Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
She turned her head to look at him, leaned over, and kissed him on the cheek. “Thank you. I know you’ve always been by my side!”
In the more than ten years since they met, whether it was happiness or sadness, he had been with her through it all.
Without him, she thought her life would be much less colorful.
After getting out of the car, Jasper walked into the house and was about to enter the main room when she saw a figure walking out of the main room towards the Reed family’s ancestral hall.
It was…Mason!
Jasper followed him and saw that Mason was standing at the entrance of the ancestral hall, but he didn’t go in.
“Mason,” she approached him, “why did you come here so late at night?”
“I couldn’t sleep, so I came here to take a look,” Mason replied. “What about you? When are you planning to go back to school?”
“In these two days,” Jasper said. After all, she had taken a leave of absence before to avoid those who were trying to ride on William’s popularity. Now that the gossip about William had died down, she could go back to school.
“I heard Lawrence has been found?” Mason suddenly asked.
“Huh?” Jasper was taken aback for a moment, then replied, “Yes, he has been found.”
Mason looked at his sister’s somewhat desolate expression. “Are you unhappy?”
Jasper pursed her lips and hesitated for a moment before saying, “Maybe it’s because Lawrence is different from before, and because of some mistakes I made in the past, he doesn’t want to forgive me. But I’m already happy that he’s still alive.”
“I can’t see any happiness on your face,” Mason said. “It seems that if a person has emotions, they will have more troubles. The fewer emotions, the fewer troubles.”
“But the more emotions, the more happiness,” Jasper said.
Mason’s eyes flickered slightly, as if he had thought of something. But then, a mocking smile crossed his lips. “What’s the use of having more happiness? We still have to live like this. The more troubles we have, the more likely we are to die. Isn’t it because our grandfather had too many troubles that he died?”
Jasper was speechless.
“So, it’s better to have fewer unnecessary emotions,” Mason said.
Jasper couldn’t help but ask, “Mason, do you think the happiness you had with Veronica was also unnecessary? Didn’t you have any nostalgia for it?”
Mason said expressionlessly, “If I had nostalgia for it, I wouldn’t have hypnotized my memories. For me, there is no nostalgia at all.”
Jasper let out a sigh in her heart, but she understood that everyone is different. Besides, her mother had once said that Mason was the most difficult one among the triplets when they were young. Her older brother followed their father, she followed their mother, and they both had the company of their family.
But only Mason didn’t have the company of his family when he was young. Instead, he was taken by bad people and trained like a machine.
That person even taught young Mason the cruel principle of survival of the fittest.
Growing up like this, Mason naturally didn’t have the same emotions as her and her older brother.
Jasper suddenly stepped forward and hugged Mason.
Mason’s body stiffened, but he didn’t avoid the hug. Instead, he lowered his head in confusion and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“I just suddenly wanted to hug you like this,” Jasper said. “Mason, we are family. Even if you think emotions are troublesome, you must never forget that we are family. No matter what you encounter, me, Dad, Mom, older brother, and little sister will always be your support!”
Mason gently lowered his eyelids. Family… Even though he used to think that the emotions between family members were useless, he seemed to gradually care about this feeling unconsciously.
Was it because they had a blood bond between them?
Because of this blood relationship, was this kind of family relationship unbreakable?
Another delicate face flashed through his mind. There was also someone who had once told him that they would accompany him for a lifetime and be the family member who loved him the most.
But he and that person were like two intersecting lines. Even though they had briefly crossed paths, they would eventually drift further and further apart.
When Jasper went back to school, many classmates asked her about Mason.
Of course, they were only asking whether Mason had a girlfriend or what kind of women he liked.
Jasper only just found out that during her absence, Mason had caused quite a stir at school. These days, many girls at Stanford University were flocking to the finance department. Any elective courses chosen by Mason were sure to be fully booked.
Thanks to Mason, Jasper and William’s popularity on campus had decreased significantly and they were no longer the focus of everyone’s attention.
After learning this fact, Jasper felt deeply grateful to Mason in her heart.
“Does your brother Mason really not have a girlfriend?” After class, Jasper and the other three roommates walked towards their dormitory, and Meave asked along the way.
“No, he doesn’t,” Jasper said. “Mason is very indifferent to matters of the heart. People like him are not easily moved emotionally.”
“But the more this kind of person is, the more the world will shake if they do fall in love,” Horea said.
