Shi Yaoguang sensed that he wasn’t angry and tentatively voiced her thoughts, "If it’s not that we can’t have children, why give up the empire we’ve worked so hard for to someone else?"
Quan Jinbei fell silent for a moment before saying, "He is the person the old master chose."
"The person the old master chose?"
Shi Yaoguang curled her lips, her tone light with a hint of bewitchment, "Just because the old master chose him, does it mean we must use him? And how do you know that the old master sent him to you without ulterior motives?"
"Ulterior motives?" Quan Jinbei’s pupils dilated slightly, his tone unexpectedly urgent, "Do you know something?"
Based on his understanding of Shi Yaoguang, she wasn’t someone who spoke without reason.
If she brought it up, she must know something.
Shi Yaoguang looked at him with a hint of sympathy, "Haven’t you ever wondered why the old master sent him to be by your side, and even raised him in your son’s name?"
Quan Jinbei looked downward, his mind seemingly elsewhere, and remained silent.
Seeing this, Shi Yaoguang sighed, "It’s a matter of great importance, you should think it over carefully."
"He... what is his identity?"
Quan Jinbei couldn’t help but ask.
Shi Yaoguang’s gaze grew even more sympathetic, "You probably don’t know, before your father married your mother, he had a true love."
His mouth twitched, "You’re not suggesting that Quan Sicheng is the son of his true love, are you?"
"Yes," Shi Yaoguang acknowledged frankly, "To be precise, Quan Sicheng is his son with his true love."
"How is that possible..." Quan Jinbei was initially incredulous, but then his expression darkened suddenly as if something had occurred to him.
Shi Yaoguang wasn’t sure how to comfort him, so she simply said, "To some people, true love is incomparable to anyone else, even their lawful wife."
Knowing that he would need some time to digest the news, Shi Yaoguang changed the subject.
"Quan Sicheng wanted to harm me, but I retaliated."
Quan Jinbei wasn’t surprised, yet he still asked, "How did you retaliate?"
"Just... returned what he wanted back to him."
As Shi Yaoguang spoke of this, a sly smile appeared on her face, "He had his escape route all planned out; being the kind-hearted person that I am, of course, I chose to fulfill his wishes."
Quan Jinbei thought of what Quan Sicheng had intended to do to Shi Yaoguang...
If it was a straightforward retaliation, wouldn’t that leave him completely undefended?
Seeing what he was thinking, Shi Yaoguang explained, "Don’t worry, his virtue is intact, I’m not like those unscrupulous people."
Quan Jinbei agreed wholeheartedly, "You are the best."
Shi Yaoguang’s eyes curved into smiles as she replied, "And you are truly excellent, Third Master."
While the two of them exchanged mutual praises, the butler, seeing Quan Sicheng thrown onto the car by Shi Yaoguang, lying there like a dead dog with bruises all over his body, gasped.
He stepped forward, checked Quan Sicheng’s breathing to make sure he was still alive, and then heaved a sigh of relief.
It seemed his understanding of the lady was still insufficient.
He knew the lady was fierce, but he didn’t realize she had become this merciless.
Poor Fourth Young Master, truly epitomizing the phrase...
...beaten and ragged like a torn doll.
Despite his musings, the butler felt not much sympathy for him.
He was a sensible man, and the Fourth Young Master ending up was most likely his own doing.
The butler internally criticized Quan Sicheng’s cruelty and then drove him to his usual apartment.
Before leaving, he made a point to call Shi Yiqing.
True love means taking care of each other.
Shi Yiqing received a call and learned that Quan Sicheng had an incident; she hurried over immediately.
By the time she arrived, the butler had already left.
Pushing the door and heading straight for the bedroom, she saw him in complete disarray, and she felt a rising urge to retch.
Those four men in black had done everything to him except the final step.
Naturally, Quan Sicheng’s condition wasn’t much better at this moment.
His appearance made it clear what he had been through.
Shi Yiqing, looking at the man lying in bed in a daze, couldn’t hold back her tears.
How could this happen...
How could this have happened?
Quan Sicheng was groggy, still calling for help in his voice.
But his voice had gone hoarse, a soft and pitiful sound.
Shi Yiqing, however, had a frozen expression.
As she hesitated, not knowing whether to stay, she heard him call out Shi Yaoguang’s name.
The way he gritted his teeth, it was clear it had nothing to do with tenderness.
Suddenly, Shi Yiqing directed all her anger towards Shi Yaoguang.
It must have been her!
She had ruined Quan Sicheng!
Thinking of this, Shi Yiqing couldn’t contain the hatred in her heart.
"Shi Yaoguang, you deserve to die..."
Her eyes reddened with extreme loathing for the other person.
"You already have such a good man as Brother Sicheng, why do you still compete with me? Why won’t you let me go, why?!"
After venting her rage alone, she noticed the man on the bed frowning as if about to wake up; she hurriedly turned and ran.
She couldn’t let Brother Sicheng know she had been here.
Even true love might not accept a woman who had seen him at his most vulnerable.
If Quan Sicheng knew she had seen his weak side, the image would probably never fade whenever he faced her again.
Rushing out of the apartment, evil thoughts burgeoned in Shi Yiqing’s heart.
Thinking of the mysterious email in her possession, her mind stirred slightly.
She went to the teacher’s office to collect homework and happened to overhear the teachers grading papers.
"The difficulty of this math test did exceed expectations, and only one student got the last big question right. Even He Yan made a mistake halfway, such a pity..."
Another teacher was surprised, "He Yan has always been good at math, if he failed, who could surpass him?"
The first teacher shook their head, "I can’t recognize the handwriting, but it’s definitely not He Yan; I have no idea who this dark horse is."
"Speaking of dark horses, Teacher Wen said that when she was grading the English papers, she found a full-score prodigy. Her favored student also made a mistake on a tricky and confusing question."
"Really? It seems not all students wasted their vacation indulging in pleasures..."
Shi Yiqing, hearing this, had a preposterous thought.
The dark horse the teachers were talking about, couldn’t be Shi Yaoguang, could it?
After hesitating for a long time, she decided to confirm it, "Teacher, is the answer to the last big math question ¾㎡?"
The grading teacher looked at her in surprise, "Did you calculate that?"
Shi Yiqing was about to say that He Yan told her, but on second thought, she pursed her lips and assumed it as true, "I’m not sure if that’s the right answer."
Seeing her , the teacher smiled approvingly, "Your approach to solving the problem is quite clever. Yes, you’re a promising student."