After the True Heiress Travels Back-Chapter 58 Did Shi Ge Coerce You?

As soon as Shi Yaoguang spoke, Shi Yiqing felt a sudden jolt in her heart.

The principal was overjoyed, "Found the evidence? If you’ve found the evidence, that’s great, it can prove your innocence."

She handed Shi Yiqing’s mobile phone to the principal, "All the evidence is right here, please take a look."

The principal took it and carefully examined it.

Upon looking at it, his face immediately changed.

"This... this..."

Seeing the principal like that, Shi Yiqing became even more anxious and couldn’t help but speak up, "Sister, what did you show the principal? Isn’t it something that will make the principal feel embarrassed..."

"How could I possibly make the principal embarrassed?" Shi Yaoguang cast a disagreeing glance, "The principal has been troubled and worn out because of my matter, and I most want him to have a good rest. I definitely wouldn’t fool him with some ridiculous messages."

Shi Yiqing still wore a face of suspicion.

The principal looked up, giving her a peculiar glance.

"Principal, why are you looking at me like that?"

She involuntarily took a small step back.

The principal cleared his throat and spoke in a very serious tone, "Don’t you have anything to say?"

Shi Yiqing was stunned, "Me, what should I say?"

"The evidence is right in front of your eyes, you can’t think of shirking responsibility."

As the principal spoke, his gaze fell on An Siqi, his expression becoming grave, "And you as well."

"Me?"

An Siqi felt somewhat guilty, "What about me?"

"The surveillance footage of you stealing the test papers in the records room has been restored."

After saying that, the principal showed her the phone’s screen.

An Siqi, seeing the clear surveillance footage, turned deathly pale.

Shi Yiqing didn’t fare any better. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

Her heart pounded wildly, not knowing how to explain herself and clear her own suspicion, when she heard the principal speak in a puzzled tone, "Shi Yiqing, what were you thinking? Why would you go to such lengths to get An Siqi released from the detention center and also have her steal the test papers for the bottom-set exam?"

Shi Yiqing’s gaze flickered, and suddenly, she had an idea.

"Principal, I’m sorry, I know I was wrong." She admitted her mistake candidly and then explained her reasons for doing what she did.

"I did it because I was worried my sister wouldn’t be able to accept..."

She once again became the embodiment of dramatic flair, looking at Shi Yaoguang with eyes filled with sisterly affection, as if everything she had done was for Shi Yaoguang.

Even stealing the test paper was a desperate move for her sister.

Shi Yaoguang’s expression hardly changed, with very little inflection in her tone.

"Sister, are you trying to tell the principal that you did all this for me?"

Shi Yiqing nodded repeatedly, "I know how much you care about your grades, sister. If it weren’t for that, you wouldn’t have made a bet with Mr. Qin."

"But..." She bit her lip, deliberately not finishing her sentence, and instead kept apologizing to the principal.

"I’m sorry, Principal. It is all my fault, I know I did wrong, I beg you to spare me on account that I did this for my sister’s sake."

The principal looked at her tearful appearance, and for a moment, he truly did not know what to do.

After wrestling with the decision in his mind for quite a while, he still was unable to make a final decision, so he turned his gaze to Shi Yaoguang.

Shi Yaoguang looked at him and said, "No matter who it is, anyone who does wrong should receive their due punishment."

Hearing this, the principal understood her stance.

He no longer hesitated, "Now that we know who destroyed the test papers in the records room, this case can be considered closed."

"As for you..." He looked at Shi Yiqing, weighing his words before giving out the punishment, "Even if your motives were kind-hearted, you did something wrong, and that is a fact. Go back and write a self-criticism report, and recite it in front of everyone at next week’s flag-raising ceremony."

Shi Yiqing’s face turned pale, and her body teetered unsteadily.

"Principal..."

The principal’s fierce gaze bore down as he asked, "Do you have a problem with the way I’ve handled this?"

"No, not at all," Shi Yiqing thought to herself that she naturally had objections, but she didn’t dare voice them.

Amidst her frustration, she couldn’t help feeling relieved.

The principal’s form of punishment, even if it was embarrassing, wouldn’t be too harsh.

Reading a self-criticism at the flag-raising ceremony was definitely better than announcing to the whole school that her first place was stolen, right?

With this thought, Shi Yiqing felt more at ease.

Cheng Lingdang, on the other hand, felt that such punishment was too lenient for her.

She quietly tugged on Shi Yaoguang’s sleeve, "Yaoguang, are you just going to let her off like this?"

Shi Yaoguang had told her that Shi Yiqing’s grades were fake, and she believed it.

After believing that the real top scorer was Shi Yaoguang, looking at Shi Yiqing, the imposter, everything about her seemed wrong.

Shi Yaoguang gave her a reassuring look, "I have my own plan."

Cheng Lingdang then revealed a brilliant smile.

If Yaoguang said he had a plan, then surely he had already set the trap.

Imagining her pitiful state all afternoon, she couldn’t help clapping her hands in delight.

An Siqi rolled her eyes at her sight.

What’s there to be happy about?

Hmph, shortsighted.

Quan Sicheng had been a mere bystander throughout, and only after the principal left did he remember to ask about what exactly had happened.

"Qingqing, did you really ask her to do it with the test papers in the archives?" Quan Sicheng asked, pointing at An Siqi with an unfriendly expression.

Shi Yiqing reluctantly nodded her head.

She had already admitted to it, and denying it now would be pointless.

Rather than wasting time, she would be better off thinking about how to explain this to him.

Sure enough, Quan Sicheng asked directly, "Why would you do such a thing?"

Shi Yiqing glanced at him with moist eyes before lowering her head, appearing pitiable as if she had been wronged after a scolding.

Quan Sicheng immediately softened.

Cheng Lingdang kindly reminded him, "Young Master Quan, don’t get distracted by her act of misery and forget what you wanted to ask."

Quan Sicheng indeed wanted to know the whole story, but he didn’t appreciate Cheng Lingdang, an outsider, butting in.

Just as he was about to express his stance, he heard Cheng Lingdang ask with a puzzled tone, "Shi Yiqing, what were you thinking exactly? Why would you steal the test papers from the archives? How does losing those papers benefit you?"

Shi Yiqing hesitated and glanced at Shi Yaoguang.

Cheng Lingdang exaggeratedly realized something, "Ah~~ I get it now, did Yaoguang coerce you?"

Upon hearing this, An Siqi’s eyebrows twitched, barely holding back her laughter.

She had thought Cheng Lingdang genuinely considered Shi Yaoguang a friend, but it seemed that wasn’t the case at all.

They were clearly enemies, not friends.

But she was in no mood to kindly warn Shi Yaoguang.

Why not enjoy the drama?

Such an opportunity didn’t come by often.

Shi Yiqing, however, wasn’t as clear-cut as she thought. Cheng Lingdang’s words might have seemed like throwing the blame on Shi Yaoguang at first glance.

In reality, it completely eliminated the possibility of her making such a claim.

Luckily, she had no intention of framing Yaoguang in front of everyone, as if he were to deny it, she would be the one embarrassed.