[{"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-554":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},1892561,2516,"Chapter 552: 552: Benedict Beast Swings Its Tail, System Draws Randomly","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-554",554,"\u003Cp>Chapter 552: Chapter 552: Benedict Beast Swings Its Tail, System Draws Randomly\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night falls on the Jennings Family estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam Jennings sits on the sofa in Lucas Jennings’ room, watching him climb into bed, ready to sleep, and can’t help saying,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re just going to sleep?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas turns his head to look at Adam, “What else?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Adam staring at him, Lucas simply sits on the bed and says,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My sister already said she’d help you catch that thief, don’t worry. But bro, are you really planning to sleep with me tonight?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What else?” Adam glances at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally thinking it was just some insider thief, he wasn’t worried about sleeping inside even if that’s the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But knowing there’s something strange in the house, he no longer dared to take the risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he could just sleep in any guest room, he felt that nowhere seemed as safe as Scarlett Jennings’ room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sadly, Scarlett is a girl; otherwise, he would squeeze into her room even if it meant sleeping on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staying with Lucas is a second-best choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Lucas’ room is directly below Scarlett’s. If something really happens, she’d sense it too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Adam’s self-righteous tone, Lucas lies down and pulls up the covers, still muttering,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have other brothers, your brother’s on the third floor, yet you insist on squeezing in with me…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam throws him a sideways glance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why do you talk so much?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas pouts, lightly hums, “Taking up my room and complaining I talk too much. Lights off!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice-activated lights in the room turn off in response, and the room instantly plunges into darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After just a second, Adam turns them back on again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not asleep yet, why turn off the light, leave it on.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas almost laughs in exasperation at his words, just about to sit up to scold him when Adam, self-absorbed, asks,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is Scarlett asleep too? Should we send her a message telling her not to sleep too deeply tonight?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas: …\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Adam, trust me, if you dare message her to stay awake, not only will you be permanently blocked, but she won’t help you with the thief issue either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas spoke with certainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being Scarlett’s little lackey, Lucas surely understands Scarlett better than anyone. Since he said so, Adam… had no choice but to give up this idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three in the morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam and Lucas are bundled together in sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire villa is enveloped in silence, but if you listen closely, there’s a faint noise of something moving on the exterior wall outside the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system turtle is laboriously moving up the wall cavity with its limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been commanding this body, it’s been crawling for over six hours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, it’s almost there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system’s target is the window ledge of Adam Jennings’ room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t until Adam poked it today that it learned Scarlett Jennings had given that Benedict Jade to this fool Adam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the days it was inside Azura Loomis’ body, it had interacted with Adam Jennings quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the system’s view, Adam is just an easily tricked fool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this fool gets such a prized thing from Scarlett Jennings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s a waste!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than letting such a fool waste it, it figured it might as well secretly take it for itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thought, the system finally perseveres and climbs to the window ledge of Adam’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, one of the windows in Adam’s room is open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system labors its way over, and as it stretches its head, ready to squeeze through the window gap, unexpectedly it senses a familiar and longed-for aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the aura is very close!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system excitedly moves its limbs, and with difficulty, the whole turtle squeezes through the window, feeling that the aura, initially some distance away, suddenly becomes within reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system turtle’s head freezes, instinctively looks up, and sees a completely green Benedict Jade looking down at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its appearance, surprisingly lifelike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system turtle instantly widens its mouth, just about to say something, when the Benedict Jade suddenly turns around, and the jade tail fiercely strikes the system turtle’s head with a loud smack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly a jade item, yet its force is not slight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system only feels the whole turtle being knocked flying, instinctively retracting into its shell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The turtle shell spins twice in the air, then falls into the bushes below with a thud, silent thereafter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forced into silence, the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upstairs, Scarlett Jennings, originally in deep sleep, abruptly opens her eyes the moment the Benedict Jade makes its move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her almond eyes filled with clarity; she then unhesitatingly gets out of bed, running downstairs while forming a mantra with both hands,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heaven and earth supreme, encompassing all, four directions spirit evil, none dare escape… Bind!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit Light Rune Chains are faster than her movements, darting towards Adam’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It slips through the gap in the door and quickly locks onto its target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Binds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing the Binding Spirit Chain catching something, Scarlett Jenkins is swiftly swept along by a breeze, arriving quickly outside Adam’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the commotion, both Adam and Lucas awaken with a start, rushing to the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon reaching Adam’s room, they see the door wide open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett stands motionless at the doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, both of them notice the sounds of struggling inside the room, hastily signaling to turn on the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a snap, the light blazes brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they finally see the scene inside, both Lucas and Adam are stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This, is the thief who stole the jade?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the doorway, Adam looks at the little creature bound by rune chains, his expression difficult to describe,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why do I find it so familiar?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas says, “Of course, it’s familiar! It’s the thief who secretly lived in my sister’s new house!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, bound by the rune chains is none other than the Ear Mouse itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being familiar with the chains binding it, it gives up struggling, mewling toward Scarlett,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, I’m Braxton Weaver, I came to find you, sob sob sob…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Braxton hadn’t assumed human form; he speaks directly as a beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This voice instantly shocks the two at the entrance once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh my god! Where’s this uncle’s voice coming from?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas hides behind Scarlett, nervously glancing around inside the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they already knew this Ear Mouse was a demon, they hadn’t heard it speak before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to a somewhat cute big-eared flying squirrel emit an uncle’s voice, Lucas had to admit he was quite startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam is equally startled but quickly recovers, pointing at the bound Ear Mouse, questioning,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s you who’s been stealing my jade materials every night?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Braxton hears Adam’s accusation, instantly shouting,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t steal your stuff!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then turning to Scarlett, mewling tearfully, “Master, I really didn’t steal anything, you know, I’m not that kind of demon!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing it was Braxton bound inside, Scarlett knew she caught the wrong one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she knew, she didn’t immediately withdraw the chain, only asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did you run here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, her eyes slightly narrowing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You didn’t turn yourself in as suggested earlier?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Scarlett’s dangerous gaze, Braxton quickly shivers, hastily speaks,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I did, I did! But the Mystic Regulation Office lectured me, fined me, then released me. I came specifically to find you, Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Braxton, afraid she wouldn’t believe him, suddenly extends his long tail, presenting something to Scarlett.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fluffy tail gently unfolds, revealing several pieces of currency of different values wrapped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the money I promised to compensate you with.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1265,"2026-06-10T07:18:37.918Z",1,"novelbin.me","68022641cc07ebf8ffae1444eb793c41b9b280ab615666a6d2b32235430dcbf9","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-555","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-553",1286,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-cover.jpg"]