I'm coming with you

"You are going to the masquerade ball, right?" As there was no answer from both of the masked man, Nie Zhen switched her question towards Tang Bolin.

"Err.. no..."

"I see you are not wearing the mask. Perhaps you are the assistant. But they are wearing the masks. They might as well going to the ball. Unless they are thieves."

Tang Bolin: "..."

Ye Xing: "..."

"You aren't bad people, right?" Nie Zhen asked.

Tang Bolin: "..."

Ye Xing: "..."

"Omigosh, all of you can't be serial murderers, right?"

Tang Bolin and Ye Xing sweatdropped. They exchanged glance. Then, their faces jerked up to look at Li Han, like puppets connected to the same string.

As they tried to scrutinize Li Han's reaction, their minds were running wild.

Will there be bloodbath tonight?

Li Han was just staring at Nie Zhen.

She stared back, wide-eyed.

"Am I right?" She gasped.

Li Han exhaled a sigh, "If I were, do you honestly think I would just confess in front of you and say 'yes'?"

"Err..."

"You do realize that by asking and exposing my identity, I could make you as the next target and kill you to keep my secret?"

Nie Zhen gulped nervously, "If you were a serial killer."

"If I were serial killer."

There was a strange notion in his words. Like there was some sort of secret that she was supposed to know.

"... So, is that a 'no'?"

He stared hard at her, his bottomless dark eyes almost engulfed her. "What 'no'?"

"You don't carry an axe and run around killing random people?" Nie Zhen blurted out her thought.

"No, I dont," he paused for a second before continuing. "My weapon of choice is gun."

"What!?"

"In case you couldn't tell tell, I'm joking. I don't go around killing random people."

Nie Zhen was dumbfounded. Never ever she saw someone joking with a straight face. Although his face was half-hidden, his indifference voice showed no sign of changed expression.

Then she tried imagining this man with unique mask joking while smiling. The image left her shuddering. That might be even worse!

And which part of his sentences did he mean by joking!? So, did he mean he didn't kill random people? But that would mean he did carry a gun, wouldn't it?

With those confusing thoughts, Nie Zhen didn't realize the guy was stepping backward to go back inside the car.

When she realized it, her hand shot up and she yelled hurriedly, "Wait!"

Li Han stopped and turned around, "What else?"

"You are going to the ball, right? Let me come with you too!"

"Who says I'm going to the ball?"

"But you are wearing a mask," Nie Zhen pointed out. The she pointed at Ye Xing who stood bewildered, "And your friend is wearing a mask too."

"You are going to the ball, right?" This time, Nie Zhen directed the question at Ye Xing.

"Um, right... we are supposed to, but..." In his stunned moment, Ye Xing answered.

Nie Zhen cut off his next words, "See, I'm right! So, it's decided! I'm coming with you as your partner!"

Um, young lady? How did you reach that conclusion so easily? With whose permission? What nerve! Even life makes more sense than you...

As Ye Xing was still in dazed with the whole situation, Nie Zhen shoved Li Han into the car before entering herself.

"Then, let's go! Mr Driver, to Hotel Blue Diamond, please. Go, go, go!"

As the car drove off to the intended destination, Ye Xing snapped out of his daze.

"Assistant Tang, why is that lady still alive?" He questioned.

"Because Young Master Li doesn't kill random people," Tang Bolin answered calmly.

"That's surely a woman, right? You don't think it's a man disguised as a woman?"

As much as Tang Bolin wanted to ignore this foolish young master, he knew he couldn't. He started to pity this young master's family. Would the company be alright with this kind of heir?

"I'm pretty sure it's a woman."

"Something's strange! You saw, right? Have you ever seen Li Han hold a long conversation with a woman before? Any woman?" Ye Xing asked in disbelief at the situation deemed weird in his eyes.

Tang Bolin shook his head. "Except his mother, no."

"Right! This is the first time I saw him talking so patiently with someone. He's not even this mild-tempered with his younger sister! It's weird, right?"

"That's right."

"And he didn't even flinch when she touched him a moment ago!" Ye Xing continued to analyze, his eyes enlarged.

"That's right."

Ye Xing touched his chin. "Do you think there's something else between them?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know."

"Aren't you his special assistant? You're supposed to know everything about him."

Tang Bolin felt veins popping out of his forehead. It was true that he followed Li Han everywhere. But, it didn't mean he knew everything about that young master. That quiet and mysterious man seldom spoke out his thoughts. He only knew what he was supposed to know about his work.

Besides, he didn't have the fortune to be granted the power to read someone's mind.

Ye Xing clicked his tongue. "Tch, then, what do you know?"

"At the moment, I do know something."

"What is it?" Ye Xing looked at him with glimmering eyes, hoping to hear some groundbreaking gossips.

"I do know that we are being left behind right now. The car is long gone."

"Nani!?"

As Ye Xing turned and looked at his surrounding, he realized that they were being left stranded at God-knows-where. There was no sign of the car they rode in a moment ago. Of course, Li Han and that strange lady were also gone.

Is this the kind of situation that was always described as hoes before bros!?

F*ck!

The cold wind blew...

Ye Xing: "I'm glad you're being left too. At least I'm not alone."

Tang Bolin: "..." No, I don't want to be left with you. Not like I have any choice...

Two hot-blooded men, together at a dark place, with no one in sight...

And when their eyes met, the temperature rose. Heart thumping...

Thump thump thump...

"So, does it mean Bro Han is going to the ball? Do you think I can get the credit of bringing him to the event?" Ye Xing became eager at the thought.

The corner of Tang Bolin's mouth twitched. This short-attention span young master... "I supposed," he still answered patiently.

Ye Xing: "Then let's go to the ball! I can't wait to see others' reaction when they see Li Han's coming!"

Tang Bolin: "..." Yay...

P/s: This is not a BL novel.