I know this chapter is quite short compared to those in my other book. I hope I can write more words starting with chapter 4. 

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30th March 2020

Yibo's POV

The next day I woke up at 6 am and hurried down to the kitchen to make myself a quick breakfast as I had to be at the pastry shop in one and a half hours. Thankfully I had no lessons today and could stay there the whole time while baking cupcakes, pretzels and more.

When I entered the kitchen I saw my father sitting at the counter and reading the newspaper while enjoying a cup of hot tea.

"Good morning, Father" I greeted him but he only grunted and did not farther minded me. I carefully took some eggs out of the refrigerator and roasted them. As I could not stand the taste of tea I made some coffee as well and when everything was ready I sat down.

Like usually no one spoke a word and everything was quiet until suddenly father's phone rang. He quickly put aside the newspaper after he saw the Caller-ID. He answered the phone after he looked at me very strictly to signal me to keep quiet.

"Hello Qilin, what can I do for you my friend?"

'So that Qilin really seemed to be someone important. No wonder he is always polite in front of him.' I thought and listened.

"A request? Sure, what is it? ....... You want to meet? ..... What is so serious that you need to meet me in person instead of just telling me over the phone? .... Okay, okay. When do you want to meet? ...... 1 pm? Where? ....... Alright I will be there. See you later."  

He finished the call and turned to me. "As you just heard I have a meeting at 1 pm. I don't know what it is but as Feng Ming Jing has his day off today,  you will have to be on standby in case I need some documents or other things. And this time I hope you are on time!" He ordered and left for his office when I nodded obediently.

After I took a quick shower I climbed on my bicycle and rode to the pastry shop where I was greeted by Aunty. She allowed me to call her that after I started working there. She waved me in and told me we had an emergency order. We had to make a big chocolate cake for a child's birthday which takes place in 6 hours. This was an easy task for me so next to the cake I made the cupcakes my brother asked me for. When the cake was done, I started with the pretzels for Yuan.

The cake was picked up by the mother of that child. She became a regular customer after her best friend recommended my cakes while calling me 'the earth's best baker'. I laughed at that comment but thanked her wholeheartedly. I loved to hear positive comments about my skills. I also liked to hear the negative ones because only with them I could improve.

When the cupcakes and pretzels were finished as well I started to made various kinds of breads while I sung my favorite song. Aunty and Uncle liked to hear me sing and therefore they hugged each other and started to dance. I only chuckled. Sometimes I wished they would be my real Aunt and Uncle. 

Just as I put the dough in the oven I got a call and when I looked at the Caller-ID I moaned annoyed but answered it.

"Yes, Father?" I asked.

"Where the hell are you?" He answered angry.

"At the pastry shop. Why?" I asked nervously

"Didn't I tell you to be on standby? That means you had to stay at home! Whatever! Come home immediately!" He ordered and cut the call.

His voice was so loud that Aunty and Uncle heard him as well. They only nodded at me reassuringly and promised me to take care of the rest before I left.  

The moment I opened the front door my father already awaits me in the hallway and dragged me into the living room. It hurt but I did not comment on that.

"I have news. Yesterday you met my business partner and his daughter. Today I want you to go on a date with her!" He decided.

"What? D-Daughter? Date?" I was confused.

"Long story short: His daughter was the beautiful woman you bumped into and she has taken an interest on you. Therefore you will go on a date with her at 6 pm today which means in 3 hours." He said confident.

"Father, I need to go to work! I don't want to go on this stupid date!" I said but knew he did not really care about that.

"I said you will go on a date with her! Forget this god damn part time job and take a shower now. I already bought a nice suit for you. You will find it on your bed. If you don't go on that date, I may lose my business deal with Qilin." He answered angrily.

"What is this business deal about anyway?" I asked him annoyed.

"He offered me a contract for life. Can you even imagine that? If we work together I will get richer! My status will increase too. And now imagine working together for a whole life!? That is the big chance I was waiting for so don't you dare to mess this up or you will wish you had never been born. And now hurry up!" He answered angrily.

'I already wished for that a long time ago....' I thought and slowly made my way to the bathroom to take a shower.

The moment I stepped out of it I was greeted by a hairstylist who eagerly started to work on my hair. 'Why do I even need to go through that? Isn't it just a date to secure his business deal ....' I thought annoyed but let the stylist do his work which took him about 30 minutes.  

