Chapter 158: You Want to See Her, But Does She Want to See You?

The manager and the assistant in the van were nearly driven out of their minds by Duan Xiuqi's actions. Oh god, this is catastrophic!
If this were captured on camera, it would spark a massive scandal.
The manager hissed his name in a low voice, but Duan Xiuqi completely ignored him.
Bai Chuwei flicked a lock of her hair and let out a light laugh. "There is nothing between us to discuss."
Having lived for over five thousand years, she had seen all sorts of people, yet Duan Xiuqi was the only one who had left a deep impression on her.
Bai Chuwei still remembered when she had first met Duan Xiuqi—he was full of youthful vigor and ambition, and they could be said to have gotten to know each other through a fight.
Bai Chuwei touched her chin. Had it not been for the fact that he tricked her into taking medicine every single day, she might not have loathed him quite so much.
Duan Xiuqi's voice was hoarse. "I want to see your aunt."
Bai Chuwei smiled. "You want to see her, but does she want to see you?"
This remark from Bai Chuwei was nothing short of a fatal blow.
Duan Xiuqi's face turned ashen as he muttered to himself, "Why? Why does she hate me so much?"
She hated him so deeply that even though she knew he was searching for her, she refused to show herself for twenty years.
Bai Chuwei offered a faint smile. "Then ask yourself: why did you leak the news about her heart condition to that group of demonic cultivators?" Having lived for five millennia, that was the only time she had ever fallen victim to a sneak attack, and her teeth still ached just thinking about it.

In the past, she could just endure the heart ailment, but now she had to take medicine around the clock.
With that, Bai Chuwei turned and vanished into the darkness.
As Bai Chuwei walked toward the Bai family's private car, a rush of hurried footsteps approached from afar. Frowning sharply, she spun around. "Who is it?"
The panting restaurant manager appeared before her with three burly bodyguards. Wiping away his sweat, the manager beamed at Bai Chuwei. "Miss Bai, you left something behind in your private room, so I brought it to you."
Something?
Bai Chuwei looked expressionlessly at the three sturdy bodyguards, each holding a towering stack of test papers.
Duan Xiuqi, damn your soul, you're going to be the death of this Old Ancestor!
These were all the materials Bai Ze had given her. She had simply ignored them and left the private box earlier, only for the restaurant manager to bring them after her.
Bai Chuwei was just about to tell them to throw the stuff away like trash when a sudden thought gave her a wicked idea.
She had finally found a place to consume all these study materials!
She snapped her fingers. "Just leave them by the door."
The manager nodded with a smile and instructed the bodyguards to pile the waist-high stacks of test papers and study materials right at the exit of the parking lot. Seeing that a light drizzle had unexpectedly begun to fall outside, he looked bewildered. "Why did it suddenly start raining?"
Bai Chuwei leaned against the wall and made a phone call. "Hanhan, I'm at the Gathering Immortals Pavilion, and it's raining."

Duan Feihan raised his eyes to look at the star-studded, cloudless night sky. Where on earth was this rain coming from?
He picked up a transparent umbrella from the room and walked outside. "Wait for me."
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Duan Xiuqi was dragged into the van by his manager in a daze. Looking anxiously in all directions, the manager fretted, "Aren't you afraid of being photographed? Do you have any idea how many people online are betting that your wedding with Miss Tong won't happen?"
No sooner had the manager mentioned Tong Yunruo than his phone rang. It was Tong Yunruo, asking which section of the Gathering Immortals Pavilion parking lot they were currently in.
Before long, Tong Yunruo was seen walking over in high heels. As soon as she got into the van, she noticed Duan Xiuqi deep in thought.
An inexplicable sense of unease stirred within her, which was why she had rushed directly to the restaurant where Duan Xiuqi had been dining.
Tong Yunruo forced a smile. "Xiuqi, what's wrong?"
Duan Xiuqi lowered his gaze to his palms and muttered, "Bai Chuwei said Bai Chu is unwilling to see me because I leaked the secret of her heart condition to the demonic cultivators?"
Duan Xiuqi suddenly clutched his hair, looking thoroughly exasperated as he said, "When on earth did I ever leak such a thing to anyone?"
Tong Yunruo's face drained of color. Her hands instinctively gripped her handbag tightly, and her lips began to tremble uncontrollably.