Chapter 2 - Like What You See? (1/2)
After the ceremony, Ye Jie was chatting with Ming Qu in the reception area which was in the back garden of the hotel. It felt roughly like a social gathering instead of a wedding reception. Each person was engaged in striving to seek for connections.
'Social animals craving to survive in this social jungle.'
Wu Xia joined them afterward swapping her traditional red wedding dress for a beautiful white dress. Clad in a simple but elegant white gown with a slit down the knee, she looked stunning. She looped her arm with Ming Qu's and he murmured something in her ear which caused a visible blush to appear on her fair delicate cheeks.
She hit him playfully with her clenched fists. After calming herself, she said, "Do you guys want to join the real fun?"
Both Ming Qu and Ye Jie gave her puzzled guise. "Don't tell me you want to spend the time with the older generation." Following her gesturing towards the garden filled with people, both of them realized that there was not a single person from the younger generation.
"Where exactly is the real fun?" Ye Jie asked hiding his grim mood behind a set smile.
A mysterious smile spread on Wu Xia's face as she dragged Ming Qu back inside the building. They passed by another wedding hall where a wedding was in process and took an elevator to the rooftop of the building. Seeing Wu Xia, the bouncer opened the passage for her to enter.
The rooftop was crowded with young people hanging around and dancing to the beats of music. Ye Jie was surely not an enthusiast of loud music as it made him feel nauseous. The rooftop was decorated with colorful lights with a dance floor specifically set up in the middle. Coupled with the DJ along with a bar section and snacks bar gave the illusion of a fancy nightclub.
"Who organized it?" The question that was bothering Ye Jie was voiced out by his best friend as Ming Qu looked at Wu Xia with a questioning look.
"Let's just say, my brother and his friends love to party." Her reply was not direct but it made one thing understandable, the after party was orchestrated by her brother.
Wu Xia dragged Ming Qu to the dance floor leaving Ye Jie alone with his tangled ruminations. Ye Jie glanced at the bright dazzling lights and walked towards the snack table which was right beside the bar.
He picked up a set of chopsticks and placed some chicken wantons on his plate. Just when he proceeded to take some chocolate cake, his gaze fell on a figure clad in high waisted wide leg black pants with white stripes on it paired with an elegant white button-up shirt.
Her hair was left open in soft curls which fell to her mid back. It wasn't her enticing figure that captivated him rather it was her face which held the identical poised bearing he perceived back in the wedding hall.
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Xu Mey trudged back to her Presidential Suite in the hotel to change out of the peach gown before joining her friends at the party. Anyone familiar with her or her friends had a misconception that they loved to party.