After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 125: You Can’t Despise Him

Chapter 125: Chapter 125: You Can’t Despise Him

Shi Yaoguang and Quan Jinbei discussed with utter seriousness the question of how long a nonexistent child could survive.

Shi Yiqing, however, appeared from around a corner, putting away her phone that she was just using to take photos.

She had captured Shi Yaoguang getting into the car, and turning back, she decided that once she obtained ownership of Shiyuan Cosmetics, she would hand these photos over to Third Master Quan.

She wanted Shiyuan Cosmetics, and Third Master Quan...

To be precise, she wanted the power of the Quan Family as well!

Shi Yiqing was full of ambition, blissfully unaware that she had already stepped into a trap prepared by Shi Yaoguang.

In the evening, just as Shi Yiqing was preparing to go home, she received a call from Quan Sicheng.

"Qingqing, where are you?"

Shi Yiqing asked with a sweet tone, "I’m out shopping, Brother Sicheng, is there something wrong?"

"I’m at Lullu Street, will you come?"

"What are you doing at Lullu Street?"

"I’ve prepared a surprise for you."

Hearing the barely contained excitement in Quan Sicheng’s voice, a smile appeared in the depths of Shi Yiqing’s eyes.

She promptly agreed and took a taxi to Lullu Street.

Lullu Street is a traditional alleyway that is difficult for sedans to pass through, so she got out at the entrance.

Just as she was heading for Quan Sicheng’s location, she was unexpectedly tripped by someone mid-way.

As the light began to fade, Shi Yiqing’s heart pounded wildly when she was suddenly tripped.

Her mind conjured up countless paranormal scenarios.

There seemed to be even a scent of blood in the air, making her even more panicked.

She dusted off her sleeves and got up from the ground.

Looking up, she met a pair of eyes glowing with a greenish light.

It frightened her into screaming.

"Ah—"

The man lying on the ground, weakened from excessive blood loss, cursed softly and scolded, "Shut up!"

Startled, Shi Yiqing was about to say something but saw the man’s eyes close as he passed out.

After hesitating for a while, she decided to rescue him first.

...

After saving the man and settling him down, Shi Yaoguang was also somehow affected.

Only after returning home did Shi Yaoguang remember a certain part of the plot.

The female lead, Shi Yiqing, happened to rescue a male supporting character on Lullu Street who was injured by a gunshot and had passed out due to blood loss.

Don’t ask why the supporting male character was shot, and don’t ask how a high school girl with no medical skills managed to tend his wounds after saving him.

Under the protection of the plot, all that was unreasonable would become reasonable.

When Quan Jinbei saw Shi Yaoguang returning, he immediately asked after her with an absent-minded concern.

Shi Yaoguang looked at him with a complex expression and asked, "The Quan Family doesn’t have any shady income, does it?"

Quan Jinbei wasn’t sure why she was suddenly asking this but answered confidently, "No."

"That’s good," Shi Yaoguang said, stretching lazily, "That way I won’t have to worry about accidentally hurting my own family."

"Accidentally hurting?" Quan Jinbei picked up on her implication, "What are you planning?"

Shi Yaoguang made no attempt to hide her intentions, "I’m thinking about helping to fight crime, to be a passionate good citizen."

After finishing her statement, she winked at him.

Whether she was a good citizen or not was unclear to Quan Jinbei.

However, he was indeed tempted by her, "If there’s anything I can help with, let me know immediately."

Shi Yaoguang smiled, "If I go out to practice chivalry, I’ll definitely bring you along."

Going after the underworld was not just a casual comment from Shi Yaoguang.

If we talk about it, she also had a feud with that prince of the underworld.

In her last life, Shi Yiqing posed no significant threat to her, and that person was capable of dealing with her. Now...

With Shi Yiqing’s status unstable, her situation could only become more dangerous.

But it didn’t matter, for she would face the music.

Having thought this, Shi Yaoguang promptly pushed the thought out of her mind.

She needed to first check on Cheng Lingdang’s cultivation progress.

The result...

Was as expected.

Cheng Lingdang...

Hadn’t learned it.

Cheng Lingdang had put in an effort all afternoon, yet she hadn’t reached the state of inducing qi into the body.

She was close to tears.

"Master, am I just untalented?"

Cheng Lingdang clung to Shi Yaoguang’s arm with a pitiful look, almost in tears – a sight that truly evoked sympathy.

Shi Yaoguang couldn’t help but reflect, wondering if she had set her expectations too high.

Upon second thought, she realized she hadn’t actually set any demands.

Seeing Cheng Lingdang’s pitiful appearance, she felt compelled to comfort her, "Little Lingdang, don’t think too much about it. The speed of cultivation isn’t important; a solid foundation is what matters the most!"

Cheng Lingdang looked at her with hopeful eyes, "Really?"

"Of course!"

Cheng Lingdang pursed her lips, "Then... what about the mistress?"

She pointed at Quan Jinbei with a pout, her tone full of accusation, "The mistress said it took him only five minutes to induce qi into the body."

Shi Yaoguang glanced at the smirking Quan Jinbei, then looked away and lied through her teeth, "He was just deceiving you."

"Huh?"

Cheng Lingdang’s eyes widened in shock, "He lied to me?"

Shi Yaoguang nodded seriously, "He said he took five minutes to induce qi into the body, but that’s an exaggeration."

"How long did it take him then?"

Cheng Lingdang asked with a curious expression.

Shi Yaoguang originally wanted to say five hours, but then she remembered that Cheng Lingdang had already been cultivating for more than five hours.

To bolster her apprentice’s confidence, she hastily changed the unit of time to days.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Lingdang’s gaze towards Quan Jinbei shifted, tinted with a touch of pity, "So the mistress is the one with mediocre talent?"

As she said it, she even started to feel sorry for him.

"No wonder the mistress claimed it took only five minutes to induce qi into the body—it actually took five days..." She spread out five fingers and exaggeratedly hissed, "That’s just too tragic, right?"

Quan Jinbei watched Shi Yaoguang with an intense gaze, his tone playful, "Five days?"

Shi Yaoguang felt a twinge of guilt, but considering she already had made the statement, she decided to ride it out.

Quan Jinbei met Cheng Lingdang’s inquisitive look with a light tsch, "Yes, it indeed took me a whole five days to succeed."

Cheng Lingdang felt a small comfort for her fragile heart, and she couldn’t help but feel sympathy for Quan Jinbei.

Thinking of how the almighty Third Master Quan, so successful in the business world, seemed to lack any perceptiveness in cultivation, her maternal instincts overflowed.

She covertly tugged at Shi Yaoguang’s sleeve and whispered, "Master, I think..."

"Hmm?"

"You fell in love with the mistress at first sight, so you can’t despise him for his lack of talent."

Shi Yaoguang blinked, "Didn’t you dislike him before?"

"Shh!" Cheng Lingdang lowered her voice, "I disliked him because I didn’t know his situation was so pitiful! If I had known that it took him five days to induce qi into the body, and he said five minutes just to save face, I definitely wouldn’t have acted like this..."

The actually truthful Quan Jinbei: "..."

Shi Yaoguang looked at her with a complex expression, echoing understandingly, "I’ll take your advice; I won’t despise him."

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