Chapter 3 The Eighteenth Blind Date

• After adding her, the person quickly sent a message: "Hello Joshua, I'm Brittany Moore, Amanda Moore's mother. This is Amanda's WhatsApp. You can add her when you are convenient. 【Rose】"
• Brittany Moore promptly shared a WhatsApp contact, this time with the username 'Peace and Happiness' and no avatar at all!
• Joshua Walker: "... "
• It's even worse than 'Recalling Youth'!
• James Anderson, eager to complete his task, snatched the phone from him: "Stop hesitating and send over a photo of yours. My task for today will be done." He opened the camera: "Come on, Mr. Big Star, look at the camera!"
• After years of training in the entertainment industry, certain habits had been ingrained in his genes. As soon as the flash went off, Joshua Walker instinctively got into position, adjusted his sitting posture, and precisely sought the right angle with his eyes and eyebrows. He casually tousled the hair on his forehead, as if turning on a filter in an instant.
• James Anderson complained as he took the photo: "You're really a peacock spirit, always showing off since you were a kid." He tossed the phone back to Joshua Walker: "Alright, the photo is sent. How you chat from now on is up to you."
• Joshua Walker looked at his phone, his tone sarcastic: "How to chat? Warn her to behave and not to think of what she shouldn't?"
• "Even though we both know what they're up to, you're being a bit too blunt," James Anderson remarked.
• But Amanda Moore sent a message first: "Hello, I can't have a blind date with a man whose IQ is below 130. Please submit an IQ test report from an authoritative institution."
• After a while, realizing she might have been impolite, she sent another message with emojis: 【Rose】【Bow】【Rose】
• Joshua Walker's expression went blank for a moment: "?"
• James Anderson fell silent for a moment, then sincerely apologized to his friend: "I was wrong, you were actually quite polite."
• Before he could finish, Joshua Walker's phone vibrated again. Amanda Moore sent a second message: "No need for trouble, Grandpa Walker just sent it to me. How about meeting next Tuesday from 3:15 to 3:45? Is that time okay for you?"
• In just a few minutes, James Anderson felt like his CPU was about to overheat. He was stunned:" What's going on? Giving you a warning? This woman is really something."
• Joshua Walker looked at Amanda Moore's blank profile picture and rubbed his chin. "This is interesting."
• Amanda Moore was not playing by the usual rules, and her thoughts seemed deeper than he had anticipated. His rebellious streak, suppressed due to his grandfather's illness, was starting to resurface.
• Joshua Walker stood up, hand in pocket. "Now, I'm really curious to meet her."
• The team for the Amanda Moore project at Montu Entertainment Company was finally fully staffed this week, and everyone was incredibly busy. Several team members even had their lunch in the laboratory.
• Rachel, with her bob haircut, was one of the few celebrity enthusiasts in the experimental building. During her lunch break, she eagerly scrolled through Facebook for a while. Not long after, she clutched her chest as if she needed an emergency injection.
• Opposite her, Lyra teased with a smile, "What's wrong? Did something happen to your idol, Joshua Walker?" Rachel was known for being a dedicated fan.
• Rachel huffed, "Joshua Walker recently took on a lead role in a science-related TV drama. Although the script isn't finalized yet, the production team is top-notch, and it's already considered as a hit drama for next year. The female lead hasn't been chosen yet, and several actresses are vying for the role, including Ashley Wilson, who has been rumored as his best on-screen couple for a long time..."
• As Rachel spoke with enthusiasm, Amanda Moore's voice suddenly came from above, "Is Joshua Walker an actor?"
• Amanda Moore's phone was only equipped with WhatsApp and a few essential apps, lacking any entertainment features, essentially turning her smartphone into a basic mobile phone. Since Brittany Moore hadn't mentioned that Joshua Walker was a celebrity, Amanda Moore was genuinely unaware of his status.
• Rachel, being a die-hard fan, automatically switched into promotional mode: "Not only is he an actor, but he's also a grand slam, the best actor, incredibly handsome, tall, with long legs..."
• After enthusiastically promoting her idol, Rachel realized that despite Doctor Moore's young and beautiful appearance, her personality was as rigid and straightforward as someone from the last century, and she definitely wouldn't be impressed by the entertainment industry.
• She hurriedly waved her hands, stammering, "Doctor Moore, I just occasionally browse Facebook."
• Amanda Moore, rarely showing a moment of hesitation, remembered that Joshua Walker was her eighteenth blind date.
• Why eighteenth? Firstly, there weren't as many men with an IQ above 130 as she had imagined. Secondly, Brittany Moore's social circle wasn't that extensive. She had been pressured by Brittany Moore to lower her standards to 120, and even then, she couldn't find fifty suitable candidates. After much effort, she had managed to select eighteen, with Joshua Walker being the last one.
