MAPF Chapter 53

Chapter 53 I Like You “Let’s not get divorced just yet, okay?”…

Taking off the mask, Xie Shiwei took a deep breath of fresh air, nervously patted his chest, and slowly closed his eyes.

He heard the door open as the handle turned.

In the bathroom, He Qin, wearing a pure white bathrobe, came out and walked up to Xie Shiwei, softly saying, “Open your eyes.”

A deep, familiar voice entered Xie Shiwei’s ears.

Xie Shiwei suddenly opened his eyes, seeing the person standing in front of him, almost screaming in a breathy voice: “He Qin!?”

He Qin ran his fingers through his not-quite-dry short hair, sweeping the wet hair back, his face as handsome as a painting, revealing a smile with an unclear meaning: “What a coincidence, Xie Shiwei.”

Xie Shiwei stood up with a start, his eyes were in disbelief, his brain was oxygen-deprived, and he was about to be scared out of his wits.

He quickly hid behind the curtains, poking out his head.

He stared blankly at He Qin for a while, his face turning red, and then closed his eyes again: “What’s going on? That flamboyant guy from before was you all along?! Why didn’t you wear the Blue Peacock mask? And why aren’t you wearing your bathrobe properly!?”

Putting aside what He Qin’s intentions were, the current scene was indeed very…

His bathrobe was directly open at the top, exposing his full chest, still with water droplets on his body, the belt was tied, but tied in a very suggestive way, revealing a bit of the edge of his underwear, giving the feeling that he could immediately go to a club and work as a gigolo!

He Qin opened his bathrobe even wider: “I give myself a full score, and that doesn’t just refer to my face, there’s no need to be shy, right?”

Okay, a very sufficient reason!

Xie Shiwei felt He Qin approaching him, and in a panic, turned around and burrowed deeper into the curtains.

But the heavy blackout curtains were pulled open by He Qin, a strange, fresh fragrance assaulted him, and Xie Shiwei was forced step by step by He Qin to the corner of the French window, his entire back pressed against the glass, the window was icy cold, but he was sweating.

With no way to retreat, embarrassment, shyness, and guilt intertwined on his face, turning it a very obvious red.

Before Xie Shiwei could squat down, He Qin timely grabbed the back of his slender neck, and firmly grasped his arm, his lips close to his ear: “Do you think, I’m being narcissistic when I say I’m a ten? Was my dance good? You said I was your type, is that true?”

He Qin’s breath rolled towards his ear like a wave, like some kind of carnivore, about to use sharp teeth to break his skin.

Xie Shiwei even began to tremble: “I didn’t know it was you! If I had known, I definitely wouldn’t have said some of those things!”

He Qin frowned, a sense of displeasure rising in his heart, the hand on the back of his neck tightening even more: “Why?”

“And, why did you lie to me?”

There were many more whys he wanted to ask.

He wanted to ask Xie Shiwei, who clearly liked him, at least liked his appearance, why he had always ignored his existence.

“He Qin, let go first, can we talk properly?” Xie Shiwei’s neck was already burning up, he pleaded.

Only then did He Qin release his hand.

Xie Shiwei darted away like the wind, rushing into the bathroom to wash his face with ice water.

The scenes from the ball kept replaying in his mind.

The one holding his hand was He Qin, the one dancing with him was He Qin, the man who came up dressed so provocatively, targeted him right away, and asked him many strange questions, was still He Qin.

He Qin must have done it on purpose, so what was his reason for doing so?

Could it be that He Qin… really liked him?

Xie Shiwei felt an indescribable shame in his heart.

He had flirted so unrestrainedly, never expecting that he was flirting with someone he knew so well, and moreover, that old acquaintance might have ulterior motives towards him, outrageous thoughts!

“Xie Shiwei, how long are you planning to lock yourself in the bathroom?” He Qin knocked on the door, “I’m not going to do anything to you, come out and explain clearly.”

Xie Shiwei took three deep breaths, mustered his courage, and opened the door: “It’s settled, you won’t do anything to me!”

“Okay.” He Qin had already sat down on the sofa with his arms folded and legs crossed, still dressed sloppily.

Xie Shiwei cautiously sat on the small stool furthest away from him: “Don’t hit me.”

He Qin was almost amused by his words: “Hurry up and confess.”

“Okay.” Xie Shiwei gave a flattering smile, “Bai An asked me to get you to attend this ball, he said it was his last chance to confess to you. Your relationship deteriorated because of me, and I wanted to make up for my past mistakes, so I agreed.”

He Qin continued: “So you bribed the ball organizer to pre-determine the mask for you in advance, and lied to me, just to get me and Bai An to be a team.”

Xie Shiwei gasped: “You knew all along?!”

That’s right, otherwise it wouldn’t have been such a coincidence.

“Yeah, you suddenly asked me to attend a masquerade ball and be a team with you, without a legitimate reason, it’s hard not to be suspicious,” He Qin smiled, “So I didn’t choose the mask you wanted me to choose, and I didn’t look for the tiger pattern, because I knew that person wasn’t you, it was probably Bai An.”

Xie Shiwei blinked, He Qin was too smart, in comparison, he seemed very stupid.

He fidgeted a little, rubbing the cushion of the stool: “I’ve finished explaining, and I have a question to ask you.”

He Qin told him to ask.

Xie Shiwei: “Why are you taller than usual?”

He Qin replied: “Elevator shoe inserts.”

Xie Shiwei thought, how scheming, and asked again: “Did you deliberately change your perfume?”

