After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 458 I Was Lying to You

Chapter 458: Chapter 458 I Was Lying to You

Because of what Shi Yaoguang said, the looks everyone gave Shi Yiqing seemed to carry an indescribable sense of blame.

How can this person become more and more shameless the more you look?

Constantly talking about what’s best for her sister, yet I haven’t seen any actual efforts.

Sweet talk that’s pretty on the surface, but completely useless and even irritating.

Not to mention, bringing up the man she stole for herself.

Shi Yiqing felt extremely uncomfortable under their gazes.

Soon, she thought of a way to deflect the trouble onto someone else.

She forcibly skipped over Shi Yaoguang’s topic, as long as she wasn’t embarrassed, others would be.

"Sister, you must be tired today, right? Why not go back and rest early? I can take care of things here for you," she said.

Shi Yaoguang raised an eyebrow, her lips curving into a mocking smile, "You’re going to solve it for me? How do you plan to do that?"

Shi Yiqing pursed her lips, making a shy little expression, "I... I just have a way, sister. Trust me, okay?"

Shi Yaoguang: "Not okay."

Shi Yiqing’s eyes immediately reddened, "Sister..."

With a light click of her tongue, Shi Yaoguang said, "Enough, I didn’t come here today to play the loving sisters act with you."

Shi Yiqing’s face stiffened, "I, I..."

She wanted to speak further, but Shi Yaoguang didn’t give her the chance.

She approached Wang Zhehai and said, "Director Wang, I apologize for the delay in the premiere because of me."

Wang Zhehai waved his hand indifferently, "It’s fine, it’s fine."

Even if it mattered, it was too late to say anything now.

Although "Crimson Tears" might be cooling off soon, but...

He didn’t regret casting Shi Yaoguang as the female lead at all.

Shi Yaoguang was his ideal protagonist.

The only regret, perhaps, was...

The movie’s box office flop, I guess.

Oh well.

Such is life.

As Wang Zhehai was internally lamenting, Shi Yaoguang walked up to a police officer and said, "Thank you, officer."

The officer nodded, borrowed a microphone from a nearby reporter, and blew into it twice, testing the sound.

After an ear-piercing hum, the officer began to speak in a serious tone, "I believe everyone here has heard about the car accident on Yull Road. The cause of the accident was the premeditated collision of a Rolls-Royce into a Volkswagen..."

The officer recounted the events of the accident on Yull Road from start to finish, without exaggeration or omission.

It was a purely objective statement of the facts.

Shi Yiqing was listening with a blooming heart.

The objective facts recounted by the officer, in her eyes, only meant one thing.

Shi Yaoguang deliberately hit someone.

She had anticipated the consequences of her intentional act — the likely guess of a prison sentence.

Thinking about the prison Shi Yaoguang would soon face, Shi Yiqing couldn’t help but let out a hint of laughter.

"Hahaha..."

In the quiet venue, her sudden laughter seemed very out of place.

Shi Yiqing covered her mouth awkwardly, trying to pretend nothing happened.

The officer’s gaze, meanwhile, fell on her.

After staring at her for two seconds, he finally said, "I heard what you said to Miss Shi just now."

Shi Yiqing’s heart suddenly lifted.

She didn’t know what the officer meant by his words.

Was he referring to her sabotaging the wire or something else.

If it was the former, she had already paid the price, so they wouldn’t come back to settle scores after the fall harvest, right?

Even the police wouldn’t have the right to do that.

As for the rest...

She didn’t seem to have done anything bad, did she?

While she was pondering in confusion, the officer spoke up.

"Did you just say you want to take the blame for Miss Shi?"

At these words, Shi Yiqing’s expression froze once more.

What she had just said was just for show.

Couldn’t these people tell?

Of course, everyone could tell, but...

Being able to tell was one thing, whether or not to speak up about it was another matter.

After all, the words had come from Shi Yiqing herself.

Taking responsibility for one’s own words is a basic quality of an adult.

Shi Yiqing almost regretted it to death.

But the words were already out, and it was too late for regrets now.

All she could do was pretend she didn’t understand the officer’s meaning, showing a blank look.

Shi Yaoguang chuckled, "My dear sister, didn’t you just say you would take the blame for me? Didn’t you claim that you were behind everything? Why are you silent now?"

Shi Yiqing: "..."

She bit her lower lip, her eyes reddening, looking like a woman forced into a corner.

Shi Yaoguang still had no intention of letting her off lightly, ignoring her pitiful expression, and questioned further, "Sister, were the words you just said meant to deceive me?"

She continued with a stern face, an unhappy expression, "If I had known you were just trying to mollify me, I wouldn’t have taken you seriously."

Shi Yiqing grew even more embarrassed, "I, I..."

She cast a pleading gaze toward the stern-faced officer.

Hoping the officer would speak up for her.

However, the officer didn’t give her the time of day.

Her expression promptly fell.

"Officer..."

Shi Yiqing had no choice but to take the initiative.

The officer responded with a cold hum, and that was the end of that.

Shi Yaoguang kept pressing, "Sister, say something, won’t you? Aren’t you looking to reconcile with me? Didn’t you say that whatever I asked you to do, you were willing?"

"After giving it considerable thought, since you were so insistent, it’s not like I can’t agree to your request."

Shi Yiqing met her earnest gaze, cursing Shi Yaoguang a thousand times in her heart, yet showing a perplexed face.

Shi Yaoguang sighed softly, "Sister, is your early-onset dementia acting up again? Have you forgotten the words you just spoke? No worries if you’ve forgotten, your sister here remembers."

"I’ll remind you now what you said..."

Shi Yiqing definitely didn’t want to listen to her, and, turning pale, she cut off Shi Yaoguang before she could mimic her any further, "Enough!"

Shi Yaoguang wore a puzzled expression, "What’s the matter?"

Shi Yiqing’s complexion turned a ghastly shade, she glared at Shi Yaoguang, then with a look concealing resentment, glowered at the officer, and panted out, "I won’t take the fall for you!"

"Why?" Shi Yaoguang mimicked her earlier anxious demeanor, "Wasn’t it you who actively said you wanted to take the blame for me? If it wasn’t for you bringing it up, I wouldn’t have even thought of it."

Her tone was one of great regret.

Shi Yiqing’s expression darkened even more.

"I... I was lying to you!"

Shi Yaoguang struck a dramatic pose, clutching her heart, "You were lying to me? Sister, how could you deceive me? After trusting you so much, in the end, you’ve been deceiving me all along! Tell me, did you do it on purpose, just to make a fool out of me?"

Hearing her tone of disappointment, Shi Yiqing felt a secret thrill in her heart.

She snorted coldly, "That’s right, I was deliberately making a fool out of you!"

"Someone like you doesn’t deserve to be called ’sister’ by me!"

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