After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 772: It’s my turn to look ugly, pay up

Chapter 772: Chapter 772: It’s my turn to look ugly, pay up

After receiving those priceless gifts from him, Shi Yaoguang did not show any particular joy at finally getting the gifts she wanted.

Nor did she become demanding because of these things.

Not to mention giving her true heart.

With just a comment about charity, she dismissed his contributions.

The more Fan Yanshu thought about it, the more upset he felt.

He quickly could not suppress the rising fury in his heart.

"Shi Yaoguang, are you doing this on purpose to toy with me?"

He finally couldn’t hold back and voiced his inner suspicions.

Shi Yaoguang blinked her eyes, looking very innocent, "How have I toyed with you?"

"Perhaps it’s all a misunderstanding?"

Fan Yanshu clenched his teeth, "You deliberately had me give you gifts, but you never cared for the gifts I gave. And now you’re saying you didn’t do it on purpose?"

"Isn’t that normal?" Yaoguang responded with a look of non-comprehension, "Giving me gifts was your voluntary choice, wasn’t it? Although I gave my hints, it was ultimately you who made the decision, not me."

Despite her words, Fan Yanshu still felt that Shi Yaoguang did it with purpose.

"If not for your hints, why would I give you gifts?"

Yaoguang tilted her head and laughed softly, "What an interesting thing to say."

"I could hint at everyone in the world, but would everyone I’ve hinted at send me gifts? No."

"Why did you want to give me gifts then?"

With Yaoguang’s piercing gaze upon him, Fan Yanshu suddenly felt guilty and started to look away, avoiding making eye contact for fear of her seeing the unsavory thoughts in his heart.

Seeing his reaction, Yaoguang clicked her tongue lightly, "See, you’re feeling guilty."

"Since your goal in flattering me was impure, if I do something in response, that would only be appropriate, right? After all, reciprocity is expected, isn’t it?"

As Yaoguang spoke, her expression was very cold.

From her face, he could not discern the sly emotiveness he found so disagreeable before.

He suddenly had an epiphany.

Perhaps...

From the start, Shi Yaoguang had been playing him for a fool!

At this thought, his expression instantly turned cold.

He called out to the System in his mind.

"System, could she have known my plan all along and just went along with it deliberately?"

System: "That’s possible."

Fan Yanshu struggled to suppress his chattering teeth and asked the System what the situation was, "How could she have known my intentions? Now that she knows, can my strategy still continue?"

Better to live poorly than die.

Even if he was bound to the System and had to continuously complete missions to strategize others.

At least, he was still alive.

Helping the System to strategize others wasn’t much different from working for someone else at a company.

When encountering someone of decent status, he could even take the opportunity to enjoy himself.

If the strategy failed and he became unbound from the System, then he would really have nothing left.

The System was silent for a long time before the electronic voice sounded again: "Host, figure it out yourself."

Upon hearing this, Fan Yanshu nearly went mad.

"What do you mean figure it out myself? What am I supposed to do? The target of my strategy is already the best-qualified woman in this world. If I can’t strategize her or, even worse, if I offend her, what do you expect me to do?"

The System indicated its inability to help.

As Yaoguang watched Fan Yanshu’s ever-changing expressions, she curved her lips slightly.

It seems...

Fan Yanshu had encountered a problem.

The only thing was, he wasn’t sure if the System on him could still bring him any help.

As he pondered, he saw Fan Yanshu squeeze out an expression as smooth as jade.

Why say squeeze out?

Of course, it was because the expression he squeezed out was extremely stiff.

It was only because he couldn’t see it himself that he didn’t notice anything amiss.

Fan Yanshu did not allow himself to remain anxious about being abandoned by the System.

If the System refused to help, he could only figure out a solution himself.

Now, as Fan the Young Master, he had taken out everything he could offer.

All he could do now was hope that Shi Yaoguang would leave him a way out.

And not figure out his intentions, realize he wanted to pursue her, or even pretend to cooperate just for fun.

Shi Yaoguang knew what he was thinking, and with a hook of her lips, sarcastic words overflowed from her mouth, "Young Master Fan, I think you should look at yourself in the mirror right now. After you do, you’ll see how ugly your expression is at this moment."

Fan Yanshu: "..."

His facial muscles twitched, and he clenched his teeth as he withdrew his gentle expression, pretending as if nothing had happened, and said to her, "Yaoguang, stop joking around with me."

"Joking?" Shi Yaoguang looked puzzled, "When did I ever joke with you? I’m being serious."

As she spoke, she even shook her head, "You don’t think I’m just playing with you, do you?"

"That expression of yours, it’s really ugly."

Fan Yanshu suppressed his negative emotions and squeezed out a smile as he looked at Shi Yaoguang, "I’m not feeling very well, and I failed to control my expression. Sorry for offending you with it."

Shi Yaoguang acted surprised, "So you realize you’ve offended my eyes with your ugliness? That’s really good then!"

Fan Yanshu was puzzled, unsure what her so-called "good" meant.

As he pondered, he heard Shi Yaoguang say, "Let’s talk about compensation."

"Compensation?" Fan Yanshu looked at Shi Yaoguang as if she were a bandit.

Shi Yaoguang wore an expression that said it was only natural, "My eyes have been harmed, and I think you need to compensate me for that. Isn’t that right? Or do you think I’m easy to bully, that you can offend me with your ugliness without any need for compensation?"

"If that’s the case..."

She lowered her head in feigned dejection, looking like a pitiful little thing.

But Fan Yanshu was not going to be easily fooled again.

A fool he had been once, indicating a lack of intelligence.

If it happened several more times, it would only prove he was beyond saving.

Fan Yanshu was unwilling to admit that he was beyond saving.

Just as he was on full alert, Shi Yaoguang slowly raised her head, her smile containing a touch of playfulness, "If you’re not willing to compensate, then I’ll have to resort to force. You wouldn’t mind that, would you?"

As she spoke, she even raised her fist.

Fan Yanshu didn’t react.

She hooked her lips and smashed toward the wall not far away.

"Boom—" Dust flew everywhere.

Fan Yanshu jumped in fright.

Yet he saw Shi Yaoguang with an innocent and slightly hurried expression, "Oh my? Why did the wall collapse? I only tapped it lightly. Young Master Fan, you wouldn’t mind me knocking down your wall, would you?"

"If you blame me, I can compensate. The reason I did this was all for you, Young Master Fan."

Fan Yanshu was exasperated, "You say this was for me?"

After accepting so many gifts from him and then smashing his wall, she claimed it was for his own good?

Shi Yaoguang nodded seriously, "Of course, it’s for you! I just felt that you refused to compensate me for hurting my eyes, so I wanted to show you the consequences of my anger..."

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