After the True Heiress Travels Back-Chapter 37: Is He Suitable for Her at His Young Age

Quan Mansion.

Not long after Shi Yaoguang took a driver’s car back, Quan Sicheng hurried over with a dark expression on his face.

Upon reaching the door, he was unsurprisingly stopped by the butler.

"Fourth Young Master, why have you come?"

The butler asked with neither servility nor overbearingness.

Quan Sicheng’s face grew even darker, "Butler, don’t stop me, I haven’t finished with Shi Yaoguang yet!"

The butler looked at his expression, sighed, and seemed quite helpless, "Why must you do this, Fourth Young Master?"

Knowing full well that there’s no benefit to be gained from Madam, yet still insisting on confrontation.

Alas...

Young people these days.

"Why must I?" Quan Sicheng snorted coldly, "That’s what I’d like to ask her!"

Seeing that he was indeed very angry, the butler carefully asked, "What did Madam do to you?"

"Hmph." He snorted coldly with a sullen face, but didn’t disclose what happened.

No man can tolerate other men mocking him for his incompetence.

Even if that incompetence is merely a rumor.

"Butler, my business is none of your concern, let me in. I must see Shi Yaoguang today!"

As he spoke, Quan Sicheng looked ready to force his way through the entrance.

"Fourth Young Master, you need to be announced before entering Quan Mansion; that’s the rule."

"And... let me remind you," the butler continued with a sigh, "you have disrespected your superiors more than once now."

"If you continue to show no remorse and disrespect your elders, I’m afraid even Third Master will be disappointed in you."

When he heard the words "disrespect your elders," Quan Sicheng’s cheek twitched.

There was a faint sense of pain spreading.

The butler was unaware that Shi Yaoguang had slapped him mercilessly, and now seeing him with a corner of his mouth twitching as if paralyzed, he couldn’t help but worry.

Had he gone too far?

After all, the Fourth Young Master is still the Third Master’s foster son; it would be terrible if he were truly hurt by this anger.

As he was considering how to make amends, Quan Sicheng gritted his teeth and said, "Would you please announce me, butler? I’d like to see my father and mother, if that’s possible?"

"...Yes, of course."

The butler hesitantly agreed, his face looking like he’d seen a ghost.

Does the Fourth Young Master have such high self-awareness?

Could he have been driven mad by anger?

With this thought, the butler grew even more troubled.

When Quan Jinbei saw the butler looking so worried, he couldn’t help but wonder, "What’s the matter?"

"The Fourth Young Master has arrived..." The butler repeated his conversation with Quan Sicheng verbatim, and then expressed his concern, "Third Master, do you think I was too harsh? The Fourth Young Master is still a child..."

Just as he finished speaking, Shi Yaoguang’s crisp voice rang out from behind.

"Listen to you talk, how old is he? How is he considered a child? He’s at best a big baby."

After speaking, Shi Yaoguang didn’t wait for the butler to respond, and added another complaint, "Calling him a big baby is already giving him more credit than he deserves; he’s nothing but a fool who is inept at completing tasks but adept at ruining them."

The butler felt pleased inside, but he still preserved Quan Sicheng’s dignity on the surface, "The Fourth Young Master is considered quite accomplished for his age..."

"He’s accomplished? Isn’t he almost in his twenties? All these years he’s been enjoying the top resources of the Quan Family, but this is all he has amounted to... Accomplished for his age, does he deserve such praise?"

"Born into the Quan Family, Quan Sicheng has always enjoyed everything life has to offer. Now at his age, if you strip away the enviable title of the Quan Family’s future heir, what is he really worth?"

Shi Yaoguang belittled him and then turned her attention to Quan Jinbei, her eyes brimming with little stars.

"In contrast, Third Master was predicted at birth to have a certain fate, yet he still managed to expand Quan Family’s influence to what it is today, and even—"

At this point, she cleared her throat and subtly changed the subject, "Anyway, someone like Quan Sicheng really doesn’t deserve to be praised as young and promising."

As she spoke, she looked at the butler and said disapprovingly, "Butler, with an outstanding person like Third Master around, how can you still have such low standards?"

The butler coughed uncomfortably, "Madam is right in her teachings."

Shi Yaoguang was very pleased that he agreed with her point of view, and immediately passed a strawberry from her plate to him, "I washed it myself, butler, have a taste."

The butler glanced at Quan Jinbei, saw him nod, then accepted the strawberry and thanked Shi Yaoguang.

While Shi Yaoguang and Quan Jinbei were leisurely enjoying their strawberries, Quan Sicheng was basking in the sunset at the entrance of Quan Mansion.

Knowing that Quan Jinbei was usually busy with work, he didn’t dare to disturb him lightly.

As a result, he waited until the sun dipped low in the sky.

Seeing the sky darken at a visible speed, Quan Sicheng couldn’t help but irritably kick the landscape tree beside him.

Then...

He let out a scream in a pinched voice.

"Ow—"

This scream was earth-shattering.

The butler, who was savoring the fresh strawberries, finally remembered his existence.

Realizing that he had forgotten about him, the butler couldn’t help feeling a bit guilty.

He glanced up to see Shi Yaoguang and Quan Jinbei still sitting together harmoniously eating strawberries, and his mind eased a little. Hesitant, he spoke up to remind them, "Third Master, Madam... the fourth young master is still waiting at the entrance."

Quan Jinbei didn’t speak, but Shi Yaoguang let out an "Ah," "He’s still waiting?"

"Isn’t his brain too dull? After so long with no response, can’t he just come in by himself?"

The butler explained, "Madam, Quan Mansion is the private property of Third Master, and without his permission, the fourth young master can’t come in."

"I see," Shi Yaoguang replied, her disdain unchanged, "He doesn’t have the authority to come in, so he can’t think of other ways? He has to stupidly stand at the doorway?"

Quan Jinbei spoke seriously, "His flesh is especially tender, perfect for feeding mosquitoes."

Shi Yaoguang suddenly agreed, "I was wondering why there could be someone so foolish. Turns out he’s trying to be charitable, like Buddha sacrificing his flesh to feed the eagle."

Quan Sicheng, who had finally been brought in by the butler after waiting for most of the day, happened to hear Shi Yaoguang’s comment.

He almost couldn’t hold back from rushing forward and strangling her.

Of course, being able to strangle her with just one hand was merely his imagination.

If he really did it, it was still uncertain who would end up dead.

Moreover...

He didn’t have the guts.

Even though he had imagined torturing Shi Yaoguang a thousand and eight hundred times in his mind, he had to maintain a respectful and courteous demeanor on the surface.

"Father."

He first called out to Quan Jinbei and saw him nod slightly before turning to Shi Yaoguang, forcing out a call with great reluctance, "Mother."

"Eh~" Shi Yaoguang responded very loudly, "Good son, now you know to call out to Mom proactively, you’re making progress."

With that said, she walked over to him.

Quan Sicheng, with his height of one meter eighty, stood half a head taller than Shi Yaoguang.

Yet, this height difference seemed negligible under Shi Yaoguang’s dominant aura.

She raised her hand and patted his shoulder, smilingly saying, "Keep it up."

Quan Sicheng clenched his teeth, trying to squeeze out a mild smile...