Chapter 24 - ANOTHER DATE?

'Ding Ding Ding, the order has been accepted.'

I got the notification from that Rent A Boyfriend app about my order. It seemed that Meng Bao quickly accepted my order because it took less than a minute for him to confirm the service. I sighed and chatted him first:

*Shi Ying: Meng Bao, are you there?*

In less than a minute, Meng Bao replied with:

*Your Meng Bao: Yes, Ying Jie. I just woke up from my long nap and found that you had ordered me again. I thought you said you want to order another rental boyfriend.*

I sighed again. Truthfully, if I could, I would rather hire a random okay-looking rental boyfriend just to appease my parents. Meng Bao was too good, too handsome. It didn't make sense for a regular office secretary like me to suddenly date a handsome model.. This was not a romcom novel about a rental boyfriend!

*Shi Ying: Something happened with this trash application. I could only pick you now, my rental boyfriend! Damn this!*

*Your Meng Bao: Hmm… I don't know, Ying Jie. Have you tried contacting customer service? Maybe they can fix it. I don't want to force you into hiring me.*

*Shi Ying: Yeah, it's weird. It feels like someone is targeting me, so I can pick you only. Do you really know nothing about this problem, Meng Bao?*

*Your Meng Bao: No, Ying Jie. I'm busy with my work here. I instantly forgot about our date before. It definitely doesn't make me overthink stuff at all. I am just surprised that you would hire me again.*

I frowned at Meng Bao's reply. Because he made it as if yesterday's date was not memorable at all. It was my first date, and it was amazing, so I got a bit offended. My conscience wanted to ask Meng Bao whether yesterday's date was really forgettable, but my pride said that I shouldn't be too emotionally involved with a rental boyfriend.

Since rental boyfriends were just a service to suck your money dry. Thus, out of pride, I typed.

*Shi Ying: I also forgot about our date yesterday. I just return back and sleep. I don't even remember your face after I leave.*

*Your Meng Bao: Really?*

*Shi Ying: Yes.*

*Your Meng Bao: Same here. I don't remember your face at all, Ying Jie.*

I somehow felt aggravated when Meng Bao said he also didn't remember my face. I got it. It was me who said it first. But I felt annoyed and disappointed at the same time. I texted the last message before throwing my phone on the bed and went to take a bath.

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[Yang Menghuo POV]

*Shi Ying: Alright, I will book a train ticket for two people. We will go to my parent's hometown next Saturday, can you meet me today? I want to tell you a few things about what to do and what not when meeting my parents.*

Yang Menghuo could sense that Ying Jie was annoyed or mad after saying that he didn't remember her face at all.

Which was a total lie since Menghuo kept on thinking about Ying Jie for the whole night after they finished their date. He couldn't even sleep or eat because he kept thinking why Ying Jie wasn't interested in him at all.

He didn't mean to say something like that. It was just his pride. Menghuo was used to be flocked with women left and right whenever there was a hugely prestigious event. And he didn't like any of them. He found them a bit too vulgar for his taste.

Of course, he also had few instances of women trying something different, like trying to act nonchalant, so she could be that 'you are not like other girls.'

While, in fact, Menghuo could read their mind from their eyes, it was crystal clear that they were not so nonchalant inside.

But when he was with Ying Jie, it reminded him so much of Batman-Jie. The way she tried to be the big sister when he got scared, and how she didn't seem to be plotting anything in her head. She didn't try to act nonchalant, and often nagged about many things.

It was such a breath of fresh air for Menghuo.

"Ah, why did I said something like that, Menghuo, you idiot!" Menghuo cursed himself. Thus, he replied to Ying Jie's text with:

*Your Meng Bao: Okay, Ying Jie. I am free for the day.*

There was no immediate answer from Ying Jie, which got Menghuo restless.

'Does she get mad because I said that? I really didn't mean it in a bad way…' the more Menghuo think about it, the guiltier he got.

He started googling something that could pacify an angry woman in Baidu,

'Things that would stop woman from getting angry.'

And the first thing that Menghuo saw was chocolate. He started reading, and the article said that almost all women loved sweets. A sincere apology and a chocolate bar were usually enough to satisfy your loved one.

Menghuo stopped reading when he read the last words, then he threw his phone on the sofa, his face turned beet red because of that article he just read.

"W—Who is in love? I'm not in love! I just want to meet Ying Jie because I need a fake girlfriend!' Menghuo denied. He shook his head, try to deny even more, "How could someone fall in love with only one date? This is not a romcom novel!"

Yang Menghuo hurriedly assured himself in his heart. He needed to stay faithful for his Batman-Jie. How could his heart wavered for another woman when he had Batman-Jie in his heart!

"Menghuo, don't be stupid! Batman-Jie is waiting for you. How could you be so unfaithful!"