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

The reporter took it upon himself by playing the video that Li Lian have seen for the fourth time of her life. The audio had been added by a loud speaker, clearly he came prepared to ruin her career. Watching the video, Li Lian could feel the prickles on her heart, the pain and fear her younger self showed hurt her as she knew no one deserve such treatment.

The reporter showed a wide smirk at the time the video ended, "What do you have to say now, Miss Yue. It is a very shameful act and your folly to think you can swept the rumors under the rug because there is no evidence to proof yourself. It’s your karma and now we demand you to apologize for your lies."

"Apologize," Li Lian repeated the reporter’s words listlessly, seeing the man raising his shoulders, believing he had won.

"But I think for your constant lies it would be hard to believe your apologies, we would want you to step down from the entertainment industry for your mistake that had disappointed us all and the fans that followed you loyally," the man shake his head in pity, making himself appear like a person with a great responsibility and kind heart who want to reveal nothing but the truth to the world of how they had been fooled by Li Lian.

The room became chaotic. More people came forward with questions one after another endlessly. The bodyguard kept it down by warning they would stop the conference if they cannot calm down.

Li Lian raised her hand, pointing her palm toward the reporter who had been the same one to pour more oil to the fire politely, "I have done nothing that worth for me to apologize for. There had been one thing that I came here to tell everyone and reveal my past, however, I had been disturbed."

"Are you claiming this is a lie again, Miss Yue?" Came the reporter skeptical question, "Earlier you denied using drugs but we have the video or are you insisting the video is false?"

"Yes I have denied using drug, willingly," Li Lian pressed her last word, putting enough emphasis for people to pick up. "Years ago, I had some friends who I believe was a friend of mine. But I was fooled and tricked. They were in fact not a friend but enemy who disguised themselves as my friends to bully me."

"Bully?" The reporter scoffed. "Spinning sob story to have people believe in you is the wrong step Miss Yue."

"Then have you seen during the duration of the twenty minutes video I have been using the drug willingly? Taking them, drinking them, or injecting them?" Li Lian snapped back at the reporter, deterring him with her steady reply, "My words have been cut and interjected multiple times by you sir which only make the truth hidden by more of your accusations. I was drugged by a sleeping pill in the beginning of the video which you could see how I was asleep. The next scene showed how those people partied amongst themselves while making it seem as if I was drunk."

"But we rather believe what we have seen Miss Yue," said the reporter, not taking a no for an answer. "You claimed to fell asleep after having your drink spike, but we cannot see them doing that. To my eyes, it rather seem as if you have fallen asleep after taking too much drink... or drug," the reporter turned his head left and right as if waiting for people to agree and to his triumph, the reporter on his left and right side nodded.

"Why are you persisting that I have used drug, sir?" Li Lian took the reporter by his leg when she interrogated him. "By far you have been stopping me from showing the credibility of my words."

"It’s my work to doubt and I cannot see the credibility you claim to have," the reporter remarked. "If you do not like what I say, you can file a suit, Miss Yue, though what I said was with evidence, you cannot blame me for slandering your name."

The reporter thought Li Lian to be all bark instead of bite. Li Lian offered him a cold smile, underlaying with the intent to take him by his words, she only smiled and said, "Please remember to keep you words." Her eyes shifted to the door, seeing Li Jun Wei stepping in when the door was opened. He was dressed in his black suit and checkered necktie. Upon entering many eyes turned at him, regardless of the fact he had covered his face by his sunglasses and kept a low profile, it didn’t help to conceal his brimming charm that entice people to turn their head to them.

Seeing him, Li Lian’s smile widened. Li Jun Wei was her sole encouragement, with him as her lucky star, she didn’t have to be fear of anything because she know the Lady Luck shines over her.

Li Jun Wei returned her smile when they met eyes, though the exchange was noticed by three people. The one from the left Akasaka Haruhi and the right Wei Tsui Lan. Instead of taking a seat, Li Jun Wei continue to stand with his poise straight at the door where Li Lian’s line of sight the most prominent at.

Li Jun Wei only shifted his gaze to meet the gazes that had been burning on him after a moment. His gaze narrowed after catching sight of the two people.

"I will be presenting you the proof," Li Lian announced, moving to show the six people who was in the same video to the presentation behind her. And with a gap of her finger, an audio played. On the audio, one of the man who was on the same video where she had been drugged spoke.

"W-We were hired by people to push Li Lian to overdose from the drugs. As for who it is, we don’t know," the man said in stutter and fear. Li Jun Wei smiled slowly when he heard the voice, remembering the weeks before where he had pulled the root of people who had been in the video.

"Who was it that hired you?" questioned the man, who was in fact him.

"I-I really don’t know!" The man answered, his eyes trailing to see the gun Li Jun Wei held. After being shot on his upper arm, the man learned that Li Jun Wei had not been kidding when he spoke of how painful it was to get shot.

Li Jun Wei listlessly staring at the gun, appearing to look more interested in shooting him again then to lend an ear to his words, "Why Li Lian then, why did you agree? You are aware if what you did succeed it is a voluntarily murder don’t you?"

"Yes w-we were aware, but we were blinded by the hatred we have against Li Lian. Please forgive me! I will do everything and serve the sentence willingly to rectify my mistakes, and ask Li Lian for forgiveness-" the man’s voice ended the moment Li Lian signaled Wei Mo Ran to switch off the audio.

The room went still before it went rowdy again. The same reporter who had been blasting question also went silent as his face turn paler in color. He wasn’t told there would be evidence! The man yelled in his mind. He had been hired to accuse Li Lian but didn’t know he would lose.

Li Lian calmly kept her eye contact to the man, showing him a harmless smile, "Will that satisfy you?"

Wei Tsui Lan who had been watching everything uncrossed his legs, his eyes moving to his phone that had rang for a new message. [Didn’t go as well as we thought.] without replying, Wei Tsui Lan closed his phone, tucking it back to his pocket for his smile reappearing to a wider one.