After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 147 Unspoken Understanding

Chapter 147: Chapter 147 Unspoken Understanding

Shi Yaoguang repeated what she had said.

Shen Huan burst out laughing. "Darkness on my forehead? Are you kidding?"

"I looked in the mirror before I left," he continued solemnly. "Bright as day. After the founding of the nation, no spirit was allowed to come to life. You’d better not spread these superstitious beliefs, or I might just report you."

Shi Yaoguang nodded noncommittally. "You’re not wrong."

"Huh?" Shen Huan was startled. He had thought Shi Yaoguang would insist on her point. Why had she given up so suddenly?

She seemed to read his mind and showed a compassionate smile. "Believe it, and it exists; doubt it, and it does not."

Shen Huan: "..."

He rubbed his arms and looked at her with an expression that said more than words could. "What’s with that look? You speak as if it’s true."

Shi Yaoguang tilted her head. "You can disbelieve, but... if you don’t have faith in me and something goes wrong, it’s no longer my problem."

Shen Huan looked at her smug expression and felt unsure.

He didn’t know whether to believe her or not.

When he went back home yesterday, he had seen his grandfather.

His grandfather had been away for over half a year in pursuit of some mystical cultivation.

A few days ago, his father even received news of his grandfather’s death.

Because of this, he had come to school to find some peace.

But unexpectedly, the spirit altar at his home was taken down the day he returned.

He had planned to offer incense for his grandfather, but it turned out to be a false alarm.

His grandfather was doing fine, not to mention he had taken on a master.

Reflecting on it, Shen Huan sighed.

After all these years, his grandfather had finally found a master.

He wondered whether his master was reliable or not, rumored to be a young girl.

Hey, that sounded like a con artist.

Yet, for some reason, they seemed to really trust that girl.

As the youngest grandchild of the Shen Family, Shen Huan felt he was really breaking his back for that family.

"What are you thinking about?"

Shi Yaoguang saw his distant expression and waved her hand in front of his eyes.

Shen Huan snapped back to reality and looked at her oddly. "Do you think young girls these days, like you, love to deceive people?"

"What?" Shi Yaoguang felt she might have misheard.

Otherwise, why would she hear a question about young girls deceiving people?

Did she look like that sort of person?

Shen Huan repeated his question clearly, "Do girls like you tend to deceive people?"

Shi Yaoguang: "..."

She cracked her knuckles in front of him.

Hearing the crackling sounds, Shen Huan inexplicably felt a bit intimidated.

But...

Who is he? The campus bully!

Can a bully feel intimidated? Absolutely not.

So, Shen Huan stiffened his neck and faced her with an unyielding attitude.

Seeing this, Shi Yaoguang ended up laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Shen Huan was puzzled.

Had she become so infuriated by him that she was confused?

Shi Yaoguang drew out her words, "Nothing, I just thought of something amusing."

"What amusing thing?"

Shi Yaoguang tsked lightly, "Someone wanted to set me up with a match yesterday."

Shen Huan nodded, then let out an exaggerated "Ah!"

"Set you up? Aren’t you... aren’t you married?"

He knew Shi Yaoguang was married only because he had eavesdropped on a conversation between Shi Yaoguang and Quan Sicheng.

He wasn’t a fool, having heard the entire thing, he naturally knew about Shi Yaoguang and Quan Sicheng’s relationship.

Thinking of how Shi Yaoguang, to get revenge on Quan Sicheng, went so far as to marry his father, Shen Huan considered this girl to be ruthless.

Not everyone could do such a thing.

Of course, the main reason was...

Quan Jinbei was young, handsome, and rich!

`’It’s one thing to be tall, rich, and handsome,’ he thought, ’but he’s also chronically ill!’

Shen Huan delved deeper into his conspiracy theories, Shi Yaoguang married Quan Jinbei and became Mrs. Quan.

One day in the future, if Quan Jinbei died.

As his wife, the inheritance Shi Yaoguang could claim would be a substantial amount.

Upon this thought, Shen Huan felt a surge of admiration for her.

Shi Yaoguang, facing his self-assumed knowing look, was a bit perplexed.

"What’s that look on your face?"

Shen Huan chuckled, "I know all about it, you don’t have to hide it from me."

"You know all about it? What do you know?"

With a knowing look and eager to bond like "brothers," Shen Huan said, "I know why you married Quan Jinbei, and I must say, your plan was flawless, insanely cool!"

Shi Yaoguang was filled with question marks, "My plan to marry him? What plan did I have for marrying him?"

It’s true that what Shen Huan said wasn’t wrong; she did have her considerations when marrying Quan Jinbei.

But how did Shen Huan know about them?

Seeing her like this, Shen Huan took it as her not wanting to expose too much and cooperated by saying, "I get it, I get it, let’s keep it unsaid."

Shi Yaoguang was speechlessly choked up.

Sorry, she didn’t quite get it.

After Shen Huan finished with the ’let’s keep it unsaid,’ he tactfully moved past the subject, bringing the conversation back to what Shi Yaoguang had mentioned earlier.

Someone was trying to set her up with a match, "You just said, someone was trying to set you up, what kind of person was it?"

As he spoke, he revealed a cheeky smirk.

Of course, a cheeky temperament like that, appearing on Shen Huan’s handsome and refined face, couldn’t be described as cheeky.

It was mischievously rakish.

Being looked at with Shen Huan’s rascally expression, Shi Yaoguang responded with a similar expression and then clarified the truth.

"A family friend quite older than me was the one who set me up; his grandson was the match he introduced to me."

Shen Huan curled his lip, "People these days are still keen to set up their grandsons, huh? But... does your friend know you’re married?"

"They know," Shi Yaoguang said, her expression meaningful, "Not only do they know, but they have also stayed at Quan Mansion."

Shen Huan couldn’t help but suck in a breath of cold air, "Your friend is quite brave, huh? Knowing full well you’re married and still so eager to set you up with his grandson, I really don’t know what he’s planning."

Shi Yaoguang shrugged, "I can’t be sure about that."

Shen Huan gravely cautioned her, "Don’t blame me for not warning you, but don’t easily trust such people. What if he has ulterior motives?"

"There shouldn’t be any ulterior motives," Shi Yaoguang said with conviction.

Shen Huan looked unconvinced, "You’re not the worm in his stomach, how can you know he doesn’t have other motives?"

"Isn’t it said that young girls are just naive?"

Seeing him so concerned for her, Shi Yaoguang developed a bit of a wicked sense of fun and immediately said, "After school, I’m going to meet my friend, and he might even want me to meet his grandson. Since you’re worried, why don’t you come along?"

"Sure!" Shen Huan agreed without a second thought.

After he had agreed, he then realized he might have been a bit too eager.