In the evening as soon as Mingmei came down the entrance, many reporters were waiting for her to talk. She did not dare to step outside. Zhang Wei asked the guards to clear up the crowd.
"Meimei, come with me, I'll drop you," said Zhang Wei.
This was the only best option she got, so she agreed to him. He then took her hand in his hand and walked her towards the car. As soon as they entered the crowd, all the
reporters started clicking photos of them together.
"Ms. Zheng!! Ms. Zheng!" reporters were shouting.
"Ms. Zheng, you have to answer us" again the reporters.
Zhang Wei and Mingmei left in the car. It was quite in the car.
"Don't worry, it's safe in here," said Zhang Wei.
"Hmm..." Mingmei was quite.
"Do you wanna go anywhere else?" he asked.
"No... I'm just tired. I wanna go home and rest" she said.
"How about having dinner?" he asked.
"Thanks, but I don't have appetite... maybe next time" she denied.
"Fine, I'll drop you home then" he said.
She was still quite. They arrived at her house. She got down, before he could get out of the car, she bid him bye and went straight in the house. Seeing her like that, he did not stop her and left.
She was lying on her bed when she saw more of the news updates.
'Now they make their relationship public #MeiWei' someone posted their pictures holding hands.
'I think they are closer #LieMei' another user posted.
'I guess she's dating both of them' one more post.
'Shameless of her! Just stay away from my idol Lie' another user.
'I wonder why Lie hasn't reacted... maybe they are just rumors' someone replied.
'Can you deny the pictures'.
By now it had become the topic of discussion. Mingmei was reading all these. She was sad but decided to leave it alone. Suddenly she got call from Yifeng, she immediately picked up.
"Hello, Meimei are you there?" asked Yifeng.
"Xiaofeng." she said in a low somewhat said voice.
"Meimei, are you alright...? don't cry..." he said.
"I miss you... if you might be here, all of this might have over already... I feel standing all alone by myself in this mess..." she started crying.
"My dear Meimei, don't cry... I'm sorry for not being there with you... I saw all the news online. I won't ask you what the actual
thing is, rather I would say hang in there, and everything will get cleared by itself" he confronted her.
"Saying it that way is easy, but not for doing..." she said.
"I know... but there's nothing much you could explain. If they had been willing to know the truth, they might not have trolled or mocked you anyway. So just stop thinking about it and relax. Everything will be alright later" he tried to confront her more.
"You saying it that way makes sense to me too. If they were willing to know truth, it wouldn't have been this way. So, it's better I
should keep ignoring all of these" she said.
"Now that's what I expect from you. Don't worry about others, just remember one thing, no one knows you better than you yourself. Let them be where they are" he said.
"Although one person knows me much well" she said.
"Who? Your idol Lie?" he teased her.
"Not him, you! my best friend! Come back soon" she was better now.
"I thought you almost forgot that! I'll be back soon ones my work here is done" he said.
"Fine. I'll hang up for now, I have to sleep. Bye. Take care" she said.
"Bye. Good night. Take care" he said, and call ended.
Meanwhile Wang Lie called her, but she already felt asleep.
In the morning, she was ready to leave for office, Zhang Wei was there to pick her.
"Good morning boss why are you here?" she asked.
"Good morning, I thought someone might feel scared to come alone, so I'm here to accompany" he said.
"That's quite thoughtful of you" she smiled.
"So, shall we?" he asked.
Wang Lie was there and watching from far. So, he came to her.
"Meimei...," said Wang Lie.
"What are you doing here?" she was shocked.
"You were not taking my calls, I was worried...," said Wang Lie.
"I... I was..." she didn't say much.
"You, you are responsible for everything she's going through" Zhang Wei stood in between them and interrupted the conversation.
"Who are you...? It's between me and Meimei, so just stay away from this" Wang Lie was even more furious now.
"Exactly, this was supposed to be between you both, but don't forget, this is more of a public mess now," said Zhang Wei.
Both Lie and Wei were standing right in front and giving death scare to each other. They may start arguing badly, thinking so, Mingmei interrupted them to handle the situation.
"Both of you just calm down please... I'm already stressed enough; I don't want any more problems now. People might notice this..." she said.
Both of them were still staring each other furiously.
"Boss, please... Mrs. He won't want to hear any more problems. said looking towards Zhang Wei.
He looked at her and agreed.
"let's leave then," said Wei.
"Meimei...?" said Lie and grabbed her hand.
"We should probably stay away, for the sake of each other. That's what is right for our normal lives" said Mingmei trying to retrieve her hand.
"Meimei, I know, all this mess is because of me. Just give me some time and I promise I'll clear this. But just don't leave me" Lie won't leave her hand.
"Please Lie, I don't want to affect your career or my life anymore. I won't blame you for what they think, but I really can't take it
anymore. All those comments and gossips online... moreover we aren't dating or in love... so it's better to keep distance and not give air to the fire" she said anxiously.
"Meimei we..." Lie stopped his words.
"let's just pretend to not know each other. That's better than this confusion. You are a celebrity, you are my idol, and I'm your fan, that's what we are and that's the only truth" she said and turned other side.
She left with Zhang Wei. Lie was standing there quite, watching her go. As for him, what Mingmei said was tough, but he couldn't say
more. He left then. All this drama was snapped by someone secretly. Soon this was over the internet.
Everyone was talking about the same at Mingmei's office.
'Two handsome guys fighting for one girl' someone captioned the pictures.
'Is she still deciding whom to choose' someone commented.
'that's quite courageous, after dating both of them' another one replied.
'it's their life, let them decide, why are we interrupting them?' another commented.
'You think so, but Wang Lie is an idol to me and many others, so obviously we can't sit
back and watch him getting betrayed' someone replied.
"Meimei, why don't you take a break and relax yourself," said Yaya.
"I'm alright... what's gonna even change, if I go somewhere else..." Mingmei was stressed.
Although she may seem stressed with the situation, deep down somewhere she was sad for saying all that to Lie, for being tough on him.
"Meimei...?" asked Yaya.
"Ahh, I'm sorry, I was just thinking...," said
Mingmei.