Chapter 967 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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Jasper looked blankly at William. When she heard that he wanted to be best friends with her, her dejected expression was finally replaced with a smile.

She quickly ran up to him. “Then… Then let’s be best friends forever. Come and see me often, and I’ll come and see you often!”

“Okay!” he replied.

“This doll…” Her eyes fell on the doll he was still holding in his right hand. She now recognized it as the doll she had given him. “Think of the doll as me, and let her sleep with you every day.”

“Okay,” he answered again.

“Also, you have to finish the chocolates I gave you today. They’re very delicious!” she said. It was a pity she could not eat them with him.

“Okay.”

When he answered ‘okay’ for the third time, she was finally satisfied. She did not look as sad as before.

Jasper suddenly hugged William and gave him a big kiss on the check with a smack. “I’ll miss you every day after I get back. You must miss me every day too! We’re best friends forever.”

The four members of the Reed family left, but William stood still, feeling his cheek burn after being kissed.

He… would miss her every day. He would miss her very much!

“Alright, come on. Let’s get inside. It’s so late now. You should have gone to bed long ago,” said Chelsea as she held her grandson’s hand.

William looked down at the doll in his hand. Then, he said solemnly to Chelsea, “Grandma, don’t throw away my doll again. I don’t want anyone to touch it.”

It was as if the doll was a treasure of great importance to him, so no one could touch it.

Jason and Grace lectured the little ones after taking them back to the hotel.

After all, the two children had caused such a ruckus. Jason would have gone to the head of Deer City’s police department if Philip Barlow had called a little later.

“Why did you run out to find William? You could’ve just told us you wanted to see William!” said Grace.

“We were afraid that William wouldn’t want to see us. In that case, we wouldn’t be able to see him, but we’d get to see him if we sneaked into the Barlow family’s house,” Jasper said persuasively.

Grace rubbed her temples. She had no idea how to refute her daughter’s nonsense for a moment.

“Anyway, you can’t do that anymore. You’re still young. What if you had run into bad people…” Grace began lecturing the children about what might have happened to them.

Mick Reed wanted to say that they had made preparations, but Jasper tugged at his sleeve, hinting at him not to talk.

It was because their mother would only nag more if he said something. She would lecture them so much that there was no way for them to argue back.

Mick Reed obediently kept his mouth shut.

After a long lecture, Grace asked, “Do you know what you did wrong this time?”

The two of them nodded hurriedly.

“Will it happen again?”

The two shook their heads in unison.

Grace was glad that her children were obedient.

Jason glanced at his son and said, “Mick, since you like hacking into security systems so much, hack into the security system at home and find out if there are any more loopholes once we get back. If you can’t find them, you can’t touch the computer for a month.”

Mick Reed immediately looked as if he had been struck by lightning.

He had hacked into the security system at home many times since he was little. He had detected all the loopholes long ago. How could he find more?

In other words, he could not touch the computer for a month.

It was the ultimate punishment for him!

Jasper looked at her brother sympathetically. However, she could not do anything to help him.

“As for Jasper…” Jason’s eyes fell on his daughter. “You’ve already cried so badly today. If you do a thing like that again, I’ll have you write a self-reflection report, got it?”

Jasper blinked and quickly nodded her little head.

Grace was dumbstruck. “That’s it?”

“What else?” asked Jason as he looked at his daughter’s almond-shaped eyes that were swollen from crying. He only wished his eyes were the ones swollen instead of his daughter’s. “Alright, I’ll tell you a story before you sleep.”

“What about Brother?” asked Jasper Reed.

“Your brother doesn’t like bedtime stories. He’ll fall asleep on his own,” said Jason.

Grace looked at her husband’s double standards and was suddenly between laughter and tears.

Mick Reed’s face scrunched up. “Though… I don’t like Daddy telling me bedtime stories very much, why wasn’t his punishment for me a self-reflection report? I’d rather write a self-reflection report for an entire month than go a month without touching the computer!

The next day on the plane, both brother and sister looked unhappy.

Mick Reed was upset when he thought about not being able to touch the computer for a month.

Like a chatter bug, Jasper kept asking Grace when she could come to Deer City to see William again and whether she could stay for a few more days next time.

“Sure, I can bring you to Deer City for a few days during the school holidays so you can meet William. Besides, you can video call William every day. Didn’t he promise to be your bestfriend forever?” said Grace.

Jasper finally seemed happier after hearing that.

Jason said, “Do you like William that much? How about this? Why don’t I find you another kid who can play the piano very well? Maybe even someone who plays the piano better than William? That way, you can play the piano with your new friend every day and not miss William that much.”

“But the other kid won’t be William. Even if you ask another kid to play the piano with me, I’ll still miss William!” said Jasper Reed.

“Don’t you like William because he plays the piano well?” asked Jason.

Jasper blinked, tilted her head, and thought for a long time before saying, “I’m not sure either. I just like William, and William likes me very much. He’ll miss me very much.”

Jason smiled and did not pursue the topic. ‘Like… Perhaps my daughter isn’t very clear about what she means by that word.’

