At a half past three, Li Mei received a call from one of the organisers saying that some of the guests had arrived. "This early? Okay thanks for letting me know," she said before hanging up. "I will first go and welcome the guests that have come. I will be right back," she said before leaving.
As Li Mei was speaking to a few guests that had came, others also arrived. There were many reporters already who were filming whatever was happening.
When an hour passed, half of the hall was filled and Li Mei left to check on Li Fei.
She found her being worked on and said," I think I should dress up as most of the guests have arrived." "Oh! In that case I will dress up too," said Liling.
Li Mei dressed up before getting a light makeup. When she they were done, Li Fei said," You look so beautiful Mom." "Thank you. I just hope I don't take the limelight," she joked and Li Fei grinned. She then said," I'm going to join the guests now. I will send someone to come for you at the right time."
When Liling got dressed in her beautiful lilac dress, Li Fei also dressed up and sat down to have her final touch. "You look so... amazing. I'm at loss of words here," said Liling. The other two women couldn't agree less to her words. She indeed looked beautiful just like a perfect sculpture. "Thank you. You look beautiful too," said Li Fei. "I don't know what he will do when he sees you like this," she said confusing Li Fei and she asked," Huh? Who?"
"Don't mind me," she said before adding," I will give you company till the time to make your appearance."
In the hall, almost all the guests had arrived and taken their seats. Seeing his mother, Li Jiang stood up and walked to where she was. "You look so beautiful, Mother," he said and Li Mei smiled before saying," You came quite late. At some point I thought you weren't coming." "I wouldn't miss this day for anything. Where's FeiFei?" he asked. "Still in her room," she said before excusing herself to greet other guests. "Mr Yan, thanks for coming," she said the moment she reached him. He smiled and said," The pleasure is mine. I can't wait to see the birthday girl."
"She's going to join shortly. Please excuse me," she said and left the scene.
When it clocked six, they announced the coming of the birthday girl. By this time, most of the guests had gotten tired waiting.
Inside the hotel room, a maid was sent to inform Li Fei to come at the beginning of the stairway. On hearing this, she felt her heart racing and took a final look at herself in the mirror. "You look perfect," Liling assured her and she nodded before they left the room. Reaching the corridor, Liling saw Li Fei pause and also stopped to ask," What is it?" She looked around the whole place and later said," Nothing. Let's go."
Earlier when they were walking, Li Fei felt a farmiliar faint fragrance waft her senses and it made her pause. She had known that scent to belong to one person, but there's no way it could be possible. Perhaps some other person had it.
When they reached the beginning of the stairway where the guests couldn't see, Liling said," I will go. Don't be scared." When she nodded, she descended the stairs leaving her there waiting for the special announcement.
When Liling reached, she went to the emcee and whispered something to him then he nodded in understanding. A while later, he announced," Ladies and gentlemen, let me take this opportunity to welcome the birthday girl, Li Fei." With that, all guests stood up and clapped their hands looking at the stairway in anticipation.
A while later, they saw her coming. She elegantly held the hemline of her dress as she slowly descended the stairs. Reaching the end of the stairs, she gracefully walked to the emcee where she stood under every person's scrutiny.
Dressed in a long black lacy mermaid dress, she looked no less to a goddess in the eyes of many. Having designed by one of the top designers, the dress was a blend of oriental and nobility. The gown accentuated her soft smooth curves making her look sexy without being explicit.
Yan Jianyu gawked at the woman. The gown might be beautiful, but her classiness and poise were more stunning. Any man would be charmed by her and he was no exception. He couldn't help but wonder at this particular creation of God. Beautiful! She was absolutely stunning!
"Hi everyone," she said breaking many from their trance, him inclusive. "Thank you all for making it to my birthday celebration. It really means a lot to me knowing that you are there for me. Thanks for your love and support regardless of everything that happened in the past," she said looking at them. Everyone's attention was solely on her because one, she looked so beautiful and two, this was the first time she was coming out to make a public statement.
She continued to say," I know that I was a terrible person in the past but I also know that it's never too late to change. And I want to take this opportunity to apologize to each and every person I've ever wronged whether I meant it or not. Mistakes are human. Please forgive me." Almost everyone was touched by her words and from here, she gave the reporters an opportunity to ask her some questions because she knew they had much to ask.
The first one said," Ms Li Fei, the public would like to know the relationship between you and Mr Yan Jianyu." "Mr Yan Jianyu is our Vice President and my boss as I'm his Personal Assistant. Nothing more, nothing less," she replied. The second one asked," Is it true that you bribed the officials to be set free?"
"That is not true. I was released on remission," she answered.
"Ms Li Fei, your fans want to know if you completely quit modeling?" "Unfortunately, yes. I gave up on modeling as a career but I'm planning something which I will unveil at the right time," she said.