Rat, Rabbit, And Rabbit Transformed Into Humans And Married Their Natural Enemies. Chapter 62

Chapter 62

Hearing Bai Zhi’s words, Xie Yuzhan’s expression remained unchanged. He said, “There’s nothing you can’t accept, Zhizhi. This ring was always meant to be yours.”

Bai Zhi stared blankly, looking at the dazzling ring, then at Xie Yuzhan’s extraordinarily gentle expression, feeling that something was slipping out of control.

He stammered, “We’re about to get divorced, why are you giving me this?”

Xie Yuzhan moved half a step closer, looking into Bai Zhi’s eyes. He said, “We won’t divorce. We won’t anymore, alright? Since we like each other, since we both have feelings, why should we divorce?

“Even though it started as a contractual marriage, merely a mutually beneficial arrangement, one thing cannot be denied—

“Feelings always change.

“Today is different from the past. We need to look at this relationship, this marriage, with new eyes. Zhizhi, there are feelings between us, and there is no person or event that can obstruct us. Is there any necessary reason to divorce?”

Wait, wait, wait!

Bai Zhi blinked, his pupils practically shaking. He almost subconsciously retorted, “No… what did you say? Not divorcing? No! We have to divorce!”

“Zhizhi,” Xie Yuzhan placed the ring on a nearby table and gently held Bai Zhi’s shoulders. He continued, “You like me, and I like you just the same. We are in love, so why divorce?”

“That’s not right… this is wrong, wait a minute!”

Bai Zhi stared at Xie Yuzhan, nearly biting his tongue as he spoke. He raised his voice and asked, “You know I like you?!”

Xie Yuzhan slowed his speech, trying to soothe the slightly agitated Bai Zhi. He said, “Just as you should know that I like you, Zhizhi. Feelings like this can’t be hidden. No matter how much you try to conceal them, clues will inadvertently show through.”

Bai Zhi was a little slow to react.

He processed the sudden influx of information as quickly as possible. Mutual love? Him and Xie Yuzhan, a pika and a wolf? Just thinking about it made the bunny’s fur stand on end. It was impossible.

They couldn’t be together.

Once he affirmed this point, he didn’t need to consider much else.

He took a deep breath, pulled away from Xie Yuzhan’s hand, and said with some panic, “I’m going to grab something. I’ll be back in one minute, wait for me!”

He turned and left, heading to the study to retrieve the documents he had prepared over the last two days.

Returning from the study, he slapped a document directly into Xie Yuzhan’s arms, breathing rapidly. He quickly said, “This is the divorce agreement I prepared. If you haven’t prepared one, you don’t need to; use this one.

“I don’t want anything except my grass. Divorce. Let’s divorce as soon as possible.”

Afterward, he emphasized, “It’s best to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau first thing tomorrow morning. The sooner we divorce, the sooner I’ll have peace of mind!”

Xie Yuzhan looked at Bai Zhi, who was resolute, cold, and faintly anxious. After a long moment, he looked down at the document the other man had slapped onto him.

Undoubtedly, it was a divorce agreement.

His gaze darkened slightly. He took the document and placed it on the table without looking through it. He slowly said, “Zhizhi, you still haven’t answered my question. Since there are feelings between us, why are you insisting on divorce?”

Bai Zhi’s breathing had just calmed down a bit. Hearing the question Xie Yuzhan kept emphasizing, he glanced away and whispered, “I don’t like you. I would never like you.”

With so many people in the world, why choose to like a natural predator?

It was unthinkable, far too unthinkable.

Xie Yuzhan didn’t believe this excuse at all.

He moved half a step closer, locking his gaze onto Bai Zhi’s face. He said, “If you don’t like me, look into my eyes and say that again.”

Bai Zhi’s hands, hanging by his sides, clenched his clothes. He knew Xie Yuzhan wouldn’t give up until he got an answer.

He took a breath, turned his gaze back to the other man, and admitted, “Yes, I admit I like you a little, and I understand that you like me a little too. But that has nothing to do with us getting divorced.”

Very well, admitting that was enough. Xie Yuzhan pressed, “So why divorce? I need a reason that is sufficient to convince me.”

