HIS STOLEN SPOTLIGHT! (1)

"Ack, Shi Qiang, you are killing me!" I complained as Shi Qiang helped me to dress up for today's date.

"Hold your breath, Jie! You can fit this!" Shi Qiang used almost all her strength until her face turned red and veins started popping on her temple. "A BIT MORE!"

"ACCK! HUFF!" I took a deep breath as Shi Qiang finally buttoned the tight-fitting skirt. Shi Qiang wiped the sweat on her forehead and took few steps back to see my figure right now. "How is it? I am already at my limit, smaller than this skirt, and everything will burst!"

"Jie, this is literally the biggest sized skirt I got," Shi Qiang sighed. "I've checked your wardrobe and saw that all you have are oversized shirts and skirts, I can't even—"

"T—Then, is this alright? Do I look proper enough?" I stood straight with my hand on my waist. "Do you think this looks good?" I asked.

"It lacks one thing, hold on," Shi Qiang opened her wardrobe and put on a big belt to cover the excess fat bulging on my waist. "Okay, you are perfect now, Ying Jie!"

I stared at my own face in the mirror, who looked almost nothing like my usual self, "I feel like Ju-Kyung from True Beauty. Your makeup skill is superb, Qiang," I complimented. Because Shi Qiang's make up skill was truly leaps and bound compared to mine.

Shi Qiang raised her chin arrogantly. "Of course, now you are ready for the date. Have you chatted with that Handsome Meng God?"

"Well, he is not very chatty. In fact, when I asked where should we meet, he just sent me a text and then didn't answer anymore," I frowned annoyedly. "See this. This is what he sent to me last night!"

*Handsome Meng God: 10 in the morning, TanTan Café near Lunaris Hotel.*

"Wow, he makes himself so mysterious. I'm kind of expecting," Shi Qiang commented.

"Mysterious my as-! Is this what I got for renting a 100 Yuan boyfriend? Where is customer service! The customer is King! I will complain to their customer service for this mistreatment!"

"Besides, why are you making me dressing up for a first date like this! You know that I rented him, RENTED HIM! I can come with jogger pants and a slipper, and he should cater to my preference instead!"

"Ying Jie… you rented someone for 100 Yuan for the whole day. Do you think that guy and the company will listen to you? At best, you will be blacklisted if you dare to complain," Shi Qiang snickered. "Well, maybe he truly is a Billionaire's son with too much free time. And he is doing this as a joke, but it turns out his mother wants to match him with a girl he doesn't like, so he will use you as a fake girlfriend… and marriage, maybe."

"Shi Qiang… don't watch too much drama," I suggested.

"Ah, I don't really watch drama, Jie. But I think I read way too many Webnovel. Maybe I should write one instead," Shi Qiang giggled. "Oh well, if you happen to hit the jackpot and meet a Billionaire or CEO, don't forget to link me. Maybe I can get my own billionaire boyfriend there."

"You can just date your CEO, Feng Xiaojun," I suggested again. If I remembered, Mr Feng Xiaojun was one of the most desirable bachelors in the country. "You are really beautiful, go seduce him or something!"

"Hah? Feng Xiaojun? He doesn't even—Ah whatever! Pei! Pei! I won't go with him!" Shi Qiang reacted rather strongly, which made me wonder what happened with her.

"Well, I need to go now. I promised to meet him in that TanTan Café," I said. I used the heels that would surely break my leg if I slipped. I used a taxi to TanTan Café and entered the café without much thought.

*Ying: I am already here, where are you?*

Ding!

*Handsome Meng God: Okay, wait for me there.*

"Aish, this guy is so annoying! He is the one who set up the place, and he is also the one who's late!" I slammed my phone on the table and ordered an iced coffee.

I waited for a while with my ice coffee. My eyes observed around the café and found out that the café was too empty. There were two men with black sunglasses sitting not far from me, and there was also a man near the terrace leaning while calling someone. But his eyes didn't leave my spot even for a moment. His posture told me that he was a soldier.

'What? Is Shi Qiang's makeup skill too potent for these men? Am I too pretty now?' I thought. I blushed and started checking my front camera.

I glanced at the handsome soldier in front and saw that he just blocked a girl who wanted to enter the café. He just shook his head and said nothing. The girl was scared by the handsome yet intimidating man, so she just left.

I started imagining whether the soldier was really into me. 'Maybe I should ditch this cheap rented boyfriend date. That handsome soldier seems to be looking at me many times.'

'My, I should ask Shi Qiang to do my make up more often!'

After waiting for almost thirty minutes, the handsome soldier allowed a man to enter the café. I looked up when the new customer who should have been a magazine model came to me.

The man was probably a mix Asian-Caucasian because of his beautiful peach blossom eyes but strong jawline. He was around 186 centimetres tall, had black hair with a short and neat haircut with a side bang which reminded me of CEO Lee from 'What's Wrong with Secretary Kim?'.

He wore a black turtleneck and ripped jeans.

'What a stunning man… wow…' I gawked at this guy for a moment. Just a moment before, I glanced at that handsome soldier again. 'Ah, but that handsome soldier is more of my type.'

The guy was annoyed when Shi Ying didn't pay much attention to his handsome self. He sat on the chair directly facing Shi Ying, intentionally trying to block Shi Ying's line of sight to the handsome soldier outside.

Before the guy could even say anything, Shi Ying tilted her head to see the handsome soldier more.

"Ah, what a handsome soldier."