After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 748: The Wicked Son Who Once Called Out to Mother

Chapter 748: Chapter 748: The Wicked Son Who Once Called Out to Mother

"Release you?"

Quan Sicheng sneered, "Only the dead can’t spread tales."

"Rather than let you go and wait for you to bite back at me unexpectedly, wouldn’t it just be cleaner to kill you outright?"

Qian Shanshan was almost crying in desperation.

If she had known that dealing with a tiger would lead to such an outcome, she would never have done it!

But it was already too late for regrets.

Her only option was to try to stabilize Quan Sicheng first.

As long as she could leave alive today, she was determined to make Quan Sicheng’s murder of the old master known to all!

Damn bastard!

If she was going to suffer, she wouldn’t let him have it easy either!

Even though Quan Sicheng didn’t know exactly what Qian Shanshan was thinking, he understood one thing.

A tiger on the loose will pose a future threat.

This was clearly a threat he could not afford to leave unaddressed.

After all, he was intimately aware of just how foolish Qian Shanshan could be from their previous collaborations.

Qian Shanshan desperately tried to control her emotions and said exaggeratedly, "Young Master Si, since I dared to come to you, it means I have evidence! As long as you agree to let me go, I’ll destroy the evidence, otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?" Quan Sicheng’s eyes narrowed dangerously, and he did not realize that in that moment, his expression resembled Quan Jinbei’s by eighty percent.

Qian Shanshan sniffled, "I, I knew you wouldn’t easily let me go... so, I’ve already made preparations in advance!"

"Oh?" Quan Sicheng clearly didn’t believe her, "If you really wanted to guard against me, you wouldn’t have sought my protection."

With her lie exposed, Qian Shanshan stubbornly replied, "You’re right, my initial intention wasn’t to guard against you."

Thinking about it, Qian Shanshan felt wronged.

She had originally planned to use this as a threat to make Quan Sicheng protect her safety.

But she never expected...

Before she could even play her last card, she was caught by Quan Sicheng.

Looking at her expression, Quan Sicheng suddenly guessed the gist of it.

His face immediately darkened.

"So threatening me once wasn’t enough?"

Hearing Quan Sicheng’s dangerous tone, Qian Shanshan awkwardly said, "I... I was out of options! If it weren’t for offending Shi Yaoguang through our cooperation, I wouldn’t have needed to threaten you!"

"Because of you, they targeted me. Was it wrong to seek your protection?"

Qian Shanshan deliberately twisted her own actions.

In fact, she truly didn’t have the guts to admit what she had been intending to do.

Plucking a hair from a tiger’s head is enough for once!

Besides her inner trepidation, Qian Shanshan’s hatred deepened towards Shi Yaoguang, who plunged her into this predicament.

If it hadn’t been for Shi Yaoguang, she wouldn’t have suffered all of this.

Just as Qian Shanshan was mentally cursing Shi Yaoguang to pieces, a miracle occurred.

The door to the basement was violently broken open from the outside.

She instinctively looked up.

In her line of sight, a graceful female figure appeared.

Upon closer inspection, her face turned dark.

It was none other than the Shi Yaoguang whom she loathed to the core!

Logically speaking, Qian Shanshan should not have hated Shi Yaoguang so deeply for merely seducing Cheng Linye.

But the fear that Quan Sicheng instilled in her was also projected onto Shi Yaoguang.

And now,

Shi Yaoguang had become the ultimate target of her resentment.

"Yaoguang."

Quan Sicheng, hearing the sound of someone kicking the door, looked back and saw Shi Yaoguang. His expression shifted slightly, but his voice remained calm.

Shi Yaoguang, hearing such a calm greeting, also nodded naturally.

Watching the two interact, Qian Shanshan suddenly felt a sense of absurdity.

Taking into account that Quan Sicheng had asked her to attack Quan Jinbei rather than finding a man to sleep with Shi Yaoguang,

It wasn’t difficult to surmise that Quan Sicheng also had feelings for Shi Yaoguang.

Even the feelings were still deep.

And the appearance of Shi Yaoguang here may very well not be for her rescue.

She and Quan Sicheng are in cahoots!

At that thought, Qian Shanshan felt her heart cool.

Her gaze towards Shi Yaoguang grew even more resentful.

"Shi Yaoguang, you bitch!"

Shi Yaoguang was somewhat dumbfounded, "What have I done to you?"

Qian Shanshan said through gritted teeth, "You’re still pretending!"

"You and Quan Sicheng are in it together, you deliberately colluded to harm me!"

Shi Yaoguang rolled her eyes elegantly, "Miss Qian, aren’t you taking yourself a bit too seriously?"

Her voice carried a touch of helplessness, "Do you really think that you’re worthy of my attention or that I would condescend to plot with Quan Sicheng against you, especially for your sake?"

Qian Shanshan: "..."

Although she didn’t want to admit it.

But...

It seemed like...

She really...

Wasn’t worth it!!!

The thought made Qian Shanshan’s already cold heart grow even colder.

Looking at Shi Yaoguang, her eyes took on a touch of pathetic desire.

Shi Yaoguang felt a shiver of disgust by her gaze.

Quan Sicheng, with a cold face, stepped in front of Shi Yaoguang, blocking the sickening line of sight, "If Miss Qian doesn’t want her eyeballs anymore, I can help you scoop them out."

Qian Shanshan closed her eyes reflexively, while her heart became even more fearful and bewildered.

She didn’t understand how she’d ended up in this situation.

After all, she innocently fell for a man

Or rather, she was after Cheng Linye’s power.

She just wanted to use Cheng Linye’s power to climb higher.

But now.

What she had to face were the enemy’s slaughtering knives!

Okay.

That was a bit exaggerated, she just boarded the wrong ship, that’s all.

She thought she had a hold over Quan Sicheng’s Achilles’ heel and could manipulate him to protect her.

Look at her now.

The umbrella of protection turned into a deadly poison.

Qian Shanshan’s eyes reddened.

Quan Sicheng couldn’t be bothered to look at her anymore, for now, he just wanted to know why Shi Yaoguang suddenly appeared here.

When did she arrive, and how much did she know about his collusion with Qian Shanshan.

When Shi Yaoguang met his gaze, she blinked, "If you have any questions, just ask."

Quan Sicheng frankly asked, "When did you arrive?"

Shi Yaoguang said frankly, "Just got here."

"Then you..."

Quan Sicheng had just started when he heard Shi Yaoguang say, "You’re wondering why I came here and how much I know about your affairs, right?"

With that, her face brightened a bit, "It’s a long story, but it’s not impossible for me to tell you if you want to know."

"Ever since Quan Jinbei’s people were after Qian Shanshan and she was under your protection, we suspected that Qian Shanshan had something on you."

Shi Yaoguang said, her smile taking on a teasing tone, "After all, you did call me ’mother’ a few times; how could I ignore someone who once was an unfilial son when trouble arose?"

"To clarify how exactly Qian Shanshan was threatening you, I followed her secretly."

Then...

Shi Yaoguang shrugged, an innocent expression on her face, "Hearing about you killing the old master Quan was totally unexpected."

Her implication was...

...that she already knew the hold that Qian Shanshan had over Quan Sicheng.