When he was done he left as fast as he appeared. I took out my phone and called the nightclub to inform them I could not come. They were not really happy about it but as it was my first time they accepted it without a deduction of my salary. I sighed in relieve.

I dressed myself in that unnecessary expensive suit and walked down the stairs only to be greeted by my father who looked at me as he would examine a painting in a museum. After a few seconds he grinned satisfied and gave me the address of the restaurant. Surprisingly it was not one of my father's.

"The car is waiting and don't you dare to mention the business deal in front of your date! You better not mess this up or else...." He did not finish his sentences. It wasn't necessary anyway.

Just like that I had to climb into the limousine and was driven to the restaurant. Apparently the whole location was booked by my father because no one else except me and the waiters were present. As my date did not arrive yet I decided to wait for her in front of the building.

I was kind of scared. 'If I should really mess this up, father will surely be very angry... I need to survive until I will be able to move out...' I thought nervously.

Just then a silver Rolls Royce arrived and hold in front of me. I took a deep breath to calm down and opened the car door helping out the woman from yesterday. She wore a white dress with pink flowers embroidered. A waiter showed us our table and I held her hand while escorting her.

'Damn it! I never went on a date... what am I supposed to do? Talking with her about the weather? Or about her dress maybe?' I thought desperately.

I pulled out a chair end helped her to sit on it. I sat down across of her. It was awkwardly quiet so I chose to start a conversation.

"I have to apologize, Miss, but I think I need to know at least your name in order to make you feel comfortable tonight, don't you think?" I asked her nervously and she smiled.

"My name is Liu YiFei. Don't worry, I am one step ahead and know your name already, Mr. Wang Yibo. Please take care of me tonight." She said. She had a very gentle voice.

"Its enough to call me Wang Yibo or just Yibo. Nice too meet you" I answered.

"Then you may call me YiFei." 

I suggested we take a look at the menu and she agreed. They had much to offer but I liked it simple so I chose pasta while she decided to order seafood. While we waited for the food to arrive it was yet again rather quiet.

I thought hard to find a suitable topic to speak about with a lady but I couldn't think of anything.

'Maybe I should start with her dress first?'

"Miss YiFei, your dress looks really beautiful. I almost did not recognized you." I said and my gaze fell on her shoes. "But in my opinion I think the golden shoes do not match. I think silver would had been a better choice, especially with that necklace." I said and saw her chuckling.

"Incredible. My stylist thought the same only I had a different opinion and wanted to wear the gold ones." She answered. As I did not know what so say to his I kept quite for a few minutes before I spoke again.

"Don't you think the weather is very nice?" I tried and heard her giggling. 'Seems like that was also not the right topic' I thought and sighed. I hope they will soon serve the food.

"Yibo, may I ask you a question?" She then asked me and I nodded, happy I did not have to start the conversation again.

"Are you nervous or is there a different reason for your ... what should I say .... unusual topics?" She looked at me amused. 'Why does she have to ask me this? Isn't it pretty obviously? I wish I could go home now instead of talking with her but I think I would be dead meat if father finds out I am the reason for his failed deal.... If you want to survive be nice to her Yibo! Just tell her the truth' I thought to myself and sighed.

"Well ... do you want an honest answer?"

"Yes, please. I am really curious."

"This here..." I pointed at the building, the table and her "I've never done before. So please do not be mad at me for behaving as unusual like this" I answered and I saw her widening her eyes in surprise.

"This here? Do you mean a date?"

"Yes. Its my first time going on a date. I never had the time for this nor did I feel like it." I said. 'There! I was honest. I hope she will be so shocked that she will stop this date on her own and I can go home...' But instead of being shocked she just laughed. 'Did I hear her right? She is laughing? Is she mocking me? What is wrong with not dating anyone?'  I thought annoyed but on the outside I just smiled.

"I cant believe it, Yibo. I mean, to be honest, I saw you yesterday in front of the VVIP room with that waitress. I mean she was pretty and seemed to be a good girl expect being bold. I heard how you rejected her and found that interesting. But to think that you never went on a date surprises me. Did you not even had a girlfriend?" She asked and I shook my head.

