The Ultimate Reborn Heiress (Scarlett) novel Chapter 198

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Chapter 198 The Price of Greed

When someone’s luck hits rock bottom, their face changes with it.

A gray, leaden “unlucky mist” settles over the features, making the skin look sallow and the expression

weary.

The

person simply stops looking attractive.

Scarlett had already begun dinner.

She threw pork belly, green beans, potatoes, and dried noodles together and made a big pot of steamed noodles.

The noodles came out springy, soaked through with wheat and meat.

Everyone ate a big bowl. Whatever was left, Scarlett finished.

They ate well, and it soothed something inside them.

They turned in early.

The next morning, after breakfast, Scarlett kept coaching Ena through her practice.

Without her father harassing her, the girl had eaten, slept, and trained with Scarlett for days–and she already looked healthier.

Near noon, Dorian ran over in person to invite Scarlett and the others to a banquet at his home.

Scarlett went with the other four guests.

Brianna and Zayden stayed back at the school building.

Zayden didn’t look well. Since morning, his stomach had been aching in waves.

He kept glancing toward Scarlett, wanting to ask her what was wrong.

But he also knew she wouldn’t give him the time of day, so he forced himself to endure it.

Scarlett went to the mayor’s house with Selina and the others, plus the staff.

Four tables had been set up in the courtyard.

One table was for the hosts and Scarlett’s group, two were for the crew, and the last was for relatives.

They’d even hired the town’s banquet cook to run the fires and handle the food.

The whole courtyard smelled like oil, spice, and meat.

For Selina, Nelson, Adam, and Simon, it was their first time seeing a rural banquet like this.

It felt loud in the best way–alive.

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Half an hour later, the meal officially began.

The food was genuinely good.

Scarlett ate a lot.

Yesterday she hadn’t just burned through her spiritual energy–she’d drained her stamina, too. Today, she needed to refill the tank.

After the banquet, Dorian loaded Scarlett up with food to take back to the school.

Besides rice, flour, and cooking staples, there were fresh vegetables, dried greens, cured meat, and dried fruit.

She couldn’t possibly finish it all, but she planned to leave it for Ena.

After the crew left, Ena might go back–but she was still a kid. Even if she learned to resist her father and avoid getting hit, who knew what the family would do to punish her?

They might even refuse to feed her.

So, this extra food could be a lifeline.

[Honestly, the townsfolk seem pretty nice. They gave Scarlett so much food, and when she said they couldn’t drink, nobody came over to pressure them with toasts.]

[That’s because Scarlett saved them. She’s too insane–people respect her and fear her. If Scarlett wasn’t on this week’s show, imagine how miserable the other guests would be.]

[Oh, please, not everything is Scarlett’s credit. Hazel is great, too—townsfolk like her a lot. In Hazel’s livestream, that woman even gave her a full set of silver headpieces.

[They even set up two tables and invited relatives to keep Hazel company. She’s genuinely likable. Great personality.

[And the reason they used to trash Scarlett was that she lived at the Bailey Residence for five years, looking cold all the time–who could stand that?

[Plus, Hazel’s luck is crazy. This morning she went into the mountains with that auntie and dug up a ginseng root!]

[Hazel’s luck is that good? Total contrast with Zayden, He seems sick today–I saw him lying in the classroom all day.]

[Hazel’s so nice. She worried about Brianna and Zayden and even brought them some food at noon.

[But Zayden looked really unwell. He ate a little and couldn’t swallow any more.]

After the banquet, they carried everything back to the school building.

That afternoon, Scarlett kept training Ena.

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Tomorrow was Friday. The show would end.

After that, Ena would be on her own.

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