Junior Sister is too competitive, she drastically alters the Joyful Union Sect.

Chapter 479 Shen Que Lin's Side Story

Zhongzhou City.

Shen family.

When Yi Yao arrived with the guards, Shen Que Lin was reviewing documents.

The guard bowed slightly to Yi Yao and turned to leave.

"Little Lord."

Yi Yao walked up with a light smile, her tone natural and affectionate, "What did you want to see me about?"

Shen Quelin put down the documents in his hand. His handsome face with its sharp features revealed a faint smile. "I found some things and wanted to share them with you."

Seeing that Shen Quelin seemed to be in a good mood, Yi Yao had no suspicions.

Shen Quelin closed the document and handed over a file from the side.

Yi Yao unfolded the file, and the first line of text made her pupils shrink.

How can it be!

She did this very discreetly!
Suppressing her unease, Yi Yao hesitantly looked up at Shen Quelin.

Shen Quelin raised an eyebrow. "Keep watching."

She could read ten lines at a glance, and it would only take Yi Yao the time it takes to drink a cup of tea to finish reading the document.

The atmosphere inside the room fell into a deathly silence.

Yi Yao's knuckles turned white as she gripped the dossier. She stared at Shen Quelin with the look in her eyes as if she were looking at some monster.

He wasn't even at the Shen family's house at that time!

Shen Quelin leaned back in his chair, his unfathomable gaze fixed on Yi Yao. "You want to ask me when I noticed something was wrong with you?"

Yi Yao threw the file in her hand onto the table.

"Even your cunning father didn't notice anything amiss, so how did you find out?"

Shen Quelin looked at her leisurely, and instead of answering, asked, "Aren't you going to explain?"

Yi Yao glanced at the file and chuckled, "You've already investigated me thoroughly; any excuses you offer are just a desperate struggle."

I’m really unwilling!

The war is over, and everything is moving in a positive direction, so why is it being discovered at this particular time?
She could have...

Unconsciously, resentment and anger were revealed between Yi Yao's brows.

Shen Quelin leaned back in his armchair and quietly watched her.

After a long pause, Yi Yao looked up at the handsome and sharp-looking man and asked, "When did you start to doubt me?"

Shen Quelin shook his head.

Amidst Yi Yao's puzzled gaze, he slowly said in a cool voice, "I have no doubts about you."

He simply trusted Shen Youqing more.

Yi Yao was taken aback for a moment, then pointed to the files on the table and said, "You investigated me without ever suspecting me?"

Is this the young master of a noble family?

That's incredibly suspicious!

Shen Quelin smiled but remained silent.

He deliberately left Yi Yao at the Shen family's house, partly because he was afraid she would ruin things, and partly because he wanted to see what she was capable of.

Someone who can thrive in the Shen family must be quite capable; someone as intelligent as him should be able to figure it out quickly.

Yi Yao stared at Shen Quelin, her mind racing.

Even if she were to die, she wanted to die knowing why.

"Shen Youqing?" Yi Yao's voice carried a hint of uncertainty.

As soon as she finished speaking, she wanted to deny that she had guessed wrong, but under Shen Quelin's gaze, she knew that she had guessed right.

"How could it be her?" Yi Yao murmured to herself.

She and Shen Youqing didn't meet often, but this proud young woman's attitude was very ordinary. Their relationship wasn't close, but Shen Youqing didn't dislike her either.

"Actually, she didn't say anything," Shen Quelin recalled briefly. "She was just a little hostile towards you."

Yi Yao stared wide-eyed, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"Just because of this?!"

Just because of Shen Youqing's inexplicable hostility, Shen Quelin investigated her thoroughly?!
Shen Quelin countered, "Otherwise?"

Yi Yao almost laughed out of anger at Shen Quelin's attitude.

She really didn't expect to lose here!

"You're a suspicious and cold-blooded person, so why do you listen to Shen Youqing so readily?" Yi Yao looked at him with great confusion. "With her talent and abilities, aren't you really worried that she'll take your position?"

Shen Youqing, who was the same age as him, was already a Venerable of the Mahayana stage!
Is he not worried about his position at all?

