The Ultimate Reborn Heiress (Scarlett) novel Chapter 309

Chapter 309 The Stolen Fortune

The townsfolk all started talking at once.

Some were worried about the Macks; others were curious, shocked, and even anxious that their own family’s fortune might’ve been stolen the same way.

Scarlett knew it wasn’t as simple as the townsfolk imagined–like someone could just casually snatch another family’s fortune.

In reality, it was extremely complicated.

Just the dagger alone–there were probably only a handful like it out there.

Or rather, evil objects like this were already incredibly rare.

On top of that, a sigil had to be drawn.

That sigil was the key to everything.

In this age of spiritual decline, spiritual energy was thin, cultivation was incredibly difficult, and there were hardly any people left in the world who could actually draw and use sigils.

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also had to know the exact astrological chart, the location of the family tomb, and other details.

The conditions were extremely difficult to gather.

After going through so much effort, no one would waste it trying to steal the fortune of an ordinary family

The Macks weren’t outrageously wealthy, but their family carried deep blessings and exceptionally strong

ortune.

You probably couldn’t find another family in the entire city with fortune like theirs.

That was why the person had set their sights on the Macks‘ fortune.

Tad had likely realized this as well.

They knew the astrological chart was required, and they also needed the location of the family tomb

Someone from the same town–or someone familiar with the family—would’ve had the easiest time making a move.

Tad’s face had gone pale as he asked, “Scarlett… the sigil also has an astrological chart on it. Is that the person who stole our family’s fortune?”

Scarlett nodded, then handed the sigil to Tad so he could see the astrological chart for himself.

Tad took the sigil and looked at the astrological chart carved into it.

It was shockingly young.

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Because the birth date was clearly written.

Tad froze. Eighteen… maybe nineteen. He hadn’t expected the person behind this to be so young.

But he truly had no idea whose astrological chart it was.

And how would that person know his parents‘ astrological charts?

Tad looked up at Scarlett. “Scarlett, I’ll be honest with you. My parents‘ astrological charts… only my brothers and I know them. But our family keeps a family record. Only members of our own household can access it. So I suspect…”

He didn’t finish the rest of the sentence.

But Dudley, standing beside him, suddenly exclaimed in shock, “Dad… you mean Grandpa and Grandma’s astrological charts were leaked by someone from our own family? So the person who stole our fortune might actually be someone we know? Someone who got Grandpa and Grandma’s astrological charts directly from our family?”

‘Yes…” Tad sighed, his face still pale. “Your uncles and I would never tell anyone your grandparents‘ astrological charts. But the family record is kept in our house, and only people in our family can access it…”

Dudley suddenly fell silent. He understood what his father meant.

There was no way he or his parents would leak the astrological charts from the genealogy record.

Shirley had never even seen their family genealogy.

And he trusted Shirley. Even if Shirley had seen the family record, if someone tried to coax his grandparents‘ astrological charts out of her, she wouldn’t have revealed them.

Dudley also had a younger sister.

The moment Dudley thought of his younger sister, Jewel Mack, he couldn’t help letting out a quiet sigh

She was 18 this year, and Scarlett knew her as well.

Because Jewel lived in the city with him and also studied at Brookriver High–the same elite high school Scarlett attended.

They went to the same school.

Although Scarlett had since transferred to Badger High.

At least, that was what he’d heard Shirley mention before.

Shirley had been talking about Scarlett a lot lately, always sounding like a starstruck little fangirl.

She even told him Scarlett’s medical skills were incredible.

He’d thought Shirley was just exaggerating for fun.

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But after coming back today, he realized Scarlett had changed drastically from the girl he remembered as a child.

Not only did she know medicine, she even seemed to understand mysterious occult practices like this.

But Jewel, on the other hand, seemed to dislike Scarlett.

Scarlett was a celebrity.

Sometimes, when Jewel saw Scarlett on screen, she’d even make snide remarks.

Including recently, whenever Shirley mentioned Scarlett at home, Jewel would always put on a stiff face and argue back.

She had even said, “Shirley, what’s wrong with you? What could she possibly be good at? Don’t you know how many scandals she has? All of this right now must be the company packaging her up and deliberately marketing that image.

“I

grew up with her. We even went to the same high school. How could I not know whether she can practice traditional medicine or not? And she was incredibly cruel to the father and stepmother who raised her for five years, and to Jewel too.

“Hazel said that when she was living with the Baileys, she was cold to everyone. She even said she wanted to cut ties with her own father and threatened to beat him every time she saw him…

Back then, Shirley hadn’t argued.

He had only scolded Jewel a couple of times.

But Jewel had merely shrugged it off.

So it seemed Jewel really did hate Scarlett.

But Dudley remembered something.

When they were kids, Jewel and Scarlett had been very

close.

Before Scarlett turned 13, she had lived in the town.

She went to school there too–from kindergarten through elementary school–and both Jewel and Scarlett attended the same school.

The two of them had been inseparable, always playing together

It was only in middle school that Scarlett was taken to the city by the Baileys.

The two girls hadn’t seen each other for three years.

Then later, when high school started, Jewel moved to the city as well to attend school and lived there with

him.