"I am sorry for being honest but aren't you bold too? My father told me you took an interest in me and therefore asked for this date. You did not even asked me yourself but let others do it, in this case your father asked my father. Don't you think it would have been more proper to come to me to ask for a date on your own than doing it over our fathers? What was the reason?" I asked her challenging and she giggled.

"Maybe I was scared you would reject my request? What do you say, hmm?" She asked me back.

"If that is your reason then ... I don't think your interest in me is serious or else you would have at least tried to ask me. If I still rejected it then you could have done it like you did. Don't you think?"

I almost laughed. She looked so shocked right now that I wished I could make a picture of her. 'If she says  now the date is over I would be so happy you cant imagine.'  After a while she blinked a few times before answering me.

"You are right. Maybe I should have done this. I did not think that far. I am sorry Yibo, for doing it like this. I hope I did not hurt your feelings." She apologized and now I was the one who was surprised.

"N-No worries." I stuttered and she giggles again.

"Now tell me, is it true? You never had a girlfriend before? But you had your first kiss already... right?"

'Why the hell is this important?? We do not know each other and this is our first meet, yet she asked me about my first kiss. Seriously?'

"No, I did not. Do you think I am lying? Why would I do something like this? We are talking about my dignity right now!" I said slightly annoyed.

"No, I do not think like this. But men at your age usually have more experience in that topic. So I was quite surprised." She said.

"Well, if my experience is not enough for you, we could end it here and go our separate ways?" I suggested but unfortunately she shook her head.

"No way we will stop this here. You are really interesting, moreover I am still hungry and I can hear your stomach as well. Lets talk after dinner." She said and winked at me.

'What is she?' I asked myself shocked. I wanted to ask her something but then I saw the waiter walking towards us and serving our order. With one thing she was right ... I was really hungry. Except the roasted eggs this morning and two peaces of my self made breads I ate nothing. We both thanked for the meal and enjoyed our food.  

"The meal was delicious." I confessed after the waiter cleared the table.

"Right, I think so too. Now tell me, is there something you want to know about me? We only talked about you so far..." She asked and waited. 'Are you still hungry or can I go now?' I asked her inwardly but of course I did not say it out loud.

"Actually there is. What is the reason for your interest in me? Because I rejected that girl yesterday? Why?" I asked her and she laughed.

"That is what you want to know? Alright. Well, I saw a lot of men in my life so far but I never saw someone rejecting a girl as polite as you did. I am pretty sure you knew she was only faking to lose her balance, yet you still smiled and were polite. Not only that, within your rejection you even made her feel good by complimenting on her beauty. I must say for your inexperience with woman you still knew how to handle this situation and how to flirt with her. For me that was quite ... charming. Moreover, the way you smiled at her was different too. Your eyes told her you are sorry for rejecting her and that you also felt the pain but the smile and your words cheered her up immediately." She explained and looked me in the eyes. I did not look away but instead stared back confidently and it seemed that surprised her. 'Her eyes are too fierce ... why is she looking at me like that?'

"If what I did was different than the way other men rejects woman who are interested in them ... well, I feel sorry for all the girls in the world." I answered.

"Yibo, you are someone special. You are polite, charming, friendly and honest. You say your opinion whether someone likes it or not. And you are really handsome too." She said and smiled at me.

"W-what? I mean ... thank you ... I guess." I stuttered confused and she giggled yet again.

'Why is she giggling the whole time!?!'  I was about to loose it.

"You are also very cute."

'What the hell is wrong with her? Why is she complimenting me all of a sudden' I thought annoyed and looked at the clock. It was 11:15 pm. I looked back at her and smiled as friendly as I could.

"YiFei, we should go now. You may not be Cinderella but I think you still should be back home before 12. Or else your father may get worried."

"You are funny too." She laughed. 'What funny? Where was the joke? Is she drunk? But we did not drink alcohol... maybe in the food?'

"Yibo, do you know how old I am?" She asked and I shook my head in confusion. "Guess then!" She said.

'She is so childish...'

"I don't know why age matters right now but .... 24?" I tried but she shook her head.

"I am actually 29 in 8 months I will even be 30. Aren't I old?"

"If you call that old then what is my father? What is your father? Moreover, everyone gets old someday. You were just born earlier. Be happy you have more experience than others. But ... Why do I keep thinking you are drunk? Was alcohol in your food?" I asked her but she shook her head and laughed.

"No. I am just happy. Very happy." She answered.