“Yeah.”

Xie Shiwei asked again: “How did you recognize me?”

“Feeling.”

Xie Shiwei didn’t believe it: “Feeling my foot! There were so many people at the time, everyone was gaudy, and the lights were colorful, what feeling could it give you?”

“Actually, it’s because I’ve been observing Bai An, you’re the only one who came to find him who didn’t invite him to be a dance partner.”

“Okay! I’m defeated by you!” Xie Shiwei scratched his hair, looked up, his eyes flickering a little, “Last question, you invited me to dance, deliberately acting completely different from your usual self, just to make me lower my guard and choose you.”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Do you like me?” Xie Shiwei blurted out these words quickly, cautiously looking at He Qin’s expression.

He Qin slowly rolled up the sleeves of his bathrobe, walked up to him step by step, his arms propped on the armrests of the chair, bending over to look at Xie Shiwei: “If you want to hear the answer, first promise me two things.”

“What?”

He Qin let go of one hand, completely pulling open the belt of his bathrobe, his abdominal muscles clearly defined, and everything below was clearly visible.

Male hormones assaulted him, Xie Shiwei’s face flushed red, and he was forced to run away, but there was nowhere to run.

He Qin almost kissed his ear: “Let’s not get divorced just yet, okay?”

“Also, stop flirting with those messy men, okay?”

Xie Shiwei thought, it’s over.

He Qin was so close, he felt like he was firmly controlled by this man, damn it, he really couldn’t say no.

No!

Xie Shiwei bit his tongue hard, insisting on his bottom line principle in the stinging pain: “No way! We have to get divorced!”

He Qin’s movements froze for a moment, and then he stood up neatly, pulling away.

He stared at Xie Shiwei’s face under the light, which was vivid because of shyness, a little helpless, and finally asked: “Do you really have no, any feelings for me?”

Xie Shiwei was not good at lying, when he lied, his eyes would become empty, and he would keep staring at one place.

He said no.

He Qin didn’t believe it, but there was nothing he could do.

Xie Shiwei had a inexplicable, principled resistance to him. He guessed that this should be related to some information Xie Shiwei had come into contact with before transmigrating.

He had to find a way to get the answer.

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Suddenly, a sharp doorbell broke the awkward and tense atmosphere in the room.

The doorbell rang several times in a row, Xie Shiwei opened the door, and standing at the door was Bai An, with red eyes.

Xie Shiwei didn’t even have a chance to speak, Bai An rushed in like crazy, and saw He Qin on the sofa.

He Qin was already dressed, his black shirt buttoned to the top, not showing a trace of the indulgence just now, rigorous and indifferent.

He Qin looked at the person expressionlessly, Bai An grabbed the hem of his clothes, with a crying voice: “Xiao Qin-gege, Xie Shiwei this liar is incorrigible, he lied to me again!”

He rushed towards Xie Shiwei like crazy again: “Why did you lie to me, the person under the blue peacock mask was not Xiao Qin-gege at all! You damned liar!”

“Wait a minute,” Xie Shiwei dodged Bai An, “I swear I didn’t lie to you!”

“You didn’t lie to me? If you didn’t lie to me, why was the person under the mask Zhou Ze?!”

“Because of me.” He Qin said coldly, “Because I saw through your tricks, and, I want to be with Xie Shiwei.”

“I have no feelings for you, don’t waste your efforts.”

He Qin got up and walked between Xie Shiwei and Bai An, blocking Xie Shiwei behind him, looking down at Bai An somewhat coldly, unwilling to say another word.

Bai An was stunned, and suddenly understood everything, meeting He Qin’s cold and ruthless eyes, tears falling like a string of beads.

Bai An laughed mockingly, laughing so hard that his body was shaking: “Okay, Xiao, Xiao Qin-gege, you choose this person who once scolded me, humiliated me, and humiliated you, give up on me, I get it!”

He looked at Xie Shiwei with hateful eyes, smashed a vase, and stormed out.

The room was a mess, and shards of broken porcelain cut Xie Shiwei’s ankle. He hissed, silently wiping away the blood that flowed out.

He Qin asked the waiter to bring bandages and disinfectant, helped Xie Shiwei to the sofa, pinched his ankle to disinfect it, and put the bandage on the cut.

The vase was cleaned up, and the room returned to silence.

Xie Shiwei suddenly remembered the sea fishing incident: “He Qin, did you also arrange for the yacht for sea fishing to be changed?”

“Yeah.”

Xie Shiwei conceded defeat.

It turned out that all his schemes had been seen through by He Qin, and disrupted silently, every time he wanted Bai An and He Qin to be together, it ended up being him and He Qin together.

This person! How could he be so bad!

He Qin said: “Xie Shiwei, I’ll say it one last time, I don’t like Bai An, don’t play matchmaker randomly.”

Xie Shiwei nodded blankly.

It seemed that the plot had been completely disrupted by him, and everyone was not following the original plot.

“Got it.” Xie Shiwei lowered his head, waited for a while, and then raised his head again, “So what exactly are your… thoughts about me?”

“Do you like me?”

He Qin looked at him, without answering.

Xie Shiwei gradually became a little embarrassed, his ears burning up.

That’s right. He had just said so heartlessly that he had no feelings for He Qin, He Qin might not answer his question, let alone admit that he liked him.

After all, He Qin was such a proud person.

But, as the wind rose on the terrace, stirring the curtains, he heard He Qin say: “That’s right, Xie Shiwei, I like you.”