The StarNight hotel had done a splendid job at arranging the wedding within just a day. And since the wedding was to clear up the whole scandal, there was plenty of news media channels to cover the event.
Xu Family was one of the prestigious families of the country and that led to plenty of important figures attending the party. At Xu Mey's wedding, the guest list was kept minimum for personal reasons but at Xu Liqing's wedding, the guest list was quite long and every person was prominent than the previous one.
A whole red carpet scene was going on outside the hotel with plenty of celebrities making an appearance to make acquaintance with the upper-class people. Fu Shuang was walking on the red carpet when an extended Bentley stopped at the end.
After a minute, a tall figure in a solid grey suit came down from the car and came over to the other side to open the door. Ye Jie offered his hand to Xu Mey which she took pleasantly and disembarked from the car.
The frenzied media went quiet for a second to gape at the dazzling couple walking on the carpet. After a moment of silence, the trance broke when a specific reporter shouted, "President Xu, are you also here for Ms. Xu Liqing's wedding?" This certain reporter was from Lotus Entertainment's subsidiary Lotus New Media and Li Qiao had personally asked him to recognize Xu Mey as President Xu since people weren't familiar with her face.
The other reporters got another shock. "Is she the famous and mysterious President Xu of Vintage Gems?"
"Look, she's even wearing the Vintage's unreleased products," another one added and people turned to see the beautiful bracelet dangling on her delicate wrist while long earrings were hooked on her ears.
Xu Mey smiled at the reporter who asked the question and spoke softly but elegantly, "Yes. I'm also invited to the wedding."
Since she actually accepted her identity, who else was going to question it? The reporters could only suck in a cold breath and run towards her. It was a good thing that Ye Jie had arranged for bodyguards to keep these reporters away from his wife.
"President Xu wasn't your relationship with Ms. Xu Liqing at odd because of the last incident?" A reporter brought up old history.
Xu Mey sighed as she replied, "It's all in the past. How can I hold such things against her when she's moving into a new phase of her life?"
"President Xu, are you related to Ms. Xu Liqing?" Another sensible one made the connection from her surname.
Xu Mey smiled again. "Of course! Qingqing is my only younger sister." Xu Mey spoke in a saccharine manner making Ye Jie impressed by her acting. "As we all know, arguments happen between sisters. But as an elder sister, it's my responsibility to teach my younger sister. I failed in that task. So, I can only take the blame for her inappropriate behavior."
Ye Jie had the urge to laugh since the reporters around her looked at her with a favorable look. For the people, she was now like a perfect example of a big sister. Poor them! How would they know the inside story of this sisterly 'love'?
"President Xu, you really are kind to your sister," a young reporter spoke naively.
"No, no... My little sister is so good that I can't even compare to her. A sweet person like is always loved by everyone much less by me. And you might be thinking that I'm being biased because she's my sister. But trust me, Qingqing is a very filial daughter and an exceptional sister." 'Being the bit*h she is, obviously, she's exceptional.' Xu Mey kept her smile on for the cameras giving them a good look of her beautiful face.
As Xu Mey made way to inside, she heard another voice, "President Xu, last question!" Xu Mey turned around politely.
"Yes, please!" Her tone was very modest and humble making the reporter a bit flustered.
"President Xu, if you don't mind. Can you tell us who's the man beside you?" Xu Mey had expected this question and was prepared for this one for sure.
"Ah!" She looked up into Ye Jie's eyes and said, "He's Ah-Jie." she immediately tapped her head and added, "Silly me! I mean he's my husband, Mr. Ye Jie!" The reporter's eyes were already wide when she called him 'Ah-Jie' with affection but when he heard the word, 'husband' and 'Mr. Ye Jie', he felt like reeling.
"President Xu, you're married?"
"Is your husband the CEO of Ye Enterprises?"
"President Xu, why did you keep your relationship a secret until now?"
Another layer of questions started but it was all under her plan. She calmly faced all the reporters and replied, "First, yes. I am married. Not just married, but happily married." She took a pause before adding, "And second, yes. My husband is currently the CEO of Ye Enterprises." Seeing her arrogant look made Ye Jie want to just kiss her. Damn it! He knew this wedding was waste! Wait! It's not. Now, the world knows that she's his and he's only hers.
Oblivious to his thoughts, Xu Mey went on, "Most importantly, both of us like to keep our lives personal. And that's why our wedding was kept a secret. Thank you very much! Now, we'd like to enter the venue."
"Wait! Mr. Ye, would you like to add something?" They heard another question from the horde of reporters.
Ye Jie tightly held Xu Mey's waist and faced the cameras saying, "I think my wife has already added whatever was needed. But still, if you want my comment, then I can only say that I kept this wedding a secret because I wanted my wife to be just mine. I don't like people gossiping about my relationship with her. She's an important person in my life and I would not like to see people commenting about us." Her voice surely was megantic. So pleasant that even Xu Mey was in awe much the female reporters.
As they walked inside the hotel towards the banquet hall, Xu Mey said to Ye Jie, "Ah-Jie, you stole my thunder with your words."
"Baby, when I'm yours then my thunder is also yours." Realization dawned on her face as she nodded haughtily.
They both didn't notice a certain someone looking at them from a side with a sad look on his face. Fu Shuang knew that he was only hurting himself, but he still stood there to watch them flaunt their love all around.
'You're the biggest idiot, Shuang!' He thought to himself and went towards the banquet hall himself.
Well, it was without doubt that he was the biggest idiot! Who asked him to keep loving her so much? He could only blame himself and that he surely was doing.