"I am Mengmeng, your childhood sweetheart."

…

"What?" I blinked few times, thinking that I might\'ve misheard. I didn\'t know if Meng Bao was tripping or I had an auditory hallucination.

"What did you say?"

"Wu… Jiejie still can\'t recognize me? Mu… Mengmeng is sad…." Meng Bao cuddled with me. We were still on the hill near my house, lying on top of a grassy field.

I\'m still trying to process what Meng Bao said just now. Because I still didn\'t want to believe that he was the same Mengmeng I knew. Because that was just too ridiculous.

\'Maybe because his name is Yang Menghuo, so it\'s natural for him to be called Mengmeng. But he was definitely not my Mengmeng because mine is a beautiful girl that will grow into a beautiful woman. Not this… handsome but slag man!\'

"Your name is Yang Menghuo, so it\'s natural for you to be called Mengmeng, but my Mengmeng is different. She is a beautiful little girl that looks like a barbie doll!" I said. I struggled, trying to break free from Meng Bao\'s embrace.

"Yang Menghuo, release me! I really don\'t want to be entangled with you. It\'s too much for my heart, okay?" I struggled.

But Meng Bao continued embracing me tightly. I thought he was a physically weak man, so I could break free as long as I used more force.

But right now, I kept pushing Meng Bao as hard as I could, but Meng Bao was like a stone on top of my body. He didn\'t budge at all.

"Jie, I\'ve been searching for you for fifteen years… do you know how many sleepless nights I have just because I was worried about you?" Meng Bao said.

"I thought that you\'ve forgotten about me. Maybe you got married to someone else, or even worse, you already have kids with someone else…."

"Maybe you\'ve forgotten about our promise. That\'s why I keep searching for you, Jie."

Wait, with the way he addressed it, I felt like it was my Mengmeng who was talking to me. His spoiled, softish, and cute tone was very similar to Mengmeng as well.

"Why don\'t you search for me, Jie? I… I\'ve never touched any woman in my life. Because I want to be with you, you\'re my first and true love…."

"Yang Menghuo—"

"Call me Mengmeng, wuwuwu…" Meng Bao demanded. "Or Meng Bao… at least."

"Fine, Meng Bao, do you understand what you\'re talking about here? My Mengmeng is a girl. She is a beautiful GIRL!" I insisted. I didn\'t know how in hell Meng Bao could know about my Mengmeng, but they were obviously different!

"Jie… I\'ve always been a man. I just never cut my hair when I was young, and I acted like a little girl because… um…." Meng Bao got nervous so suddenly. He hesitated for some reason while I\'m still waiting for him to prove that he was my Mengmeng.

"Because… W—well…" Meng Bao gulped. "Because I want your attention, Jie…."

…

Okay, I had to admit that sounded very Mengmeng like. I still remembered that Mengmeng tried to grab my attention so many times. She was starving for attention, but only from me. Because I saw her being cold and showing a condescending gaze to everyone, even to Shi Qiang and Yanyue back then, as if everyone was her competition to get my attention.

But I still couldn\'t wrap my head around his claim. How could my cute and beautiful Mengmeng suddenly turn into a slag man who played with women\'s hearts now? He was an absolute barbie doll back then!

Oh, what the hell happened to my cute barbie Meng when I wasn\'t around!?

"I… No way…" I shook my head. "I just can\'t wrap my head around it, Bao. You are my Mengmeng? Are you for real?"

"Yes, and if you ask me about everything, I will answer it in full detail…."

…

"Then I will just ask two questions," I said. I knew this was just crazy. But maybe, just maybe, he was telling the truth about his identity as Mengmeng.

So I had to test him.

"Do you still remember our promise, and do you still remember what did you call me back then?" I asked.

Mengmeng still sobbed. He wiped his tears and snot on my shirt and then replied, "I promised Ying Jie, with a promise ring and bracelet, that I will marry you after I got older. I tried to find you, but you just disappeared like a ghost…."

"Jiejie, Mengmeng is so lonely, you know…." Meng Bao said. "I don\'t know why didn\'t you come to my home. It\'s so hard to find you, wuwuwu…."

