The Villain's Mom Becomes Famous for Fortune-Telling and Gossip Ch. 69

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The girl's skin was pale, her hair dry and brittle, and there were scars from frostbite on her ears—but her gaze was strikingly determined. "I used to be a bit obsessive when I was younger, but I've grown up. My parents went through so much all these years to find me, and now that I'm finally back, I want to help take some of the burden off their shoulders."

As she spoke, she tried to push the bank card back into the master's hands, but Yu Yuan firmly grabbed her wrist.

She looked up and saw a pair of sleepy-looking eyes—beneath them, a soft, hazy smile hidden in the corners.

"What if I told you taking the college entrance exam could earn you even more money?"

The girl: "......"

She couldn't help but think back to the days when she'd lost herself in the world of physics, and a tiny flame flickered to life inside her. Even the bank card in her palm seemed to warm up—but the spark was snuffed out just as quickly as it came.

"I can't do it."

She'd been out of school for over two years. Most of the knowledge was long gone. Picking it all back up again wasn't going to be easy. And it was already April—barely a hundred days until the college entrance exam. Her parents were getting older, and they'd already suffered so much trying to find her. She couldn't be selfish and ask them to cover her tuition now.

But Yu Yuan shoved the card back into her hand, unyielding. "You've got a long life ahead. Whether you make it or not, you won't know unless you try. Use this money for cram school. Once you graduate and start working, pay me back with your own earnings."

"......"

Even with the family's constant insistence, Yu Yuan still never accepted their reward. In the end, she used the excuse that it was getting late to politely send them off.

As they were leaving through the temple gates, the girl with the yellowed hair couldn't help but look back.

Under the recently transplanted bodhi tree, Yu Yuan stood in her loose robes, expression calm, her shoulders relaxed in a way that made her seem completely at peace. The sunlight filtered through the thick leaves above her, scattering dancing patches of light over her like tiny spirits.

It was like she'd already known the girl would look back—Yu Yuan gave her a small nod, her gaze as serene as if she were looking at any passerby in the world.

Tears the girl had been holding back suddenly broke loose.

"Mom... I want to take the college entrance exam this year..."

"Two hundred thousand... that was two hundred thousand!"

Back at the temple, the entire Special Incident Investigation Bureau stood frozen in shock, staring at Yu Yuan as she calmly turned down the reward.

"...Makes sense," Sister Dan said after a pause, trying to sound comforting. "I heard those big-name actresses charge hundreds of thousands just to show up. Maybe she thinks two hundred thousands isn't worth her time."

The guy in sunglasses rubbed his hands together. "Man, I wonder if Consultant Yu needs any bodyguards? If our bureau ever shuts down, we could totally go work for her. I bet we're way more useful than those muscleheads chugging protein shakes!"

As everyone suddenly got fired up about their hypothetical new career path, Zhou Yu's eye twitched, but he still went to walk the "Searching for My Daughter for Thirteen Years" family out.

"Congrats, uncle. After all these years, you finally found your daughter."

The fried pancake vendor froze when he saw Zhou Yu's striking silver buzzcut, then broke into a wide grin. "It's you, Xiao Zhou! What're you doing here?"

Zhou Yu smiled, a little smug, "Master Yu is my teacher. We all live at the temple."

"You're Master Yu's disciple?!" The vendor nodded repeatedly with a big smile. "No wonder you helped so many of us back at the night market—turns out you were trained by Master Yu herself."

He'd long forgotten Zhou Yu had once asked him about Yu Yuan. Zhou Yu scratched his head and didn't bring it up.

"Uncle, didn't you say back then you were planning to go home and open a shop..."

"No, no, not anymore." The vendor cut him off with a smile. Now that his daughter had decided to go back to school, his whole face beamed with joy. "Our girl's gonna redo a year in Shan City. My wife and I are gonna keep selling fried pancakes."

Zhou Yu's eyes lit up!

The uncle's pancakes were seriously one of a kind—his master was definitely gonna love them!

"Uncle, I remember there's a high school nearby with a really strong teaching staff, and the shops around here have a large customer flow. Have you ever thought about opening a little shop here?"

Having successfully gotten the uncle's contact information, the members of the Special Incident Investigation Bureau beside him couldn't help but furrow their brows.

The guy in sunglasses, realizing Zhou Yu's intention, found it rather puzzling. "His fried pancakes are that good?"

Are they good enough to make someone want to open a shop here?

Zhou Yu smugly hummed. "Whether they're good or not doesn't matter. What matters is that my master thinks they're good! Let's go, I'll take you guys to see my master!"

The tea had already been prepared in the living room.

Yu Yuan sat in the master chair, the grand chair at the head of the table, while Zhou Yu stood to the side like a little maid, looking at the six people seated below.

The group had already introduced themselves. Even though Yu Yuan had been informed by her master about the tough lives of the Special Incident Investigation Bureau's Yang Realm division, she hadn't expected it to be this bad.

Excluding a mysterious special consultant who was always elusive, the Yang Realm Division had only six people. They were vaguely divided into an external action team, clerical staff, and a logistics team.

Including Director Hua Nan, the external action team consisted of three people, the other two being the red-haired Sister Dan, Jin Zhudan, and the guy in sunglasses. The clerical team had just one member, a fresh graduate named Li Juan, who had joined this year. Finally, the logistics team, responsible for cleaning, consisted of Zheng Yue and Shen Ze, who occasionally doubled up as part-time external team members.

Yu Yuan rubbed her forehead, and after observing the different colors of spiritual light in their faces, she could tell they weren't wealthy people, and their careers seemed shaky.

In other words, without Yu Yuan's involvement, these people might very well end up unemployed—if the Special Incident Investigation Bureau collapsed, they'd be out of work despite relying on government positions.

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