Chapter 1: going, going.
Shan Cai had outdone herself. The fund-raising party she'd organized to benefit the scholarship program she'd started the year before was in full swing. Everyone was waiting eagerly for the night's main event.
The Bachelor Auction.
Ximen and Lei looked at each other apprehensively. Both were silently questioning their sanities for having allowed Shan Cai to talk them into participating in the auction. It had seemed simple to them. One week off their lives to help raise money so that deserving students can continue with their college education. No sweat.
"Did you know that it was going to be a silent auction?" Lei asked idly as they waited for their turn on the stage.
"Do you honestly think I'd have agreed if I'd known?" Ximen sighed. He'd thought it would be just a regular auction, where people bid out loud. He'd arranged for his secretary to hire a girl to pose as one of the bidders with instructions to outbid anyone remotely matronly who showed an interest in acquiring his services. As it was, he could only hope that the bid his secretary had entered would be the highest one in the lot.
"I'm worried that I might be won by one of my rabid fans. Do you know that some of them send me stuff that I've no idea what to do with?" Lei shuddered as he recalled what those things were.
"What kinds of stuff?" Ximen asked, intrigued.
"Lingerie, underwear." Lei began and at Ximen's look of amusement, continued, ".used!"
"Ugh." Ximen groaned in distaste.
"And one even sent me a solid-gold wedding band, asking me to marry her." Lei shook his head in disbelief.
Ximen laughed at his friend's expression. "Well, what if I get bought by one of my old mei meis? And what if she turns out to be one who holds grudges? The next week of my life would be hell." he grimaced.
"Hahaha! And she'd dump you after the week, kind of like poetic justice." Lei teased.
Ximen was about to respond when he heard Lei's name being called. "Well, bro.it's your turn to take a bow now. Good luck!"
"Same to you." Lei answered as he squared his shoulders and prepared to go out. "Well, here goes nothing."
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A/N: I do not own any of the MG characters.
Shan Cai had outdone herself. The fund-raising party she'd organized to benefit the scholarship program she'd started the year before was in full swing. Everyone was waiting eagerly for the night's main event.
The Bachelor Auction.
Ximen and Lei looked at each other apprehensively. Both were silently questioning their sanities for having allowed Shan Cai to talk them into participating in the auction. It had seemed simple to them. One week off their lives to help raise money so that deserving students can continue with their college education. No sweat.
"Did you know that it was going to be a silent auction?" Lei asked idly as they waited for their turn on the stage.
"Do you honestly think I'd have agreed if I'd known?" Ximen sighed. He'd thought it would be just a regular auction, where people bid out loud. He'd arranged for his secretary to hire a girl to pose as one of the bidders with instructions to outbid anyone remotely matronly who showed an interest in acquiring his services. As it was, he could only hope that the bid his secretary had entered would be the highest one in the lot.
"I'm worried that I might be won by one of my rabid fans. Do you know that some of them send me stuff that I've no idea what to do with?" Lei shuddered as he recalled what those things were.
"What kinds of stuff?" Ximen asked, intrigued.
"Lingerie, underwear." Lei began and at Ximen's look of amusement, continued, ".used!"
"Ugh." Ximen groaned in distaste.
"And one even sent me a solid-gold wedding band, asking me to marry her." Lei shook his head in disbelief.
Ximen laughed at his friend's expression. "Well, what if I get bought by one of my old mei meis? And what if she turns out to be one who holds grudges? The next week of my life would be hell." he grimaced.
"Hahaha! And she'd dump you after the week, kind of like poetic justice." Lei teased.
Ximen was about to respond when he heard Lei's name being called. "Well, bro.it's your turn to take a bow now. Good luck!"
"Same to you." Lei answered as he squared his shoulders and prepared to go out. "Well, here goes nothing."
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A/N: I do not own any of the MG characters.
