After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 393: Why Are You Hurriedly Calling the Illegitimate Child Back?

Chapter 393: Chapter 393: Why Are You Hurriedly Calling the Illegitimate Child Back?

Accused by Shi Yaoguang of being shameless and brazen, Quan Sicheng’s face was indeed a spectacle.

Even so, the emotions deep in his heart were mostly of discontent.

What had he done wrong?

Even if he had been switched at birth, it wasn’t his fault!

If he could choose, he might not have given up his identity as an illegitimate child to become his brother’s son!

Ahem, but that choice...

After he came of age, it was no longer an option.

Compared to the advantages of being a grandson, being a son, especially an illegitimate one, was far less appealing.

Even though that’s what he thought, he didn’t want to admit it.

In front of Shi Yaoguang, admitting his sordid thoughts would be tantamount to saying he was shameless and brazen, wouldn’t it?

Whether or not Quan Sicheng admitted it had no effect on Shi Yaoguang.

She didn’t care in the slightest, and mentioning these things to Quan Sicheng was just to irritate him, the main character of Heavenly Dao...

Ha, nothing special!

Quan Sicheng was pricked by her disdainful gaze and couldn’t help but defend himself, "I didn’t know about any of this before, so don’t look at me with that sort of gaze!"

"The fact that you didn’t know before is understandable," Shi Yaoguang surprisingly responded amicably.

Quan Sicheng couldn’t help but doubt her attitude, when he heard her add, "You can’t be blamed for not knowing before, but now that you do know, what do you plan to do?"

Upon hearing this, Quan Sicheng’s expression stiffened.

What did he plan to do?

Was that even a question?

Besides fighting for the inheritance, he had no other choice.

Thinking of this, his face became even more colorful.

Shi Yaoguang sneered, "You see, the truth is such, what’s there left to argue about?"

Quan Sicheng’s face turned red with anger, and he wanted to say more, but Shi Yiqing tugged at his hand.

"Brother Sicheng, stop wasting your words on her."

Shi Yiqing looked warily at Shi Yaoguang, afraid that he might deliberately provoke Quan Sicheng into saying something like he didn’t want the inheritance.

Though she believed Quan Sicheng wouldn’t be foolish to that extent, it was hard to ensure he wouldn’t be provoked!

If he was provoked, Shi Yiqing dared not think about it.

The most pressing matter at the moment was to clarify the division of the family property.

Previously, as the adoptive son of Quan Jinbei, what Quan Sicheng could receive depended on Quan Jinbei’s will.

It was allocated with his property as the main target.

Now, it depended on the old master’s will.

Shi Yiqing thought it through well; the old master was surely on Quan Sicheng’s side, and he would definitely allocate all the advantages to Quan Sicheng in the division of the property.

But she overlooked one thing.

When the old Quan master left Quan Sicheng to be raised by Quan Jinbei, he transferred the right to make decisions to Quan Jinbei.

As Quan Sicheng’s nominal father, Quan Jinbei had a certain degree of control over his future arrangements.

Even the Quan Family’s property was primarily distributed by him.

Though Old Master Quan still held some assets, compared to Quan Jinbei, they were merely a drop in the bucket.

Even...

The little he had left was also tied to Quan Jinbei.

If Quan Jinbei wanted to, he could even take those back.

"Thinking of splitting the inheritance?"

Shi Yaoguang looked at Shi Yiqing with a smile that dragged on, "It’s not impossible, but after being deceived for so many years, you all owe us an explanation, don’t you think?"

"You can’t possibly think that you can reap all the benefits while our Third Master gets nothing and still plays the happy fool, right?"

Shi Yiqing eyed her warily, "What are you trying to do?"

Old Master Quan’s tone was unfriendly, "Don’t push your luck!"

Shi Yaoguang feigned innocence, "How am I pushing my luck? I clearly haven’t done anything."

She casually flipped her hair, "I’m just stating things as a trial, and by the way, I’m seeking justice for my husband."

"After all, you profited while we suffered a loss."

With that, she sighed deeply, "A loss isn’t suffered in vain, nor is a profit made without consequence; we have to settle these unequal transactions."

Old Master Quan, closely scrutinized by her gaze, felt extremely uncomfortable, his face set in a stern expression as if to assert more authority.

The look in his eyes when he saw Shi Yaoguang was full of resistance, "Why stir up trouble with such words, sowing discord between me and my son?"

"Sowing discord?" Shi Yaoguang laughed as if she had heard a joke, a burst of exaggerated laughter escaping her, "So, this is how you interpret sowing discord? How very interesting."

With a mocking gaze, Shi Yaoguang swept over each of them, then began to list, finger by finger, the things they had done.

"Third Master was only six years old when you, Old Master, couldn’t wait to set up your illegitimate child as his son, raising him as such. There’s no need for me to elaborate on why."

"If the truth about Quan Sicheng’s identity had never come to light, he wouldn’t have to bear the stigma of being an illegitimate child and could enjoy all the privileges of an heir, even swallowing up everything left by Third Master’s maternal family."

"Stop making malicious conjectures!" Old Master Quan still tried to argue, "I only entrusted Sicheng to my third son’s care because I was worried he might be too lonely, and I wanted to find a child close to his age as a companion."

"It just so happened that Sicheng was born at that time, and I thought..."

Shi Yaoguang cut him off before he could finish, "Since you put it that way, Old Master, I would like to ask, for all his childhood, Third Master was suppressed by you, only receiving more freedom gradually when you realized you couldn’t control him anymore."

"Throughout this period, Third Master never once felt the fatherly love from you, and likewise..." her gaze shifted to Quan Sicheng, "...he never experienced the feeling of having a companion his age to play with, which seems to conflict with what you said about getting Third Master a playmate of a similar age."

It was just an excuse from Old Master Quan, and he had never considered finding a companion for Quan Jinbei.

If he had ever intended to do so, he would have arranged it right when Quan Jinbei was born.

These matters were an open secret to everyone involved.

Whether he explained himself or not was no longer important.

All Shi Yaoguang needed was for the old man to admit he maliciously switched the children and coveted Quan Jinbei’s maternal inheritance.

The old man was precisely guarding against this point.

Admit it?

While it wasn’t true that he would never admit it even if it killed him, he genuinely did not want to admit it.

After all, admitting to such sordidness would bring him no benefit.

Even with only a few people present.

"Old Master, there’s no need for you to stubbornly deny it, we all know the truth," Shi Yaoguang asserted.

"And moreover... the fact that you, Old Master, hastened to summon your illegitimate child today, I’m well aware of your intentions."

Shi Yaoguang clicked her tongue, her tone contemptuous and mocking, "Isn’t it just because with my help, Third Master is beyond your control now? And now you want to revert his status to dispute the inheritance with Third Master?"