Chapter 502: Chapter 502: The 300th Day of Becoming Harry Whitley

The moment he saw the two walking in side by side, Chase Jennings thought of many things.

He remembered Scarlett Jennings once said that Ava Zimmerman’s voice and eyes were very similar to Azura Loomis’s.

He remembered Scarlett once asked him if he had ever been hurt in front of Ava Zimmerman.

The things he used to instinctively refute suddenly seemed clear and evident at this moment.

Chase only felt a chill rise abruptly from his feet, staring fiercely at the two in front of him,

“It was you… you who did this to me? Ava Zimmerman!”

Though it was phrased as a question, Chase’s heart already knew the answer.

“What did you do to me? Why do they all see him as me?!”

Ava looked at Chase, seemingly not minding telling him the truth. She spoke again, perfectly blending Azura Loomis’s voice, sounding almost identical as she did in the past.

“Just the Life Transfer Technique. After a successful transfer, although you are still you, in everyone’s eyes, you have become someone else.”

“Originally, this magic wasn’t supposed to succeed so quickly because its success crucially depends on whether the people around you fundamentally deny you from their hearts.

When your closest ones begin to doubt your existence, you also become another person.”

Upon hearing this, Chase felt his brain buzz.

Instinctively, he thought of the doubts from those around him in recent days,

“Who are you?”

“You are?”

“How do you even resemble my brother now?”

And then, just last night, after he gave Scarlett a gift, although his family didn’t verbally reprimand him, their gazes were filled with doubt and denial.

Was it because even his closest family started to deny him that this so-called Life Transfer Technique successfully swapped his life with Harry Whitley’s?

Chase refused to believe that he was the cause of all of this, and what he couldn’t understand even more was why Ava would do this to him?

“Wasn’t I good to you?”

As soon as he spoke, he realized how foolish the question was.

Wasn’t he good to Azura Loomis?

To Azura, he was a thousand times better than he was to Ava Zimmerman.

Yet, didn’t she lock him in a doll without hesitation? If Azura could do that, why wouldn’t Ava?

Ava noticed the self-mockery in his eyes and replied indifferently,

“I won’t deny, you indeed were the only one who treated me as a friend among everyone I’ve known so far.

But your kindness towards me was merely misplaced compassion used to flaunt the nobility of your character.”

She paused for a moment before adding,

“Besides, you’re Scarlett Jennings’s cousin, aren’t you?”

Chase’s pupils quivered.

“So it’s because of Scarlett Jennings?”

“You could understand it that way.”

Ava’s words were partly unexplained, showing no intention to elaborate further, and she continued,

“From today onward, live well under the identity of Harry Whitley. We probably won’t have the chance to meet again.”

After Ava finished speaking, Harry Whitley finally spoke with a smile,

“From now on, take care of my mom. Also, remember, as Harry Whitley, you still owe me two million in compensation.”

Harry Whitley felt like this was true justice.

When he initially demanded a two million compensation without considering whether a humble worker could ever repay it, he should have foreseen such a payback.

Chase wanted to roar with anger, especially wanting to punch Harry to the ground, but the guards quickly restrained him.

Harry instructed them to toss him out halfway up the mountain overnight.

Chase wanted to call for help, only to realize at some point his phone had been swapped for Harry’s.

Even if he could recall several past numbers, the moment he spoke, the call was cut off as if he were a madman.

That night, Chase braved the cold wind, walking alone for half the night before finally getting a ride from a kind driver back to the city.

He naturally couldn’t just accept his fate. In the following two weeks, he waited persistently by Adam Jennings and his parents, yet neither they nor Adam remembered him.

Chase wanted to stake out Scarlett Jennings, thinking that even if everyone couldn’t recognize him, Scarlett certainly could.

But as Scarlett rarely returned to the Jennings Family, it was challenging to wait for her. Chase even attempted to wait near her academy.

But the reality was, he knew nothing about Scarlett’s academy.

He only knew her Taoism Academy was on a mountain near Sea City, but where exactly, he had no idea.

Let alone finding her.

He also tried leaving messages for her online.

But he never received a response.

Even the places he regularly waited at increased their security, barring him from getting any closer.

Chase spent an entire month in a daze, moving from place to place each day. Hungry, he’d buy a box of food and some water to fill his stomach.

With no money, he had to learn to take the bus and squeeze into the subway.

He increasingly resembled a different version of Chase Jennings.

Not only did he stop caring about appearances, but he was also living like a vagabond.

A month after becoming Harry Whitley, he was found and taken away by the police.

He was reported by neighbors for abandoning an elderly woman.

Harry Whitley’s paralyzed mother nearly died from the lack of care these days, and he was also suspected of evading compensation.

“Harry Whitley” owed “Chase Jennings” two million in compensation, which had not been repaid.

Of course, money was something he didn’t have.

He couldn’t even afford to live in his house soon.

Harry Whitley’s job was automatically terminated due to a month’s unexplained absence from work.

Chase had to find another job to sustain himself.

Seeing him burdened with enormous debt while having to care for a paralyzed mother, the community introduced him to a job as a delivery man.

Chase began a life of running deliveries in all weathers.

In three months, he was close to forgetting what his original life was like.

Yet he had to keep living.

Strive to live.

After another four months, Chase became numb to this kind of life.

His entire appearance visibly became haggard and aged.

Sometimes, looking at himself in the mirror, he was still himself, but it seemed like he had completely turned into another person.

And the person who had taken over his identity? Chase could see him through his social media accounts, enjoying everything he once had, living a life of debauchery.

His former girlfriend, Fiona Harper, had been dumped by “him,” and “his” social media pages were filled with all kinds of women, internet celebrities, supermodels…

Chase, observing all this in the dead of night, couldn’t help but cry out of hatred several times.

Yet, he could do nothing about it.

Chase despised this life.

He searched online several times, finally confirming the location of the newly opened food street at the foot of the Taoism Academy’s mountain. He then quit his job as a delivery man and found work on the food street.

He waited for another two months.

On the 300th day as Harry Whitley, he finally saw Scarlett Jennings again.

To his surprise, Scarlett recognized him at first glance, her tone as cold as ever,

“Chase Jennings, how did you end up like this?”

Upon hearing the familiar address, Chase was almost moved to tears instantly, but before he could recount the difficulties he had faced, Scarlett cut him off,

“I know why you’re looking for me, but the Life Transfer Technique with Harry Whitley has already succeeded, and I can’t help you.”

She paused and then added,

“But if you truly want to return to the Jennings Family, I can help you with another way.”

Chase eagerly asked, “What way?!”

Scarlett looked at him, expression serious and solemn,

“I’ll turn you into the Jennings’ cleaning robot, and then you can return to the Jennings Family.”

Chase: ???