She was in a long red dress with a perfect fitting that showed all her curves. Unlike the other women who had worn revealing dresses, hers covered her whole body. She looked simple, elegant and pretty in that dress which got her a lot of looks from the crowd. Her black hair was placed on one shoulder and she had applied simple makeup. Before he could have enough, she was surrounded by reporters.
Li Fei and Liling had just arrived stood at the doorway looking around the banquet room for their dates. Li Fei just hoped that Jin Liwei wasn't mad about her being late. Before she could see him, she was flooded with reporters who kept firing different questions at her most of which she had no answer. A lot of them had travelled from Beijing to the party so as to get juicy gossip. "Miss Li Fei, tell us where you have been hiding this long?" "Ms Li, is it true that you've never stepped in prison and that you've been hiding in Shanghai?" "What do you have to say to your fans who have been eagerly waiting for your come back?" "Your fiancee Hu Feng has been seen hanging out with your rival Liu Han, did you two breakup?"
"Tell us your experience in prison?" "How were you able to leave prison so soon, did you bribe the authorities?" "Is it true that you're going to resume your modeling career here in Shanghai?"
Li Fei didn't know where to start from or what to tell them. She had predicted that reporters were going to disturb her but not to this extent. She didn't know how to escape from them.
Liu Han was raged when she saw Li Fei at the party looking that elegant. She knew that Li Fei had left prison because of the pictures on social media but she hadn't expected to see her at the party and to be looking this good. She was totally different from the state she found her in prison. The dress and accessories she wore screamed of class and she had gained everyone's attention in the hall.
The moment Hu Feng looked at the commotion on the doorway and saw Li Fei, he immediately stood up to go find her.
Jin Liwei noticed that the reporters were making her uncomfortable and his eyes searched for Wang Mel. The moment their eyes met, Wang Mel knew what his boss wanted him to do but before he could take a step, Hu Feng had already reached to rescue her from the reporters. Jin Liwei clearly looked displeased.
Hu Feng got her away from the reporters and as soon as they reached a safe place, he embraced her tightly. It had been four years and three months since he last saw her. He couldn't believe she was here and in perfect shape. "I missed you so much, Li Fei. How have you been? When did you leave prison? Why didn't you contact me?" he asked and a while later, he let go of her. "I've been fine Hu Feng. How are you? I expected to see you here," she said. "Tell me why didn't you call me until now? I found out about your release from social media, Li Fei. I'm your fiancee, for God's sake," he complained. Fiancee? Did he still consider her as that? she thought to herself.
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"You're going to break the glass, Jin. You're applying way too much pressure," whispered Jing Yue who had come with Liling. He saw him looking at Li Fei and a certain man hugging and talking, his jaws clenching.
Jin Liwei felt his blood boiling when he saw that man touching and hugging her yet she didn't reject him. Did she still consider him as her fiancee? If that was the case, he couldn't wait to burst that bubble. As he kept glaring at them, he noticed a woman approach them who placed her hand on the man's shoulder as if marking her territory and it somehow calmed him.
Li Fei was finding the appropriate words to tell Hu Feng when Liu Han came to where they were standing and placed her hand on Hu Feng's shoulder. She wore a very revealing peach dress. It had double slits at the side which reached up her thighs. Her cleavage was exposed and it was backless. "What are you two talking about?" she asked. "Please excuse us, Liu Han," Hu Feng immediately told her. "You can't abandon your date, Hu Feng. If you want to talk, do it in my presence or else I'm not leaving without you," she deadpanned. "What is wrong with you? You don't have any business here. I need to speak with my fiancee in private," he told her. "Fiancee, you say? Should I tell her what we've been doing in her absence?" she said to specifically hurt Li Fei and Hu Feng glared at her. Liling arrived then and took away Li Fei much to her relief. "You saved me," she said before sighing. "I know. I think you looked so beautiful because I can see that men can't take their eyes off you," Liling praised her.
"Come on, Liling. I think you looked more beautiful. Have you seen Mr Jin Liwei?" she asked her eyes searching for him. "He was.... he's there," she showed him where he was standing and Li Fei saw him speaking to some men. It seemed like they were discussing something serious and there's no way she could go and intrude their conversation. She decided to keep her distance, for now.
A while later, Mr and Mrs Yan spoke to their guests and thanked them for being able to make it to their party. They didn't forget to give special thanks and recognition to their special guests which included Jin Liwei and Jing Yue. After the food and drinks were served, the party went on as per the agenda.
On looking around, Jin Liwei caught sight of Li Fei speaking to another man laughing. He became frustrated and irritated. He couldn't believe that she had chosen to ignore him on the whole party yet he was the one that told her to come. A while later, he noticed the man leave before he got replaced by her friend.
"I'm thirsty," said Liling. "Me too. Let's go get some water," proposed Li Fei after looking around the room and failing to spot any servant. "Honestly, I'm tired of walking with these heels. My legs are hurting," whispered Liling. "Okay then, I will get it," she said before standing up to go. While she was walking, Li Fei felt gazes whenever she passed and it slightly made her uncomfortable.