MY MENG BAO! (3)

[Yang Menghuo POV]

"Heh, I see…" Yang Menghuo nodded with a thin smile on his face. "It's better without romance, right?"

"Of course! Robin Yang, I am already twenty-seven years old. I'm not young anymore. I know that we cannot force love, but what can we do if we only have love but no money when we get married? Love cannot turn into the rice. Love cannot turn into a house, a proper education for my child in the future," Shi Ying said.

"That is why, if I am about to get married to a man, he must be able to provide. Or at least, not to be my burden if he wants me to work instead," Shi Ying added.

Yang Menghuo stared at Shi Ying whilst walking on the pedestrian road. Shi Ying didn't seem to have any issue saying that, which was completely different from his perspective. Menghuo was a Pisces, the one who was just a hopeless romantic. Although he understood the harsh reality of life, he still held his belief in finding his soulmate.

And that soulmate was Batman-Jie, one and only.

Batman-Jie already said yes to him once when he proposed fifteen years ago, so his Batman-Jie must've been waiting for his proposal right now.

***

Young Yang Menghuo or MengMeng kneeled in front of Batman-Jie, with a ring that he stole from his grandma's big rosewood chest full of gold and jewellery. He presented the diamond ring on Batman-Jie and said, "Batman-Jie, please be my wife! I will give you love!"

"…" No answer from the stunned Batman-Jie whose eyes didn't leave that expensive ring. Young MengMeng thought his offer was not enough. So he tried to find more reason so Batman-Jie would accept him. Thus he added more to the table, "MengMeng will give you um… money, cars, gold, house… MengMeng has many of it, Batman-Jie!"

Batman-Jie snatched the ring from Young MengMeng's hand and answered, "I accept! MengMeng must fulfil your promise when you are older, okay? I will keep this ring, and you should give me a lot of money, cars, gold, and houses when we got married."

MengMeng was really happy when Batman-Jie accepted his proposal. He nodded excitedly and replied, "YES! MengMeng will give you anything! Because MengMeng loves Batman-Jie!"

"Good kid, I will be rich in the future, RICH! MWAHAHAHAHA!" Batman-Jie laughed like no other. MengMeng only stared at Batman-Jie with awe. His little heart was full of warmth as he looked at his beloved Batman-Jie.

'Batman-Jie is so strong, but laughing so cute. I love her cute laugh,' MengMeng thought.

"MWAHAHAHA! RICH! RICHHHH!" Batman-Jie laughed even more.

***

Like a cherry blossom inside Menghuo's heart, he felt warm all over when he remembered that moment. He still remembered his cute Batman-Jie, who raised the diamond ring with his hand and say, 'With this, I will be rich, MWAHAHAHA!'

'Ah… so cute, I really miss my Batman-Jie…' Menghuo's search for Batman-Jie was still delayed because Batman-Jie never told him about her or his identity. It was tough to track a person based on someone's childhood memory.

But Menghuo would never give up on his Batman-Jie!

Menghuo glanced at Ying Jie, who was enjoying the scenery while her hand was tucked on the crook of Menghuo's arm. Ying Jie was actually beautiful and very realistic, a good candidate to silence his overbearing mother.

But why did he feel a bit disappointed when Ying Jie said that she didn't need love to marry?

Yang Menghuo shook his head to clear his muddled mind. He was being ridiculous right now. Whether Ying Jie wanted to marry out of necessity or love, it wasn't his problem at all. All he needed right now was to use Ying Jie as a mean to silence his mother while he searched for Batman-Jie.

'This is just a phase until I can meet Batman-Jie!'

Thus, after he assured himself, Yang Menghuo and Shi Ying entered the big movie theatre, a separate building solely for arcade and cinema.

When they entered the cinema, all the workers and security guards tensed immediately. Their eyes widened when they saw Yang Menghuo, which was obvious because Yang Menghuo was their boss.

Shi Ying walked first to buy the ticket and asked, "Meng Bao, do you want to watch something? Don't worry ah, today will be my treat! You can watch any movie you want. Just don't buy that expensive popcorn!" Shi Ying said with a chuckle.

Just like in KFC, everyone was so tense, and they were starting to get a cold sweat because of the pressure. Menghuo smiled and answered, "You can pick any movie, Jie. I will go to the toilet first."

Yang Menghuo left Shi Ying, who was busy picking on movies. He didn't go to the toilet. He just went straight to the manager room. He opened the door and saw his employee, fifty years old Uncle Fu, was busy watching some Douyin videos.

Uncle Fu glanced at the door and put down his phone immediately. He got up from his seat and bowed his head, "S—Sir…"

Yang Menghuo looked at Uncle Fu nonchalantly and said, "I have a date today. Go empty the Velvet theatre for us."

The Velvet Theatre was the most expensive. One ticket could cost 2000 Yuan or 300 dollars. To empty the velvet room that had been fully booked would waste 40000 Yuan.

"Sir, but it has been fully booked," Uncle Fu said.

"Just reschedule or refund them all. I don't care. It's just money anyway," Yang Menghuo said nonchalantly. "Just be sure not to make it too obvious. She doesn't know my real identity. Just say that she won a lottery and got the whole velvet room for her or something."

Yang Menghuo left the manager room and returned to Shi Ying, who had just bought a ticket for two of them.

"Meng Bao, I bought this ticket for us! I know you will get bored watching a romance movie, so I bought a ticket for a horror movie instead!" Shi Ying said.

The cool Yang Menghuo tensed immediately when Shi Ying said that she bought horror movie tickets. He was not good with horror at all.

"Y—Ying Jie, maybe you want to watch romance instead? I—I don't mind."