After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 556: An Elderly Mother Above, Starving Young Below

Chapter 556: Chapter 556: An Elderly Mother Above, Starving Young Below

Fitting the idiotic bill perfectly, Shi Yiqing was indeed the prime fool of all fools.

It was her who had arranged for people to stalk Shi Yaoguang.

Her objective was to have Shi Yaoguang tracked and at all costs linked to the explosion at the Wolong Town Chemical Plant.

At that time, she planned to direct her online army to set the rhythm, molding her into an image of a foolish glory-seeker, heedless and thoughtless.

Once everyone believed Shi Yaoguang to be that self-righteous, naïve egotist who thought herself the smartest in the world yet was nothing more than a troublemaker without any other purpose, Shi Yiqing would step forward and tell everyone that knowing Shi Yaoguang as she did, it wasn’t surprising at all that she would do such a thing, though out of respect for Shi Yaoguang’s adoptive parents in the Shi Family, she’d leave her some dignity.

In short, it was leveraging power to exert power.

Once Shi Yaoguang was suppressed to the point of no return, she would then showcase her own talent and her ostensibly magnanimous and sincere heart.

By stepping over Shi Yaoguang to rise to the top, she’d claim everything that was originally Shi Yaoguang’s.

——The above was what Shi Yaoguang had heard from the mouths of the small fry who had been tracking her.

As to how much truth these words held...

Ha, judging by her understanding of Shi Yiqing, it wouldn’t be too much to give full marks.

That was the extend of Shi Yiqing’s intelligence.

When her heroine halo failed to affect the intelligence of those around her...

In plain terms, when the intelligence of those around her wasn’t forcefully downgraded, Shi Yiqing’s brain truly wasn’t up to snuff.

This might have a little something to do with Heavenly Dao as well.

After all...

Heavenly Dao had set her up to be a romance novel heroine with incredible luck.

Although her background was not very glorious, she had switched identities with Shi Yaoguang at birth.

She had an easy journey growing up.

Whenever she wanted to target someone, she never needed to lift a finger herself; a slight hint from her was all it took for someone to step up and deal with her troubles.

In such circumstances, Shi Yiqing never even had the chance to expose her true nature.

But now.

Now that she had the chance, she exposed not just her dark side but also her lack of intelligence.

At this thought, Shi Yaoguang even felt a bit of sympathy for Shang Minghao.

His lack of insight was one thing, but to be saddled with this kind of heroine was another.

She was quite curious about how Shang Minghao could possibly rescue her.

With this thought, Shi Yaoguang suddenly felt much more at ease.

The three lackeys that Shi Yiqing had sent to track her felt a pang of fear when they saw the smile suddenly appearing on her face.

One of them, quivering with fright, stammered out, "This... this is a society governed by law; you... you can’t do anything to us..."

Shi Yaoguang glanced at him, "You know it’s a society governed by law?"

Zhuge Qingqing followed with a sneer, "Does a society governed by law allow you to stalk people? Does it permit you to slander Sister Fairy and deliberately ruin her reputation?"

The three exchanged glances, lost for words, "This... this... we didn’t really do anything too outrageous."

Hearing this, Shi Yaoguang scoffed, "You didn’t do anything too outrageous?"

What a nice thing to say!

But they knew the truth in their hearts.

However much they knew it, they could not admit it.

To admit it now would be like signing their death warrant.

One careless move, and it could cost them their lives!

So, better to beg for mercy.

Shi Yaoguang couldn’t be bothered to hear their sob stories about elderly parents above and hungry children below.

She simply ignited a small flame in her palm right in front of them.

Watching the faintly blue-haloed flame emerge from her palm, the three small fries were all flabbergasted.

Not just them, even Zhuge Qingqing and Professor Lin were frightened.

Shi Yaoguang pointed her fingertips at them, and the flame, as if guided by something, flew towards them.

The trio were nearly scared to death.

Seeing the flame dancing before their eyes, less than a finger’s length away, they almost passed out on the spot.

But Shi Yaoguang called out to them mercilessly.

"Enough!"

Hearing her voice, the trio snapped to attention, not daring to faint, sitting upright quickly as they looked at Shi Yaoguang and subtly moved their feet back, trying to dodge Shi Yaoguang’s attack.

However...

No matter how they shifted their positions, the distance between the flame and them didn’t decrease at all.

The flame was as far away from them as it was in the beginning, and it remained that distance now.

Tears were hanging at the corners of their eyes as they spoke tremblingly, "Granny, we know we were wrong, please let us go..."

"A great person shows great forbearance, we really can’t die, dozens of family members are counting on me to provide for them, if I die..."

Shi Yaoguang cut him off with a cold laugh, "By saying that, you’ve reminded me."

Upon hearing this, the trio froze in unison, and the look in their eyes towards Shi Yaoguang grew uncertain, not knowing what she meant.

Shi Yaoguang curved her lips into a smile, "You still have family ties at home, right?"

"Although not a few dozen people, there’s still a handful in each family."

"Merely dealing with you guys isn’t enough to quell the rage in my heart, so perhaps..."

The trio immediately looked distressed, "Please, no! We really know our mistake. Even if you kill us, we won’t hold any grudge, just please don’t involve our families."

Shi Yaoguang pondered, "It seems, you do care quite a bit about your family."

Nonsense, who wouldn’t?

The whole reason they were doing this in the first place was ultimately to strive for a better future for their families.

As if understanding what they were thinking, Shi Yaoguang let out a cold laugh, "Just because you wanted to do something for your family, you behaved recklessly and hurt me."

"Tell me, how should we settle this account?"

Listening to Shi Yaoguang’s icy voice, the trio shivered.

Stuttering, they said, "But you are fine now..."

"Heh," Shi Yaoguang scoffed, "Just because I’m alright now, that means I can’t pursue the wrongs you have done?"

"I’m fine not because you had a change of heart and stopped attacking me."

"I’m alright simply because you haven’t found the opportunity to act yet."

As Shi Yaoguang’s voice filled the air, the trio felt the flame in front of them grow even more vigorous.

The scorching, red-hot flame, even though not burning on their bodies, made them all sweat with fear.

"There’s no need to be nervous."

Shi Yaoguang looked at them with a smiling face, her smile ever so gentle and warm.

However, the trio didn’t believe for a second that Shi Yaoguang would be that kind, "What... what exactly do you want? Just say it, give us a clean break!"

"You want it to end quickly?" Shi Yaoguang asked knowingly.

The trio nodded their heads frantically.

Zhuge Qingqing: "No way!"

The trio were about to cry out in tears, but when they realized that it was Zhuge Qingqing and not Shi Yaoguang who had spoken, they looked at her with accusatory eyes.