After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 201 - Framing

Chapter 201: Chapter 201 - Framing

Shi Yiqing had been blocking them from causing trouble for Shi Yaoguang all along.

Now, it had even been revealed what she had done.

How could this not disappoint people?

Facing the questioning eyes of everyone, she guiltily lowered her head, yet her gaze fell upon Shi Yaoguang’s figure, her flickering, hesitant appearance seeming as if she had some kind of difficulty.

"Hey, what’s with that expression?" Mu Tiantian called out directly.

Shi Yiqing’s face stiffened, and she awkwardly said, "No... nothing."

"Nothing?" Mu Tiantian snorted lightly, "I don’t think you look like there’s nothing, tell me... you’re not trying to frame our Yaoguang, are you?"

As soon as this was mentioned, she immediately revealed a contemptuous expression.

Shi Yiqing was truly embarrassed now.

She hadn’t expected Mu Tiantian to be so difficult to deal with, she hadn’t done anything yet, and Mu Tiantian had already exposed her.

Watching her awkwardly at a loss for words, Mu Tiantian said to Shi Yaoguang with a grin, "Yaoguang, look at her!"

Shi Yaoguang’s mouth twitched, "Do you know you’re acting exactly like a villain right now?"

"Ah?"

Mu Tiantian’s eyes widened, and after a moment, she chuckled, "It’s good to be like a villain, a villain’s life is the real beauty, isn’t it?"

"Then you really have unique taste."

"Who says I don’t?" Mu Tiantian pouted, "The so-called righteous ones, they get nitpicked for anything they do, and if ever they leave someone slightly dissatisfied, their past actions are questioned as to whether they’re been insincere."

"But it’s different for villains, villains do whatever they want, nobody can do anything about them."

After finishing her point, Mu Tiantian sighed, "Ah, if I were born in ancient times, I would definitely be a witch who roamed Jianghu freely. Then everyone would both love and hate me, and yet they couldn’t do anything about me."

The more she thought about it, the happier she became, and she laughed out loud.

Shi Yaoguang watched her and was speechless, "That’s enough, let’s get back to serious matters."

"Oh." Mu Tiantian puffed her cheeks, seriously saying, "Mission assured!"

Shi Yiqing watched the two of them messing around, her mood having gradually calmed down from its initial irritation.

Even if Shi Yaoguang proved she had been to the archives, so what?

She had admitted it before Shi Yaoguang could, taking a step ahead, and thus, she could dictate what came next, couldn’t she?

Thinking so, she directly put on a pitiful expression, looking at Shi Yaoguang with an air of injury, "Sister, I’ve always thought we had a good relationship, I’ve never done anything to wrong you, why are you treating me this way?"

"What have I done to you?" Shi Yaoguang countered.

Shi Yiqing bit her lower lip, looking at her with a very aggrieved expression, "You... you..."

She hesitated indefinitely, failing to continue her sentence.

Shi Yaoguang began to grow impatient, "Can you please speak properly? If you’re stuttering, seek treatment early, you might still be saved."

Mu Tiantian chimed in, "Even if she sought treatment, it wouldn’t get better. Don’t they say that evil people will get their retribution? Shi Yiqing is just like that."

Listening to these words, Shi Yiqing’s face contorted, "Mu Tiantian, what do you mean by that?"

"I’m just speaking the truth." Saying this, she put her hands together and bowed to Shi Yiqing, "No offense meant, if there’s any transgression, I ask for your forgiveness."

Shi Yiqing, already offended, grew even more sullen.

Mu Tiantian, however, continued to rub salt into the wound, "Isn’t it impossible? You’re not that petty, are you? Before our Yaoguang became the school beauty, you were considered the goddess of the school, hey! A gentle goddess is supposed to be kind to everyone, right?"

"Or could it be... that everything before was an act from you, and actually, you’re not gentle at all, you were just deceiving people?"

"If it’s that you’re talking about, I guess I can understand,"

Mu Tiantian said, with an expression that suggested she understood and forgave everything.

Shi Yiqing felt so irritated, "Mu Tiantian!"

"I can hear you, no need to shout!"

After she finished speaking, she paused and then added, "Oh, that’s right."

Shi Yiqing frowned, "What kind of trouble are you trying to stir up now?"

"Oh, it’s nothing special... it’s just that, your parents might be arriving soon."

Mu Tiantian spread her hands, her attitude as if she was watching a drama was unmistakable.

Shi Yiqing’s heart skipped a beat, "What did you say? Who’s coming?"

Mu Tiantian repeated her words very patiently, "Mr. Shi Rusong and Ms. Wei Lan, of course. They’re already on their way here, and I’m sure they’ll soon be arriving to stand up for you. So, how does that make you feel? Happy?"

Happy?

Happy my foot!

How could Shi Yiqing possibly feel happy!

All she could think about was that it was all over, all over.

Seeing her like this, Mu Tiantian curled her lip, "Don’t panic, the two of them don’t see too well, compared to Shi Yaoguang, they are both on your side. Don’t worry, even if they know you bullied their real daughter, they won’t do anything to you."

Shi Yiqing gritted her teeth, her complexion unsightly, "Mu Tiantian, stop throwing dirt on me! When have I ever bullied Shi Yaoguang? It would be good enough if she didn’t bully me!"

"Yes, yes, you didn’t bully Yaoguang, and you certainly wouldn’t frame her for forcing you to steal the test papers."

Shi Yiqing had a righteous look on her face at first, but it changed when she heard the latter part.

Mu Tiantian was right.

Framing Shi Yaoguang for forcing her to steal the test papers was indeed the good way she had thought of to clear her own name.

It’s just that she hadn’t expected Mu Tiantian to say it outright.

If she said it now, everyone would surely side with Mu Tiantian.

But if she didn’t say it, her reason would not hold up.

She could not have stolen the test papers for herself.

She could only say that everything she did was for Shi Yaoguang.

It was Shi Yaoguang who had blackmailed her with the threat of taking over the identity of the Shi family daughter, and she had agreed reluctantly.

Upon thinking this, Shi Yiqing’s face suddenly conveyed a look of disbelief mixed with utmost heartache.

"Sister, the things Mu Tiantian said were all her own initiative, right? You didn’t mean to force me, did you?"

As she spoke, she gave a miserable smile, "I always thought that you were unwilling to accept me, just because I wasn’t good enough. In order to make you want to be close to me, I have always listened to you and worked for you, even... you said you were worried about your exam results, and forced me to steal the test papers for you!"

"I know stealing test papers is wrong, and I also know that, after doing so, I would surely be despised by everyone. But for you, I still obediently went through with it. What about you? How have you treated me?"

Shi Yiqing’s accusations were of heartfelt sorrow.

They were so moving that it was hard not to feel compassion. Shi Yiqing’s intelligent parents, having received the news, arrived just in time to hear this.

Without asking for any explanation, they immediately started scolding Shi Yaoguang.

"Shi Yaoguang, you disaster! We never should have had you in the first place! Look at you now, not only have you turned our family upside down, but you also dared to threaten your sister behind our backs!"