After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 749 The Old Man Is Just Selfish

Chapter 749: Chapter 749 The Old Man Is Just Selfish

"To tell the truth, if I hadn’t heard Qian Shanshan’s accusations myself, and if Quan Sicheng hadn’t denied it, Shi Yaoguang wouldn’t dare to believe Quan Sicheng actually killed Old Master Quan.

Given Old Master Quan’s favoritism toward him, the least Quan Sicheng could do was to care for Old Master Quan in his old age, instead of enshrining him.

Unexpectedly,

He had become such a beast.

Facing Shi Yaoguang’s shocked gaze, Quan Sicheng’s eyes brimmed with a little more coldness.

Looking at him like this, Shi Yaoguang felt somewhat bewildered.

She didn’t know how he had turned out this way.

Could it be...

The abnormal gene in him had been completely activated?

Thinking this, Shi Yaoguang couldn’t help but sigh.

After all, Old Master Quan had raised him from a young age; she wondered whether he had any regrets about all he had schemed for Quan Sicheng before he died.

Whether Old Master Quan had any regrets, Shi Yaoguang would no longer have the chance to know.

But she could see that Quan Sicheng had no regrets.

"Don’t you think you’ve gone a bit too far?" Shi Yaoguang cut straight to the point.

Quan Sicheng wore a look of indifference, "I have my reasons for what I do."

"Your reason is to kill your own father who was devoted to you?"

Shi Yaoguang still couldn’t understand.

Quan Sicheng looked at her expression and snorted coldly, "You wouldn’t think that his kindness to me was merely for my sake, would you?"

"What else then?"

The Old Master had done so much for his illegitimate son, enjoyed all the benefits of being an illegitimate son himself; didn’t Quan Sicheng see it that way?

"Ha..." Quan Sicheng revealed a mocking smile, "Of course you wouldn’t know! It seemed like he was good to me, but he never really treated me like a person!"

"Originally, I was naive like you, truly believing he was good to me, and I was even very grateful to him for it."

There was a hint of bitterness in Quan Sicheng’s tone as he mentioned this.

"But I never imagined that the truth was not what I thought! He could be good to me, and he could be good to others!"

"If I hadn’t acted first, I would have been the one to die!"

Shi Yaoguang still thought it was improbable.

Based on her understanding of Old Master Quan, it wasn’t like him to do such a thing.

But Quan Sicheng wouldn’t have made it up out of thin air.

"You don’t have to think everything I say is a lie. If you doubt me, it’s only because you don’t understand the Old Master! If you knew him, you would know, the Old Master was never a good person!"

"I certainly know he wasn’t a good person, but what does that have to do with you killing your own father?" Everyone has two sides, take Old Master Quan’s attitude towards his sons for example.

He treated Quan Jinbei and the other illegitimate sons no differently, except Quan Sicheng was cherished like a treasure, and from a very young age, a lot was schemed for him.

Now, hearing Quan Sicheng saying such things naturally made him appear ungrateful.

"His kindness to me was not really about me! He was just selfish!" Quan Sicheng’s expression turned crazed, "If I hadn’t overheard his conversation with the butler, I would have continued to think that everything he did was for me."

"But that’s not the case! He seemed to have mapped out my future when I was very young, offering me everything of the Quan Family, and even intending for me to inherit all that belonged to the Lian Family..."

"All these were just superficial. His actions were predicated on my young age, thinking I could be manipulated easily! There’s a saying, ’Harness the Emperor to command the princes’; he just wanted to control all the forces he had prepared for me by controlling me. In the end, it was all for himself."

Qian Shanshan was stunned by his words.

After unexpectedly learning that Quan Sicheng had killed his own father, she investigated the Quan Family’s situation.

Of course, she found out how well Old Master Quan treated Quan Sicheng.

She never expected that the Old Master, who seemed to consider everything for his illegitimate son, was harboring such selfish intentions.

However, upon careful thought, this was not entirely unjustifiable.

At the very least, Quan Sicheng had reaped the benefits, hadn’t he?

Putting herself in someone else’s shoes, Qian Shanshan felt that if she could take advantage of this situation without any cost, she would be willing to.

Moreover, the old man’s initial intention was to use him, who knows, as time passed, maybe he wouldn’t think that way anymore?

Even the most decisive Emperors, when they get older, have their days of fear and timidity.

At that time, without Quan Sicheng doing anything, the old man would naturally and truly be on his side.

As Qian Shanshan was thinking this, she heard Quan Sicheng speak in a mocking tone, "I originally wanted to live in peace with him, but he actually came up with the idea of supporting Bai Tangyuan!"

These words stunned Qian Shanshan.

Even Shi Yaoguang was somewhat taken aback.

What did he mean by having designs on Bai Tangyuan?

Could it be that he wanted to lay hands on Bai Tangyuan?

"Ever since he found out about the existence of Bai Tangyuan, he’s been convinced that Bai Tangyuan is Quan Jinbei’s illegitimate child! He even wants to use Bai Tangyuan to undermine Quan Jinbei’s power..."

If the old man only did this, not only would he have no objections, but he would also be happy to see it happen.

But that’s not the only issue.

He wanted to do more than just that.

He also wanted Quan Sicheng to sacrifice himself to elevate Bai Tangyuan.

This crossed Quan Sicheng’s bottom line.

Bai Tangyuan wasn’t anyone to him, why should he do such a thing for Bai Tangyuan?

Burning himself to light the way for others was not something he was willing to do.

He was not that magnanimous.

After the old man found out about his reluctance, he took issue with Quan Sicheng.

Following their disagreement, the conflict arose between them, and Quan Sicheng hadn’t planned to kill the old man, it was just an accident.

But even if it was an accident, he did indeed kill a man.

That was undeniable.

Quan Sicheng had no intention of denying it.

Nevertheless, he still felt some dissatisfaction.

This dissatisfaction, naturally, was directed at Qian Shanshan.

If it weren’t for Qian Shanshan, the fact that the old man was killed by him would never have come to light.

With the relationship between Quan Jinbei and the old man, whether the old man was dead or alive, he truly didn’t care.

In that case.

The incident could have remained a secret forever.

Quan Sicheng’s thoughts were almost written on his face; one could tell what he was thinking just by looking at his expression.

"You don’t really think that you could have kept the old man’s death a secret forever, do you?"

Hearing Shi Yaoguang’s question, Quan Sicheng retorted, "Why not?"

Shi Yaoguang: "..."

Considering the current situation, indeed...

Pah, pah, pah.

Even if Quan Jinbei and the old man had the worst relationship, if the old man didn’t show up for a long time, Quan Jinbei would still want to know the old man’s status.

Unless Quan Sicheng could completely fabricate the old man going abroad, or produce other kinds of alibi evidence.

Otherwise, it was only a matter of time before the truth came out.

Besides, no walls are impenetrable.

And now, hasn’t the old man’s situation been exposed?