After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 209: She Married the Old Codger?

Chapter 209: Chapter 209: She Married the Old Codger?

The classmates’ discussions sparked fresh doubts about Shi Yaoguang’s academic performance.

"Isn’t Shi Yaoguang a poor student? How come she scores 740 every time?"

"Exactly..."

"The first diagnostic test was like this, the monthly test was the same, and so was the make-up exam. This unchanging score, are you sure it’s not a joke?"

Speaking of which, someone whispered, "I remember that aside from being the true heiress of the Shi Family, Shi Yaoguang has someone backing her up."

"A backer? What kind of backer?"

"I just heard about it; as to whether the information is accurate or not, I’m not too clear."

"Never mind the accuracy, just spill it."

"Before the start of the second half of the term, weren’t the Shi Family and Quan Family preparing for a family alliance? The arranged couple was Shi Yaoguang and Quan Sicheng. Later, because Quan Sicheng got together with Shi Yiqing, the intended spouse changed, but I heard another version of the story."

"Go on, spill it."

"I heard... that Shi Yaoguang seems to have married the old master of the Quan Family."

"Pfft—"

The person who heard this nearly choked on their own saliva.

"Do you even know what you’re talking about? Shi Yaoguang married the old master of the Quan Family? If I’m not mistaken, the old master is well over sixty years old, right?"

"Who’s to say otherwise?" the speaker exclaimed in wonder, "Lately, I don’t know if there’s any new development happening, but the name of Mrs. Quan is not small."

"Mrs. Quan... that’s Shi Yaoguang?"

"Yeah, it’s very likely."

"Are you sure this news..." Before the inquirer could finish, someone covered their mouth, "Shh—"

Following the shushing sound, they heard an urgent voice, "Shi Yaoguang is here!"

Shi Yaoguang had heard everything they said.

No matter how quietly they spoke, with her hearing, she could still hear them loud and clear.

As for the content of their conversation, Shi Yaoguang felt...

helpless.

She walked directly over to them, slightly raising her eyebrows, "Were you talking about me just now?"

The group exchanged looks, none of them immediately willing to speak.

Shi Yaoguang sighed lightly and took the initiative, "If you’re curious, you can just ask me."

After a moment of hesitation, the boy in front hesitantly asked, "Shi Yaoguang... I heard, heard you got married, is it true?"

Shi Yaoguang nodded.

The boy wanted to ask something else when he heard her say, "You should try a different approach, like asking me who I married."

The boy subconsciously asked, "Who did you marry?"

Shi Yaoguang smiled slightly, "I married the head of the Quan Family."

"What!!"

The boy’s eyes bulged, "You, you really married the old master Quan?"

The others were also in a state of disbelief.

Guessing was one thing, but the truth was another.

Thinking of Shi Yaoguang, a young girl of marriageable age, actually marrying an old man over sixty — they couldn’t help but find it unsettling.

Shi Yaoguang saw all of their thoughts and shrugged, "I never said I married old master Quan."

"But you said—"

Before the boy could continue, he suddenly remembered the time Shi Yaoguang confronted Quan Sicheng in the playground.

At that time, Shi Yaoguang slapped Quan Sicheng.

And she said...

Quan Sicheng was disrespectful to his elders.

Additionally, she claimed to be Quan Sicheng’s mother!

At the time, everyone thought it was a joke.

After all, it’s quite normal for people of the same age to call each other dad.

Nobody really considered the possibility that Shi Yaoguang was serious.

Who would have thought that it was actually true?

Rumor had it that Quan Sicheng was the Quan Family’s future heir.

Since he was a child, he had been raised by the old master Quan, under the care of a sickly birth mother, and had called Quan Sanye, who was six years his senior, "Dad".

Shi Yaoguang had married into the Quan Family, but her groom was not the old patriarch of the Quan Family.

Since she claimed to be Quan Sicheng’s mother, then, naturally, the identity of her husband was self-evident.

However...

Compared to marrying a healthy septuagenarian,

marrying a man with outstanding abilities who might die at any moment seemed...

not much better.

For a moment, the looks people gave Shi Yaoguang were filled with sympathy.

Shi Yaoguang didn’t quite understand what they were sympathizing with her for, "You don’t need to look at me like that."

"Yeah, yeah!"

They nodded in unison, but their gazes were still filled with sympathy and pity.

Shi Yaoguang was truly pitiful.

Not only had she been mistakenly taken as a child,

but upon her return, she was targeted and schemed against by the fake heiress time and again.

And that wasn’t all.

Even her fiancé had been snatched away, and to stay within the wealthy family, she could only weep and marry a man who was critically ill.

Thinking of how the outside world viewed Quan Sanye, they genuinely sympathized with Shi Yaoguang.

If it wasn’t for being at their wits’ end, who would be willing to marry a dying man?

Shi Yaoguang had no idea what bizarre scenarios they had cooked up in their minds.

After she explained that her marriage partner was not some decrepit old man, she turned and walked away.

She had only taken a few steps when someone called out to her.

"Little sister-in-law!"

Shi Yaoguang turned her head to look and saw Chen Shu energetically waving at her.

She turned around and walked towards him.

Chen Shu, excitedly flailing his arms with a disjointed tone, said, "Little sister-in-law, did you really do all those things? No wonder Bei Ge was conquered by you, turns out you’re the real hidden big shot."

"What do you mean?"

Shi Yaoguang combed through the words she had heard but, regrettably, could not extract any useful information.

Chen Shu’s mouth was half-open when he suddenly seemed to remember something and hurriedly covered his mouth.

Shi Yaoguang was half-pulled, half-dragged into the infirmary by him, and only after he nervously made sure no one was eavesdropping did he finally speak.

"I heard from Bei Ge that you solved the problem that had stumped Professor Lin for over a month, is that true?"

Shi Yaoguang’s mouth twitched, "Over a month?"

"Yeah, yeah." Chen Shu nodded vigorously, "You have no idea, making progress in this experiment is extremely difficult. Professor Lin initially predicted it would take another half a year to find a solution. Who would have guessed you’d solve it effortlessly."

Now Shi Yaoguang really didn’t know what to say.

Chen Shu prattled on for a while before remembering the main point, "Right, little sister-in-law, I called you over because Professor Lin wants to meet you, what do you think?"

Shi Yaoguang replied indifferently, "I have no objections."

"That’s good," Chen Shu said and then suddenly gazed at her, perplexed, "Little sister-in-law, you mean to say, you’re willing to meet with Professor Lin?"

Shi Yaoguang nodded.

She had originally thought the biological field in this world was not much different from the worlds she had transversed before, and the information sent by Jiu Yanchuan that day was of normal standard.

Now it seemed she had overestimated the level of this world.

With that in mind, if she wanted to advance the development of the biological field, it was inevitable that she would have to make some more effort.

Fortunately, she still had some materials in her space, which she could let Professor Lin examine when the opportunity arose.

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