After the True Heiress Travels Back-Chapter 85: Many Doubts

As the future heir of the Quan Family, Quan Sicheng absolutely couldn’t have an affection for men.

Let’s not mention what his sexual orientation might be in private; at the very least, publically he couldn’t have any improper contact with other men.

This was not just a matter of the family’s reputation.

There was another, more important reason.

The next generation heir.

Quan Jinbei had adopted a child early on mainly because he was born weak and had been told by fortune-tellers that he wouldn’t live past thirty.

In such circumstances, the Quan Family had to determine a new heir early on so as to stabilize the Quan estate.

Conversely, if the Quan Family heir was exposed for liking men, potentially leading to no one to carry on the lineage, then the industry that the Quan Family had built over many years might very well falter without a successor.

In that case, it would be inevitable for people to panic, worrying that if the Quan Family fell, the shareholders and stockholders’ interests would be threatened, thus leading them to steer clear of the Quan Family’s products, culminating in the family’s complete downfall.

Of course, talking about this now is jumping ahead quite a bit.

But it was not an exaggeration.

Therefore, no matter what, Quan Sicheng, the future heir, couldn’t possibly admit the fact that he liked men.

People thought about it, and even planned out how he would find a way to exculpate himself.

It was nothing more than he had been discovered to have an abnormal sexual orientation and was unwilling to acknowledge it himself.

He found a random excuse to try to fend off the issue.

The people of the Quan Family were not easy to fool; hence, he was beaten.

"If Quan Sicheng really liked men, it would be too normal for him to be beaten like this," someone muttered under their breath.

Shi Yiqing just so happened to hear this and her face darkened a few shades, "You know nothing, don’t talk nonsense!"

The person, who had been speaking in a soft voice, turned pale with embarrassment after her shout.

Rolling her eyes, she scoffed, "Facts speak louder than words. Tell me, if Quan Sicheng doesn’t like men, why would he go to a gay bar?"

Shi Yiqing was dumbfounded, "When did Brother Sicheng go to a gay bar?" Shi Yaoguang had clearly said it was just a bar!

"If he hadn’t gone to a gay bar, how would he have encountered someone who wanted to lay hands on him?"

The person said with justified indignation, "I think it’s Shi Yaoguang kindly covering for him, right? Tsk tsk, he goes to a gay bar for fun and doesn’t dare admit it. In the end, after getting hit, he still looks to you to fight his battles. It’s beyond me how the Quan Family could fancy someone like him to be their heir."

Someone jealously added, "It’s all about luck, isn’t it? If I had happened to be born into their family, maybe I would also have the chance to be groomed as the heir. If I became the heir, I’d make sure to behave properly..."

"Haven’t you ever thought that the Quan Family is such a large family business, and old man Quan doesn’t just have Quan Sicheng as a son, why not cultivate other children’s kids, but instead, they fancy an outsider brought in from the outside? To say there isn’t something fishy about this, I’m the first not to believe."

Originally, no one had thought that much about it.

Once this was mentioned, it made everyone start to think.

Indeed, who wouldn’t want their own descendants to inherit their family business?

Even an ordinary well-off family wouldn’t want their property to fall into the hands of outsiders, let alone the colossal Quan Family?

How could Quan Sicheng, a child adopted from another family, so easily become the Quan Family’s future heir?

The more they thought, the more doubts they had.

Shi Yiqing also didn’t anticipate this turn of events. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

She was just angered that Shi Yaoguang had beaten Quan Sicheng, and she wanted to seek justice for Brother Sicheng.

How had it developed into Quan Sicheng seeking fun in a gay bar, being caught, and stubbornly denying it, and deserving to be beaten?

And now, people were even questioning Quan Sicheng’s identity.

What could be wrong with his identity?

Just when she was nervously at a loss, Shi Yaoguang spoke up, interrupting everyone’s discussion.

"The Quan Family’s secrets will eventually come to light. Although he is currently the Quan Family’s future heir, it doesn’t mean he is the only heir."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at her with immense curiosity, "Do you know something?"

Mu Tiantian, taking advantage of her status as "number one in Shi Yaoguang’s class," pressed forward to wait for Shi Yaoguang to clear up the confusion.

Shi Yaoguang didn’t intend to keep them in suspense and said directly, "Quan Sicheng is only six years younger than the third master of the Quan Family, and although Quan Sicheng has long been regarded as the default heir, that was under the assumption that the third master had no children of his own."

"Ssss—" Someone understood her implication and gasped.

"Are you suggesting that the third master might have his own biological progeny?"

This was immediately contested by someone, "Wasn’t it said that the third master’s health is not good? If he could have had children, wouldn’t he have done so already?"

"The third master’s health may not be good, but that doesn’t mean he can’t have children! Even if he really doesn’t live past thirty, his biological daughter would still have inheritance rights. Thinking about it that way, Quan Sicheng seems not so important after all."

Mu Tiantian’s focus, however, was on Shi Yaoguang, "Yaoguang, how do you know that the third master could have a child?"

Shi Yaoguang: "Logical deduction."

"What?" Mu Tiantian blinked blankly, "Can that even be deduced?"

Shi Yaoguang nodded.

Mu Tiantian’s big eyes filled with tiny doubts, "But there are no women around the third master, so how can he have children? Unless he can reproduce asexually?"

This comment made everyone pause.

That’s right, the third master isn’t even married yet.

Forget getting married, there isn’t even a female mosquito around him.

Shi Yaoguang had something to say about this.

She stated, "Who says the third master isn’t married?"

Everyone was startled, "Could it be that he’s married?!"

"He is," Shi Yaoguang nodded with certainty.

The crowd still wore an incredulous expression.

Shi Yaoguang pointed at Shi Yiqing and told everyone, "The third master got married on the day she and Quan Sicheng got engaged."

The crowd again: "!!!"

With their eyes widened in gossip, they began to wonder.

The marriage of the third master, such a major event, and they hadn’t heard a thing about it.

How did Shi Yaoguang know?

This question Shi Yaoguang did not answer.

"On the day the third master got married, he specifically informed certain people, but... those people might have misunderstood his intentions, so his marriage news has not been made public to this day."

The crowd: "..."

They had gossiped to the point of numbness.

The richest and most powerful man in Mingzhu City, he was actually already married!!

Shi Yiqing hadn’t expected that Shi Yaoguang would so unabashedly reveal this secret. Wasn’t she worried at all?

Seeing her thoughts, Shi Yaoguang deliberately made a stretching motion, finally resting her hand on her lower back, arching her back slightly.

Upon seeing this, Shi Yiqing was stunned.

Though she had never tasted meat, she had seen pigs run.

Though she had never been pregnant, she had seen pregnant women... Watching Shi Yaoguang’s gesture, Shi Yiqing’s mind subconsciously flashed back to a scene she witnessed the last time she went to Quan Mansion.