Qian Renxue Gets Angry: Not Only Was I Rejected, I Was Told I Had a Problem with My Brain?

Bo Saixi suppressed her laughter, lifted her head, and let her expression return to its usual dignified warmth. Looking at Li Qing, she deliberately teased, "Well, Qing? The bride I found for you is pretty good, isn't she? Whether it's her looks, talent, or family background, she's one in a million. Why don't we take advantage of having all the elders here today and settle this marriage? What do you say?"

She was testing Li Qing's attitude with those words, but also giving Qian Renxue a way out. After all, Li Qing hadn't even tried to hide how he'd sized her up just now.

Li Qing looked helpless and spread his hands. "Sis, the way you put it, you'd think she was already mine. A betrothal is a matter between two people. We should at least ask this... Sister Qian Renxue what she thinks, right? What if she doesn't want to? That'd be awkward, wouldn't it?"

As he spoke, he even winked at Qian Renxue, his gaze seeming to say, "See? I'm very democratic. I won't force you."

Li Qing was certain that with Qian Renxue's proud nature, she wouldn't like having a marriage arranged for her—especially when the two of them didn't know each other at all.

Sure enough, when Qian Renxue heard what Li Qing said—and heard his inner certainty that she would object—the anger in her heart flared even hotter.

But she really did feel resistant to this kind of arrangement. She took a deep breath, tamping down her fury at Li Qing for thinking she was stupid, and did her best to squeeze out a reserved, gentle smile. Then she went along with what he'd said.

"Little Brother Li Qing is right. We've only just met, and we don't know each other yet. Marriage is one of life's major decisions. It shouldn't be treated like a game. Why don't we... start as friends and try to get to know each other, and see if we can develop some feelings? If fate truly brings us together someday, we can discuss marriage then. Senior Bo Saixi, Grandpa, what do you think?"

Her words were perfectly reasonable. They gave both sides a way out and spared her from being tied down on the spot.

Li Qing immediately nodded like a bobblehead, his face lighting up with an expression of deep satisfaction. "Exactly, exactly! This beautiful young lady is absolutely right! I wholeheartedly agree! What era are we living in? People believe in free love now. Arranged marriages are a thing of the past!"

Thank goodness! As long as we don't get engaged right away and make it official, there'll be plenty of chances to find a way to sabotage this marriage later! Then I can just make up some excuse, like incompatible personalities or conflicting ambitions, and call it off without a hitch. Li Qing secretly rejoiced, already planning how to break things off amicably.

However, Qian Renxue and Bo Saixi heard every bit of his private scheming.

Qian Renxue's expression had just softened a tiny bit because Li Qing had agreed with her. Now it darkened again in an instant—darker than before!

She gritted her teeth, her chest rising and falling slightly.

She'd actually been... rejected like this?!

And he was already thinking of sabotaging the marriage?!

She, Qian Renxue, had the looks, the figure, and a top-tier divine-level Martial Soul. Her background was the Saintess of Spirit Hall and the biological granddaughter of the High Priestess!

If word got out, the people pursuing her could line up all the way from Spirit City to Heaven Dou City!

And yet?

Here on Sea God Island, in the eyes of this twelve-year-old brat, she was apparently some kind of nuisance he needed to find a way to get out of a betrothal with?!

And he even thought she had a problem with her brain?!

This was... the height of humiliation!

Unbelievable!

She was furious!

As for Bo Saixi, she secretly shook her head. This little guy was certainly good at making plans, but the other person could hear them too.

Just then, Li Qing's thoughts seemed to wander off again, and his inner rant grew even more exasperated:

She clearly has the Six-Winged Angel, a top-tier divine-level Martial Soul, Innate Full Soul Power, and Qian Daoliu, a top big shot, backing her up. With her talent, background, and resources, she has everything she could want. And yet she just has to come up with some scheme to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire... Sure, impersonating Crown Prince Xue Qinghe worked pretty well at first, and she certainly stirred things up in the Heaven Dou Empire. It even showed what she could do. But the problem is that she got exposed in the end! And she got exposed completely! After more than a decade undercover, all that effort went up in smoke. What else would you call that but useless? Instead of wasting all that time and effort, why not just stay in Spirit Hall, train, and take the Angel God Trial? With her aptitude, she could become a god early. Then what would the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, or even the Upper Three Sects amount to in the face of divine power? She could just sweep across the continent and unite it! Why make things so complicated, wear herself out, and still fail? Honestly... what an idiot!

"!!!"

This time, not only did Qian Renxue's body tremble violently, but all the color drained from her stunning face. Her eyes were filled with utter horror and disbelief!

Even Qian Daoliu, who had been sitting calmly all along, hadn't heard the thoughts, but he keenly sensed his granddaughter's sudden emotional upheaval and looked at her in confusion.

Bo Saixi, too, was shaken, shock filling her blue eyes!

How did he know?!

The plan to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire was one of Spirit Hall's highest secrets!

Only a handful of core leaders knew about it!

How could a twelve-year-old boy who had never left Sea God Island know about it?

How could he even know about "Xue Qinghe," the identity she was impersonating, and... that the plan would be exposed and fail?!

Qian Renxue's heart pounded so hard it felt as if it would burst from her chest.

Her mission in Heaven Dou, where she'd taken on the identity of Xue Qinghe, was the greatest secret of her life, and the achievement she was proudest of!

She'd always thought her cover was flawless. Even Ning Fengzhi and Emperor Xue Ye, the most cunning minds in the Heaven Dou Empire, had never seen through it!

But this boy spoke as if he'd witnessed it himself, casually laying bare her greatest secret—and the future failure she hadn't yet faced and refused to believe in!

Could it be... that he really could see the future?!

But Li Qing's rant wasn't over. The more he thought about it, the angrier he seemed to get, and his inner voice took on a note of indignation:

And that's not even the stupidest part! The stupidest part is that she had a chance to become a god early and gain enough power to crush everyone, but what did she do? After becoming a god, she actually made a bet with that cheat, Tang San! Then she lost, and out of softheartedness gave him a chance to grow strong and turn things around! And what happened in the end? Spirit Hall was destroyed, the Angel God's divine seat shattered, and she met a miserable end! She had a winning hand from the very start and somehow played it into a complete disaster! The most useless of the useless, the biggest fool of them all! Damn it, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. If I were in her shoes, with a starting setup like that, and Tang San still managed to grow strong and turn the tables in the end, I'd eat that old Sea God's trident raw right here and now!

BOOM—!!!

In the minds of Qian Renxue and Bo Saixi, it was as if tens of millions of bolts of lightning had exploded all at once!

The Angel God's divine seat shattered?

Spirit Hall was destroyed?

She... met a miserable end?

A bet? Giving Tang San a chance?

The revelations struck deep into Qian Renxue's soul like the sharpest ice picks, leaving her cold all over, as if she'd fallen into an icy abyss!

Was that truly the fate that awaited her...?

Bo Saixi, too, was so shaken by this earth-shattering "prophecy" that she couldn't even begin to process it.

The things she'd already heard in Li Qing's thoughts about Tang San and the Asura God had been shocking enough, but they'd still seemed far away.

But now he'd made such a specific prediction about Qian Renxue's future—even including Spirit Hall's fate!

This went beyond simply knowing a secret. It was almost... as if he'd lived through it himself!

The Sea God Hall fell utterly silent.

Only Li Qing seemed to remain lost in his own exasperated rant, completely unaware that his inner thoughts had stirred a cataclysmic storm in the hearts of the two peerless beauties across from him.