Lay, My One and Only

Chapter 66: Shanghai

Tao and I were boarding the plane to Shanghai. He still hasn't told me his plan. All the guys wished us luck and we sat in our seats. Thank god these were two seaters, or else we would've had to sit with fans who would probably chatter about us all the time.

" We are now preparing to fly to Shanghai. Fasten your seatbelts, please," said the pilot. Psh. Whatever.

" So what's your GENIUS plan?" I asked. Tao and I looked around and no one was watching.

" I'll tell you once we're in the air. It's hard to concentrate like this," said Tao. I rolled my eyes. Remember, he was never the brightest.

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The plane was finally flying.

" OK. We're in the air," I said. Tao looked around again. " Tao, it's not like we're trying to sell drugs or take over the world or something. You just have to tell me the plan to not marry Zheng."

" OK. So remember how mom said that until Zheng marries the woman he likes, they won't give dad's job back, correct?" said Tao.

" You already said that," I replied.

" I know, I know. But what if YOU weren't the woman he likes?" said Tao. That made me curious.

" What do you mean?" I asked.

" They never said that they would give dad's job back unless Zheng marries YOU. They said that unless Zheng marries the woman he LIKES," said Tao. Whoa. I never thought of that. I payed more attention to that. Tao seemed proud that I was actually listening to him. " When we go there, in these 2 days you have to TOTALLY act different. Make Zheng not want you anymore. And remember your friend Ai? And remember how she's madly in love with Zheng? Remember how you introduced her, and Zheng said that she was his type but he liked you more."

This was getting somewhere REALLY interesting.

" I think I know where this is going. This HAS to be a really genius plan. I never thought of it," I said. Tao proudly nodded and I giggled. " He's used to seeing the more nice, kind, sweet side of me. But what I can do is show the more mean, rude, and BITCHY side of me."

Tao was shocked.

" WHAT? YOU HAVE A BITCHY SIDE TO YOU!?" he exclaimed. I laughed.

" Tao...let's just say that I've watched a LOT of dramas...and I can copy them really well..." I said. We both evilly smirked.

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The plane was landing after a few hours of sitting. Finally.

" Zheng's gonna pick us up, Karrer. First impressions are VERY important," said Tao. I smiled and so did he.

I took out my make-up bag and applied my cherry red lipstick. I also applied VERY dark coats of eyeliner and eyeshadow. Then I took a sharpie I keep in my backpack and I drew a few figures on my skin. They looked like actual tattoos. Then I took out my ponytail and I let my hair flow.

" Good. This is really bitchy," laughed Tao.

" There's still one more. I have clothes to change," I said. I walked over Tao and into the bathroom with my bag of clothes. I changed into a black crop-top sweater and very skinny jeans and high-heeled boots. I walked back into my seat. " Can I have some gum?"

Tao nodded and passed me the gum. I practiced by chewing the gum with my mouth open, but the whole time Tao and I were laughing.

" PERFECT. BITCHY TO THE TENTH POWER," laughed Tao. I nodded.

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The plane landed and we took out our suitcases out of the cabinets and we walked towards the exit. We went down the escelator and we searched for Zheng out of the probably hundreds of people waiting. We walked around for a few minutes until we found Zheng sitting with a limo driver at the seats. We carefully walked and approached him. He was on his phone.

" Remember, bitchy," whispered Tao to me. I wanted to laugh, but I held it in. We reached Zheng and he hadn't noticed we were in front of him yet. We waited for a few moments until he looked up. He was shocked to see us. Probably also by my appearance. SCORE!

" Tao? Karrera?" he said. Tao nodded and I continued to make an expressionless face and chewed my gum very loud. " God! Guys! Bring it in!"

He said and he hugged us. AWKWARD. Tao and I didn't hug back.

" It's been so long!? Why aren't you talking? Did you lose your voice from singing?" he asked.

" Nah. We talk," said Tao. " Nice to see ya, man."

Zheng smiled and nodded.

" You too, man," he said. Then he looked at me. " Karrer! You've grown so much! You look like an adult!"

I rolled my eyes.

" That's because I AM an adult," I said. It was difficult being rude to someone so nice but I had to. For me and Yixing.

" Whoa. OK. Here let me hug you again," he said, pulling me in for another hug. He tightly wrapped his arms around me but I ignored. " What? No hug for me?"

I shrugged and pulled away.

" I don't do hugs..." I replied. He took a deep breath and shrugged then put on another smile.

" You two must be tired. Here let's head to my house," he said. He took our luggage and handed it to the limo driver who dragged it all the way. The limo driver opened the door to the limo for us and we sat inside. He closed the door and put the luggage in the back and began driving to Zheng's house. " Are you hungry? Should we pick something up?"

I didn't respond. Tao did.

" I'm hungry," he said. Zheng nodded.

" OK. We'll pick something up to eat. What do you feel like?" he asked. I think Tao was going to take advantage of him. I just know Tao and he will.

" Umm...I think I want...steak. But the really good kind..." said Tao. Zheng smiled.

" OK! We'll pick up steak. I know this really good restaurant. Karrera? And you?" he asked. I shrugged.

" Not hungry," I replied. Where did I get this cold personality from? 3 words, 9 letters. Kris and D.O.

" That's fine. But you really should eat. It's not healthy to not have dinner, especially for a celebrity like you who's tired," he said.

" I said I'm not hungry," I said. Zheng took another deep breath. I can tell that he's beginning to get disappointed. YES! But, I DO feel a bit bad. I mean, it's not really HIS fault. It's really his dad's.

Zheng scooted closer to Tao and whispered something. I guess he couldn't notice that I could hear.

" Is she always like this?" whispered Zheng to Tao.

" Yup," said Tao.

" Really? Why? She used to be so warm and loving but now she's cold!" whispered Zheng.

" Ever since we've moved to Korea she's been cold. No matter what we've tried no one can warm her up. Not even her boyfriend..." said Tao. When I heard boyfriend I felt chills against my spine. I love my boyfriend.

" What? She has a boyfriend? Why isn't he able to warm her up?" asked Zheng.

" Because like I said, she's just a cold person. Maybe when you saw her it was a phase. But now she's grown up and she's like this. Nothing to change, really," said Tao. Thank god he's with me. He's helping me so much!

" Oh, that's too bad. I really miss her warm and loving personality," said Zheng, a little disappointed.

" Don't we all," said Tao.

" But she seems very warm on TV, when I watch her," said Zheng.

" That's because the managers tell her to do that. Don't you know that she's a very good actress?" said Tao. Zheng nodded. He looked down and began scooting back to his seat.

" Well, OK," said Zheng. He was disappointed, now.