After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 375 Just a Stopgap Measure

Chapter 375: Chapter 375 Just a Stopgap Measure

Quan Sicheng looked at her with an unfathomable gaze before pulling up the corner of his lips, "The moment your call went out, I came."

Thinking of the words she had said over the phone, Shi Yiqing’s face changed.

Before she could come up with an explanation, she heard Quan Sicheng ask indifferently, "Being with me, was it because the Shi Family forced you?"

Without a second thought, Shi Yiqing shook her head, denying the accusation.

"Brother Sicheng, aren’t you clear about my feelings for you? In your heart, am I such a person?"

Quan Sicheng, with a hint of alienation in his gaze, said, "What you are in my heart, I can’t quite say, but I do know one thing."

He continued, his tone laced with self-mockery, "I heard you say with your own lips that you were with me because you were forced."

"No, it’s not like that," Shi Yiqing hurried to explain, "I... What I said was just a stopgap measure..."

Upon hearing this, Quan Sicheng’s expression hardly softened.

"A stopgap measure? You can’t even admit you like me?"

"I... I didn’t do it on purpose..."

With a pitiable look, Shi Yiqing said: "I never intended this, but... if I didn’t say it that way, my grandfather might have started to suspect me, and I couldn’t let him have any doubts."

At this, Quan Sicheng’s eyes grew colder, "Just to avoid his suspicions, you had to wrong me?"

Shi Yiqing didn’t want it to be like this either, she murmured hesitantly, "I just felt that, by saying this, my grandfather might view me in a better light."

"If you won’t let me say this, should I just openly admit that I took my sister’s fiancé and became the horrible younger sister?"

"Grandfather has always preferred my sister over me – if I also admit that I stole my sister’s fiancé, he will surely despise me even more."

"Can’t you just let it go considering how wronged I feel?"

Quan Sicheng didn’t say a word.

Shi Yiqing looked up at him with tearful puppy-dog eyes, and after struggling for a while, she said, "If you think I’m wrong and want to break up, then just tell me."

"Ever since my family background was exposed, my parents have grown more distant day by day, when I go out, I have to face other people’s peculiar looks, and just when I finally get a chance to feel a bit better, you blame me for doing wrong."

"If that’s the case, let’s break up then."

Of course, Shi Yiqing didn’t mean what she said.

She was trying to take a step back to advance.

She wanted to tell Quan Sicheng that she did this because she was wronged.

She had suffered so much, yet her fiancé, Quan Sicheng, hadn’t been of any help, and was now blaming her instead – it was utterly unreasonable.

Quan Sicheng, who was upset by Shi Yiqing’s denial of their relationship, felt angry deep down.

But when he heard what she said after that, he also felt that he had been somewhat unreasonable himself.

As Quan Sicheng started to feel guilty, Shi Yiqing spoke again, this time with a softer tone, "Brother Sicheng, I didn’t mean to fight with you, it’s just that the pressure is too much, I really don’t want to be like this sob sob sob sob~"

Seeing Shi Yiqing break into a great sobbing, Quan Sicheng also felt uneasy inside.

He reached out, held Shi Yiqing tenderly, and soothed her – where could he find the heart to remember the things that had upset him earlier?

Meanwhile.

Wei Qingtian told Yaoguang about the call from Shi Yiqing, and asked her how to deal with it in the future.

To this, Yaoguang had only one sentence.

Just play along with her.

Whatever Shi Yiqing wants to do, just go along with it.

Besides, what had even happened up until now?

The video Shi Yiqing held hadn’t been released yet, the real tumult hadn’t even begun.

Although Wei Qingtian didn’t know what she was up to, he obeyed her words without question.

Afterward, when Shi Yiqing called again, Wei Qingtian gradually softened his stance, until he hinted at a willingness to accept her.

Shi Yiqing was on the verge of tears with joy when she got this answer.

After working so hard for so long, she had finally gained recognition.

At the thought, she could no longer hold back and cried.

Wei Lan, watching her daughter sobbing, was very anxious, "Qingqing, what’s wrong? Did Shi Yaoguang bully you again?"

"No," Shi Yiqing wiped her tears and, for once, truly spoke up for Shi Yaoguang, "Mom, she didn’t bully me, I’m just too happy."

"Happy?" Wei Lan was curious, "What happened that you are so happy?"

Feeling bashful at the topic, Shi Yiqing’s eyes took on a shy tint, "Grandpa, grandpa seems willing to accept me."

Wei Lan originally thought that she would be happy for her daughter upon hearing this.

But in fact, she didn’t feel happy at all.

Instead, there was an inexplicable discomfort.

She didn’t understand why she felt like this.

She just felt that there was a knot in her heart that she couldn’t untangle.

"What did your grandpa say?"

It took a while before Wei Lan found her voice again, speaking with difficulty.

Shi Yiqing didn’t notice her mother’s change and explained how she cajoled and pleaded with her grandfather.

After listening, Wei Lan’s face grew even more upset.

After sharing her joy, Shi Yiqing waited a while without getting a response, and then looked to Wei Lan with confusion.

Noticing the wrongness in Wei Lan’s face, Shi Yiqing’s heart skipped a beat, and she quickly asked, "Mom, what’s wrong with you?"

Coming back to her senses and meeting Shi Yiqing’s concerned eyes, Wei Lan could only suppress her inner displeasure, pretending as if nothing had happened, and tried to appear nonchalant as she congratulated her.

"It’s good that your grandpa is willing to accept you."

Shi Yiqing happily agreed, "Yes, I finally persuaded grandpa."

After speaking, she eventually realized the reason for Wei Lan’s unhappiness and hurriedly said, "Mom, once I get along well with grandpa, I will definitely convince him to forgive you. We are family; there is nothing that can’t be overcome."

Looking at Shi Yiqing’s hopeful expression, Wei Lan nodded.

No matter what she thought inside, she had outwardly accepted it.

...

Quan Mansion.

Shi Yaoguang had been observing Shi Yiqing’s movements over these past few days and had her suspicions.

In fifteen days, it would be the day of the high school examination.

Shi Yiqing, wanting to climb the high branches of the Wei Family, would certainly try to do it before the examination.

Her intentions were quite predictable.

If Shi Yaoguang did well on the early exam, the Wei Family would surely be even more pleased with such a granddaughter.

If her results were poor, her mood would inevitably drop.

A low spirit could affect the Wei Family’s decision.

If the Wei Family, worried about Shi Yaoguang and not wanting to upset her, chose to abandon Shi Yiqing...

Shi Yiqing would inevitably be devastated.

To avoid this, she would certainly find a way to resolve the matter before then.

These days, Shi Yaoguang hadn’t intervened in Shi Yiqing’s contact with the Wei Family.

She had thought that by letting Shi Yiqing struggle, she might make some progress, but who would have expected...