[{"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-976":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},1892833,2516,"Chapter 974: The Rain That Never Fell","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-976",976,"\u003Cp>A voice that held a light yet helpless tone, it was clearly the same voice as before, yet inexplicably, it made Scarlett Jennings’ body tense slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mind seemed blank for a moment, as she gazed at the person in front of her, clearly still the same person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, somehow, there was something different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers tightened, and she subconsciously clenched her palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the person in front, she slowly seemed to find her voice again and asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Samuel Chalmers?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a bit unsure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such hesitation was unlike her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she still remembered, when she was in Artefact Village, she had a similar illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, she tentatively called him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his response was just silence from the person opposite her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That silence told her that she once again mistook the person in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called sense of familiarity was nothing more than an illusion born of her hopes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She feared that this was also her illusion now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Samuel Chalmers?\" She asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, this time, the person opposite didn’t respond with silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two words caused Scarlett Jennings’ heart, which had stalled for a moment, to suddenly leap back into motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at the person in front of her, her eyes once again uncontrollably reddening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samuel Chalmers looked at her like this, and within his heart, it was no longer the strange feeling of unfamiliarity that left him at a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it was a genuine sense of heartache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heartache for her waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heartache for the grievances she’d suffered from \"him\" during the waiting period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fingertips clad in golden light gently caressed her cheek, touching the slight redness at the corner of her eye, attempting to cover that hue with the golden glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once more, he spoke, voice softer than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Scarlett, I’ve returned.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a settled and assured sense of comfort, he stared unwaveringly at the person in front until she, after initial daze, suddenly withdrew her face from his touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samuel’s fingers stiffened slightly, thinking she didn’t believe him, and just as he was about to say something, the person in front instantly leapt into his embrace without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samuel paused for but a moment, then quickly extended his arms, at that moment, both he and his golden glow embraced her tightly without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Belated emotions spread through his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this moment, he seemed to re-discover his joys and sorrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this moment, he was no longer merely the guardian of Cathay’s lands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still Samuel Chalmers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett Jennings felt the familiar and warm embrace, her body almost merging with his golden glow, and the arms encircling her carried a firm strength that inexplicably made her eyes hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t want to cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too much had happened today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t want to indulge herself in displaying too much vulnerability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet facing the person in front of her, she struggled to control it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a daze, she understood why in the hall, her mother, who was strong and fearless, unwaveringly protecting her and her brother, would cry like a child the moment she saw her father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was an emotion release reserved for the closest ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was always that one person, with just a glance at you, all your grievances would spill towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To her, Samuel Chalmers was such an existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She buried her face deep into his chest, not daring to lift her hand, but with one hand clenched into a fist, she suddenly struck the shoulder of the person in front like she was venting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She struck once, feeling it wasn’t enough, she struck a second time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samuel did not react, just continued to hold her, letting her vent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after two hits, she delayed to strike a third time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samuel, puzzled, glanced down, and suddenly felt a slight dampness against his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart felt as though it had been fiercely scalded by something, he slightly loosened his embrace, carefully reaching for her cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only just before touching, he was slapped away by her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unyielding, Samuel held her cheeks with a gentle insistence, until he saw her clearly reddened eyes through the golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His dark eyes fixated, speechless, as emotions surged within his chest, and before he had distinguished what kind they were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already leaned in, and kissed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett Jennings’ lashes lightly trembled, only a second later, she closed her eyes, responding without hesitation to the person in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hands reached for his neck and shoulder, their breaths mingling with the continuously dancing golden light around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muffled thunder seemed to echo overhead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky gathered clouds at some point, a sign of impending rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the second floor, Magnolia Hearne, who was stealthily peeking downstairs with her husband at the young couple, instinctively glanced at the sky and clicked her tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inwardly cursing the Heavenly Dao for its spoiling mood, she didn’t care that her demonic power hadn’t fully recovered and prepared to cast magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She must stop the rain for her darling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, before she could complete her spell, Samuel, in the garden, raised his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A golden light shot from his hand straight toward the clouds gathering overhead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with his motion, the timid ones hiding in a pocket, Araminta Gold and Liora Gold, seemed to sense something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two golden-lit little papier-mâché people swiftly chased the golden light up towards the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from them, Dashiell, who had initially returned to his room planning to dig a pool for himself as a nest, seemed to be summoned too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragon scales showed on his skin, the scales faintly emitting a silver glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, he let out a low moan, transforming on the spot into a ragged little silver dragon, instinctively chasing the golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little dragon quickly entwined with the golden light, flying skyward, its still incomplete ragged dragon scales rising once more upon touching the golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as if washed by the golden light, the shattered dragon scales peeled away piece by piece, and were soon replaced by silver white dragon scales gleaming with a pearl-like luster, flowing upwards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sensation of rebirth with new scales was so pleasurable that Dashiell couldn’t resist a roar skyward, a clear and deep dragon chant echoing from the clouds above Capital Metropolitan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then returning to the Security Bureau, Simon’s eyes twitched, wondering who added to his workload yet again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, sensing the golden light above the clouds, Simon paused for a second, resignedly transforming into a black giant dragon, soaring upwards in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t it just a rainstorm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d block it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect timing, he’d teach this newly birthed little dragon some Dragon Clan rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day, many from the Demon Clan in Capital Metropolitan sensed the two churning dragon energies above the clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was very familiar, the other, youthful and somewhat unfamiliar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They thought perhaps it was a dragon in high spirits wanting to call forth rain, and with two dragons stirring clouds, surely there would be a torrential downpour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each family urged their young imps home, not to wander, while many masters from the Mystical Sect prepared for a deluge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the expected torrential rain didn’t descend, instead, the clouds gathered above Capital Metropolitan slowly dispersed under the black and silver dragon’s disturbance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder within the clouds was banished, the layers parted, and the anticipated storm never fell, the sky forcibly cleared in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knew why the rain couldn’t fall.\u003C\u002Fp>",1254,"2026-06-10T07:18:51.365Z",1,"novelbin.me","dbc6a1f8b448a80804af792da7e35f673980366922a40f62aa01e18c04b018fe","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-977","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-975",1286,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-cover.jpg"]