Star In The Bird's Nest

In the morning while Mingmei was asleep, her phone was ringing.

"Hello?" Mingmei in a sleepy tone.

"Hey, Meimei, why are you still asleep! Wake up and get ready first!" said Yifeng.

"Why are you calling in such early morning... I haven't got proper sleep last night!" she said.

"Open your eyes already, it isn't early morning anymore! Were you having hangover all by yourself!" he said.

She sees the time in clock and gets up quickly in panic with eyes wide open. She slept late last night, resulting her in waking up even late in the morning.

"Oh god, how can I be sleeping this late!" she said to herself.

"Meimei, quickly get ready. You even forgot I've got a flight to catch," he said.

"Oh, with you saying that I actually had forgotten that completely. I'll get ready now. Come pick me up," she said.

"Ok. I'll hang up first. Bye" he said.

Saying so, she immediately got ready and left with Yifeng. On the way to airport, he was quite, not speaking much.

"Why are you silent...? Feeling nervous of going to some new place..." she asked.

"Not really..." he said in somewhat low voice.

It was quite silent in the car. They arrived at the airport, where Mingmei went a little further to see him off. Looking at her he said,

"Meimei, I won't be around for a long time. Please take care of yourself. If there's anything wrong, talk to me directly."

"Xiaofeng, don't worry about here. You take care of yourself; you'll be all by yourself there. Just do your work good and come back early," she said.

"Bye Meimei. Take care, I'll miss you" he said tears in his eyes.

"Bye Xiaofeng. Take care and good luck. I'll miss you too," she said.

Saying so, he hugged her and left. So did she and headed back from airport.

Back in Mingmei's office, she's welcomed with a warm greeting by Zhang Wei and other colleagues for her work.

"Now, as Meimei and everyone is here, I would like to announce something" said Yaya in excitement.

"For the success we've accomplished, boss is gonna throw a party tonight! Let's just enjoy ourselves and chill!" she added.

Everyone was overwhelmed to hear it and started cheering and praising their boss.

At the club, everyone was drinking, dancing, having fun. While Mingmei was not having any drinks, rather just seating.

"Why aren't you drinking?" asked Yaya.

"My alcohol tolerance is..., I would better be sober," said Mingmei.

"Common Meimei, just a few shots!" said Yaya.

Mingmei was a little hesitant for the fact. Seeing so, Zhang Wei distracted Yaya to dance.

"Thanks! If not for you, Yaya might have got me drunk for sure," said Mingmei.

"It's ok, you don't have to," said Zhang Wei.

Before he could speak any further, he got a call.

"Boss, sorry to trouble you at this hour, but there's something urgent at home. Madam wants you to be back as soon as possible" said the maid.

"Got it. I'll head back immediately" he said.

"Meimei, there's something I need to take care of, I'll better head back. I'm sorry I can't join you guys tonight," said Zhang Wei.

"You should get going first, don't worry about here," said Mingmei.

"Thanks, take care. Bye" said Zhang Wei.

"Bye, take care," said Mingmei.

Saying so, he left. She was sitting there all alone, busy in her phone. Fun lasted pretty late, so everyone left. On her way back to home, she ran into someone by the street. She went further to take close of and was shocked to see that someone to be Wang Lie, fully drunk.

"Lie, why are you here, all by yourself...?" she was worried.

"Mei... Mei... you... are you here for real...?" he could barely open his eyes or talk.

"Why are you drunk like this...? shall I call Zixin or someone else to take you home...?" she asked.

"No... I... don't want to go back home... please..." he said.

"Fine, let's just go my way. It's not right and safe here outside" she said.

Saying so, she took him with her thinking no further. While all this drama was going, they were absolutely clueless about the fact that someone was secretly filming them. They arrived home.

"When it comes to being drunk, I guess you are even worse than me!" she said.

"I'm not going back, you... you hear me!" he said in a loud voice.

"Shhhh... (Holding one a finger on his lips to make him quite) keep it low, or else you are gonna wake up the neighbors!" she said.

Barely opening his eyes, he saw her pretty close to him, standing right in front of him, shuting his lips with a finger. He immediately pulled her close holding her hand, staring in her eyes for a moment and kissed her. She was stunned. It was like the clock stopped ticking all off the sudden. In no time he fell asleep. And she was standing there like a dumb looking at him, trying to figure out what had just happened. He was lying on the couch; she was sitting next to him looking at him fondly and smiling.

"What might have gone wrong for him to get drunk so much..." she was thinking all by herself. She touched his forehead softly, he suddenly hold her hand tightly,

"I... I won't go home..." he was sleep talking.

"It's ok... I'm right here, next to you... rest for a while now..." she tried to comfort him.

The morning sun shined on his eyes, opening his eyes, he saw Mingmei cooking in the kitchen. He was looking at her with smitten eyes, but immediately turned to the other side as soon as she looked towards him.

"Good morning" she said.

"Good morning..." he said coming back to his senses.

"So, feeling better...?" she asked.

"Hmm, much better..." he said scratching his hair.

"Here, honey water..." she held the glass in front of him.

"Thanks, and sorry for the trouble" he said with a guilty voice.

"Never mind! Although I don't get what was wrong with you last night... you..." she was curious.

"My head hurts. What did I do last night..." he said, touching his head.

Seeing so, she didn't dare to speak any further about it, as he was not in his senses to recall anything.

"I barely remember myself leaving the house, and nothing after that. How did I end up here...?" he asked.

By now he was fully awake and stable to think.

"You were drunk when we ran into each other. You were not willing to go back home, so I took you here. That's it..." she said.

"Thanks again..." he said in a low voice.

"Anyways, I've already made us breakfast. I'll be then leaving for work" she said.

"Sorry for the trouble. I'll ask assistant Han to come and pick me then..." he said.

They had breakfast and were about to leave,

"Shit! This has to be happening early morning!" she said in a frustrated voice.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Car's tire... its flat!" she said.

"Big deal, I'll drop you" he said.

"It's ok, I'll call a cab" she said.

"You helped me last night, consider it me repaying the favor... please..." he said in a sweet tone.

"Fine... thanks" she said.

They stopped near her office.

"Right here, I shall get going now. Thanks for the lift" she said.

"So, it's here you work..." he was about to get out of the car,

"Just be in the car, I don't think it's a good idea to get out. I don't want people to misunderstand us..." she said pushing him back in the car.

"Fine... so as you say... have a good day ahead. Bye, take care..." he said in flirty tone.

"Bye, take care" she said.

And the car left.