Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!-Chapter 218 - 216: Susanna’s Little Schemes

"Marquis Grant?!" Cherry’s voice carried an irrepressible shock.

What could possibly disturb a Marquis?

Her expression was laced with tension, and she shot up from her chair: "What does Marquis Grant mean by this? He won’t take it out on the Augustine family, will he? Did you talk to the coach? We don’t have much to do with Josh! Josh grew up on Garbage Star, he’s not familiar with our Augustine family!"

Susanna teared up with grievance: "I told him, I even said that our Augustine family is the most loyal, diligently serving the Marquises, but Coach Webb said that Marquis Grant was furious, and even said if this matter isn’t handled well, as Josh’s sister, I might be kicked out of the first team, demoted to the third team."

"How can that be?!" Cherry’s tone was urgent: "Don’t worry, my child, don’t cry, let mommy think of a way, your crying breaks mommy’s heart."

A trace of pride flashed in Susanna’s eyes.

See, Cherry, no one else but me can bring you glory.

Your biological daughter Josh is just a piece of trash that grew up on Garbage Star, so what if she’s a Growth-type Spiritual Power User? She still only brings shame to the Augustine family!

Besides me, who else can you rely on to strengthen the Augustine family?

Susanna feigned enough pity before saying: "I don’t know what to do either. Coach Webb said if I want to stay in the first team, I need to have certain value. He said Marquis Grant was initially very fond of me!"

"Really?!" Cherry joyfully clutched her chest: "Marquis Grant has a fondness for you?"

Susanna quickly nodded: "Of course, his son is our team captain, Xue Guo. Mommy, you don’t even know how nice he is to me in private, you know, after all, I’m not just an A-level Spiritual Power caregiver, but also Master An’s..."

Of course, Cherry knew, and precisely because of this, she was eager to send Susanna to greater heights where more people would take notice of her.

However, Susanna’s budding disloyalty had given Cherry pause, thinking that if worst came to worst, she could marry her off to her own son.

Once she had a child, Susanna wouldn’t dare not to serve the Augustine family.

But now it seemed she could still wield greater value. As long as she could control Susanna’s mindset, Susanna would always be her most cherished daughter!

As for Josh, she’s not worthy!

A piece of trash raised on Garbage Star!

When she found out Josh was a Growth-type Spiritual Power User, she felt no joy, only loathing, boundless loathing, and jealousy.

From the blemish that crawled out of her belly, she had once labeled Josh as trash, an F-level waste, a useless thing, a blemish on the Augustine family.

Having already birthed two sons without spiritual power, she had hoped the third child would be blessed by the gods, but while there was spiritual power, it was only F-level.

Her husband’s and relatives’ reproachful gazes almost devoured her.

She felt that if she so much as showed a hint of wanting to protect this biological daughter, the whole Augustine family would unhesitatingly spurn, condemn, and abandon her.

So before anyone else spoke, she had taken the lead to demonstrate her righteous indignation, showing her disgust and anger towards Josh, and proactively asked for her to be thrown to Garbage Planet.

It was as if by doing so, she could demonstrate her commitment to dealing with her mistake of bearing a waste and her remorse for not better serving the Augustine family.

Whenever someone brought up this daughter, she would be the first to denounce, to show that she stood on the same side as the Augustine family’s honor, that she was the most loyal defender of the Augustine family’s glory.

Susanna and Josh were entirely different, Susanna was someone she had personally raised, totally the result of her own efforts.

The glory and reputation Susanna brought to the Augustine family always included her contribution.

So to her, every piece of glory Susanna gained was another bolster to her standing in the Augustine family.

And Josh? She was nothing more than a stain in her life that could not be wiped away, a little daughter the Augustine family was too ashamed to mention outside.

Every bit of infamy attached to Josh and the abandonment by the Augustine family was all orchestrated by her.

When she saw the uproar online about Josh being a Growth-type Spiritual Power User, her first reaction was shock.

No joy whatsoever.

If her husband knew Josh was a gem, one she had personally discarded, insulted, abused, and tortured, a treasure she had pushed out of the Augustine family...

Recalling her husband’s icy eyes, Cherry couldn’t help but shiver from the depths of her heart.

She absolutely couldn’t allow Josh’s achievements and renown to surpass Susanna’s!

Absolutely not!

Otherwise, not only would her husband blame her poor judgment, trading pearls for a mere shell, all the relatives in Augustine would stand behind her, pointing fingers at her back, laughing at her.

She could not let that happen!

Josh must not be allowed to rise any further!

She would go to the Mysterious Guild tomorrow to sort things out!

Susanna’s voice came from the other side: "Mommy? Mommy, are you still listening to me?"

Cherry snapped back to reality: "I am listening, my child."

Susanna looked at her somewhat dejectedly: "What should I do, mommy? I might not be able to stay in the first team."

A trace of fierceness crossed Cherry’s eyes: "Don’t worry, I’ll keep investing money in you to boost your popularity higher, so they won’t replace you so easily. And with Josh, I’ll make arrangements tomorrow, no way will I let Josh surpass you!"

Susanna’s face finally lit up with a smile: "Thank you, mommy! I always knew you were the best!"

They talked for a while longer before hanging up the phone.