The fortune telling was so accurate that I accidentally accumulated a huge amount of merit!

Chapter 205 Similarity
Yun Ran was now exuding an aura of 'having become obedient'.

Gu Yuan is similar. He could still act tough when facing those people from the Special Administration Bureau, but now he doesn't dare.

The people who came with him this time were all people he couldn't afford to offend; they were elders whose mere words could prompt his grandfather to use family discipline on him.

As the gates of the Tan family opened, a familiar figure appeared, and Yun Ran's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down. It really was the Tan family she knew.

Tan Chengbi personally led a group to greet Xie Xuzhi and his entourage, even though Yun Ran had already been very low-key.

But as the only woman in the group, she still stood out.

Noticing the gaze fixed on her, Yun Ran turned her head and met Tan Chengbi's eyes.

Yun Ran wasn't embarrassed at all. So what if a casual acquaintance found out her online identity? It wasn't a big deal.

Anyway, she has a million ways to make it impossible for the other party to pursue the matter, and besides, she's not the one who suffers.

Without any psychological burden, Yun Ran then gave Tan Chengbi a friendly smile.

Little did he know the psychological impact she was having on Tan Chengbi: Good heavens, he was just beginning to suspect that Yun Ran was deliberately getting close to him, and now Yun Ran had reappeared in front of him under a different identity.

In formal settings, Xie Xuzhi is like an emotionless robot; there's no room for small talk or breaking the ice, and he goes straight into work mode the moment they meet.

"Young Master Tan, lead the way!"

Yun Ran and Gu Yuan were left outside the conference room. Since they were the least senior, it was natural for them to be the ones guarding the door.

Gu Yuan, a man of eight hundred cunning schemes, leaned against the wall and poked Yun Ran's shoulder: "Do you know anyone from the Tan family?"

The way some members of the Tan family looked at Yun Ran just now clearly showed that they were acquaintances.

Yun Ran was annoyed by Gu Yuan poking her, so she quickly retaliated, slapping Gu Yuan's hand before he could pull it back.

"none of your business!"

Looking at his hand, which had been slapped red, Gu Yuan calmly withdrew his hand: "It was just friendly concern from a colleague. If you don't want to tell me, that's fine. Anyway, I didn't really want to know."

Yun Ran glanced at Gu Yuan sideways. She'd be a fool to believe him. Even if she didn't say anything, this guy would definitely gossip about it later.

He briefly recounted how he met Tan Chengbi, and also mentioned how he wiped out a small group of evil cultivators.

Gu Yuan silently gave Yun Ran a thumbs up: "You encounter things that others might not encounter even in eight hundred years, you encounter them wherever you go, more accurate than a compass!"

If Yunran were a full-fledged employee of the Special Administration Bureau, given her speed of meritorious service, her promotion and salary increase would be as fast as a rocket.

"It's easy for you to talk when you're not in the same boat. Do you think I care about this terrible constitution? I don't have any grand ideals of punishing evil, upholding justice, or taking it upon myself to eradicate all evil in the world."

Back then, when she was the heir to Qingfeng Temple, she spent most of her time just loafing around, except for necessary responsibilities. She was simply not the type of person who could endure hardship.

At this moment, the people in the conference room had set up a shielding array and were preparing to begin discussions about this mission.

Tan Chengbi glanced at Xie Xuzhi, and finally spoke up: "Can I ask a question?"

Xie Xuzhi nodded: "Of course."

"Yunran is one of your people... Was our acquaintance before a coincidence?"

Xie Xuzhi isn't a control freak who needs to know everything about his subordinates' vacations.

Hearing Tan Chengbi's question, he immediately understood what the young master of the Tan family was trying to say. "Yun Ran is my direct subordinate. She only obeys my orders, and there are no performance evaluations or KPIs for her."

Xie Xuzhi did not directly answer Tan Chengbi's question, but he clearly expressed his attitude: Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut?

"Any other questions? If not, let's get down to business!"

Tan Chengbi felt a little embarrassed. At that moment, he deeply felt the gap between himself and the Xie family heir.

The meeting was short; after half an hour, everyone inside came out.

Yun Ran and Gu Yuan, who had been lounging casually against the wall just moments before, immediately stood up straight.

Seeing this scene, Xie Xuzhi once again felt that the saying "birds of a feather flock together" was very true.

Yun Ran had no idea that Xie Xuzhi had already categorized her with Gu Yuan—both of them were the kind of people who would jump on the bandwagon if given a little attention.

"You two, go and investigate the Helian family's underground fortress tonight."

"Roger that!"

Among the group, Xie Xuzhi was the mastermind. The others were more senior, and Yun Ran and Gu Yuan were naturally the ones who did the hard labor. Otherwise, why bring them along?

After a quick tidying up, Yun Ran and Gu Yuan headed towards the Helian family's location.

Tan Chengbi had always thought that he and Yun Ran were soulmates, but he never expected to see her so in sync with another young man. For some reason, he felt a little sour.

Yunran learned a few moves from the blind Taoist priest, rubbed and pinched several acupoints on her head, and soon her face shape changed.

At first glance, there doesn't seem to be much change, but upon closer inspection, it feels like she's become a completely different person.

"Holy crap, are you making a magician appear out of nowhere?"

Yun Ran rolled her eyes at Gu Yuan: "If the Tan family has to pay a price to ask the Xie family to mediate, then do you think the Helian family's territory can be entered so easily?"

There is definitely a very powerful person from the Xuanmen sect there. No matter how we try to conceal our aura, he will be able to detect it.

I changed my face just in case; if he finds out, he'll never know my true identity.

I don't want the Yun family to go bankrupt yet. I can't stand living a life of hardship. At least a burden from a wealthy family is financially secure.

Gu Yuan: ...

He had never seen anyone so openly admit to coveting wealth and luxury. Although everyone loves money, at least be a little more discreet.

But what she said was, "Well, why don't you give me a massage too? It's not that I'm worried about revealing my identity, I'm just curious about what I'll become."

Ginseng Fruit chuckled: [Host, I think you and Gu Yuan are truly birds of a feather, equally shameless~]

"Get lost! You're the shameless one!"

But her hands didn't stop; she reached out and pinched Gu Yuan's face, pinching it left and right, turning his fairly handsome face into a greasy, babyish one.

Gu Yuan looked at himself in the mirror from left to right and was very satisfied: "This is the face of my dream lover. It suits my temperament so well."

After saying that, he winked at his reflection in the mirror in a very lewd manner.

(End of this chapter)