After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 522: Even the Heavenly Dao is Confused

Chapter 522: Chapter 522: Even the Heavenly Dao is Confused

Of course, the reason the Shi Family of four could live in harmony ultimately came down to Shi Yiqing.

As to whether she was manipulating them or everyone adored her, that wasn’t something Shi Yaoguang needed to consider.

Shi Yaoguang guessed roughly what Shang Minghao’s purpose was.

He could so confidently claim he had what she wanted.

That kind of thing was likely the affections that had been denied her from the beginning.

To put it plainly, it was the parental love of Shi Father and Shi Mother.

From the moment Shi Yaoguang was born, her fate had already been set.

All of this, Shi Father and Shi Mother’s lack of affection for her, was certainly because they spent more time with Shi Yiqing, hence their emotions towards her were deeper.

And there were other issues as well.

That was...

Shi Father and Shi Mother were also acting according to the script.

The script was on Shi Yiqing’s side.

Shi Father and Shi Mother had to be absolutely good to Shi Yiqing, that was a given.

As for a dispensable character like her...

Emmmm...

Being abandoned was the norm.

In summary, this was why Shi Yaoguang was not favored in the Shi Family.

Even more so, when Shi Father and Shi Mother had to choose between their biological and adopted daughter, they still chose the adopted one, for a variety of reasons.

But Shi Yaoguang no longer cared about any of these.

In her previous life, she might still have feelings and expectations for Shi Rusong and Wei Lan...

Now, she certainly doesn’t value these anymore.

Shang Minghao thought he could use this to control her, but he was miscalculating.

Thinking this way, Shi Yaoguang couldn’t be bothered to deal with Shang Minghao.

Who knew Shang Minghao could also be flexible.

If the mountain won’t come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

Since Shi Yaoguang didn’t want to go to Mingzhu City, he brought people over to the Imperial Capital.

When Shi Yaoguang answered the phone again, she no longer wanted to deal with him.

"Mr. Shang, I think I have made my point very clear, you don’t have anything I want, so please stop wasting your effort, okay?"

Shang Minghao was still just as confident.

He could probably guess Shi Yaoguang’s thoughts, however...

He was still confident, he believed his own ideas were not wrong.

A person like Shi Yaoguang, if she had any regrets, probably it would be her unhappy childhood and not being loved by her parents, right?

If he could return the love of the parents to Shi Yaoguang...

She would certainly be overjoyed beyond measure.

Thinking this, he once again faced a crushing defeat.

"If you are trying to use the Shi couple to threaten me, I can tell you responsibly, it’s impossible."

Shang Minghao was stunned, "Do you really not care about them at all?"

"Or what?" Shi Yaoguang asked sarcastically, "Why do you think I would care about them?"

Shang Minghao: "They are your biological parents."

"True, they gave birth to me, but all these years, I have lived by myself."

She paused, then added, "It’s not just that."

"When I was living by myself, life was much better than it is now."

"Being brought back home, I turned into the target of all arrows. Tell me... why should I care about such family members?"

Shang Minghao thought about Shi Yaoguang’s situation and for a moment didn’t know what to say.

Indeed, in Shi Yaoguang’s case, holding any expectations for her family was very foolish.

But still...

He felt dissatisfied.

This was the tactic he had finally found that might make Shi Yaoguang capitulate.

Then, a new idea occurred to Shang Minghao.

He cleared his throat, voice rising at the end, "Before your self-awareness awoke, weren’t you unable to resist the arrangements of Heavenly Dao?"

Shi Yaoguang remained silent.

He continued, "You can’t even free yourself from your own restraints, do you think they can?"

"They are just ordinary people, even if they have their own thoughts, they must follow my arrangements to fulfill their tasks."

By that, he meant that Shi’s parents didn’t intentionally dislike her.

They too were under someone else’s control.

Seeing that Shi Yaoguang didn’t respond, Shang Minghao added, "Don’t you want to know what they truly think?"

"I don’t," Shi Yaoguang rejected firmly once more.

Shang Minghao was dumbfounded, "You aren’t the least bit curious?"

"I don’t see anything to be curious about." Earlier, Shi Yaoguang had wondered where she had gone wrong.

Being swapped at birth wasn’t her fault, and given the chance, she definitely could have surpassed Shi Yiqing.

If she had grown up by their side, perhaps she too would have become their little cotton-padded jacket.

But...

Isn’t it true that in life, there are no what-ifs?

Now, she had long passed the age of longing for familial affection.

Having been through so much, she had long lost any expectation of Shi’s parents.

Not to mention...

She had given them a chance.

This was something Shi Yaoguang didn’t intend to tell anyone.

After traveling back in time, aside from changing Quan Jinbei’s fate, she had also lifted the plot’s restraints on Shi’s parents.

All this, she had done silently.

Thus, Heavenly Dao didn’t notice it.

...

Shang Minghao, who’d been hung up on again, felt quite frustrated.

He couldn’t understand how Shi Yaoguang could be so heartless.

Even though Shi Rusong and Wei Lan didn’t treat her very well, they were still her biological parents.

Did she really not care about them at all?

To resolve this puzzle, he was willing to risk everything.

He would attempt to unlock the shackles Heavenly Dao had placed on Shi Rusong and Wei Lan.

It didn’t matter if he couldn’t persuade Shi Yaoguang.

It was only because she had never experienced the value of familial affection.

Once she recognized the preciousness of family, she wouldn’t maintain this attitude.

Shang Minghao had such a beautiful notion, but...

When he actually made a move, he froze.

Heavenly Dao imposes restrictions on the characters in the plot.

These are like invisible shackles, guiding others to do certain things, and there are things that under no circumstances can be done.

Shang Minghao had thought that by unlocking Shi’s parents’ shackles, he would see them repent and turn to ingratiate themselves with Shi Yaoguang.

But to his surprise...

He felt no shackles on them.

That is, they had long been free from the control of Heavenly Dao’s plot.

In other words, their current thoughts are their true innermost ones.

To put it bluntly, they had made a sincere choice without any threats.

Between their biological daughter and the daughter they raised, they chose the latter.

Setting aside everything else, even Heavenly Dao was baffled.

He knew, of course, that some of the arrangements he made as Heavenly Dao didn’t quite make sense.

But that was unavoidable.

After all...

To maintain the operation of a world, some people must be sacrificed.

He had originally thought that Shi’s parents favored Shi Yiqing due to being controlled by Heavenly Dao.

But unexpectedly...

They were truly sincere.

Even knowing that Shi Yiqing had done many things to hurt Shi Yaoguang, they still unswervingly chose Shi Yiqing.

At this moment, Shang Minghao didn’t even know what to say.