Cannon-Fodder Heiress Turns the Tables by Fortune-Telling-Chapter 253 - 252: A Fearsome Reputation

Yun Ran had wandered around the entire perimeter of the Northwest Branch, and just as she returned, the meeting had just concluded.

Master Jiechen said with a smile, "You lass, your ability to calculate timing is indeed extraordinary, not wasting even a second."

Yun Ran: ...

Could she say it was just a coincidence? If she had to calculate even the timing of meetings, then she really would be too idle.

"Let’s go, I’ll fill you in on the situation."

Yun Ran swallowed the explanation that had reached the tip of her tongue. Let it be, as long as the monk is happy.

Very soon, Yun Ran learned what had happened here. There had been an unusual number of tourists coming to the Northwest recently, but in the last half-month, there had been numerous reports of missing tourists.

And that wasn’t all, large numbers of livestock from the herders’ families had also vanished. Despite extensive searches, not even a single hair was found.

To date, over a hundred people had disappeared, and thousands of cattle and sheep were gone.

It was then that the Special Administration Bureau stepped in, with personnel from the Northwest Branch conducting on-site investigations.

They had finally found a trace to follow, but the area was tremendously large, and they were severely short of people to conduct searches and set up Arrays.

"Our task this time is to work with the personnel from the Northwest Branch to set up the Array. I’ve heard you have a deep understanding of Arrays, and if you’re interested, you can come along and take a look."

Based on the current assessment, they suspected that the tourists and the herders’ livestock had inadvertently wandered into some sort of natural maze.

The mission wasn’t particularly hard, and they had enough people to resolve the issue. If Yun Ran wasn’t interested, she could take a stroll in the surrounding area.

The scenery here has always been extraordinary.

"I’ll go and have a look with you."

Yun Ran was also curious—what kind of natural maze could swallow up so many people and animals?

Looking at the sky that had darkened, the others from the Special Administration Bureau were ready to set off, and only then did Yun Ran realize that the tourists and livestock had disappeared at night.

Therefore, it would be best to venture out when the natural maze was active to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

In the car, Yun Ran noticed that from time to time someone’s gaze would fall on her.

Yun Ran immediately turned her head, only to see a man in his twenties awkwardly shift his gaze away.

Daoist Qingmu and his group were taking a minibus. There were quite a few people, and those who could take a seat on this bus were definitely not just anyone.

Yun Ran didn’t know the meaning of restraint; staring at the man, she asked with a smile, "I’m not some flood or wild beast, no need to sneak glances."

Daoist Qingmu and Master Jiechen both pretended not to hear, knowing well that Yun Ran wouldn’t be at a loss.

The younger generation has its ways of communication; they wouldn’t interfere.

The man, called out so directly by Yun Ran, could no longer pretend to be dumb.

He could only respond with an awkward smile: "I just feel like I’ve seen you somewhere before."

His eyes quickly glanced at the few influential figures seated several rows in front, noticing that they hadn’t even given him a look.

He knew then that the big shots didn’t blame him, and they wouldn’t exaggerate his lapse in manners.

He continued, "You’re Yun Ran, right? I am from the younger generation of the Zhongli Family; I’ve heard about you from the elders back at home..."

Yun Ran immediately thought of Director Zhongli Yuanjing, a somewhat old-fashioned but principled man, and her expression became somewhat peculiar.

She didn’t think that someone like Director Zhongli would gossip.

To take the initiative to talk about her to the younger family members, and even if he did, he surely wouldn’t embellish much, perhaps just a mention or two.

But the look in this man’s eyes was clearly off. Now she seriously suspected that the young members of the Zhongli Family were disappointing.

In the midst of conversations, Director Zhongli must have used her as a negative example for these folks, reciting the Magic Ring.

"So you’re from the Zhongli Family. I am Yun Ran."

Yun Ran and the young member of the Zhongli Family, being from the lower ranks, naturally sat at the very back of the minibus.

The several influential figures upfront had originally not taken the conversation between the two youngsters seriously.

But upon hearing the name Yun Ran, everyone except Daoist Qingmu and Master Jiechen shifted in their seats to varying degrees.

If not for their status restraining them, they would have even wanted to turn back to look at the young lady they hadn’t paid much attention to just a moment ago.

Who would have thought that the name Yun Ran would be so famous? Previously, they had imagined Yun Ran to have a fierce visage.

But what they had caught a glimpse of just now seemed to be a soft and delicate young girl. Could this be the Yun Ran who survived the ordeal under Heavenly Thunder?

Zhonglisu glanced at Yun Ran and, seeing no sign of anger, relaxed slightly.

It was the fault of the Clan Elders for exaggerating Yun Ran’s prowess, which is why, upon meeting Yun Ran with a completely different aura from what he had imagined, he was so rude.

"Sorry, it was my mistake. I didn’t expect you to look so young, and also..."

Zhonglisu didn’t finish his thought, which was that she also seemed so frail, as if she could be knocked over with a punch.

Clearly, he also felt that the rest of what he wanted to say was impolite, so he kept it to himself.

"I may not quite fit in with the Special Administration Bureau, but you wouldn’t have imagined me as some formidable female warrior, right? One who is 180 cm tall, all muscle, with a stern face?"

Zhonglisu was even more embarrassed. Could he admit that was exactly how he had pictured her?

If it weren’t for the accidental sighting of Yun Ran’s photo on the file, he wouldn’t have recognized her at all.

Besides, the ID photo only showed her head with a stern expression, and the feeling he got from seeing her in person was completely different.

Fortunately, Zhonglisu wasn’t some clueless bloke; he knew that regardless of a lady’s age, discussing her appearance was off-limits.

He quickly tried to make amends: "No, I didn’t mean that; I just thought, with your capabilities, you would look more heroic."

"Pfft—"

Yun Ran really couldn’t hold back this time. She hadn’t expected that one day, just because of her name, she would impress so many people.

They say that people pretend to be busy when they feel awkward, and now Zhonglisu, lowering his head, pretended to be looking for something.

Yun Ran retracted her gaze, but her smiling face suddenly froze.

An influential figure from the Northwest Branch in the front row suddenly turned around, his face displaying a peculiar smile.

Ginsengfruit was scared stiff: [My goodness, what’s wrong with this person? Smiling so eerily in the middle of the night, trying to scare the life out of me? Lucky I don’t have a heart, or I would have had an episode!!!]

Zhonglisu’s head was lowered even more as he pretended to search for something and didn’t see the smile.

"Stop the car!"

Yun Ran made a snap decision and shouted at the driver.

Daoist Qingmu, who had been calm, felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing Yun Ran’s voice laced with an edge of ruthlessness.

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