The Fake Heiress Turns Out to Be a True Tycoon! novel Chapter 381

Chapter 381: Chapter 381: You’re Taking Advantage of the Situation to Rob Money

Donovan’s grandmother froze upon hearing those words—not just because of Scarlett Jennings’s statement, but also because of how she addressed her as "Donovan’s grandmother."

This seemed to be the first time Scarlett used such a distant term directly in addressing her.

In that moment, Donovan’s grandmother felt like her very soul had been gripped by something.

A little uncomfortable.

And perhaps... a touch of regret.

She was her biological grandmother after all.

How had she become just "Donovan’s grandmother"?

Scarlett—was she still holding resentment toward her?

For a moment, Donovan’s grandmother was so stifled she didn’t even know what to say.

Seeing her silence, Scarlett added casually but deliberately,

"Let me just mention, even though those two are ghost servants, they’re not without their own tempers. If they hear anything unpleasant in the future, they might throw tantrums and play a few tricks. Under such circumstances, I probably won’t be able to stop them."

Donovan’s grandmother: ...

After calling her "Donovan’s grandmother," she had now begun openly threatening her?

Donovan’s grandmother felt her soul body wobble once again.

This granddaughter...

A granddaughter like her—how could she possibly spoil her?!

Scarlett didn’t care about her reaction.

Rather than trying to persuade and win others over, Scarlett Jennings preferred wielding her strength for coercion.

She didn’t need Donovan’s grandmother to act like a doting grandma to her filial granddaughter.

She simply needed her to be cautious—not to casually meddle in her affairs. Maintaining a strict boundary was the best way for them to coexist.

"Alright, alright, I won’t comment about you anymore from now on!"

Though Donovan’s grandmother still felt stifled, she responded with exasperation, yet her whole soul body visibly settled down.

This was also thanks to Donovan Jennings preparing a separate room earlier; otherwise, the two of them would never have been able to converse this way.

But seeing the desired effect, Scarlett was quite satisfied.

"By the way, for helping restore a living soul to its proper place this time, I’ll be taking an additional fee. Considering our family ties, I’ll settle for five million."

"What?! Five mi—"

Donovan’s grandmother couldn’t suppress an exclamation, but before she could finish, Scarlett raised her hand and set a talisman into motion.

"Golden decree, jade text assigned..."

Muttering a spell under her breath, Scarlett flung the talisman swiftly toward the immobilized body of Donovan’s grandmother.

Earlier, she had made arrangements to bring Donovan’s grandmother’s body, along with the living soul occupying it, to this place.

The talisman landed squarely on Donovan’s grandmother’s chest. As Scarlett shouted a clear command, Donovan’s grandmother, who inhabited a doll, let out a shriek. An elderly living soul was forcibly extracted from her body.

Before she could clearly observe that living soul’s appearance, it was abruptly yanked by some unseen force, darting toward the window.

Sophie Harper and the ghost infant, prepared in advance, dashed forward, one on each side, clutching the soul body tightly.

"Don’t even think about running!"

Seizing the moment, Scarlett deployed a jade token. Under Sophie Harper and the ghost infant’s restraint, she directly sealed the living soul inside the jade token.

She had always been curious about where Hestia Knight’s living soul had gone.

When she exposed Hestia’s usurpation of Ianthe Lawson’s body and forced her confession with the Truth Talisman, Scarlett had been too focused on sealing the fleeing system energy to pay attention to Hestia’s actions afterward.

Later, when investigating further, there was no trace of Hestia’s soul body anymore.

Generally, a living soul doesn’t return to its proper place automatically.