From the Heavens Descended an Immortal Sister
Chapter 181 - 179: Unwilling to Admit_1

As Fang Ren's words fell, Bai Qi's gaze lingered on the ground for a long time.

The room was terrifyingly quiet, with time ticking away second by second. Fang Ren suddenly felt a bit awkward, wondering if the girl had suddenly become sane. If so, his indirect probing plan would be ruined.

The silence lasted so long that Fang Ren couldn't help but want to break it, but just as he was about to speak, Bai Qi suddenly turned around with her head lowered.

"Let's go eat…" she said softly.

"..."

Fang Ren looked at her shift from being angry to suddenly falling silent and felt a bit unsettled, still unable to fathom what the imaginative girl was thinking.

"Alright," Fang Ren nodded in agreement.

Bai Qi quickly left the room, and Fang Ren followed, taking out his room card to lock the door behind him.

Walking behind Bai Qi, he couldn't shake the feeling that she was too silent, completely out of character. He wanted to ask her something but thought it would be better to wait until they were at the dining table.

...

They arrived at another small restaurant where the dishes were already served.

Bai Qi held her chopsticks but did not reach for any dish. Her whole face was covered by the visor of her cap, preventing Fang Ren from seeing even the slightest glimpse of her expression.

"What's… what's wrong with you?" Fang Ren eventually couldn't hold back and asked.

"Nothing…"

Bai Qi whispered faintly and then started to pick up food with her chopsticks and eat.

Fang Ren felt baffled. This wasn't the effect he had hoped for. Wasn't it supposed to make Bai Qi suddenly understand some things, and then redefine the terms of their marital agreement with him?

Why had the atmosphere become so heavy?

...

Underneath the cap, Bai Qi's face bore a vacant expression as she moved her chopsticks slowly and seemed lethargic while eating.

Earlier at the hotel, Fang Ren's sudden remarks made her realize a lot of things.

"If you don't like me, why bother so much?"

This particular sentence had struck her deeply.

Right, she suddenly realized she had been meddling too much.

Why was she meddling in these matters? Weren't these things none of her concern?

Was it out of loyalty to their marriage vow?

But now, Fang Ren liked her, yet she didn't reciprocate his feelings. She clearly didn't like him, so why was she still interfering in his affairs? He wasn't openly together with another woman, there was no loss of face for her. Speaking of marital loyalty, but her heart was elsewhere, while Fang Ren's heart was with her.

Though there were no actual deeds, anytime fidelity was mentioned, it was her mental unfaithfulness that stood out.

And because of Fang Ren's words, she suddenly realized even more.

For instance, during lunch today, when a woman came looking for Fang Ren, she felt her reaction had been a bit too extreme.

She had someone she liked and wanted to be with that person, but she only allowed herself to pursue a relationship with the one she liked after her engagement was annulled.

Similarly, Fang Ren liked her, so he could also like someone else, right? All he had to do was not develop a relationship with that woman before the annulment, and he could like whoever he wanted.

But her behavior at noon today was no longer just about restricting him from being involved with other women; she had directly limited Fang Ren from liking other people.

It was only at this moment that she suddenly realized the problem and therefore went over the events of the lunch in detail, discovering many of her own actions that even she couldn't understand.

For example, when Fang Ren "acted out" in anger with her today, such behavior should only occur between two people who have feelings for each other, not between her and Fang Ren.

Moreover, when Fang Ren was acting out in anger, why did she go out of her way to coax him? To accompany him shopping to relax?

This was no longer about Fang Ren being aggrieved because of her arrival here, for which she wanted to compensate. This matter was solely about the argument between them, without any feelings of indebtedness mixed in.

If Fang Ren's feelings for her were unrequited, then she should have decisively clarified their relationship at lunch today; that would have been truly in Fang Ren's best interest. So why did she choose not to speak out?

Out of consideration for his feelings? Bai Qi thought back and realized that clearly wasn't the reason.

And when that woman in the white dress came in, why did she feel angry? What was wrong with Fang Ren going out to talk to another woman? Wasn't that perfectly normal?

In the end, when Fang Ren left the restaurant, she ate a big meal by herself in a fit of sulk, even overeating to the point of pain. Why did she do that?

Was it because Fang Ren was unfaithful to their marriage, so she had to hurt herself? No, that wasn't necessary. She didn't like him, so she shouldn't hurt herself over these things...

It wasn't until Fang Ren said that sentence in the hotel that she suddenly realized there was something subtle in her heart that she was unwilling to acknowledge.

But undeniably, she had developed a sense of possessiveness toward Fang Ren.

She wondered if she might be falling for this man, but then thought it impossible, as she clearly liked Brother Song.

Yet, that would make all of her actions at lunch today inexplicable.

If she didn't like him, why did she coax him just because they had argued in anger, harm her own stomach because he went out with another woman, or start angrily questioning upon smelling a trace of perfume in his room...

Whether this was love or not, Bai Qi didn't know, and she didn't want to admit it.

If it was love, then did she fall for two people at the same time? Was she a fickle woman?

After much thought, Bai Qi had no appetite to eat again; she wanted to give up thinking about the problem, yet there was an unyielding feeling inside her that kept drawing her toward the issue, leaving no room to think about anything else.

"I was just making an analogy earlier, and I might have spoken in a bad tone because you made too much of a fuss, so I..."

Seeing that she was silent the whole time, Fang Ren thought he had said something wrong at the hotel and quickly rattled off a few words to excuse himself.

He rambled on for quite a bit, but Bai Qi on the opposite side still gave no response.

The meal was eaten in utter silence.

After paying for the meal, Bai Qi didn't say a word to him and went straight back to her room and shut the door.

Fang Ren was bewildered, unable to understand what the imaginative girl was thinking.

"The ancients do not deceive me, a woman's heart is like a needle in the ocean! Not a bit of a lie!"

Muttering to himself, Fang Ren also returned to his room and closed the door. Meanwhile, inside the room, Mu Huanqing had already been sitting by the bed for some time.