Chapter 97 - MY BUTTER AND MILK

I was annoyed by Meng Bao after that. Really, it wasn't about the price or anything. But those dairy were from my family! Our farm wasn't doing that well in the village, but my parents still sent some to me this month because they knew I loved anything from my farm in the village.

And Meng Bao literally threw everything away. I think he just poured everything in the sink since I didn't find them in the small trashcan in my room.

I was still annoyed at that guy, but then again, I thought I might have been too harsh on him. When I called him just now, I was in the midst of anger because I kept remembering how my mom and dad, especially dad with his back problem, making the butter so he could send it for me.

'Ah, but I'm still very harsh on him…' I started thinking about it again. Really, I could be uncontrollable when I was angry, it was almost like a habit, especially when I scolded my sisters. 

'I think I'm too harsh on him. He is kind enough to stock my groceries ah…'

I took my phone off the table, thinking about calling him back. But right when I opened my phone, I saw two notifications from that app, Rent A Boyfriend. 

*An Order with your rental boyfriend, Deng Jun, has been canceled. Money has been refunded!*

"Wait, why?!" I hurriedly unlocked my phone, and when I checked the reason for the cancellation from Deng Jun, he just said that he had another date waiting for him. 

"What?! That's so abrupt!"

I was surprised at first, but when I saw Meng Bao's profile on top of my search bar again for no apparent reason, I started to suspect something. 

'Is this Meng Bao's doing again?' I pondered. 

I really sensed that Meng Bao was the source of all this craziness in my life. I checked WuxianXWangji or Bai Yunyu, and at least, he still wanted to go on a date. Though, it only made me even more suspicious.

In my wildest imagination, I guessed that he caught both Deng Jun and Bai Yunyu, then he threatened them with a gun and told them not to get close, or they would lose their precious life. 

But because Bai Yunyu was not my date, Shi Qiang's instead, so Meng Bao spared him. But he still took Deng Jun, tortured him, and told him to cancel the date with me right away. 

…

"Nah, Shi Ying, you're just too paranoid. I don't think Meng Bao is crazy enough to do that. Meng Bao might be a business mafia, but he is not free enough to do that."

"How could he know my dates in the first place? Putting a tracking app inside his phone to track my activity in Rent A Boyfriend? Hah! There was no billionaire free enough to do that kind of thing!" 

I cleared my doubt with Meng Bao, but I was still a bit suspicious that Meng Bao might have tampered with my phone somehow. 

"Aish, I still have to apologize ah…." I said. I dialed Meng Bao's number, and it was answered in less than five seconds.

"Y—Yes, Ying Jie!" Meng Bao said nervously. "I—I'm really sorry, Jie! I will try to find a way to compensate! Please don't get mad, okay? I really don't realize it. Oh god, I don't know if you will forgive me. Can I give you anything you want in exchange? Do you want a mansion instead? No, no, I can give you fifty percent of shares in one of my companies. How about I also add—" Meng Bao blurted everything like a bullet train coming out of his mouth. He didn't even realize that he had accidentally revealed himself. 

"What? Mansion? Shares?!"

There was a slight pause in Meng Bao after he accidentally blurted everything. He cleared his throat, "I—I mean, that's just a figurative speech. Of course, I didn't have those, hehe…."

…

'Sigh, he really made it too obvious. If he wants to hide it for me for whatever reason, then do it properly!" I complained. But in the end, I just acted dumb and followed whatever he wanted. 

"Ah, alright, alright, uh… honestly, I called you here because I want to say sorry for my words before…" I admitted. "I was angry because I got shocked by it. Don't worry about it too much, Meng Bao. It was just milk and butter. I overreacted before."

"Y—Ying Jie, I will still try to compensate! You said it was made by your dad, then I will take one from the farm myself!" 

"Huh? What farm? Don't tell me that you have farm by yourself?"

"Uh… haha, of course not! I'm not that rich!"

'Yes, you're THAT rich…' I affirmed in my head but dared not to say it. 

"Anyway, you don't need to be so anxious. I forgive you. Besides, I should thank you more for stocking my fridge," I said.

I kept thinking about Meng Bao's scared expression.: 

Meng Bao could finally slow down his car and breathe a sigh of relief that I could clearly hear from the phone. And clearly, his reaction was exaggerated.

How could someone be so anxious just because of milk and butter?

"T—Thank you… Jie…" Meng Bao said. 

I nodded and then told him, "Just be careful next time, okay?" 

"Yes…"

Somehow, I still doubt that Meng Bao actually listened, knowing that he never actually did stuff so mundane like this, but he did it anyway.

'Is it because he loves me? How could I make a business mafia stock my grocery like that?' 

Inevitably, a tint of red appeared on my cheek because I imagined that Meng Bao, who could obviously get everything in this world, still obeyed my order to buy groceries. 

It might be a small thing to do for some, but this was Yang Menghuo we were talking about. It made me think that he was actually so much in love with me right now.

I shook my head to steal my heart once more, "Remember, Shi Ying! He still has his childhood sweetheart in his heart. There is no guarantee that he is truly in love with you!"

"How could he abandon his love for fifteen years for a random woman he met in Rent A Boyfriend app?"

…

I finally realized my position and started finding another rental boyfriend to bring to meet my parents. Though, the chance was already so slim.

I felt like I was bound not to date anyone but Meng Bao and had to bring him to meet my parents.

'Aish, really, dating Meng Bao and marrying him? That's not possible!' I thought.

I really didn't think it was possible, knowing that Meng Bao was the epitome of flashiness. He would be too glaring for the folks in my hometown. 

Let alone bringing that Alexander Priest. That one was just suicide! 

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[Yang Menghuo POV]

Yang Menghuo was so worried that his Jie might have abandoned him because of milk and butter. 

Honestly, he still didn't understand why Ying Jie would get angry when he threw it away. Yang Menghuo was showered with his parents' money since birth, and he had no personal attachment to that anyway.

True, he might've lost something or broke something that was given by his parents. But he usually ignored it. 

He could buy it the next day anyway. 

But Ying Jie was so angry, Yang Menghuo could feel it before. So it held great importance to her.

'It makes me wonder if I also have any attachment to something….'

Yang Menghuo started imagining while driving in his Bugatti, thinking of something that made him attached. 

And the only thing in his mind was two women… whom he felt had a lot of resemblances, their way of talking, their smile, their personalities,

Batman Jie and Ying Jie.

He put his attachment to these people because he only felt restless when he was thinking how Ying Jie would scold him to hell just because of milk and butter. But then again, those milk and butter must have an attachment in Ying Jie…

"So… does that means Batman Jie and Ying Jie are my butter and milk?" Yang Menghuo thought. He went to the airport and went inside his private jet. He owned plenty in many countries, just in case he needed to go somewhere immediately. 

And he already told these people that he wanted to go to Switzerland, where his dairy farm was located. The pilot bowed his head at the rich Master. 

He checked his watch and saw that it was already ten at night, but Mr. Yang Menghuo still wanted to go to another country far from here. Thus he asked out of curiosity, "Sir, may I know the reason why do you want to go to Switzerland tonight? Is there an urgent project?"

"Not really, but…" Yang Menghuo imagined about Ying Jie again, and he smiled, "I need butter and milk for my butter and milk."