QWAPMP Chapter 33
by VolareEntering the inner area, Xue Xuan saw many important figures he had only seen online and some actors and celebrities he couldn’t even talk to.
Normally, those seniors he needed to fawn over and please were reduced to mere backdrops beside these upper-class people.
And the same went for Mr. Wang beside him. Xue Xuan followed behind him and saw with his own eyes how Mr. Wang used a fawning expression to talk to those people, who would just smile politely and then slowly walk away.
At this moment, Xue Xuan understood what a true upper-class circle was. If he were one of them, what kind of resources wouldn’t he have? He wouldn’t have to act in those low-budget web dramas anymore.
“Mr. Wang, excuse me, I need to go to the restroom!” Xue Xuan’s steps, following Mr. Wang, paused, a glint of cunning flashing in his eyes.
For the first time, Mr. Wang showed impatience towards his little lover, waving him away and telling him to hurry.
Xue Xuan wasn’t actually going to the restroom. He just wanted to be alone so he would have a chance to connect with influential figures, instead of following Mr. Wang and being overtly identified as a mere lover.
Besides, he had come to this engagement party with a purpose.
Xue Xuan took out a packet of powder, lowered his head to look, and just as a smile curved his lips, footsteps startled him into hiding.
The footsteps approached from a distance, and a pleasant voice asked with a laugh, “I didn’t expect you to actually invite Yan Ye. Do you think he’ll come to our engagement party?”
Another low voice answered with certainty, “He will. Since he accepted the invitation, he should come.”
“Okay, I believe you, but why do you think Yan Ye sent your brother home?” Meng Zhou was curious. Hearing Song Mu Han mention the night he met Yan Ye, he naturally also mentioned that Yan Ye had sent his brother home that day.
Apart from Meng Zhou, their whole family was also wondering why Yan Ye would send Song Xi home. Wasn’t the first time they met at the last banquet?
At that time, Song Xi had even spoken rudely. By all accounts, it was impossible for Yan Ye to have much interaction with him.
“Who knows! Oh, right, didn’t I have someone send you a new dress? Why didn’t you change?” Song Mu Han didn’t dwell on this question.
“Isn’t the ring exchange in the evening? I thought I’d change later,” Meng Zhou checked the time. “But it’s almost time now. You go down first, I’ll go change now.”
“Okay, I’ll go down and wait for you. If anything comes up, text me,” Song Mu Han said gently. When dealing with people he liked versus those he didn’t, his tone was truly worlds apart.
After the two voices disappeared together, Xue Xuan slowly emerged from a corner, revealing a pair of calculating eyes.
Being with a young and promising heir of a wealthy family is better than being with an old man. Meng Zhou, is it? This is really a good candidate.
Xue Xuan retreated to the banquet area where drinks were served, took a glass of red wine, and stopped a waiter. “Hello, can you do me a favor?”
“Yes, sir, please tell me.”
“It’s like this, Mr. Song can’t leave right now. He asked me to take a glass of red wine to his fiancé, but I’m in a hurry to go to the restroom. Can you help me deliver it?” Xue Xuan looked anxious, as if he really couldn’t hold it in.
“Yes, of course, no problem. May I ask where Mr. Meng’s room is?” The waiter quickly agreed.
“Go upstairs, turn left, the third room is his. Just say his fiancé asked you to bring it after you deliver it. Oh no, my stomach hurts, I’ll be going first.”
Xue Xuan ran off, and when he turned back to see the waiter taking the wine upstairs, a smug smile appeared on his face.
Just as he was about to follow, someone patted him on the back.
“So you’re here. Why didn’t you come find me after going to the restroom? Come with me, don’t run around. I can’t protect you if something happens.” Mr. Wang chattered on without noticing Xue Xuan’s drastically changed expression, and directly pulled him in front of a Mr. Liang whom he had just met.
The man called Mr. Liang was about the same age as Mr. Wang, and when he saw Xue Xuan, he revealed a sickening look.
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Song Xi originally wanted to go downstairs, but seeing that there was no sign of Meng Zhou next to Song Mu Han besides his parents, he turned back upstairs.
“Stop.” Song Xi wanted to find Meng Zhou. Just as he reached the door of the room, he saw a waiter holding a glass of wine about to knock. He spoke up and asked, “Is that wine for the person inside?”
After he asked, before the waiter could reply, Song Xi took it and casually said, “I’ll take it in for him, you go downstairs!”
“Sir, this is…”
Song Xi interrupted, “Don’t worry, I’m not a bad person. I’m the older brother of the person inside’s fiancé.”
“Okay, okay.” The waiter answered in a daze and immediately turned around and left. But after walking a few steps, he couldn’t help but look back.
Does the Song family have two sons? Why hadn’t he heard that the younger Mr. Song had an older brother!
Song Xi knocked politely on the door. No matter how bad his mood was, he didn’t intend to barge in, unless the person inside didn’t intend to open the door for him.
An older brother barging into his younger brother’s fiancé’s room, that kind of news would definitely be fresh.
Unfortunately, the door opened.
As soon as the door opened, Song Xi saw Meng Zhou pulling at his tie with one hand, but the face that appeared in his mind was that of Mr. Yan.
