The Fake Heiress Turns Out to Be a True Tycoon! novel Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Chapter 9: Stealing Talisman

Aunt Wu had not quite grasped the implication earlier, but later understood what Mrs. Guan and Miss Guan meant, and now she had a plausible excuse to defend herself against the slander by Scarlett Garrison.

Sure enough, as she spoke, Lucas Jennings, standing beside her, learned that there had indeed been prior context, and he looked at Scarlett Garrison with nothing but disgust,

"You're being too petty, Aunt Wu didn't even do anything to you, was there any need for this? Right after returning, you start causing trouble on the very first day, you're simply..."

Before he could finish the phrase "a home-wrecking spirit," he heard a voice beside him, cool and imposing, push gently toward him,

"Lucas Jennings."

With just those two words, he clammed up successfully and looked at his elder cousin, only to notice the smile on his face had cooled by several degrees, and he involuntarily shrank back without another word.

Yet, his dissatisfaction with Scarlett Garrison did not diminish by half in his eyes.

Now that Aunt Wu had Lucas Jennings standing up for her, she was brimming with confidence, straightening her back, a face full of the indignation of being wronged,

"If the young missus doesn't trust me, she can have someone search my room! I walk the straight path and sit upright, I'm not afraid of being searched! I may just be a maidservant, but I can't just let someone wrong me like this for no reason!"

The commotion here was getting quite loud, so naturally, all the house servants and stewards in the villa gathered, though none dared to come close.

They overheard the gist from a distance, and a few specks of resentment started brewing in their hearts against the young missus who had just returned.

It was said that the young missus was also raised in a wealthy household, now looking down from high above, likely seeing these nannies and servants as beneath her.

No one likes to be looked down upon, and naturally, their impression of the young missus who had just returned home was not favorable.

Luca Jennings, of course, noticed the servants' looks towards Scarlett Garrison, and as he watched her with a stern face, planning to halt this "farce", he heard Scarlett Garrison finally speak again, her voice neither hasty nor slow,

"When did I say she stole money?"

At this, several people present were taken aback.

Lucas Jennings was the first to speak out uncontrollably, "You just said yourself that Aunt Wu stole money, now you're denying it?"

Scarlett Garrison glanced at him, "I said she stole the Jennings Family's fortune."

It was Azura Loomis who had mentioned the stealing of money.

Whether it was to mislead others intentionally or a spontaneous misinterpretation, obviously everyone had been led astray by her words.

"Stealing fortune and directly stealing money are two different matters."

At least, nothing would be found by searching.

And it was with this assurance that she had been so brazen earlier about welcoming a search.

Listening to it, Lucas Jennings felt bewildered, thinking she was quibbling, "How can one steal fortune? Don't talk about these mystical things, it's all nonsense meant to deceive people."

Hearing this, Donovan Jennings looked at him again, his gaze full of warning.

Even if Scarlett was bluffing, with her status, what was the harm in bluffing a little?

Moreover, perhaps due to Scarlett's exceedingly calm and collected demeanor, Donovan Jennings had an inkling that what Scarlett said was true. _{ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm}

The elite circle did, to some extent, respect these sorts of metaphysical and feng shui masters. Even Jennings Group had a few familiar geomancy masters.

But his own sister... only eighteen years old, could she understand these concepts?

Donovan Jennings harbored his doubts, but unlike others, he did not think Scarlett Garrison was talking nonsense.

Scarlett Garrison could not be bothered to pay any more attention to the young man beside her who should be her cousin, instead turning back to Aunt Wu, suddenly pointing to a particular spot,

"What have you buried over there?"

She pointed toward a flowerbed in the corner of the garden, precisely the place where Aunt Wu had absentmindedly glanced while working earlier.

Already anxious and uncertain, Aunt Wu's heart skipped a beat the instant she saw Scarlett Garrison accurately pointing to the spot, and the cold sweat on her forehead almost slipped down.