Chapter 173 - PREPARATION (1)

Two weeks had passed since the fairly successful family meeting. Meng Bao had been busy preparing everything, from the wedding venue, the high-profiled singers, and celebrities who would be invited. 

Since I had zero friends around me, I just invited Tian Lifeng since she was the only person I knew in Beijing. Other than her, though, Shi Qiang said that she would come with her boyfriend, and of course, Yanyue and Meili would come as well. 

I was also surprised when I called Yanyue and Meili the last time. Turned out, they were the first ones to leak my secret as Batman Jie to Meng Bao. 

—

"Meimei! Yanyue! Why are you two telling my secret to Meng Bao that early?!" I scolded them while on the phone. But it didn't seem to scare Meimei or Yanyue.

"Why are you so angry, Jiejie? You two are just stalling for so long! What if Yang Ge gets snatched by another woman while you're playing tug of war with him?" Meimei said nonchalantly. "Besides, Yanyue Jie and I finally got our iPhones! Yang Ge also told us that we're free to upgrade our phones whenever we like!"

"YOU SOLD ME FOR AN IPHONE?!"

"Two iPhones," Meili said proudly as if it was an honourable thing to do. "Don't get too worked up over it, Jie. Look, everything is great now, right? You are going to marry him, your long lost love. And I get to keep my iPhone!" Meili said. 

"Besides, Jie, Yang Ge told me that he is going to give me a job in Beijing since that's his promise as long as I told him about your identity as Batman Jie," Yanyue added.

That damned black-bellied Bao. He collided with my sisters to get me. I really had to scold him once I met him again. 

—

I sighed as I filled the marriage administration paper. Meng Bao sent one to me while he was still busy preparing for our wedding days. 

Yeah, I said days, because he said that we would have two weddings. First at the biggest hotel rooftop that he owned in Beijing. Second, at the Yacht that he just bought called Ying Jie Loves Meng Bao Yacht. And then, our honeymoon would be on a private island that he just purchased, under the same name, of course.

Ying Jie loves Meng Bao Island. 

I still didn't understand how could he be that shameless, but at the same time, I had no energy to question all his doing. He was just different, I guess. 

After filling the administration paper for Meng Bao and me, I put down my pen and called Baobao. 

After two beeps, Meng Bao picked up immediately, "Ying Jie!"

"Baobao, it's been three days since the last time we met. Where are you right now?" I asked.

"Oh? Did Ying Jie miss me?" Meng Bao asked with a tease. 

"… I will hang up now."

"N—No! I'm currently preparing for our Yacht wedding! I was just teasing you!" Meng Bao said desperately. 

I chuckled, "I just want to say that the marriage administration paper has been filed, including yours. I will send it this evening."

"Oh! Yes, I'm glad that you've filed it, Jie! I can't wait for our wedding!" I heard Meng Bao's excited voice and had a smile on my face. 

"Meng Bao, have you decided the right date for our wedding," I asked.

"Yes! Let's marry on 18 April!" 

"Hm? Why so?" 

"You don't remember, Jie? We met for the first time as kids on 18 April!" Meng Bao said.

…

How am I supposed to remember such a trivial thing from fifteen years ago? 

"Oh well, I have nothing against it. Don't forget the wedding invitation," I said. 

"I have it already. I will share it later, Jie!" Meng Bao said, and then, I heard a long hum, and he added, "Jiejie, I love you. I love you so much."

"Huh? What's this about?"

"Nothing, I just feel like telling you, hehe," Meng Bao giggled and then hung up the call. I blinked few times and also laughed at his antics. 

***

"Jiejie, are you ready to see your dress?" Meng Bao asked as we were inside the same store where I had my Swan dress. 

I nodded lightly, and Meng Bao signalled the staff to bring the two dresses I would use for the wedding.

The staff came in two dresses. One was a long red cheongsam with a golden peacock made of golden thread and other colourful gemstones. It was so beautiful and expensive, I had to admit.

