"He left? When?" she asked surprised. "It was around six. He probably didn't want to wake you up from your sleep." "O-okay. I will take a shower and come back," she said before going back to the bedroom. She immediately got her phone to call him and he picked up.
"How was your night?" he asked her. "Fair. Why did you leave without seeing me first?" she asked. "I had an important meeting very early in the morning and I didn't want to disturb you from your sleep."
"Okay. But are you okay?" she asked. "I will be fine. Take care of yourself. I will pick you up at your friends house," he said.
After hanging up, Li Fei was relieved that he sounded normal. The last thing she needed was a misunderstanding between them.
After having breakfast, she left for Liling's house and on reaching, the two enveloped themselves in a tight hug before anything.
"Tell me everything. Are you ready? Are you nervous?" Li Fei asked. "A little bit, yes. I already got my dress but I haven't found other accessories like jewelry. You're going to accompany me to the mall, ain't you?" "Sure, no problem," Li Fei agreed. "Tell me, how is everything between you two?" "What can I say, fair," she said not wanting to bother her friend with her issues as she was getting married the next day.
A while later, silence came to settle between them and on looking, Li Fei sensed that Liling wanted to say something but she was hesitating. "What is it you want to say Liling?" she decided to ask her. "Ah, it's nothing important. I just want to know something," she said. "Go ahead." "Uhm...I heard that the first time is always painful. Is it true?" Liling asked shyly.
Li Fei giggled the moment she got what she was implying. "Don't laugh at me," said Liling her face red. "Okay. What can I say? I think it depends on how your partner handles you. The more gentle he is, the less pain you feel," she explained. "I get. What about you? Was yours painful?" she asked. " It had to be painful for my case because one, Jin Liwei hadn't expected it to be my first time and two, he had been drugged so he lost his control." Liling flinched at the imagination. It must have been painful.
"You're worried about that?" asked Li Fei. "Honestly I am," she confessed. "You don't have to be. I think Jing Yue will be gentle on you."
"I think so too. And even if it's painful, I will get pregnant not so?" she asked and Li Fei nodded at it. She knew how much Liling loved kids and she somehow believed that it's one of the reasons why she had readily agreed to the marriage. "But it's not a guarantee that you will become pregnant on the first time," Li Fei told her. "But you got yours on your first time didn't you?" she asked. "Yes but we are all different." "Well, I will be hopeful that I will become pregnant soon," she said and Li Fei nodded in encouragement.
"I will quickly change so that we could go to the Mall," she said and Li Fei approved.
Li Fei opened Weibo and found news of Liu Han who had won a certain award. On seeing this, she realized that she had totally forgotten about her. She might have gotten busy nowadays, she thought. It seems like she finally got something to do with her life.
A while later, she opened the dial box and contemplated on calling Jin Liwei but she decided against it. He must be busy.
When they reached the Mall, Liling got some simple jewelry and later, Li Fei helped her in choosing some sexy lingerie and night wear. They later went to the men's shop to get some gifts for Jing Yue.
As Li Fei was helping her in choosing, she caught sight of cufflinks which were in royal blue and silver and they caught her fancy. "How much are these?" she asked the attendant. "Three hundred Yuan," he answered. "I want them," she said and he got them for her before beautifully wrapping them. They were somewhat expensive but worthy the price. Something that would suit him.
They chose a number of things for Jing Yue such as shirts, neckties, belts among others and by the time they finished with everything, it was two in the afternoon.
As they were having their lunch, they eavesdropped on their neighbors' conversation and they heard that the Tang Yuan festival was being held on the rooftop of this same mall. Liling immediately exclaimed saying that they should go and attend it. Li Fei who was still contemplating got a call and saw that it was Jin Liwei.
"How are you?" he asked. "I'm good. How are you?" "I miss you. Where are you?" he asked her. "We are at Song Mall. We came to get some things," she said. "Are you done?" he asked. "Yes." "Okay. I will come get you right now," he said before hanging up.
Looking at Liling, she said," We can't go. Jin Liwei is coming." Liling pouted her lips like a spoilt child and said," Why does he have to interrupt our time? He is always with you most of the time." "Okay, let's wait for him to come and we see if we can go for the festival," she said but she didn't look convinced.
Later as Liling was still convincing Li Fei, they heard a male voice exclaim," Li Fei!!" On hearing that voice, Li Fei turned to look in the direction and caught sight of Dong Hai and she couldn't believe it. When Dong Hai saw that she was indeed the one, he ran to her and enveloped her in a tight hug. When the two parted, he said," Oh my, Li Fei! I'm so happy to see you here." "Me too! Have a seat with us here," she said and he took a seat besides her.