After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 505: Can’t Outmatch, Can’t Outmatch

Chapter 505: Chapter 505: Can’t Outmatch, Can’t Outmatch

"A transaction?" Quan Jinbei’s tone rose, seemingly very interested.

Shang Minghao’s expression was serious, "I know that you are with Shi Yaoguang because she can bring you something you don’t have."

Quan Jinbei frowned, a trace of annoyance showing on his face, but he quickly suppressed it.

"Evidence is needed when making assertions."

As he spoke, he looked away, his attempt to cover up his true feelings obvious.

Seeing this, Shang Minghao couldn’t help but smile.

He had always said it, where was there any love?

Everything was driven by interests after all.

All that love at first sight was nothing but desire upon seeing beauty.

As for the so-called love that grows over time, who knows whether it is a habit of not needing to give anything in return or treating the other as a free tool.

Shang Minghao had never experienced love, and the male and female leads in the romances he constructed turned out to be unions of interest.

At this moment, so-called love was nothing but a bubble illusion to him.

Rather than believing that there is true sentiment and true love in the world,

he was more inclined to believe that all love in the world is false.

It is nothing more than a dirty reality, disguised under a dreamlike and beautiful veneer.

In fact, love does not exist at all.

Shang Minghao was certain of this idea, and when facing Quan Jinbei, he voiced his thoughts.

"I know what you’re thinking, you don’t need to fob me off with some story about love between you and her."

Quan Jinbei’s thin lips were slightly pursed, his face contemplative, "How do you know it’s not love between her and me?"

"If it’s not love, what is it that exists between her and me?"

Shang Minghao was very certain, "Don’t try to argue, there is no true love in this world!"

Quan Jinbei scoffed lightly, the corners of his lips curling up with a mocking arc, "You say there is no love in this world, but it’s just because you refuse to believe in it."

"Originally, you believed in love too, didn’t you?"

"If it weren’t so, this world wouldn’t be constituted by romantics."

"You just didn’t expect that the love you believed in, without the embellishment of money, without the splendorous facade, would amount to nothing."

The Heavenly Dao originally believed in love too.

Otherwise, this world wouldn’t be a world for romantics.

But the result...

This beautiful illusion was shattered directly by the female protagonist, Shi Yiqing.

Quan Sicheng is the Quan Family’s fourth son, with the right to inherit. When he held that right, she was his sweetheart.

No matter what Quan Sicheng became, she loved him.

But...

Once Quan Sicheng’s identity as an illegitimate son was exposed, and he lost everything,

Shi Yiqing’s feelings for him naturally began to fade.

Moreover, with the appearance of Shang Minghao, Shi Yiqing even started to feel a transfer of affection.

Shang Minghao, though the Heavenly Dao, wasn’t about to overlook such a thing.

It was precisely because he noticed it that he found it even harder to accept.

Mandated relationships by the heavens are too damned fragile.

Not wanting to dwell on these thoughts, the more he thought, the angrier he got.

Shang Minghao gathered his thoughts, looking confidently at Quan Jinbei, and continued to express his opinions.

"Although I don’t know what benefits Shi Yaoguang has promised you, I can tell you now that as the Heavenly Dao, what I can offer you is far more than what she can."

"As long as you are willing to cooperate with me, I can give you endless benefits."

Quan Jinbei seemed somewhat tempted, "What benefits can you offer me?"

Shang Minghao smiled, "Anything you want, I can give you."

At these words, Quan Jinbei seemed very dissatisfied.

"Is that your so-called offer of benefits?"

He seemed very disappointed with the benefits he could offer, "Although you are the Heavenly Dao, what you can actually do is limited."

"If it weren’t so, after losing two avatars, you wouldn’t have given up on continuing to attack her."

Shi Yaoguang had absorbed the power of the Heavenly Dao; now, facing Yaoguang head-on, he wasn’t without a chance of winning.

Therefore, the Heavenly Dao naturally didn’t dare to openly challenge her; he could only utilize the plot of this world, following the original setup.

As long as he could get Shi Yiqing and Quan Sicheng back to their original positions, the Heavenly Dao would receive a certain boost.

By then, Shi Yaoguang would no longer be his match.

Before that, he had to first deal with the hidden danger that was Shi Yaoguang.

Even if he couldn’t kill her, he must ensure that she wouldn’t cause trouble.

Otherwise...

If she ruined this world, then his existence as the Heavenly Dao would be unnecessary.

The Heavenly Dao was very clear on this, which is why he approached Quan Jinbei, promising benefits.

Quan Jinbei clicked his tongue lightly, exhibiting a carefree demeanor.

"The reason you emphatically assure me in front of you that you can give me whatever I want, is merely because you do not know what she promised me."

Shang Minghao’s heart tightened, "What did she promise?"

Quan Jinbei: "To attain immortality."

Shang Minghao doubted he had heard correctly, "What did you say?"

"I said..." Quan Jinbei slowly, pausing between each word, said, "She could grant me immortality. Can you?"

The Heavenly Dao was stunned.

Frozen on the spot, "Attain immortality?"

After muttering to himself, he denied the notion, "That’s impossible!"

"She is just a mere mortal, after all. How could she possibly make you attain immortality? That’s utterly absurd!"

"Absurd?"

Quan Jinbei’s face showed a mocking expression, "That might be absurd for you since you can’t achieve it."

"But for her, it’s as easy as lifting a finger."

Having said that, he showed an attitude of no longer wanting to continue the discussion with the Heavenly Dao.

"At this point, I’d say there’s nothing more worth my while to discuss with you."

Quan Jinbei displayed the merchant’s attitude of not doing business without profit, clear and unequivocal: "Therefore, it’s better if we keep our distance in the future."

"After all, you can’t give me what I want."

"I don’t want your interference to affect my relationship with her."

Having finished speaking, his gaze once again fell upon Shi Yaoguang in the arena.

Shang Minghao, receiving such a response from Quan Jinbei, no longer had the desire to argue.

His heart was in turmoil.

He was reluctant to believe what Quan Jinbei said about Shi Yaoguang being able to help him attain immortality.

But reasoning is one thing, reality is another.

If it were only the Shi Yaoguang from the plot, she certainly couldn’t do it.

Attain immortality, wasn’t that a beautiful dream?

But the current Shi Yaoguang...

She herself could cultivate immortality and lead others in cultivation.

If cultivation had already appeared, how far was attaining Dao and ascending to immortality?

Thinking thus, Shang Minghao even gave up the idea of winning over Quan Jinbei.

No way; he couldn’t compete with the hardware.

The most he could offer to Quan Jinbei were mere worldly possessions.

What treasured gold and silver jewelry, what promotion of ranks and titles...

To Quan Jinbei, these things were too insignificant.

The former, he already had.

The wealth of the Quan and Lian Families combined, he couldn’t spend it all in several lifetimes, not to mention his own earnings which doubled his assets. To say he lacked money would be a joke.