After the True Heiress Travels Back-Chapter 81: Third Master, He Stood Up

The butler pleaded with a face as pale as a vegetable, "Madam, let’s talk this out, please, you must control yourself~"

Shi Yaoguang raised an eyebrow, her tone ghostly, "What do you mean, butler? Have I not controlled myself well?"

Butler: "..."

What on earth happened in Master’s master bedroom, the Madam’s expression is so terrifying!!

He even fantastically conjured up the notion that the Madam wanted to destroy the world.

While the butler was wildly speculating, footsteps came from inside the room.

Since the door to the master bedroom had been kicked open by Shi Yaoguang, the room was now brightly illuminated.

Upon hearing the footsteps, the butler instinctively looked up.

When he did, he caught sight of a man, his robust chest bare, wrapped in a bath towel around his waist.

Butler: "!!"

He seemed to understand why the Madam’s attitude was so abnormal.

It must have been related to stumbling upon whatever scene with the Third Master.

The butler, in his embarrassment, wished he could dig a villa out of the ground with his toes.

To avoid being implicated, he didn’t say another word and ran off.

Quan Jinbei watched with wide eyes as the butler took one look at him and then, as if chased by some horrific thing, vanished in an instant.

While he felt inexplicably perplexed, Shi Yaoguang also turned her gaze to him.

As their eyes met, silence fell.

Subconsciously lifting her eyes, Shi Yaoguang noticed his tight, symmetrical eight-pack abs and the V-line vanishing under the bathrobe...

And then, she blurted out without thinking, "Nice body."

Quan Jinbei, not knowing what came over him, followed up with, "As long as you’re satisfied."

Shi Yaoguang: "..."

And so, they fell into silence again.

It wasn’t until Shi Yaoguang’s phone rang from her pocket that the bizarrely awkward atmosphere was broken.

Gratefully clutching her phone, Shi Yaoguang answered the call.

"Hello, is this Shi Yaoguang?"

Shi Yaoguang recognized the voice; it was that of her new class teacher, Ruan Yujiao.

She immediately responded, "It’s me."

Ruan Yujiao: "Why didn’t you come to class today?"

Shi Yaoguang, who had intended to go to class but was distracted by the butler and forgot, lied without a change of expression, "I slept in."

Ruan Yujiao, upon hearing this, breathed a sigh of relief, "So you overslept."

Shi Yaoguang found the response odd, "Teacher, you’re not upset that I overslept?"

Is this the usual reaction from teachers when they hear that a student didn’t go to school because they overslept?

Ruan Yujiao: "I’ve been wanting to talk to you since yesterday. Some students in our special class are quite exclusive, and might not accept a new classmate immediately, I’m worried you’ve been influenced by them..."

As she finished speaking, Shi Yaoguang understood.

Teacher Ruan was concerned that she had been ostracized by her classmates to the point of being too scared to attend school.

To this, Shi Yaoguang, who could overturn ten Gao Wenlans with a mere wave of her hand, declared that it wasn’t going to happen!

She would stay in the special class for as long as she wished.

Other than her own will, no advice would be of any use.

Once Ruan Yujiao was sure she wasn’t being bullied, she completely let go of her worries and considerately gave Shi Yaoguang the rest of the morning off.

"Since you’re late, Shi, you might as well come in the afternoon so that no one thinks you’re struggling because of the delay," Ruan Yujiao suggested.

Shi Yaoguang, who really was late: "...Thank you, Teacher."

Ruan Yujiao: "You’re welcome."

After hanging up, Shi Yaoguang once again met Quan Jinbei’s direct and heated gaze.

Shi Yaoguang cleared her throat weakly and said, "About that... Third Master, it was all just a misunderstanding. Can’t you just be generous and forget it?"

"Misunderstanding?"

The man snorted softly, his low and mellow voice spilling out, "You saw every inch of me, and you call that a misunderstanding?"

Shi Yaoguang nodded vigorously, "It really was just a misunderstanding!"

Quan Jinbei’s teasing gaze swept past the fallen master bedroom door, his footsteps advancing toward her, "What kind of misunderstanding leads you to kick down my door and burst into my bathroom to watch me bathe?"

Shi Yaoguang held up her hand, swearing to the sky, "I can explain!"

Quan Jinbei nodded slightly, assuming an all-ears attitude, "Go ahead, I’d like to hear how you’ll wriggle out of this one."

Shi Yaoguang, "I didn’t mean to wriggle out of anything!"

Quan Jinbei nodded along, his face completely insincere.

Shi Yaoguang felt somewhat exasperated by his look, "It really is a misunderstanding, I was led on by the butler!"

"What does this have to do with the butler?" Quan Jinbei was actually not surprised that the butler would do something to bring him and Shi Yaoguang together.

As soon as this came up, Shi Yaoguang gritted her teeth angrily, "The butler said you had passed out, I was worried something had happened to you and rushed back posthaste, but who knew you—"

She broke off mid-sentence.

Quan Jinbei, "..."

He felt a bit awkward, too, "I didn’t faint."

Shi Yaoguang’s eyes immediately widened.

Could it be that the butler had deceived her?!

"The butler must have misunderstood..." Quan Jinbei made an excuse for him, "I took a Marrow Cleansing Pill and was tormented all night."

"After the Marrow Cleansing was over, I heard from the butler that you had gone to hand Sicheng’s matters and had not returned all night. I was worried something had happened to you, so I sent the butler to find you first."

Shi Yaoguang glanced at him sideways, "Then why did he say you were comatose?"

Quan Jinbei, "I was in too much pain, so I closed my eyes to rest for a while."

Shi Yaoguang, "..."

All her genuine concern had been for nothing.

The butler, who had been secretly eavesdropping near the wall, heard this and slowly shuffled out, "Madam, it’s all my fault. I falsely reported the situation. You can punish me however you want."

Shi Yaoguang’s lips curled up, her tone dropping a few notches, "Really?"

The butler, who had hoped to backpedal, "..."

Shi Yaoguang knew what he was thinking just by looking at his expression. He had been cowering all this one, why would he suddenly change his tune now?

Seeing that she wasn’t going to pursue the matter, the butler immediately wore a face full of tearful gratitude as he took off.

And this time, he really did run off.

He made it to the first floor when something suddenly occurred to him, and he ran back upstairs.

Quan Jinbei and Shi Yaoguang both looked at him, as if asking, "Why have you come back?"

But the butler was pointing at Quan Jinbei, flailing excitedly, "Third Master, how are you standing up?"

The previous situation had been too intense for him to remember this detail.

Although Quan Jinbei wasn’t a cripple before, he used a wheelchair because his body required it.

After all, he was frail and delicate, and if he were to faint suddenly, sitting was always better than standing, right?

As such, he spent most of his lucid time in a wheelchair.

Even when bathing in the bathroom, he would use a bathtub, immersing himself in water so that he didn’t need to stand under the shower.

For such a man who usually couldn’t stand for long periods, to suddenly be up on his feet today, how could the butler not be astounded?

Shi Yaoguang couldn’t understand the butler’s astonishment, "What’s wrong with him standing up?"

The butler was flabbergasted, "Isn’t the Third Master unable to walk properly?"

Quan Jinbei didn’t elaborate much, merely responding to his shock with a phrase, "Making a fuss over nothing."

The butler, "..."