Mandy smiled back and replied, "Mr. Shi, I have to go now. I have something to deal with at the
hospital. Take care!" Mandy packed up her things hurriedly and was all set to leave. Indeed, she had a
lot of things to do in the hospital. It was estimated that she might have to work overtime in the hospital
this night to finish these affairs.
Luke stopped her, "I have prepared a cup of tea for you, Dr. Zhou. Please have a seat and drink with
me. You've come all the way to my house for my check-up. It's so generous of you. You must be a little
tired since my house is quite far from your hospital. If you leave without even a cup of tea, I will believe
that I am not a good host." When Luke said that, Mandy felt she had to stay there for a little while.
Obviously, it's not polite to reject such a sincere invitation. There was a complicated sentiment hidden
in Luke's gracious and sweet smile. He glanced shrewdly at Mandy.
Mandy took a glimpse at the tea table. There were two cups of tea on it, which were still steaming hot.
As Stanley also liked drinking Tie Guanyin Tea, she was very receptive to its aroma. Mandy was sure
that this tea was very expensive from the scent of it.
"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Shi. But I don't have any know-how about tea. Please don't be
disheartened if I can't taste it in the right way," responded Mandy. She blinked firmly, stood up
obediently, and supported Luke to walk to the balcony.
In a vigorous spirit, Luke laughed and said, "It doesn't matter, just give it a shot, Doctor Zhou. This is a
fresh tea that had just been picked two days ago."
Mandy wasn't a tea lover. She couldn't tell the difference between different kinds of tea. So she had to
drink the tea quietly without arguing any further.
"Hmm, the tea tastes fantastic!" Mandy sighed with a smile while sipping her tea from the cup.
"Please excuse my audacity, Doctor Zhou, but just asking out of curiosity, do you have a boyfriend?"
With a faint smile on his face, Luke gawked intently at Mandy, who was tongue-tied at this sudden and
awkward question. She almost spewed the tea out of her mouth! Mandy had not expected that Luke
would ask her such an embarrassing question.
Mandy placed the teacup down on the table spontaneously and mustered the guts to answer Luke
sternly, "I don't."
"How about I introduce one to you?" Luke asked tentatively, without any delay.
"Thanks for your offer, Mr. Shi. But I don't really like blind dates," she rejected his offer kindly.
Mandy felt extremely uncomfortable. 'It must be a joke!' she thought to herself and got over her raging
nerves.
"My nephew, Nathan, have you met him before?" Luke also put down his tea cup, and the tea master
quickly refilled his cup again.
Hearing what he stated, Mandy was dumbfounded. She bit her lip in dismay and wondered what
exactly he meant. Is this really going to happen? Is Luke really going to introduce Nathan to her? So
many questions rose in her mind at all once.
"Don't be nervous, Dr. Zhou! Nathan appears to be a cold-blooded man, but he's a gentleman at heart.
Yet, only if you think it is okay only, then I can introduce him to you," said Luke, with an experienced
smirk on his face.
Out of habit, Mandy quickly shook her head. She needed a moment to cover up her bitterness with a
smile, and then she said hastily, "Mr. Shi, I really don't need one."
"What do you think of my son?" Luke questioned repeatedly as if he was determined to get Mandy
hooked with a boyfriend. When he stared at Mandy again this time, it felt like he had scanned through
her soul like an X-ray.
"Well… He's a good man. A gentleman, I think." Mandy struggled hard as she thought of words to
praise Damian. She had no deep impression of him as they barely knew each other. She just knew that
he was very gentle with others.
"Would you like a date with him then?" Luke asked straightforwardly. His tone was very serious, and
Mandy now knew that it didn't sound like a joke.
Mandy was seriously offended this time. What was Luke talking about? Was he out of his mind? She
almost knew nothing about Damian. It was so humiliating! She was so disconcerted by Luke's strange
request. At first, he asked Mandy to date Nathan and then urged her to date, Damian. If Nathan knew
this, would he come here immediately?
"Mr. Shi, thank you so much for your consideration. But I think if I am going to falling in love with
someone, it must be destined by fate, not through blind dates. Besides, I don't like to deliberately
understand a person, and it's better to follow destiny. Do you think so?" Mandy played it smartly and
gave him a sophisticated reply, which was not harsh either. She neither directly forbade him nor agreed
to his presumptuous request.
Luke had anticipated that Mandy would turn him down. After all, she was now living with Nathan. But
her denial of Damian came as an utter-shock for Luke. For girls, most of them would choose Damian if
they had the right to choose between Nathan and Damian. However, Mandy missed such a great
chance. After hearing her intelligent reply, Luke felt that this girl was not that simple. She was very
sensible. As he expected, she had learned a lot while she was with Nathan.
"Doctor Zhou, don't be so solemn in your decision. I was just kidding. But my son Damian told me, he
had formed a good impression of you. If he wants to pursue you I hope you can give him a chance at
least. Please, can you do me a favor? Don't reject him directly?" said Luke with a feeble grin on his
face.
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