Chapter 9: “You don’t like him already?”

"Xiaoyu, I…..." Mrs Huang paused before she continued to speak sniffling the second time.

"Xiaoyu, are you really going to ignore my request? Please just this time?" Mrs Huang pleading to Mrs Bai to listen to her. It seems there's a long story to this request which made Mrs Bai shake her head in negative response at the other side of the phone.

"Yes, I've made my decision." Mrs Bai smiled slightly.

"You're so stubborn." Mrs Huang blurted loudly before ending the call suddenly, slamming her phone on the desk in a frown. "You both never listen to me." She muttered staring at the picture frame.

Mrs Bai dropped the phone from her ear slowly as she stared at the screen.

She clicked some applications on her phone for a while before retiring to the bed to rest.

While the morning became more clearer with the sun shining brightly, Bai Xue was woken up by the door banging noise outside her room. She quickly stood up from the bed grabbing her phone along. She strode towards the door pushing it open in a rush.

"What's going on?" Bai Xue muttered stepping out of the room only to see Bai shu sitting on the couch with her legs crossed as she continues to spin the key on her finger. Bai Fengyi banged the door of her room continuously without caring about the people sleeping.

"Do you think you can outsmart me? You're not going anywhere." Bai Shu scolded loudly.

"Mom, please open the door. I have to go for my class." Bai Fengyi pleaded while banging the door.

Shortly after, Bai shu noticed someone standing watching them from a corner.

"What are you looking at?" Bai shu screamed at Bai Xue suddenly.

Bai Xue raised an eyebrow before strolling towards her mother's room.

"And why the noise early in the morning?" Bai Xue muttered and folded her arms after.

She opened the door gently while trying to peep at her mother only to be greeted by the sight of her mother sitting on the task chair and working on her desk. Mrs Bai had a pair of glasses on her eyes as she watched research videos on her tablet.

"Mom? Why aren't you sleeping?" Bai Xue asked with her two hands on her waist.

"Ah, Xue'er." Mrs Bai widened her eyes while looking through the glasses.

"I thought you came back this morning. You should be on your bed having a good rest." Bai Xue walked towards her mother and removed the glasses on her eyes. She placed them gently on her desk before sitting on the bed.

"Xue'er, I'm fine. I just needed to review some things." Mrs Bai stood up from the task chair and sat beside Bai Xue on the bed.

"Did you receive the documents I sent to you?" Mrs Bai stared at her directly.

"You sent me a document on my phone? I haven't checked it yet." Bai Xue quickly checked her phone to see if she received any mail. And it's indeed true. Mrs Bai sent her a file through her email.

She tapped on the file and read the documents. On the first page of the document, a picture of a man in black tuxedo was attached to it.

"He…" Bai Xue muttered as her head tilt to the side while staring at the picture.

"Do you know him?" Mrs Bai asked with a smile while staring at her.

"Not really, I just feel like I've met him somewhere before." Bai Xue stared at the picture again before scrolling down to see other information about him.

Mrs Bai sent a documented file to her daughter containing information about her soon to be husband.

"He's the Ceo of FX architects?" Bai Xue gasped and screamed loudly before covering her mouth with her eyes wide opened.

She quickly turned to her mother and point to the phone on her lap. "I'm getting married to… him? My soon to be boss?" Bai Xue asked with her eyes wide opened.

"What's wrong? You don't like him already?" Mrs Bai chuckled.

"Mom, this is not funny. He…. I can't do this." Bai Xue whined to her mother. "What if he's cold to me? What if he won't like me?" Bai Xue batting her eyelids continuously.

"How do you know he'll be cold to you? Why don't you meet him first before complaining he won't like you?" Mrs Bai pinched her nose.

"But…. I'm scared. What if he doesn't give me attention? This is an arranged marriage, it won't be easy to fall in love with someone you don't know." Bai Xue muttered.

"Do you trust me?" Mrs Bai asked while patting her head.

Bai Xue nodded. "Then it's good. I'm sure you'll have a good relationship with him." Mrs Bai assured. Next second, she stood up and grabbed her bag handing Bai Xue her card.

"Here, make sure you get a beautiful dress for yourself. Remember you'll be going on a date soon? And I want you to look your best." Mrs Bai smiled softly.

"Yes mom, I remember." Just then she mumbled and sighed.

"When is your interview?" Mrs Bai asked while sitting on the chair.

"Tomorrow morning." Bai Xue pouted.

"Okay, I'll send your number to him so he can call you later about the date." Mrs Bai announced while typing on her phone.

Bai Xue heard her mother well and her heart beat increased. She swallowed her saliva and then placed a palm on her chest to massaged it gently. "Bai Xue it's just a call not a death note." She muttered to herself before strolling out to her room.

Towards noon time, Bai Xue dress up to meet her friends in a cozy restaurant nearby the school premises. They decided to meet there since Fei Xuan will be rounding up her practice session and the restaurant is one of the favorites spots for students.

Bai Xue was the first to arrive at the spot and reserved the seat for her friends. In any way or anything she does, she's always the punctual type.

"Why are you both so late? I've been waiting for hours." Bai Xue waved and pouted immediately she saw her friends.

"What do you mean for hours? We know you always exaggerate when it comes to time. So, you only spent few minutes here." Fei Xuan replied while dragging the chair out to sit.

"That's true. Our punctual friend." Su Jia chuckled.

"It's not funny. I was eager to see you both." Bai Xue mumbled.

They continued to chat as laughter filled the hall completely. Su Jia even went on to hit the table as her laughter grew louder. Bai Xue and Fei Xuan had to shush her up to reduce the noise as eyes were already glaring at them.

"Su Jia, you need to reduce the volume of your laughter." Bai Xue whispered.

"I think she has a speaker in her throat." Fei Xuan chimed before sipping her juice.

The other two laughed out immediately Fei Xuan finished her statement causing Su Jia to hit Bai Xue's shoulder hard.