Chapter 160: Chapter 160 Yi Jingren

Lin Shen was stunned. In his eyes, Bai Shenfei’s words were nothing short of a blatant confession.

“No wonder Bai Shenfei has always insisted that I cultivate ‘Gift Theory.’ Knowing full well that I haven’t mastered ‘Gift Theory,’ she still told others that I am her candidate. The case is finally cracked; she’s been secretly in love with me all along. No wonder, oh, my irresistible charm! Girl, I’m sorry I let you down and failed to appreciate your affection. You should have told me sooner. Had I known this, I would have tried much harder,” Lin Shen couldn’t help feeling a bit smug inside.

What Lin Shen didn’t know was that Bai Shenfei said those words because she thought he had slept with her.

Of course, Lin Shen had indeed slept with her, but not in the way she had imagined.

“I really want to try harder, but I just can’t do it. It’s not something that hard work alone can achieve.” Lin Shen felt he couldn’t hurt a woman who harbored a secret crush on him, so he took all the responsibility upon himself.

After hearing this, Bai Shenfei fell silent for a while. She knew that ‘Gift Theory’ wasn’t something that could be mastered simply by working hard; there was only so much possibility.

But now she was conflicted. She had never thought about what kind of person she wanted to marry. Before she mistakenly thought something had happened with Lin Shen, her only goal was to find someone who could master ‘Gift Theory.’ It was a choice made by heaven, and she didn’t need to think about it.

Who she was with wasn’t important; what mattered was breaking through with ‘Gift Theory.’

However, after that incident, Bai Shenfei’s mentality underwent a subtle change.

Now, even Bai Shenfei herself didn’t know what her feelings towards Lin Shen really were.

Mostly, they should be anger and hatred, even to the point where she had thought of ending Lin Shen’s life with her own hands, but they weren’t entirely made up of anger and hatred. At least she hesitated, otherwise, she would have acted against Lin Shen right then.

Before that, she didn’t dislike Lin Shen.

Over time, Bai Shenfei had thought that if Lin Shen managed to cultivate ‘Gift Theory,’ she could console herself that everything that had happened was arranged by heaven.

But now Lin Shen had clearly chosen to cultivate ‘Evolution Theory,’ which left her deeply disappointed and without any excuse to console herself.

“If you can’t do it, why did you treat me that way?” Bai Shenfei glared coldly at Lin Shen, feeling increasingly angry the more she thought about it.

This made Lin Shen start to react; he had previously suspected that Bai Shenfei might have misunderstood that he had done something, but he later thought it highly unlikely.

Now, hearing Bai Shenfei say this, he realized she indeed might have misunderstood.

“Bai Shenfei, it’s not what you think. Nothing happened that day, I was just tired and fell asleep next to you,” Lin Shen tried to express himself as tactfully as possible. He couldn’t just say, “I didn’t sleep with you, you’re thinking too much.”

After listening to Lin Shen, Bai Shenfei was firstly taken aback, then felt as if a huge stone had lifted from her heart, a sense of relief washing over her.

“You’re not lying to me?” Bai Shenfei still couldn’t fully believe it and sought confirmation again.

“Big sister, I really didn’t touch you. I can swear to the heavens, other than getting you out of the underground space, I didn’t even lay a finger on you while sleeping. Really, you have to believe me, I have absolutely no interest in you.” Lin Shen was in a hurry to clear up the misunderstanding and, in his rush, said more than he intended.

Bai Shenfei, who initially felt much better after hearing what Lin Shen had said, suddenly felt uncomfortable again upon hearing the rest.

“Who are you calling big sister? What do you mean you have absolutely no interest in me?” Bai Shenfei felt very displeased and her look towards Lin Shen cooled once more.

Although Bai Shenfei had never focused on matters of men and women from a young age, she was nonetheless human, not a machine. To say she didn’t have even a bit of feminine sentiment was impossible.

Now, being told to her face like this, Bai Shenfei felt uncomfortable.

“That’s good, I don’t wish to have any relationship with you either.” Bai Shenfei said and turned to leave, no longer paying attention to Lin Shen.

“Please keep my identity a secret for the time being, as for the matter concerning Dark Bird, I will keep it secret for you as well,” Lin Shen hurriedly added from behind.

Bai Shenfei did not answer; she did not even turn her head and quickly walked away.

“Women are truly strange creatures. When there was a misunderstanding, they spoke to me just fine, but now that we’ve cleared it up, why do they get moody? I should have known better than to explain.” Lin Shen muttered to himself, unable to fathom what Bai Shenfei was thinking.

After Bai Shenfei returned to her own tent, she felt much more at ease.

For a while now, this issue had weighed heavily on her mind, leading her to consider many things.

She couldn’t bring herself to kill Lin Shen, but she also couldn’t forgive him, there was always a knot in her heart.

Today, she finally let go of that knot, and her heart felt much lighter.

But thinking about what Lin Shen had said, Bai Shenfei felt an itch in the back of her teeth.

“You think practicing any Evolution Skill is the same? Well, I’m going to show you just how different ‘Talent Theory’ is from ‘Evolution Theory’,” Bai Shenfei plotted in her heart, thinking of ways to give Lin Shen a harsh setback.

The next day, during the voting meeting, Lin Shen and Wei Wufu did not attend; for them, it didn’t matter who became the commander, and they didn’t have the right to vote anyway.

Only the dozen or so large families that originally held seats around Jinshui Lake had voting rights, not everyone involved in the operation.

It was only when Xun Jian and the others returned that Lin Shen found out that the voting had not resolved the issue.

There were 17 votes in total, with Bai Shenfei getting 6 votes, Huang Xiaohu also receiving 6 votes, and Zuo Qinglong bringing in 5 votes.

They were planning to vote again between Bai Shenfei and Huang Xiaohu, but unexpectedly, at the last minute, an additional vote appeared for Zuo Qinglong, bringing all three candidates to 6 votes each, complicating matters.

“An extra vote appeared out of nowhere? How can there be an extra vote?” Lin Shen was quite surprised, never having heard of a situation where an extra vote could suddenly appear during voting.

“This vote belongs to Yashen Base; after all, they are the hosts, and they originally had the right to one vote,” Mo Shengqi explained.

Lin Shen found this even more peculiar; Yashen Base was just a minor base that depended on the major families.

If these big families had regarded them as the hosts, they should have set aside an area around Jinshui Lake for Yashen Base from the beginning.

In reality, they didn’t allocate any space for Yashen Base. The Xu Family and the Lu Family, wanting to enter Realm King Planet, still had to go through the territories of those major families.

Yashen Base did not have a vote before, so how did it suddenly gain one today?

Seemingly understanding the confusion of Lin Shen and Wei Wufu, Mo Shengqi remarked, “Previously, Yashen Base didn’t have a vote because they didn’t carry enough weight. Yesterday, Yashen Base’s standing improved; as the hosts, they got one vote, and no one can object to that.”

“Who is their representative?” Lin Shen couldn’t imagine how Yashen Base suddenly became significant enough.

“Yi Jingren’s daughter,” Mo Shengqi said.

“Yi Jingren’s daughter?” Lin Shen was astounded upon hearing this, as the name Yi Jingren was indeed astonishing.