Scarlett Jennings’s spirit trembled, as if realizing something, trying to grasp it, but the spiritual light before her gradually dissipated.
The spiritual light, which Lily Phoenix transformed into, flew toward a certain brightness in the night sky and eventually disappeared.
Scarlett Jennings watched for a long time, and only after a while did she reply softly,
"There will be."
They might have a next life.
Because they once had an encounter, even if the cycle turns for hundreds of generations over millennia, even if things change and people differ, in some future lifetime, someday, she and she will meet again in the form they most long for.
...
Scarlett Jennings stayed awake most of the night. Only when dawn was near did she close her eyes and drift into sleep, having a rare dream.
In the dream, she returned to the day she was expelled by the Garrison Family.
Donovan Jennings’s figure slowly approached her, his handsome features looking at her, his eyebrows and eyes holding a familiar smile as he said,
"Nice to meet you, I’m your brother, Donovan Jennings."
...
With the brightening of the day, the silent Phoenix Residence seemed to come alive again.
Perhaps because Hudson Phoenix had done his homework last night, today Lady Phoenix finally awakened from yesterday’s state, and early in the morning, she arranged the sweeping and cleaning of the courtyard and the decoration of the dowry throughout the residence.
The ceremonial procession prepared for Scarlett Jennings by the Royal Palace had also set off early from the palace gate, magnificently making its way to the door of the Phoenix Residence.
Then they set up offerings to heaven and thanked the ancestors, and Hudson Phoenix and his wife sent her to the main gate with smiles, not forgetting to advise her carefully before the farewell,
"Although you will return home for just a few months, you are always a daughter of the Phoenix Family, regardless of what lies ahead, we are always a family, in the future..."
Scarlett Jennings, however, did not let him speak as he wished, and she interrupted him flatly, saying only,
"There is no future."
She looked directly at Hudson Phoenix and his wife, her voice completely emotionless,
"Since you chose to ignore and mistreat from the start, don’t feign the appearance of loving parents after the status has changed. It only makes you look hypocritical and insincere."
Scarlett Jennings ignored the sudden change in their expressions, and readily accepted a box handed by a palace attendant nearby, then gave it to them,
"If you had been consistent, perhaps I might have regarded you a little higher; there’s no need to cry over a dead seed after the field went barren.
You reap what you sow, how you treated Lily Phoenix in the past is how I will treat the Phoenix Residence in the future."
Having said this, without listening to any further explanation, Scarlett Jennings turned around and amidst the escort of palace attendants, boarded the carriage by herself.
Leaving the Phoenix Residence behind, people wore various expressions until the procession moved far away, only then did Hudson Phoenix stiffly open the box Scarlett Jennings left behind.
Seeing the contents of the box, Hudson Phoenix’s face turned iron blue, and Lady Phoenix was filled with disbelief.
At this moment, Jordan Phoenix, who had been hiding in the corner, wrapped his head and face, stumbled over, wanting to know what Scarlett Jennings had left behind, having heard what she said before leaving.
Approaching closely, he saw inside the box was a piece of cloth with a feminine embroidery pattern, seemingly a section cut from something else, leaving him a bit puzzled.
What did Scarlett Jennings mean by leaving a piece of torn fabric?
Then, beside him, Lady Phoenix finally responded, speaking with suppressed accusation,
"She, how can she be so cruel?! We are her biological parents... she is severing ties with us!!"
As she spoke, her throat choked, and tears spontaneously slid down, carrying a remorse she herself hadn’t realized.
Within one day, she lost a daughter and a son successively, and today, she lost another daughter.


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