After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 689: Tangyuan is Indeed His Son

Chapter 689: Chapter 689: Tangyuan is Indeed His Son

Quan Jinbei had always been a sickly child.

If it weren’t for seeing it with her own eyes, Bai Ruoxi wouldn’t dare to believe that such a frail person could possess such great strength.

It was truly terrifying.

She even had a moment of hesitation.

Maybe she should just give it up.

Tangyuan can provide for himself.

There’s no need to get involved with Quan Jinbei.

What if...

She quickly dismissed the idea.

She could certainly provide for Tangyuan, but her provision wasn’t the same as Quan Jinbei’s.

If she could get Quan Jinbei to acknowledge Tangyuan as his son, maybe she too could rise to higher status.

As Bai Ruoxi pondered these things, she kept her head very low, so her expression was truly hard to read for a while.

"Yaoguang..." Quan Jinbei looked towards Shi Yaoguang, wanting to know what she thought.

He knew best whether he had done anything wrong.

There was none, the fact was clear.

But...

Whether Shi Yaoguang would believe him was the issue to consider.

If Shi Yaoguang was unwilling to believe him, no matter how much he said, he might not be able to change her mind.

Fortunately, Shi Yaoguang wasn’t the kind of woman to believe rumors at the drop of a hat, and she had her own vague suspicions.

Behind her and Quan Jinbei, it seemed someone was deliberately messing with them.

Although she didn’t know who would be so despicable, there was no doubt about the ill intentions behind their backs.

Knowing there were those with ill intentions, if she kept having doubts about Quan Jinbei, then they might as well not stay together.

Wouldn’t it be better to simply go their separate ways?

Of course, that option would never appear on her list of choices.

The strength of her Divine Sense gave her such confidence.

Even if she harbored some doubts, she wouldn’t suspect wildly.

And she definitely wouldn’t pin everything on Quan Jinbei without thinking it through.

The scene Bai Ruoxi imagined, where Shi Yaoguang would rage upon hearing that her husband might have an illegitimate child, didn’t happen.

She only heard Shi Yaoguang ask calmly, "Miss Bai, are you sure your son is related to my husband?"

Bai Ruoxi was stunned by the question.

Although she indeed wanted Quan Jinbei to recognize Bai Tangyuan.

But not in this way!

What she put forth and what Quan Jinbei would find out were worlds apart.

According to her plan, she should be vehemently denying it.

Quan Jinbei, unwilling to believe, would personally investigate, and the investigation would conclude that Bai Tangyuan was indeed his son.

Then, Quan Jinbei wouldn’t want to give up the custody of his own son, leading to entanglements with her.

Bai Ruoxi had even scripted her own future, never expecting that Quan Jinbei wouldn’t cooperate.

Now, she was embarrassed.

Unsure of what to say next.

"Tangyuan he..." Bai Ruoxi hesitated for a moment, but ultimately stuck to her plan, "Tangyuan is indeed Brother Three’s child!"

Shi Yaoguang asked again, "Why do you call him Brother Three?"

Bai Ruoxi hesitated, "I call him Brother Three, of course, because that’s what we call each other."

"Just like how Brother Three used to call me ’Ruoxi’."

When he heard the words "Ruoxi," Quan Jinbei couldn’t control the twitching of his mouth.

Was he really the type to use such a nickname?

Surely not.

He wasn’t the type to have no taste.

Quan Jinbei internally vehemently denied it, and didn’t give Bai Ruoxi any face either, "Miss Bai, forgive my bluntness, but the ’Xier’ you’re referring to... probably isn’t yours, right?"

Hearing this, Bai Ruoxi was dumbfounded.

"Third Brother, what do you mean by that?"

Was Quan Jinbei about to put on a surreal farce with him, playing out a delusional drama of ’you are not you, I am not me, and we don’t belong to each other’?

Just as Bai Ruoxi was wondering what time it was, Quan Jinbei spoke up.

His tone was laced with a hint of frost.

"In my past life, I’ve never met a woman named Bai Ruoxi, much less constantly called someone ’Xier’."

Bai Ruoxi breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

It’s good that he has no proof.

Thinking this, she bit her lower lip, showing a wronged expression, "Third Brother, by saying this, do you not want to acknowledge my existence? If you really feel that our past is of no significance to you, then I can cooperate with you."

Her mouth said she could cooperate, but her expression was one of utter grievance.

Watching her like this, Quan Jinbei still had no intention of showing compassion or tenderness.

Even if he were inclined to be tender-hearted, the object of his affection would only ever be Shi Yaoguang.

Not just any Tom, Dick, or Harry could approach him with requests to be considered.

Confronted with Quan Jinbei’s cold demeanor, Bai Ruoxi felt somewhat defeated.

Over the years, the men around her had been exceptionally kind to her without exception.

To say that they treated her like a princess would not be an exaggeration.

Quan Jinbei, on the other hand, was far from giving her the face she demanded!

Just wait until the day he regrets it – she definitely won’t let him off easily!

Without kneeling for days amidst durians, she surely won’t forgive him.

Tangyuan would definitely stand by her side. In fact, watching Bai Tangyuan choose his mother over his father would be quite satisfying.

Now, with nothing set in stone, Bai Ruoxi had already begun daydreaming about her life manipulating Quan Jinbei in the future.

It must be said, she’s quite adept at dreaming.

Shi Yaoguang watched Bai Ruoxi’s shifty eyes and, eerily, grasped what she was thinking.

The feeling was very complex.

Who would have thought that Bai Ruoxi was this kind of strange specimen.

Upon realizing she was this strange, Shi Yaoguang suddenly found it uninteresting.

Although he was still unsure of the identity of the villain lurking in the shadows against them, at least one thing was certain...

That was, their intelligence did not seem too high.

If they had any capability, they wouldn’t have ended up like this.

But then again.

There’s a silver lining to their lack of intelligence.

At the very least, Shi Yaoguang didn’t have to deal with messy emotional entanglements.

Bai Ruoxi didn’t realize that Shi Yaoguang had stopped taking her seriously.

If she knew, she would definitely be livid.

There’s nothing more suffocating than being scorned by an adversary.

Since Shi Yaoguang didn’t see Bai Ruoxi as a challenger, she directly revealed her thoughts. Following Bai Ruoxi’s lead, she responded, "Miss Bai, are you sure that what you just said represents your true thoughts?"

Hearing this, Bai Ruoxi’s eyes flickered. Her gaze landed on Quan Jinbei’s indifferent face for a moment before she shifted her disappointed eyes away and gently nodded.

"Everything I said is my true thought."

Having said this, she glanced at Quan Jinbei with pitiful eyes, hoping he would speak up for her.

Unfortunately, Quan Jinbei did not respond as she had hoped.

His expression remained very calm.

Well, not exactly calm.

It should be called relaxed.

Because Shi Yaoguang trusted him, he no longer had any concerns which naturally made him relaxed.

He was relaxed, but Bai Ruoxi couldn’t stand it because, after receiving her reply, Shi Yaoguang very "cooperatively" said, "Since Miss Bai also feels our lives were better off as they were before, then I am not entirely against indulging you."

"How about this..." Shi Yaoguang sighed lightly, "Let’s pretend today’s meeting never happened. In the future, you can live your life with your son, and my husband will not bother you."

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