MESSING UP

"Senior Lein, it's late already. Why did you call?"

"Your mother said you have to upload certain photos from the behind the scenes of your pictorial last time. I was waiting and you posted nothing."

"Wait I forgot!"

Meixiu got up from the couch and rested her feet on the cold floor. She can see her laptop's still on. She completely forgot to accomplish her tasks before she sleeps. Looking at Chaoxiang's room, she can tell the man she married is already asleep which she considers an advantage for he has been bugging around her for the last few hours.

"Are you asleep already?"

"I am. Are ten photos enough?"

"Totally. Are you still uncomfortable with posting stuffs on your socials?"

"Yes. If it weren't for my mom, I would never do this thing. Are you still in the hospital?"

"No, I just got out. I told you I got the President's approval. I had like a whole week of rest and could work on properly with my project for Chaoxiang's upcoming fan signing next week."

"Fan signing?"

"Aren't you aware of it?"

And she then remembered she completely tossed Chaoxiang's fan signing aside. Well it isn't something she wants to do for she really wants to attract his attention as little as possible. For sure, Chaoxiang has no idea it was her all along. He has no idea he has been messaging her fan account and that he has been asking her to meet his own wife.

"You wouldn't come?" Lein asked her once again.

"I told you I can't. I am still embarrassed."

"I know what's going on between the both of you. I'm aware he has been trying to communicate with you lately. He wants to give you a reward for being there for him all this time."

"It's not that I don't want to see him but I don't think it's necessary. Most fans spend their lives without actually meeting their idols in person."

"And you are privileged enough to be invited not just by his staffs but by himself. He clearly wanted to see you."

Meixiu wasn't all ears with her friend because she is busy choosing the appropriate photos to post. It was all comedic and wholesome however, she believes she shouldn't exceed with ten photos. And after thoroughly scanning the pictures and even putting on a short caption on it, she clicked the post button and voila! Her photos are all over the internet now.

"Meixiu!", Lein's voice pierced through the phone speaker.

"What is it?"

"Quickly delete your post now."

"Why?"

"You posted it on your fan account!"

"What? Wait!"

And Meixiu clicked the option button of her post and decided to delete the photos immediately. In her defense, she is really sleepy now. She has been sleeping in this couch for about ten minutes now before she heard her phone ringing. Now there are some questions circulating her head. Is there someone else who already saw her post?

"Meixiu, do you know a certain Lee Jaewoo?"

"Uh ,why?"

"He had seen your post already! He actually reacted to the post before you were able to delete it."

"Lee Jaewoo? Chaoxiang's assistant!" she said to herself.

"Senior, I'll call you again. I remember I should do something."

"Is it more important than assuring it's only that Jaewoo who saw your post?"

"Yes yes. Can you open my socials and post the photos for me? You have a copy of the photos right?"

"Okay I'll do that."

"I'll hang up."

She plans to call Jaewoo and convince him to seal his lips. It was Chaoxiang who said she shouldn't be a fan of his, he clearly said that on the very first night of their marriage. If there is something that's bothering Meixiu right now is her fear that Chaoxiang might totally despise her this time for she didn't follow his order. He shouldn't know, by all means Meixiu is determined to stop the truth from spilling out.

"Wait Meixiu, Chaoxiang actually follows your socials. All of them. Since when? That's great."

"Cut it off. There's another time to talk about it. Bye bye Senior."

And so she hung up. She was so sure than she actually kept Jaewoo's phone number. She needs to talk to him and ask him to keep it a secret. At all cost, she would stop him from telling Chaoxiang about what he just found out.

"Miss Meixiu, aren't you asleep? It's late now."

She can tell he's joking around. Chaoxiang's assistant is definitely teasing her for he already knows her secret. Just like his boss, Jaewoo can really be a pain sometimes.

"Miss Meixiu, I took a screenshot of it. Should I send Sir Chaoxiang?"

"You are definitely aware of the reason why I'm keeping it to him."

"My lips are sealed, honestly. I never sent him the screenshot yet."

"Yet? So you have plans?"

"You are quite fast in deleting the post, pretty sure no one saw it than me. However, can you do me a favor instead?"

"Only if you'll keep my secret."

"I'll keep your secret only if you do me a favor."

"Fine. What is it?"

"I've been working really hard for Sir Chaoxiang and I haven't been receiving any raise in my salary. Would you plea for me?"

"Okay. I'll try my very best."

"It's a win-win situation so let's call it a deal. Bye bye Miss Meixiu."

And Meixiu groaned in frustration after Jaewoo ended the call. Ask Chaoxiang to increase Jaewoo's salary out of nowhere? How could she do that? And if she'll give Jaewoo some money from her own profit, her mother will definitely doubt she's using it to something else. Now how is she going to talk to Chaoxiang about it?