Sweet Nostalgia of the 80s

71: Chapter 71 Peeking at the Blind Date 71: Chapter 71 Peeking at the Blind Date At 8:30 in the morning, Qin Jian was still in the office discussing the work arrangement for their upcoming village visit with Jian Ying.

Jian Ying glanced at the alarm clock on the table, “Qin Jian, it’s Saturday today.

Didn’t the section chief’s match for you arrange to meet at nine this morning?

You better get going!”

Qin Jian glanced at the time, put down his pen, and got up to leave.

“Hey, have a good blind date!

And report back to us afterward!” Jian Ying called out from the doorway.

Without turning his head, Qin Jian threw back a comment, “I might as well not call you Jian Ying from now on, I should just call you Gossip Jian!”

“It’s like a dog biting Lu Dongbin, you can’t recognize a good person!” Jian Ying muttered under his breath, then turned to head back into the room.

Just then, the assistant engineer who had come to the office to deliver documents overheard the remark and curiously approached, “Engineer Jian, who did you just say was biting Lu Dongbin like a dog?”

Seeing that it was Tian Niu, Jian Ying immediately brightened up, pointed at him with a laugh, and said, “Tian Niu, oh Tian Niu, Qin Jian calls me gossipy, but I’ve just discovered someone even more gossipy than I am!”

Tian Niu chuckled sheepishly, scratching the back of his head, “Engineer Jian, this isn’t what you’d call gossipy!

I call this…”

Jian Ying laughed, cutting him off and changing the subject, “What did you come here for?”

“I came to deliver documents to Engineer Qin.”

“Our Section Chief Qin isn’t here!

He’s out on a blind date today!

I’ll take it for you,” Jian Ying took Tian Niu’s documents and placed them directly on Qin Jian’s desk.

Turning around, he saw Tian Niu was still there, looking quite excited, and couldn’t help but ask with amusement, “What’s up?

Why are you so excited to hear that Engineer Qin is on a blind date?”

Tian Niu leaned in with a mischievous air, “Engineer Jian, don’t you want to see what the ‘perennial iceberg’ Engineer Qin looks like on a blind date?”

Jian Ying stared at him for a moment, then suddenly burst into hearty laughter, “You really are a piece of work!

Let’s go!”

*

Right on time, at nine o’clock, Qin Jian arrived at the agreed-upon location.

He stood tall and straight outside the Xinhua Bookstore, looking around for a long time, but he didn’t see the girl named Liang Manman; however, his handsome appearance attracted many admiring glances from young girls.

Qin Jian checked his watch again; it had been over ten minutes, and a frown began to form between his brows.

Not far away, Liu Minhui was running late.

Seeing that upright figure, her heart suddenly started pounding.

“Manman, that Engineer Qin really is handsome!” her friend Zhang Xiaojun couldn’t help but exclaim.

“Handsome he may be!

But do you really want to get involved with him?

I heard he’s bad luck for wives!” Liu Minhui said.

“Not at all,” Liang Manman played with her hair, a shy smile on her face, “Director Zhang said those are just rumors!

We’re all materialists, how could we believe in that kind of thing!”

After all, she had heard of Qin Jian’s reputation at the research institute long ago.

Just one chance encounter had left her heart fluttering endlessly!

Her father was an old friend of Director Zhang, who surely wouldn’t set her up for disappointment.

“Alright, alright, look how happy you are!

Go on, then!

We snuck out, so we should get back,” Liang Manman’s two friends pushed her forward.

Qin Jian had always disliked people who were not punctual.

After waiting for about fifteen minutes without seeing anyone show up, he turned around to head back without another word.

This made Tian Niu, who had sneaked along to watch, very anxious, “Why isn’t that girl showing up yet?

Making Engineer Qin wait for so long!”

To him, Qin Jian was both a mentor and friend, so he truly cared about Qin Jian’s personal affairs.