“You don’t need one!”

Bai Zhi instantly retorted, “Divorcing after one year was what we agreed upon. It was the agreement we reached from the start, the prerequisite for this marriage. Now that the term is up, we should follow the agreement. What reason do we need?

“Following the agreement doesn’t require an extra reason.

“As the head of such a large corporation, you have to keep your word. You can’t go back on it!”

Xie Yuzhan was silent for a moment. Bai Zhi was right; following the agreement didn’t require a reason or any explanation. The little bunny was smart and hadn’t followed his line of thinking; he was very persistent.

However.

He took off his glasses and placed them on the table, looking directly into the other man’s clear eyes. He slowed his speech. “You are right, Zhizhi, but I’ve changed my mind.”

“Xie Yuzhan—”

“Hear me out,” Xie Yuzhan continued. “Going back on my word is indeed my fault. There’s no doubt about that, and I apologize for it.

“I initially only treated you as a partner in this marriage, a mutually beneficial arrangement, but feelings are not so rational. Day by day, they leaned more toward you, until I could no longer ignore the impact and change you brought to me.

“Zhizhi, I like you.

“It’s not a whim; I want to be with you for a lifetime.

“I understand that you may not be thinking that far ahead, but we still have time. As long as you have feelings for me too, we can take things slowly. There’s no need to rush the divorce.

“If, after another year or two, you still want to leave, I won’t say another word.”

Bai Zhi listened to these serious, firm, and sincere words, which sounded almost like an oath, and was speechless.

How could Xie Yuzhan explain breaking his promise so matter-of-factly!

He was too cunning!

He bit his lip and said, “I don’t care about feelings changing or not changing. I only know that we agreed to divorce when the year was up. You promised me, and you must follow through!

“Bringing up anything else is just reneging. An apology won’t work; I don’t accept it!”

Xie Yuzhan took a step forward, looking at Bai Zhi’s trembling eyelashes and flickering eyes. His voice lowered, but he asked firmly, “Emphasizing the agreement is fine, but Zhizhi, I still want to know—

“What are you worried about? What are you afraid of?”

Bai Zhi’s expression froze. He knew Mr. Wolf was perceptive, and that made him instantly irritated. He couldn’t suppress his anger, and his voice rose. He snapped, “Are you done yet?!

“Why ask so many questions? Why dig for the root cause? Many things won’t change! Even if you know, they won’t change!”

Xie Yuzhan’s tone deepened, “No, I’m not done, unless you clearly tell me the reason.”

Bai Zhi glared at Xie Yuzhan. He just had to ask!

He stepped back two paces, pacing back and forth restlessly. After a while, he returned to stand before Xie Yuzhan. After standing still, he took two deep breaths and said, “You want to know the reason? Fine, I’ll tell you everything, clearly!”

“Good.”

Xie Yuzhan’s expression softened slightly. As long as he was willing to talk, it meant there was still room for communication.

Bai Zhi’s lips were tightly pressed. He actually didn’t want to state things so plainly. Precisely because he had feelings for Xie Yuzhan and knew the other man treated him quite well, he had held back. But now, it seemed unnecessary.

Mr. Xie certainly understood the art of getting to the bottom of things.

He confessed, “You know I see you as a natural predator, and you know I’m afraid of you. So even if I know I like you, I won’t truly accept you. Am I crazy enough to risk my own life?”

Xie Yuzhan paused. This wasn’t unexpected. He said in a low voice, “You don’t trust me.”

“Of course I don’t trust you. How could I trust a natural predator? Are you kidding me? I’m not that naive or foolish.”

Xie Yuzhan gently pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling somewhat helpless. “I understand you’re afraid of me. I thought my actions during this time would make you understand that I am serious about you.”

Bai Zhi pursed his lips. He said, “I know you’ve been good to me, but that’s a separate issue.

“Yuzhan, do you know why a wolf doesn’t eat a rabbit immediately after catching it? Because it’s not hungry; it’s playing. It treats the defenseless rabbit as a toy, and once it gets bored, it will discard it, eat it, or dispose of it.”

