CHAPTER THIRTEEN: CONFESSED BUT REALLY?

Meanwhile, a notification popped up on Yaya's phone. She was shocked and screamed Mingmei's name loudly.

"Meimei! Look, Wang Lie has given official statement about your relationship! And that anyone who'll try to publicly harass or mock you will be taken legal action against! That's cool!"

"What?!Let me see" Mingmei was shocked.

Seeing this she was like more and more confused.

"Lie, what are you thinking exactly...? Why did you say that? That too publicly! Don't you know the further consequences of all these!" Mingmei was thinking by herself.

Everyone there started to cheer for her. She was still confused and equally shy. Zhang Wei saw all these and became more furious. So, he just came out of his office and stood in front everyone. And all went back to work.

Soon as Mingmei was about to leave, reporters gathered at the entrance of her office. Zhang Wei was standing behind her. Reporters started questioning her all together.

'Ms. Zheng, now that Wang Lie has declared your relationship publicly, would you still deny it?'

'Ms. Zheng what's your words about all these?'

'Mr. Zhang, what's your part here?'

'Ms. Zheng, Ms. Zheng! You'll have to answer.'

To everyone's surprise, a car came there and as soon as the car's door opened all the eyes turned towards the car. Wang Lie stepped out from the car. Mingmei along with everyone was shocked to see him there. He started walking towards her and stood right in front of her looking in her eyes. Everyone was clueless about what he was up to.

He took her hand in hand, came one step closer to her, and said,

"Let's just end this silence... I don't want to hide it any further... Not from you, not from anyone else... Meimei, I agree in front of all, that I love you... I want to be with you... No matter what others think, as long as we are together, I promise to protect you and be with you always."

Hearing him say that she was awestruck and before she could say anything, Wang Lie kissed her. For them it was like the world of two. Everyone was amazed by this confession of Wang Lie, and they started cheering for them. Zhang Wei was not at all happy with all this, but he couldn't help the situation any better, so he just left first. Wang Lie took Mingmei to his car, and they left too.

Mingmei was still in shock, so she was quite during all the time. They reached her house.

He stopped the car and looked towards her.

"Meimei, I'm sorry..." he said.

"Haan...? for what exactly?" she asked.

"I lied about us being in a relationship. but I.." he said.

"But you. I know, you didn't had any other way to help the situation... I can understand... but this way you dragged yourself in more mess now..." she was low.

"It's not what I want to say..." he said.

"So, we pretend to be a couple...?" she asked.

Wang Lie immediately took her hands in hands, and said,

"It's indeed true, I lied about our relationship, but I was being serious about my love for you… Meimei, it's not because I had no other way to solve this mess, and I confessed to you. But it's because I really want to be with you... The moment I saw you going away from me, I couldn't take it... The moment when I kissed you, was not to display, but those were my true feelings for the fear of losing you..."

Mingmei was listening to his every word quietly. There was a sense of overwhelming joy in her eyes. He was about to kiss her, but she stopped him and said,

"Lie, why do you love me...? Apart from me being your fan and you being my idol, what else do you know about me...?"

He looked towards her in confusion. She continued to speak,

"It's not like I'm doubting your intentions or trying to judge you. It's just I want some time for me and you to know each other well, to know our lives well. I don't want it to be like a flow of time and emotions. Can you consider my thoughts please..."

He was happy to hear her words as she did not reject him or directly accept the relationship for having a crush on him.

"Then, please keep your heart open for me" he said.

She was shy as well as smiling. So, she got down from the car, he came out too.

"I'll be going in first" she said.

She turned around and took a step, he gently grabbed her hand from behind and hugged her.

"Good night. Take care..." he said nervously.

"Good night." She smiled and left.

After she entered the house, he left. As soon as she closed the door she started jumping, dancing. Her cheeks were all red, she couldn't stop blushing. As for her, all her life is now like a dream.

"Wang Lie actually confessed to me!! Am I dreaming...! Although this is complicated, we pretend to be together in front of all, but we're actually trying to get along!" She was talking to herself and suddenly hid her face with her palms. Meanwhile Yifeng called her.

"Hello, Xiaofeng!" she screamed.

"Meimei, seems like you are already in ninth heaven!" he said.

"If there's something higher than that, then I'm probably there!" she was so excited.

"Although one thing I should say is, Wang Lie was looking quite handsome while he confessed to you in front of all. I didn't expect that at all" he said.

"That's true. Oh my god, he was so cool!" she said.

"I knew you would end up together someday" he said.

"Well, I never thought of it anyway. It's like a dream coming true" she said.

"That being said, wait for me to come back, we shall celebrate together, no parties allowed leaving me behind" he said.

"Roger that! Now I'll hang up... days ahead might be somewhat big!" she said.

"Alright! Bye take care" he said.

"Bye take care" she said, and call ended.

She was trying a lot hard to sleep, but she couldn't stop thinking of Wang Lie. Finally, she fell asleep.

It was her weekend off next day. She was lying on her bed. Her phone was ringing. She saw it was her mother.

"Hello, mother" she said.

"Meimei, what is all that I saw in news?" Her mother was furious.

"Mom, relax first..." she tried to calm her.

"You tell me to relax? My daughter is all over the internet, making headlines, having dating rumors with celebrities and you ask me to relax!" said mother.

"Mom, it's not celebrities, it's just one, Wang Lie. And he is my idol, not a criminal" she said.

"I don't care who it is. All I care about is you, I don't want you to make any more headlines," said mother.

"Wang Lie is a nice guy... at least much better than those idiots I've to face on blind date" she said.

"Meimei, we are common people, this is hard... I don't want you to get hurt..." mother said.

"Mom, I know... don't worry, I'll be alright. I'm grown up now, and this is indeed the fact that Wang Lie has been my crush for a long time. So... I want to still go on..." she confronted her mother.

"I know you are not a child anymore. Just be safe, anything happens, remember you are not alone, you can talk to me always. But still, be careful. Their lives are much more complicated than ours," said mother.

"I will... I love you mom, thanks for being with me" she said.

"I love you too dear... take care of yourself and come home someday. Your father and I both miss you," said mother.

"I miss you too... tell father, I'll come soon" she said.

"Bye then. I've chores left to do, stop being lazy, and get out of bed. Do something productive," said mother.

"Hmm... I thought you almost missed that part! Bye mom" she said.