Would Mr. Yan, who was always in a suit, also look like Meng Zhou when pulling at his tie? With a hint of effortless swagger?
“Song Xi? Why are you here?” Meng Zhou paused his fingers and asked with confusion.
Song Xi held the red wine with two fingers and gently swirled it in front of him. “I came to bring this, and also to say a few words to you.”
“Oh, come in and talk.” Meng Zhou fully opened the door for him to enter.
As soon as Song Xi entered the room, he saw a suit jacket hanging on a hanger. It was the same style as Song Mu Han’s, clearly a couple’s item.
He suppressed the slightly sour feeling in his eyes and asked casually, “Are you really planning to get engaged to Song Mu Han?”
“Yes, I’m really looking forward to it.” Meng Zhou’s answer was a little hurtful, but it was the truth. Today was his good day for his engagement.
Song Xi forced a difficult smile. “If I hadn’t been lost back then, would the person you were engaged to have been me?”
If he had also grown up with Meng Zhou since childhood, would they have had feelings?
When the Meng family proposed marriage back then, they chose the Song family’s younger son instead of him, wasn’t it just using the excuse of not having feelings?
And with the Meng family’s help, it would be even easier for Song Mu Han to inherit the Song Corporation.
Meng Zhou seemed startled by his words. “What are you talking about? Feelings aren’t just something you have because you grew up together.”
“Heh, that’s easy for you to say. Didn’t you and Song Mu Han grow up together?” Song Xi couldn’t help but sneer.
Meng Zhou wanted to explain to him, “That’s different. Our relationship when we were children is different from our relationship when we grew up.”
“How is it different? If you like Song Mu Han, can’t you like me? I’m also the Song family’s son. Why aren’t you engaged to me? He already has everything, yet in the end, everything is for him?” Song Xi demanded angrily, pouring out all the hidden grievances in his heart.
The door opened at this moment. He didn’t know if Song Mu Han had heard his voice, but he saw Song Mu Han’s face was icy cold. He walked over, took Meng Zhou’s hand, grabbed his jacket, and didn’t even spare his brother a look of disdain.
Song Mu Han left without saying anything. Song Xi smiled sadly. “Song Mu Han, why wasn’t it you who was lost back then?”
Seeing the person he liked stop, Meng Zhou immediately pulled Song Mu Han to keep walking forward, fearing he would hear even more unpleasant words. However, as he left, he turned back and gave Song Xi a warning look.
Everyone was gone. Half an hour later, fireworks exploded in the sky, dazzling and colorful, illuminating the entire manor as if it were daylight. Countless drones flew into the sky, forming a sentence.
Meng Zhou, I love you.
Song Xi looked up at all this, took a sip of red wine, and smiled with relief. He took off the dress his mother had bought for him and removed the half jade pendant from his neck.
Back then, they had recognized each other as mother and son because of this jade pendant. Now, Song Xi felt this jade pendant was exceptionally grating to his heart.
The main characters successfully exchanged rings, but Yan Ye didn’t feel the lightness of having completed a task. He frowned slightly, and when Song’s father came over to chat, he answered him perfunctorily.
Finally, when Song Mu Han and Meng Zhou came over to toast him, he politely and courteously congratulated them both.
He drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, giving them both ample face.
“Thank you for your blessings, Mr. Yan. We hope you can come to the wedding when it’s held.” Song Mu Han also drank the red wine in his hand in one gulp.
Yan Ye’s gaze fell on his empty glass. Just as he raised his head, he saw a figure running hurriedly towards the outside of the manor.
The figure was too far away for even him to see who it was.
Yan Ye gripped the cup in his hand tightly and suddenly asked, “Today is your engagement party, didn’t your brother come?”
Song Mu Han’s eyebrows, which had been smiling, turned a few degrees colder. He glanced at the person beside him without leaving a trace.
The male lead’s emotions were clearly off, obviously something related to Song Xi had happened before this.
Since it had happened, then he must have come!
“Excuse me, something came up with the company temporarily, I have to leave first?” Yan Ye’s eyes darkened slightly, becoming more certain that he hadn’t seen the wrong person just now.
“Oh? Okay, Mr. Yan, take care.” Song Mu Han said politely, and also didn’t want to continue the topic related to Song Xi just now.
Originally, Song’s father didn’t intend for Song Xi to come to the engagement party today, and Song Mu Han didn’t express an opinion, so whether Song Xi came or not didn’t matter much to him.
Only when leaving the house, Song’s mother had pleaded with Song’s father to let him come, and only then did he agree to let him come.
However, Song’s father had other conditions, which were that after Song Xi arrived at the manor, he was to stay honestly on the second floor and not come out to cause trouble for him.
Song’s mother agreed on behalf of her son, and then turned around and told Song Xi to be obedient and listen to his father.
So, when Song Xi ran off, no one even noticed that he was gone.
As the Maybach’s window rolled down, Yan Ye also found the person he was looking for.
[Author’s note]: I’ve been obsessed with supernatural novels these past two days, hahaha. Thank you for your recommendation votes and monthly passes.
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