After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 348: I Can’t Be as Pettyminded as You

Chapter 348: Chapter 348: I Can’t Be as Pettyminded as You

"Of course I desire him for who he is," Shi Yaoguang said, her gaze at Shi Yiqing clearly spelling out, "You’re pitiful."

"Someone like you can’t understand my thoughts, how typical."

Upon hearing this, Shi Yiqing felt that Shi Yaoguang was lying.

"You want him for who he is? Impossible!" She made her disbelief clear, "Even if the Third Master is good-looking, you couldn’t possibly fall for him, given that he won’t live much longer!"

"Are you that eager for me to die?"

Suddenly, a male voice cut through the crowd and resounded.

Shi Yiqing instinctively denied, "That’s not what I meant! Even if Master Quan did die, the inheritance wouldn’t be yours to claim!"

After she finished speaking, she realized that the voice she had just heard didn’t come from Shi Yaoguang.

Her body stiff, she turned her head to look, and found herself meeting Quan Jinbei’s chilly gaze.

Onlookers unconsciously stepped aside, creating a path.

Quan Jinbei, seated in his wheelchair, approached, his presence so commanding that many bowed their heads in fear.

Shi Yiqing felt an instinctive fear of him.

Feeling his gaze, Shi Yiqing instinctively lowered her head.

"Isn’t it my inheritance you want?" The man smirked, his tone heavy with sarcasm, "Why not say it in front of me?"

Shi Yiqing immediately looked embarrassed, "I... I didn’t mean that..."

"Didn’t mean that?"

Quan Jinbei scoffed lightly, "Are you mocking me? Are you saying everything I heard was false?"

Shi Yiqing didn’t dare to confirm nor deny but weakly said, "That’s not what I meant, Master Quan, don’t misunderstand."

Speaking, she pointed defiantly at Shi Yaoguang with a hint of determination, "It’s her, all her doing!"

Shi Yaoguang raised an eyebrow, "What does that have to do with me?"

With gritted teeth, Shi Yiqing spoke accusatorily to Quan Jinbei, "Master, you’re unaware, aren’t you? You’ve been deceived by her all this time!"

"Actually, this woman isn’t my sister at all. She’s some kind of spy from who knows where, certainly not my sister, and she’s just taken my sister’s place. She didn’t marry you because she likes you; it’s all part of her scheming!"

Hearing her adamant tone, Quan Jinbei spoke thoughtfully, "Are you certain?"

"Of course I’m certain. I guarantee it; everything I’ve said is true. If I lie, you can deal with me as you please," she affirmed.

Her words carried the flavor of a solemn oath.

Shi Yaoguang decided to add fuel to the fire, "Empty words prove nothing. You say you’ll let me deal with you if you’re slandering me, but that doesn’t mean you really will. Words require evidence. You’re just talking; I don’t believe you’ll keep your promise. Instead of worrying about you deceiving people, I’d rather eliminate this hidden threat right now."

Shi Yiqing frowned, her expression wary, "What are you planning now?"

"I’m not planning anything, I’m just..." Shi Yaoguang licked her lips and flashed a radiant smile, "just explaining things to you. I believe you won’t refuse me, right?"

"Ha," Shi Yiqing sneered directly, "What gives you the right to reason with me?"

Shi Yaoguang pursed her lips, "The fact that you’re slandering me right now. I’m just being kind-hearted, not stooping to your level, otherwise... Do you think I would let you off easily? What you’ve said constitutes the crime of slander."

"If I were a bit pettier, you could soon be enjoying ’state-sponsored tea’."

"Or is it that you don’t need me to be kind and you actually want to enjoy that tea? If that’s the case, then forget I ever said anything."

Shi Yiqing: "..."

Who would ever want to enjoy ’state-sponsored tea’?

Shi Yaoguang knew full well that she wouldn’t want to go, yet she deliberately said such things, clearly making things difficult for her!

Shi Yiqing’s heart brimmed with resentment toward Shi Yaoguang, but she had to force a grateful expression on her face, "Then I really have to thank you."

"No need to be polite. You’re narrow-minded, I can’t be like you, can I? What would that make me? No..." Shi Yaoguang shook her head in annoyance, "Wouldn’t that make me a beast?"

At first, Shi Yiqing didn’t catch the implication in her words, but after giving it some thought, she realized Shi Yaoguang was insulting her as a beast.

Instantly, her face changed. She wanted to rush over and have it out with Shi Yaoguang.

Of course.

That was just wishful thinking.

Let alone which side Quan Jinbei was on, even if Quan Jinbei became distant because of doubts about Shi Yaoguang’s identity, Shi Yiqing didn’t dare to confront Shi Yaoguang head-on.

After all...

She had witnessed Shi Yaoguang’s martial prowess.

Unless she no longer wished to live, for no reason whatsoever could she rush over and confront Shi Yaoguang directly.

Therefore, she felt extremely suffocated.

"You... you can’t treat me like this!"

Shi Yiqing tried to maintain her composure and said to Shi Yaoguang, "I’ve exposed your identity. If you target me because of that, then I... I have every reason to suspect you’re playing dirty tricks on me!"

As she spoke, Shi Yiqing seemed convinced by her own logic and looked at Shi Yaoguang with a bit more triumph in her eyes.

"I’m telling you, I will absolutely, absolutely not submit! You impostor, masquerading as my sister, I must get to the bottom of this! I cannot allow my sister to remain missing, nor can I let you continue to impersonate her and run amok!"

Her speech was filled with righteous indignation.

Those who didn’t know any better couldn’t help but inwardly praise her.

Righteousness!

For the sake of her sister, she dare not care for her own safety when facing an unknown entity like "Shi Yaoguang," venturing deep into the tiger’s den.

Upon this thought, the crowd couldn’t help but give her a big thumbs-up.

However.

Was the truth really as she said?

Shi Yaoguang raised her eyebrow and looked at Shi Yiqing with a teasing gaze, "You say I’m different from the Shi Yaoguang before, and I admit that point, but..."

Shi Yiqing felt a surge of joy upon hearing her admission.

She told herself that her premonition had been correct.

Shi Yaoguang was vastly different from before; how could she possibly be the same person?

Just expose her identity, and all the glory that belonged to herself would return.

As Shi Yiqing was basking in self-satisfaction, she heard Shi Yaoguang’s voice.

"I admit I am different from the past, but... you’ll have to tell me, what exactly is your purpose in trying to expose my identity?"

Shi Yiqing snorted, "Of course it’s for my sister!"

"For your sister?" Shi Yaoguang crossed her arms, her gaze filled with disdain, "I don’t think that’s quite it."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean literally." Shi Yaoguang sighed, "If you really treated Shi Yaoguang as your sister, she wouldn’t have faced those experiences after returning to the Shi Family."

"It’s been none other than your seizing the nest of another for over a decade. In the end, you act as though you’ve suffered great wrongs, but what about her?"

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