After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 41: Honey Trap?

Chapter 41: Chapter 41: Honey Trap?

Shi Yiqing hung her head and shyly accepted the praise, "It’s all thanks to the teachers’ excellent instruction."

The teacher was very satisfied with her attitude and, after a few more words of encouragement, let her go back to class.

Clutching her homework, Shi Yiqing returned to class, but her thoughts were occupied with how to seize the title of dark horse for herself.

Indeed, she could now confirm that Shi Yaoguang was the "dark horse" the teachers were talking about.

Since the test papers were sealed, even the teachers wouldn’t know whose paper it was before the seal was broken.

It was only the outstanding students who would draw extra attention from the teachers. For example, He Yan, whose handwriting some teachers could recognize.

Last semester, Shi Yaoguang had been at the bottom of Class Seven, so the teachers marking the papers naturally wouldn’t notice her.

In that case...

As long as she switched the test papers before the teachers entered the grades, couldn’t she then manipulate Shi Yaoguang’s scores at will?

When that time came, if she performed poorly on the test and with the bet with Mr. Qin hanging over her head,

with her humble nature developed over a decade in the countryside, she would surely be devastated.

By then, whether a true lady or the wife of a power, wouldn’t they all be at her mercy to mold as she pleased?

Harboring such secret thoughts, Shi Yiqing felt a thrill of excitement.

...

Shi Yaoguang was still unaware of the malicious scheme Shi Yiqing had come up with.

Due to her fallout with Qin Hongbo, and with the results of the placement test yet to be released, she hadn’t gone to school at all.

The principal, considerately, had given her time off, of course, largely in consideration of Quan Jinbei’s influence.

As for the details, Shi Yaoguang didn’t care. She had received a notice from the police station: there was a new development in Qian Yi’s case.

Qian Yi was the man who tried to assault her at the hotel on the day of her engagement.

The kick she gave him that day had landed him in the hospital under observation until recently.

Shi Yaoguang had been careful with that kick, estimating that the severity of the injury wouldn’t lead to a conviction.

As such, the delay in Qian Yi’s matter must involve someone from the Qian Family manipulatively intervening.

But, no matter how they intervened, the matter needed to be resolved.

The Qian Family had struck it rich with oil mining more than a decade ago and were considered nouveau riche.

As the sole heir and second-generation rich of the Qian Family, Qian Yi’s arrogance went without saying.

For the Qian Family to protect their only sprout, they went through a lot of trouble.

However, they were still just nouveau riche at the end of the day.

Having money, but lacking in heritage and connections.

For them to have delayed this long already demonstrated considerable capability.

When Quan Jinbei heard she was going to the police station herself, he suggested, "Let the butler accompany you."

Shi Yaoguang declined, "No need, I can handle it myself."

"What are your plans?"

Seeing her confidence, Quan Jinbei didn’t press further.

"Although Qian Yi wanted to violate me, as a kind person, I won’t stoop to his level."

Quan Jinbei’s brows lifted slightly as he probed, "So, my kind-hearted girl, what do you plan to do?"

Shi Yaoguang spread her hands, "He attempted to assault a minor, so let him... serve a few more years in prison."

"Minor?" Quan Jinbei’s mouth twitched, as if to ask, are you a minor?

Shi Yaoguang knew what he was thinking and huffed irritably, "You wouldn’t have forgotten that I came of age on the day we got married, would you?"

Reminded by her words, Quan Jinbei indeed remembered.

Indeed, it is so.

"Since Madam has a plan, go ahead and do as you wish," the butler said. "If there’s anything you need help with, just let me know."

Shi Yaoguang nodded, "Don’t worry, my own husband, I won’t be polite."

Hearing her say this, Quan Jinbei’s lips curled up slightly, revealing a shallow smile.

The butler hid at the doorway, watching the couple’s harmonious interaction, and couldn’t help but raise his hand to wipe away the nonexistent tears from his eyes.

It’s so touching!

He had prepared himself for the possibility that his master would remain a bachelor for life.

Unexpectedly, there would come a day when he saw him truly interacting with a girl.

Because he knew the agreement between the two from the beginning, even though he valued Shi Yaoguang, it was only because she had a way to treat the Third Master.

Now it’s different.

He firmly believed that Madam and the Third Master would surely bear fruit!

Thinking of this, he couldn’t control the restlessness in his heart, even planning how many children they would have in the future.

Shi Yaoguang had no idea that the butler’s imaginings were so grand.

She greeted the butler in a very ordinary way and then headed to the police station.

When she arrived, Qian Family’s parents were already impatiently waiting.

Upon seeing her, Qian Yi’s mother put her hands on her hips, pointed at Shi Yaoguang’s nose, and started berating her, "You shameless little harlot, you finally show up! You dare seduce my son; I’ll beat you to death!"

She said, and charged forward.

She had a fierce look, as if she wanted to tear Shi Yaoguang apart.

Unfortunately, this is a police station.

Any police officer could easily restrain her, "Mrs. Qian, please calm down."

Qian Yi’s mother glared at the police officer who stopped her and complained discontentedly, "Why are you grabbing me? Why are you grabbing me?!"

"Tell me, are you in cahoots with her? Are you deliberately setting a trap to scheme against our family?" originally, Qian Yi’s mother intended to make a scene unreasonably.

As soon as these words came out, what was unreasonable suddenly seemed reasonable.

"I knew it, you must be in collusion between officials and businessmen, trying to set us up in a scam, right?"

She spoke more and more vigorously, with spit flying onto the face of the person in front of her, "You are so wicked! I won’t let you get away with this; I am going to report on you! I will definitely file a complaint against you!"

Shi Yaoguang entered the police station and was met with a barrage of abuse without saying a word.

Then she was labeled with the stigma of scamming, her mood was truly complicated.

She even began to wonder if Qian Yi’s mother wasn’t concerned that the Qian Family would go down too quickly, right?

"Mrs. Qian, it is illegal to maliciously spread rumors and slander public officials," Sheng Yiqing remarked.

Qian Yi’s mother sneered, "Don’t try to scare me with that! What era is this? Ever heard of freedom of speech?"

The police officer who was speaking couldn’t help but laugh at her words, "Freedom of speech does not mean you can slander the victim and the police."

Qian Yi’s mother snorted and curled her lip, "Who knows if you’re clean? It wouldn’t be surprising if you knew the Qian Family had money and were just trying to extort us."

Shi Yaoguang found Qian Yi’s mother distasteful and immediately responded, "Whether it’s extortion or not, you should ask your son."

As soon as she spoke up, Qian Yi’s mother’s gaze shifted back onto her.

Shi Yaoguang had striking and extravagant features which, in other words, could be described as seductive.

Add to this her current youthful phase blending innocence with glamor, she was an attention-drawing presence in any case.

In the eyes of Qian Yi’s mother, such looks were synonymous with a seductress.

"You seduced my son, and I haven’t even settled the score with you! Just watch as I tear you apart!"

Thinking of her son’s potential loss of happiness for the rest of his life, Qian Yi’s mother felt a wave of tightness in her chest and shortness of breath.