• Amanda Moore hadn't expected him to be a movie star... Although her mother was also an actress, she often instilled in her the idea that men in the entertainment industry were skilled at attracting attention, and such men were definitely not suitable for continuing the Moore family lineage. Given Amanda Moore's personality, she herself didn't like flashy types, always feeling they weren't serious individuals.
• Amanda Moore had initially thought about refusing, but then she couldn't help but recall her previous seventeen blind dates.
• Out of the seventeen she had already met, there was one who went to the bathroom eight times in less than fifteen minutes and eventually admitted to having urological problems. Another claimed to be a descendant of 'Alexander' and asked if she accepted polygamy. There was also one who, upon learning she was a biology doctor, excitedly grabbed her hand and asked if she could prescribe some medicine for the sick pigs at his family's pig farm.
• She had agreed to her mother's arrangement for blind dates to alleviate the pain of losing Ryan, but it only ended up causing her more distress. Comparing them, Amanda Moore suddenly felt that perhaps the eighteenth option wasn't so bad after all.
• He also had the highest IQ among all the candidates.
• The day of the blind date finally arrived on Tuesday afternoon. They had agreed to meet at a café on campus, a place that was old and somewhat secluded, rarely visited by students or professors.
• Amanda Moore had just finished organizing her blind date scoring sheet when she looked up and saw a tall figure approaching. He was wearing a trendy designer T-shirt that, despite being loose, accentuated his broad shoulders and narrow waist. The fabric clung to his body due to the summer heat, revealing the contours of his well-defined muscles.
• Using her years of anatomical experience, she estimated that his body muscle percentage was quite high, possibly around forty percent, definitely higher than Ryan's. Not only that, but his shoulders and back were broad, and his legs were long, occupying over sixty percent of his total height, a golden ratio.
• This body was a dream for any researcher in need of a subject for dissection, and it was exceptionally fresh.
• Amanda Moore's heartbeat quickened slightly.
• The man's face was initially obscured by the dense shadows of the trees, but as he walked a few steps forward, his features were revealed in the sunlight.
• His eyebrows and eyes were deep, his features striking, with an aggressiveness like a raging fire, or aged liquor.
• Amanda Moore felt her heartbeat accelerate even more. She was almost overwhelmed, her long eyelashes fluttering as she covered her chest with her slender fingers, too embarrassed to make eye contact with him.
• Number eighteen looked just like the corpse she had dissected for the first time when she was seventeen years old!
• Joshua Walker had already seen Amanda Moore's photo, and now she was sitting outside the café, easy to spot.
• Her features were even more beautiful in person than in the photo, and also more fragile, like a touch of fresh snow on a pine branch in winter, ready to melt in the sunlight. Her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, making her seem incredibly innocent and harmless.
• She had one hand on her chest, her eyes always downcast, as if she dared not meet his gaze.
• Joshua Walker was taken aback for a moment, but quickly scoffed inwardly. Such a weakling, daring to reach the heights. He could probably defeat five of her with just one finger.
• He walked directly up to Amanda Moore, pulled out a chair, but didn't sit down immediately. "Hello, Miss Moore."
• From Amanda Moore's perspective, although Mr. Eighteen's mouth was smiling, his eyebrows were slightly raised, showing displeasure.
• Having endured the trials of her previous seventeen blind dates, Amanda Moore finally raised her eyes and hesitantly asked, "Mr. Walker, you seem to have a bad complexion?"
• Joshua Walker hadn't expected her to ask that question right off the bat. He paused, then sarcastically lifted the corner of his mouth.
• Didn't she know why his complexion was bad?
• Joshua Walker suddenly leaned in, brazenly breaking through the social safety distance, approaching Amanda Moore aggressively, making no attempt to hide his rudeness.
• Amanda Moore could even feel the warmth emanating from him, but her tolerance for living people wasn't that high, so she leaned back: "Mr. Walker..."
• Oh, she wasn't used to dealing with someone so fresh. It was overwhelming.
• Her tone and movement seemed to Joshua Walker like she was shrinking back, appearing quite frightened by his imposing closeness.
• Yet Joshua Walker maintained the distance, laughing mockingly: "Don't you know why my complexion is bad, Miss Moore?"
• After saying this, he waited leisurely, expecting to see Amanda Moore's impending panic.
• The young woman in front of him was indeed very beautiful, but also fragile. She trembled slightly at his proximity, looking as if she hadn't seen much of the world. A little scare should be enough to put an end to this.
• Joshua Walker even reminded himself not to scare her into the hospital, when Amanda Moore's lips trembled. Based on her previous failed blind date experiences, she speculated: "Could it be... your last name is also Alexander? Do you also have a pig farm?"
• She subtly glanced at Joshua Walker's lower body: "Or... do you also have reproductive and urinary problems?"
• Joshua Walker's smile froze.
• What the hell was this?