Ghost Exorciser: The Oust Fake Heiress Strikes-Chapter 339 - 337: Mr. Crow’s Probing

She picked it up with trembling fingers and saw the caller’s name.

Lucian.

She hesitated before answering.

On the other end, Lucian’s calm voice greeted her. "Are you alright?"

He had called at midnight.

Lana swallowed. "No... I am not."

Then she asked, "Why did you call?"

Lucian paused before replying.

Today felt strange. He tried several times to guide Lana into sleep, but she did not respond at all. It was as if she were not there. He became worried.

He did not reveal everything.

He did not say that he had been afraid to investigate further, worried that Lana might discover something unusual about the jade bracelet.

He certainly did not admit that while working, he had suddenly been overcome with a sharp, inexplicable anxiety, as if something precious to him was being taken away.

Hence, the very first thought that came to Lucian’s mind was Lana.

Without hesitation, he called her.

The moment the call connected and he heard Lana’s trembling, fearful voice, his brows furrowed.

He immediately understood that she must have been frightened, perhaps shaken by some kind of nightmare.

Yet that realization only made things stranger.

From his perspective, as long as Lana wore the jade bracelet, it was extremely difficult for any nightmare to invade her consciousness.

"Lana," his voice turned sharp with concern, "did you take off the jade bracelet?"

There was a brief silence on the other end.

Lana froze. Only then did she realize that in her disgust earlier, she had removed it and never worn it again.

"...Yes," she admitted quietly.

Lucian exhaled. "Put it back on. The jade bracelet is meant to stabilize your mind. It can suppress nightmares."

Lana slowly slipped the bracelet back onto her wrist, the cool jade touching her skin with a faint calming sensation.

After that, she told him everything that had happened that afternoon, the gel, the insects, the unease, and the strange fear that had followed her into the night.

Lucian listened without interrupting.

When she finished, he spoke in a calm, measured tone. "Until either Mr. Crow or Axel wakes up, stay on the call with me. Do not remain alone."

Lana agreed.

Through the rest of the night, they spoke about trivial things, random memories, small arguments, meaningless conversations that carried no weight at all.

Yet Lana did not realize that from the moment Lucian began talking, the fear inside her had started to fade.

’As long as he is here... nothing will go wrong.’

Time passed quietly, and she remained on the call until morning.

When dawn finally arrived, Mr. Crow stirred awake.

He blinked slowly, rubbing his eyes, only to notice Lana sitting nearby with her phone pressed to her ear. He tilted his head, puzzled.

Lana noticed he was awake and quickly spoke into the phone. "Mr. Crow is up now."

Lucian replied, "Then go talk to him."

The call ended.

Lana turned toward Mr. Crow, who was already watching her carefully.

"What happened?" he asked. "You never look this frightened unless something is truly wrong."

Lana immediately recounted everything: the dream, her fear, the strange night.

As he listened, Mr. Crow’s eyes narrowed.

His suspicions were nearly confirmed.

However, instead of reacting immediately, he simply said, "Go take a shower first. It will help you calm down."

Lana nodded and left.

At the same time, Lucian, who had just set his phone aside, noticed a new message appear on the screen.

It was from Lana’s number.

The message read:

"I know you enter my dreams using the jade bracelet."

Lucian’s eyes narrowed slightly.

He did not panic.

Instead, he typed back, "What are you talking about?"

On the other side, Mr. Crow stared at the reply.

He hesitated for a moment but continued typing.

"You do not need to pretend. I already know."

Lucian read the message and immediately realized something was off.

He knew Lana’s typing habits well.

She always wrote "know" incorrectly as "now." It was an odd quirk she had never bothered to fix.

But this message was written perfectly.

Lucian instantly understood.

’This is not Lana.’

He stopped replying altogether. Mr. Crow waited. No response came. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

After a while, he sighed and deleted the messages, satisfied that his guess had been correct.

When Lana returned from her shower, she saw Mr. Crow holding her phone.

She frowned. "What are you doing?"

Mr. Crow looked at her, now fully certain that Lucian and Lana had indeed connected through the jade bracelet’s influence.

He wanted to expose Lucian... yet he held himself back.

"It was nothing," he replied.

Lana did not think much of it. Her mind was already occupied with a more pressing issue.

Later that morning, at the breakfast table, Lana turned to Axel.

"I want to withdraw from the exchange program today itself."

Axel hesitated at first, surprised by her decisiveness. But seeing her firm expression, he finally nodded.

That same day, when Axel went to process the withdrawal, he discovered that there was still one more day required before the exit could be finalized.

One day.

Lana decided she would use that time to warn as many people as she could.

She began with the university authorities.

Lana went straight to Principal Wayne’s office and told him that some kind of formation might soon be activated.

At first, Wayne looked skeptical, unsure whether to believe her.

Without another word, Lana placed the gel container on his desk.

Wayne glanced at it. "What about this?"

"Do you recognize it?" Lana asked.

"Of course," Wayne replied.

"A famous overseas company introduced this cream for testing. Students who tried it even received fifty thousand dollars each. After seeing the results, many began purchasing it themselves. It has spread throughout the university."

Lana’s expression darkened.

"If you had a third eye," she said quietly, "you would never have accepted this."

Wayne frowned in confusion.

Lana explained, "This cream is filled with white parasites. You cannot see them, but they are there. The entire substance is made of them."