“Yes, yes! That’s how it’s portrayed in TV dramas,” Nina chimed
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Jasper thought of the situation between Veronica and Mason, and it seemed to be true.
Just then, Meave suddenly stopped in her tracks. “Hey, Jasper, isn’t that Mason over there?”
Meave pointed to a spot not far ahead of them.
Jasper looked over and sure enough, it was Mason!
Mason was standing by the playground, and a girl holding something was speaking shyly to him.
This situation was usually a confession. Many people had stopped and were clearly watching the commotion.
“Jasper, someone is confessing to Mason,” Meave said.
“That girl seems to be the English department’s beauty queen. Many guys in our school have confessed to her,” Nina continued.
“I wonder if she’ll accept any of them! If she does, it’ll probably be the talk of the school,” Horea muttered.
The three of them turned to Jasper at the same time. “Jasper, do you think Mason will accept her?”
Jasper replied, “No.”
As Jasper spoke, they saw Mason walk away coldly from the beauty queen without even a second glance, as if what had just happened was just a speck of dust on his shoe.
“You were right on the money!” Meave exclaimed.
“I really don’t know what kind of girl can move Mason,” Horea added.
Veronica’s face appeared in Jasper’s mind.
Somehow, he felt that if anyone could move Mason, it might only be Veronica.
People like Mason are indifferent to emotions. It would be difficult for him to develop feelings for anyone without years of accumulation.
Thinking of the last time he saw Veronica, Jasper couldn’t help but frown. Although the Reed family was willing to support Veronica financially, she had refused their funding for the past two years, saying she could pay for her own tuition and support herself.
Jasper wondered what would happen between Veronica and Mason in the future. Would they really remain strangers forever?
As Jasper was lost in thought, Meave’s voice suddenly rang out, “Hey, isn’t that Roger? Who’s that girl with him? They look really close.”
Jasper looked over and saw Roger sitting on one side of the field with a soccer ball at his feet, as if he had just finished playing. There were several other guys sitting around him.
As a result, the girl sitting next to him stood out even more.
The girl would occasionally raise her hand to help him fix his hair, or touch his face, even using her fingers to wipe the corners of his lips, as if wiping something off, or intentionally tempting something.
Roger, on the other hand, had a slight smile on his lips, accepting everything the girl did to him.
The scene looked like a painting, as handsome men and beautiful women are always pleasing to the eye.
“Has Roger got a girlfriend now?”
“That was fast. He didn’t have a girlfriend when we went to the mixer together before.”
“But with his conditions, it should be easy for him to get a girlfriend.” The voices of his roommates kept ringing in Jasper’s ears.
Jasper pursed her lips, thinking about how Roger had asked her to be his girlfriend at the bar just two days ago.
Did he really get a new girlfriend in such a short time? And their relationship seemed to be going well.
Or did he already have a girlfriend before he said that to her?
But no matter which one it was, it didn’t seem like he was serious about his relationships. Did he really like the girl in front of him?
As Jasper was thinking, Roger suddenly turned his head and looked in her direction.
Suddenly, their eyes met.
Jasper suddenly felt embarrassed, as if she had been caught peeking.
Roger, on the other hand, seemed to have a stronger smile on his lips. He looked at Jasper for a moment, then turned his head and talked more intimately with the girl next to him.
Jasper felt a strange sensation, as if everything he did was deliberate and forced.
What is she thinking? Why does he have to act deliberately again? Is he trying to impress her?
It doesn’t make any sense.
Jasper shook his head and said to his roommates, “Let’s go.”
The group of four left without noticing Roger’s gaze, which seemed to glance back at where they had been standing.
“Roger, what’s wrong?” a girl’s voice rang out.
“Nothing,” Roger said.
“Can I really accompany you to the piano room tomorrow and listen to you play?” the other person said admiringly.
“Of course you can. It’s something I’ve been hoping for if you’re willing to listen to me play,” he said with a slight smile.
The next day, when Jasper arrived at the school’s piano room to practice, he only saw Roger with the same girl from yesterday, who had just filled out the borrowing form.
“What a coincidence, we meet again here,” Roger greeted them.
“It’s quite a coincidence,” Jasper said, his gaze falling on the girl next to Roger.
But Roger didn’t seem to have any intention of introducing her, and instead said, “Where’s William?