Chapter 228 - 228 228 Back to School Surprise

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Chapter 228: Chapter 228: Back to School Surprise Chapter 228: Chapter 228: Back to School Surprise “Scarlett Jennings didn’t know about the ‘deal’ Samuel Chalmers secretly struck with Dashiell. For the next few days, Scarlett secluded herself in her room, engrossed in carving jade talismans. These were promised earlier to be consecrated in the Stonetemple for North Mountain Village, using the finest jade sourced by the Woods Family. Concerned about lacking time to handle this after school started, Scarlett decided to complete the work before the school year began. As for the jade carving Adam Jennings previously asked for help with, Scarlett automatically ignored it. A day before school started, Scarlett completed everything and called Spiritual Affairs Express to have the delivery guy take the items directly to the Fairy Lady. Once the Stonetemple was completed, it would place the jade talismans inside. Having finished these tasks, Scarlett felt at ease as she awaited the next day’s registration matters. Remembering Lucas Jennings’s earlier mention of pampering fans, she sifted through her phone’s album and posted a photo of her little cutie with a crown veil. Her caption read, ‘Registering for school tomorrow, and they’re not allowing pet foxes.’ Her tone carried a hint of helplessness and regret. When netizens suddenly saw her update her social media, it dawned on them what day tomorrow was, and they immediately flooded Scarlett’s comment section like bees. ‘Ahhh! Our girl registers tomorrow! We won’t see her in the fourth reality show episode, sob sob!!’ ‘Didn’t we already know this? She had taken leave in the last episode.’ ‘How will I survive without Scarlett in the fourth episode~’ ‘By the way, hasn’t the new guest for the fourth episode been announced yet?’ ‘We wonder who the unlucky one will be, maybe Director Clark hasn’t found anyone willing to replace her yet.’ ‘I don’t care about a sixth guest! “Inspiration” doesn’t need a sixth guest, but it can’t be without Scarlett!!’ ‘I watched the Fairy Lady throwing talismans a hundred times! Sob sob, it was really cool!’ ‘I heard the child she saved has completed surgery, and it went well! Scarlett really saved a family.’ ‘I don’t care, for me, mysticism is real! @Sea City Taoist Academy, so are you really not allowing Scarlett to livestream her registration?’ Among the teary-eyed comments, an inconspicuous message was mixed in yet didn’t garner much attention. ‘Insider scoop, seems like there’s a surprise tomorrow.’ Because it came from a normal account, and the content was vague, it quickly got buried among the comments. Scarlett paid it no mind, naturally. The next morning, after breakfast, Scarlett headed upstairs to pack her things, ready to set off for registration. The Taoism Academy was in Sea City, and according to the academy’s address, it would be just over a two-hour drive from the villa. As Scarlett carried her luggage downstairs, she saw Lucas, Donovan Jennings, and Luca Jennings already waiting below. ‘Ahem, it’s your first day of registration. We’re all going to send you off.’ For this day, Donovan and Luca had arranged their work schedules several days in advance just to free up this time. In the past eighteen years, they hadn’t had the chance to send a kid off to school, so they wouldn’t miss such a day today. Though the academy said family members weren’t allowed to accompany students for registration, even just accompanying her on the drive was nice. That’s what both Luca and Donovan thought. As for Lucas, he simply wanted to tag along. Adam had no intention of going together; he was still dwelling on his own matters. Seeing Scarlett about to leave, he forcibly slipped a piece of paper into her backpack. ‘I know you look down on me, but this is really important to me. Inside is the original drawing I made. Help me send it to the teacher to have a look, just a look.’ With that, feeling embarrassed, he turned and ran away. Scarlett hadn’t expected Adam to still cling to the idea, but as she was about to leave, she didn’t bother arguing with him. Soon, Scarlett and the others boarded the luxury minivan the family had prepared in advance. The driver followed the address Scarlett gave, driving out of the city and heading towards the mountains. Lucas looked at the map Scarlett provided, incredulous, ‘Isn’t there a place where satellite navigation can’t reach these days? They actually provided a paper map? I’ve never even heard of a place called Silent Peak. Plus, it only mentions Silent Peak; it doesn’t say where exactly Silent Peak is.’ Lucas flipped the map back and forth in the car, unable to locate the exact address of the Taoism Academy. Next to him, Donovan took out his phone to search, saying, ‘Silent Peak can be found on satellite navigation, but the specific location of the academy isn’t there.’ Luca frowned, also a bit concerned. Was there really such a Taoism Academy? The car drove towards Silent Peak, and the road became desolate. Later on, they couldn’t even see other vehicles. The driver wore a worried expression until, finally, they managed to spot the tail end of a convoy in the distance. Lucas, upon seeing this, finally breathed a sigh of relief, ‘Good thing we’re not the only car on this road.’ Lucas then smiled at Scarlett, ‘Sis, see, it’s a good thing we came with you today. Otherwise, you’d be scared finding it on your own.’ Scarlett glanced at him, her calm demeanor betraying no trace of fear. Lucas awkwardly shut his mouth. Seeing there was still some distance to go, he turned on his phone to open the livestream. ‘Almost forgot, “Inspiration” starts today. Sis, do you want to pop into the livestream and say hi to everyone?’ As he talked, the guest images appeared on the livestream. On the other side, it seemed like they were also moving in a car. The guests chatted casually, and the chat was lively, although the broadcast had just started. The chatter focused on two things. Lucas looked closely and couldn’t help but say, ‘Sis, there’s no new guest for the fourth episode? It’s just four guests this time.’ Besides this, viewers were discussing the destination for this episode. In the past, they usually gathered right at the destination, but this time, the production team rounded everyone up at a hotel and sent them into cars without stating the destination. Scarlett, hearing Lucas’s words, became curious, glancing over. She did see the familiar four faces in the livestream. After taking a good look at them, there was a subtle change in her eyes before she raised an eyebrow. Donovan, being skilled at observing her expressions, grinned and asked her, ‘Did you figure something out?’ Scarlett nodded, her tone somewhat unusual, ‘The place they’re going today is probably the same as mine.’ Lucas was initially stunned. A second later, his eyes widened slightly, ‘Sis, you don’t mean to say that the program team also... wait.’ Lucas, as if realizing something, suddenly leaned close to the car window, carefully observing the convoy ahead. ‘Would the cars ahead be the “Inspiration” production team’s convoy?!’ They were too far to see the logo on the convoy, but... ‘Most likely.’ About ten minutes later, the Jennings’ car finally neared Silent Peak, spotting several production team vehicles parked at the mountain foot. Director Clark and Sebastian, along with the other guests, were standing at the entrance, smiling radiantly, until the Jennings’ car pulled up and Scarlett got out. The group cheerfully shouted at her in unison, ‘Surprise!!!’ Scarlett: ... The rest of the Jennings family: ... After a moment of hesitation, Scarlett cooperated by displaying a surprised expression, ‘Ah, what a surprise.’

Chapter 228 - 228 228 Back to School Surprise

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