So, there is only one truth, Xu Heng (Assistant) must have gone somewhere else, and he was injured as well. But in order to cover up this fact, they had no choice but to use flogging to make his injury seem reasonable.
If Xu Heng wasn’t one of the Tan Family’s people, his fate would probably be not as simple as just forgetting part of his memory.
Although none of the Tan Family elders were present, the people from Helian Family really didn’t dare to do anything to him.
At this moment, Tan Chengbi was not scared, instead, a hint of excitement for adventure was growing in his heart.
Seeing the young master’s expression, the assistant guessed what he wanted to do and quickly spoke up to stop him: "Young master, you better not..."
"Stop talking nonsense, just rest!"
Tan Chengbi had already stood up and turned to leave; words he did not wish to hear were useless coming from anyone.
The assistant’s biggest fear was his young master making trouble, which could be incredibly destructive, so he quickly took out his phone and called his father.
Bored Yun Ran started another treasure hunt game, rummaging through boxes and chests for a while, and in the warehouse of the small courtyard, she actually found a set of simple fortune-telling equipment.
["Eh, do people in Yinghua Country understand these fortune-telling tools as well?"]
Yun Ran opened it, the items were still very new, probably not used much. Since she saw them, they were hers now.
After collecting the items, Yun Ran voiced her suspicion: "There are quite a number of Hua Country people in Yinghua Country, this was probably pre-arranged by him for himself, the purpose, well, hard to say."
Some Evil Cultivators are also very skilled at fortune-telling, but their purpose isn’t to solve people’s worries; mostly, they aim to steal others’ birth information or Qi Fortune.
Hei Mu Lianji cursed her previously, and he needed to know her birth information; unfortunately, his cultivation was much lower than hers, and the curse rebounded on him.
Previously with Taoist Xia and the others around, Yun Ran didn’t feel the courtyard was empty, but now, she felt it was a bit deserted.
But going to find Yun Jinyang personally, she was even less interested.
She immediately took the fortune-telling set and directly found a place densely populated with Hua Country people to start fortune-telling for free.
Seeing the large ’free’ sign, Ginsengfruit’s eyes widened: [Host, you’re offering free services? That’s not like you.]
Yun Ran put on sunglasses, sitting leisurely in the corner, fanning herself.
"This is Yinghua Country, I’m a foreigner, I definitely can’t earn money here easily, I’m afraid of getting caught~"
The word ’afraid’ coming out of their Host’s mouth, it’s really a rare sight.
Suddenly, a banknote landed directly on Yun Ran’s small stall.
A young girl smiled and said, "Your form of art is quite different from others, but it’s very creative."
Yun Ran thought at most people here would distrust her, but she never expected her outfit to be mistaken as a street performance.
The laughter of Ginsengfruit echoed in Yun Ran’s mind like a devil’s whisper: [The System is dying of laughter, even the Host has seen such days, haha...]
However, Yun Ran wasn’t angry about it, nor did she feel insulted.
She took off her sunglasses, looking up at the young girl, smiling as she pointed to the sign beside her: "Free fortune-telling, I’m very accurate."
The young girl was already very interested in these mysterious metaphysical subjects, thinking the stall owner was doing a performance art; she never expected her to be an actual Dark Master.
She immediately sat down: "Can you really tell fortunes?"
If this question had been asked of those hot-tempered Dark Masters, most of them would probably have gotten angry. Such repetitive questioning is clearly a display of extreme distrust.
But Yun Ran’s smile remained unchanged; she was used to this kind of thing.
"Of course, what would you like to know the most?"
The young girl thought for a moment—since it was free, she might as well give it a try.
She nodded immediately then, thinking of something, her face turned slightly red as she looked towards a group of young men and women not far away, pointing at the tallest man among them.
"I want to know when my boyfriend and I will achieve true commitment."
Yun Ran took her birth information and began the calculation, the smile on her face gradually fading.
Watching Yun Ran’s expression, the young girl felt a sudden pang of anxiety—could there be something wrong?
It was then that she suddenly remembered an online guide on how to identify scams, including how fortune-tellers trick people.
The usual tactic is approximately to say this and that are bad, which needs resolving—resolving that requires a lot of money.
The young girl wasn’t short on cash, but she didn’t want to be a fool. At this moment, she slightly regretted sitting down so guardedly.
"Master, is it not very good? Uh, I don’t have much money on me~"
As she spoke, her voice grew quieter, her face showing discomfort.
She wasn’t a local from Yinghua Country; she was here on a trip with friends. If she were to be scammed, would she have enough money?
Yun Ran had finished calculating; when she had first looked at the girl’s facial features, she hadn’t noticed anything, but now, through her birth information, she had foreseen a deadly peril for the girl.
Suddenly probing, Yun Ran asked, "Have you had some changes done to your face?"
Yun Ran was careful with her tone, not to hurt the girl’s pride.
The young girl, fearing that Yun Ran was the local tyrant here and would not let her go without emptying her wallet, was extremely cautious.
Hearing Yun Ran’s words, the young girl lifted her head in surprise—was the price gouging starting now?
But being in a foreign land, she was indeed scared, her mind filled with news of tourists abroad being robbed.
Her heart was in her throat, but she knew she had to remain calm, not letting the stall owner in front know that she was suspicious.
"Um, I had a few surgeries; I used to be a bit heavier..."
Yun Ran then took out her turtle shell and asked her to shake it.
Calculating from her birth information, she could see the girl’s deadly peril, and this turtle shell could reveal the karma of her peril.
The young girl, noticing the obvious antiqueness of the turtle shell, began to wonder if this could be similar to jade scam cases.
A simple touch and it breaks, then demanding compensation at the original price—this turtle shell looked like an antique, could it be a ruse?
But seeing Yun Ran’s look, she inexplicably felt intimidated and dared not express any objections.
She could only brace herself and pick up the turtle shell.
Her face quickly showed a look of surprise: "Huh, this turtle shell seems to be of pretty good quality~"