After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 599: You Are Not Good Enough

Chapter 599: Chapter 599: You Are Not Good Enough

Shi Yaoguang was not aware that the new female protagonist chosen by Heavenly Dao could have such a fragile state of mind.

Seeing her expression as if she was on the verge of collapse, she could not help but curve her lips into a smile.

"Do you feel that, to you, the System is particularly useless?"

Ling Qingxue did indeed think so, but...

Now that Shi Yaoguang had put it into words, she suddenly felt otherwise.

Compared to how the System valued Quan Sicheng and Shi Yaoguang, it indeed felt like a demotion for her.

But still...

Having it was better than not having it at all.

Even if the System was useless, it was better than nothing.

Thinking like this, Ling Qingxue instantly came to her senses.

She suspected that Shi Yaoguang was deliberately trying to turn her against the System by saying these things to her.

"If you’re willing, I can help you unbind yourself from the System."

The moment Shi Yaoguang uttered these words, Ling Qingxue became even more certain of her previous suspicion.

She naturally resisted Shi Yaoguang with all her might.

Even with the aid of the System, she couldn’t completely overshadow Shi Yaoguang and rise to power.

Without the System, she would be utterly reduced to a stepping stone.

Ling Qingxue didn’t want to be a stepping stone.

She didn’t want to be a stepping stone for anyone.

In that case...

She naturally wouldn’t follow the script Shi Yaoguang had set out for her.

Shi Yaoguang was not regretful about this outcome.

"If you don’t want to, then forget it. I won’t force you."

Upon hearing these words, Ling Qingxue breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, a sense of powerlessness inexplicably surged from within her.

It was as though she had suddenly lost something.

...

Shi Yaoguang talking so much with Ling Qingxue was not without effect.

Her visit, besides adding to Ling Qingxue’s mental burdens,

served more to probe the System within Ling Qingxue.

This System was not the same as the one commonly understood by the masses.

The System itself was a division of energy from Heavenly Dao; it seemed so powerful simply because it was a part of Heavenly Dao.

Because it was Heavenly Dao, it controlled most of the power in this world.

With that in mind,

The System, an incarnation of Heavenly Dao, also seemed omnipotent.

This was also the exact reason the System had previously assured Ling Qingxue so confidently.

How could Heavenly Dao, capable of controlling the vast majority of energy in the world, fear mere hackers on the internet?

However...

It hadn’t taken into account one issue.

That was...

Shi Yaoguang.

Shi Yaoguang was an anomaly in this world.

Even though she was a being nurtured by this world, she had experienced what ordinary people never had.

The Heavenly Dao of this world could no longer control her completely.

Given this situation, one could imagine how wary Heavenly Dao was of her.

It was just that Heavenly Dao had not anticipated Shi Yaoguang’s hacking skills would be so formidable.

Formidable enough to break through the System’s defenses.

...

After parting with Ling Qingxue, Shi Yaoguang posted what she had discovered onto the internet.

Of course, she didn’t do it under her own name.

For such matters, would the revelation from the parties involved hold as much credibility as that from a "good Samaritan"?

As it happened,

a Weibo account suddenly appeared with no verification, no profile picture, and no ID.

This is a good Samaritan who goes by "I am Lei Feng."

After registering on Weibo, he did nothing else.

All he did was comb through the affairs of Quan Sicheng and Ling Qingxue, as well as Shi Yiqing’s, while also presenting evidence.

Next.

He laid out the evidence of Ling Qingxue trashing Shi Yaoguang.

At first, no one believed the Weibo posts from "I am Lei Feng."

Who knew if this person was just bluffing to deceive others?

Maybe they were just trying to make a quick buck from the traffic.

It wasn’t until later that a world-class hacker stepped in to confirm that the IP addresses "I am Lei Feng" publicized were real.

Only then did it cause a huge stir.

Originally, the System’s promotion for Ling Qingxue was that of an ethereally beautiful cold beauty.

A cold beauty, of course, is naturally indifferent to fame and fortune.

After all...

If she truly wanted to be famous, she should have seized the moment when her scandal with Quan Sicheng broke to make a presence.

Instead of waiting until Quan Sicheng was maliciously slandered by Shi Yiqing before she sluggishly explained things.

Isn’t her slow response simply because she doesn’t want to be too ostentatious?

If you say she is now very famous.

Well...

That’s not something she could control.

After all, isn’t it normal for someone as outstanding as Ling Qingxue to become popular?

If she didn’t become popular, that would be the real problem.

Thinking this way, naturally, there’s no issue at all.

Ling Qingxue remains that aloof and chilly beauty on high.

Before this, when Ling Qingxue was bashing Shi Yaoguang, Yaoguang’s fans had tried to dig up dirt on her.

But they couldn’t find any evidence that Ling Qingxue authorized anyone to slander Shi Yaoguang.

Now, it’s been revealed by "I am Lei Feng," and the IP is even close to Ling Qingxue’s own location.

The reason seems quite clear now.

The person posting online to discredit Shi Yaoguang is either Ling Qingxue herself or someone close to her.

Only this could explain the whole situation.

Shi Yaoguang’s fans are very satisfied with what "I am Lei Feng" has exposed.

Doesn’t this just prove that Shi Yaoguang indeed was maliciously maligned by Ling Qingxue?

The image of the ascetic cold beauty has collapsed in an instant, hasn’t it?

But...

Some are still not convinced.

Recently, Ling Qingxue has been in the limelight, and she has her admirers.

So, when Yaoguang’s fans started attacking, there naturally were people who voiced different opinions.

"Even if Ling Qingxue isn’t the sort who is indifferent to fame and fortune, what’s the big deal?"

"People aspire to rise higher and water flows to a lower level; wanting to elevate oneself is a perfectly normal aspiration, isn’t it? Not just Ling Qingxue, but you, me, everyone, who doesn’t want that?"

"The difference is that Ling Qingxue can do it, while we can’t."

"Exactly, if I could, I would do the same."

"No slander, no flattery, I think Ling Qingxue’s approach is very normal."

"This is the entertainment industry; who hasn’t risen this way? You say Shi Yaoguang has been trashed by Ling Qingxue, but who knows, hasn’t Shi Yaoguang trashed others?"

"It’s just the wheel of fortune turning."

"Exactly, exactly..."

Ling Qingxue, seeing her fans defending her, didn’t feel happy but rather extremely annoyed.

She couldn’t help questioning the System in her mind, "System, what on earth is going on here?"

The System bluntly told her that this was the consequence of her provoking Shi Yaoguang.

Ling Qingxue scratched her head, extremely angry, "You’re a System! You’re supposed to be a System, why can’t you outdo Shi Yaoguang, a human? Could it be Shi Yaoguang is more powerful than the System?"

"It’s not that Shi Yaoguang is more powerful than the System, but rather..." the System told her the brutal truth, "you’re not excellent enough."

Ling Qingxue felt insulted, "What do you mean I’m not excellent enough? If I weren’t excellent, you shouldn’t have bound with me in the first place!"