Chapter 565: Chapter 565: I Never Joke with Irrelevant People

After Scarlett Jennings and the other two had breakfast, a phone call came frantically from the director.

The call was for Ariel Zimmerman, but the words were addressed to Scarlett Jennings and Gregory Xander,

“The person has woken up, but something’s gone wrong… Master Jennings, Master Xander, please come quickly!”

Scarlett Jennings and Gregory Xander exchanged glances and then took Ariel Zimmerman back to the original room of Li Chenminghua.

As soon as they reached the door, they heard a man’s voice inside, filled with obvious anger,

“I wondered why I was acting like I was possessed, always revolving around you. Turns out you set me up! How dare you put on that face now, who are you trying to show it to?!”

When the three entered, they saw Joseph Snyder pointing and cursing fiercely at Li Chenminghua, who was sitting on the carpet, while the director was trying to calm him down and hold him back.

Li Chenminghua was sitting on the ground with tears all over her face, looking at Joseph Snyder with disbelief,

“You never loved me? You and it, both deceived me…”

Joseph Snyder almost exploded upon hearing this,

“Who deceived who?! You’re saying who deceived who?! You’re the one who cursed me! How can you have the nerve to ask me?!”

Li Chenminghua hadn’t recovered from the shock of her parents being devoured, and now Joseph Snyder was saying this, she could not hold herself together.

Seeing Scarlett Jennings and the others enter, she couldn’t help but ask,

“Master Jennings, is it as he says? Was he influenced by the Shadow Ghost while dating me?”

“Haven’t you realized it by yourself?”

Scarlett Jennings calmly retorted without any intention of comforting her.

The Shadow Ghost acted for her because of her parents’ consciousness, making the financier’s son date her, also because of her initial wish.

Li Chenminghua had suspected it but refused to accept the fact that no one would ever love her again.

Moreover, losing Joseph Snyder as a backing, what would she do in the future?

Would she have to return to her old days?

Joseph Snyder also ignored Li Chenminghua, his eyes slightly brightened when Scarlett Jennings entered, then he pretended to be a gentleman and stepped forward,

“You must be Scarlett Jennings, right? You look better in person than on live streams. I heard you saved me, how about we add each other on WeChat so I can thank you properly later.”

Knowing Scarlett Jennings’ background, his attitude wasn’t as frivolous as with ordinary girls.

Scarlett Jennings looked at him, her almond eyes slightly cool, her gaze suddenly swept across his face and then asked,

“Do you have any special items on you?”

Logically speaking, after being possessed by the Shadow Ghost for so long, his Soul Body would have some damage.

But his Soul Body was intact, yet there were anomalies with his lifespan.

He had been in a coma before and hadn’t noticed, but now she could see it more clearly.

Joseph Snyder was quite happy to have her talk, thought for a moment, and suddenly took out a piece of black jade from his neck,

“A special item, are you talking about this?”

When Scarlett Jennings and Gregory Xander saw the black jade, they both frowned simultaneously.

Gregory Xander felt uncomfortable seeing the strange runes on the black jade.

Scarlett Jennings inexplicably sensed a familiar evil from it.

“Who gave you this jade?”

Scarlett Jennings suddenly asked, “Do you know Nolan Snyder?”

At the birthday party, she had scattered the substitute Nolan Snyder made with Black Mist, after which he completely disappeared. Although the Security Bureau had been investigating his whereabouts, they never had any information.

Scarlett Jennings hadn’t expected to sense a breath similar to what Nolan Snyder manipulated from this financier’s son.

“This is a Protective Jade Pendant passed down in our family, said to ward off disaster, and only passed to the eldest son of the direct line!”

Joseph Snyder spoke with the unique pride of an Heir, then went on,

“As for the Nolan Snyder you mentioned, I don’t know him, but I heard our ancestors and the Snyder Clan were from the same family.”

“Snyder…”

Scarlett Jennings murmured the surname, thinking of Nolan Snyder’s name.

Could this be a coincidence?

Next to her, Gregory Xander also couldn’t help but glance sideways upon hearing this.

Because of the Snyder Clan, as far as he knew, in the Mystical Sect in the Capital Metropolitan, there was one family. However, compared to other Mystical Sect clans, the Snyder Clan had evidently declined over the years.

Scarlett Jennings asked Joseph Snyder a few more questions, but seeing as he couldn’t give a sensible answer, she simply gave up asking.

Joseph Snyder, still unwilling to give up, took out his phone to indicate to her,

“Master Jennings, let’s add WeChat.”

On the side, Ariel Zimmerman was already displeased with him. Seeing this, she was about to come forward to break the ice, then suddenly saw a phone appear next to her and scan Joseph Snyder’s QR code.

With a beep, it was scanned.

Everyone present, including Scarlett Jennings, fell silent for a moment, turning their heads, only to see Gregory Xander with a serious expression say,

“I’m her Senior Brother, adding me is the same.”

Joseph Snyder: …

Is it the same?!

“Pfft!”

Ariel Zimmerman couldn’t help but laugh, seeing Joseph Snyder glare at her, she instinctively hid behind Gregory Xander, then casually explained,

“Well, Senior Brother Xander’s WeChat avatar is just too funny, I couldn’t hold it in.”

Gregory Xander looked at his avatar of a sunrise at Cloud Top, puzzled as to what was funny about it.

Thinking this, he saw Ariel Zimmerman suddenly wink at him, then quietly give him a thumbs up.

Not bad, now that’s more like a Senior Brother.

Just now, he was quite cool.

Meeting her eyes filled with clear admiration and appreciation, Gregory Xander’s heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively coughed lightly, turning his head to avoid her gaze.

On this side, Joseph Snyder was still reluctant after WeChat was blocked by Gregory Xander, but before he could speak again, Scarlett Jennings suddenly spoke,

“No need to add WeChat, but considering you were innocently implicated by the Shadow Ghost, I can give you a piece of advice.”

Joseph Snyder thought there was hope, quickly asking, “What?”

Scarlett Jennings looked at him, or rather, at the black jade hanging around his neck, a hint of coldness in her clear voice,

“Throw away this piece of jade, it’s stealing your lifespan.”

A single sentence startled everyone present, even Joseph Snyder’s face changed, and it took him a while to reluctantly force a smile,

“You, you’re joking with me, right?”

Scarlett Jennings glanced at him, her almond eyes indifferent, “I never joke with irrelevant people.”

Joseph Snyder: …

He still felt Scarlett Jennings was intentionally scaring him.

After all…

This is the Protective Jade Pendant passed down from the ancestors. He had worn it for so many years since childhood.

How could it be as she said…

Gregory Xander was clearly a bit surprised as well, stepped forward, and asked him directly,

“Can you take it off and let me take a look?”

Although Joseph Snyder didn’t believe it, he took off the black jade with a straight face.

Gregory Xander didn’t take it directly but pulled out a Yellow Talisman, wrapped the black jade with it, and then took it over.

Examining the runes on the black jade closely, after a moment, he said solemnly,

“This jade has indeed been tampered with, the runes on it should be a forbidden spell that converts lifespan.”

“What… converting lifespan?”

Joseph Snyder was stunned.

Scarlett Jennings said,

“In simple terms, this piece of jade ostensibly wards off disasters, but the price of each warding is taking part of the wearer’s lifespan for the wizard’s use.”

As for the one who’s been stealing the Snyder Family’s lifespan for generations.

Scarlett Jennings was almost certain, it was Nolan Snyder.

That old demon.