MAPF Chapter 51

Chapter 51: Masquerade Ball, Matchmaking

After the breakup, Bai An immediately disappeared. Xie Shiwei wanted to check on him, but the other party didn’t give him the chance at all.

He Qin was going to talk to an investor, so he told him to wait for him directly in the parking lot.

Xie Shiwei was very upset and went to the restroom with Zhang Yingjun, washing hands and chatting.

Zhang Yingjun asked, “Little Weiwei, He Qin’s recent behavior is too abnormal, right? Why is he suddenly trying so hard to please you? Did he really not commit any crime?”

Xie Shiwei washed his face, vigorously wiped away the water droplets, and perfunctorily dismissed Zhang Yingjun’s unreliable guess.

Zhang Yingjun told him to take care and went out to find his dad’s car.

Xie Shiwei waved goodbye to him. He looked in the mirror in the restroom for a while. When he was about to leave, he happened to see Zhou Ze and He Qin walking over through the window. With a thought, he turned into a stall and hid.

After waiting for a while, He Qin and Zhou Ze came out.

Zhou Ze couldn’t stand He Qin, “You used my 500,000 to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha, and gave the thing to Xie Shiwei. Are you sure you haven’t fallen in love with him?”

Xie Shiwei said “I rely” in his mind, his heart pounding, and quietly peeked out from the crack in the door.

“I’ll give you the money, as for your question…” He Qin smiled and whispered to Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze heavily said “I rely”, and his eyes towards He Qin suddenly changed: “You’re really something.”

Xie Shiwei silently cursed someone, how could he have missed the most critical question!

He couldn’t guess what He Qin had said.

Like or dislike?

What does “really something” mean? He clearly can’t do it.

Frustrated!

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Xie Shiwei was thinking about this question all the way home, racking his brains. He didn’t even hear He Qin reminding him three times to fasten his seat belt.

He Qin was helpless and leaned over to personally help him pull the seat belt.

Xie Shiwei was startled and dodged, sliding off the leather seat to avoid him.

He Qin looked at Xie Shiwei half-lying on the car seat, grabbed his arm and pulled him up, finding it funny: “What? Embarrassed?”

Xie Shiwei’s ears heated up, and he stubbornly said, “How is that possible!? It’s just fastening a seat belt, what’s embarrassing about it!” He quickly sat up again, but still snatched the control of the seat belt from He Qin’s hand.

After returning home, He Qin placed the collection in the room, inserted the rosewood carving into the celadon vase, and asked Xie Shiwei if it looked good.

Xie Shiwei went over to carefully admire it, admitting, “It looks pretty good, but He Qin, why did you give it to me?”

“Why did you help me bid, instead of helping Bai An?”

He Qin leisurely unbuttoned a few buttons of his pajamas: “Because I know you like it.”

In the dim bedroom, He Qin saying such ambiguous words was simply encouraging him to overthink!

Xie Shiwei couldn’t hold back anymore, his words rapid, his expression tragic: “He Qin, although asking this might be very abrupt and make me seem presumptuous, I still want to confirm with you, you shouldn’t have fallen in love with me, right?!”

After speaking, He Qin chuckled lightly, raised his well-defined hand to touch his Adam’s apple. He unbuttoned another button, approached Xie Shiwei, very close, so close that Xie Shiwei’s face was blushing so hard it was about to drip blood, and he lowered his head hastily and awkwardly.

Then, he said in Xie Shiwei’s ear, “Guess?”

Half of Xie Shiwei’s face went numb, and he jumped away like a frightened bird: “It shouldn’t be! We have a pure friendship, you you you don’t cross the line! I’m not interested in you, don’t waste your time on me!”

“Really not interested?” He Qin simply unbuttoned all the buttons, approaching again, “Then why are you shy?”

However, unfortunately, he received an urgent call regarding He Xin’s listing.

He had to regain his elegance, straighten his clothes, change into a well-tailored suit, grab his bag, and leave, not forgetting to let Xie Shiwei think carefully about this question before leaving.

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Xie Shiwei patted his hot cheeks, feeling like the sky was falling.

On one hand, he narcissistically thought that maybe He Qin had fallen in love with him because he was indeed very good-looking. On the other hand, he felt that He Qin might just be teasing him out of boredom.

If it was really the former, he would have to divorce He Qin in advance!

No matter how far that crystalline material had progressed, he would have to bite the bullet and tell Xie Tian’an that he didn’t love He Qin, and ask him to change the authorization to be permanent, and then quickly divorce, lest He Qin think he was giving him hope.

And also to avoid… Xie Shiwei lowered his eyes and sighed.

To avoid himself also wavering, and in the end, everything would be difficult to deal with.

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Xie Shiwei’s awkwardness didn’t last long.

Ever since He Qin took that phone call, he had been staying in the He Xin office around the clock and hadn’t contacted him again.

However, one day after getting off work, he unusually received a text message from Bai An, asking him to meet. Bai An’s words were very sincere, hoping he would agree.

Okay. Xie Shiwei also felt that it was necessary for him to personally meet Bai An and make it clear that he had no interest in He Qin. Secondly, Bai An was definitely looking for him to talk about He Qin, so it would be good for all three of them to make it clear sooner rather than later.