“If she wants to give it to her, then so be it,” Shen Quelin said without hesitation.

The Shen Quelin before her overlapped with the Shen Quelin from a few years ago, and Yi Yao couldn't help but take two steps back. "I thought you were joking when you said it at Soul Dwelling Mountain."

Shen Quelin shook his head, his expression becoming much more serious. "It was never a joke."

Shen Youqing is Shen Youqing, and everyone else is everyone else.

"Just because she's your younger sister?" Yi Yao didn't understand, she just couldn't understand.

"She is Shen Youqing."

Yi Yao didn't understand, "What's the difference?"

"I guess so," Shen Quelin shrugged. "What else do you want to know?"

Yi Yao's gaze fell on the dossier again.

After a long pause, her dry, hoarse voice rang out, "So, you weren't the one who killed my parents and sister?"

Shen Quelin spoke up, "I'm not that free."

Yi Yao pursed her lips. "You're going to kill me?"

“I thought you knew me well enough.” Shen Quelin tapped the files on the table. “You released Shen Wuye’s birth mother. That crazy woman has done a lot of things.”

Infidelity once, not a hundred times.

If I don't kill her, am I just going to let her betray me again?

Yi Yao wasn't surprised, but the last bit of hope she had was extinguished.

"What if it's Shen Youqing?" She stared at Shen Quelin, her thoughts unreadable, and asked, "What if Shen Youqing betrayed you?"

“This assumption is impossible,” Shen Quelin said with certainty and confidence.

"What if?!"

"That's not betrayal, that's disagreement."

Yi Yao laughed self-deprecatingly, "You really love her!"

Just as Shen Quelin was about to proudly admit it, Yi Yao immediately followed up with, "Do you really only feel brotherly and sisterly affection for her?"

?

Shen Quelin was stunned for a moment, then laughed in exasperation.

"You are sick."

What else could his feelings for Shen Youqing be but brotherly affection?
Yi Yao stared intently at Shen Que Lin, "Did you ever like me?"

"I used to like him."

Shen Quelin admitted it so directly that even Yi Yao herself was taken aback.

The next second, Shen Quelin's voice sounded so cold and ruthless, "But that doesn't stop me from killing you."

……

After dealing with Yi Yao, Shen Que Lin went back to his work.

The evil spirits and demons need to be dealt with, and Soul Dwelling Mountain also needs to be rebuilt.

By the time he finished his work, ten days or half a month had passed.

Acacia sect.

As soon as Shen Quelin arrived at Bishui Pond, he saw Shen Youqing reviewing documents in the pavilion.

He circled around twice, and only after receiving a sharp glare from someone did he obediently sit down to the side.

"Why are you handling these matters?" Shen Quelin asked.

Xiao Ke walked over from the kitchen carrying a plate of snacks, just in time to hear Shen Quelin's question, "Second Senior Sister dragged Eldest Senior Brother to do dual cultivation, while Third Senior Sister and Fourth Junior Brother went to recruit new disciples."

Shen Quelin was stunned, clearly not expecting this reason.

"My brother mentioned Yiyao to me a while ago." Shen Youqing looked up, his face full of curiosity. "Why did you suddenly get rid of her?"

Shen Quelin gave a brief explanation, then asked, "Where is my elder brother?"

"They went out to recruit disciples with Fourth Senior Brother and the others." Shen Youqing shrugged. "Guhua and Piaoxiang are like newborn calves, fearless and timid, you know what I mean."

Shen Quelin looked on with disbelief, “Your Hehuan Sect is truly…”

Shen Youqing glanced sideways.

Shen Quelin wisely swallowed the words he was about to say, "Are they recruiting disciples for next year's Five Sects Conference?"

Shen Youqing nodded.

Sitting to the side, Xiao Ke poured Shen Quelin a cup of tea. "It's also for training. With demons and ghosts running rampant, it's a good time to train."

Shen Quelin nodded, and after drinking the tea, he reached out to take some snacks.

Shen Youqing was processing documents over there, while Xiao Ke was leisurely drinking tea and eating snacks over here.

Why are there side stories?

My request to finish writing was rejected by the editor, who now wants me to write some side stories. [doge emoji]

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