After the True Heiress Travels Back-Chapter 64 Simple Contract

Shi Yaoguang glanced into the crowd and didn’t recognize the person who had called out.

However, with a little thought, one could guess who was behind it.

Shi Yiqing seemed to have made up her mind that she had to clear her name today, and her acting skills were on full display.

"Sister, let’s not dwell on the past anymore, okay?"

Shi Yaoguang clicked her tongue, "Do you really think that way?"

"Of course!" Shi Yiqing’s tone was resolute, "The past is in the past, as long as we are good to each other, even if I have to suffer a little, it’s okay."

"Oh~" Shi Yaoguang said meaningfully: "You say you don’t dwell on the past, but deep down you still feel you have been wronged, right?"

Shi Yiqing: "..."

Shi Yaoguang: "You say you want to live well, I agree with that, but... I don’t quite understand what you’re saying."

Shi Yiqing was startled, not knowing what she was going to say.

Shi Yaoguang let out a deep sigh, "Isn’t it because there’s been another stir on the forum? They claim that I cheated the night before my engagement and was in a hotel room with a man. I need to give an explanation for that, right?"

Shi Yiqing bit her lip, hesitantly said, "Didn’t we agree not to mention this matter again?"

"Agreed? I don’t seem to recall agreeing to that with you?"

Shi Yaoguang had no intention of going along with the descent.

Shi Yiqing was somewhat annoyed and inwardly cursed Shi Yaoguang for not taking the bait.

If only Shi Yaoguang would just admit to the fact without any objections.

Once she admitted it, there would be no way for her to clear her name.

Once the rumor of Shi Yaoguang’s infidelity took hold, she could come out and play the victim, crying out her grievances, and everyone would believe that the rumors about her and Quan Sicheng were false.

The reason she had tacitly acknowledged Shi Yaoguang’s allegations that she had volunteered to help her and Quan Sicheng with a trial marriage was actually to cover up for Shi Yaoguang, to clear her name.

By then, Shi Yaoguang would face even stiffer resistance from the public.

Shi Yiqing was anxious at heart, wishing she could just force Shi Yaoguang to shoulder the blame.

But without Shi Yaoguang’s cooperation, there was nothing Shi Yiqing could do.

Considering her own hesitations, even though she wanted to take the opportunity to smear Shi Yaoguang, she couldn’t do so forcefully.

Fortunately, she had made other arrangements.

Even if she couldn’t bring Shi Yaoguang down in one go, death by a thousand cuts was also an option.

By the time she had utterly ruined Shi Yaoguang’s reputation bit by bit, no one would believe anything Shi Yaoguang said.

Shi Yiqing had grand plans, and thus facing Shi Yaoguang’s unkind attitude, she fully revealed her own sense of grievance and sadness without reservation.

"Sister, holding the engagement ceremony on your behalf was a request from mom, dad, and Brother Sicheng. The suggestion of a trial marriage was also something you brought up and asked me to agree to."

"Back then you told me, as long as I agreed to cooperate with you, you would truly accept me... Were you lying to me then?"

Shi Yaoguang looked at her tearful appearance, curled her lips slightly, and slowly uttered two words: "That’s right."

Shi Yiqing was dumbfounded.

She didn’t understand how Shi Yaoguang could just admit it.

Why did she admit it?

Shi Yaoguang looked at her, curling her lips slightly, "Are you curious why I’m not contradicting what you said?"

Shi Yiqing’s face showed embarrassment, "I’m just a little unaccustomed..."

"You should just speak your mind. Why beat around the bush?"

Having said that, Shi Yaoguang took a pad of sticky notes from her pocket.

"To avoid dying without proof, why don’t you personally sign your name and put in writing what you want to say."

As she spoke, she handed the sticky notes to Shi Yiqing.

Shi Yiqing held the sticky notes, her face a picture of confusion.

How did it suddenly come to her "signing her name and making a mark"?

Shi Yaoguang saw that she wasn’t moving and urged, "Hurry up."

Shi Yiqing shook her head, somewhat resistant, "Sister, is this really necessary?"

"How can it not be necessary?"

Shi Yaoguang put on a serious face, "Don’t underestimate this process. I’m telling you, the things you’ve said yourself can be spoken one moment and forgotten the next."

"But if they are written down, it’s different."

"Isn’t there an old saying, ’The palest ink is better than the best memory’? To prevent you from forgetting your own words, writing them down is more than appropriate."

Shi Yiqing, seeing her earnest expression, really wanted to retort.

The palest ink is better than the best memory is not meant to be used here.

"Do you have any more questions?"

Just as Shi Yiqing was about to retort, Shi Yaoguang spoke up again, urging her, "If you have no more questions, hurry up and write down what you want to say."

Shi Yiqing remained reluctant, "What if I don’t write?"

"If you don’t write, it can only mean one thing."

"What does it mean?"

"It means...you have a guilty conscience," Shi Yaoguang crossed her arms with a sense of superiority, "You’re afraid to put your words into writing because you’re afraid that one day, I’ll come to you with what you wrote and give you a swollen face."

Shi Yiqing: "..."

She felt aggrieved for quite a while before she defended herself, "I haven’t!"

"Whether you have or not is shown by actions, not words,"

Shi Yaoguang urged again, "My time is precious. Are you going to write or not? If you don’t write it down, with so many witnesses here, I can’t guarantee what kind of rumors will spread."

Upon hearing this, Shi Yiqing looked around.

Among these onlookers, some were arranged by her.

Others were just there for the spectacle.

She couldn’t be sure that everyone would be on her side.

She also knew that if she didn’t write today, Shi Yaoguang would probably exploit the situation.

Therefore, she had to compromise.

After thinking it over, Shi Yiqing could only swallow her pride and jot down what she wanted to say on paper.

Shi Yaoguang waited for her to finish, took a careful look, and smiled with satisfaction.

Shi Yiqing, seeing her smile, felt a sudden jolt at the bottom of her heart.

An inexplicable chill arose.

After Shi Yaoguang had read what she wrote, she traced a few lines on the sticky note.

Shi Yiqing couldn’t understand what her purpose was in doing so.

After Shi Yaoguang finished scribbling on the sticky note, she handed it back with a casual tone, "You haven’t signed it yet."

Shi Yiqing frowned, "I need to sign it too?"

"Yes," Shi Yaoguang said assertively, "Without your signature, who’ll know you wrote it?"

Shi Yiqing thought, since she’d written everything else, one more signature wouldn’t make a difference, so she followed through.

The moment she took the pen and signed her name on the sticky note, she felt an unexplained palpitation.

It came quickly and left quickly.

So much so, she treated it as an illusion.

Shi Yaoguang took the sticky note from her hand and curved her lips slightly.

Making Shi Yiqing write down what she wanted to say and sign it was not out of boredom.

It was... to establish a contract.