A few other elders agreed with Tony and urged Laurence to accept the blind date arrangement.

“The most important thing for you now is to get married and have kids,” said one of the elders, Matteo Longbottom.

“We’ll help you pick the ladies, and you just have to meet them.

“Take a look at these photographs and see if you fancy any of them.”

Matteo picked up the bag and handed it to Laurence.

Laurence did not reject it. He took the bag from Matteo and opened it to retrieve a thick stack of p