After the True Heiress Travels Back-Chapter 45: Last Place!

Speaking of the Lin Family, they are quite a mess.

The Lin Family’s status was comparable to the current Shi Family, but their members were as numerous as the hairs on an ox.

It could be said that in the Lin Family, the least valuable thing was the descendants themselves.

Lin Ruixue, being one of nearly twenty grandchildren, held no notable importance on her own.

Had she not been clever, come up with many strategies, and connected with all kinds of people, she might not have become a candidate for the Lin Family heir.

Yes, Lin Ruixue had become one of the potential heirs to the Lin Family.

It was just unknown whether she could retain her position as a candidate after the visit from the Qian couple.

...

Shi Yaoguang added to Lin Ruixue’s troubles, and then received another call from the detention center.

This time, it was from An Siqi’s side.

As soon as the call connected, An Siqi began to stammer her grievances and then pleaded for forgiveness.

"Yaoguang, I know I was wrong. Can you just help me this one time? School has already started, and if I don’t go to register now, I won’t be able to get in. If I can’t complete my studies, wouldn’t that be the death of me?"

Shi Yaoguang remained unmoved by her words, instead analyzed the situation rationally, "What you should be worried about now is not whether you can go to the school to register and continue your education, but how long you’ll need to stay in the detention center."

An Siqi hadn’t expected this reaction; it took her a long time to recover before she incredulously challenged, "Are you so heartless that you want to be absolutely ruthless with me?"

"Absolutely ruthless?" Shi Yaoguang let out a low laugh, "You seem to have a misunderstanding about the term ’absolutely ruthless.’

An Siqi believed she was just being evasive, "You still say you are not being absolutely ruthless with me? This matter could be easily resolved with just a word from you, so why won’t you help me? If you helped me, I wouldn’t have..."

Shi Yaoguang had no patience for her endless chatter and said flatly, "If you called just to tell me these things, then I’m hanging up."

"Wait!" Afraid that she would really hang up, An Siqi hurriedly said, "I really do realize my mistake now, and only you can help me. As long as you appear for my bail, I can get out!"

"Are you sure only I can help you?"

"Yes! Yaoguang, you’re my best friend; you have to help me!"

Shi Yaoguang didn’t immediately agree; instead, she asked, "If I don’t help you, when can you get out?"

An Siqi hesitated, then honestly replied, "At least six months..."

An Siqi was actually nineteen years old, but she had originally come from an orphanage. Back then, to increase her chances of adoption since older children were less likely to be chosen, the orphanage director had falsified her age to make her younger, and she was still not yet eighteen.

Therefore, the sentence was bound to be relatively short.

Having heard her out, Shi Yaoguang expressed her views, unable to offer help.

"You sold products of poor quality, leading to consumers disfigurement, and Zheng Xiuxin’s case was the most severe. Besides her, who knows how many other victims with lighter symptoms there are."

"Also, you incited someone to throw sulfuric acid at me, have you forgotten that? Even if it was attempted murder, it is still punishable. You were only sentenced to six months this time, and I didn’t press for a harsher sentence, you should count yourself lucky instead of having the nerve to ask for my help."

The face of An Siqi on the other end of the line stiffened.

She had considered countless possibilities, but never did she imagine Shi Yaoguang would actually choose to stand by idly!

Wasn’t Shi Yaoguang always her good friend?

When a good friend was in trouble, why couldn’t she lend a hand?

"You once said clearly that I was your best friend. As the best friend, can’t you be a little understanding? If I hadn’t been in a desperate situation, why would I have..."

Shi Yaoguang cut off her tedious attempts to gain sympathy, "You don’t need to say these things to me. In my view, no reason justifies hurting others."

An Siqi grew anxious, "When have I ever hurt others?"

"Me," Shi Yaoguang said with a light laugh, "Aren’t I a person?"

The thought that the acid attack had failed and that she still had to be punished for it intensified An Siqi’s bitterness towards her.

What’s she got to be so proud of?

If she hadn’t landed herself a lucky birth, who knows if she’d still be looking down on everyone else!

An Siqi was fuming but suddenly realized the dial tone was buzzing in the receiver.

Shi Yaoguang had actually hung up her phone!

Damn it, damn it, damn it!!

Muttering Shi Yaoguang’s name, she sneezed several times in a row.

...

Ruihe High School.

Today, the day the results of the preliminary exam came out.

It was also the day the new semester classes were reassigned.

Early in the morning, the school posted the results on the bulletin board.

The students arrived at school and searched for their classroom assignment on the bulletin board according to their grades.

This time, in addition to their own grades, everyone was also looking for Shi Yaoguang’s scores.

After all, she had made a bet with Teacher Qin.

In front of the bulletin board, some people started checking from the top-ranked student downwards.

Of course, there were also those who started looking from the bottom up.

"I see Shi Yaoguang’s name!"

Suddenly, an exclamation burst from the crowd.

Followed by a cacophony of queries, "How much did Shi Yaoguang score?"

"Didn’t Shi Yaoguang say she would rank first? Just look at the top rank, isn’t that her?"

"Can those in front please stop blocking the view? How many points did Shi Yaoguang actually get?"

Amid the pressing voices, someone, rubbing their nose, shouted.

"Shi Yaoguang she—"

"What about her?"

"She ranked first," said the speaker, tone full of mockery.

"I think she had planned to bet with Teacher Qin from the very beginning."

"What? Shi Yaoguang really came in first? Wasn’t she the last-place student? How does that even sound realistic?"

"What’s so strange about that? Didn’t Shi Yaoguang tell Teacher Qin she was going to rank first? She never said whether it was the top or the bottom first."

As this statement settled, someone said, "Shi Yaoguang scored a total of one hundred points, she did rank first, the very last first, hahahaha!"

At this sound, waves of laughter erupted from those behind.

"The very last? I knew she wasn’t up to it..."

"Shi Yaoguang ranked the very last, so what about her bet with Teacher Qin?"

"What about it? Of course, it’s a draw!"

"A draw?"

"What else? Do you expect Teacher Qin to resign just because she ranked bottom?"

"Exactly, if Shi Yaoguang can exploit loopholes, why can’t Teacher Qin? I’m telling you, Shi Yaoguang had it all figured out. She deliberately compared her bottom rank with Teacher Qin to make him look bad."