When Zhou Xinyao learned that her father wanted her to go on a blind date, her first reaction was to refuse, but after a moment's thought, she agreed.
If it had been a year ago, she wouldn't have even considered it. A blind date was such an antiquated idea, she couldn't believe he'd come up with it. Although among her friends there were those whose parents had introduced them to their partners, and those marriages were often stable due to well-matched social and financial status, she didn't want to take that well-trodden path.
The problem lay in recent developments. Since learning that her father might be getting into trouble, she had begun to feel a sense of crisis. Even though she couldn't figure out exactly what had happened, she knew that everything she currently had wasn't guaranteed to last forever.
