“Miss! Don’t!”…
It was too late; another precious vase in the Huang family home had vanished into thin air.
Whenever Young Miss Luo Aimei got angry, not even heaven and earth could stop her.
From early morning until now, in just two hours, three vases and one flower pot had been mercilessly thrown by her.
And the source of all this anger, the only person who dared to provoke her, was none other than Young Master Huang of the Huang family, who was also her future fiancé.
Luo Aimei paced around the large, splendid living room, a baseball bat radiating murderous intent in her hand, muttering curses as she walked.
“Huang Haotian! You tricked me again! You’re truly a hateful scoundrel, a brainless pig-head!”…
Two or three servants continuously followed closely behind her, trying to appease her, fearing that another unfortunate pot or vase might “depart.”
“Miss, please calm down! Miss! Miss!”
…
“Beep! Beep!”
The sound of a car horn blared outside the grand gate of the luxurious mansion, and Housekeeper Zhang hurriedly ran out to open it.
Stepping out of a sleek black luxury car was a tall, aloof, noble, and cold handsome man.
He was Huang Haotian, the wealthiest young master in Beijing.
His face could always be summarized with one word: “cold.”
He rarely smiled; even if he did, it was never a truly joyful smile.
“What’s all this noise, Housekeeper Zhang?”
The housekeeper heard him ask and immediately bowed her head, stammering.
“Y-yes… Miss…”
He shook his head and walked into the house.
Just as he walked towards the door, a shoe was thrown straight at him, grazing his ear in an instant.
But he showed no sign of surprise or alarm.
Because these things… he was already too familiar with.
“Young Master… are you alright?”
Huang Haotian looked at the fuming Luo Aimei and asked in a cold voice.
“What trouble have you caused now?”
She angrily walked towards him and interrogated him.
“Causing trouble, you say? Huang Haotian, didn’t you promise yesterday that you’d take me with you to visit the product exhibition? Why did you go back on your word? Are you looking down on me?”
Huang Haotian replied indifferently.
“It’s your fault. I didn’t go back on my word.”
“My fault? What about me?”
He walked to the sofa and sat down, untied his tie and took off his suit jacket, handing them to the housekeeper, then crossed his legs and looked at her, asking.
“What time was the exhibition?”
Luo Aimei thought for a moment, then replied curtly.
“7 AM.”
“And what time did you sleep until?”
“I…”
Huang Haotian turned to the housekeeper and asked, a hint of challenge in his tone.
“Housekeeper, tell her what time she woke up!”
“Y-yes… it was 8:50 AM.”
Then he looked at her, raising an eyebrow and shrugging.
“See? It was almost 9 AM already; I might have already been done with work by then!”
Luo Aimei was unwilling to accept this; she didn’t want to hear his lengthy explanations. She plopped down onto the chair and glared at him with a sullen face.
“No way! In short, you have to make it up to me.”
“What do you want? A vase or a pot? Luo Aimei, you’re getting more and more destructive!”
“How dare you say I’m destructive?”
“Why not?”
“You…”
…
“What’s going on, Haotian?”
A sophisticated woman wearing a pure black cheongsam came down from upstairs, her hair streaked with gray, holding a small, maroon fan with a jade chain.
She was Madam Huang, Huang Haotian’s mother.
“Are you bullying Ai’er again?”
Aimei seized this opportunity, running straight to Madam and hugging her, bursting into tears.
“Auntie Huang! Haotian is bullying me!”
He remained seated, ignoring them, showing no reaction, and indifferently continued reading his newspaper.
She and Ai My went to sit down, and immediately she scolded him.
“Hao Tian! She’s a girl, why are you always so harsh with her?”
He kept his eyes glued to the newspaper and said coldly,
“It’s because you spoil her too much that she doesn’t respect me at all. Your son almost gloriously sacrificed himself at her hands!”
Madam Huang didn’t understand, and looked at Ai My, bewildered, asking,
“What does he mean by that, dear?”
She scratched her head and chuckled. Before she could find an excuse to explain, Hao Tian spoke up,
“It’s nothing serious, just a baseball bat that whizzed past my face.”
The Madam was very surprised to hear this. Normally, she was so frail and delicate; who would have thought she’d even try to throw a large baseball bat at Huang Hao Tian’s handsome face?
“Ai Nhi! Doing that is very dangerous!”
“Yes.”
She lowered her eyes, feigning remorse, but inwardly, she was far from contrite, still resentful about not being able to go to the exhibition, and also about Huang Hao Tian tattling to his mother. She gritted her teeth and cursed silently, “Huang Hao Tian, you scoundrel! You’re something else!”
