She could see her life slowly ebbing away.“Julian, I’m so happy to have lived my life with you.” She had transformed from a disgraced young woman to Mrs. Fulcher, respected by all in Richburgh. Julian even took care of her in person when she
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He blurted those words instinctively.He had been waiting so long for a pair of daughters, yet when the doctor came over, he saw a pair of sons instead.Diana thought the hospital must have made a mistake and kicked up a fuss, insisting that she had a pair of daughters. She insisted for them to check the footage from the surveillance camera to see if there was a mix-up. The culprit, Julian, could only stand guiltily at a corner and mumble, “Actually…sons are fine too.”As long as it was their children, it didn’t matter whether they were girls or boys. Either way, Diana was the only woman he loved his entire life. Even his love for his only daughter Betty didn’t match up to that.After witnessing Diana giving birth, Julian’s love for Diana went up a notch, to the point of paranoia.For the rest of their lives, he made sure to never let her worry or touch cold water.He took great care of her.Kate finally appeared two years after Diana gave birth.When the mother and daughter
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Nina mentioned the Jenningses. “The Jennings family is gone overnight, just like that.”Diana wasn’t shocked.She guessed that Julian had wanted to do that for a while. Not just for her and to seek justice for the Lemmington family, but also for Simon.Although Julian never allowed Simon to call him his brother, he had wanted to annihilate everything that was involved with the Hughes family since Simon’s death.Him making his move on the Jenningses indicated that the time had come.“Congratulations,” Diana said to Nina. “Has Vans come back to you?”“No,” Nina said with a shake of her head. “Lina Jennings isn’t the only thing standing in between us. We have problems of our own to overcome.”Diana sighed. “I think Marcus is pretty good.”She felt relaxed and comfortable around him.Even if Vans came round and worked with Julian to bring down the Jenningses, and had no feelings whatsoever for Lina, Diana wasn’t exactly eager to be with him.As if they had telepathy with each oth
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“He doesn’t need to be jailed,” Fanny said, confused. “One word from him, and his lawyers will be able to exonerate him. I just don’t understand why he’d rather go to jail.”“He wants to pay for his father’s sins,” Diana said with a sigh.Fanny didn’t know what to think of that. Was Oliver innocent, or not? He even went to such great lengths to stop her.Yet, the moment she declared that she would never compromise and would rather be under the protection of Diana than to be involved with Oliver, he clearly looked like he was in a daze.Diana noticed that Fanny hardly smiled over the past few days, and rubbed her hand comfortingly. “He just wants a clean start with you.”Fanny’s heart shook. She couldn’t sleep the entire night.The next morning, she told Diana, “Today’s the day of his trial and sentencing. I want to see him.”Diana asked Julian to send a few bodyguards with Fanny on her trip there.When she returned, she looked as if a heavy burden had been lifted from her shoul
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Fanny bet that he wouldn’t dare.That was equivalent to eliminating all chances he stood with Diana.Julian witnessed the scene unfolding before him. Instead of getting frustrated, he stood quietly there, ready to protect Diana, as he watched Fanny and Oliver fight it out with each other.Oliver was confused. “Why not?”He glanced at Diana, and went on, “I did like Diana in the past, but I have since given up on those feelings for her. Fanny Smith, is your heart made of stone? Can’t you tell who the woman I like is after all this time?”Fanny was stunned, feeling suffocated as if something was stuck in her throat. “Don’t tell me it’s me.”Oliver was dumbfounded. Who else could he be talking about? The stars in the sky?Fanny felt indignant under his glare. “If you like me, why did you say that I’m just a child-bearing tool for you?”“If I didn’t say that, would I be able to keep you confined in the villa? Would I be able to dash all your hopes and make you feel hopeless?”
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Oliver would never let her go. “Fanny Smith, don’t even think about leaving me in this life!”That was when Diana and Julian hurriedly made their way.Sean located Oliver very accurately. Diana saw the scene unfolding before her, and couldn’t help but recall everything that happened in Jacroaof. She hurriedly told Noel to take Sean outside and wait. She couldn’t afford to gamble on Sean’s safety. She didn’t want Sean exposed to any form of danger right under her nose.Her actions made Oliver tense. “Diana, do you think I’ve gone mad?” He grabbed Fanny’s hand, as if he was holding onto the most precious treasure in the world.Diana didn’t answer him, but she threw her bag that Julian was helping her carry toward Fanny.She was exerting so much force for a pregnant lady, looking as if she wanted to fight with Fanny.Even Julian didn’t know what Diana was trying to do, not to mention Fanny herself.By the time he snapped back to attention and wanted to stop Diana from doing s
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However, Fanny must let go of her hatred and past grudges first.The mention of children made Fanny waver. The hatred in her eyes grew even more intense. “Oliver Channing! The cheek of you to mention children!” What gave him the right to say that?!“We agreed,” Oliver said. He didn’t find anything wrong with that. “Fanny, if you want to leave that villa and be free once more, you must give birth to a child of ours.”“What about the child I lost just a few days ago?” Fanny demanded. She found him unreasonable. “Over the past few days, have you ever thought of him, or felt like you let him down? We haven’t even resolved the issues between us, and you want me to get pregnant again. Are you really ready to be a father?!”“I want you to get pregnant again?” Oliver said as he drew closer to her. His eyes were dark, looking as if he wanted to crush Fanny and put her in his pocket. “Weren’t you the one who tried to seduce me by wearing a revealing dress in my house? Fanny Smith, do
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Julian stopped talking to the butler, but he was already making plans in his heart.He returned to the study, and told Diana, “Fanny and Oliver have been fighting for a long time, and it might be over something that might potentially destroy their relationship.”In fact… “Fanny might no longer love Oliver right now.”However, the fact that Oliver faked her death and confined her was enough to show that he still cared for her.If he realized that Fanny no longer loved him, he might do something even crazier.“Let’s hurry up and save her, then!” Diana said.“Wait,” Julian said calmly, “I’m not done with my prediction.”“What?”“Oliver really doesn’t like you now.” Julian’s mood lifted as he arrived at his final conclusion. “We can step in to help Fanny.”Diana was dumbfounded.She had thought that Julian went to such great lengths to analyze the situation for the sake of saving another. To think that his possessiveness took over, and he prioritized figuring out Oliver’s feeli
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The three of them entered the study.None of them expected to see a portrait of Diana right in the middle of the study.The portrait was most likely drawn by copying a photo. In the portrait, Diana was eating something with a smile. It looked like the day when Diana encountered a pervert on the train and Oliver stepped in to help her and treated her to a meal.Did she smile so tenderly at him at that time?“You couldn’t have smiled so happily at that time when we were fighting over Kayla.”It was a portrait, not a photo. It was likely that the owner of this portrait added his own interpretation and features when he commissioned this portrait.“He still has feelings for you,” Julian said coldly.He no longer wanted to interfere with the affairs of the Channings.However, Diana disagreed. “If he really had feelings for me, he wouldn’t hang my portrait up so boldly right here.”The fact that Oliver could display the portrait for all to see proved that his feelings for Diana were
