The Fake Heiress Turns Out to Be a True Tycoon!-Chapter 338: The Utilized Anti-backstabbing Talisman

Chapter 338: Chapter 338: The Utilized Anti-backstabbing Talisman

The moment Odessa heard Luca Jennings’ response, she felt as if all the dispirited emotions of the evening had vanished.

She just knew.

Everything was progressing according to the script she had set.

In order to create an opportunity for a private meeting with Luca Jennings that would not raise any suspicion and that seemed entirely natural, Odessa had truly put a great deal of thought into it.

Thanks to her past studies into character psychology during her acting career, Odessa had anticipated every one of Luca Jennings’ reactions.

The outcome was just as she had imagined.

First, he rejected her request to come and support her, and then he had his assistant Lin reject her ten million compensation claim, having declined her twice, even out of consideration for Michael Jennings, Luca Jennings could not possibly reject her a third time.

Especially after she hinted at having "hidden sufferings."

The situation was going as smoothly as she had hoped, and Odessa even felt that her streak of bad luck had disappeared.

All that was left was for the two of them to meet privately tomorrow, and Odessa’s next plan could proceed smoothly.

Wheeling her wheelchair, Odessa approached the open suitcase and took out a small green bottle from inside.

Looking at that bottle, Odessa’s lips curved into a smile once more.

"Luca, we will be together very soon."

She murmured softly, a strange light flickering in her eyes.

But little did she know, on the other end, after hanging up Odessa’s call, Luca Jennings’ expression was dark, and he remained silent for a long time.

If it weren’t for the words spoken by Scarlett and those two kids today.

Luca Jennings would not have developed an unusual wariness.

Especially since the person was his sister-in-law.

But now that he was aware he had been afflicted by both mischievous peach blossoms and villains recently, of course, Luca Jennings would not take it lightly.

Added to that, Odessa’s behavior was indeed a bit odd.

After some thought, Luca Jennings got up, searched out the Anti-backstabbing Talisman that Scarlett had given him, and carefully placed it into the inside pocket of the suit jacket he was planning to wear the next day.

He hoped it would just be him being overly cautious.

...

The next day, "Inspiration" went on air as usual.

Since Teacher Tang had finished his task ahead of schedule, Director Clark once again moved up the help-seeking interactive segment.

Scarlett Jennings watched the help-seeking audience on the screen; this time, the help-seeker was a somewhat decadent middle-aged man.

On the video, the man’s face was pleading, hoping the show could help him find his Ghost Wife.

Yes, this man had kept a Ghost.

The Ghost was indeed his wife who had died more than a year ago.

Out of deep love for his wife, he specifically sought out a method from abroad to keep her spirit with him, but three months ago, his wife disappeared.

"My wife is the only true love of my life. When she passed away, I even thought about joining her in death, but I couldn’t leave our children behind; I had to stay alive."

"I know that keeping a Ghost is something that most people can’t accept, but I love her too much. I can’t bear to be apart from her, so that’s why I chose this way to keep her with me."

"I know she must have left secretly because she feels being a Ghost and staying with me for too long will harm me, but I don’t care! I just want to be with her."

"Master, I really need my wife... I am willing to pay any price to bring her back!"

By the end, the man’s voice was choked with emotion, and his deep and sincere words pierced every listener’s heart, stirring up immense emotion in the studio guests and the live broadcast audience instantly.

[True love between man and Ghost in reality, it’s unbelievable but true!]

[This is what love is!]

[Miss Ghost, please say yes! Please!]

[Help him out!]

The live streaming audience all sent barrages of messages asking for help on his behalf, and even Amber Livingston couldn’t help being moved as she subconsciously looked toward Scarlett Jennings to see if she could offer any assistance.

However, Scarlett Jennings had a somewhat cold expression.

It wasn’t just her; Nathan White also seemed unwilling to get involved.

The words Amber Livingston had wanted to say in support were swallowed back down her throat in an instant.

He decided to watch a little longer.

Sure enough, after the man in the video had finished speaking, Scarlett Jennings finally spoke up, her voice cold and direct.

"Your family was well-off, your parents died a few years ago, and besides you, there is a sister in your household. You and your wife were in a love marriage, and she loved you just as you said...

So even though she knew you angered your parents to death and your sister broke off contact with you, she still chose to stay by your side, wholeheartedly taking care of you and your children."

Scarlett Jennings’ words were like a thunderclap, shocking everyone including the man into stunned silence.

The man in the video immediately stood up, about to retort.

But Scarlett Jennings didn’t give him the chance, interrupting on her own, "You don’t need to be so quick to make excuses. Your career line is smooth, showing that your personal abilities are mediocre and your income is basically fixed. Yet, your wealth line has significant fluctuations..."

She paused deliberately at this point, and then with a certain tone, concluded,

"You are a gambler."

As soon as the word "gambler" was uttered, the live streaming audience exploded in shock, and the previous filters they had on the man shattered in an instant.

The man’s face changed, his eyes swiftly shifting, before he showed a frustrated expression,

"I was indeed foolish before, but I have changed! The shock of my parents’ deaths awakened me!"

Scarlett Jennings just gave the man in the video a cool glance and said in a calm and eerie voice,

"Your wife probably thought that after the heavy blow, you would come to your senses, which is why she chose to stay with you. But she forgot that while a river can be redirected, one’s true nature is hard to change..."

When a woman goes soft-hearted for a man, she’s destined to lose decisively.

So after the man had incurred yet another huge debt for the family, the wife finally grew disappointed and decided to divorce.

Only before she could go through with the divorce, she died in a car accident.

"You discovered that your wife, worried about your family, had not left, and instead of being scared, you took advantage of her lingering attachment to your child to help you change your luck and pay off your gambling debts."

"After discovering she had the ability to attract wealth, you consulted someone specialized in a unique method, forcibly keeping her soul with you to improve your gambling fortune."

"You say you can’t live without your Ghost Wife, wanting her to return, not because of love, but so that she can continue to be your Money-making Ghost, coming back to continue earning money for you."

With each statement Scarlett Jennings made, the live audience and viewers in the streaming room gasped in disbelief.

By the time she finished her last sentence, the audience in the live stream was ready to unleash their fury typing harsh condemnations when suddenly the co-stream on the other end disconnected with a click.

The scum of a man had fled.

This wasn’t the first time someone seeking help had gone offline halfway through because there will always be those who try to deceive the program crew and viewers, hoping their luck might carry them to their goal.

The audience’s anger had no outlet and could only be vented furiously in the barrage of messages.

Many people also felt sympathy for the child left behind by the wife.

The child’s mother’s soul was forcibly kept by the father to make money - how sad the child must be upon knowing that.

Scarlett Jennings, looking at those messages about the child, simply quietly lowered her gaze.

She didn’t tell the audience that, with the man’s half-baked skills, he wasn’t actually capable of binding his wife’s soul to his service.

The reason she willingly stayed to make money for him was all for their son.

That’s why after the son learned the truth, he would cry begging his mother to leave...

The wife may have chosen the wrong husband, but she had the right son.

This was probably the only gift from that man she couldn’t bear to part with, the one thing he left her.

Scarlett Jennings thought to herself quietly, and in the next second, her eyes suddenly became stern, a serious expression crossing her face.

Just now, the Anti-backstabbing Talisman she had given to her father had been used.