Runway

[POV Bai Chang]

Donna took me around to introduce me to various people while from the corner of my eyes I followed Qiangs move.

Poor guy, everywhere he goes around, people would start talking in hushed tones.

I see Qiang walking around proudly like a peacock exhibiting his fan.

I still can't believe that I just proposed to him and we got engaged just an hour back in my drawing-room.

We exchanged our 'I Do's'.

When I decide something, I like to take action on it immediately. For quite some time I had this thought to make our relationship less ambiguous.

We are both adults.

I need not play 'Virgin Mary' either.

I felt it is good to make it less painful for Qiang. While I take my own time to come to terms with all this later.

Having some fun while we are at it is not a bad idea, after all, we are legally married.

For our engagement ring, I hunted quite many pieces of stuff, like, rose gold, a raw diamond of 25 carats, Palladium as well as moulds and customised jewellery designing equipment.

During our ring making process, I had the most fun while I engraved it.

He always says that I am his Queen, so I wanted to see his reaction on seeing the ring I made for him.

I have to say Qiang didn't disappoint me at all.

He was taken by surprise but what surprised me more was his expressions after that.

It seemed he couldn't believe that I would propose to him.

"Bai Chang, say hello to Mr Ma, is a big investor and a very humble man."

Donna is introducing me to yet another conglomerate.

I just give a polite smile and left it.

"I am sorry Donna but I will be taking my wife, with me. Everyone, the 'Runway' is about to start please enjoy the show."

He took my hand steered me clear off from the group of fat investors.

"Did Donna try to turn you into a socialite?"

"Yes, I guess she tried but failed in her endeavour quite spectacularly."

We look at each other and laughed.

We moved to toward the 'T', our seats are arranged on the front row, centre.

As I take my seat, there is a brief period of silence and the humming sound of the people whispering to each other increased. I looked towards Qiang and raised my eyebrow-

"Did you live the life of a monk, while I was asleep? How many maiden hearts did you break?

How many peach blossoms did you grow outside your own flower bed?"

"My Queen, believe me, I lived my life with a proper code of conduct. I never cheated on you, never took a female secretary or nurse. I swear on Xiao Wei's life, I really didn't."

I see my tease has really left him terrified.

"Please, believe me, do not break our engagement."

"Why did you think of that?"

(I am surprised he thought that I would break up with him. Interesting)

"Are you guilty of something? Are you hiding something from me?"

"I will tell you that after the event after we reach home."

"Okay but this isn't over yet," I said in a slightly stern voice.

(While I gloated inside at his timidness. He looks so cute that I can't help teasing him a little.)

We stopped our discussion and so did the people around as the lights around the 'T-stage' dimmed to prepare for the start of the show.

First, the celebrated anchor Ms Choi took over the stage and explained the theme of the collection to the people. Her presentation is good and it sets a positive mood around the stage.

(I strongly believe that a fashion show is not all about the designs that models adorn themselves with or the music to prepare the stage, it also includes the atmosphere of the event venue, the crowd control factors. As well as the sensory stimulus.)

I watched on as the show progressed, first the music played is a mix of ASMR of various fall sounds and the light background music of "Autumn Sweater" by Yo La Tengo.

I related to this music the most for this collection.

The music supported by sounds of fall winds and warm sunshine feels as well as sounds of falling leaves from different types of trees.

I looked around to gather people's reaction to everything the show, the dress as well as their surroundings.

So far, so good.

Eventually, the show came to an end, the models step on the stage one last time while Donna and Master Shi take the walk of honour on the stage.

They bowed to the models and then to the crowds.

From the response, I gather that we just got ourselves a successful 'Runway'.