The Vice President is Secretly a Sadist (8)

The moment they had stepped off the dance floor, Rong Sheng came up to greet them, wearing a deep navy blue suit with a white camellia flower in the breast pocket. Beside him was a shy and nervous Wen Hua, who wore a cobalt blue dress, the vibrant color stunning. But Yin Mei thought that it didn't quite suit Wen Hua that well, who looked better in fresh and girly colors like white or pink.

The dress that Yao Heyan would have gotten her in the original story would have been white with light blue trim. It would have made her look exceptionally pure and enhance her natural innocence. As for this dress, though she certainly looked good in it, it dimmed her biggest weapon, that very same innocence that caused men to feel an urge to protect her.

But Yin Mei only briefly glanced at Wen Hua, not saying anything as she turned her attention back to Rong Sheng. Wen Hua was in awe of Yin Mei, recalling the passionate dance that they had just finished, still seeing that beautiful red dress fluttering across her sight in her mind. She was a little down that the girl was obviously ignoring her, but brightened up after telling herself it was just because they didn't know each other that well. Of course her attention would be more on Rong Sheng, who was her childhood friend.

"I never expected such a passionate tango from you two." Rong Sheng said, with a raised brow. The He Lanying in his mind was always stern and didn't let her emotions get the better of her, while Yao Heyan was like a still pool of water, and though he always sported a warm smile, he never showed his true emotions.

So to have a passionate exchange like that between the two of them had really been beyond his imagination.

"Maybe you should try it yourself someday," Yao Heyan said as he motioned to a nearby server and grabbed a glass of champagne for himself and Yin Mei. Although Yin Mei didn't really like the drink all that much, she was currently parched, and there was nothing else readily available, so she still gratefully took it from Yao Heyan's hands and sipped at it delicately to slack her thirst.

Only after that did Yin Mei said, "I would be amazed to see Rong Sheng dance the tango." This was true. She couldn't even image a stern ice cube like him being able to dance the tango. Though, the same could probably have been said of He Lanying.

In the first place, Wen Hua had no ballroom dancing experience, and she was the only one that Yin Mei could actually see Rong Sheng dancing something like that with.

With other girls, perhaps a slow waltz was the best he could do?

She thought that considering just how clumsy Wen Hua was, there was probably no way she would ever see Rong Sheng tango.

The three (plus an awkwardly silent Wen Hua) continued to chat in a friendly manner, before they finally split into their respective pairs so as to not interfere with their dates.

Yin Mei and Yao Heyan walked out onto the balcony that overlooked a beautiful flower garden, the flowers and leaves taking a bluish tint underneath the full moon and starry sky. The wind was fresh, but slightly chilly, and Yao Heyan conscientiously took off his suit coat to place around Yin Mei's shoulders.

Yin Mei leaned up against the balcony railing and looked into the ballroom, where Rong Sheng had been surrounded by girls and Wen Hua had been pushed to the side. He sported an annoyed expression, before finally seeming to bid them farewell and grab Wen Hua's arm, pulling her with him to the outside garden, where they could get some peace and quiet.

"Why are you always so concerned about those two?" Yao Heyan asked, his eyes dark. This feeling was familiar to him. He seemed to recall experiencing a similar situation before, but he was not quite sure when.

Yin Mei blinked and turned her big and bright eyes toward Yao Heyan. How should she answer this question? That Rong Sheng and Wen Hua cause her death in the future? Wait a moment, this situation gave her a sense of deja vu. Didn't she experience this somewhere in a former world?

What did she answer back then? That she had traveled back in time?

... There's no way she could answer the same thing this time, right? Wouldn't she end up getting sent to a mental hospital or something if she did? How troublesome.

She took a moment to think of a good reply. "Because..."

"Because?" Yao Heyan looked at her with a penetrating gaze.

"Hmmm... because this couple of a blind idiot and a clumsy idiot is slightly concerning?" Yin Mei said as she tilted her head. Indeed, it was just a bit. Although Rong Sheng seemed to have enough power and capability to get through all the dangerous situations that Wen Hua seemed to get herself in, it was still a little concerning just how many life or death moments they had to go through before finally getting together.

Normally, Yin Mei would feel that no situation would be able to kill off the male and female leads, but after the first world, where both male leads had died so easily, she was now a little doubtful about the so-called cockroach vitality possessed by protagonists.

"... Rong Sheng is the blind idiot?" Yao Heyan said after a moment of thought. Since there was no way he was the clumsy idiot, then he would have to be the blind one. Yin Mei nodded and Yao Heyan wondered what had happened that transformed her opinion of Rong Sheng so drastically.

"Now that I think about it, it's quite odd that Rong Sheng would take a liking to someone." Yao Heyan commented. Especially a girl like Wen Hua, who was neither wealthy nor from a powerful family - is what he didn't say.

Yin Mei also didn't really understand it. Rong Sheng had all sorts of girls throwing themselves at him, so why in the world would he choose such an air headed ditz?

