In July, the Obsidian Estate was a picture of serene tranquility, with gold-tailed koi chasing each other playfully in a pond of green lily pads.
In the waterside pavilion, Vivienne stood with a giant, red bump on her forehead, her young face etched with a gravity that belied her age.
Just a moment ago, as she hit the pillar, the book of the script had suddenly appeared in her mind.
Without any warning.
“Narrative Spirit?”
“What a bullshit script?!”
She had been trying to connect with the Narrative Spirit ever since, but there was no response.
Hadn't she torn that book to shreds? How could it just reappear out of thin air?
Could it be that she had really gone back in time?
A flicker of joy, mingled with deep suspicion, appeared in Vivienne’s eyes. She stared at her now-smaller palms, her blood thrumming through her veins.
If this was real, did that mean she could change her grandfather’s fate and stop him from being poisoned?!
In her previous life, not long after she married Alaric, her grandfather was poisoned and died in his room in Northwing Court. The doors and windows had been locked from the outside. For three agonizing hours, his pleas for help echoed through the empty halls, but the world had turned a deaf ear to him.
Given the Ravenshire family’s status in Athelvia, the only people who could have poisoned someone in Obsidian Estate and conveniently dismissed all the staff were those close to the old master. That meant there was a traitor in the family.
In the hunt for this insider, the three branches of the Ravenshire family descended into endless suspicion and infighting. Because Alaric suspected her, she became one of the prime suspects and was thrown out of Obsidian Estate on the day of her grandfather’s funeral.
But what she could never forgive was what happened on the day of her grandfather's death. Serena, disregarding their bond as mother and daughter, tried to force her to sell the small estate her grandfather had gifted her. When she refused, Serena dropped all pretense and subjected her to three hours of verbal and psychological abuse, ending with eight final words: All ties are severed.
Wait! A thought flashed through Vivienne’s mind, and she suddenly spotted something suspicious.
Her mother always put her own interests first. Even after her grandfather's death, when Alaric despised her, Vivienne was still technically the young Mrs. Ravenshire. Serena had gained countless benefits from that title, so why would she just throw it away?
Furthermore, Serena was notoriously risk-averse. Whether it was stocks or futures, she would only invest after being absolutely certain of a profit. Back then, the Ravenshire family power struggle was far from over. How could she have been so sure as to place all her bets on the second branch?
“Vivienne? What is wrong with you? Why are you staring at me like that?” A strange feeling crept into Serena’s heart. She felt that the Vivienne before her was somehow different.
Vivienne coolly withdrew her gaze, treating the woman before her as nothing more than a background prop, and walked out of the pavilion without a second glance.
Serena had never seen this side of Vivienne. By the time she snapped out of her surprise, The girl had already vanished through the garden archway

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