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

Chapter 253 Reputation is a Fool
Yunran toured the area around the Northwest Branch Bureau, and returned just as the meeting ended.

The Venerable Master Jiechen said with a smile, "You little girl, your ability to predict the future is truly extraordinary. You don't waste a single moment."

Yunran: ...

Could she say it was really a coincidence? If she had to calculate even the meeting times, then she must be incredibly idle.

"Let's go, I'll tell you what's going on."

Yun Ran swallowed the explanation that was on the tip of her tongue. Oh well, as long as the monk is happy.

Soon, Yunran learned what had happened. There were many tourists visiting the Northwest, but in the past two weeks, there had been many reports of tourists going missing.

That's not all. Many herders' cattle and sheep have also disappeared. A lot of people have been mobilized to search for them, but not a single hair has been found.

To date, hundreds of people have gone missing and thousands of cattle and sheep have disappeared.

That's when the Special Administration Bureau and the Northwest Branch were dispatched to conduct an on-site investigation.

They finally found a clue, but the area was too vast, and they were severely lacking in manpower to investigate and set up an array.

"Our mission this time is to cooperate with the Northwest Branch to set up formations. I heard you have a deep understanding of formations. If you are interested, you can come along and take a look."

Based on their current assessment, they suspect that the tourists and the herders' cattle and sheep may have accidentally wandered into some kind of natural maze.

The task isn't difficult; these people are enough to solve it. If Yunran isn't interested, she can go for a stroll around the area.

The scenery here has always been beautiful.

"I'll go with you to take a look."

Yunran was also very curious about what kind of natural maze could have swallowed so many people and cattle.

Looking at the already dark sky, Yunran realized that the other members of the Special Administration Bureau were all ready to go. She then understood that the tourists and cattle had all disappeared at night.

Therefore, they would be better off arriving at the exact time the natural maze opens, which would make their efforts much more effective.

While in the car, Yunran noticed that people's gazes kept falling on her.

Yun Ran immediately turned her head to look over, only to see a man in his twenties looking away guiltily.

The group of Qingmu Daoren and his entourage traveled in a minibus. There were quite a few people on the bus, and those who could ride in this vehicle were definitely not just menial workers.

Yun Ran had no idea what restraint meant. She looked at the man and asked with a smile, "I'm not some monster, there's no need for me to peek."

Qingmu Daoren and Abbot Jiechen both pretended not to hear, since Yunran wouldn't suffer any loss anyway.

The younger generation has its own way of communicating, so they won't get involved.

The man, having been bluntly pointed out by Yun Ran, was too embarrassed to pretend to be ignorant.

He could only chuckle awkwardly, "I just felt that the little friend looked somewhat familiar."

He glanced quickly at the bigwigs sitting in the front rows and found that they didn't even look at him.

I knew the big shots wouldn't blame him, and wouldn't make a big deal out of it by thinking he was being disrespectful.

He continued, "You must be young friend Yunran. I am a junior member of the Zhongli family. I learned about you from my elders..."

Yun Ran suddenly thought of Zhongli Yuanjing, the curator who was somewhat old-fashioned but very principled, and her eyes became somewhat subtle.

She didn't think that someone like Director Zhongli would be a gossip. She wouldn't proactively tell her affairs to the younger generation, and even if she did, she wouldn't use many fancy words, at most just mentioning it briefly.

But the way this person was looking at her was clearly wrong. She now seriously suspected that it was because the younger generation of the Zhongli family was disappointing.

In the heat of the moment, Zhongli Yuanjing used her as a negative example to reprimand these guys.

"So you're from the Zhongli family. I am Yun Ran."

Yunran and the younger generation of the Zhongli family belonged to the lower class on this minibus, so naturally they sat at the very back.

The senior figures in front of them didn't take the exchange between the two young men seriously at first.

Upon hearing the name Yun Ran, apart from Qingmu Daoren and Abbot Jiechen, the others all swayed to varying degrees.

If it weren't for their status, they would have even turned around to take a closer look at the little girl they hadn't really paid attention to earlier.

Who could blame them when the name Yun Ran was so famous? They had previously imagined Yun Ran's appearance to be that of someone with a sharp and fierce face.

But what they just saw in a daze seemed to be a soft and sweet little girl. Is this Yun Ran, who was able to survive the heavenly lightning?
Zhong Lisu glanced at Yun Ran, who showed no signs of anger, and relaxed slightly.

It's all because the clan elder described Yun Ran as too fierce, which is why he was so rude when he met Yun Ran, who had a completely different temperament from what he had imagined.

"I'm sorry, it was my fault. I didn't realize you looked so young, and..."

What Zhong Lisu didn't finish saying was that she looked so frail, as if she could be knocked away with a single punch.

He clearly felt it would be impolite to say the rest of his words, so he swallowed them.

"I may not fit in with the Special Administration Bureau, but you don't imagine me as some kind of fierce female warrior, do you? 180cm tall, all muscle, and with a stern face?"

Zhong Lisu was even more embarrassed. Could he say that that was exactly what he thought?

If he hadn't accidentally seen Yunran's photo in her file, he really wouldn't have recognized her.

However, the ID photo only showed a head with a blank face, which was completely different from the feeling of meeting the real person.

Fortunately, Zhong Lisu wasn't a super straight man; he knew that he shouldn't discuss a woman's appearance, regardless of her age.

I had to quickly add a couple of things: "No, it's just that I thought you were so capable, you should be quite heroic."

"Pfft~"

Yun Ran couldn't hold back any longer. She never expected that one day, she would fool so many people just because of a name.

It's said that when people are embarrassed, they pretend to be busy. Now, Zhong Lisu lowered her head and pretended to start looking for something.

Yun Ran withdrew her gaze, but soon, the smile on her face froze.

A bigwig from the Northwest Branch, sitting in the front row, suddenly turned his head, a strange smile appearing on his face.

The ginseng fruit was startled: [Oh my god, is this person crazy? Laughing so eerily in the middle of the night, is he trying to scare me to death? Luckily I don't have a heart, otherwise I would definitely have a seizure!!!]

Zhong Lisu lowered her head, pretending to look for something, and didn't see the smile.

"parking!"

Yunran made a quick decision and shouted at the driver.

Qingmu Daoren was originally calm, but when he heard Yun Ran's voice, which clearly carried a hint of murderous intent, his heart skipped a beat.