Nine

Yet, only a few moments later, she was completely rational. Not that she didn't have any ideas of finding Bai Yang Wei, but that someone was in her way.

She looked up at Cang Mang, "Then why bring me out here?"

Cang Mang sat down in the grass with his knees raised and his elbows resting on them.

When Dong Mei didn't follow him to sit, he waved a hand at her, indicating that she sit as well.

Dong Mei chose a space a good distance away from him and sat down.

"I was thinking," Cang Mang scratched his chin, "pursue someone else."

Dong Mei raised an eyebrow at him before turning to face a direction away from him.

"You should stop thinking," she said.

"No, honestly," he scooted closer to her, "I actually have a solution for you."

Dong Mei raised an eyebrow at him.

"It's a simple plan really," he introduced with a smile, "it's 'FINDING ANOTHER MAN'."

Dong Mei's expression steeled over, "Cang Mang, are you looking for a beating today?"

Cang Mamg moved even closer, "I understand, I understand. Even a woman as bold as yourself has moments of shyness. So you can leave it all to me."

Dong Mei's expression didn't lighten up.

"Look!" He pulled out a piece of paper from his back pocket, "it's actually quite easy. I'll take your through a small thing called; speed dating."

"Huh?" Dong Mei wondered about the word, 'speed dating.'

He unfolded the paper and straighten out the wrinkles. On it we're stick drawings in various postures.

Cang Mang pointed at a particularly ugly one and said, "this is you."

Dong Mei's face wrinkled, "what?"

"And these, are the different men that I'll prepared for you to meet," Cang Mang introduced.

As soon as he finished speaking, he received a hit on the head from Dong Mei, "imbecile," she rebuked him.

Her reputation was already queer among people in the village. If she did such a thing, it would become worse.

Cang Mang gave her a questioning expression.

Dong Mei stood up and pointed at the paper and said with annoyance, "first of all, what did you draw such an ugly picture for?"

Cang Mang looked down at the paper as of to analyze the drawing. Then he said with a sense of justice, "I don't know what you're complaining about. My art skills are unparalleled."

Dong Mei raised her leg to kick him. He escaped by jumping away while laughing.

"Fine! fine," he raised his hands when he was at a safe distance, "if it makes you feel any better, the drawings on the paper are much prettier than they appear in real life."

Dong Mei paused and took a second to think over his words. When it finally clicked, she directly picked a stone from the ground and shouted, "CANG MANG!"

Cang Mang only laughed as he dodged stones for the length of time used to burn a quarter stick of incense. Only then did Dong Mei get tired and attempt to go back to the village.

"Where do you think you're going?" Cang Mang grabbed her back.

"You think I'm going to stay here to be embarrassed by you?" she asked back.

He spoke in a matter of fact way, "I have nothing to worry about," he placed a hand over her shoulder and looked at her confidently, "You are the grandmother of all thick-faced-men-chasing ancestors."

Dong Mei's face wrinkled all over, "Cang Mang, Yama has a special place for you."

"Not as special as yours," he shot back.

"Leave me!" Dong Mei pulled her hand back, "let me go."

"So that you can branch off to the Bai residence?" He tsked.

The truth was that she couldn't be trusted. Even she knew that. No one could say that she wouldn't try to get Bai Yangwei despite the situation. When her mind cleared a bit more, was dazed or completely unconscious, she was sure to be found running back to Bai Yang Wei.

Dong Mei turned to Cang Mang and crossed her arms, "why are you so persistent? It's just because of that Li Hua huh? What's so good about her?"

"I also wonder the same thing. What's so good about Bai Yang Wei?" he asked back.

What was good about Bai Yang Wei? The proper question to ask her was whether there was anything wrong with him. To her, the answer to that was simple; Bai Yang Wei was perfect. Completely perfect.

It was precisely because he was perfect that she knew her chances were slim. From the book, she understood that once Bai Yangwei was married, there was no chance of getting him back. No chance at all because he was the loyal kind of perfect.

Dong Mei stood up, seeming despondent. Her voice came softly, "you don't need to worry, I won't bother them anymore. It's already over."

"Like I will believe you," Cang Mang crossed his arms against his chest, refusing to buy her act.

"Believe what you like," Dong Mei dismissed easily.

"Mmh," Cang Mang agreed, "it's precisely because I believe what I like that I will not let you anywhere near the Bai residence."

Dong Mei was a bit anxious, "I really don't want to see that Bai anymore." She tried defending herself.

In reality, she was simply trying to make a way to be able to catch Bai Yangwei later. She knew from experience that if Cang Mang decided to keep a strict eye on her, she would really never see Bai Yangwei.

"Then prove it," he said.

"How?"

Cang Mang raised the paper in his hands to her face, "pursue someone else."

"You think it's that easy. That the heart can easily jump from one person to the next?" She asked.

"No, but you can learn," Cang Mang shrugged. When he saw Dong Mei wanting to defend herself, he added, "either that or you stay away from him. Either way, the result is the same."