After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 373 Can Grandpa Accept Me

Chapter 373: Chapter 373 Can Grandpa Accept Me

Shi Yiqing had a guess forming at the bottom of her heart.

Shi Yaoguang, who took the college entrance exam early, was bound to achieve great results.

Though a good performance in the second year of high school didn’t guarantee the same in the college entrance exam,

but, based on the current situation, the likelihood of Shi Yaoguang doing well in the entrance exam far exceeded the chances of her failing.

Thus, she wanted the Wei Family to acknowledge her identity before her exam results were released.

Otherwise...

Once her results were out, even if the Wei Family considered her grades, they would not choose to accept her.

...

Shi Yaoguang was, of course, aware of Shi Yiqing’s plans.

However, she didn’t plan to stop her.

As the protagonist under Heavenly Dao, she was always going to find supporters.

Before finding truly heartfelt supporters, setbacks were inevitable.

And her existence...

was to orchestrate those setbacks.

The Wei Family.

When Wei Qingtian received a call from Shi Yiqing, he was busy expanding his market.

The words that Shi Yaoguang had said to them, both father and son of the Wei Family took to heart.

Being aware of what might happen in the future, they were more vigilant than ever.

Shi Yaoguang had also specifically mentioned that Shi Yiqing might seek them out.

Accepting Shi Yiqing, a disaster, was of course impossible.

But...

Meeting her was feasible.

Therefore,

When Wei Qingtian answered the call, he didn’t hang up immediately.

Instead, he chatted very patiently with the person on the other end of the line.

"Hello, may I speak with Elder Wei?"

Wei Qingtian’s "Hmm" was a curt sound, displaying the attitude of a boss in no uncertain terms.

Shi Yiqing felt a bit intimidated when she heard such a voice.

But thinking of her goal, she quickly regained her composure.

Adjusting her tone, she said pitifully to the person on the other end, "I’m Shi Yiqing. Elder Wei, you might not have heard of me, I am—"

Wei Qingtian did not let her finish, cutting off her following words, "I have heard of you."

Shi Yiqing paused, her tone clearly filled with delight, "Grandfather, you know about me?"

Wei Qingtian gave a cold snort, "Don’t randomly claim relatives!"

"I certainly don’t have a granddaughter like you."

Wei Qingtian mercilessly criticized her, "I had someone investigate the incidents that happened in the Shi Family long ago, and I know everything there is to know, word for word, This is why I had Jinyan bring Yaoguang back, not you."

Shi Yiqing had not expected to hear such words from Wei Qingtian, and her face turned extremely embarrassed.

However, she soon adopted a look of grievance.

Her eyes brimming with tears, she blinked, belatedly realizing there was no audience present, only herself.

The moment she thought of this, her expression stiffened for an instant, but quickly, she adjusted her strategy and began sobbingly, "Grandfather, I don’t know what you have investigated, but I do know that you must be misunderstanding something about me..."

As if suddenly interested, Wei Qingtian asked, "Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?"

Shi Yiqing sniffled, looking like she had suffered a great injustice, "It’s a long story, I don’t know if you would believe me, grandfather, but I want to say, I haven’t lied..."

Midway through her words, she began to cry with a whimpering sound.

"I don’t know what to do, grandfather, can you help me?"

Wei Qingtian’s face was expressionless, but his tone was filled with concern, "What’s the matter? Has someone been bullying you?"

Shi Yiqing sounded even more aggrieved, "Even if someone has bullied me, what does it matter? There’s no one to stand up for me, and being able to contact you, grandfather, is already more than I could have hoped for."

"I know you might not like me, and that’s why you’re reluctant to acknowledge my existence, If I could, I wouldn’t want to trouble you, but I really can’t bear it anymore..." she said, then broke down in heavy tears.

Wei Qingtian remained expressionless.

His tone still carrying concern, the butler watched his master’s performance and couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, wondering why he had never realized before that the old master was also quite the actor.

But seeing it now wasn’t too late.

Wei Qingtian softened his voice and said to Shi Yiqing on the other end of the phone, "Stop crying, tell me exactly what happened. If we investigated something wrong before and misunderstood you, I will have someone apologize to you."

Shi Yiqing’s voice paused for a moment, then she asked with great hope, "Really?"

Wei Qingtian answered indifferently, "Of course it’s true. I am old enough not to deceive a young person like you."

At these words, Shi Yiqing seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Mumbling, she started to speak her heart out.

"At home, things are not as glorious as they appear. My parents seem to like me, but I know that they are not doing it for me..."

Wei Qingtian’s eyebrows arched, a bit of curiosity stirred within him.

Of course, not because of Shi Yiqing’s words—he knew all too well what the real situation of the Shi Family was.

It was definitely not as Shi Yiqing described, however...

He was truly curious to hear what the Shi Family was like in Shi Yiqing’s own words.

After brewing her emotions for a while, Shi Yiqing finally spoke with a choked voice, "In the Shi Family, my parents treat me as a tool for a political marriage with the Quan Family. If it weren’t for the fourth young master of the Quan Family liking me, I would not be treated that way at all."

"After my true background was exposed, they feared that because of my heritage, the Quan Family would not accept me, so they treated me twice as well, and even more so, my sister as well."

As she spoke, she seemed to recall something deeply upsetting, suppressing her emotions, "I don’t know exactly what happened, but in my heart, my parents have always been the most important to me. I could accept them treating my sister well, but... it seems like my sister has never liked me."

"I can tell she actually has no interest in the fourth young master of the Quan Family, but she refuses to let me get engaged to him. Instead, she keeps insisting that she is the true daughter of the Shi Family, and the one to marry into the Quan Family should be her."

"Originally, that wouldn’t matter, since all of it rightfully belonged to her, I could accept her reclaiming it, but there’s one thing I just can’t come to terms with."

Her tone turned bitter as she continued, "Grandfather, you don’t know, but in our circle, some people are aware that the fourth young master of the Quan Family actually likes men. Very few people knew about this at the time, just some insiders who had heard rumors."

"Maybe my parents also came across such gossip, and after learning that he liked men, they became resolute in arranging my marriage with him."

"Perhaps worried my sister would misunderstand, my parents did not tell her about this matter. Instead, they advised me privately to accept the arrangement..."