[Yang Menghuo POV]

Yang Menghuo was stunned silly when Ying Jie suddenly hung up the call after saying, \'I love you\' so lightly.

Meanwhile, Yang Menghuo felt like his body suddenly exploded out of shock and happiness. He tried to call Ying Jie, but he got no answer. Supposedly, Ying Jie intentionally hung up the call to tease him even more.

"Damn it! Ying Jie surely knows how to tease me!" Menghuo complained. He wanted to be more aggressive, more dominant.

He imagined dominating Ying Jie, but knowing how fierce he was, it wasn\'t impossible for Ying Jie to suddenly get mad at him for being dominating.

\'Wu.. anything for Ying Jie…..\'

After knowing the identity of Batman Jie, Yang Menghuo had some worry in his mind. He knew that Ying Jie was loved by many men. So he can\'t let his guard down.

He was afraid that Ying Jie would get snatched away from him when he was busy with his mother.

Yang Menghuo sulked, still imagining Ying Jie with another man out there while he was in New York due to family stuff.

To tell you the truth, there was nothing about the business deal right now. Even if he had one, he would have the schedule first, maybe one or two weeks before the business meeting happened.

He came to New York because his mother was as stubborn as ever. She still couldn\'t accept Ying Jie, calling her a primitive woman, a fat woman, or whatever he felt like.

Of course, Yang Menghuo got angry. Menghuo never liked his mom in the first place. There was no good reason for her to have control over anything in the first place.

Even when Menghuo was young, she took Menghuo away from Ying Jie for the sake of a better family. But all she did was hire some expensive maid in the end. Let\'s just say that Menghuo\'s mother was a successful career woman. But she wasn\'t a good mom.

"Yang Menghuo, are you ready?" His mom, Madam Evelynn Yang, asked. They were inside a new building that his mom had purchased a few weeks ago.

"Yes…" Yang Menghuo nodded. Truth to be told, Menghuo hated every second of this stuff happening around him.

After that night, Yang Menghuo argued against his mother. Of course, they were fighting for an apparent reason.

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At the end of that fight, after they met with Shi Ying, Madam Yang dropped the bomb by saying, "You\'re just blinded by her. I demand you to come with me to New York. I will show you a bunch of AUTHENTIC, beautiful ladies that will fit your taste."

"Had I know that you can be this problem in the end, I would just match you with Li Daiyu as soon as possible and get you two married. So you will understand that my word is correct! I just want to give the best for you!"

"You don\'t even know me personally. How do you know about my personality and love?! Mom, you\'re not the one who should talk about giving the best!" Yang Menghuo fought back.

"Hmph, come with me to New York tomorrow, and you\'ll understand how wrong you\'re," Madam Yang said. "I\'m pretty sure that you will change your mind soon."

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Yang Menghuo sighed. He had to follow what his mother wanted. Because Ying Jie still insisted that their marriage needed to get a blessing from his parents.

"Robin Yang, come here!" Madam Yang guided Menghuo to enter a room, and then, the light dimmed automatically.

"Wha, what just happened?" Menghuo asked.

"Just sit and enjoy, and you\'ll appreciate authentic women\'s charms first. It will cleanse your stupidity for wanting to marry that mediocre secretary.

Madam Yang left the room and closed the door.

Yang Menghuo felt like his mother was setting him inside a trap. But he didn\'t know what kind of trap was it.

When the lights dimmed, an automatic light put a spotlight on Yang Menghuo\'s chair, as if he was the star of the show for some reason.

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

He could hear the high heels tapping the floor, but because the room was dark, he couldn\'t detect where that tapping sound came from.

Yang Menghuo looked around and jolted when he felt a woman\'s hand was creeping from behind, "Wha—"

Yang Menghuo looked behind out of reflex, and he saw Li Daiyu and two more girls. Menghuo recognized them as the models that his mother had inside her personal modeling agency.

They were all smiling at Menghuo with their sweet smile. They smelled so nice, maybe with a bit of an aphrodisiac, because it confused Menghuo a bit.

But what shocked Menghuo the most was the fact that all of them were naked. Other than wearing heels, nothing was covering their body, showing their beautiful womanly feature.

"W—What are you guys doing here? And put some goddamn clothes!" Menghuo yelled. He looked away immediately, not wanting to see even more than this.

Because it felt humiliating for him. He thought that his eyes had been tainted.

Li Daiyu chuckled and replied, "Young Master Yang, all of us are very interested in you. Madam Evelynn Yang allowed us to do this to get your seed. You may pick one of us… or you can just eat all of us. It\'s really up to you."

One woman gently lowered his chest and then kissed Menghuo\'s cheek, "Yes, Young Master. We\'ve been idolizing you for a while. Why don\'t we have fun together for now?"

The last one who had very strong aphrodisiac perfume leaned and kissed Yang Menghuo\'s neck.

"Forget about the girl that you have outside. Do you think she has more worth compared to all of us?"

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***

Madam Evelynn Yang sat outside. She sipped her morning coffee while texting her husband to fire Shi Ying tomorrow morning.

She felt there was no use to keep someone like Shi Ying, who had no redeeming quality other than being so mediocre.

She glanced at the room where she put Menghuo with three beautiful ladies. All of them had been chasing Yang Menghuo for so long, yet there was no response from Menghuo.

Madam Yang thought that by giving her son all three of them, he would be a bit more greedy and settle with those models instead of the mediocre Shi Ying.

"Surely, he will not be able to resist temptation, right?" Madam Yang said to herself.

"I think all men are the same, especially a vigorous man like my son. He should be picking these girls and have fun inside. I don\'t care which one will be with him, as long as it\'s not that mediocre woman."

After she texted her husband, Mr. Yang Zhuhuo. Madam Yang put down her phone and leaned to rest her shoulder.

"Ah, I don\'t know if this will work, honestly," Madam Yang said to herself. "I think if my son is still normal, then he will choose those women rather than with Shi Ying."

She knew that her method was very crude and primitive. But she didn\'t know how to convince Menghuo at this point.

Yang Menghuo had been financially independent of his family since he was fifteen years old. Now, he made even more money than his parents combined.

He was also emotionally detached even from his parents. Knowing how stubborn he was, Madam Yang thought this was the only way.

"But maybe what Menghuo insisted before was right…." Madam Yang thought. "That they are, Shi Ying and Yang Menghuo, were star-crossed lovers."

…

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[Shi Ying First POV]

I woke up early in the morning because I had to work today.

After preparing myself, I immediately grabbed a cup of instant noodles that I made before and ate it while walking to the bus station.

For some reason, having this kind of daily activity after so many crazy days with Meng Bao felt refreshing and peaceful.

Because when Meng Bao entered her life, everything was like a storm. It was both nerve-wracking and exciting at the same time.

Especially with Meng Bao\'s antics, she felt that her days were never dull when Meng Bao was around.

But well, he was still in New York now, working with his business and getting the approval from his stubborn mother.

I arrived at the office quite early, and there were only a few workers in the office for now.

I used the VIP lift and went to the highest floor. I usually cleaned my boss\'s desk, served him coffee and snack, and set up daily agenda. I did this for my boss daily as part of my job.

After a while, I heard a \'ding\' from the executive lift, and Mr. Yang Zhuhuo came out of the lift.

Our eyes met, and I smiled while bowing my head politely, "Good morning, Mr. Yang. I\'ve just served the coffee for you. Please drink it while it\'s still warm."

…

Mr. Yang Zhuhuo stared at me for a while and then said, "Secretary Shi, come with me to the office. I have something to talk about with you."