My Husband is the Emperor : I Woke Up With a Husband

They walked down through the corridors of the lobby with the nurse assistance. Li Lian stayed in the middle while Violet walked on her left side. Her lips were silent as her eyes move from the nurse who spoke with Li Lian cheerily to the surrounding where they were.

"Everyone will be happy with this, I’m sure! Thank you Mrs. Li!" said the nurse while hugging the signboard she requested Li Lian to sign.

"Thank you too." Li Lian smiled, to see her own fans cheering for her was a new experience she was grateful of. Her eyes shifted over her shoulder, to see Violet. Before when she had two bodyguards with large builds beside her, people would avoid her out of fear but now that Violet took the role as her bodyguard people find her to be more approachable and it took away the awkwardness she had too.

Violet generally speak less and only did when she needed something to report to or comment. She didn’t ask anything unnecessary as if it was her code not to do so. Li Lian recalled Violet say she would rather keep distance with people and she could see how.

"Is this not the way?" Li Lian asked when they took a change of path.

The nurse inclined her head, "It seem that you haven’t been informed yet, Mrs. Li. Mr. Li change Ms. Yue’s room two days ago."

It must be to heightened the protecting of her foster mother, thought Li Lian. It would be hard for Li Lian never to notice Li Jun Wei’s action. Every small moves he made was with the thought of her sake. She felt ticklish and happy, her heart feeling fizzy for the special place he made for for her.

"Li Lian!" Li Lian was surprised when her name was called. Lifting her head, she saw Jin Nu Yuan and an older woman of her age walking beside her. The girl walked toward her with a wide beaming smile and squeezed her hand warmly.

Jin Nu Yuan was a friendly girl but her demeanor was very similar to Xie Hue Lin that had Li Lian to be on her guard when she was with her. She knew she was bad in judging people and was skeptical when Jin Nu Yuan took called her name happily after their first time meeting each other before.

"I hope you’re fine since the last time we see each other. What are you doing here? Did you come for a checkup?" Jin Nu Yuan inclined her head curiously.

"I came here to visit someone." Li Lian replied gently.

"You too? We came to visit our friend too." Jin Nu Yuan then turn to the woman who stood beside her and Li Lian saw the woman smiling at her. "This Li Lian," Jin Nu Yuan introduced, "And this is Ren Linliu, my friend."

"Li Lian, nice to meet you." Li Lian extended her hand and the woman returned her. The smile was also returned politely but at the same time the eyes she used to seize Li Lian’s face was calculating.

"Nice to meet you too, you can call me Linliu." Ren Linliu replied her smile. "I assume you are Nu Yuan’s friend too? But I’ve never seen you before." the woman hummed and subtly gouge out the clothe Li Lian wore before moving to Violet to repeat the same process. As to what she was searching for by studying them, Li Lian could notice it. The woman was counting her worth.

"Li Lian is Cousin Wei’s friend, I met her during the birthday party last time." Jin Nu Yuan quickly explained before Li Lian did. Her eyes then looked at Li Lian and she smiled sweetly. When she had explained of how Li Lian was Li Jun Wei’ friend, her tone was much delightful than calling Li Lian as Li Jun Wei’s wife. Li Lian found that Jin Nu Yuan’s fast act to cover her as Li Jun Wei’s wife was smooth but the smoothness could also be frightening. It was often said that the person who could lie to their teeth would be able to lie to almost anyone.

Hearing Li Jun Wei’s name, suddenly, Ren Linliu look at Li Lian with a surprised expression. "Jun Wei’s friend? That’s even odder I’ve never seen you anywhere with Jun Wei before. May I know your surname miss?"

There was the familiarity used by Ren Linliu when she called Li Jun Wei’s in first name basis. "It’s Li, my surname is Li." Jin Nu Yuan’s eyes squint at Li Lian after her reply, "Are you also Jun Wei’s friend?" Li Lian asked back and saw how Ren Linliu’s smile turned lopsided.

"I am, we’ve been friends since high school. It’s weird that all this time I’ve been his friend, I’ve never heard any woman who could call Jun Wei’s name like the way you did." she laughed but Li Lian knew how the woman’s laughter was insincere.

"I don’t think that’s true, you also call his name too." Li Lian retort back lightly.

"I am but my case is a little different because I know him for a long time." Ren Linliu said bluntly. She swiped her brown hair aside, letting it to fall on her expensive leather coat she wore to cover her sleeveless purple dress she wore.

"Everyone have different cases, I met Li Jun Wei for a quite a long time and we find many similarities right after our first meeting," Ren Linliu drew her brows very subtly after her words. "If you are Jun Wei’s friend, I’m sure we could also be a good friend, Linliu."

"That would be my pleasure, his friends are also my friends. Please call me again if we ever cross path." said Ren Linliu.

"Likewise." Li Lian replied, keeping talks short she left the place. The two women were not type of people Li Lian could ever get used to, thought herself.

When Li Lian went from the place, Ren Linliu stared at her back and frowned, "Who was that? I’ve never seen her before in any party. I shouldn’t have missed the birthday party."

"You can’t blame to be busy, Linliu." Jin Nu Yuan replied, and added, "She is a singer."

"A singer?" Ren Linliu lifted her brows. "How could a mere singer be able to meet Jun Wei and become his friend?" Li Jun Wei was someone who prefer to keep people at an arm’s length. He dislike having people close to him that had her wonder how long have they’ve been together as a friend for Li Lian to be able to call him directly by his first name.

"I also don’t know." Jin Nu Yuan lied with a shrug of her shoulder. As Li Jun Wei’s cousin she knew who Li Lian was but she had been told not to tell anyone about their marriage yet by Li Jun Wei and every member of Li Family was expected not to tattle the news outside.

When they first met, Jin Nu Yuan thought Li Lian would be meek but unexpectedly she was also daring to introduce herself by using Li as her surname.

"Does Xiao Chen knows about her too?" asked Ren Linliu.

"I think he does. I remember they also talk like a very close friend in the party." Jin Nu Yuan studied the brows drawn by Ren Linliu and smiled to take her by her hand. "We should go home now. If you want to meet Li Lian again, she would be attending tea party held in Mrs. Sun’s house."

"Mrs. Sun." mumbled Ren Linliu as they exited the hospital.