The Fake Heiress Turns Out to Be a True Tycoon! novel Chapter 399

Chapter 399: Chapter 399: I’m Even More Awesome Than You Think

Just as Scarlett Jennings said, children born with the Child Life have Spirit Roots and innate Wisdom, making them more precocious than ordinary children.

When Kingston Jennings was three years old, he already knew he was born with the Child Life.

It was his aunt who told him.

She explained to him what Child Life was, secretly created a surrogate child for him, and showed him how to use the surrogate child to ward off illnesses and misfortunes.

For a while, he really lived like a healthy, ordinary child.

But sometimes, in order to keep his aunt’s attention, he would pretend to be sick.

His aunt, though she knew, never scolded him. Instead, she would play along, even teaching him some strange and curious things in private.

Kingston didn’t know why his aunt knew these things, but she just did, and it seemed the rest of the family was unaware.

His aunt also told him not to mention it to the family.

Kingston didn’t understand why he couldn’t talk about it, but he listened to her.

His aunt explained that the surrogate child couldn’t block the calamity destined for him.

But when the day of calamity arrived, she would help him resolve it.

If the calamity could be dispelled successfully, he would finally be able to live like a normal person.

But no one expected the accident to arrive so abruptly.

His aunt’s child was taken away by a mysterious figure, and she never returned.

She didn’t fulfill her promise to him.

Kingston didn’t resent her—at the very least, she left him the surrogate child.

Though he failed to successfully dispel his calamity, he survived.

Just as his aunt had wished.

He has continued to live well.

As for Scarlett Jennings, Kingston’s feelings toward her are conflicted.

On one hand, since she is his aunt’s daughter, he wants to get along with her.

But on the other hand, he can’t resist hating her.

If it weren’t for her, his aunt wouldn’t have been harmed.

He knows it’s not her fault, and his aunt wouldn’t want him to blame her.

So he has never shown any rejection toward her.

Yet, deep down, he doesn’t want to share anything with her about his aunt.

That was a secret shared solely between him and his aunt.

...

Kingston stared at Scarlett, and Scarlett stared back at him.

Neither spoke.

Kingston chose not to speak.

Scarlett didn’t know what to say.

After a long silence, Scarlett finally broke it, earnestly asking,

"So what’s the point of you telling me this?"

Hearing her ask in such a serious tone, her almond-shaped eyes clear and unclouded, showing no trace of pity or sympathy for him, Kingston suddenly smiled.

It wasn’t the mocking smile from earlier, but a genuine smile that tugged at the corners of his lips.

[I want you to know that I know far more than you do.]

[And that I’m far more capable than you think.]

Scarlett’s gaze shifted slightly, and as she looked at Kingston again, it was no longer with the dismissive indifference she might show toward an irrelevant cousin.

After a while, she asked him,

"So, does this mean you don’t need my help and can resolve your Child Life yourself?"

Kingston: ...

Seeing his silence, Scarlett immediately felt reassured.

"Seems like I’m still better at this."