After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 557 Just Some Little Tricks

Chapter 557: Chapter 557 Just Some Little Tricks

Zhuge Qingqing was stared down but not at all intimidated.

Instead, she returned the glare with an even fiercer one.

"I see you’re all tired of living, daring to glare at me?"

As she spoke, she turned her head and picked up a brick.

Watching her swing the brick with a menacing force, if that brick were to come down, it would surely send all three of them straight to heaven.

Uh, the Western Heavens.

The three of them instantly despaired.

What kind of entity had they provoked?

If they had known that the task Shi Yiqing had set for them was so risky that their heads might not remain on their shoulders, they would never have agreed to it.

But now it was too late for regrets.

They could only pray that Shi Yaoguang and Zhuge Qingqing were not cruel enough to silence them permanently.

Shi Yaoguang watched coldly as each of them was terrorized by Zhuge Qingqing to the point of crying and sniffling, and then she finally spoke, "Do you know what you’ve done wrong?"

The three of them chorused in unison, "We know!"

They should not have messed with Shi Yaoguang, such an untouchable deity, and Zhuge Qingqing was equally an untouchable talent.

All their words could be summed up in one sentence, if they could do it over, they would choose Li Bai...

No, they would definitely choose to beat Shi Yiqing up to vent their frustration.

Just for a bit of filthy money, they had been asked to track Shi Yaoguang.

And it didn’t stop at just tracking; they were also to tarnish Shi Yaoguang’s reputation.

According to their thinking, if Shi Yaoguang’s reputation had really been ruined and her heart was a little fragile, she might have committed suicide.

If she really had taken her own life, they would be the indirect murderers!

They hadn’t thought about these things before because they felt it had nothing to do with them.

They were just taking Shi Yiqing’s money to do her bidding.

But now...

Even if they didn’t want to actively think about it, they still had to face the reality of their situation.

Facing reality meant confronting these distressing issues head-on.

One of the more astute among them seemed to grasp Shi Yaoguang’s implication and voluntarily confessed, "I truly know I was wrong, and I almost caused someone’s death. While the big mistake has not yet come to fruition, I should still feel ashamed for what I almost did wrong, I..."

Listening to his confession that sounded like a speech, everyone present was stunned.

His accomplices were equally shocked; before this, they never knew their buddy had so much "ink in his belly."

Seeing that Shi Yaoguang’s expression had obviously improved significantly, the other two began to mull it over and soon found the right track, immediately scrambling for more words.

After much thought, it was to no avail.

Shi Yaoguang had listened to only the first person’s confession before stating her intention.

"The reason I’ve been wasting my words with you is not that I don’t blame you," she said.

The three nodded in unison.

Shi Yaoguang continued, "Even if the three of you don’t pose a threat to me, what you did has really angered me, so I do not wish to forgive you lightly."

The three exchanged bitter glances.

Who else could they blame?

They were at fault for their own wrongdoing.

Alas.

Any words now would be too late.

All they could do was pray that Shi Yaoguang wouldn’t be merciless.

As they were pessimistically contemplating their fate, they heard Shi Yaoguang’s following words.

"I will give you a chance to redeem yourselves, but..."

With her pause, the flames hanging in midair shot up a few notches.

The provoked fire directly singed the hairs by their ears.

An unpleasant scorched smell instantly filled the air.

Yet the three did not dare to move an inch.

Waiting only for Shi Yaoguang’s decision.

Shi Yaoguang was quite satisfied with the situation and continued to state her demands.

After hearing her out, the three of them were somewhat dumbfounded.

What Shi Yaoguang had said just now...

wanted them to keep tracking and then to go back to Shi Yiqing to report with peace of mind.

They all doubted whether they had heard wrong, or maybe...

Was this part of Shi Yaoguang’s scheme?

was she deliberately saying this to test their loyalty?

Thinking this, they became even more cautious.

Seeing this, Zhuge Qingqing rolled her eyes, "Can’t you guys understand what grandma is saying?"

"She told you to go back and report, you should obviously listen to her. Do you really think you can monitor grandma?"

The three responded in unison, "We wouldn’t dare."

"You don’t have the guts for that!" Zhuge Qingqing snorted derisively, waved them away, and said, "Don’t be an eyesore, get lost."

The three of them scurried away promptly.

Indeed, they had left, but the three clusters of flames in front of them were still there.

Watching the jumping flames, it was hard for them to feel like they had a narrow escape.

Because...

their narrow escape hadn’t arrived yet.

The three clusters of flames in front of them were proof.

...

After driving the people away, Zhuge Qingqing couldn’t wait to ask, "Sister Fairy, what was the deal with those flames just now? That was so impressive!"

Professor Lin also looked on with curiosity, clearly interested.

Shi Yaoguang, however, didn’t think it was a big deal and simply explained, "It’s just a little trick, nothing to mention."

"That’s just a little trick?" Zhuge Qingqing’s face was a mixture of emotions, "Seeing how scared they were, it was so realistic! How could it be..."

Before she finished speaking, Shi Yaoguang rubbed her fingers together and a flame ignited.

With a single gesture from her, the flame leaped from Shi Yaoguang’s fingertips to Zhuge Qingqing’s palm.

Zhuge Qingqing was startled at first, but when the flame touched her hand and didn’t produce a burning sensation, she exclaimed in surprise, "What’s going on? It’s not hot at all."

Shi Yaoguang shrugged. "That’s why I said it’s just a trick."

With that said, the flame in Zhuge Qingqing’s palm naturally extinguished.

Zhuge Qingqing sighed, "And here I thought you really knew some Immortal Technique."

Hearing her disappointed tone, Shi Yaoguang raised an eyebrow, "How do you know it’s Immortal Technique and not some demon magic?"

She remembered that once at Ruihe High School, she had an argument with a teacher who thought she knew demon magic.

Zhuge Qingqing snorted, "I’ve told you, you’re Sister Fairy, and what Sister Fairy knows is naturally Immortal Technique."

Professor Lin, hearing this, couldn’t help but agree, "Zhuge Miss is right."

Shi Yaoguang looked at him in surprise, "When did Professor Lin become so... "

Before she could finish, Professor Lin said, "I’m not trying to flatter you, I genuinely think you’re amazing."

Shi Yaoguang: "..."

Let’s just take his word for it.

The three resumed their conversation as they got back into the car.

This time, Shi Yaoguang headed straight for the old chemical plant site.

Upon arriving, they got out of the car one after another.

Professor Lin had been there before, and while Zhuge Qingqing didn’t say whether she had been there or not, her familiarity with the place indicated that she obviously had.

Only Shi Yaoguang was visiting for the first time.

Professor Lin took the lead and headed in a particular direction, waving to Shi Yaoguang, "Yaoguang, come over here and look!"

As he spoke, he crouched down and pointed to a spot on the ground, "It’s right here, look..."

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