However, at least the two children had separated. He would find another sensible child to take William’s place.

Children were fickle. Perhaps Jasper would not bother to come to Deer City after several school holidays.

After all, William was not the right person for Jasper!

However, outside the airport, William watched the plane rise in the sky and fly away into the distance. He lost sight of it in a moment.

“Why didn’t you show up in front of Jasper to see her off in person? Is watching the plane good enough?” asked Philip Barlow as he looked at his son.

William looked down and only said, “Let’s go back.”

Philip Barlow returned to the car with his son. “Won’t you regret not following Jasper back to Emerald City?”

William’s similar dark eyes looked up at him. “You, Grandpa, and Grandma wouldn’t have let me go to Emerald City, no?”

“You’re right.” Philip Barlow smiled. His son was indeed not a fool. “Even if you want to return to the Reed family’s house, we won’t let you go. You’re now a member of the Barlow family, so you should live with us.”

Without saying more, William took a chocolate from his pocket, unwrapped it, and put it in his mouth.

It was one of the chocolates Jasper gave him yesterday. It was sweet and delicious.

However… he wanted more than chocolates and dolls from Jasper… It was only possible by staying with the Barlow family!

After returning to Emerald City, Grace first went to Kyla to tell her about William and that she had informed William of the truth.

Kyla said, “When William comes back to Emerald City to visit Jasper, Nelson and I want to apologize and thank him in person. Nelson would’ve been hurt if it weren’t for William. I heard Lina say that the police found out what had happened yesterday. A servant’s child climbed up the tree to shoot a bird with an air gun but missed and the bullet shot toward the mansion. The window was open, so the bullet shot straight inside.”

Kyla still shuddered at the thought that the outcome might have been different if William had been a second later in pushing her son out of danger.

Grace froze. “They found out so soon? Fortunately, the person behind it is just a child of a servant who was playing with air guns. At least it’s not someone with ulterior motives.”

After all, Lina was injected with poison when she gave birth, so Grace was afraid that the  culprit behind this air gun bullet incident was the same person who wanted to hurt Lina.

Kyla understood what Grace was afraid of as well, so she said, “Yes, it’s just an accident. I wonder if Hadwin Stephenson found out who wanted to hurt Lina, Lina’s lucky to have had a narrow escape.”

“Hadwin Stephenson should be able to find out who did it.” Grace’s eyes fell on Kyla’s belly. “You’re pregnant, and running a store is hard. Why don’t I find someone to help you out? You can take over the store again when your body recovers after you give birth to your baby.”

“No thanks, I’m doing okay. And I recently stopped having morning sickness. The baby’s rather obedient and doesn’t give me much trouble. My mom can still help me out. If we face any trouble, I’ll definitely ask for your help.

Don’t worry.”

Kyla said with a smile.

All Grace could say was, “Call me if you need anything.”

“Okay,” answered Kyla.

After leaving Kyla’s place, Grace went to see Lina. She wanted to ask whether they had found any clues regarding the poison injection. However, she was shocked when she reached Lina and Hadwin Stephenson’s mansion.

“What… What is he doing here?” Grace looked in shock at the little boy sitting on the couch while holding Tina Stephenson.

It was the little boy from the mysterious Hunter family. They had put in a lot of effort trying to find him but it was to no avail. They eventually had to use fake news to lure the child out.

After the incident at the hospital where the child made a deal to marry Tina when she came of age, Grace thought she would only meet the child again in about 20 years. Unexpectedly, the child appeared again so soon, and he appeared in Lina’s mansion.

“He was here the other day. This is his second visit,” said Lina. Just then, the maid had already prepared the milk.

The little boy took it and fed Tina Stephenson naturally.

Grace froze a little. ‘Does this kid… come here a lot?’

“Do the grown-ups in your family know you’re here?” Grace could not help asking the little boy.

“Yes. They said I need to come over to bond with my future bride since I’ve chosen one. That’s why I’m here,” the boy said solemnly.

Grace almost choked. ‘A seven or eight-year-old child is bonding with a baby who was born less than a month ago?’

However, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it.

“Why do you want to marry Tina?” Grace asked in confusion. After all, she thought that such a young child might not know much about love.

“Because I want to be with Tina forever. But my mother-in-law says we can only be together forever if we get married,” the little boy said.

The word ‘mother-in-law’ made Grace choke again.

Lina immediately said, “Hey, didn’t I tell you not to call me your mother-in-law? It makes me feel old. You can call me Aunt Lina first. You can call me your mother-in-law once you and Tina get married!”

With that said, Lina also gave the little boy a ‘kind and friendly’ smile.

“You still look old even if I call you Aunt Lina,” the little boy said rudely Lina’s expression crumbled. ‘What a snarky future son-in-law.” All she was satisfied with this son-in-law was his good looks and how well he treated her daughter. He was so nice that he was like a nanny.

“Call me Aunt! Do you hear me?” The words were almost squeezed out of Lina’s teeth, and the ‘kind and friendly’

smile became ‘hideous’.

The little boy was smart. After considering it, he finally called out for the baby’s sake, “Aunt Lina.”

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