Sitting at the edge of the swimming pool, Li Fei exhaled loudly through her lips as she passed her hands through her hair to make it proper. It's been more than a week ever since she last heard from Jin Liwei.
With all due honesty, she was starting to regret ever mentioning about the wedding. She hadn't thought of the future and she now realized that she couldn't be with Jianyu. But there's no way she could tell him that right now because she was the one who brought the idea of getting married. Swinging her legs in the water, she couldn't think of what to do.
"You're also here," came a voice and she looked in the direction to see that it was Suyin. "Yes."
"Are you a fun of the pool too?" she asked getting in. "Yes. Though this is my second time coming here," she replied getting back in the water.
"I can see that the marks disappeared," teased Suyin. "Hey stop!" she warned. "Sorry. I just enjoy teasing you," she said. Li Fei then asked," Say Suyin, are you seeing someone?" "No one at the moment," she replied. "Why's that?" Li Fei couldn't help but ask. "Well, I was so heartbroken. I was fooled. I was dating a married man without my knowledge. He even had two kids can you imagine?" she asked. "That was so terrible," replied Li Fei. "You can imagine. I spent a whole month locked up in the house," she said. "So then, what did he say when you confronted him?"
"That he loved me and that he was going to divorce his wife. That he just needed some time," she explained. "That was a lie," replied Li Fei. "Of course. I knew that." "I'm sorry," she replied. "It's okay. I'm now fine. I learned to be," she said and Li Fei nodded.
She heard Suyin later say," You don't seem to be happy and it has taken days." "Oh, It's been so long ever since I was happy," she replied her eyes holding a distant look. "You don't love Yan Jianyu do you? Maybe you love Mr Jin Liwei?" said Suyin. She took a deep breath and said," All I can say is that my love life is so complicated. You won't understand." "I understand," she replied.
"Suyin, I think I better go. Have a great time," said Li Fei as she walked out of the pool. "Okay. I'm staying a little while longer," she replied and Li Fei walked to her shawl then wrapped it around her body and left.
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"Tell me, did you think it over?" asked Liling.
"I'm going on with it," Li Fei replied. "Are you certain?" "Yes. I'm sure," she said.
"What can I say, as a your friend, I will support you even when I know you're wrong. Where and when are you going to get married?" she asked. "In two and a half weeks I think.We decided to go back to Beijing." "Okay. I will be there with you," she informed.
"Thank you," replied Li Fei. "Anytime. I heard from Jing Yue that Jin Liwei came back."
"So he's there," said Li Fei with a hint of disappointment. "Yes. I think he finally let you be," she said before adding," I will be here to support you when you have a change of heart."
"Thank you," she replied before hanging up.
Just in moment, the door opened and Jianyu came in with a pizza box and placed it on the table.
She got off the couch and sat on the carpet before opening the box. "How did you know that I was craving for pizza?" she asked as she got out a piece. "I just figured it out," he replied sitting on the couch.
Taking a bite, he saw her frown as she chewed on it. "Anything wrong?" he asked. "It doesn't taste like usual. It's bland," she replied getting up and went to the kitchen before spitting it in the trash can.
When she came back, she found Jianyu taking a bite on the same piece and on chewing, he said," It is fine to me. Just the same." "I don't think I will be eating it again," she said sitting besides him. "You might want it later."
"Maybe," she replied.
A while later, he said, "Let's go to Huangshan for our honeymoon," he got his phone to show her the place.
"Let's go with that," she replied without seeing the pictures.
"You don't want to see it first?" he asked and she shook her head. "You had any other place in mind?" he asked and again, she shook her head. "Okay. If you say so."
Time passed and only a week was left for the two to register their marriage.
Jin Liwei hadn't bothered to contact her again and it was troubling her. It appears as though he had let her do what she wanted with her life. Did that mean he had lost interest in her?
Li Fei asked herself a number of questions as she went to the pharmacy and shortly, she came out. Reaching her house, the first thing she did was to visit the bathroom.
She dropped the strip in her pee as instructed.
For quite some time now, she has been experiencing a number of symptoms and chose to ignore them. It dawned on her that it could be something serious when she realized that her period was late.
As she waited for the results, Li Fei didn't know what she exactly wanted. A positive result would mean that she was to cancel the marriage to Jianyu but she didn't know how Jin Liwei would take the news. What if he had completely given up on her? And then, a negative result would mean that the marriage was still on yet deep down she was looking for a perfect excuse to cancel it.
She realized that the recommended time had already passed while she was still in her own trance. Taking a deep breath, she removed the strip without looking at it. Leaving the bathroom, she walked to sit on the bed and decided that it was time to look at it. Just as she had thought, there were double lines which meant that it was positive.
Her eyes glimmered with tears as she looked at it.