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After my divorce, my mom set me up on blind dates.

I didn't object to this.

After all, given everything that had happened, I really did want to have a child of my own.

But finding a suitable marriage partner proved difficult.

My mom arranged several blind dates for me, but either I wasn't impressed with them, or they were put off by my divorced status and wary of my methods.

When I went to my mom's place before New Year's, I planned to spend the holiday with her.

She set up another blind date for me before the New Year.

Typical Chinese parents, always finding ways to meddle in their children's major life decisions.

As a result of this blind date, my car got hit.

Just as I arrived at the parking garage, I discovered someone had rear-ended my car.

I went to take a look, and it turned out the driver responsible was an old acquaintance, Brent.

When he saw it was me, the corners of his mouth curved up as he pointed to the sticker on the back of my car and said: