We walked into the restaurant hand in hand and saw Ningyi waving at us and to no surprise she was not alone, brother Hanbing was there with her. We shared a glance before walking towards them, 'We have been waiting for you for a while, I did not know Mei Mei was coming along with you.' 'We were shopping together when you called, we already had plans to eat together, but why is brother Hanbing here?' I asked wanting to see her reaction, I sat down without looking at him and pretended not to feel his gaze on me.

  'I called him, he has been trying to contact you and he called me when he could not. You should not be so cold to him, he really loves you, I know your grandfather is arranging a marriage for you but you have to stand your ground and fight for your love.' Mei Mei tried not to let her emotions show and I just took the menu from the waiter and placed our order while looking at Mei Mei for confirmation.

  I took a sip of water before replying after the waiter left, 'He could not contact me because I did not want him to, you know I am already engaged, what is the purpose of all this.' 'I know you where forced, I wanted us to come up with a way together to dissolve your engagement.

  'Xue Li, why are you ignoring me, did I offend you, if I did can you let me know. It's only when you let me know what is wrong I will be able to fix it, we have talked about this before. Please don't shut me out.' he said while reaching for my hands and I pulled my hand away from his grip.

  'If I did not know any better I would have fallen for this Oscar worthy performance the both of you are displaying.' I let out a sigh while shaking my head. 'I guess this explains why you have been able to fool me all this while, I can never be as deceptive as the both of you no matter how hard I try.'

  'What do you mean Xue Li, this is not like you at all. I cant understand what you are trying to say.' he said while trying to reach for me again but I shifted to ensure he could not touch me.

  'I am talking about the fact that the both of you have been sleeping with each other and playing me for a fool.' there was a pregnant pause as soon as I said that and I could practically see the wheels turning in their head trying to guess how much I knew while thinking of a way to convince me otherwise.

  'What do you mean sleeping together, I think you may be making a mistake about something, I and brother Hanbing are just friends, he just takes care of me a little more because he pity's me, that's all.' Ningyi said trying to convince me and I smiled before replying.

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  'I am not stupid and you know me before I say anything I must have confirmed it, no need to make it look like I am chasing after stories, you and I know the truth. To be sincere I have stopped being angry, hurt or disappointed, I have just decided that we should all live our own lives from now on without interfering with each other, I will take it that my eyes where not clear enough to see your real character. This is why I decided to follow the arrangement of my grandfather.'

  'No, its not like that, let me explain.' brother Hanbing started speaking but he was cut off by Mei Mei, 'What do you mean its not like that, when you where sleeping with her best friend you both did not think about hurting her, she is being so calm about this. If I were to be the one I would have slapped her silly or at least destroyed her in the circle so she can never show her face before me again. She is being so graceful by letting it go, the least the both of you can do is stay away from her and let her live her life in peace.' she said while dragging me up from my sit.

  'If you guys continue to pester her I will make it my mission to ensure that you face the consequences of your actions. And don't doubt if I can do it because brother Hanbing your family may be rich but it is nothing compared to mine or hers and what we cant do together brother Jietang will be happy to do for us not to forget her badass fiancée. If you doubt me you can try me and see what will happen.'

  I was a little dumbfounded at what she said because we did not usually use our families wealth and power to coerce anybody but looking at the both of them, the sheer terror on their faces let me know they just realized the kind of power we where packing behind us.

  They sat quietly as we walked out of the restaurant, we started laughing as soon as we got outside, 'Their faces where so funny, this was totally worth it.' Mei Mei said. 'I did not know the mention of our families would cause that kind of reaction, did not know brother Hanbing was such a coward, always thought he could face anything bravely.' 'Guess he only showed you what he wanted you to see, now you are seeing his true colors and you should start getting used to these kind of reactions. Your grandfather is already scary, add in brother Jietang and that is beyond terrifying, with your fiancee added to the mix, that is just undefeatable.'

  I quietly thought about what she said and realized she was right, that would explain why Han Jingsen had said many people did not want the wedding to be successful, they were scared of the power we where packing. 'Well that is their business, I am going home, I need to make sure the staff is prepared to take care of grandpa when I leave on Monday, bye.' we hugged and went to our different cars.