And the second was another white dress, similar to the Swan dress, but it was very modest and covered. I had the feeling that Meng Bao was still grieving over my exposed shoulder with the swan dress. Even the red cheongsam, Meng Bao, seemed to modify it so it wouldn't exactly make me looking sensual in front of everyone, but it was still beautiful enough.

Though, I didn't find anything wrong with it. I chuckled and commented, "I see that you don't want me to show my skin."

"Of course!" Meng Bao said, full of confidence. "There are some of the male staff during our prewedding photoshoots which were staring at your exposed shoulder! I have to glare at each of them and even listed them, making sure they'd get fired if they had any dirty mind about you."

"And how would you do that?" I asked.

"I put all of them underlie detector test."

"Wait, are you for real?"

"Yes, Jie," Meng Bao said. 

…

Okay, I had to admit that Meng Bao still surprised me with his Yandere tendency sometimes. 

I sighed and shrugged, "Just don't hurt them."

"Anyway, I'm going to try the dress. You go and wait outside while I'm changing."

"Can I just stare at you changing—Ouch!"

I smacked Meng Bao's head, knowing what he wanted to say, "I know your dirty mind, Baobao!" 

Meng Bao pouted and left full of grievance. 

The staff helped me putting the cheongsam first, and it was surprisingly easy to fit because it was custom made. 

And after I fit in, I checked my appearance on the mirror and smiled, "Go and tell Young Master Yang to come. Oh, tell him to stuff his nose with tissues before he comes. Or it'll be messy."

Thus, Meng Bao came to the room with his nose stuffed with tissue. I turned around to show him the cheongsam, and the tissue on his nose turned red instantly, the same colour as the cheongsam. He got another nosebleed.

I sighed and pulled some tissue to help him clean his nose. Meanwhile, Meng Bao kept staring at me, "Jiejie, why are you so beautiful and sensual? I already told the designer to make the dress so modest, but you still came out too sensual and tempting."

"I'm afraid I have to put everyone during our wedding in a lie detector test first," Meng Bao complained. 

"Aish, it's just you who thinks like that. I'm as modest as I could be."

"No, for real, Jie. Don't you realize how sexy you're right now?"

Uh… no? I'm pretty sure it was just Meng Bao and all his wild fantasies. 

"I'm pretty sure it's just you. Even when I wear beggar clothes, you'll still call it sexy."

"Oh, are we going to do master-slave play in bed—Ouch!"

I stepped on his feet. I think he got too comfortable around me that he could say something so private without any second thought. 

"Keep your dirty mind for yourself!"

"I can't! Look at these! I don't think I need to see the white dress, or I will keep thinking about undressing it by myself for our first night—Ouch! Okay, sorry, I'm sorry!" 

I kept smacking his head as he kept talking dirty, "What a dirty mouth! We're not even husband and wife yet!"

"C—Can I at least unzip the back? J—Just once?" Meng Bao begged. "You're going to undress for the white dress, right?"

"No, leave now. I will change to the white dress myself. And you're not allowed to see!" I yelled, especially after seeing that big lump on his pants. Really unscrupulous, what a bandit, Bandit Bao!

Meng Bao looked upset, but that—I knew what Mom told me before. Men, especially the ones near marriage, were always like a beast in the mating season. They were impatient, and the more they waited, the hungrier they got. 

So I had to keep myself safe until our first night because Meng Bao couldn't be trusted to control himself. 

I was thinking about it for a while and shivered. I wondered what would Baobao do during our first night. For someone who had been holding himself for so long, I hope that he could be gentle to me. 

"Maybe I should pin him during our first night instead, so I would be in control. In case he got too wild…."

I started imagining what would happen during our first night, and my cheeks reddened naturally.

I shook my head, "Stop imagining it, Shi Ying! Don't put yourself as low as Pervert Bao!"