But this was a question she wanted to ask all the male leads in those romance novels. They were all cold ice cubes that had no interest in other women, to the point where their sexuality was questioned, until the female lead came along and melted their heart. She could never understand just what was so special about the female leads of those stories that they were so appealing to the male leads.

Was it really just because they were soul mates? Because it was true love?

She guessed that this was the only logical answer she could come up with.

"Maybe that sort of girl is just Rong Sheng's type." Yin Mei said with a shrug. Yao Heyan tilted his head, not quite buying into it. Though, perhaps because Rong Sheng had been surrounded too much by head strong and capable women all his life that this sort of weak girl that was the exact opposite appealed so much to him?

The dance continued long into the night, people only starting to leave at around midnight. Yao Heyan and Yin Mei didn't stay for too long, as they still had a lot of clean up work to do later.

But after this, their duties would become a lot lighter. Of course, they would still have normal student council duties, like addressing the troubles of the student body, or passing proposals for some more insignificant things, like new classes or new class materials or something.

But it wouldn't be very busy until the school sports festival started up.

That being said, during this time, though the work would decrease, the amount of events happening wouldn't by much.

Because there was a Wen Hua here.

If Yin Mei recalled, Wen Hua would be caught up in two major events in the few months between now and the sports festival.

The first was a terrorist attack on the Rong family company, resulting in the people of the company being taken hostage, Rong Sheng and Wen Hua included. They would demand a large amount of ransom and a getaway helicopter.

Meanwhile the second was Wen Hua being drugged and almost r*ped, before she was saved by Yao Heyan. This event was one that Yin Mei wouldn't think would happen, since the one who had planned it was He Lanying.

But the first one should still occur, and was much more important in her eyes. Of course, Rong Sheng and Wen Hua had both got out completely unscathed, in part because of the help of He Lanying and Yao Heyan.

Both had used their connections and moved some strings to resolve the situation without much problems. Aside from some insignificant mob characters who had died, and Rong Sheng and Wen Hua getting closer through such a dangerous situation, nothing else of real importance had happened.

Yin Mei put on a thoughtful expression. With all these events raising Rong Sheng's affection level, did the two even need her to interfere?

Though granted many of the events had actually been caused by He Lanying herself, Yin Mei felt that with Wen Hua's special constitution of drawing trouble from all sides, these events may still even happen without Yin Mei herself needing to do anything.

The next day, Yin Mei headed to the student council meeting. There was no school, but because the student council had to deal with the clean up, they had to meet right after the dance. And they were also required to attend the dance, so many of the members were noticeably tired. Perhaps only Wen Hua was bursting with energy, to which Yin Mei responded with a pair of dead fish-like eyes.

She wanted to ask just where in the world she got all this energy from.

Because most of the student council members had experience with this process, the meeting went by very quickly and when it was finished, there was nothing much left for Yin Mei to do except wait for when school started again.

"Ahh, I hope spring break will be here soon." Several student council members said as they chatted after the meeting was over, as they chatted about where they would be going for spring break. There was still a month left until then, but many had already planned out their vacation trips, most of them heading abroad.

"Lanying, has your family already decided where they're going?" Yao Heyan asked as he cleaned up his desk while Yin Mei waited for him.

"Mm. We're going to Hawaii." Yin Mei replied. She liked the beach, so she was quite looking forward to the trip. He Lanying's father wouldn't be coming along though, and it would just be her mother and younger brother. Well, she couldn't see that stern father of He Lanying's having fun at a beach anyways.

"I see. To Hawaii is it?" Yao Heyan said, committing it to memory.

"Yes." Yin Mei nodded. Although she herself had never gone to a tropical island before, there were memories of going to the Caribbean and Hawaii in He Lanying's mind. Every vacation, they would head to all sorts of tourist countries. This was the case for most of the rich kids here, who were all extremely well traveled.

"What about your family?" Yin Mei asked curiously.

"Our family? From what I remember, they said that they were going to Italy." Yao Heyan replied slightly absentmindedly.

"? Are you not going with them?" Yin Mei asked, as Yao Heyan finished putting away the stack of papers on his desk and the two started to leave, while the others bid goodbye to them.

"No, I'm not." Yao Heyan replied, and he smiled warmly. "Let's go grab lunch somewhere?"

Yin Mei looked at the time and saw that it was just after lunch. "Not just at the cafeteria?" She said. This school's cafeteria was staffed by a Michelin star chef after all. The food there was just as good as any restaurant outside.

Yao Heyan shook his head. What the heck? Who could have a date at the school cafeteria. Of course they had to go out somewhere. "Let's go eat a parfait somewhere afterwards as well," he said, tempting Yin Mei with sweets. He had already seen through her true desires. That's right! Yin Mei was too weak to sweets to resist. That and puppy dog eyes.

Yin Mei, whose weakness had been discovered: "Okay, let's go!" She excitedly dragged Yao Heyan away, calling her chauffeur to come pick them up.

Hmm. Yao Heyan wondered by how much he lost to in importance to sweets in He Lanying's heart.

It was no good. He had to thoroughly correct this situation later.