Chapter 145 - 145: Meeting The Guests 2
Kim Eunji met Claire a couple of times in the past when the latter would come to her studio to visit Magnus. But since she's not a talker back then she really didn't got the chance to get to know her.
"You're welcome." Kim Eunji smiled.
"Wifey, let's go. We still have a lot of guests to greet ." Nathan interrupted.
The couple made their way to Director Li's table.
"Nathan boy! I'm so glad that this surprise turned out really well." Director Li then leaned towards Nathan as he whispered, "Your wife is a keeper."
"I know." Nathan proudly told him as he knew that already.
"And a bit scary, too." Director Li added which make Nathan to chuckle.
"So, it turned out that you're his accomplice as well." Kim Eunji who had caught up on his second sentence calmly said.
Though her tone was rather calm, Director Li found it intimidating and scary.
"See? She's a bit scary." Director Li emphasized.
"My wife's not scary Director Li. She's the sweetest." Nathan defended Kim Eunji from him.
"Director Li?" Kim Eunji called out his name.
"Are you saying that you're one of his accomplice?" Though helping Nathan was not a crime, he suddenly felt that it was because of how Kim Eunji asked him.
"Ye-ah. K-kind of." Then he soon regained his composure and continued, "This bastard asked me if I could bring you to shoot some prenuptial video and photos. So we came up to this plan of featuring you in the school's gazette." Director Li started his explanation.
"Ah, I see. So Director He was involved to this plan as well?" Kim Eunji expressed as she connected the dots.
SD He who was sitting together with his fellow school administrators sneezed when his name was being mentioned.
"Well, yeah." Director Li admitted.
"But why was it not played earlier?" Kim Eunji gave it a second thought before she asked that question.
"Because my crew member accidentally deleted the video clips." Director Li reasoned. It was such an honest mistake. The guy had been awake for days and barely had rest.
"Well, that's a pity. Anyways...that video presentation was good." Kim Eunji didn't forget to compliment the video being played earlier.
"That's a relief. I thought EL won't be satisfied with it." Director Li had to lean on towards her to whisper.
Well, Nathan had to tell him who his wife's other identity to make sure the product was up to her standards.
"Well, the shots were not really my style but they were pretty good." She honestly replied.
Every photographer had their preferred style and angle.
"Congratulations on your wedding Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Bai!" The rest of the crew greeted.
"Thank you. I hope you all are enjoying. I think there would be an after party after this. I hope you'll enjoy that, too. Though I'm not sure given that this is a school." Nathan told Director Li since he was their representative.
"We are! This is such a wonderful event! Sadly, I didn't have my phone with me. I could not brag it to the world without evidence." The female lead joined in their conversation. She was holding a glass of red wine in her hand. She looked as if she was trying to make some conversations with them but everyone in the table knew what she was actually doing. She's trying to flirt and seduce Nathan.
Kim Eunji didn't mind her though. She knew her man would never bend. But if he would, she had her means of setting him straight again.
Director Li and the rest of the crew found themselves being embarrassed because of how she was acting.
"Good. Well, I believe your phones would soon be returned during the after party." Kim Eunji decided
"Is that so? That would be great! Well, don't worry. We knows our limitations." She dryly replied to Kim Eunji.
Before she could say more, Director Li decided to stop her by saying, "Stop it. You're drunk. Don't embarrass yourself. Don't ruin your image in front of everyone."
She's a well-known young actress after all and if she would do stupid things at the moment, she would surely be on the headlines tomorrow.
However, she insisted that she was only tipsy but not drunk.
Kim Eunji remained silent as she watch everything unfold.
A little bit of alcohol would indeed make a person confident and bold.
"It's okay Director Li, let Miss Jessica enjoy." Kim Eunji thought that as long as she won't do anything stupid, she could let it slide.
"But...*sigh*. Alright. Let's have a toast for this beautiful pair of newlyweds." Director Li decided to end this conversation with a toast.
Since Nathan and Kim Eunji didn't bring their drinks with them, Nathan called out a waiter who were roaming around serving everyone their drinks.
When he came to them, he was already bringing a glass of champagne for Nathan and fruit juice for Kim Eunji.
As they held their drinks on their hands, Director Li repeated what he had said earlier.
"Cheers!" Everyone hit their glasses together creating a clink sound in the air.
Kim Eunji looked at her glass and she slowly drank the contents.
After that, the couple left to visit another table.
A couple of tables more and they rich her school friends' table.
"Congratulations!" The girls cheered her but then they forgot that Kim Eunji had a man standing behind her so they toned down their energy a bit.
"Good evening Master Bai! Congratulations on having such a successful wedding." Guo Xiaolan told him.
"It's all thanks to you guys," was his short reply but it was meaningful enough that it almost brought them into tears.
"No, we're only doing our part. We want EJ to be extremely happy when she received this surprise so we tried our very best to do well." Guo Xiaolan warmly said.
Kim Eunji gave the girls a warm hug to express how thankful she was to them.
The girls gave their best wishes to the couple and Kim Eunji felt an overflowing of happiness gushing out of her.
She suddenly became emotional. She didn't know why though.
Seeing her tearing up, all of them went into panic.
"Oh no!"
Nathan felt helpless as well. He immediately brought her into his embrace.
Kim Eunji calmed down minutes later. She then walked towards the stage and grabbed the microphone.
"Good evening everyone!" It was not really her thing to talk in front of a big crowd but for tonight, she would.
"First of all, I would like to thanks these few people who made everything possible." She looked at them amongst the crowd and expressed her gratitude to them.
"Honestly, I didn't expect to exchange vows with my husband here tonight. I walked in expecting to have my first university party tonight. I didn't expect that it would be my wedding that I'll be attending."
"I don't know if all of you were well aware of this event since its announcement on day one and I was the only one left in the dark for this. If this wedding brought you displeasure and inconvenience at any sort, then I'm sorry in behalf of my husband. But if you all are having fun here tonight, thank you for joining us." Kim Eunji even gave them a ninety-degree bow to express her gratitude and sincerity which surprised everyone.
They didn't know Kim Eunji could be this grounded and humble.
Then Kim Eunji looked at these people who came all the way here just to witness this.
"Thank you Mom, Dad for coming here and walking me to the altar in behalf of my parents. You don't know how thankful I am to you guys. To Mr. and Mrs. Kim, to the Hua Family, thank you for coming here and treating Nathan like your own son."
"To Mom and Grandma who are watching backstage....to my friends...to everyone who gave us the sweet greetings and blessings...Thank you! Thank you so so much!"
"To SD He and the school administrators and faculties, thank you for allowing Nathan to have this surprise be held here."
"Now, for these two important men in my life...to J...I could not thank you enough for everything that you've done for me over the years. You have been my best bud. The brother I never had… I know I did hurt you at some point and I'm really sorry for that. Know that you'll forever be the best cousin in the world and you have a place in my heart."
Then Kim Eunji went to Nathan who was standing still and only looking at her.
"To my man...my big baby...to the man behind all of this. You never failed to give me big surprises hubby. Thank you for being the source of my happiness. I love you so so much. You mean everything to me."
"Now that this event had come to an end...I hope everyone had a good time all through out this celebration. This event wouldn't be possible without you!"
Kim Eunji didn't even got the chance to give a proper goodbye because Nathan swopped her off her feet and carried her out of the venue.