"Yes! Even without make-up, your face is glowing with such a beautiful mature aura. You''re like a mature queen!" The staff praised again. She ordered the order staff, "Call Young Master! He needs to see this!"

    Everyone was so excited, except me, who was actually a tad nervous.

    I got used to hearing Meng Bao praising me to the moon and back, but I got used to it because I never thought it was true.

    Maybe it was true for Baobao, but for me, it sounded more like a kid trying to praise something that he really loved as if he was looking at a superhero.

    I stood there silently, waiting for Meng Bao to come. When Meng Bao finally came, I saw his eyes were covered with a red ribbon, as if this was meant to be a surprise.

    "What did you guys do to my Jie? If you did something crazy to her, then I''ll make sure that I''ll throw you all to the crocodile pit—"

    "N—No, Young Master, you''ll be surprised by how Miss Shi Ying looks!" the staff said, trying to save her life.

    My cheeks started reddening as I imagined Meng Bao looking at me. I didn''t know what to expect. And when the blindfold covered Meng Bao''s face was opened, he blinked few times, and when he saw me with the Swan dress.

    Meng Bao stared at me for a good while, and for some reason, my cheeks started reddening even more until they turned red as a tomato. Because my shoulder was exposed, it made me feel so vulnerable.

    Meng Bao''s eyes widened, he gawked at the sight of me in a wedding dress, and his jaw dropped as he kept staring at me in a daze.

    I got insecure about my appearance. Thus I confronted him, "Baobao, is it that bad? Do I look bad in this dress? You know, if you don''t like it, I''ll just use a cheongsam or something. I don''t need a dress like this—"

    As I continued rambling, I noticed something at the edge of Meng Bao''s lips. Soon, I realized that Meng Bao was actually drooling like an idiot.

    I suspected an even more unscrupulous thing, so I looked down at directed my gaze at a certain spot. As expected, the crazy and intimidating Young Master Yang Menghuo was having a bump under his belly button.

    Luckily, there was only me noticing this. The staff were busy checking Young Master Yang''s expression. Thus I commanded them, "All of you, leave now. I have something to do with Young Master Yang!"

    "Ah, then we will leave you two together, Miss, Young Master…."

    I took a deep, relieved breath after the staff left. Meng Bao was still in the same position, so I walked in his direction to scold him.

    But when I got near him, he suddenly reacted by backing off, and then he started having nosebleeds out of nowhere.

    "M—Meng Bao!" I grabbed tissues immediately and then plugged Baobao''s nose with them. Meng Bao was still unresponsive after a while. "How did you get a nosebleed?!" I yelled at him, and he was still dazed for a while.

    Meng Bao finally snapped out and then stared at me with an unwilling face. I got confused upon seeing his reaction, "What/? Is it that bad? I told you that I don''t need this kind of thing!" I yelled.

    I was about to pull the zipper on my back when Meng Bao suddenly answered, "Swan Jie, you''re so gorgeous. I don''t even know how to describe how beautiful you are."

    I was worried for no reason.

    "I wonder if I''m staring at a human or a goddess right now… is this my reward for everything?"

    I was about to smack him for sweet-talking me again. But when I saw his expression, I didn''t think that you could fake blood from your nose.

    "Baobao, stop staring at me," I said.

    "Jie, how could you say something so heartless? Of course, I will keep looking at you because you''re the most gorgeous woman I''ve ever seen…."

    I had to admit that I like his compliments. Although Meng Bao was always sweet-talking me daily, I could tell when he was honest, which was… every time.

    But this one, he was so sincere, I could see the glimmer in his eyes, "Okay, okay, I get it. I guess I will use this for pre-wedding shoots tomorrow."

    "But… this… I cannot allow, Jie…." Meng Bao suddenly walked closer and then caressed my shoulder with his rough palm. My body shuddered instantly, and I saw him also shuddered with excitement.

    I pushed him off and yelled, "I know that you have a perverted thought, Baobao!"

    "Wu… it''s so smooth and silky. You should know that you''re so beautiful, Jie. So you wouldn''t show your skin in front of other people, especially men!"

    "Do you really think that all men will lust over me once they see me with this dress?!" I really couldn''t believe that Meng Bao thought it was that easy for me to seduce men. If that was possible, I would be some rich man''s sugar baby who was always pampered and loved… wait—

    I stared at Meng Bao, who kept on insisting on the same thing, "This cannot do, Jie. I cannot allow you to show too much skin! I don''t want them to lust over you! Especially the photographer, he is going to see everything about you with his camera lens!"

    "It''s literally just a shoulder! This is the era of my body, my choice! I can wear whatever I want!" I kept trying to challenge him for some reason. I guess it was just the thrill.

    "No, I don''t want them to see, or—" Meng Bao paused for a second, and then it seemed that he came upon with an idea. "Okay, Jie, if you want to show that much skin, but after we get the picture, I will select the ones without you showing your shoulder. I will also kill or permanently cripple that photographer, making sure that he will not be able to tell the story of photographing your shoulder or your beautiful face!"

    …

    Okay, that one was a bit extreme. Maybe we should backpedal about our heated argument instead, or maybe about that nosebleed Baobao had.

    "Don''t do something crazy like that. I don''t want my wedding to be ruined by some weird stuff," I said.

    "But—"

    I knew that Meng Bao wouldn''t drop this until I agreed to cover myself. So I looked around and found a white, semi-transparent shawl. I draped it on my shoulder and then looked at Meng Bao, "How is this? Is this enough to cover me?"

    "Ah, at last," Meng Bao nodded with affirmation. "With this, at least I don''t need to make the photographer go blind after he took our wedding shoots."

    "Okay then, I guess I will wear this for our pre-wedding," I said. I took off the shawl and then asked Meng Bao, "Can you help me unzip the one behind my back?"

    Meng Bao gulped. He just nodded silently and helped me unzipping the zipper on my back. And after he was done, I turned around immediately to cover my back and told him, "Call those staff, I need to change. Wearing this too much could suffocate me."

    …

    Meng Bao was still on the spot as he kept staring at me… and he got the second nosebleed.

    "C—Can I watch you undress as well, Jie?"

    **

    Meng Bao left the room with swollen cheek after I slapped his face. I kept telling him that we couldn''t do that, not until we were married. But I guess it was really difficult for a man to hold himself.

    The staff returned after Meng Bao ordered them. They saw blood on the floor and was shocked, "M—Miss, did you get hurt somewhere? Oh god, Young Master is so intimidating, but I didn''t expect him to easily beat you, even though you two would be married soon!" The staff couldn''t hold herself to scold Meng Bao, not fearing losing her job… or her life.

    "It''s just Young Master suddenly getting a nosebleed. It''s nothing serious," I said, not wanting Meng Bao''s fierce reputation to go even worse and added ''wife beater'' in his resume.

    "Ah, really? That means your beauty is so amazing. Even someone like Young Master Yang kneel for you!"

    Yeah, I knew he was kneeling to me, but not because I''m a national beauty level.

    It was far more straightforward than that and probably… far long-lasting compared to just simple beauty.

    We left after just one dress because Meng Bao kept adding more and more detail to the wedding dress. It made the dress unavailable until they were done remodelling it.

    "You know that I don''t need a fancy dress or something like that, right?" I opened the conversation in the car.

    Meng Bao shook his head, "I know that you like simple things, Jie. But at least once, I want to show them how beautiful you can be. I want them to realize that I''m the winner in life since I have you."