Pressured to Marry at 36, I Turned My Life Around After 48 Blind Dates

[A wildly satisfying romance-and-marriage comeback] On his 36th birthday, Chen Mo, a mid-level internet company manager, is forced by his own mother to marry under threat of being disowned. In a fit of anger, he vows to go on 48 blind dates. What he thinks will be a nightmare from the start unexpectedly unlocks his life’s comeback story! His blind dates are full of eccentrics: a marriage scammer after a bride price, an opportunistic woman who brings 12 people along to mooch a meal, a kept man looking for a sugar daddy, and a vegetarian who insists he eat grass. Chen Mo goes from swallowing his anger to tearing into these weirdos, leaving them speechless! During a low point after losing his job, he meets a warmhearted single mother. He finds a kindred spirit in an artsy bookstore owner, and at the height of his success, a goddess of a big shot makes the first move. Across 48 blind dates, there are regrets over misplaced trust, the sting of class disparity, and a fated connection hidden in the crowd. From a “leftover man” rejected by the marriage market to a popular relationship blogger with a booming side business and an advocate for charitable matchmaking, Chen Mo sheds his anxiety through a whirlwind of blind dates and finds both career success and emotional freedom. When his 48th blind date smiles and says, “You paid for a latte for me that year,” and a familiar voice calls out beneath his apartment building, will the person who’s been hidden in the past finally arrive? [Reader reviews] “So immersive! Every face-slapping moment is ridiculously satisfying.” “This is what an ordinary person’s comeback really looks like. It had me laughing and crying.” “It portrays the struggles of dating and marriage so insightfully and healingly.” See how an ordinary 36-year-old man becomes the protagonist of his own life over 48 blind dates!