After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 397 As an illegitimate child, you don’t have the honor

Chapter 397: Chapter 397 As an illegitimate child, you don’t have the honor

Quan Lao Yezi was silenced by Quan Jinbei’s discourse.

What could he say?

Concern himself with his son’s affairs in the bedroom?

He had yet to fall so low as to disrespect himself in such a way.

Yet the more he thought about it, the more stifled he felt.

He looked at Shi Yaoguang with increasing disdain.

To this, Shi Yaoguang had no objections whatsoever.

After all, she didn’t care about the old man’s reactions; whatever he wanted to do, he could just do it.

It was at that moment Quan Sicheng spoke up, hoping to fight for his own rights one last time, "If you want to reveal my identity, I have no objections, but after all, I am also a part of the Quan Family, with the Quan Family’s blood running through my veins. You can’t just give me nothing and expect me to leave."

Upon hearing this, Shi Yaoguang thought for a moment and said, "You want to make demands?"

Quan Sicheng looked at her resolutely.

Shi Yaoguang nodded, "Fine."

Seeing her so magnanimous in agreement, Quan Sicheng felt an almost unbelievable sensation.

He suspected he was hallucinating.

Shi Yaoguang rolled her eyes, "What, you can’t believe what you just heard?"

And truly, that was the case.

Quan Sicheng asked doubtfully, "Are you really that kind-hearted?"

"Of course..." She paused a second before saying, "No."

Shi Yaoguang spoke leisurely, "You should have a clear idea of what kind of situation the Quan Family is in."

Quan Sicheng nodded.

Shi Yaoguang continued, "You also know how much wealth the Quan Family has; after all, you came for the property. But let me remind you of something."

"A large portion of the Quan Family’s wealth is tied up with the Lian Family."

"In the past, as the third master’s adopted son, it was not unwarranted for you to want a share of your maternal family’s possessions."

"But..."

She shook her head regretfully, "As an illegitimate son, I don’t think you have the privilege to touch even a fraction of it."

Quan Sicheng: "..."

It was as if he could hear the sound of a heart breaking.

Reminded by Shi Yaoguang, he had only then recalled this crucial point.

No matter how splendid the Quan Family appeared, most of its influence was entangled with the Lian Family.

The Lian Family is Quan Jinbei’s maternal family.

As Quan Jinbei’s adopted son, he was willing to entrust everything of the Lian Family to him.

But...

He was the brother of Quan Jinbei, and an illegitimate one at that.

Being illegitimate was one thing; it would have been normal for him to brazenly claim his share of the inheritance.

But, as an illegitimate son, to actually be treated as an adopted son by the old master and enjoy over a decade of Quan Jinbei’s benefits without contributing anything?

Was that the action of an honorable person?

Without Shi Yaoguang, it was very likely he could have taken all of the Quan and Lian families’ assets.

By then, even if Quan Jinbei were dead, he would probably be so enraged that he’d jump out of his coffin.

At this thought, Quan Sicheng’s face turned pale.

However, he soon regained his composure.

He looked at Shi Yaoguang with determination, "As for the Lian Family’s possessions, I’m not even interested in them."

"Even leaving the Lian Family’s out of it, the Quan Family has its own resources."

"I’ve taken advantage of my status in the past, and I’ve already repaid all my expenses. I must take back what belongs to me."

His words were directed at Quan Jinbei.

As long as Quan Jinbei didn’t object, even Shi Yaoguang couldn’t stop him.

As for Quan Jinbei, naturally, he had no objections.

Seeing this, both Quan Sicheng and Shi Yiqing breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Quan Jinbei didn’t take things to extremes, everything would be fine.

However, the face of the old master of the Quan family wasn’t looking good.

Over the years, in order to consolidate everything from the Quan family and the Lian family for himself, he had tried every method possible to integrate the two.

With no other heirs in the Lian family, Quan Jinbei was the only successor.

He also feared that after his death, the Lian family would fall into dire straits, and even knowing the old man’s thoughts, he didn’t resist, gradually merging the two families.

The old master worried that Quan Jinbei wouldn’t trust him, had even deliberately made concessions, letting Quan Jinbei lead the integration of both families on behalf of the Lian family.

Which means, the current Quan family, while seemingly prosperous, actually existed as a result of both the Lian family and Quan family’s combined efforts.

Just the Quan family alone, to speak frankly, was not much better than the current Shi family.

The old master of the Quan family had truly shot himself in the foot with this move.

Just thinking about this made his complexion extremely ugly.

Quan Sicheng noticed his expression and asked with concern, "Grandpa... Dad, is there a problem?"

"The problem is quite serious."

"It’s nothing."

Shi Yaoguang and the old master of the Quan family almost spoke at the same time.

Quan Sicheng glared at Shi Yaoguang, "I wasn’t talking to you!"

Shi Yaoguang spread his hands, a picture of innocence, "I wasn’t talking to you either. I was just expressing my own opinion, after all... I’m quite familiar with the affairs of the Quan family."

Hearing this, the old master’s gaze sharpened as he shot her a piercing look, "What do you mean by that?"

Seeing how Quan Jinbei coughed from time to time, it was evident that his health was not good.

Lately, he had been handling company affairs remotely.

Even many important meetings had been postponed, which clearly indicated Quan Jinbei’s dire situation.

Under these circumstances, managing the Quan family was no easy task.

Even so, no major or minor enterprise of the Quan family had encountered any issues.

Previously, the old master hadn’t thought much about it, but now, he couldn’t help but think deeply.

Quan Jinbei wouldn’t have given all the benefits to Shi Yaoguang, would he?

The fact that Shi Yaoguang was aware of the Quan family’s situation clearly indicated she had an understanding of the Quan family’s enterprises.

How did she come by this knowledge?

It must have been Quan Jinbei who told her.

It’s even quite possible that she had gained some level of authority and was able to intervene in the company’s affairs.

The old master was aware that Shi Yaoguang’s academic performance was excellent.

In all the major tests she had taken, she consistently scored around seven hundred and forty points.

On a paper with a full score of seven hundred and fifty points, to not only repeatedly score above seven hundred but precisely control it at seven hundred forty is telling of its difficulty.

It’s not the loss of points that’s scary.

What’s frightening is knowing exactly where you’ll lose points and controlling the exact number of points lost.

Just from this alone, it wasn’t hard to see that Shi Yaoguang was an extremely intelligent person.

Her intellect was something Shi Yiqing could not hope to match.

Not just her, even Quan Sicheng, whom he had painstakingly raised himself, wasn’t her match.

A thought even crossed the old master’s mind.

If only she were the one he had cultivated, how great that would be.

But this thought lasted only a moment.

He would never hand over the Quan family to someone who was unrelated.

Quan Sicheng, unaware of these complicated thoughts, felt uneasy seeing the old master suddenly fall silent.

Seeing that the old master had no intention of explaining, he mulled over it for a while but eventually didn’t press further.

After much hesitation, he finally made a decision.

"Dad..." he turned to Quan Jinbei, instinctively calling him father, then remembering their current relationship, he awkwardly corrected himself, "Brother..."

This address of ’brother’ came out with difficulty.

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