Lady Meilin is seduced by her green tea brother-in-law everyday-Chapter 382: The art teacher/father.
The incident Muyang was talking about and Mei Mei hated to think about was one from the tender age of six. At school, there was a ribbon dancing contest and every little girl was required to come up with a dance.
Mei Mei learned her routine from Chi Lian and the two were sure that she would win first place. Instead, she came in third!!!
The teachers said her dance was "inventive" and this was because it was not smooth but athletic.
Mei Mei had not been too pleased when the crown was placed on Chen Zhilan’s head. She had thrown herself to the ground, screamed and cried demanding that the crown and big ribbon meant for the winner be given to her.
Chen Zhilan showed more gracefulness by taking off her crown and handing it to Mei Mei.
All the parents went "awwww" and everyone applauded Zhilan while Mei Mei received the frowns and judgemental glances.
That incident was a dark cloud on Mei Mei’s white history which was mostly beautiful. If she could, she would go back into the past and erase it from existence.
"I told you that third place sucks, it destroys common sense as well." She muttered.
Muyang sighed. "Third place is not as bad as you make it out to be Mei Mei. Many people that are not ranked at all would prefer to come in third. And the last place winner never feels good, no matter how dramatic their loss is. Only you would prefer last place to second or third."
"Because I am unique." she spread her arms out, smiling naughtily.
"Because I dropped you on your head a few times when you were a baby." Muyang replied.
She pouted. "Are you calling me crazy?"
"Yes." He answered. "But I love you anyway."
"I am not crazy, I am just passionate about what I like." She explained passionately.
"You are the queen of revenge." He rubbed his chin, "You take a whole year, months or weeks planning revenge. You are a genius when it comes to such schemes and yet you could never color a picture within the proper lines. I would say shade the cat and you would shade the cat, give it extra body parts and color the space around it."
Mei Mei groaned. "Dad, why are you resurrecting my creative accomplishments at the age of four or five? And what parent grades their child’s ability to shade at a university professional level? If you are going to grade Mingzhu’s homework like you used to grade mine, I am afraid that you might be in for a world of disappointment."
In her childhood art homework, he used to look for things like conceptual depth, technical proficiency and comment on the sides, offering advise to her and the teacher on how they could improve.
Mei Mei was not the only one that hated it, her art teacher Lin Jiajia was the same. In fact, she quit because of it. The thought made Mei Mei wonder what her old teacher was up to now.
"Eh." Muyang shrugged. "I loved you, despite your love for drawing cats with six legs, dogs with wings and pandas that were blue instead of white and black.
I will never understand why Mrs. Lin always remarked "good, excellent" and other lies. But don’t worry, I will love Mingzhu too even if she draws dogs with shoes on the feet and colors out of the lines."
Mei Mei almost gasped but she closed her mouth. It was not a surprise that her father was already looking through Mingzhu’s homework and he had seen the pictures of the dogs with shoes on their feet.
Had he seen the frog with three feet or the duck with a tail?
Had he seen Jingzhe and Madam Feng applauding Mingzhu every time she presented one of her drawings?
Mei Mei sighed. It was time for her to start her training as she was behind schedule. "Dad, I should start....."
"Yoo-hoo, Mei Mei, we are here again." Zhilan’s voice cut through the air, cheerful like she was bringing good news and many gifts.
Zhilan’s figure appeared, followed by her other friends. All of them were dressed in riding clothes and boots.
Muyang kissed Mei Mei on the head and escaped quickly before he could be cornered into another debate on zodiacs and their influence.
Zhilan and Rongyan caught Mei Mei’s arms.
"Have you forgotten that I am getting engaged tonight?" Meihua asked her.
Taiyuan clicked her tongue twice. "Jun Meilin, you are in the wrong location. We have a whole itinerary planned for the day and it revolves around the future bride. As her best friends, we are supposed to be doing everything we can to keep her calm and happy."
"I know that but I have a competition so I was planning to meet up with you all after my training." Mei Mei tried to dislodge her friends arms. "The sooner I get on the back of the horse, the sooner we will all get to a spa for facials, a massage, a pedicure and manicure. I already made the reservation. I borrowed exclusive professionals that do these things for the Empress Mother."
Zhilan let go of Mei Mei and squealed. "So we are getting the royal treatment."
Mei Mei nodded.
Meihua pulled Mei Mei head and gave her a big kiss on the cheek. "Thank you Mei Mei, I love you so much. You are better than Taiyuan who reserved an entire Tai foods eatery for me and prepared a menu filled with junk food. She is trying to make me fat before my wedding."
"You make it sound like I am planning to shove the food into your mouth." Taiyuan rolled her eyes. "Don’t let Miss bride lie to you, I told the chefs to prepare healthy foods. For some reason, she doesn’t believe me. She measures her weight every after one hour in my company."
"Because you smell like sugar, especially your hair." Meihua pinched her nose.
Mei Mei rolled her eyes. "Smelling her will not make you fat Mei Mei."
Meihua was determined to prove her point so she pulled Taiyuan closer and said, "Sniff her hair. It smells like sugar and calories."
Zhilan groaned.
Mei Mei took a whiff of the hair and her eyes widened. The paranoid bride was right. Their friend did smell like sugar!!
"What the heck Taiyuan! Did you take a bath in sugar water or something?" Mei Mei took a step back, looking around with wide worried eyes. Sweet scented things attracted bees and Taiyuan smelled like a walking bee trap.
