Emma White, due to Scarlett Jennings’ words, instantly shattered the elegant image she had painstakingly maintained in front of the show’s crew and stepped directly in front of Isolde Garrison.
"You ungrateful wretch! Haven’t you harmed Isolde enough?! Even now, when she’s like this, you won’t let her go?! How could you be so heartless?! So malicious at such a young age, aren’t you afraid of karma?!"
Scarlett didn’t even flinch at Emma’s insults, seeming accustomed to them, and calmly responded,
"Whether I face karma or not isn’t up to you, but the Garrison Family’s karma has clearly arrived."
She spoke and without further entanglement, turned to the host,
"Host, the Garrison Family is too aggressive towards me; I don’t think I can help them. Maybe Amber Livingston should take a look."
With that, she unhesitatingly moved aside, prepared to let things deteriorate.
Josiah Garrison’s face immediately changed at her attitude, hurriedly pulling Emma aside, lowering his voice,
"Mom! What did you promise me?!"
Emma, held by her son, suddenly came to her senses but remained stubborn,
"Did you see how she threatened your sister just now? Are you really going to let your sister suffer for your sake?"
Josiah felt a pang in his heart at Emma’s words.
In the past, with Scarlett as a comparison, he didn’t think much of it, but now after the incident, his mother safeguarded Isolde so blatantly, ignoring his life or death.
Josiah was truly disheartened.
It seemed that in her heart, only Isolde mattered most in the family.
He couldn’t help but mock himself internally, but Josiah, having followed his father in business, managed to maintain his composure.
He didn’t dwell on arguing over Emma’s preference, instead taking a deep breath to suppress his emotions, softly advising,
"Mom, you need to think clearly, it’s not just a family issue now. The Jade Token on Isolde is also starting to crack,
she keeps having accidents, and without the token’s suppression, she might continue to face backlash. Now only Scarlett can help our family, are you sure you want to keep treating her the same way?"
Indeed, Josiah had a knack for business talk; two or three sentences instantly subdued Emma.
Thinking of the consequences of the Jade Token failing, the sharpness on her face finally restrained a lot.
Josiah took advantage of the opportunity to eye-warn Isolde,
"You need to hold back too."
Isolde felt somewhat wronged by Josiah’s warning gaze.
She wasn’t stupid and knew that Scarlett was the only one who could help her.
But after being so terribly trapped before, and losing face over the college admission affair, Isolde just felt unreconciled.
So when facing Scarlett, she instinctively reverted to her old tricks.
Rather than being deliberate, it was more of a reflex...
On the show’s side, Director Clark, having experienced a previous accident, appeared much calmer encountering such a sudden "incident" again.
He could even optimistically think.
Conflicts were good; conflicts led to stories, discussions among viewers, and sustained program heat...
Even if he didn’t expect it, originally thinking Sebastian Carew would single-handedly carry the show’s traffic banner, he was surprised when most of the initial viewers indeed came for him and Ariel Zimmerman.
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