Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
Xiang Kun replied to her message.
“I am already here. I am sitting in the corner. You can find me easily, I have the least hair.”
Then the girl with two pigtails looked down at her phone before starting to look around the cafe. Soon, her gaze fell upon Xiang Kun’s bald head.
It was really her?
The girl smiled and waved to Xiang Kun before ordering at the bar.
She looked like someone with a good personality and her smile was very infectious. When she smiled, Xiang Kun also smiled unconsciously.
However, she looked too young. She looked like a freshman instead of a 26-year-old OL who had worked for three to four years.
After ordering, the girl walked to Xiang Kun, stretched out her hand, and greeted him. “Hi, you must be Brother Bin’s classmate. I am Tang Baona.”
Xiang Kun got up and smiled. “Hi, I am Xiang Kun.” He shook her hand.
The girl sat opposite Xiang Kun and said in surprise, “I thought I was early enough, but you were earlier than me! I looked at our chat history, and we agreed to meet at 3 PM! I thought I had read the message wrong and it was 2 PM instead!”
Xiang Kun smiled. “I had nothing to do, so I came over earlier. The atmosphere is pretty good, and there’s air-conditioning and wifi. Time passes quickly when I use my phone.”
In response to Xiang Kun’s WeChat message earlier on the girl said, “Your ‘hairstyle’ is really ‘easily noticeable’.”
“Is it glowing? The brightest star in the night sky? The brightest head in the corner?” Xiang Kun said jokingly. He had taken off his cap after entering the cafe. Anyway, he had kept his hopes low for this blind date and did not mind if the girl was bothered with his looks.
“That was a cold joke…” Tang Baona smiled. “Why did you go bald? Do you think it’s troublesome to maintain your hairstyle, or did you want to keep cool in the summer? Or is this the trending hairstyle in the IT world?”
“To be honest, I did not want to shave it. I woke up to see myself bald.”
Tang Baona was stunned. “Are you joking?”
“Ha, I am kidding,” said Xiang Kun as he took out his phone to show her a company group photo. “My receding hairline is so bad that I will become half-bald soon. Therefore, I decided to deal with it myself instead of relying on hair loss products…”
Tang Baona took his phone and compared the person in the photo to Xiang Kun a few times before confirming that they were the same person. She exclaimed, “This was you? Why does it look like you ten years in the future… The difference is extreme. Besides the hairstyle, the entire vibe and figure, and you look like you workout often…”
“Indeed, in the past, I was fixated on my job and aged a lot within a few years’ time. Therefore, after my company went bankrupt, I started going to the gym and working out. After all, my hair is gone and I am not very handsome, so I have to depend on the equipment to get in shape. Oh, did Chang Bin mention to you that I am currently unemployed?”
Tang Baona returned Xiang Kun his phone and nodded while sighing. “Indeed, life lies in motion. If we lose our health, no matter how much money we earn, there’s no use! Oh, apart from gymming, do you have any favorite exercises?”
Evidently, Tang Baona did not care about the fact that Xiang Kun was unemployed.
Xiang Kun shook his head. “I occasionally ran in high school and university. After I started working, I rarely worked out.”
“I see. Then if you have time, you can try hiking. It feels pretty good to experience nature!”
Tang Baona evidently had the hobby of hiking. She took out her phone and showed Xiang Kun the pictures she had taken when she hiked at various locations.
As Xiang Kun looked at the pictures, she told him about the interesting events that happened when she hiked, the embarrassing things that happened to her buddies. Then she began to talk about her major in university, her hobbies, and ACG.
Just as she was talking about the shows she had been watching recently, Tang Baona suddenly stopped. She looked at Xiang Kun’s bald head for a moment before laughing.
“Have you watched ‘One-punch Man’? I think you look like Saitama-sensei! Can you take off your glasses?”
After Xiang Kun started working, he had no time to watch anime and had not watched “One-punch Man” before. However, he still removed his glasses and asked Tang Baona, “Do I look like him? Is he a good character or a villain?”
“He is the main character!” Tang Baona searched for Saitama’s picture and showed it to Xiang Kun. Then she summarized the story and background. She laughed uncontrollably as she said, “Saitama said that after he became bald, he became stronger… Didn’t you also say that you went to the gym after shaving and found that your strength had increased?”
Xiang Kun smiled and shook his fist. “Unfortunately, I don’t have the ability of an undefeatable fist.” However, he was convinced and was ready to watch the anime after hearing about that.
The two of them chatted until about 5:20 PM. Xiang Kun made up an excuse that he had to run some errands and hence ended the conversation with Tang Baona. Neither of them talked about another meeting.
To be honest, this blind date was probably the best blind date that Xiang Kun had ever had, as the atmosphere was the best and the progress was smooth.
However, they were evidently not a match.
Their hobbies and interests did not really overlap.
However, strangely enough, Xiang Kun had listened attentively when Tang Baona mentioned hiking, ACG, the games she played, the anime and cartoons she watched, her interesting experiences with products, funny conversations and encounters, and the colors of nails and lipstick.
Similarly, when Xiang Kun talked about the fun things that happened during work, the embarrassing things he had done with Chang Bin, as well as some interesting stories of his hometown, Tang Baona was very interested too and laughed at his stories.
Xiang Kun definitely would’ve wooed Tang Baona if that was in the past. Just because she was pretty and had a good personality, and she was attractive. Yes, Xiang Kun was a shallow person.
Yet now, before he could figure out what was happening to his body, Xiang Kun could not get into a relationship.
He could not even drink or eat, and did not know when he could sleep. How could he possibly get into a relationship?
Moreover, Xiang Kun felt that although they had a good conversation, Tang Baona probably had a lot of suitors. She would probably like someone who was more handsome, younger, and had similar interests as her.