38 Chapter 38- No One puts Beauty in a Corner (1/2)

Once Hao Mei grudgingly agreed to don the silk robes, a mischievous imp settled on his shoulder. If he was being forced to do this, then he'd damn well do it on his own terms. KO was sent out of the office to beg for cosplay supplies from the Art Department and, with the bird well and truly set among the pigeons, Mei thanked the gods for his years of modelling experience. He'd paid attention to the stylists and had once planned to put the skills he'd learned to use cosplaying as his Dreams of Jiangshu avatar. Never mind... they could be used now to pull the reins out of Ban Shan's hands.

By the time KO returned with arms loaded high with art supplies, Mei had rung Bei Wei Wei: her help in the matter, he'd informed her, would take the place of her red packet. When she would have continued to demur, he'd resorted to emotional blackmail;

”When did Old Man You concoct this idea?”

”Ah...”

”Tell me that he didn't have the idea incubating before returning to the office yesterday. Tell me that you didn't know what he was planning before anyone else... and you're off the hook.

Completely.”

”Ah...”

”You owe me.”

”Okay, okay. I'll help.”

In the background, Mei could hear Xiao Nai's chuckle.

”Laosan sounds like he has been injected with chicken blood. Tell him he owes me a red packet. A big one.” He hung up as Wei Wei started to splutter. He didn't have time to properly curse his brothers... Ban Shan wasn't the only one who could whisper in the dark of the moon. His eldest brother wasn't going to know what hit him.

First on Mei's ”to-do” list, was KO. (A/N: get your minds out of the gutter. Bunch of perverts.)