Chapter 207 - It Sounds Scandalous

When Feng Xuan had her golden idea, she pressed the sleepy Qing Chen to add more. She had an early morning that day and she felt tired but this rush of whole new energy would not let her catch a wink of sleep unless she worked on it. She got up, took a spare notebook, and started writing things. She paced around their bedroom trying to think of what they should do.

After about an hour, Qing Chen's eyelids were already falling but she poked at the sole of his feet. "This is your idea! Don't fall asleep!"

Qing Chen smiled lazily at her. "Wife, it's your idea. You're the one who thought about it."

"Help me!" she had already concluded that it would be Liu Meilien who would be the lamb that would be sent to the slaughterhouse. 

At first, she thought it would be nice for them to host a dating show of some sort. But that would require too much time and budget. Then she thought of narrowing the coverage to one person. But it could not just be a random person. Who would watch that? It could not be her and Wang Yimin because they were already married. So the only name left on her list was her single ambassadress'.

She already listed down her options of models or actors. In the flurry of faces and names she was trying to remember, she also thought about the single bachelors in town. Liu Meilien wanted a rich husband, right? she thought. This would be like hitting two birds with one stone.

Along with taking away attention in Da Xia's launch and ruining it, her step-sister would finally go out on a date with a qualified man (whom could be her forever prince charming), and it would promote YANG in the process and put them in a good light.

Scratch that. It was MORE THAN two birds with one stone.

Rich and handsome… 

For some strange reason her brother-in-law's face came to her mind. "What do you think about Qing Lok and Liu Meilien? I think they'd look good on camera."

"Qing Lok?" Qing Chen asked disbelievingly. "You're considering him? He can't act for his life."

Feng Xuan's face twisted. "At least we'd know they would be authentic. He would not be a complete stranger. They were sitting in the same table in the opening of Gretel's. They looked like they were having a pleasant time."

Then another thought popped in her head. "However, won't it be a conflict of interest though? Because he's one of the shareholders in The Kingly and then he would be out with someone from a rival brand of one of your companies?"

"Qing Lok hasn't even said yes yet."

"Just answer my question."

"So far, he's not an official shareholder. He'll get his shares when he finishes college."

"So it's okay for him to date Liu Meilien?"

Qing Chen nodded tiredly, almost dozing off again. "I guess. You should ask him first. See if he's up for it."

Feng Xuan let her husband sleep, kissing his cheek and she stayed up for a few more minutes writing down her plans on a clean paper so it would be easier to present the following morning.

And there she was with the two other important figures in their company. 

"What do you mean Qing Lok?" asked Wang Yimin. "As in Qing Chen's younger brother?"

"Yeah," she nodded. She turned to Liu Meilien. "You're friends with him, right?"

"I actually just saw him a few days ago," Liu Meilien answered quietly with her head bowed.

"And?"

"We hung out."

Liu Meilien casually shrugged but she saw some tension on her shoulders. Ohh, this is juicy, her mind thought. But she did not press the issue.

"Was he nice to you?" asked Feng Xuan.

"Yeah, he always has been ever since I met him at your wedding party." 

"Well, if he says yes, would it be fine for you that he would be your date on this project?"

Liu Meilien nodded. "I guess that's okay."

"I should call him now then," Feng Xuan said and pulled her phone from a pocket.

"No!" exclaimed Liu Meilien. "I… I'll give him a call. I'll let you know tonight."

Something fishy is definitely going on here, she thought again in her head. "Okay, should we still make a back-up plan?"

"Wait, wait, wait," said Wang Yimin and put her hands in the air as if to stop all the motion that was happening. "How did we jumped from models and actors to Qing Lok?"

"Because it would look scripted!" Feng Xuan said. "We need someone popular enough and carries a name."

"And this is a great idea because?"

Feng Xuan gasped. She had completely forgotten to tell them the star idea. "This will sell because we're going to headline it 'In-Laws Dating'."

Wang Yimin's mouth fell open. Liu Meilien looked like she was about to debate but Feng Xuan held up a hand.

"I thought about this last night!" she defended. "It's a fact that they are in-laws! Although it's a little bit of a stretch but people will eat anything scandalous. It sounds scandalous, right? Tell me this is not a genius idea."

The two looked at each other and started laughing.

"Oh, Xuan," said Wang Yimin. "Where would we be without you?"

"I mean," Feng Xuan continued her explanation. "We are not really doing damage to Da Xia but… we're bringing attention to us. If you guys want to ruin Da Xia's party then we have to come up with something else. But I am totally on-board with this idea if you guys are."

"Screw Da Xia," said Liu Meilien, coming down from a laugh. "I actually already forgot we are doing this because of her. Let's just have fun with this project."

Wang Yimin nodded her head. "I agree. Now, let's iron out all the details and we can have a mini mani-pedi day here afterwards."