By this point, he had calmed down. Looking at Xie Yuzhan’s slightly vacant, surprised expression, he felt somewhat reluctant to continue, but since the conversation had reached this point, it was better to finish and clarify everything at once.

His throat felt tight, but he continued, “So my liking you isn’t important, feelings aren’t important. The key is that I don’t trust you, and I don’t believe I can truly remain safe forever.

“We are natural predators. We cannot be together.

“That is the law of nature.”

By the end, his voice was very, very low, but he had fully expressed his thoughts. A wolf and a rabbit might have temporary friendliness, but they could absolutely not remain friendly forever.

He would not risk his precious life. In the face of survival, feelings didn’t need to be considered.

For him, life had the highest priority; everything else could be abandoned.

After listening to Bai Zhi’s words, Xie Yuzhan was silent for a long while, then let out a complex, soft laugh.

The “natural predator” the other man mentioned at the beginning wasn’t a joke; he genuinely felt Xie Yuzhan was dangerous, a threat. And now, Xie Yuzhan clearly understood one thing: feelings were dispensable to Bai Zhi.

He leaned slightly closer, his tone gentle. “Zhizhi, you are absolutely safe by my side. I like you; how could I possibly hurt you, right?”

The tone was too gentle.

As Bai Zhi listened, it sounded like a siren singing a bewitching song.

He clenched his teeth and shook his head, emphasizing, “Your liking for me is only a little bit. It started as pretense, and later it was pretense plus a little bit of liking.”

“It’s not just a little, Zhizhi,” Xie Yuzhan tried to explain. “Do you think we need to pretend to have a good relationship in front of true friends and family? I genuinely like you and value you, which is why I introduced you to them.

“If I wasn’t thinking about a lifetime, why would I do that?”

Bai Zhi thought about it and felt that Xie Yuzhan made sense, but it was only that—it made sense.

No one mandated that he had to accept the logic of the world.

He spoke, “Then I misunderstood, and it’s not just my fault. You were deliberately blurring things and didn’t make it clear to me at the start.

“But that’s not the main issue. The key is that I don’t believe the affection between us runs that deep. You are just playing around with me. I won’t truly believe that you can’t live without me, and I certainly won’t believe you’ll treat me this well forever.”

Hearing this, Xie Yuzhan was almost amused by the frustration.

He had a vague premonition that he wouldn’t be able to keep the other man, but he couldn’t give up without saying some things.

He raised his hand and rested it on Bai Zhi’s shoulder, looking into those clear, yet extremely calm and distant eyes. He asked in a low voice, “You don’t trust me because I haven’t done enough, because I haven’t been good enough to you, so I don’t blame you. But honestly, can you truly bear to let go of this feeling?

“Zhizhi, you like me, don’t you?

“If you have even an ounce of reluctance, you should consider staying or leaving more carefully. Don’t do something you’ll regret. You can think about it a little longer; there’s no need to make a decision in just a day or two.”

Bai Zhi opened his mouth, unable to speak.

He could feel Xie Yuzhan’s low spirits, which made his own heart feel heavy and ache dully. But if he didn’t make things clear, dragging it out would be even more torturous, and he didn’t like that.

Cutting the knot quickly—a single sharp pain was better than constant suffering.

He said with trembling lips, “I do like you. At first, I only saw you as a cohabitant, only wanting to survive this year. I don’t know when it started… I did develop different feelings for you. It hasn’t been long, only a few months. How deep could it be?

“If you ask if I can bear to let go, I truly can’t, but I must.

“You have always been rational, more thoughtful than me. For you, there’s no need to invest too much in a relationship that has no future. So, you actually know very well that divorcing now is best for both of us.”

“It is not!”

Bai Zhi was startled by the sharp rebuttal. He rarely saw Xie Yuzhan looking somewhat… emotionally out of control, and for a moment, he couldn’t react.

Xie Yuzhan knew his emotions were unstable, but he couldn’t care less right now.

Bai Zhi said he had only liked him for a few months. What about before that? Was it not a secret crush? Had he overthought things, misunderstood something? This was simply…

It was far beyond his imagination.

How could that be?

How, could, that, be?!