After Lie left, Mimgmei went in the house, sat on a chair quietly. There were tears rolling down her eyes.
Yifeng came to her in the evening. He saw her sad face, and asked,
"Hey, Meimei, what's wrong with you? Why is your face pale?"
"Nothing... just a little workload" she said.
"Workload.? You say, you can't lie to me at least" he said.
She was quiet.
"Is there something wrong with you and Lie...?" he asked.
"Hmm, nothing. We're good" she said.
"Recently I hear too many rumors of his father not agreeing to your relationship... is that true?" he asked.
"His father don't want him to be with someone ordinary..." she said in a low voice.
"So..." he asked.
"So, he don't allow us to meet, go public" she said.
"He's so pathetic! What does he have anything to do with your relationship!" he said.
"I feel, he's right at some extent. Being surrounded by so many rumors, is not good for Lie either" she said.
"What about Lie?" he asked.
"He's on war with his father. I don't know how long all these will go..." she said.
"And have you thought of some way out to stop these?" he asked.
"Not yet... I don't want to make the situation any worse" she said.
"So, his problem is that you are an ordinary girl, so you can't be with Lie, right?" he said.
"Yes" she said.
"So, why don't you become a celebrity too?" he asked.
"Me...?! celebrity?! Have you lost your brain!" she said.
"My dear Meimei, have you forgotten how many people like your work! And that your work is appreciated by many creators and so many people want to see the face behind that name!" he said.
"Stop beating around the bush!" she said.
"Why don't you reveal your identity to the people. They will sure be happy to meet you" he said.
"No, I can't, rather I don't want to. I don't have any confidence to face others" she said.
"Meimei, it's not something that you can or cannot! Now, it's the need, and you should take this as opportunity, so his father will know it too, that you are not an ordinary girl" he said.
She was quite, not responding.
"Don't you always say, Wang Lie has been your inspiration for your writings from the beginning...? Then don't you feel, he should know it too... think about it..." he said.
"I don't know. Even if I want to, how would it be..." she said.
"Take your time and think about it, as for how it goes, leave the rest to me. I'll help you" he said.
For some time, everything was quite, Yifeng left, Mingmei was just looking at Lie's picture and thinking what to do. And went to sleep.
Back at home, Lie was frustrated over his father's behavior. He was repeatedly having arguments with him.
As she reached office entrance, surprisingly she met Zhang Wei there.
"Boss! You are back!" she was shocked.
"Good morning Meimei" he said smiling.
"Oh, um, good morning! Welcome back" she said.
"Let's get going then" he said.
"Sure" she said.
Everyone was happy and surprised to see Zhang Wei. Everyone welcomed him.
"Thank you everyone. I hope everything here was good in my absence" he said.
"Yes boss, since you are back, we all missed you in office. But Meimei handled everything really well," said Yaya.
"All of us did," said Mingmei.
"Alright, now get back to work everyone. Ah, Mingmei, come to my office" he said.
"Yes boss" she said.
She knocked the office door,
"May I?" she asked.
"Come in please" he said.
"How was trip?" she asked.
"It was nice. How was everything here, although I know if it's you, I don't have to worry about anything else" he said.
"Everything goes well, also there was chairman Mrs. He here, so, no issues. These are the work reports in your absence" she said.
"I'll go through them later, thank you" he said.
"So, if there's nothing else, I'll get back to work" she said.
"Meimei" he said.
"Ah?" she asked.
"How have you been recently...? Was there any problems for you...?" he asked.
"I'm good. Things happen, but it's still fine" she said.
"I know you've been through a lot, but you still need to remember this, we're friends no matter the circumstances, so you can tell me if there's something that bothers you" he said.
"I know... but I'm really fine" she said.
"That's good. You may continue with your work then" he said.
"Ok" she left.
Although Mingmei was free from the work pressure, she still felt exhausted thinking about Yifeng's idea.
"Should I give it a try...? I may not be that great of a celebrity, but at least I've got a no. of fans... but, does that count?" she was thinking.
A message pops up on her phone.
"Meimei, I'm back. Where are you?" Zixin.
"I'm at office. When did you return?" she replied.
"Last night. Are you free tonight?" Zixin asked.
"Yup! I'll be off work early" she replied.
"Perfect! Let's meet then" Zixin replied.
"Done! See you later" she replied.
In the evening, Mingmei was about to leave, she met Zhang Wei.
"Shall I drop you?" he asked.
"Thanks, but I've to go somewhere later, so I'll be by myself" she said.
"You sure?" he asked.
"Ya, I'm good" she said.
"Ok, be careful then, bye!" He left.
"Bye, take care" she left too.'
Mingmei came to the restaurant.
"Meimei...!" Zixin called.
"Ah, hi" Mingmei said.
"Long time no see, how have you been?" Zixin asked.
"I'm good, where have you been?" Mingmei asked.
"Business trip with my father! But this one was quite good" Zixin smiled.
"Really, what was so special?" Mingmei asked.
"Nothing, just not as boring as every time it is! Oh, what would you like to have?" Zixin asked.
"I'm fine with anything," said Mingmei.
They ordered food.
"So, Meimei, how's it going with you and Lie?" Zixin asked.
"We're good...," said Mingmei.
"You don't sound like that actually..." said Zixin.
"Let me ask you something," said Mingmei.
"Sure, go ahead" said Zixin.
"Is it so impossible for a star to be with an ordinary person...? Won't anybody accept them as they are ever?" Mingmei asked.
"No, it is not, as long as you don't care of what others think. You just need to think about the person you love, if it's working for you two, then there's nothing that can stop you. People would still have problem even if a star is dating someone popular, why care about their opinion!" said Zixin.
"What if, the person is important and his opinion matters?" Mingmei asked.
"Then prove yourself, not only to one, but to everyone, that your decision of being together was not wrong. But before that, you, yourself have to be confident about this" said Zixin.
"I understand, thanks a lot. You really cleared my mind," said Mingmei.
"We're friends, of course you can share your problems with me. If there's something I can help with, feel free to ask" said Zixin.
"Thanks a lot. For being such a good friend," said Mingmei.
Meanwhile their dishes were served, they had dinner and left.
Mingmei was now sure about what she should do next. So, she called Yifeng.
"Xiaofeng, I've decided!" she said.
"That's great, I'll meet you tomorrow after work" he said.