Chapter 346: Chapter 346: Incompatible Personalities Chapter 346: Chapter 346: Incompatible Personalities Since Isria Jennings absolutely refused to stay in the hospital for observation, Michael Jennings and Odessa could only take her ho.
After quickly packing up and just about to leave, they saw a young man dressed in a modified Taoist robe with braids walking towards them. Clearly in his early twenties, yet he posed with an air of maturity and asked,
“Are you Uncle Henry from the Jennings Family?”
Michael Jennings was initially startled, but he quickly recognized the young man’s identity,
“You are… the student… the friend Scarlett spoke of?”
“It’s .”
Michael Jennings imdiately expressed his gratitude again.
Although it was his niece who provided the talisman that ensured their safety, having the person quickly found was largely thanks to this man in front of him.
“Uncle Henry, you’re too courteous, Jiang Daoist is my fellow classmate, helping out is only right.”
As Ashton Todd spoke, he pulled out his phone showing a QR code, smiling and said, “Just scan this code.”
Fearing Michael Jennings might not be aware, Ashton Todd reminded him, “Jiang Daoist ntioned that you would settle the fees directly with her… she told you about the fees, right?”
Michael Jennings was startled again but quickly recalled the one million ntioned by Scarlett Jennings during their phone call, and without hesitation, he transferred the money.
One million in exchange for his daughter’s safety, Michael Jennings felt it was not expensive at all.
After this ordeal, Michael Jennings decided to establish better relationships with these Mystical Sect folks and to never again dismiss taphysics as re trickery.
As Ashton Todd watched the one million transfer without a blink from the opposite side, his phone soon showed a notification of the received amount.
Ashton Todd’s fingers trembled slightly as he opened it; seeing the string of zeros, he embarrassingly gulped.
It was his first ti seeing so many zeros, and he stared at them for several monts.
Confident that he had counted correctly, his heart suddenly felt like countless fireworks were exploding.
One million.
Really, one million!!
He, he made a fortune!
God knows he used to earn only five hundred per Geomancy consultation!!
Indeed, his decision to stick with classmate Jiang back then was right!
After receiving the money, Ashton Todd declined Michael Jennings’s offer to send him to a hotel to rest and rushed back to the academy overnight.
Joking.
The cost for one night’s rest in a hotel, he was certainly not going to waste such unjustified money.
…
Scarlett Jennings and Luca Jennings returned together from North City on the third day.
They thought Isria, a child just having gone through a kidnapping, would sohow be subdued, but upon their return, not only was she unscathed, but she was also very excited.
Seeing Scarlett Jennings, she ran over and started chattering about how she used the Immobilization Talisman to freeze the driver that day and how she used the Amulet to protect herself.
In these two days, every mber of the Jennings Family, and even several of her close friends, had heard her recount it.
Lucas later heard a detailed version of the story and couldn’t help asking Scarlett,
“Sis, why didn’t you tell that activating the Jade Token required chanting ‘Hurry, like a law decree’?”
No wonder his Jade Token suddenly cracked last ti; it must have been because he used it incorrectly.
Scarlett: …
She herself didn’t know that chanting a spell was required for the Protective Jade, how could she tell him?
But seeing the two younger ones obviously deeply believing in this procedure, Scarlett couldn’t be bothered to correct them and simply said,
“Now you know.”
Isria imdiately looked smug.
“I’m the smartest!”
While they were talking, Blaise Jennings ca over, “Lucas, you take Isria upstairs first, I have sothing to discuss with your Sister Scarlett.”
Lucas was sowhat reluctant, “What’s there that I can’t hear?”
Blaise Jennings glared and waved his hand to dismiss the two youngsters imdiately.
Scarlett Jennings followed Blaise Jennings to the main hall, and soon after, Aunt Brianna Jennings and Uncle also arrived.
Since it was the weekend, Adam Jennings and Azura Loomis were also there, making the Jennings Family’s fourth household nearly complete.
As Scarlett glanced at Michael Jennings sitting silently on the side, she already knew what today’s topic would be.
Indeed, as soon as everyone was present, Michael Jennings spoke up directly,
“Odessa and I… have decided to get a divorce. We’ll obtain the divorce certificate after the lawyer has divided the property, and both Adam and Isria will stay with .”
Michael Jennings’s voice wasn’t loud, yet it exploded like a thunderbolt within the Jennings Family.
Adam Jennings almost imdiately stood up, his face full of disbelief.
One could say, except for Luca Jennings and Scarlett Jennings, everyone in the room was visibly stunned by Michael Jennings’s words.
“Divorce?! Why suddenly decide to divorce when everything is fine?!”
Mrs. Jennings, the grandmother, was the first to speak, slamming her hand forcefully on the armrest of her wheelchair, appearing sowhat angry.
She wasn’t particularly fond of Odessa as a daughter-in-law.
Initially, she had opposed the second son marrying an actor from the entertainnt industry into the family, but her son was determined to marry Odessa regardless, causing quite a stir before the family finally gave in.
After all the effort he put into marrying her by claiming it was true love, after so many years of the family gradually accepting this daughter-in-law, he now wanted a divorce?
Old Sir Jennings also looked unusually serious, though his emotions weren’t as fiery as Mrs. Jennings’s. His blurry wise eyes glanced at Michael Jennings and he asked in a deep voice,
“Why do you want a divorce?”
“Incompatibility.” Michael Jennings stuck to the pre-agreed upon reason.
He couldn’t bring himself to tell them about his wife’s years-long infatuation with his elder brother.
Old Sir Jennings let out a heavy scoff upon hearing this reason.
This excuse, was he treating the whole family as fools?
They’d had three children together, and only now he discovered they were incompatible?
Not just Old Sir Jennings didn’t believe it, Adam didn’t either.
“Dad! Mom! I want a real reason!”
Adam Jennings, gritting his teeth, did not believe his parents would decide to divorce suddenly over re incompatibility—he’d rather believe that one of them had soone else outside.
Michael Jennings t his son Adam’s gaze, his expression slightly crumbling.
Isria was too young, but Adam was already nineteen—this matter of divorce couldn’t be hidden from him.
But he couldn’t tell him the truth.
“This is the real reason.”
Seeing that he wasn’t yielding, Adam then looked angrily towards Odessa, “Mom!”
Odessa t her son’s eyes, tears involuntarily falling down, her face sorrowful as she looked towards Michael Jennings, pleading,
“Michael, can’t we just not divorce? Isria is still so young, and Adam just started university, it’s so hard on him to see us like this.”
Michael Jennings kept his face sternly set, yet did not budge.
Odessa could only turn to Mrs. Jennings and Old Sir Jennings to plea, her voice choked up, “Mom, Mom, please persuade Michael, I don’t want to divorce him…”
Mrs. Jennings, annoyed by her crying, couldn’t tell who was actually at fault by looking at their attitudes.
But her instinct told her that the mistake was probably on Odessa’s side; otherwise, why would she be the one sobbing and refusing to divorce?
Mrs. Jennings didn’t speak imdiately, instead, she looked towards Old Sir Jennings.
Such a big matter, ultimately it would still need the Old Sir to make the final decision.
Old Sir Jennings, however, did not look at Michael Jennings and Odessa, but instead turned towards the eldest son who had been sitting still like a mountain since the beginning, and asked in a deep voice,
“Luca, as the eldest brother, what is your opinion on this matter?”
Hearing this, Luca calmly lifted his eyes, casually crossing his legs in a different manner, his tone unemotional yet seemingly decisive,
“Since they are incompatible, there’s no need to force it. Better to divorce as soon as possible.”
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