Lady Meilin is seduced by her green tea brother-in-law everyday-Chapter 259: The plushie bandit at home.
"We volunteer!!" Mei Mei squeaked.
The words were barely out of her mouth when she was dragged to join others that were standing at the front, behind tables that had boxes of different Pocky stick varieties.
Jingzhe chose the cookies and cream variety. He had a few hidden pictures of her eating that type of pocky when she was in school. He knew all her favorite flavors. Cookies and cream, milk chocolate, crunchy strawberry, premium almond milk and almond crush.
Mei Mei was giggly and embarrassed, but the encouragement of the crowd made her tough it out. Puppy eyed Jingzhe was looking at her with a begging hopeful aura. If she said no, the system woul just turn it into a mission.
"May the crunchiest lovers win." The host declared.
They had ten sticks and two minutes. Jingzhe was determined to win. He whispered to Mei Mei, "Stay still and I will come to you."
She nodded.
The host started the countdown, "Three, two, one....chomp."
What followed was a steady quick inching--nose to nose, breath fogging and lips brushing. Jingzhe was very serious about the competition, he did not laugh even once. The man was pocky competition robot!! The host was loving them, narrating their progress like a sports commentator.
The crowd was cheering them on and laughing at other couples were approaching the task with slow inching and breaking off quickly due to laughing or blushing.
"We are entering the last ten seconds." The host announced.
The crowd started counting down. Jingzhe and Mei Mei were on their last Pocky stick, with only two centimeters left.
"And.....time up." The host declared.
The crowd erupted, but which couple they were applauding was still a myth and judgement had not been passed.
The judges, two representatives of the Pocky manufacturing company stepped forward, one with a ruler and the other a tape measure. Very dramatically, they started to measure what was left of every couples sticks. The couples were holding hands, nervous like this was a real sports competition and gold medals would be awarded at the end.
When they got to Mei Mei and Jingzhe’s side, they were left amazed.
"1.2 centimeters for all ten sticks!!" The host roared. "Even the judges are baffled by this couple."
The crowd applauded as the judges held up the tiny biscuit remnants which were almost immeasurable.
"We have our winners ladies and gentlemen." The host declared.
Someone threw flowers at their table as the plushies were brought over and handed to the couple. What followed was a small photo op and then the competition was restarted with calls of new couples.
Mei Mei and Jingzhe laughed for at least five minutes.
"I cannot believe that we just did that!" She exclaimed. Hugging the soft stick shaped plushie she squealed.
Jingzhe held up his own pocky plushie and he nodded. "It was worth it."
The plushies were two colors, chocolate brown up and yellow on the bottom. In the chocolate brown area was a perfect smile and two eyes which added cuteness to the plushies. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
He got his phone and shared the pictures which one of his bodyguards had been taking of them during the competition.
The pictures were meant to be shared with his inner circle of friends only, but lately that circle had grown to included members of Mei Mei’s family.
Two seconds after he posted the pictures, they made their way to the family chat group.
Mei Mei received a notification and she saw them, which made her sigh. "You realize that a certain someone is going to confiscate these as soon as we return home." The certain someone was none other than Jun Mingzhu, conqueror of all plushies in the houses.
Most of them were currently sitting in her tea house and she had daily meetings with them. The green alien man was the bodyguard that was responsible for keeping other plushie thieves away and he was always stationed in one of the windows.
Mingzhe had given Mingzhu a toy gun and it was also placed by the window next to the green alien man as his weapon.
"I will talk to her." Jingzhe said.
Mei Mei laughed skeptically. There would be no talking, if the plushies were not surrendered, they would meet the same fate as interrogation bear.
"Or, I will just buy her one of her own." He changed his decision when he detected the sarcasm in her laugh.
Mei Mei received a text. The notification was one which was set to Mingzhu’s texts and calls. Her daughter had sent a text.
[Mommy I love you.]
"Oh boy." Mei Mei mumbled. She looked at Jingzhe and shook her head. "You just had to show off. The plushie bandit has seen it and now she is texting I love you. That is code for ’make the right decision’"
Jingzhe laughed in response first. "Why do you always make our sweet Mingzhu sound like some kid of scary ninja in the dark waiting to take you out."
"Because she is." Mei Mei whispered and emphasized her words.
She even looked around just in case Mingzhu popped out of the crowd with a gun like a bank robber and said, "Hand over the plushie if you know what’s good for you. Don’t be smart lady, it is not worth your life."
"You are picturing her as a bank robber, aren’t you?" Jingzhe nudged her shoulder as he asked.
She gasped. "How did you know?"
He shrugged. "Because you call her the plushie bandit. Also, you are looking around as if you are expecting to be jumped by thieves at any moment. I have already asked my assistant to purchase Mingzhu her own Pocky plushie even if he has to contact the company directly or find a toy maker to do it. I will make thousands of them if it will make the two of you live in peace."
Mei Mei yawned. In the distance, the clock chimed, sharing the current time which was 8:00 p.m.
"Should we go home?" He asked her.
Mei Mei yawned. Somehow, they had spent four hours at the amusement park and yet they had not taken a single ride.
Mingzhu sent another text declaring her love. This time, she added a video of herself making finger hearts and sending very loud air kisses.
Mei Mei shuddered. "We are going to need bullet proof vests before entering the house."
