After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 514: The Ruthless Turnaround

Chapter 514: Chapter 514: The Ruthless Turnaround

"That’s the Protection Shield."

Shi Yaoguang briefly explained the purpose of the Protection Shield, which was about to be quickly promoted and launched on the market.

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned.

Did they hear that right?

The Protection Shield?

Isn’t that something that only appears in science fiction novels?

They wanted to doubt it, but faced with Shi Yaoguang’s calm gaze and what they had seen with their own eyes, they couldn’t find any evidence even if they wanted to be skeptical.

Someone even recorded a video.

"I have a playback..."

No sooner had the person who recorded the video finished speaking than he was surrounded by the crowd.

There were also complaints, "You rascal, you were keeping it to yourself? Let me have a look..."

"I want to see too."

"Don’t push, don’t push!"

"..."

Watching his classmates run off to watch the video, Shi Yaoguang slightly curled his lips and slipped away quietly.

Miao Jingjing was also surrounded by people as she was the only one who had firsthand experience with the Protection Shield at the scene.

Everyone was very curious and wanted to find out just how miraculous the Protection Shield was.

Being completely surrounded, Miao Jingjing had no choice but to "promote" the Protection Shield on behalf of Shi Yaoguang.

Having been brought up into the air by the Protection Shield a moment ago, she was in no mood to experience it.

Thinking back now, the only thing she could think of was that the Protection Shield was quite good, as she felt grounded even though she was up in the sky.

...

Shang Minghao had meticulously planned for Miao Jingjing to personally take to the field to frame Shi Yaoguang.

Yet, not only did the framing not succeed, but it also gave Shi Yaoguang a chance to outshine again, which really infuriated him.

He stared daggers at the monitor he had installed, his eyes filling with gloom.

Just then, the door to his resting room opened.

The figure of Shi Yaoguang appeared at the doorway.

"President Shang." Shi Yaoguang walked up to him with a smile, his tone carrying a hint of grievance, "President Shang, you don’t have something against me, do you?"

Shang Minghao responded offhandedly, "What could I possibly have against you?"

Shi Yaoguang showed a look of grievance, "You really have no issues with me? I thought you really disliked me."

Shang Minghao: "..."

Wasn’t it obvious?

What was with this tea talk from Shi Yaoguang?

As he pondered, he heard Shi Yaoguang say, "I always thought that when you chose Shi Yiqing and Quan Sicheng, it was just because you were blind."

Shang Minghao frowned, he truly didn’t want to hear the words "blind" right now.

Because...

It struck too close to home.

The kind that was more painful the more he thought about it!

And yet, Shi Yaoguang was here exactly to poke at his sore spot.

"President Shang, not to blame you, but how exactly..." Shi Yaoguang looked at him with an indescribable expression, "You chose Shi Yiqing and Quan Sicheng before, which I can understand. After all, they were still children at the time you made your choice."

"In fact, they hadn’t even been born yet, they weren’t even children, and you didn’t know how their values would be shaped afterwards. That’s indeed not your fault."

"But..."

Shi Yaoguang’s face showed regret, "But when you brought in Miao Jingjing, I realized that I really misjudged you."

Shang Minghao was confused, "What do you mean?"

Shi Yaoguang, "When I said you were blind before, I was mocking you."

Seeing her "let’s-be-honest" expression, Shang Minghao felt at a loss for words and a bad premonition arose within him once again.

Then he heard Shi Yaoguang say, "The fact proves that you are truly blind."

"I can’t expect a blind person to pick out a good seedling."

With that, she sincerely apologized, "I’m truly sorry, I was too hasty before. But you can rest assured, I now know that you are truly blind, not on purpose."

Shang Minghao: "..."

It was as if I could hear the sound of my heart being tormented, cut by cut.

Shi Yaoguang still felt it wasn’t enough, and mocked further, "Speaking of which, your taste isn’t bad. Of course, that’s only true if we go by your preferences."

"Miao Jingjing really is a fine seedling, as dumb as you are, carrying on the family tradition."

"I was wondering why Miao Jingjing and Shi Yiqing got along so well—it turns out the root of the matter lies here."

Having said that, she even showed an expression of embarrassment.

Shang Minghao: "..."

It was hard.

His fist was hard.

Listening to the cracking sound of his knuckles, Shi Yaoguang looked towards Shang Minghao’s hand with an eager expression, "President Shang, shall we practice a bit?"

Shang Minghao immediately released his clenched hand and forced out a stiff smile, "I’m busy."

Shi Yaoguang nodded, "Then I won’t disturb you."

After speaking, she turned and left with an air of complacency.

Watching her retreating figure, Shang Minghao nearly cracked his teeth in frustration.

...

No sooner had Shi Yaoguang walked out the door than she saw Quan Jinbei leaning against it.

"Such a big thing happened, why didn’t you tell me?"

As soon as Quan Jinbei saw her, he asked.

Shi Yaoguang was taken aback and replied, "What big thing happened?"

Quan Jinbei: "..."

Shi Yaoguang thought for a moment and said, "With someone like Miao Jingjing, do you think she could do anything to harm me?"

Her tone was very relaxed, even somewhat helpless, "Not only is Miao Jingjing incapable of scheming against me, but she’s probably also promoting me right now."

"Aren’t good seedlings like her exactly what we need more of?"

Hearing her self-evident tone, Quan Jinbei could empathize with Shang Minghao’s feelings.

So many retorts, yet none come to mind.

...

The crisis Shang Minghao had carefully engineered was easily resolved by Shi Yaoguang.

When Shi Yiqing heard the news, she twisted her expression on the spot.

"Shi Yaoguang, Shi Yaoguang... Damn it, how did she slip through the net again?"

As she spoke, she thought about Miao Jingjing promoting the Protection Shield for Shi Yaoguang and felt as though she had been deceived.

She had always treated Miao Jingjing like a loyal lackey, but now it seemed Miao Jingjing was not her lackey at all!

Miao Jingjing didn’t even realize she had been cast as the rebel by her own idol.

The reason she helped "promote" was simply out of necessity.

If she didn’t cooperate, who knew how Shi Yaoguang would deal with her?

Just to avoid a miserable demise, she could only swallow her pride and submit.

...

In the blink of an eye, the military training ended.

Having spent half a month together, the students had developed a bit of friendship with one another, and parting was indeed a sorrowful affair.

Especially for those from Emperor University and Zhongying.

If they were from the same school that would be one thing, but cross-school friendships were even more precious.

On the day the military training ended, everyone parted with reluctance.

Miao Jingjing sought out Shi Yiqing, hoping to take one last photo with her idol.

Then...

She was ruthlessly turned away.

"Qingqing, why are you treating me like this?"

Miao Jingjing was aggrieved, in her view, she and Shi Yiqing had already built a deep friendship.

How could Shi Yiqing turn her face on her just like that?

Could it be that Shi Yiqing was actually a heartless woman...

She only played with her because, in the training camp, there weren’t many who could act as her lackeys...

Originally, Miao Jingjing didn’t have this idea.