The Fake Heiress Turns out to Be a True Tycoon! Chapter 558: 558: How Do You Prove You Are Yourself?

Chapter 558: Chapter 558: How Do You Prove You Are Yourself?

Ariel Zimrman, trembling, retrieved the Amulet Paper, watching as the once vibrant Talisman Paper dulls visibly.

She hung the amulet back around her neck, forcing herself to remain calm, then dialed Gregory Xander’s phone number.

After explaining the situation and receiving his assurance that he would co over tomorrow morning, Ariel finally relaxed a little.

Just then, she heard the assistant’s voice outside again.

This ti, it was clearly the real assistant.

But Ariel still didn’t plan to open the door for her,

“I’m fine, go back and rest. Tell the director I’m taking a leave tomorrow.”

She didn’t dare to open the door.

Ariel decided she wouldn’t open the door until Gregory arrived tomorrow.

That thing was obviously coming straight for her.

With no one to rely on, she had to protect herself.

That night, Ariel spent it replaying videos over and over.

The video was a screen recording of the show edited by previous internet users.

Besides Scarlett Jennings’s chanting album, there was Gregory Xander’s version of the Golden Light Spell.

This is solely contemporary netizen wisdom.

It’s okay if you can’t morize it, as long as your phone mory’s enough.

Luckily, she remained safe throughout the night after that incident.

Ariel didn’t manage to catch a wink until dawn, curled at the edge of her bed.

She was woken by the knocking at the door.

It was still that knock, without rhythm, one after another, making Ariel’s heart tremble.

She knew that “Ghost” had co again outside.

Though unsure how it dared act during daylight, Ariel couldn’t pretend she hadn’t heard it.

Holding the amulet around her neck, she moved step by step to the door.

Listening to the other party still knocking steadily.

This ti, she chose not to use the amulet, but took a deep breath, then shouted at the door,

“Stop knocking! You’ve been knocking all night! Are you a woodpecker?!”

The knocking outside suddenly ceased upon her words, evidently not expecting her reaction.

Shouldn’t she be scared?

Having gone through the screen recording all night, Ariel, though trembling inside, kept telling herself not to be cowardly.

Evander Simpson ntioned that everyone has innate Yang Fire, which diminishes when engulfed in fear, letting ghosts invade.

So facing such intentionally fearso ghosts, what she needs to do is—

Cuss it out!

“What do you want, following every day?! Are you a stalker?! Staring at with those dead eyes, don’t think I’ll be afraid of you!”

“I’m Ariel Zimrman! 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!”

“Where did you co from? A stray ghost or a bred one? Wandering to scare people, have you registered in the Underworld? Does the Security Bureau know?!”

“Let tell you, I have connections in the Security Bureau and Taoism Academy! Keep thumping outside, and see if I don’t call soone from the Security Bureau to capture you?!”

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.

Especially whenever the other party prepared to knock, she’d curse even louder.

Exuding the determination to make the ghost wish it could reincarnate on the spot.

Adhering to the principle that if she was fiercer, the ghost would have to cower before her.

After a few rounds, finally, after finishing her third glass of water and readying to resu cursing, the cold aura outside the door dispersed.

She waited for quite a while, till the knocking finally ceased entirely.

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.

Ariel sprang up from the chair in shock, shouting toward the entrance,

“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…”

Before she could finish speaking, the knocking paused sharply, followed by a sowhat familiar, formal male voice,

“Ariel, I’m Gregory Xander.”

Ariel suddenly widened her eyes, reflexively about to open the door.

But reason quickly held her back, “How do you prove you’re not sothing else disguised?”

Outside, Gregory Xander paused montarily, then began,

“Heaven and Earth Xuan Sect, The Root of All Qi, Cultivate the myriad calamities, prove my Divine Skills…”

The deep male voice embodied the familiar aura she had listened to all night.

More importantly, if he were a ghost, he’d never dare recite the Golden Light Spell himself.

Ariel didn’t wait for him to finish reciting, promptly swung the door open.

Seeing Gregory Xander standing outside, her eyes imdiately reddened, and she threw herself into his arms with abandon, a sobbing tone in her voice,

“Gregory Xander! Why are you just arriving?!”

The tone had none of the fierceness she’d shown while scolding the ghost.

Gregory Xander, caught off guard by the embrace, froze in place, his hands helplessly raised, totally forgetting how to react.

Even the usually stern features on his face showed apparent cracks.

Luckily, Ariel released him soon enough, though her tear-stained, reddened eyes remained evident of her fear.

Gregory Xander overlooked her previous impulsiveness, watching her, with a slight lip pinch.

Indeed, she cried again.

Fortunately, he’d co over.

Feeling the lingering shadow energy at the doorway, Gregory Xander quickly returned to his professional deanor, stepping inside,

“Tell what happened first.”

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.

Of course, she omitted the part about her swearing at the ghost for half an hour that morning.

After hearing her recount, Gregory Xander simply comnted,

“According to what you said, it should be a Shadow Ghost.”

A Shadow Ghost isn’t an ordinary soul body; it’s a ghost body initially ford in shadows where Yin energy converges.

This ghost body takes on human shape by attaching itself to a person’s shadow, hence called Shadow Ghost.

Accruing sufficient energy allows the Shadow Ghost to leave shadows and move independently.

To gather energy, it continually selects humans, absorbing their souls to strengthen itself.

Once it selects soone, it begins appearing before them, gradually closing distance until it reaches them entirely.

First occupying their shadow, then absorbing their soul.

Following Gregory Xander’s explanation, Ariel was nearly scared to death.

She thought it was just a typical wandering, rogue ghost, but it turned out to be targeted by sothing so terrifying!!

Moreover, why would that Shadow Ghost choose her?!

As Ariel was pondering, the sudden sound of knocking ca from the doorway again.

Ariel instantly jumped in fright, scread, and leaped directly behind Gregory Xander.

“Ah! It’s back again!”