[{"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-560":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},1892567,2516,"Chapter 558: 558: How Do You Prove You Are Yourself?","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-560",560,"\u003Cp>Chapter 558: Chapter 558: How Do You Prove You Are Yourself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ariel Zimmerman, trembling, retrieved the Amulet Paper, watching as the once vibrant Talisman Paper dulls visibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hung the amulet back around her neck, forcing herself to remain calm, then dialed Gregory Xander’s phone number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After explaining the situation and receiving his assurance that he would come over tomorrow morning, Ariel finally relaxed a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, she heard the assistant’s voice outside again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it was clearly the real assistant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ariel still didn’t plan to open the door for her,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m fine, go back and rest. Tell the director I’m taking a leave tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t dare to open the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ariel decided she wouldn’t open the door until Gregory arrived tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That thing was obviously coming straight for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no one to rely on, she had to protect herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, Ariel spent it replaying videos over and over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The video was a screen recording of the show edited by previous internet users.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides Scarlett Jennings’s chanting album, there was Gregory Xander’s version of the Golden Light Spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is solely contemporary netizen wisdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s okay if you can’t memorize it, as long as your phone memory’s enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, she remained safe throughout the night after that incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ariel didn’t manage to catch a wink until dawn, curled at the edge of her bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was woken by the knocking at the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still that knock, without rhythm, one after another, making Ariel’s heart tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew that “Ghost” had come again outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though unsure how it dared act during daylight, Ariel couldn’t pretend she hadn’t heard it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holding the amulet around her neck, she moved step by step to the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the other party still knocking steadily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, she chose not to use the amulet, but took a deep breath, then shouted at the door,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop knocking! You’ve been knocking all night! Are you a woodpecker?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knocking outside suddenly ceased upon her words, evidently not expecting her reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shouldn’t she be scared?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having gone through the screen recording all night, Ariel, though trembling inside, kept telling herself not to be cowardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evander Simpson mentioned that everyone has innate Yang Fire, which diminishes when engulfed in fear, letting ghosts invade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So facing such intentionally fearsome ghosts, what she needs to do is—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cuss it out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you want, following me every day?! Are you a stalker?! Staring at me with those dead eyes, don’t think I’ll be afraid of you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m Ariel Zimmerman! Since my debut, when wasn’t I watched by others? With your dead fish eyes, I wouldn’t even blink if they fell to the ground!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did you come from? A stray ghost or a bred one? Wandering to scare people, have you registered in the Underworld? Does the Security Bureau know?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me tell you, I have connections in the Security Bureau and Taoism Academy! Keep thumping outside, and see if I don’t call someone from the Security Bureau to capture you?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ariel, usually restrained, seldom cursed like this, and even found herself becoming more fluent the more she cursed, adopting the confrontational manner from TV dramas, swearing at the door for a full half-hour, until she worked up a sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially whenever the other party prepared to knock, she’d curse even louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exuding the determination to make the ghost wish it could reincarnate on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adhering to the principle that if she was fiercer, the ghost would have to cower before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few rounds, finally, after finishing her third glass of water and readying to resume cursing, the cold aura outside the door dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She waited for quite a while, till the knocking finally ceased entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Convinced the ghost had genuinely left, Ariel heaved a heavy sigh and was about to rest on a chair when the knocking outside startled her again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ariel sprang up from the chair in shock, shouting toward the entrance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You dare knock again?! Just try, and I’ll slash your claws with a talisman! Haven’t you learned your lesson from last night?! You…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before she could finish speaking, the knocking paused sharply, followed by a somewhat familiar, formal male voice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ariel, I’m Gregory Xander.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ariel suddenly widened her eyes, reflexively about to open the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But reason quickly held her back, “How do you prove you’re not something else disguised?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, Gregory Xander paused momentarily, then began,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heaven and Earth Xuan Sect, The Root of All Qi, Cultivate the myriad calamities, prove my Divine Skills…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deep male voice embodied the familiar aura she had listened to all night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, if he were a ghost, he’d never dare recite the Golden Light Spell himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ariel didn’t wait for him to finish reciting, promptly swung the door open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Gregory Xander standing outside, her eyes immediately reddened, and she threw herself into his arms with abandon, a sobbing tone in her voice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gregory Xander! Why are you just arriving?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tone had none of the fierceness she’d shown while scolding the ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gregory Xander, caught off guard by the embrace, froze in place, his hands helplessly raised, totally forgetting how to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the usually stern features on his face showed apparent cracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, Ariel released him soon enough, though her tear-stained, reddened eyes remained evident of her fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gregory Xander overlooked her previous impulsiveness, watching her, with a slight lip pinch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, she cried again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, he’d come over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the lingering shadow energy at the doorway, Gregory Xander quickly returned to his professional demeanor, stepping inside,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me what happened first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ariel then related how she had been watched by a strange man a few days ago till the previous night’s knocking and her scaring the intruder off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, she omitted the part about her swearing at the ghost for half an hour that morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing her recount, Gregory Xander simply commented,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“According to what you said, it should be a Shadow Ghost.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Shadow Ghost isn’t an ordinary soul body; it’s a ghost body initially formed in shadows where Yin energy converges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ghost body takes on human shape by attaching itself to a person’s shadow, hence called Shadow Ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accruing sufficient energy allows the Shadow Ghost to leave shadows and move independently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To gather energy, it continually selects humans, absorbing their souls to strengthen itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once it selects someone, it begins appearing before them, gradually closing distance until it reaches them entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First occupying their shadow, then absorbing their soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Gregory Xander’s explanation, Ariel was nearly scared to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought it was just a typical wandering, rogue ghost, but it turned out to be targeted by something so terrifying!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, why would that Shadow Ghost choose her?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Ariel was pondering, the sudden sound of knocking came from the doorway again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ariel instantly jumped in fright, screamed, and leaped directly behind Gregory Xander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah! It’s back again!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1159,"2026-06-10T07:18:37.918Z",1,"novelbin.me","b7bbb22a1ab46ad584b3e229651b189b3349a0c363c2af68f2cfe3ffa142a350","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-561","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-559",1286,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-cover.jpg"]