After the True Heiress Travels Back-Chapter 104: Hypnosis?

On Yu Zhenzhen’s face, there were a total of four scratch marks.

These scratch marks had already begun to fester, looking particularly horrifying.

Even Shi Yiqing’s pupils constricted, subconsciously putting a little distance between herself and Yu Zhenzhen.

Yu Zhenzhen’s gaze turned even more sinister and venomous as she watched her move.

She glared at Shi Yaoguang with murder in her eyes, "It’s all your fault!"

Shi Yaoguang looked innocent, "I certainly don’t accept that. If it weren’t for your own vile thoughts, would you have ended up like this?"

Yu Zhenzhen clenched her fists, her knuckles cracking.

She looked as if she might lash out in fury at any moment, ready to fight to the death with Shi Yaoguang.

The onlooking students still felt confused, as Yu Zhenzhen repeatedly claimed that Shi Yaoguang had ruined her face.

Shi Yiqing had also come on the pretext of seeking justice for Yu Zhenzhen.

However, they had been squabbling for half a day without clarifying how exactly Shi Yaoguang had harmed Yu Zhenzhen.

Fed up with their continuing riddles, someone couldn’t help but ask, "Yu Zhenzhen, did Shi Yaoguang scratch your face?"

Yu Zhenzhen snorted and answered, "Yes!"

The next second, she was contradicted by someone more informed.

"But the direction of the scratches on your face doesn’t look like they were made by someone else. If they were, the direction should be outward, but yours are inward... It’s obvious that you..."

The rest of the comment went unsaid.

Everyone took a closer look at Yu Zhenzhen’s face and then each had a strange expression.

"Yu Zhenzhen, didn’t you say Shi Yaoguang hurt you? How does this look like self-inflicted scratches?"

Faced with this question, Yu Zhenzhen found it somewhat hard to speak.

What could she say?

That she had gone to settle scores with Shi Yaoguang and ended up hoist with her own petard?

Shi Yiqing also hadn’t expected that anyone would pay attention to the direction of the scratches.

Her heart tightened with anxiety, but fortunately, An Siqi was quick to respond, pinning the festering of Yu Zhenzhen’s wounds on Shi Yaoguang.

"Even if you didn’t like Zhenzhen and Qingqing being close, you shouldn’t have purposely ruined her face! Zhenzhen’s face was scratched, but that doesn’t mean it was beyond saving. If you hadn’t been so extreme, Zhenzhen could have just applied some medicine and been fine!"

Shi Yaoguang feigned surprise, "Are you suggesting that I sprinkled medicine on her wounds?"

An Siqi was very certain, "This was definitely your doing!"

Yu Zhenzhen chimed in, "That’s right, it was you who caused this."

Shi Yaoguang sighed softly, her tone tinged with pity, "Even if you want to frame me, you should at least use your brains."

"Let’s not talk about how I managed to sprinkle medicine on a live person’s face without being detected.

"Let’s talk about why her wounds are so severe," Shi Yaoguang continued, inviting everyone to take a closer look at the wounds on Yu Zhenzhen’s face, "Make sure you see clearly, the festering on her face is not just superficial."

"If I had sprinkled medicine on her, at most it would be a superficial wound festering. Look at her now, does that look like a superficial wound festering? The only way to achieve what she has is by applying a powder like byakudan or pungent smartweed, which can cause skin to fester, onto one’s fingernails while scratching the face."

When everyone heard her explanation and then looked at Yu Zhenzhen’s expression, their faces grew somewhat strange.

"Yu Zhenzhen, before you accuse me," Shi Yaoguang said directly, voicing the thoughts of the crowd, "why don’t you explain first how you got the injury on your face? Coming to me for justice with a face you scratched up yourself, don’t you think that’s absurd?"

Yu Zhenzhen’s face turned pale; her voice trembled slightly as she accused, "It was you, it was you..."

She seemed caught in a nightmare, her accusations toward Shi Yaoguang disjointed and incoherent.

If the onlookers had been unaware of the situation, merely seeing her fear of Shi Yaoguang might have led them to suspect Shi Yaoguang of subjecting Yu Zhenzhen to some inhumane torment.

But they had watched everything unfold.

They had seen Shi Yiqing come to advocate for Yu Zhenzhen, only for Yu Zhenzhen to appear with her self-inflicted, festering wounds, blaming everything on Shi Yaoguang.

It was nothing short of slapping her own face.

Seeing public opinion shift towards Shi Yaoguang, Shi Yiqing became a bit anxious.

She had previously arranged with Yu Zhenzhen to pin everything on Shi Yaoguang.

Who would have thought someone could spot the problem with the wounds and call it out in front of everyone?

Now that everyone knew Yu Zhenzhen’s wounds were self-inflicted and her condition was the result of her own foolishness,

what was there left to say?

"Zhenzhen!" In the blink of an eye, Shi Yiqing thought of a good plan.

She grabbed Yu Zhenzhen’s arm, gave her a meaningful look, and said sternly, "Zhenzhen, with so many witnesses here today, there’s no need to hide. Tell everyone how she bullied you! I believe everyone will seek justice for you!"

Listening to Shi Yiqing’s words, Yu Zhenzhen felt utterly confused.

This step wasn’t part of their initial plan.

How could she spin the tale to put the blame on Shi Yaoguang?

Seeing Yu Zhenzhen’s bewilderment, Shi Yiqing and An Siqi inwardly cursed her for being an idiot.

Keen on clearing her own name, An Siqi was especially eager to smear Shi Yaoguang.

She immediately stepped forward, placing herself heroically in front of Yu Zhenzhen.

Looking at Shi Yaoguang with a trace of condemnation, she said, "Shi Yaoguang, I’ve always thought you were just a bit rebellious. But I never imagined you could be this wicked!"

With a look of regret on her face, she gazed at Yu Zhenzhen, "Why Zhenzhen would scratch her own face may be unknown to others, but do I not understand? I was going to give you a chance to come clean because of our past, but since you insist on being so obstinate, I see no need to cover for you anymore!"

Shi Yaoguang hadn’t expected An Siqi to have such strong control over the situation.

He had clearly seen the moment of confusion shared between Shi Yiqing and Yu Zhenzhen.

That An Siqi could conceive a brand new response so quickly was indeed worthy of praise for her cleverness.

Influenced by An Siqi’s confident demeanor, Shi Yiqing also regained her composure and began to coordinate with her.

"Siqi, what do you mean by that? Could it be that Shi Yaoguang possesses some mysterious technique?"

An Siqi nodded vigorously, with a look of heartfelt distress, "When we were young, she learned hypnotism just to skip school."

"After mastering hypnotism, she actually went to school and hypnotized the teachers! At that time, nobody knew what happened, and everyone thought the teacher was just getting old and confused. It was only she who told me in secret that the teacher had declared a holiday because she had hypnotized them!"

After An Siqi finished speaking, the onlookers were shocked.