Cannon-Fodder Heiress Turns the Tables by Fortune-Telling-Chapter 32 Reputation Damage (2 updates)

"I understand about the Three-tailed Demon Fox, I will send someone to handle it. Also, at the East Lake Tea Mountain, there are spiritually wise animals, I hope you don’t hurt them."

"Rest assured, I won’t do anything unnecessary!"

With the Special Administration Bureau stepping in, Yun Ran finally felt relieved, and the group began learning how to make tea from the master they had invited.

Their next task for the stall was to sell the tea leaves they hand-roasted themselves.

In the morning, the enthusiastic young masters and mistresses were now listless like wilted bok choy.

"I never knew making tea leaves was so hard!"

"From now on, I will never complain about the price of the tea leaves my dad buys, they are worth it!"

"This is the first tea I’ve ever roasted, quick, take a photo, I’m going to gift this to my dad, he’ll definitely cry tears of joy." ƒreewebɳovel.com

"Can someone rescue me, my shoulders are so sore, and it’s so hot, my hands are blistering."

"Waaaah, I want to go home, this isn’t fun at all!"

...

Out of all the students from Xinghua School, only Little Fatty was sticking to it properly, and in that moment, everyone had to admit the power of genetics.

Seeing Yun Ran looking half-dead, Little Fatty hurriedly said: "Yun Ran, let me help you roast the tea leaves, I’ve pretty much got the rhythm down now."

With help offered, Yun Ran was naturally happy, immediately handing over all her fresh tea leaves to Little Fatty.

She then sat by the side, snacking and enjoying the scenery of Tea Mountain.

Seeing this, others also came forward and started to plead with Little Fatty to help.

"Zhu Shijia, please help us too."

"I’ll give you the latest model I just bought, it’s a global limited edition!"

"And me, I’ll give you shoes signed by a soccer legend."

...

The leading teachers, having long been accustomed to such behavior, saw these students avoiding their duties with all sorts of pretexts every year during these charity and study tours.

Such deceptive practices would see anyone else scolded bloody.

But these young masters and mistresses they brought along all came from powerful families.

They might be called teachers, but who would dare to truly scold and teach these young masters and mistresses? They’d probably rather not keep their jobs.

As long as these young masters and mistresses completed the task, it didn’t matter whether they did it themselves or had someone else do it.

Didn’t these young masters and mistresses’ parents arrange for people to help their children cheat?

They just wanted an experience, not the true hardship, and taking it seriously would be foolish.

After roasting the last batch of tea leaves, Little Fatty felt he had lost at least ten pounds.

At dinner time, everyone ate an extra bowl of rice and had no mood for fun, all they wanted to do was lie down in bed as soon as possible.

In the middle of a blurry sleep, Yun Ran kept hearing someone nagging by her ear.

Annoyed by the disturbance during her sleep, Yun Ran grabbed another pillow and blindly threw it towards the window.

Immediately, the surroundings became quiet, and Yun Ran slept until dawn.

Right at breakfast, she heard her classmates whispering mysterically: "Did you guys hear any strange noises?"

"No, I was so exhausted yesterday, I slept so deeply, but I kept dreaming, which made me feel so lethargic this morning."

"I heard it too, just this constant rustling sound, it’s so irritating."

...

Even the lead teachers mentioned their poor sleep, but they attributed it to being in the tranquility of Tea Mountain.

Just like in the countryside, because the nighttime is too quiet, every little sound seems very clear, and hearing insects is normal.

Only Song Qi was entirely unaffected, but to not stand out, he kept silent.

It was only when returning to the room to change clothes that he noticed a corner of the peace charm he had bought from Yun Ran seemed burnt.

Song Qi was alarmed as he was sure the peace charm was fine when he had seen it last night after bathing.

After changing into fresh clothes, he sought out Yun Ran and shared his concerns about the peace charm, "Everyone is talking about not sleeping well, is there something wrong here?"

Looking at Song Qi, whose features resembled Song Ye’s, Yun Ran couldn’t help feeling that this timid Song Qi was nothing like the upright Song Ye.

"It’s nothing major, it’s just some spiritually wise little animals making noise at night. The peace charm reacted to prevent them from disturbing you so you could rest well; there’s nothing to worry about."

Upon hearing this, Song Qi got even more scared. Although highly educated, he was no staunch materialist; ever since childhood, watching scary stories had caused him nightmares.

"Is there a way to send them away?"

"They have their right to live too, and besides, this place is their home, I have no right to send them away. This world isn’t just for humans but also for those animals, plants, and trees. Just like some people cherish them as family, others, even if they don’t like them, must respect their presence."

Song Qi could only nod, but the psychological fear was hard to suppress, and he decided he would have to sleep with the lights on that night.

Next, the students continued to learn the remaining steps of tea-making from the master.

By the water pond, a Little Squirrel munching on some fruit looked up, startled by the voices and after catching Yun Ran’s gaze, immediately dropped the fruit and scurried up the tree, as if it had seen a terrible female devil.

In reality, throughout East Lake Tea Mountain all the animals had spread the news that a female devil had arrived.

Not only daring to attack protected animals but allegedly killing a small animal during their nightly gathering (rumor).

Utterly dreadful, sighting her meant fleeing for safety, or lives would be in danger.

Although Little Squirrel had never met this rumored female devil, that one glance from Yun Ran convinced it that she was the one.

Yun Ran was completely unaware that even small animals could exaggerate and spread rumors this quickly across the country, damaging her reputation severely.

As a result, for a long time afterwards, she was not favored by the little animals.

Finally, the finished tea leaves, expertly handled by the talented Little Fatty, were rated and ready to be packaged for sale.