I took a deep breath because it was eerily similar to what I                                      Mengmeng said. "T—Then, what did you all me back then?"

"Batman Jie? Big Jie? My future wife? Strong Jie? Un… we have a lot of names back then…."

Meng Bao buried his face on my neck and whispered, "Batman Jie, Mengmeng missed you a lot. I\'ve finally found you after fifteen years…."

…

…

"Mengmeng…" I finally called the name of the childhood sweetheart I had been waiting for fifteen years. I thought I\'d never meet her anymore, so I ought to bury this feeling deep inside my heart forever.

Until I met someone similar to my Mengmeng. But he was a man instead. He was a bit crazy in the head, but he acted very spoiled and babyish in front of me.

He often said or did a ridiculous thing, but he never meant to hurt me. He even tried to make me feel comfortable in his weirdest, most extreme way.

And yet, I liked everything about him.

His innocent smile when facing me, his spoiled nature when talking with me, and his obviously attention-seeking attitude when he was cuddling with me.

I think he did all that only with me for an obvious reason.

I fell in love with him, and yes, I wished that he was my Mengmeng.

…

I chuckled for a moment, and Meng Bao got panicked, "Y—Ying Jie, did I say something wrong?! Wuwuwu, please don\'t be mad, Jie, I\'m sorry if I did something wrong!"

"Ahahaha! What are you thinking about? I was just laughing at fate! Ahahahahah!"

"Laughing at fate?" Meng Bao asked.

"Yes, I\'ve been thinking about it. I realized that we\'re played by fate. Because we keep searching for each other, not knowing that I\'ve known you for a while, even before our meeting with that Rent A Boyfriend app."

Meng Bao might\'ve not known this, but I feel like fate definitely played a role in our hearts.

Because there were just too many coincides, including the fact that I worked under Meng Bao\'s dad as his secretary.

I opened my arms and then circled it around Meng Bao\'s back. I pulled Meng Bao and said, "You\'ve grown so much, my Barbie Meng. You were so small back then, and now look at you?"

Meng Bao\'s stiff body finally relaxed. He was still lying on top of my body and rested his head on my shoulder.

"That\'s because Ying Jie told Mengmeng that you will not marry a short guy. I got challenged at exercised when I was older," Meng Bao replied.

"Is that also the reason why you got muscular?"

"Unn… I guess so. I practiced martial art, Ying Jie. So I can protect you if there is someone who tries to hurt you…." Meng Bao replied.

"I still can\'t believe that you\'re actually a guy. From a beautiful barbie doll into a muscular slag man… What kind of crazy change is this?"

"I\'ve always been a boy, Ying Jie. It\'s just… you said that you hate boys, so I don\'t want you to hate me as well. That\'s why I\'d rather be mistaken as a girl as long as you stay with me, Jie…."

"Wait, does that mean… when you touched my boobs back then… you have another idea in mind?!" I suddenly remembered when Mengmeng wanted to touch my boobs because I was actually quite well-endowed even when I was only twelve years old.

I nodded nonchalantly and allowed Mengmeng to touch my boobs because she would get the same thing later.

I saw that Meng Bao\'s face was so red that day, and he returned back to his old grandma\'s house.

…

"MENGMENG!!!"

Meng Bao jolted when I yelled near his ears. "Y—Yes, Jie?!"

I got speechless when he was still able to show that innocent face of an angel after I realized how stupid I was back then.

I even allowed him to accompany me for a bath in the river. I was fully naked and exposed, wearing only underwear.

Mengmeng saw everything, and it turned out he had been lying the whole time for being a girl.

"MENGMEEENGG!!! YOU DARE TRICKING ME! I SHOWED MY BODY BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU\'RE A GIRL!"

Meng Bao, who was hogging me for a good while, finally released me. He jumped and distanced himself from me. He gulped nervously.

"Y—Ying Jie, I can explain—"

I got up and clenched my fist, I took off my sandal, so I could run freely. I glared at him and dashed to catch him.

"AAAAHHH!! JIE, I\'M SORRY!!" Meng Bao started running when he saw my fierce glare.

"COME HERE, YOU RASCAL. I WILL SMACK YOUR HEAD BEFORE WE HAVE A TALK!"