After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 374 Caught Lying

Chapter 374: Chapter 374 Caught Lying

Shi Yiqing spoke in a well-rehearsed manner.

If Wei Qingtian had not looked up the information in advance, he might have believed her.

"Grandpa, I really feel so wronged..."

Shi Yiqing’s tone sounded exceedingly sorrowful.

Wei Qingtian showed a suitable hint of pity, "Good child, you’ve had a hard time these years."

Shi Yiqing sniffled, "It’s not hard, although my position in the family changed after my sister came back, mom and dad still love me."

"Even for the sake of the love my parents gave me all these years, I will repay them properly."

Hearing her righteous words, Wei Qingtian continued to feign concern without expression, "Good child, since they are willing to accept you and treat you well, that’s what they should do, you don’t need to feel wronged. If there is anything you don’t want to do, you can say it directly, there’s no need to force yourself."

"I can’t do that." Shi Yiqing said softly and weakly, "Mom and dad have raised me for so many years, they are devoted to my sister and feel guilty for neglecting her for so long, wanting to make it up to her is natural, and I can understand."

"It’s just that I feel a bit of heartache, mom and dad have done so much for my sister, but she has always misunderstood them, I really can’t bear to see our family become like this."

After she finished speaking, her tone suddenly changed, "Grandpa, can you help us?"

When Wei Qingtian heard this, he questioned as if puzzled, "Help you?"

"Mhm," Shi Yiqing nodded vigorously, "I don’t expect my sister to completely understand me, I just hope she doesn’t misunderstand mom and dad, mom and dad truly love her."

"Every time I’m at home, seeing mom and dad argue over my sister, even having unpleasant disputes because of it, I can’t help but feel guilty."

"If it wasn’t for the fact that my sister and I were switched at birth, things wouldn’t have come to this point."

"Mom, dad, and my sister are the best family..."

Listening to Shi Yiqing’s speech, Wei Qingtian inelegantly said, "The incident of you being switched at birth, wasn’t it intentional?"

Shi Yiqing was rendered speechless for a moment.

She hadn’t expected Wei Qingtian to say such a thing, and her expression momentarily cracked.

However, she quickly adjusted her mood and incredulously retorted, "Grandpa, where did you hear that? This... this is actually a misunderstanding."

"This is also a misunderstanding?" The word "also" that Wei Qingtian said was intended to be very tactical.

Shi Yiqing hadn’t expected that Wei Qingtian’s focus would be on this, so she could only go along with his line of questioning.

"My sister and I were indeed switched at birth, if not for that, our identities would not have been swapped..."

Wei Qingtian cut her off again, "Wasn’t it Zhuang Yueyan who deliberately swapped her daughter with my granddaughter?"

When Wei Qingtian bluntly brought up what had happened, one could imagine the color of Shi Yiqing’s face.

She hadn’t anticipated Wei Qingtian being so unaccommodating.

Time and again, he seized on issues that weren’t the main point to embarrass her.

Even if he wasn’t doing it on purpose, Shi Yiqing still felt she’d been offended, "Grandpa..."

"This matter isn’t true." The fact was, it was true, but she would never admit it.

Besides, her denial was perfectly plausible.

After all...

No one would believe that Wei Lan would help a nemesis’s daughter hide the deeds she’d done for the sake of her enemy.

Considering this, she became self-righteously indignant.

Even if Wei Qingtian were to personally ask Wei Lan, it’s not certain that she would admit to this matter.

With this in mind, she recited the excuse she had agreed upon with Wei Lan beforehand.

"I am not Zhuang Yueyan’s daughter; I do not even know who my parents are."

Wei Qingtian clicked his tongue lightly, "You don’t know who your own parents are?"

"I don’t know," Shi Yiqing admitted too frankly, "I had always thought I was Zhuang Yueyan’s daughter and that my biological mother had done something unforgivable to my mom and sister. Fortunately, the DNA proved my innocence."

"I have no blood relation to Zhuang Yueyan."

Upon hearing this, naturally, Wei Qingtian couldn’t believe it.

But, that didn’t stop him from continuing to fish for more information.

Right away, he continued to ask, "I heard from Jinyan before that you are indeed Zhuang Yueyan’s daughter, how come you are not anymore?"

"The recording my sister presented was actually forged..." Shi Yiqing insisted resolutely that she had no relation to Zhuang Yueyan, "This is also something I wanted to discuss with you, Grandfather."

"I don’t know how she managed to forge that recording. There’s no deep-seated enmity between us, but she deliberately targeted me like this. If I weren’t the person involved, I might have been misled by her too."

As she spoke of this, her tone took on a touch of indignation, "My sister produced a forged recording and easily threw me into the midst of a dispute. I want to defend myself but can’t find a good way to do it."

When she said these words, she truly sounded like a poor little thing who had been slandered.

As for...

Whether anyone chooses to believe it, that’s another story.

Wei Qingtian chatted with her for quite a while before she finally got to the point.

"Grandfather, are you willing to help me?"

Wei Qingtian: "How can I help you?"

Shi Yiqing’s voice was soft and sweet, "Because of the misunderstanding with my sister, our family’s situation is not good at all, and there are even people deliberately targeting Dad’s company..."

"I’m not asking you to rescue the company, I just want you to speak up, so that everyone won’t target the Shi family because of my sister."

Listening to Shi Yiqing’s pleading tone, Wei Qingtian remained unmoved, "It’s not that I am unwilling to help. As for domestic affairs, our Wei Family rarely intervenes. Even if I said something, it’s unlikely that people would give it much weight."

"Moreover, Wei Lan and the Wei Family have had no ties for a long time. This is common knowledge. I cannot change a decision made in the past just over a trivial matter. It wouldn’t be fair to everyone."

Shi Yiqing did not expect him to be so obstinate; her expression turned unsightly, "Grandfather..."

Wei Qingtian cut her off, "Don’t be in a rush to call me Grandfather. You called me, and Wei Lan probably doesn’t know about it yet, right? If you are truly sincere, why not first discuss it with Wei Lan and see what she thinks?"

"I..."

Shi Yiqing wanted to say something more, but Wei Qingtian hung up the phone before she could continue.

Listening to the dial tone in her hand, Shi Yiqing’s face twisted for a moment.

"Qingqing."

Suddenly, a deep voice came from behind her.

She instinctively turned around, only to meet Quan Sicheng’s dark eyes.

"Brother Sicheng..."

As she called out his name, she was met with a look of disdain from him, which made her feel like she had been stabbed.

"Brother Sicheng, when did you arrive?"