On the appointed day, Xie Shiwei arrived at the cafe. Bai An had already ordered two cappuccinos, and there was a bit of a smile on his face, but it was an obvious fake smile, not showing a trace of goodwill.

In order to prevent Bai An from turning into a hedgehog again and pricking him as soon as he came, Xie Shiwei got straight to the point and clearly stated his attitude towards He Qin as soon as he sat down, and that he would divorce He Qin in a year.

“I originally wanted to believe you, but Little Qin Gege’s performance at the auction made me too sad,” Bai An said in a cold tone.

Xie Shiwei said with a headache, “I don’t know what he was thinking! But I’ve tried my best to bring you two together!”

Xie Shiwei listed all the connections he had made for the two of them.

Bai An half-believed and half-doubted, lowering his eyes, and after a long while, he asked again, “Then can you help me with something?”

“What?”

Bai An took a sip of coffee: “Since you’re bringing me and Little Qin Gege together, then try to get Little Qin Gege to attend the masquerade ball this Friday. He never deigns to participate in such entertainment activities.”

“And get me an invitation as well. You can tamper with the mask so that Little Qin Gege dances with me at the end.”

“Wait, I can promise you, but what masquerade ball are you talking about?” Xie Shiwei asked blankly.

“Your circle’s annual ball, specially for you noble young masters and ladies to socialize and make friends. Married or unmarried, you can all go to have fun. You don’t know?” Bai An was speechless, and then remembered something, “Oh, you lost your memory, okay, I’ll send you the materials later. If you can arrange it for me, I’ll believe that you’re really not trying to steal Little Qin Gege from me.”

Xie Shiwei nodded, but didn’t like the way Bai An spoke, and said with a cold expression: “Bai An, I’m connecting you and He Qin because I want to make up for my previous mistakes, but I can also choose to do nothing at all. Don’t take it for granted.”

“Besides, you’re the one asking me for help now.”

Bai An then realized that his attitude wasn’t very good, but Xie Shiwei had agreed, so he had better bear with it and apologize to Xie Shiwei.

“Also, I can only create opportunities for you. If He Qin really doesn’t like you, I’m also powerless.”

Bai An said calmly, “I know, this is my last chance, and it’s my last try. You lock down your own mask in advance, tell Little Qin Gege the bottom line, and then make him mistake me for you by swapping masks, that’s all.”

A very uncreative scheme.

Xie Shiwei slandered, but suddenly realized something was wrong: “How do you know He Qin is willing to look for me?”

The sourness in Bai An’s heart was about to drown him: “Don’t you know, you’re very different in his heart now?”

Xie Shiwei was stunned.

Bai An also thought so?

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The masquerade ball has a threshold requirement for participation, with a net worth of at least five million, which is stricter than the auction, no wonder Bai An asked him to get him in.

Before the ball, everyone has to change into costumes, put on their randomly drawn masks, and look for their favorite dance partner in the dance floor, issuing invitations. If both parties are satisfied with each other, they can team up and dance.

Most importantly, after the dance, each couple has two hours of activity time, and can go to the dating area specially opened by the hotel to spend a good time, whether or not to take off the mask.

Unmarried people use this as a hunt for beauty, married or with boyfriends and girlfriends, if they can find their other half, it is considered true love for each other, if they find someone else, it is to seek excitement, and they can play as they want.

Xie Shiwei didn’t know what Bai An was going to do in those two hours, but for safety’s sake, he still called and warned him not to do anything illegal or immoral.

“He Qin and I haven’t divorced yet, and he is a very principled person, don’t have any dangerous ideas.”

Bai An explained that he just wanted to formally confess to Little Qin Gege again.

Xie Shiwei hung up the phone, and a little bit of indescribable emotion suddenly surfaced in his heart, seemingly inexplicably resistant to this date that he was about to create.

How would Bai An confess to He Qin?

And there was also a vague worry.

If He Qin finds out he lied to him, would he be unhappy?

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The ball was hosted by the Venus Hotel. Xie Shiwei checked and found that the hotel owner and investors were all foreigners, whom he didn’t know. Then he could only spend money to make it happen.

He took time to go to the hotel and found the person in charge of the ball to explain his intentions.

The person in charge recognized Xie Shiwei and gave him a friendship price: “An invitation is enough for 50,000, please choose a mask.”

Xie Shiwei swiped through the tablet.

The masks had intricate and elegant patterns. When the models put them on, they had a medieval feel.

He picked a tiger-patterned one, very noble, aloof, and domineering, except that Bai An would be the one wearing it.

He also took a fancy to a deep blue peacock mask, took a picture, and planned to hint at He Qin to choose this one.

After preparing everything, Xie Shiwei called He Qin and asked him if he would like to go to the ball with him.

He Qin, in his busy schedule, finished reading the rules and called back: “Do you want to team up with me, or go find someone else?” His voice was a bit cold, because he instinctively felt that Xie Shiwei’s purpose was to find other men.

“…Team up with you.”

There was no sound from He Qin’s side.

Xie Shiwei said it again and heard He Qin ask if he was serious.

Xie Shiwei bit his lip, trying to ignore the little bit of guilt that surfaced: “Yeah.”

“Okay, I promise you.”