"Well, I don't really know what makes you so happy right know but I am glad for you. Can we go now?" I asked desperately. 'Woman, please!! I am very tired and I don't have time for your childish behavior right now!'

"We will go home soon but first I want to ask you something else." She said in a serious tone and I got slightly nervous. 'Why so serious suddenly?'

"Yibo, do you know who I am?" She asked and looked at me. 'Does she have amnesia or why does she suddenly not know her name anymore? Please, someone save me from this!'

"Yes, I do. You are Liu Yi Fei, daughter of Ji Qilin, the business partner of my father. Did I won a prize?" I asked her and I heard her giggling. 'Just why is she giggling so much? She is so annoying!'

"Well that is true but you are missing something. Do you know what business my father runs?"

"Well, I don't interfere in my fathers work so ... no, I do not" I answered honestly and took yet another look at the clock.

"Do you have your phone with you?" When I nodded she smiled. "Then try to look up my name. Then you will see clearer."

I sighed in defeat and looked up her name Liu Yifei and what I saw shocked me greatly. The first hit was the latest news about Liu Yifei, crown princess of Myanmar and next to it was YiFeis' picture. I looked at her and back to my phone comparing both of them but no ... I did not saw wrong. It was the same person. The headline was:  

Prince of India courting the crown princess of Myanmar, Liu YiFei. The shy princess has not yet responded.  

I looked at her in panic. 'If... if she is the crown princess, she ... is someone very important. Shit!! And I was super disrespectful the whole time. My father will lose the business deal and I am at fault... He will kill me! Or worse, before that happens, the princess is going to behead me!' I thought devastated. I hurriedly tipped my next search into the phone. I needed to be sure and was relived after I saw the results.

Death penalty in Myanmar were abolished 30 years ago.

'Well, at least I will die in my own country by my fathers hand. Not that this is something I look forward to. I need to apologize for my disrespecting behavior! Maybe I can save my fathers business that way...' I was deep in thoughts until I heard her voice.

"You wasn't..." She said and I looked at her confused. "I know what you are thinking right now and let me tell you one thing. You weren't disrespectful but honest. Like I said you have your own opinion and you will say it whether someone likes it or not."

She took a short loot at my phone and started to laugh. "Don't worry, I am not mad at you for being honest. I promise there will be no death penalty. I like you the way you are and I hope you will never change." She said and stood up.  

1. April 2020

I stood up as well and followed her slowly. We left the restaurant and I escorted her quietly to her car. I opened the door for her and she giggled again. 'I don't care about her identity. She is still annoying.' I thought.

"I am not used to this" She stated. "Earlier you spoke a lot with much confident but now you are all scared. Is it because of my identity? There was a reason for not telling you beforehand."

'But now there is?'

"A-and... what was the reason?" I tried to not stutter.

"I wanted to get to know the real Wang Yibo. Not just someone who sits there being all quiet and polite while listening and agreeing to whatever I say or flirting with me like there is no tomorrow. It happened with all my dates till now but you are different. I like it when you are so honest so don't worry to much. There will be no negative consequences. Only positive ones. Thank you for tonight, Yibo. I am sure we will see each other again." She said and winked at me before she climbed into her Roll Royce and drove off.

The moment the car was gone I fell to the ground. 'Before I meet her again I might kill myself.... So a crown princess, huh? I bet she is cursing me right now for being disrespectful to her... I guess I have to prepare myself for being killed by my father. The business deal seems to be gone now....'

I sat there for about 10 Minutes before I called my driver to bring me home. The moment I stepped into the house my father walked up to me and asked me how it was.

"Princess or not, I don't like her." I said without thinking about with whom I was talking. Before I could apologize father slapped me across the face.

"I don't care if you like her or not! I hope for you you were nice to her as my future depends on this! If I don't get this contract you will get punished greatly and now go to your room!" He yelled at me and disappeared into his own room.

'Please, don't let me go on another date with her... She giggles way to much and I hate the way she looks at me!! She is just too annoying.' I thought, caressed the cheek my father slapped just now and walked into my room. I took of the suit, threw it somewhere and climbed in my bed. I fell asleep almost instantly and dreamed about being locked up in a dungeon.

Maybe my unconscious wanted to warn me what will awaits me in the future. I should have taken this dream seriously....

to be continued....

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