My Wife, So Fierce! - Chapter 59

Before she could react, the tablet in her hand was snatched away. Her sister’s slightly flustered and annoyed voice rang out: “Don’t touch my things without permission.”

Shen Baiyi looked up, staring blankly at her sister’s flushed face, before a slow smile dawned in her eyes. She said softly: “Don’t be angry, sister.”

Remembering what she had just seen, she couldn’t help but hug her: “Does sister like watching this? I want to watch it too.”

Zheng Yao: ???

Shen Baiyi spoke with such straightforward confidence that Zheng Yao’s already flushed face turned even redder. For a long moment, she couldn’t utter a single word.

“You want to watch it too?” she finally managed to squeeze out.

Shen Baiyi nodded: “Yes.”

As soon as the words left her mouth, Zheng Yao knocked her on the head.

“Do you even know what this is? And you want to watch it?” Zheng Yao was both angry and amused.

“Sister, I’ve been an adult for a long time. I’m past the age of thinking sex is just two people fighting naked. I’m not so naive that I can’t recognize what kind of video this is.” Shen Baiyi sighed faintly, speaking bluntly.

But she was too blunt, leaving Zheng Yao speechless for a long time.

This worked to Shen Baiyi’s advantage. She took the tablet with one hand while reaching behind Zheng Yao’s ear with the other, putting an earbud in her own ear.

Just like when they were watching the horror movie earlier, she held the tablet and pressed close to Zheng Yao to watch the screen.

The video was reaching its most intense part.

“Hiss—”

This was ultimately Shen Baiyi’s first time seeing such scenes. Frowning, she asked with genuine curiosity: “Did she just pee?”

Zheng Yao naturally wouldn’t answer that question. Snatching the tablet back from Shen Baiyi, she coldly said: “Shen Baiyi!”

She was truly angry now.

Shen Baiyi immediately behaved, pulling out the earbud. Listlessly hugging her sister, she promptly admitted her mistake: “I was wrong, sister. Don’t be angry.”

Zheng Yao decided to ask directly: “Do you like the same sex?”

This was a question she should have asked long ago, but she never found the right opportunity. This morning, she finally managed to ask about Shen Baiyi’s love life, only to have Shen Baiyi vaguely brush it off.

Now she was putting this question out in the open to get a clear answer.

Seeing Shen Baiyi remain silent, Zheng Yao asked again with a serious expression: “Do you like the same sex?”

Shen Baiyi pressed her lips together. She hadn’t planned to reveal this so soon. But since her sister was asking, she wouldn’t deny it. So she simply nodded: “Yes, I like the same sex.”

Zheng Yao was silent for a few seconds before asking: “Have you always liked the same sex, or is it because the person you like happens to be the same sex?”

This question made Shen Baiyi pause for a moment. Belatedly, she realized her sister seemed to have never considered that the person she liked was Zheng Yao herself.

Sighing quietly to herself, she went along with her sister’s question: “It’s because of the person I like.”

The only person she liked was her sister.

The room fell quiet again.

Shen Baiyi took the initiative to break the silence, hugging her again: “Sister, it’s getting late. Let’s go to sleep.”

But the next second, she was kicked off the bed along with her blanket.

With a thud, the blanket cushioned her fall so it didn’t hurt, but Shen Baiyi was too stunned to process that her sister had actually kicked her off the bed.

“Shen Baiyi, are you a lesbian?” Zheng Yao’s expression was serious. “You like the same gender, have someone you’re interested in, yet you’ve been so intimate with me, even tried to sleep with me, and just now you were commenting on that R-rated video with me.”

The more she spoke, the more alarmed she felt.

Shen Baiyi had even repeatedly professed her affection.

“Sister is sister, others are others.” Faced with Zheng Yao’s questioning, Shen Baiyi remained exceptionally calm and countered calmly, “Or are you saying that sister doesn’t see me as a younger sister, but as an admirer who can pursue you?”

This question left Zheng Yao speechless.

If it were before, she could have denied Shen Baiyi’s words without hesitation. But now, under Shen Baiyi’s direct gaze, she couldn’t bring herself to say anything insincere.

Her feelings for Shen Baiyi were impure.

Realizing this, her heart sank heavily.

“Get out,” she said coldly.

Shen Baiyi sat silently on the floor for a long moment before finally rising quietly, placing the blanket back on the bed, and walking out without a word.

The door clicked softly shut, and the room fell into complete silence.

Zheng Yao collapsed onto the bed, overwhelmed by a suffocating sense of betrayal.

She shouldn’t like Shen Baiyi.

These past few months of joyful interaction had almost made her forget Shen Baiyi’s identity. Shen Baiyi was Shen Sanguang’s daughter even if not by blood, she was still the child he had raised.

She couldn’t, and shouldn’t, have this kind of entanglement with Shen Baiyi.

–

In the following days, Shen Baiyi could clearly sense her sister’s coldness toward her.

It felt as if they had fallen into a cold war though, of course, it was a one-sided cold war initiated by her sister.

She didn’t understand why her sister was so angry when she hadn’t even admitted that the person she liked was her sister.

Or was it precisely because she hadn’t admitted it that her sister misunderstood her as fickle and got angry?

Or perhaps she had been too impatient? Seizing a moment when Zheng Yao was in the living room, she called out to her.

“Sister.”

Zheng Yao paused.

“Sister, I was wrong.” Relieved that she hadn’t been ignored, Shen Baiyi hurriedly continued, “I shouldn’t have spoken to you like that, and I shouldn’t have watched that video. I promise I’ll never watch anything like that again.”

