[{"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-680":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},1892675,2516,"Chapter 678: 678: The Benedict Beast's \"Gift","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-680",680,"\u003Cp>Chapter 678: Chapter 678: The Benedict Beast’s “Gift\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sea University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After class, Adam Jennings had just walked out of the teaching building when a nearby companion called out to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Adam, is that person… Scarlett Jennings?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam instinctively wanted to say how could Scarlett possibly be at Sea University, but as he followed their gaze, he indeed saw Scarlett.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, she was surrounded by several students, being stopped… for signatures and photos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Scarlett, have you been busy with courses at the Taoism Academy lately? It’s been a while since we’ve seen you active online!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Girl, I’m your metaphysics fan, can I take a photo with you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Scarlett, what brings you to our school? Is there something haunted here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett hadn’t expected that even though “Inspiration” had ended some time ago, she still had fans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weren’t they supposed to easily forget about her due to her long absence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she thought this in her heart, facing these people who “liked” her, Scarlett was unusually patient as she cooperated with the photo requests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam watched from afar, wondering if her visit to Sea University had anything to do with the little ghost he had just seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, he heard a friend question,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Adam, Scarlett Jennings is your cousin, right? Can you introduce me to her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, it’d be great if she could do a reading for me. I just started dating a new girlfriend recently…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Adam glanced indifferently at the person beside him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s not some fortune teller from the street; why would she need to read your love lines?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning his head, he then looked at another,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s not interested in meeting new friends, so I suggest you don’t get your hopes up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, then sternly warned,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, my cousin already has a fiancé.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that fiancé is not someone you want to mess with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two people he bluntly retorted to looked a bit embarrassed, but as that was typical of Adam’s character, they did not dare to say anything more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam then handed his books to them to take back to the dorm as he walked towards Scarlett.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett also noticed Adam approaching, and seeing this, the surrounding students didn’t continue to disturb her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam walked up, first scanning Scarlett’s body for the little ghost, but not seeing it, he then asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you come looking for me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett, noticing his gaze, simply replied, “Sort of.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, she got straight to the point and asked him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you seen the ghost baby I’ve been raising?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam: …\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that thing is called a ghost baby??\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, I’ve seen it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam had originally planned to ask her about it anyway, so since she approached him proactively, he told her about his recent ability to see ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Scarlett immediately knew he was affected by the Spiritual Aura from the Benedict Beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For spiritual objects like the Benedict, being exposed for a long time would naturally allow someone to absorb some Spiritual Energy; in a way, this was his “gift” from nurturing spiritual objects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing that this was a “gift” from the Benedict Jade, Adam was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He certainly didn’t want such a gift that let him see ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can I refuse it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” Scarlett said earnestly, “What is given by a sage can’t be declined.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, what is given by a venerable can’t be declined either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Adam’s constipated expression, Scarlett kindly suggested,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you really don’t want it, you can try negotiating with the Benedict.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam: …\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Negotiating with a jade piece that either eats jade or eats him? As if he doesn’t value his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, he still didn’t know that Scarlett’s previous claim of the Benedict eating him after consuming jade was just to scare him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett had long forgotten about that; seeing Adam’s dark expression, she went on,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your matter is cleared up, now it’s time to handle mine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said, “Take me to where you saw the ghost baby.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the baby ghost said it found Adam through the web domain, Scarlett didn’t think Adam was the reborn soul from another world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firstly, Adam’s past behavior didn’t match what someone from another world should be like; moreover, given his character, even if he knew the future, he wouldn’t go through the trouble to find an obscure writer to promote these things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, there was a thirty-minute gap between when the message was sent and when the ghost baby found him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s possible Adam simply had a coincidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, when Adam brought her to the computer lab, her suspicion was confirmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who used this computer before you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam, hearing she was looking for someone, didn’t expect that she was looking for the person who used the computer and still responded,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It should be the student from the previous class.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Adam opened his phone to check the lab usage schedule on the campus network,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was the class of computing science Class 22-3, but I don’t know who specifically sat here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Scarlett leaned over, “Is there a student list?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her head suddenly leaning over, Adam slightly tightened his grip on the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oddly, he felt a bit nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainly because this seemed like the first time he and Scarlett were having such a normal interaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Setting aside how he had opposed her when she first returned to the Jennings Family, or how she retaliated against him speechlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after they “made up,” they only interacted when necessary and didn’t really talk in private.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not like Lucas Jennings or Ismeria Jennings, who approached her readily and warmly after getting along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he always felt that Scarlett couldn’t care less about their friendliness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well…he got lucky since she made him the Benedict Jade item at least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chase Jennings had it worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, that’s how it seemed to Adam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the situation of them communicating normally and peacefully was quite a delicate one for Adam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me find it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said, quickly operating the phone, soon finding the list for Class 22-3, and glancing at Scarlett, suddenly asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Should I send it to you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett nodded and took out her phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam coughed lightly, “Then you need to accept my friend request first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this list, Adam finally was added to Scarlett’s WeChat friend list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the chat window, Adam felt a sense of indescribable emotion, mixed with an oddly relaxed mood,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know the instructor for this class, let me take you to ask them, they should know who sat here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett said, “I can investigate this myself now, you go on with your own affairs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, she pocketed her phone to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Adam suddenly felt as if he was being discarded after being used, his face darkening, he directly said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sea University is my turf, what can you find out on your own? I’m handling this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these words, he didn’t wait for Scarlett’s rejection and headed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He led Scarlett directly to a computing science mentor, asking her to wait outside as he went in for inquiries, only to find that the mentor had no idea who sat in which position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was one of the few times Scarlett had asked him for help, and he was reluctant to return without any answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking out of the office, seeing Scarlett, Adam gritted his teeth and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s okay if the mentor doesn’t know, I’ll ask around with the seniors in Class 3, maybe someone remembers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need.” Scarlett said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam thought she didn’t want to trouble him further, just about to speak when she calmly said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I already know who it is.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam was stunned, he hadn’t found out anything, how did she know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if sensing his puzzlement, Scarlett gestured towards a wandering soul nearby,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just asked a ghost from the computing science field.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam: …\u003C\u002Fp>",1321,"2026-06-10T07:18:43.165Z",1,"novelbin.me","bd964d0971474af4d1bd4852bf911727faa8c1a87507bf0100b3445f2f8aa34c","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-639","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-638",1286,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-cover.jpg"]