What the hell is not matching?
Here she comes!
Here she comes!
The weirdo is here!
Xu Ning hadn't driven for a ride-hailing service for over a week, so he hadn't encountered any weirdos and was almost forgetting the system's most annoying aspect.
As a result, the first client to walk into his newly opened matchmaking studio immediately brought back that long-forgotten feeling.
Don't let the woman in front of him fool you; when she stated her requirements, she spoke with a casual air, as if these were the simplest conditions imaginable.
But don't forget, this is the Imperial Capital!
Having a house, a car, and no mortgage—most men of marriageable age probably couldn't meet those criteria!
Someone with such conditions would almost be described as a confirmed bachelor.
Actually, that wasn't the main issue; at most, it just meant her demands were high.
But what truly shocked Xu Ning and everyone else present was that she actually wanted to find a sterile man!
What did that mean?
Even if you didn't want to have children and wanted to be DINKs with your future partner, couldn't you just agree not to have any?
Why specifically look for a sterile man?
Xu Ning took a deep breath, then gulped down a large amount of water to calm himself, before slowly asking,
“Excuse me, I didn't quite catch that. Did you say you wanted to find a sterile man?”
The woman seemed displeased that Xu Ning had interrupted her, and she replied in a rather affected tone, “Because I've already given birth once, and I don't want to go through the pain of childbirth again!”
Xu Ning suddenly understood; she just didn't want to have more children.
“Then there's no need to find a sterile man; just find someone who, like you, is divorced with a child!” Xu Ning said, a bit puzzled.
However, the woman's next words completely stumped him!
“That won't do!”
“I certainly don't want to be a stepmother to someone else's child!”
“If he already has children, he won't be able to devote himself wholeheartedly to our little family.”
“People are selfish. I have to consider my child and our future small family. There's no problem with that, is there?”
Her tone was so self-righteous, as if what she said was a universal truth.
Xu Ning almost choked on his own breath and suffocated right there!
He swore he had never wanted to hit someone so badly!
He even felt an uncontrollable urge to smash a computer to vent his frustration!
His expression kept changing, over and over again, and after silently repeating “Don't be angry” a hundred times in his heart, he finally calmed down a little.
Standing up, Xu Ning gestured for her to leave.
“Excuse me, Madam, I'm afraid I cannot meet your requirements here!”
“Perhaps you could try the matchmaking agency on the next street?”
The woman gave Xu Ning a critical look and pouted.
“I knew your new matchmaking agency wasn't up to par!”
“You're using the guise of 'free,' but who knows what you're really up to!”
“There are plenty of high-quality single men on those dating websites. I'll just get a membership there, to avoid being scammed by unreliable agencies like yours!”
After saying that, she stood up and walked out the door with an exaggerated sway.
The few people left in the hall looked at each other, one by one, and all felt an extreme sense of absurdity.
“This person is too wicked, isn't she???”
“Where is basic human kindness?”
“So, if someone is raising your child, they're not even allowed to have their own children?”
“I've never seen such a twisted worldview in all my life!”
“I bet, after he helps her raise her child, and the child is no longer useful, she'll just say—'Dalang, it's time to take your medicine?'”
Qin Xiaohan bit her lip, her anger hard to contain.
Ding Zehui glanced at Xu Ning and sighed, “Third Brother, if your matchmaking studio only gets bizarre clients like this, I'm really afraid you won't be able to handle it!”
Xu Jiafei's reaction was similar; after all, the first person to walk in was such a “vicious” individual. Heaven knew how many more such clients the studio would have to receive in the coming month.
It was exhausting!
It might even negatively affect their own values!
Xu Ning also realized the seriousness of the problem, but since things had come to this, he could only grit his teeth and carry on.
“Alright, cheer up. I believe such weirdos are ultimately a minority.”
“Let's get to work and try to successfully match a few couples today!”
He couldn't help but clap his hands loudly, trying to boost everyone's morale.
Deng Zihao took Qin Xiaohan to hand out flyers, while Huo Xuefeng and Ding Zehui went to the park's blind date corner to collect information, proving themselves to be very diligent “employees.”
Xu Ning, Xu Jiafei, and the front desk girl remained in the shop to receive walk-in clients.
By 4 PM, the four who had been out returned, each bringing back information on single men and women.
During this time, some walk-in clients also left their personal details and criteria for a partner.
Everyone quickly organized the data to see if they could match suitable candidates based on all conditions.
However, half an hour later, the few of them looked at each other, exchanging glances with a sense of existential doubt.
They had discovered a very significant problem.
If this problem wasn't solved, matching would be impossible!
Let's not even mention those who hoped to achieve social climbing through marriage.
Many of the single women seeking partners in blind dates proposed requirements that were a step up from their own conditions.
Some even wanted several steps up!
For example, someone with a monthly salary of 10,000 wanted to find someone with an annual salary of 500,000;
For example, someone without a house wanted to find someone with a house;
For example, someone with a junior college degree wanted to find someone with a bachelor's degree;
For example, someone 1.6 meters tall wanted to find someone 1.8 meters tall;
It was almost impossible to find a single woman whose requirements matched her own conditions!
And for some girls whose dating standards seemed normal, their own conditions actually destined them not to be popular in the marriage market!
Such as age, appearance, and so on.
As for single young men, some of them did propose dating requirements based on their own conditions, but these didn't match the conditions of the single women!
For example, a single woman earning 10,000 a month wanted to find a man earning 500,000 a year, but a man who met that condition and earned 500,000 a year would require his partner to also earn 400,000-500,000 a year!
This clearly made matching impossible!
Even if a man might be willing to compromise downwards, he would definitely have other requirements, such as the woman being pretty or young.
Not to mention there was also a portion of single men who harbored the idea of becoming a “phoenix man” and also proposed dating standards beyond their own conditions.
It was truly hard to keep it together!
In short, after matching for a long time, they couldn't find any suitable matches at all.
“Tomorrow, call everyone individually and ask if they can lower their standards!”
“If the standards aren't lowered, not only can we not help them, but probably no matchmaking agency can help them!”
Xu Ning said with some helplessness.
He truly hadn't expected to suffer such a Waterloo on the very first day of opening a matchmaking agency.
What a blow!
If he couldn't find a way to solve this problem, he might be busy for nothing for the next month!
However, what he didn't expect even more was that a turning point would occur that very evening.