Trouble Over Engagement Dress

Su Li

"Argh!" Who the hell is calling me on a Sunday morning? I am sure they must be having a death wish.

I picked up my phone which had been ringing for the past 5 minutes.

"Hello." I say annoyedly hoping that the person on the other line would get the message that I am pissed off for being woken up and would try to let me sleep.

"It's me." A deep and pleasant voice sounded from the other side.

I sat up recognizing Qin Feng's voice.

I am wide awake now.

"What?" My voice came out tense and when I realized how nervous I sounded I changed my tone.

"It better be something important if you are calling me so early in the morning."

"Can you do me a favor? " I can confirm that he must be as shocked as me right now.

Why would he ask me for a favor though.

"What is it?"

What the fu*k? It's him Who is asking for a favor then why the hell I am nervous.

He hesitated for a while then said

"Bai'er wants a different dress for her engagement, can you help her sorting that out."

"Are you serious?" My voice is a pitch higher now.

"Her engagement is tomorrow." I state as it is not obvious to him.

"She told us about it this morning and she won't ask you for help. We can't do much anyways, so can you please help with this."

What the hell!!

"I don't understand why she would do that.

She selected that purple gown herself and she was looking absolutely stunning in it."

I don't think she is the type of girl who throws tantrums at the last moment, so why is this happening? And how I can help in that. He is the rich guy here, did he forget that? I am helpless in this situation.

That was a custom made design from a famous designer. There's no way that she doesn't like that piece.

Even if she did not like it she could have told us beforehand. And what does he mean that I should help her.

She can go and just purchase something of her choice.

My mood worsened at this piece of news and for the first time I didn't lash out at Qin Feng.

That guy added please for God's sake.

"Okay let me talk to her." I hung up.

I think I will go crazy in this particular project.

I called her and asked her what the situation is.

She tells me that she doesn't like the design and I refuse to believe it.

She was jumping from excitement when she saw that dress.

I sigh. Qin Bai refused to tell me any more details.

She asked me to help her pick a dress at a high end mall and I agreed. What else can I do?

I am not seeing them after tomorrow anyways.

I don't understand why I am going with her in the first place. It's not my job to do that.

I reach the mall and find the shop that BaiBai mentioned.

She is not alone but Lin Wen is also with her.

Though I am not seeing him for the first time, it is my first time meeting him

I have a bold guess in my heart for why she rejected that purple gown, but I brush that thought off.

It's not my place to say anything. And I should not judge anyone without knowing them.

"What about this?" Qin Bai asked as she tried on the 5th gown since we had entered the store.

"Darling, Don't you think this dress is showing too much of your leg."

Is he serious, that's a beautiful maroon gown with a slit on her mid thigh.

Just like that he found fault in yet again perfect dress.

He has been doing that for all the gowns she tried before.

Initially I thought that I was just third wheeling. But as I spent time with them I found his words piercing.

Somehow he managed to reject almost every beautiful dress. He would praise those which did not compliment her figure.

I doubt if god gave him eyes or not. He certainly forgot that.

I don't think I can control for long before I would say something to him.

I am sure he is doing this on purpose. I just don't understand why he is doing that.

BaiBai asked for help in wearing one of the dresses, and since the sales lady was a little busy. I offered to help.

It also gave me the opportunity to be alone with her for a few minutes.

"Can I ask you a question?" I asked carefully

"Yes." She said, like she isn't feeling pissed at all. But I am, ok.

"Why did you reject the purple gown? I mean you looked best in that compared to all the dresses you have tried today."

"Really? but that gown's style is very unique. I might look like a show off who doesn't care about anyone's feelings. " After taking in the whole situation even an idiot would tell you that these are not her words.

And what show off? It's her engagement. Who won't want to look their best at such an occasion.

I don't believe that he loves her.

What I am curious about right now is why Bai'er can't see something so obvious. Love sure makes you blind.

What am I supposed to do now? At this pace she won't be selecting a gown to wear, tomorrow is her engagement.

Anyways, I am not letting her wear some stupid dress and look like a clown when she shouldn't.

I can't say anything in this matter though.

I have no authority, but someone else has.

I made an excuse after she tried another dress and left them alone.

I called Qin Feng.

"Hello,"

It seems like he is in a meeting because I hear someone presenting something in the background.

"Can you talk right now?" I ask.

"A minute." I guess he said something to the people behind him, I don't know but they stopped."

"Yes." He said, asking me to continue.

What was I going to say again?

"Firstly I don't think I can help in this situation at all, and I think you also know what's the exact problem."

He won't have called me in the first place if he was unaware of the whole thing.

They would have just arranged another dress. I know the Qin family is capable of that.

"It might look rude to you because I am going to badmouth someone from your family, and I don't know if you believe me or not but that's the truth. " I tell him how Lin Wen managed to reject every single dress and would compliment her when the dress did not fit her.

"I am not saying that he is doing this on purpose, but I don't know why this is happening. " I say.

"I know." He replies.

What do you know? Can you get more clear at least. Is he saying that he was aware of Lin Wen?

"I can't do anything anyway." He says.

"Of course you can."

"Enlighten me then."

"You can do something that you are best at." I say.

"And what's that?" He sounded like he was losing his patience and for a moment I thought he was smiling.

Maybe I am hallucinating.

"Threaten him." I state the obvious.

"Do you think I didn't think about it? I can't do that."

He won't do that because he cares about BaiBai.

"Of course you can. Judging by how he is behaving, I am sure he won't tell BaiBai about anything if you tell him to shut up."

He doesn't respond but I know he is pondering.

"Think about it. This time it's just about a dress, and if you warn him to be in his limits, he won't dare to try something else."

I know I hit the nail on the head and he's convinced but what he says next still gives me shock.

"Thanks, " He hung up after saying that.

So he is actually human. He knows how to talk.

I don't know what happened but BaiBai called after an hour saying that since they did not like any dresses she tried today, she will be wearing that purple gown.

I don't understand why Lin Wen would fuss over a dress, but again it's not my place to butt in.

I think I should be more concerned about things between Qin Feng and me.

We had a proper conversation today, and I like him. I just do. And that scares me the most. I don't even know that guy, despite the fact that I can understand almost everything about him.

Anyway whatever it is, it needs to stop. And hopefully it will after tomorrow.

Till now I was carefree about the engagement, but after what happened today I am not sure whether tomorrow will go as smoothly as we planned. I just hope I get over with whatever this is and continue to live a peaceful life.