After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 682 Elders

Chapter 682: Chapter 682 Elders

Quan Jinbei listened to his father’s stammering voice, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

Indeed, it was his own doing.

Only he would stoop to scheming against his legitimate son for the sake of his illegitimate child.

But.

Just because he could do it didn’t mean it was something that could be spoken of.

He could feel embarrassed, too.

Quan Jinbei had no intention of sympathizing with the old man.

If he had the gall to do it, surely he wouldn’t worry about what others said.

The old man thought he had a lot to say about that.

He, too, was a man of dignity; being questioned in this manner certainly made him uncomfortable.

"Dad, you’d better give me a reasonable explanation, or else..."

Quan Jinbei couldn’t be bothered to beat around the bush with the old master anymore.

Although his memory of their previous rift had been suppressed, he had forgotten that he had already broken with the old man.

But, at this moment, he felt just as unable to get along with the old man.

Since they couldn’t get along, there was no need to continue indulging him.

What had to be done, would be done.

The old master’s face turned red on the other end of the phone, yet he was without recourse.

What he relied on was nothing more than his own authority as Quan Jinbei’s father.

And that relied on Quan Jinbei’s willingness to regard him as his father.

If Quan Jinbei respected him, then he held a position of status.

If Quan Jinbei didn’t care about him, then he was nothing.

Thinking this way, one couldn’t help but feel a twinge of sympathy for the old man.

As a father, he couldn’t even manage his own son.

A truly pitiful situation.

However...

Since Quan Jinbei himself had no sympathy for him, the matter was far from over.

For Quan Jinbei, the old man truly didn’t deserve it.

Since the old man didn’t deserve it, naturally there was no need for Quan Jinbei to extend any sympathy.

Besides, he was calling to confront the old man about why he had been calculated against.

After all, they were both his sons.

Compared to Quan Sicheng, the bastard son, Quan Jinbei was legitimate.

In ancient times, that meant he was the rightful heir.

Quan Sicheng was the kind of child from a concubine who wouldn’t have rights to inheritance.

Thinking about this, Shi Yaoguang couldn’t help but scoff inwardly, perhaps the old man had an issue with his mindset.

But now was not the time to worry about these things.

The urgent matter was to figure out what exactly the old master was plotting.

Although Quan Jinbei already knew about the old man’s schemes, what he really wanted was still unclear.

Was it power, or... Quan Jinbei’s life?

Don’t say how absurd it was to link it to Quan Jinbei’s life all of a sudden.

In reality, the connection was not an exaggeration at all.

Think about it.

The old master and Quan Sicheng were plotting against Quan Jinbei’s property.

As long as Quan Jinbei lived, his wealth couldn’t be handed over.

After all, no legitimate son would eagerly play brother with a bastard.

Even if blood ties couldn’t be erased, it was clear that the relationship could never be good.

But then again, the exact nature of Quan Sicheng and the old master’s scheming still needed to be spelled out.

"I really had no other intentions..." After a long time of hemming and hawing, the old master finally managed to say as much.

This was something Quan Jinbei could hardly believe.

Forget about him, any person with a brain wouldn’t possibly believe it.

"I really didn’t want to do anything, you’re my own flesh and blood, why would I sacrifice you? Even if my favorite is the youngest, you still share my blood."

As for these words, don’t even mention whether the old man said them with a guilty conscience.

Shi Yaoguang listened and found it utterly pointless.

It’s likely that the old man didn’t think before he spoke.

If he really had thought it through, he wouldn’t have said such things.

There was no response from the other side for a long while, and the old man became a bit anxious, quickly asking, "Jinbei, don’t you want to believe your father?"

Quan Jinbei: "I don’t believe."

Shi Yaoguang also followed up by saying, "If you’re going to make excuses, at least come up with a plausible one, right? The one you’re giving is so nonsensical that I find it laughable, let alone convincing."

The old master Quan was displeased by Shi Yaoguang’s questioning.

Regardless of how wrong his actions were, they were still internal affairs of the Quan Family, what business did Shi Yaoguang have with it?

Thinking this, he didn’t hide his attitude at all.

Blatantly contemptible.

"This matter doesn’t seem to have anything to do with you, does it? Moreover, I am your elder, is this how you speak to an elder?"

Shi Yaoguang let out a light chuckle, reminding him, "You seem to have forgotten, ’elder’ doesn’t refer to someone who is simply older."

The old master Quan choked, "Nonsense, who doesn’t know that the older person is the elder!"

Shi Yaoguang clicked her tongue lightly, "It seems, old man, that you are lacking in education."

"Elder, elder, it must be a senior who can command respect to be addressed as such."

"If it’s just about being older, at most they can be called ’old man.’

"Well, without courtesy, they might even be called an old coot, who knows."

Hearing this, the old master Quan grew even angrier.

He felt that Shi Yaoguang was implying something about him!

Well, there was no need to doubt, Shi Yaoguang was indeed implying something.

Actually, there was no implication necessary, her attitude was clear as day.

He even thought that his previous decision was wrong.

He originally thought that by marrying Shi Yaoguang off to Quan Jinbei, he could prevent Quan Sicheng from marrying her, and also keep Quan Jinbei in check—a two-birds-one-stone strategy.

When the time was ripe, he could definitely arrange a well-matched lady of equal status for Quan Sicheng.

With the support of a wife, Quan Sicheng might not necessarily be inferior to Quan Jinbei.

He never expected.

He had met his match in Shi Yaoguang.

Thinking of this, the old man’s face turned black as the bottom of a pot.

And yet, nobody cared about his mood.

Quan Sicheng, scared by Quan Jinbei’s aggressive behavior, didn’t dare to say anything at that moment.

Shi Yaoguang, seeing the old man was speechless, took the initiative to ask, "Considering how you’ve schemed against my husband, this matter can’t just be smoothed over, right?"

Upon hearing this, the old master Quan instantly exploded, "What do you mean? What do you mean by ’can’t just be smoothed over’?"

"With you scheming against us like this, if we don’t respond in kind, wouldn’t that make us seem disrespectful to our elders?"

The old master Quan on the phone trembled with rage.

Now you remember the concept of ’respecting your elders’?

When you were mocking me, why didn’t you think about that!

The old master had a thousand thoughts swirling in his head, but Shi Yaoguang wasn’t buying what he was selling, and there was nothing he could do about it.

This made him feel utterly defeated.

At the same time, it solidified his resolve even more.

His son Quan Jinbei couldn’t be kept!

In his view, the reason Shi Yaoguang dared to be so brazen was because Quan Jinbei spoiled her.

Most certainly, they had already discussed some treacherous matters in private.

He had to take advantage of this moment to deliver them a fatal blow.

Otherwise, the ones who would not end well would be him and Quan Sicheng.

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