บท 35: Their past (10)

After she made sure he left, Li Bingbing closed the door and placed the stuffed toy on top of the paper bag.

The smile on her face disappeared when she went back to the living room. "You were asking how much it'll cost for me to go with you. Give my mother two million. Aside from that, you are to never show yourself to my mother ever again."

"Li Bingbing!" Mu Xijiu was about to rush to Li Bingbing's side, but she was blocked by Li Hua's men.

Li Hua chuckled, "That's easy." He took out his checkbook and wrote two million on it before he signed it. He tore it from the checkbook and placed it on the coffee table.

"I don't want your money! Li Hua! Don't take my daughter!"

The men tried holding Mu Xijiu down since she was starting to resist.

"Mom, it's alright." Li Bingbing gave her a reassuring smile.

Mu Xijiu's lips were stretched into a thin line as she watched her daughter sacrifice herself.

Li Hua stood up and walked towards Li Bingbing, "Well then, we should get going. We still have dinner to catch."

"Let me say a proper goodbye to my mother one last time." Li Bingbing said without looking away from her mother.

"Make it fast."

Li Bingbing went to her mother and gave her a hug.

Mu Xijiu burst out into tears, hugging her daughter tight, "Bingbing, please don't do this..., tears showered down her face, "don't leave me..."

Li Bingbing patted her back gently, "I'll be back soon, don't worry." She whispered softly into her mother's ear before she pulled herself away. She, smiling gently, held a hand out and wiped her mother's tears with the tips of her fingers, "Mom, this is not the end, okay? We will see each other soon."

"Bingbing..."

Li Bingbing turned on her heels and followed Li Hua out of the place.

"You shouldn't make empty promises to her." Li Hua commented.

Li Bingbing didn't say anything. Instead, she entered the car with him.

"Stop acting immature. You should act more like a proper lady."

Li Bingbing snickered inwardly. Oh? So she's acting immature? She'll show him how immature she can be... later.

Hearing no response from his daughter, Li Hua continued, "You'll be meeting your fiancé tonight, if you don't want your mother to be ruined then you better behave yourself."

Fiancé? Li Bingbing furrowed her brows together after hearing the bomb he dropped. Who does he think he is?

She turned to him and raised a brow, "Oh and now you're deciding who I should be marrying?"

"He's the son of my business partner. Don't worry, he's a young and good man; you'll have an easy life with him, and you won't have a problem when it comes to money either, he paused for a second, "You'll like him."

"You think I'll like him?" Li Bingbing's brow rose so high that it had no space to rise any further.

Now she understood why her father wanted to take her. He was planning to use her for his selfish needs. This arranged marriage was to strengthen the bond between the two companies, and since Li Bingbing was Li Hua's daughter, she was the perfect candidate for this arranged marriage because the child of his new wife was still too young.

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After passing by a luxurious shopping center, Li Bingbing was now wearing a beautiful and expensive yellow dress which made her innocent beauty standout.

Li Hua was pleased when he saw how beautiful and behaved his daughter was so he was confident that things would go well during their dinner with his business partner's family.

As they reached a five-star Japanese restaurant, they headed to the room that was reserved for them.

Sitting beside a middle-aged man was a handsome raven-haired man.

When the man and his father saw Li Bingbing, they were stunned by her beauty.

"I'm sorry we're late." Li Hua said as he walked towards them with Li Bingbing. "This is the daughter I've been telling you, Li Bingbing."

Fei Qisheng laughed lightly, "She's prettier than the photos you've shown me, Mr. Li."

Li Bingbing rolled her eyes inwardly. So her father has been planning this the whole time eh...

She was brought to the seat beside Fei Yang, Fei Qisheng's son.

The waitress inside, poured everyone's glasses with wine before she handed out the menu to them.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Fei Yang." Fei Yang said with a charming smile on his lips.

"Yeah, I heard." Li Bingbing answered blankly while she was looking at the menu.

Li Hua narrowed his eyes at the way Li Bingbing answered Fei Yang although Li Bingbing ignored his cold stares. This is where her game would start.

"Excuse me, " Li Bingbing turned to the waitress. "I would like to order some Kobe steak and sesame chicken and Saikoro beef Teppan. Aside from that, I want some Katsu curry rice too. Oh, this looked delicious, I'll get this too."

The waitress was surprised with how big her orders were but nonetheless, she wrote down everything down in her notepad. "Is there anything else?"

"Eh? You want me to choose more? Well then, I don't really mind having more. I would like to order this Hiyashi special, Harumaki looked nice, I'll get this too. As for my dessert..." She paused and turned to the last page of the menu, "Tricolored diamond shaped Hishi Moshi, strawberry Amazake pudding, strawberry Bavarian cream, Mitarashi Dango rice dumplings and Sake berry bombs with Yuzu syrup."

When Li Bingbing closed the menu, she noticed the men in the room looking at her with a surprised look on their faces.

Was she starved for so many years? This was so unladylike!

Li Bingbing raised a brow, "What?"

"B... Bingbing dear, don't you think that's too much?" Li Hua forced out a smile as he tried his best to stay calm.

Bingbing dear? Li Bingbing wanted to gag out when she heard the way Li Hua addressed her

"Too much?" Li Bingbing scoffed, "This much won't even fill my stomach. Do you want me to order more, after all, tonight is your treat right, Mr. Li?"

Fei Qisheng cleared his throat before he spoke up, "I didn't know your daughter is a big eater. Are you starving her, Li Hua?" He asked in a joking manner.

Li Hua forced out a laugh, "Hahaha... No, she just eats this way. No matter how much she eats, she never gets fat."

"Isn't that nice?" Fei Qisheng smiled, "Why don't we get our orders settled?"

After everyone ordered, the two middle-aged men were busy talking with each other while Fei Yang was trying to talk with Li Bingbing.

"I heard that you're still studying, what year are you?" He asked.

"Since you heard from someone that I'm still studying, why don't you ask whoever your source is what year I am?"

"Li Bingbing..." Li Hua gave her a warning stare before he turned to Fei Yang and smiled a bit, "Please excuse my daughter, she's just in her red day."

Fei Yang smiled, "I see, no wonder she's this way. Oh well, I bet she'll surely feel better once the food arrives."

Fei Yang tried his best to be patient with Li Bingbing since she was one hot babe. Who wouldn't want a beautiful girl like her?