After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 711: Conquest? Not Worth It Not Worth It

Chapter 711: Chapter 711: Conquest? Not Worth It Not Worth It

"Having no control over oneself?" Shi Yaoguang revealed a curious expression. "Miss Bai, what do you mean by having no control over oneself? What happened?"

Seeing Shi Yaoguang’s expression, Bai Ruoxi had an inkling that Shi Yaoguang must already know something.

Otherwise, her attitude today wouldn’t be like this.

Since Shi Yaoguang already knew, there was naturally nothing for her to hide, and she immediately told everything she knew.

"Ten years ago, someone approached me... At that time, I was still a university student with not much money at home. They said they could give me a lot of money without asking for anything in return. After hesitating, I agreed..."

Bai Ruoxi explained how she joined the organization to Shi Yaoguang.

After she finished, she hugged Bai Tangyuan tightly. "Tangyuan, you must believe Mommy. Mommy really didn’t treat you as a tool."

"If it weren’t for suddenly seeing Mr. Quan in X Country last time, I would have almost forgotten about my mission. But because I saw Mr. Quan, even if I didn’t want to do that task, it was still mandatory. Not long after, I received a notice that Tangyuan must recognize his ancestor and return to the clan."

This "recognizing the ancestor and returning to the clan" is essentially making Bai Tangyuan accept a thief as his father and have Quan Jinbei happily play the role of dad.

Quan Jinbei’s face turned dark as he demanded, "To make Bai Tangyuan become part of the Quan Family, what then? What else is planned?"

Bai Ruoxi hesitantly said, "I don’t know about the plans that follow, but there were successful cases before."

"Illegitimate children brought back home gradually replaced the most crucial members of the family, then slowly took control of the entire family... Originally, Tangyuan was supposed to do the same, but Tangyuan is still too young..."

Shi Yaoguang watched her evasive gaze and pondered, "Tangyuan might be young, but you, as the mommy, are not young."

"The organization behind you, they want you to replace Bai Tangyuan to complete the mission, right?"

Upon hearing this, Quan Jinbei furrowed his brow.

How could Bai Ruoxi replace Bai Tangyuan and complete the mission?

It was nothing more than seducing him.

Thinking about how he had nearly been seduced by Bai Ruoxi, Quan Jinbei’s complexion soured.

Seeing his expression, Shi Yaoguang laughed disrespectfully.

Quan Jinbei glared at her and asked in a displeased tone, "Is it that funny?"

"Not really."

Shi Yaoguang, holding back her laughter, said earnestly, "Although Miss Bai indeed harbors no ill intentions, she hasn’t completed the task, right? I think she’s not unforgivable."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ruoxi immediately looked gratefully at Shi Yaoguang, her voice emotional. "Mrs. Quan, can you really understand me?"

"Hmm." Shi Yaoguang hummed lightly. "What’s there to misunderstand? As long as I’m here, Quan Jinbei will never be seduced by you. As for Bai Tangyuan..."

She let out a light laugh. "You don’t think that a virgin could father a child, do you?"

Hearing this, Bai Ruoxi almost choked on her saliva.

"What, what virgin?"

As Bai Ruoxi spoke, she looked doubtfully at Quan Jinbei and said incredulously, "It can’t be that Mr. Quan is still..."

She dared not complete her thought.

Mr. Quan’s face was too somber; she worried that if she said one more word, he might snap her neck.

She didn’t want to die yet.

So...

Better to stay silent than to speak out.

Seeing Bai Ruoxi’s tactful behavior, Quan Jinbei snorted coldly but didn’t continue with the threat.

Shi Yaoguang looked at her cowardly state and sighed. "The people behind you, did they send you to seduce me?"

Hearing this, Bai Ruoxi, whose heart had just settled, suddenly tensed up again.

"Mrs. Quan... What are you saying?"

Seduce?

That would be unnecessary and absurd.

She wouldn’t dare to seduce anyone.

It was merely a test.

Yes.

Just a test and nothing more.

Thinking this, she somewhat reassured herself internally.

Shi Yaoguang looked at her with a half-smile, "Are you sure?"

"It’s... it’s not like that..." Bai Ruoxi didn’t dare to be too definitive, "I just feel that there might be some misunderstandings between us."

"What misunderstanding?"

"I... I actually wanted to talk to Mrs. Quan about..."

"Talk about what?"

"There are people online speculating that you’re intentionally targeting other people’s illegitimate children because of Tangyuan..." Bai Ruoxi said cautiously, carefully observing her expression, "I want to know if that’s true."

"It’s not."

Shi Yaoguang replied decisively.

Bai Ruoxi sighed in relief, glad that it wasn’t the case.

Just as she was thinking this, she heard Shi Yaoguang continue, "Although it’s not because of Bai Tangyuan, it is somewhat related to him."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ruoxi’s heart rose again in apprehension.

Anxiously awaiting the rest of what she had to say, "The reason why I target those illegitimate children is not for any other reason than simply because they are illegitimate children."

"Really?" Bai Ruoxi was still somewhat incredulous.

If she was only targeting them because they were illegitimate children, then if she could persuade Shi Yaoguang, maybe this task could be completed, couldn’t it?

With this thought, she felt a flicker of excitement.

However.

Shi Yaoguang quickly slapped her back to reality.

Persuade her?

In her dreams!

"I do indeed target them because they are illegitimate children, but not because of their status as such."

This statement sounded somewhat awkward.

It’s about the illegitimate children but not because they are illegitimate children.

No matter how you listened, it felt odd.

However, Bai Ruoxi understood what she meant.

Shi Yaoguang had mentioned before that it was related to Bai Tangyuan.

If it had to do with Bai Tangyuan, then it meant Shi Yaoguang indeed was aware of the organization behind them.

If she knew about the organization behind him, then that meant her targeting was premeditated.

Perhaps she had even figured out the ultimate goal of the organization.

At this thought, she broke out in a cold sweat.

"Mrs. Quan..."

Her throat moved, and she asked dryly, "Do you... did you know all along that there was someone behind me and Tangyuan?"

"I didn’t know before." Shi Yaoguang said, a smile flickering as she glanced at Bai Tangyuan, "I’ve only come to know it recently."

At these words, a chill went down Bai Ruoxi’s spine.

What does she mean by having found out recently?

Her knowing about this, could it possibly be related to Tangyuan?

At this thought, her entire being was unsettled.

Shi Yaoguang looked at her and chuckled softly, "Don’t be afraid, how I found out, I won’t tell a soul. Rest assured, no one will know that Bai Tangyuan inspired me."

Hearing this, Bai Ruoxi trembled even more.

If she truly wasn’t going to tell anyone, she wouldn’t have reminded her.

Bai Ruoxi internally marked Shi Yaoguang as a dangerous person.

If Shi Yaoguang truly spoke out, both she and Tangyuan might be in danger.

She thought it through carefully and decided to still try to have a proper talk with Shi Yaoguang.

"Mrs. Quan, no, Miss Shi, what exactly do you want? As long as you don’t harm me and Tangyuan, whatever you want, I can help you acquire it."

At these words, Shi Yaoguang looked puzzled, "Acquire? Acquire what?"

Bai Ruoxi saw her expression but wouldn’t think she knew nothing at all.

If she really knew nothing, then today she wouldn’t be standing here.