Fight ICE with ICE

Cheng Xiao: The Event

"XIAO XIAO!!!"

My dad... he thinks I'm like his slave or something. Haha, I always gotta end up doing a favor for him every minute ["Xiao Xiao, can you go fetch the TV remote?", "Xiao Xiao, can you wash my dishes please?", "Xiao Xiao, go buy some ice cream, yea?"] I go downstairs thinking, ugh he probably wants me to fetch something for him or something of the sort.

"Yea? Wassup dad?" I say looking at the cool new glasses I found while looking at online stores on my phone.

"Hey, Xia Xiao, darling, could you go buy yourself a good beautiful dress, for a princess like you? You need it... for an event"

He smiled as he said those words. Even though I'm his daughter, I hate the events I have to attend because I'm his daughter, and he knows it very well. The only thing I love about being his daughter is having all the money in the world. I also meet a lot of people that are on my level, even though they aren't my friends, at least I start gaining connections.

"Dad, again?" I ask with a digusted face. "Can't you, like, say I'm sick or something of the sort?"

"Sorry Xiao Xiao, this is a very important event. Your friends will be there too, you know?"

In the world of fame and wealth, no one is you actual friend. They only become your "friends" to have the benefit of being close to a rich and wealthy person, like me.

"Dad," I whine while pouting, "c'mon, tell 'em I'm sick or that I traveled to see a friend in another state."

"The only friends you have are here in Maryland. You have no friends outside of this state. Everyone knows you very well and all your connections. Plus, who would believe you got a friend to whatever state in the US you want to fake you went to? Everyone in that party is an intimate friend of mine, so you better not embarrass me this time."

My dad looks at me coldly waiting for an answer. Last time... I kinda left unexpectedly and he had to say a speech... with me being present, but I had already left. I felt bad about leaving like that and apologized many times, but that's the example he is using now to get me to go to dinners and such.

"Yes sir, I'll be on my way." I bow and leave the room to go out shopping.

The only people that I respect are my dad and my mom. My mom is always away though, business she says. Everyone knows that it's just that she wants the divorce with my dad. I wish I could see my mom more, maybe I'd remember her voice then. She sees me once a year, and avoids seeing my dad at all costs, even if it means to leave me before our mother-daughter date ends.

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"Ok Yan Yan, let's go."

Yan Yan is like my servant. She goes wherever I go and she does whatever I tell her to do.

"Miss, where should we go?" She says very politely.

"I don't know?!? Didn't I tell you to go fetch a list of stores to buy beautiful dresses from?"

Yan Yan flinches at these words and says, "I'll go get a list Miss, right away!" She runs as fast as she can to go get a list of stores.

"I'll give you five minutes!!!" I yell loudly so she can hear me. I look at the exact time on my phone.

The five minutes are almost up so I start counting down. "5!" She comes out of the house with a piece of paper.

"4!" She closes the door, gently so that she doesn't slam the door and get in trouble.

"3!" She locks the door so fast as if it depended on her life. It kinda does, to be honest.

"2!" She comes running towards me.

"1!" She reaches me breathlessly. As she catches her breath I smirk. She knows she would be useless without me. I recommended her to my dad and that's the only reason she got her job. If she dares defy me, I can fire her immediately. I feel superior like this as well. It gives me a great feeling that I can't describe.

"Ok let's go before I fire you!" My confident angry voice makes her start walking again.

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After buying a beautiful very light pink dress, I go home.

"Hey dad! Look this is the dress I bought!"

Even though I might not like going to events, I definitely like going shopping. Shopping shows off how wealthy I am after all.

"I really like those little pearls at the bottom darling!" My dad seems more excited about the beautiful dress than I do.

"Yea, I like them a lot too dad!" Then it occurs to me, "Dad? When's the event, by the way?"

My dad then looks a little confused, but then goes like, "Oh right! I didn't tell you sorry haha! It's tonight honey."

I stare at him with a shocked face. "Dad! Ugh you should have told me. I need to go get ready, my nails need to be done, my hair is a mess, and I need to take a shower!"

"You can get it done Xiao Xiao. Go take a shower and I'll go bring the hair stylist and manicurist. Don't worry about anything, go go!"

"Thanks dad!" I lean into him and give my dad a kiss in the cheek. I smile and run as fast as I can to the bathroom to take a quick shower.

●AUTHOR'S NOTE

Thanks for reading! I hope you liked it. I'm sorry if its a little boring, im just trying to set up the story to the best way possible. Thanks again 😊 Almost 1k words 😭