Chaos Girl Rewrites the Script novel Chapter 486

"I leave for two days, and this family falls apart? Bianca almost lost her life. What were you all thinking?"

Leander, Lucian, and Benedict kept their heads bowed, not even daring to breathe too loudly.

Aurelia hesitated for a moment, then swallowed her fear and spoke up. "Grandpa, there were people waiting in ambush tonight, they..."

Caspian raised a hand, cutting Aurelia off. He turned to Jasper. "Escort the two young ladies back to Obsidian Estate."

Hearing this, Aurelia didn't dare try to explain things for Benedict anymore. She obediently walked over to Jasper.

Vivienne hesitated for a second, then stepped forward and gently tugged at Caspian's sleeve. "Grandpa, I want to go see Bianca first."

Caspian's expression softened considerably. "She won't be waking up anytime soon. Listen to Grandpa and go get some rest. Once you're fully rested, I'll let you see her."

Vivienne glanced back at Talia, then covered her mouth and whispered, "Grandpa, Mom is going through a lot right now. Don't yell at her. If you want to yell at someone, yell at them."

"..." A whole group of 'them' looked up and stared blankly at Vivienne.

Talia didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Caspian looked at Vivienne's bloodstained hands, his eyes filling with deep affection and sorrow. "Grandpa knows. Go home and rest."

Vivienne nodded and followed Jasper into the elevator.

*

Jasper was always stony-faced and severely intimidating. In the past, Vivienne wouldn't even dare look him in the eye, but her mindset had changed. Now that she was preoccupied with life and death, she was no longer afraid of anything.

The second she got in the car, Vivienne started pressing for intel.

"Jasper, why did Grandpa come back so suddenly? What about the summit? Who told him Bianca was hurt?"

Aurelia looked at her in shock.

Jasper was an incredibly weird guy. Aside from Grandpa, he basically never spoke to anyone. Vivienne questioning him like this was like playing the piano for a cow.

Vivienne's eyes lit up. "So that's what happened. But how did Grandpa know Bianca was in trouble? Weren't communications blocked?"

"The Black Box Communiqué," Jasper replied.

"The Black Box Communiqué?"

Seeing Vivienne's total confusion, Aurelia immediately explained. "The Black Box is our military's top-tier encrypted communication system. Its encryption level easily bypasses the interference shields at the Congress hall. But..." She looked at Jasper, bewildered. "Does our family even have a Black Box? I thought only frontline military commanders had that kind of clearance."

Jasper didn't answer.

A sudden realization hit Vivienne. "It's Alaric."

Sebastian Ravenshire was Athelvia's late Commander-in-Chief of the Military Commission. It made perfect sense that Alaric would have access to a Black Box.

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