Those who wanted their fortunes told were stunned by Yun Ran's words.
Yun Ran continued, "Don't hand out your birth information, hair, blood, and such easily to others. Even if you really must have your fortune told, it's best to find someone certified by the Taoist Association."
She didn't say any more. Some things are best left unsaid. Besides, she wasn't a Savior and didn't want to get involved with all that strange karma.
Helpless, the crowd could only watch as Yun Ran left. However, her words lingered in their minds.
Someone immediately became alert: "Is the master trying to prevent us from being scammed?"
Yet others remained skeptical: "All fortune-tellers say things like this to appear otherworldly and full of Daoist charm. It's said that colleagues are rivals. Who knows if she's just worried about losing the spotlight and is spreading sensational rumors on purpose?"
At that, some people quickly distanced themselves from the one who spoke those words. They could still understand what was beneficial for them.
The crowd soon dispersed, but the young masters and misses who continued with their booths seemed rather listless now.
"Does Yun Ran really have some skills?"
"I don't know. I've only heard that her temperament is odd, competitive, and prone to lying. I've never heard that she could tell fortunes."
"When we go back, should we try to find someone to tell our fortunes? My family consulted a master before, and he didn't seem as mysterious as Yun Ran."
"No way, I don't want to associate with someone so unlucky."
...
Back at her lodging, Yun Ran, full and quenched, flopped onto her bed and started fiddling with her phone.
Ginsengfruit couldn't stand it anymore: [Host, we finally earned a little Merit today, and you had a good start. Why not take the opportunity to earn more Merit?]
Yun Ran stretched lazily: "I'm not dying anytime soon, so why bother working so hard! Don't you still have 100 years of energy before you run out?
Besides, ever heard of 'holding off on selling your treasures'? I'm a senior disciple from Qingfeng Temple, after all. Prestige is important! What's wrong with taking a rest?"
Ginsengfruit, watching Yun Ran make such a righteous case for slacking off, suddenly understood why the people at Qingfeng Temple were so frustrated with her.
Overnight, Yun Ran became a local sensation.
Someone had recorded her fortune-telling and, just wanting to share and critique, posted the video online.
Live-streaming fortune-telling was in vogue, with many internet influencers taking on that persona.
Although Yun Ran had a lousy reputation, Qu Ying, as the female protagonist in this world, also her first love, was naturally good-looking.
As the daughter of the main character, Yun Ran's appearance was also appealing.
Yun Ran's video hit all the popular topics, making it hard not to trend.
[Nowadays, these young girls are so crazy about becoming internet famous. Just look at her, clearly still a student—really a sign of declining morals!]
[Which company's influencer is this? She looks promising.]
[Putting everything else aside, this young lady seems to really have some skills!]
[No way, can't you tell this is an obvious plant for the audience?]
...
Because discussions about Yun Ran increased, her body, which was once nearly depleted of Qi Fortune, received a slight nourishment from the Power of Faith—this turned out to be an unexpected blessing.
Yun Ran has been living a free and easy life these past few days, but things haven't been so good for Qu Ying.
Without Yun Ran the tool to pave the way for her, and upon realizing that Yun Ran was out of control, Qu Ying got sick from all the suppression.
Yun Shaotang vaguely knew some of Qu Ying's thoughts and could understand that she was doing this to secure her position in the Yun Family.
Anyway, it wasn't his darling daughter who was suffering, and since it was beneficial for him, he naturally didn't feel sorry or care.
Qu Ying has always been well kept, and even now, she only looks like a woman in her twenties, with her current paleness eliciting sympathy.
"You know you're pregnant..."
Qu Ying's damp eyes looked at him so pitifully that he couldn't bring himself to blame her anymore.
Instantly, all his dissatisfaction was redirected towards Yun Ran.
"I know you miss Ranran. How about this, I'll have someone call her back to keep you company."
Yun Shaotang immediately took out his phone and called Secretary Zhang.
Secretary Zhang felt a headache the moment he heard his boss asking him to bring Yun Ran back.
He couldn't help but complain internally: He was just a secretary, did they really think he was all-powerful? If they didn't want the third miss to go in the first place, why did they agree? They always mess things up!
But he respectfully hung up the phone and then called the person in charge of the study tour at the school.
After Yun Ran got up and opened the door, a bird pooped right in front of her, nearly hitting her.
Yun Ran's anger flared up immediately, and she released the Little Paperman she had put away. "Go, find that bird that defecates everywhere and pluck all its feathers!"
The Little Paperman rubbed against Yun Ran's fingertip as if to comfort her, indicating it would certainly avenge her, and then it disappeared with a whoosh!
During the years when the Ginsengfruit became a Magic Artifact, it had never seen Yun Ran with such bad luck.
[The original host's Life Chart really has a great influence!]
Unlucky things tend to come one after another, so Yun Ran started to do a Divination for herself. Although self-divination wouldn't be very accurate, it could still give her a rough idea.
After she finished, she couldn't help but roll her eyes in the direction of Hai City.
How could this female lead's real mother be like a resentful ghost, clinging to her relentlessly?
She knew it—why else would birds dare to misbehave in front of her? It turned out to be because both the female and male leads were discontent with her.
The original host's Qi Fortune was almost completely drained, and now being disliked by both the male and female leads of this small world, it was her who would have the bad luck.
About to go for breakfast, she saw the team leader looking at her with a face full of sympathy and guilt.
"If there's something to say, just say it!"
The team leader had been well-treated by Yun Ran, and even if he didn't previously understand Yun Ran, he hadn't heard about some of her 'glorious deeds.'
But he naturally wanted to inquire about Yun Ran in order to get along well with her.
However, he really didn't expect Yun Ran's reputation among these second and third generations to be so poor.
But he was prejudiced from the start, so when he heard these rumors, his first reaction was disbelief.
Then he felt that a child who followed her mother into a wealthy family must have been framed and manipulated.
Just when he was resolved to take extra good care of Yun Ran, he received a phone call from the school authorities, instructing him to send Yun Ran back and even directly canceling her study tour spot.