Chapter 101:
Ye Yan encountered Meng Tian at the bridal shop.
No sooner had the news of the Tang and Meng families’ engagement been released than the media’s coverage had been overwhelming. Despite the Meng family’s desire to keep a low profile and avoid exposing Meng Tian’s identity, the status of the Tang family was such that the media dug deep and managed to get clear, front-face photos of the prospective bride.
"Did your colleagues also find out that you’re the young mistress of the Meng family?" Ye Yan and the shop assistant were helping Meng Tian with her dress hem.
"They found out," Meng Tian replied with a headache. "These past few days at the police station, I’ve been like an animal on exhibit, with people pretending to pass by the forensic office every day, and then privately sighing. My assistant has been hounded with questions."
The influence of the Meng family in Ao City was enormous, such that nearly every household’s medicine cabinet contained at least one box of pharmaceuticals from the Meng family’s factory.
Ye Yanxiao said with a laugh, "A regular colleague by your side, enduring the hardships of daily work with you, suddenly finds out she’s actually a top-tier rich second-generation. Who wouldn’t be surprised?"
Fortunately, Meng Tian had solidly established herself in the police force over the years through genuine talent and knowledge—not when people mentioned Forensic Doctor Meng from the district police station, they remembered not her beauty or youth, but her superb dissection skills.
"Isn’t Tang Jingyao coming?" Trying on wedding dresses was a matter for two people, and it is rather unacceptable for the groom not to appear.
"He won’t come, but I don’t want to shortchange myself," Meng Tian said, looking squarely at the beauty in the mirror akin to a blossoming flower. Once, she had dreamed of being Pei Ye’s bride, wearing a beautiful wedding dress. But Pei Ye had cheated on her.
She and Tang Jingyao held no feelings for each other, not even a hint of fondness—in fact, quite the opposite. But that was alright, she wanted to look beautiful for herself.