(Present)

    At the reception, Fan Xiao Yao began looking for Shi Enxi but didn''t see her at the table where she was supposed to be sitting at.

    "Did she already leave?" She mumbled sadly. She knew that she wouldn''t be able to stay for long. She sighed in disappointment.

    Huang Li reached out and held her hand, gently stroking the back of it with his thumb, reassuring her that everything was going to be alright that way.

    She looked at their hand and grinned upon seeing the rings around their finger. "We''re finally married."

    "Yes, we are." He leaned forward and gave her a peck on her lips.

    "Did you know, Xiao Xi bought us a rest house and even a car and a yacht? She bought so many things for our wedding gift! She even bought items for our baby!" She exclaimed happily, her other hand automatically resting on top of her tummy.

    He chuckled lightly and replied, "The usual Xiao Xi."

    Fan Xiao Yao nodded in agreement. If there was something that Shi Enxi liked the most, it was staying on top and being number one. She automatically became the number one person who gifted the most to the newlywed couple.

    "By the way, how are you these past days? Are you still having those nightmares?" Fan Xiao Yao asked worriedly.

    "Nightmares? What nightmares?" He blinked a few times in confusion.

    "The nightmares about Xiao Xi and Mello?"

    Huang Li was looking at her in confusion, he was clueless about what the nightmares she was talking about. It was as if he had no memories of the bad dream. He tried to recall the dream but his mind was blank. He just remembered waking up from a bad dream and being comforted by Fan Xiao Yao every time he did. As for the dream itself, there was nothing.

    "Nightmares about me and Enxi?" Lu Mello asked overhearing them when he approached them. He was supposed to congratulate them but he forgot it at once when he heard about what they were talking about.

    For some reason, Fan Xiao Yao ended up internally panicking but she tried to act all calm and even smile at him. "Oh, it''s nothing. It''s just a bad dream Huang Li had last week."

    "What are those dreams about?" He turned his inquiring gaze to Huang Li.

    "I can''t remember." Huang Li replied. No matter how much he tried to recall, there was nothing.

    Because of that, Lu Mello turned to the man''s wife to inquire.

    Since it was just a dream, she didn''t think much of it and thought it was fine to tell Lu Mello. "It really was just a bad dream. Xiao Xi killing Huang Li and then killing others." She shrugged. "That''s even impossible when Xiao Xi can''t do that."

    "..." Lu Mello was quiet for a few seconds before a chuckle was heard from him. "Hahaha yes, that sure is a strange bad dream."

    "Right?"

    Although it was weird that Huang Li couldn''t remember the dream anymore tho. Fan Xiao Yao thought.

    "Anyway, congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Huang." He raised his glass of wine for a toast to which the couple raised their drinks with him as well.

    After taking a sip on their drinks, a woman approached them to which Huang Li was able to recognize since he saw the woman once at the bar that he and Lu Mello went back then. She was none other than Kobayashi Hana.

    "And here I thought that Mr. Lu and Mr. Huang were the couples," Hana said, approaching them with a smile.

    What was she doing here? Was she even invited? Huang Li thought.

    "You are?" Fan Xiao Yao asked, blinking a few times in confusion upon seeing an unfamiliar face.

    "My name is Kobayashi Hana, I am the niece of Mrs. Honda." She grinned. "Congratulations, Mrs. Huang."

    "Thank you..." She trailed off.

    Lu Mello didn''t recognize her and he didn''t have time to wonder who she was since his mind was distracted with something else so he excused himself and went to find his sister to ask the questions that were bothering him, questions related to the nightmares Huang Li had.

    "I didn''t expect that I''ll be seeing you here again, Mr. Huang."

    Fan Xiao Yao turned to the man sitting beside him and looked at him in confusion, "You know her?"

    "No, not really. She helped me one time to bring drunk Mello home." He replied.

    "Oh... That time." Fan Xiao Yao chuckled a bit. "Anyway, thank you for attending our wedding, Ms. Kobayashi."

    "Of course! I wouldn''t miss such a big wedding like this. Especially the wedding of the famous Fan Xiao Yao." She grinned widely. "Anyway, I won''t disturb you both so please excuse me."

    Soon after she left, a short video presentation about Huang Li and Fan Xiao Yao was shown while everyone was dining. Although what was surprising was Shi Enxi''s voice was heard, narrating which surprised the newlywed couples and even Lu Mello. On the other hand, the other people thought that it was just a part of the program.

    "I like to think back when we were but children. How shy and uncomfortable you were back then. With cheeks that always seemed flushed and curls that did a lively dance when you ran." Shi Enxi''s voice filled the quiet hall as Fan Xiao Yao''s growing up photos were seen. "I knew from the moment I met you that I hated you. I still do but you are the friend who loves me as a good mother loves a child, forgiving and compassionate, accepting me at my best, and worst, always helping me. You are my best friend because you always point out when I''m being an arse, yet you do it with gentle and accepting love. It''s as if this life so often is a forest in the fog and you are a person stupidly brave enough to show up as a boring old signpost."