[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon":3,"chapter-the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-1100":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Fake Heiress Turns out to Be a True Tycoon!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1893157,2516,"Chapter 1098: A Three-Year-Old Mother and a Thousand-Year-Old Uncle","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-1100",1100,"\u003Cp>\"Shut up, stop crying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron Hearne commanded coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three-year-old child paused in her crying, glanced up, and then cried even louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wah wah wah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of panic and frustration crossed Aaron’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop crying!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that she continued to cry without pause, Aaron sighed helplessly, grabbed from behind, and swiftly lifted the little one off the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magnolia Hearne’s crying stopped as she realized she’d fallen into a broad embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron Hearne moved quickly through the forest with her, arriving in the blink of an eye at a Blossom Valley. He waved his hand, and flower petals danced in the air, gathering into a fox-shaped silhouette that swirled swiftly around Magnolia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magnolia had long stopped crying, her big eyes sparkling as she watched the petals twirl, reaching out her small hands to grab them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron deftly flicked his fingers, and the petal-formed fox dashed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With another flick of his fingers, the little one in his arms floated up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she moved, she quickly followed the fox into the sea of flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the cheerful laughter of a child rang joyfully through the valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At sunset, Aaron returned to the secluded mountain home where Emily Hearne and Isaac Harper resided, carrying the soundly sleeping child on one arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emily seemed to have been expecting him, and upon seeing her daughter in Aaron’s arms, she merely raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron pressed his lips together and passed her sleeping child over directly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yours to take back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emily let out a snort of laughter, yet still reached out to take the child, who, upon smelling the familiar scent, shifted slightly in Emily’s arms to a more comfortable position, sleeping sweetly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Emily was about to remove a petal stuck on her daughter’s head, a delicate jade fox unexpectedly fell into the little one’s arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Emily looked up, Aaron had already vanished, leaving only a faint echo of his voice on the wind—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A gift for meeting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett Jennings’s divine soul quietly observed, her lips curling up unconsciously. Shortly, the space-time before her shifted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nation lay in ruins, invaded by foreign enemies, and Isaac Harper died in the ensuing chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emily lost her beloved, her eyes no longer held the tenderness they once had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took Magnolia back to the Hearne Clan’s ancestral grounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Scarlett’s divine soul didn’t follow them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her soul made its way to the battlefield where amidst the blazing fires and scorched earth, she saw another familiar figure—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be precise, it was Ivan of this timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood in a jade-blue brocade robe, so out of place on the desolate battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his androgynous face was an expression mingling earthly compassion and silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett’s divine soul instinctively drifted closer to him, but the next moment, she unexpectedly locked eyes with Ivan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett was taken aback,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see her!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in his eyes, there was a hint of unfamiliarity and scrutiny; evidently, he didn’t recognize her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With surprise or shock flitting through his eyes, as Scarlett was about to speak, the Ivan before her suddenly vanished, replaced by a sight she recognized—Ivan adorned in an exquisitely embroidered traditional Tang suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike before, this Ivan was someone she’d encountered once, with his foxy eyes carrying a hint of allure, he looked at her, clicked his tongue,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go, I’ll take you back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett was somewhat surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only could he see her divine soul, but he was also here specifically to take her back?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you know I was here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan arched a brow,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guess.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett didn’t guess, just looked at him quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan let out a soft sigh, glancing at her, he simply said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The token I gave you back then, you didn’t recall using it at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett started, quickly realizing he referred to the Underworld Pass capable of opening the Ghost Gate at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, she had accidentally acquired half of Ivan’s portrait in the Ghost Market, and to reclaim it, he granted her a token as recompense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett naturally knew about the token, but entering the space-time tunnel in her divine soul form, she certainly couldn’t physically carry the Underworld Pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While pondering this, a flash of spiritual light appeared in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the black token emerged from her divine soul, suspended in mid-air before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An instant of astonishment swept through Scarlett’s mind, was this token attached to her soul like it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, even with the Underworld Pass, she could perceive the Underworld, but the Underworld of this space-time should not connect to the original one, should it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan gave no explanation, simply reached out to hook the Underworld Pass into his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took the token, pressing it into the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, a Ghost Gate opened in the space before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan returned the Pass to Scarlett and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn’t know, but the Underworld contains the world’s only remaining piece of Fusang wood?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soul tree of the Hearne Clan was born from a wisp of Fusang wood’s spiritual energy, but within the Underworld, a complete Fusang branch has always been preserved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, Scarlett failed to open the space-time passage via the Soul Tree, so to return, naturally she had to open a new passage through another branch of Fusang wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan had been waiting for her after discovering that she and Samuel Chalmers sought to traverse time to locate the Five-Colored Divine Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only, he didn’t expect she’d first find a soul tree formed by Fusang wood’s spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the Soul Tree held the power of the Fusang wood, the space-time passage it opened was inherently unstable, and any misstep could swirl one into a time rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he hadn’t come, it was feared her and Samuel’s divine souls might continue to drift through time rifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan never made a proactive, costly endeavor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nonetheless, this time...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget it; ultimately, he owed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett hadn’t anticipated the Underworld actually possessing a branch of Fusang wood, nor that Ivan knew about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling the figure who appeared last time in the Ghost Market, Scarlett sensed Ivan’s ties to the Underworld might be deeper than she imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without further questioning, Scarlett stepped forward, ready to enter the Ghost Gate alongside him, but abruptly, like struck by a thought, she asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How are Samuel Chalmers and Susan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, she was swept into the maelstrom, unsure if the two had safely returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Ivan could find her here, he surely knew about Samuel and Susan’s situation too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan didn’t hide it from her, simply said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Little Phoenix has returned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused briefly, then added, \"As for him, he voluntarily followed you into the time rift, and now his soul, like yours, drifts through time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Scarlett’s heart trembled as she was about to ask further, only to hear Ivan say,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rest assured, once in the Underworld, he will sense where your divine soul is and will come to find you actively.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Underworld, due to the Fusang wood, connects with all space-times; finding someone there is easier than in the Mortal Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ivan’s words barely concluded when Scarlett, without hesitation, stepped into the Ghost Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She never doubted Ivan’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Ghost Gate closed behind her, Scarlett felt the Golden Light Bracelet on her wrist emit a golden glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light formed by the Golden Light connected somewhere in the Underworld, not giving Scarlett the chance to follow it, a familiar golden light flashed before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, a rift in space split open before her, and Samuel Chalmers, bathed in golden light, emerged from the breach...\u003C\u002Fp>",1273,"2026-06-10T07:19:01.494Z",1,"novelbin.me","79f611e41d03bf7025185d510b27ed1f3a32b7bce3c99efb56b6f34fd6406472","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-1251","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-1099",1286,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-cover.jpg"]