"Will I pay the bill?" no! She must have heard wrong. A haughty and proud girl like Lei Mei would not ask others to pay the bill. Right! Right?
"Yes, when I asked you to take the leftovers and pay the bill, I hurt your pride. So, I will take the leftovers and you will pay the bill. This way, there will be no misunderstandings in our friendship." they wanted to shout. There were no misunderstandings in their friendship anyway. They did not want to pay the bill. But Xia Yu had already sent the waiter toward them.
They could feel the eyes of a few guests on them already. How could they still refuse? With a heavy heart they took out their card and passed it to the waiter.
Xia Yu took out her phone and faked surprise. "Oh my look at the time!" she stood up at once. "I forgot that I had a meeting scheduled half an hour ago. I will see you both later." she waved her hands before the girls could stop them.
"Wait! If she was going for a meeting, she should have left the food for us." they blinked and only realized that she could not get so much food at home.
"I can not believe that we have paid when she was with us." said the other in a lamenting voice. Her heart bled for the money she had spent.
"Ha! It is all because of you. Why did you react so harshly when she asked us to take the leftovers." the other girl felt wronged.
"Why are you shouting? I have paid the bill already and you have supported me at that time too." Xia Yu had not left immediately. She was leaning on the door and listening to their quibble. Her eyes twinkled with joy and a bright smile appeared on her lips.
She shook her head and grinned as she walked away.
"Lei Mei!" Xia Yu turned to look behind her on the escalator. A young man was looking at her with surprise. "It is really you." he jumped a few steps to reach closer to her earning a frown and glare from others.
"It had been so long, Mei. how have you been?" Xia Yu looked closely. She was not shown this man's picture when she was introduced with the people close to Lei Mei or Han Zhou. but there could be so many people. How could they cover all of them at once?
He must have been forgotten or he was not that close to Lei Mei.
"You.. Do not tell me that you do not remember me, Mei. We dated when we were in high school." The man looked aggrieved by her lost face. Xia Yu flinched. Her family must have not known that Lei Mei had a boyfriend in high school. But now she knew nothing about this man.
She felt lost and looked around. Suddenly the stairs felt too long.
"Are you trying to ignore me after leaving me like that Mei." Before she could react, the man had held her hands tightly. "I have been looking for you all these years. Now that I have found you, I will not let you go." Just then they reached the ground floor but the man did not let go of her hands. He held them so tightly as if wanted to be one with her.
Xia Yu frowned and pulled her hands but he did not let go.
"You! I do not remember you. Let me go." she warned the man with a thick skin but the man only frowned.
"How can you not? We have gone on so many dates. We have seen movies together and shared ice creams. Mei, this is not a good joke." he warned only to make Xia Yu frown. How she wanted to throw something to his head in case it will help his brain in working.
She was trying so hard that she did not notice two men were taking their pictures from a distance. She pulled her hands again and again but she was no match for his strength.
"Hey! You will let me go right now or I will call the security. You do know who I am." she warned coldly. Even if this fool was a boyfriend. She was feeling nauseated by his proximity.
"Mei! You have really changed." The man finally let go of her but he still looked at her with pain. Shaking his head, he took out a card and passed it to Xia Yu. "This is my card. Call me later, I am sure we can start our relationship again." he begged and held her hand to put the card on it.
With a pained smile, he looked at her again before leaving. Xia Yu only took a breath of relief then. The man was handsome with short hair and dark eyes. He could get any girl. Why did he want to follow this rotten girl? Shaking her head, Xia Yu placed the card in her purse and left from there.
On the other side, Su Yan's phone buzzed. She checked the message with a smile on her face.
"Mr Han, you have asked me to make a report on our new project right? Shall I send them now?" the man sitting in front of her and working on the laptop nodded.
He checked the time and then paused to take a sip of his coffee. Su Yan clicked on a few buttons and Han Zhou opened an email. He checked the reports with cold eyes and nodded.
"Good work! You can send it to the clients." Su Yan nodded and left the room and dialed a number again.
"Hello! I have good news for your newspapers. It is about the newly married wife of Mr Han."
"Oh Lei Mei! Since you are working so hard to gain the approval of Zhou and his family, I will help you a bit."