Of course, the paps continued to observe them after that. Ruby was described as looking extremely upset and even appeared to wipe away tears. The 44-year-old actress continued to wander aimlessly along Civic Boulevard, stopping at one point to stare blankly at an aquarium in front of a store.

When it started to rain, Ruby headed to a park to seek shelter, her eyes — which were reportedly red and swollen — darting around the entire time as if she were afraid of being recognised. She sat down for a while, then got up and disappeared into a nearby building. Wait, so where was her husband?

Elsewhere, Wallace was spotted heading to the basement of a mall to use the men’s room before buying juice at a stall and walking to his car, a NT$40mil (S$1.9mil) Ferrari GTC4Lusso. Like Ruby, the 40-year-old actor bore a very unhappy expression on his face, and it looks like the pair may not have reconciled that quickly as he wasn’t seen picking her up before driving home.

When contacted by journos, Ruby casually brushed off the incident and explained that she and her husband were just “discussing something” and happened to have “different opinions”. As for Wallace’s outburst, she clarified, “Since we had just eaten roast meat, I said I wanted to go for a walk to digest and asked him to take the car by himself.”

And what about her emo stroll? “As I was walking, the rain was getting heavier, so I went to seek shelter at the park. On my way there, I suddenly thought of something and spaced out for a while. In the end, the rain became so heavy that I had to call a taxi to get home.”

While there was no word on her “red and swollen” eyes, that should be the end of it, right? Well, not quite. If you follow Ruby on her socials, you might remember her sharing a few selfies of herself with Wallace earlier this month (see below).

However, eagle-eyed netizens recently noticed that those sweet photos have suddenly been deleted, along with the rare shot of their daughter’s hand that was in the same post. Dun dun dun.

Naturally, this got everyone buzzing about the state of their relationship again, but the discussions are surprisingly level-headed. Some pointed out that the pictures were taken down long before their public argument, and suggested that the very private Ruby could have done so due to the overwhelming attention they garnered when she first uploaded them.

Fans also urged everyone else not to analyse things too much and to give Ruby and Wallace some space as it’s completely normal for all couples to get into fights every now and then. Well, almost all couples.

Photos: Apple Daily, Weibo, PBE Media, Ruby Lin/Instagram