“But still… Hao Tian! She’s your future fiancée, you shouldn’t be so cold and harsh with her anymore…”
Upon hearing this, Ai My struggled and turned her head away.
“As if I’d want to be his future fiancée!”
Hao Tian replied indifferently,
“I don’t need a stubborn, disobedient wife like that either.”
“You two…”
This was a problem that always gave Madam Huang a headache.
This story goes back twenty-seven years. At that time, the Huang and Luo families had become close. The two madams of the families were good friends, and had promised each other that if they later had a son and a daughter, they would become in-laws. Otherwise, they would remain good friends.
But it seemed that being good friends wasn’t easy, and finding in-laws wasn’t easy either.
Ever since the Luo family sent Ai My to the Huang family for upbringing and care, Madam Huang had already considered her her future daughter-in-law, and no one could replace her.
From when Hao Tian was very young, she had given him a responsibility.
“Xiao Hao, you must take care of, protect, and love Ai Nhi to the very end, do you understand?”
Hao Tian, at that time, innocently replied,
“Yes, Madam!”
Thinking back now, he must be regretting it terribly, right?
The Ai My of those days was vastly different from the Ai My of today.
Back then, she was a cute, clever, and lively little girl; though she always clung to him, she was never stubborn or troublesome.
“Brother Hao Tian, I want candy…”
“Brother Hao Tian, I’m scared of thunder…”
“Brother Hao Tian, I’m scared of worms…”
…
Back then, whether he was coming home from school, reading a book, or playing a game, she would always be clinging by his side.
Ai My was very obedient back then.
But for some reason, as she grew older, her personality changed. She became stubborn, irritable, prone to baseless anger, and loved to cause trouble, giving Huang Hao Tian a constant headache.
“I’m going to school, why are you following me?”
“I’m following you to keep an eye on you!”
“Keep an eye on me? For what?”
“What if some other girl catches your eye?”
That day, Ai My was determined to follow Hao Tian to school, even preparing a backpack and school uniform.
But the problem was, she was only nine years old then, while he was thirteen. How could they possibly study together?
To appease her, he could only say,
“You silly girl! No one can steal me away from Ai My.”
But she still had a burning determination in her eyes.
Having no other choice, Hao Tian had to trick her, telling her to go inside first, and he would come in right after buying ice cream. And she actually believed him.
She walked straight into the house's yard, but when she turned around, she saw him running very fast.
Realizing she had been tricked, she cried and ran after him.
“Hao Tian! Don’t leave me!”
Running so fast while wearing a short skirt, she slipped and fell, scraping and bleeding both her knees.
“Ahhhh”
Huang Haotian heard her scream and couldn't bear it, so he turned back.
“Ai Mi?!!”
So that day, he had to stay home from school to bandage her wounds.
Many times, he found his mother truly unreasonable. She would even scold him because of Ai Mi’s stubborn mischief. Each time, he felt an unbearable resentment, and one time he asked,
“Why do you love Ai Mi so much? I’m your biological son, aren’t I?”
His mother simply replied,
“You just need to know that you must treat her very well. You must not make her suffer, because she has already suffered too much.”
After that, he fell silent, slowly grew accustomed to Ai Mi’s nature, and didn't blame her for anything.
He remained as cold and indifferent as ever, but that didn't mean he didn't care for her, didn't worry about her. “President Huang! The young lady has… has arrived!”
In the middle of a meeting, a flustered employee ran in to announce.
Everyone immediately started buzzing with chatter.
“I heard she’s President Huang’s fiancée?”
“I heard that too! They say she’s very stubborn, with a difficult temperament.”
“But I heard she’s very beautiful!”
Just as everyone was buzzing with discussion, the recently closed meeting room door was kicked open violently.
Ai Mi happily walked in, flashing a radiant smile. She looked just like a little fairy.
“Hao Tian! I’ve come to visit you!”
Hao Tian covered his face with his hand and sighed. In the end, no employee could stop her.
He took another deep breath, then said in a low voice,
“Everyone, please leave! The meeting is over!”
They stopped discussing and walked out together.
As soon as the meeting room door closed, Huang Haotian looked at her sternly and asked,
“This is a company. Who gave you permission to act so casually? And bursting into my meeting room?”
Ai Mi replied innocently,
“But I came to visit you?”
He shook his head, speechless. She walked over and sat in the chair next to him, and began to complain about her personal driver.
“And that driver you sent for me… he works so slowly! I don’t like it at all.”
“So what do you want?”
She looked at him cheerfully.
“I want to learn how to drive a car…”
After hearing this, he looked at her with a fierce glare, emphasizing two words,
“ABSOLUTELY NOT!”
And…