“And,” she added the most important point, “I don’t like anyone else, sister. I won’t date anyone else.”

She had been too overconfident.

She had tasted too much sweetness recently, which had clouded her judgment. She hadn’t considered everything carefully and had taken too big a step, leading to this setback and her sister’s coldness.

“Please forgive me, sister. Don’t ignore me, okay?” She watched her sister’s expression, wanting to take her hand but cautiously changing direction at the last moment to tug at the hem of her clothes instead. Softly, she called out again, “Sister!”

“I’m not ignoring you,” Zheng Yao said stiffly.

“Then I misunderstood. Please don’t hold it against me.” Shen Baiyi pretended not to notice the coldness on her face and quickly responded.

With Shen Baiyi’s attitude, Zheng Yao couldn’t bring herself to continue giving her the cold shoulder. She gave a low hum of acknowledgment before turning and returning to her room.

She knew clearly in her heart that Shen Baiyi had merely suffered an undeserved misfortune. It was she who didn’t know how to face Shen Baiyi, she who as the older one had developed inappropriate feelings toward a younger sister who wholeheartedly relied on her and regarded her as an elder sister.

She really needed to start dating.

Previously, she always thought Shen Baiyi was too love-deprived, to the extent that even the slightest kindness from others would easily make Shen Baiyi develop affection for them. Only now did she realize that she and Shen Baiyi weren’t actually that different.

She was also love-deprived.

Although her father had always doted on her, it still couldn’t change the fact that she had lacked maternal love since childhood.

Moreover, her father had passed away many years ago.

It had been a long time since anyone loved her. Even her father’s love for her was incomplete. In truth, she had always known her father’s affection for her was merely “love me, love my dog.”

His eyes were entirely fixed on Bai Yuanzhu. Even when Bai Yuanzhu used his money to support a lover, he would only worry about whether Bai Yuanzhu had enough to spend or if she was suffering outside, completely forgetting that he still had a daughter who needed tuition fees.

Thinking of those past events, Zheng Yao curled up on the bed and hugged herself tightly.

Falling for Shen Baiyi wasn’t strange at all.

Shen Baiyi was the first person she had met whose heart and eyes were completely filled with her. Those beautiful eyes seemed capable of holding only her alone.

She had never been treated with such precious regard before.

So she grew greedy for it.

So when she learned that Shen Baiyi had someone she liked, wasn’t that why she became so furious?

Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but sigh again.

But this was wrong.

–

The next morning, Zheng Yao registered an account on a certain dating chat app.

Quite a few people matched with her. She picked and chose, chatting briefly with each person, continuously filtering for suitable candidates.

She also sent a message to Shen Baiyi, asking what she wanted to eat that evening.

This was a signal to break the ice.

She didn’t want to remain “unreasonably upset” for too long, it seemed immature, like a child throwing a tantrum for not getting candy.

She was already an adult.

Between her and Shen Baiyi, she was the older one and ought to be more mature and steady, not acting like a child throwing a fit as she was now.

Shen Baiyi replied almost instantly.

[Little Bai Who Only Likes Sister]: I’ll love anything Sister makes!

Only then did Zheng Yao notice that the other party had, at some point, changed her nickname to something so direct.

Thankfully, Shen Baiyi wasn’t home, otherwise Zheng Yao truly wouldn’t know what expression to wear when facing her.

Both embarrassed and ashamed.

Now, with such distance between them, the psychological burden seemed somewhat lighter. Suppressing her emotions, she tried to make her words appear normal:

[Guan]: Change your nickname back.

Shen Baiyi seemed to be constantly watching her phone, replying instantly again.

[Little Bai Who Only Likes Sister]: Doesn’t Sister like it?

Zheng Yao immediately replied with a dishonest “no.”

Shen Baiyi was very obedient. Within seconds, she saw the other’s nickname change from [Little Bai Who Only Likes Sister] to [Sister’s Exclusive Little Bai].

Zheng Yao’s fingers, poised to type, froze.

Though it was deeply embarrassing, she had to admit that Shen Baiyi’s nickname fully satisfied her shameful possessiveness.

She typed and deleted words in the chat box for a long time, eventually choosing to delete everything.

Forget it, let it be.

–

That evening, she personally drove to pick up Shen Baiyi.

As soon as Shen Baiyi got into the car, the interior was filled with a rich floral fragrance. Immediately after, a bouquet of sunflowers was handed to her.

It was very beautiful besides sunflowers, there were also some other flowers whose names she couldn’t quite recall.

She froze for a moment, then reached out to hold the bouquet in her arms, unable to resist asking, “Is there some holiday today?”

Mother’s Day? Teacher’s Day? Women’s Day?

“It’s to commemorate the day my sister and I made up,” Shen Baiyi said cautiously while fastening her seatbelt.

Zheng Yao: “…”

She couldn’t help but blush.

She feigned seriousness: “What nonsense is this?”

But no girl would dislike receiving flowers, especially since it had been a long time since she had received any from someone else. Now, suddenly presented with such a beautiful bouquet, her mood brightened instantly.

Her work as a full-time writer spared her from social interactions, but it also brought inconveniences. Her world seemed completely closed off, confining her at home and stifling any chance to meet new things or make new friends.

Of course, this was entirely her own choice.

She also had some writer friends who traveled around frequently and had wide social circles.

Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but ask, “Xiao Bai, do you want to go on a trip?”

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