The Fake Heiress Turns Out to Be a True Tycoon! novel Chapter 700

Chapter 700: Chapter 700: Refusing to Leave the Village

Scarlett Jennings and her group were taken to the spirit medium’s house.

In some villages in the south of Cathay, it’s common to have figures like spirit mediums. For matters in the village, from big things like sacrifices and omens to small things like naming a newborn or the direction the stove should face, villagers would always consult them first.

The identity of the "Village Guardian" known as Baoshan was also introduced to the villagers by the spirit medium.

Now, as a group of obvious city folks suddenly appeared, claiming they were here to find Baoshan, naturally, everyone wanted to ask the spirit medium.

The spirit medium, also called Madam Hua by the villagers, was about seventy years old, slightly bent over, and appeared rather mystical. Her glance swept over Scarlett Jennings and her companions before she asked,

"Why are you looking for Baoshan?"

Stella Gibson, knowing that the villagers revered this spirit medium and acting as the diplomatic face, immediately stepped forward,

"Granny, we want to ask him to guide us to find someone."

She had a baby face, which naturally made her seem approachable when she spoke.

But Madam Hua didn’t look at her, carrying on with a mystic demeanor, and said,

"To find someone, find the village office director. If there’s an issue, go to the government, young lady, don’t be superstitious."

Stella: ...

She glanced at the Eight Diagrams Mirror and the House Protection Talisman hanging inside and outside Madam Hua’s home, thinking you’re more superstitious than I am.

In her own clan, they didn’t engage in such practices.

However, she still smiled and said,

"We’ve been unable to locate the village office director. The person who sent us here said we can only find the Village Guardian."

Upon hearing this, Madam Hua’s deeply wrinkled face became serious as she mumbled something to herself, then suddenly she sternly said,

"If the person you’re looking for isn’t a villager, Baoshan can’t help you. The Village Guardian must not leave the village; that’s the rule."

Stella was about to say more, but Madam Hua was already sending them away, and the villagers, seeing Madam Hua wasn’t responsive, naturally tried to usher them out.

Fortunately, the village office director heard the news and promptly arrived with others, first scolding the villagers,

"What are you doing?! Haven’t they just helped the village find someone? They’re guests from afar; even if things don’t work out, be polite. Show the hospitable spirit of Blossom Village..."

The office director rattled on, leaving the villagers with headaches, prompting them to leave while warning not to target the village guardian.

The village office director then welcomed the group to the village office, first expressing his apologies,

"The young ones in the village have all gone to work in big cities, leaving behind villagers with more stubborn minds. It’s not that they’re unwelcoming to outsiders, it’s just that Baoshan holds a special place here."

Baoshan was found by the villagers in the mountains, and when found, he was mentally challenged due to his young age. At first, the villagers sent him to the town’s welfare institute.

But somehow, he returned on his own.

After several comings and goings, he inexplicably stayed in the village.

Initially, the villagers disliked the child; only a few households occasionally gave him some food, barely enough to avoid starvation.

What changed the villagers’ perspective of him was one night when Baoshan suddenly shouted and ran around the village, waking up most of them.

Many villagers were furious and came out to catch him, and just then, the village was hit by an earthquake.

The office director said,

"Blossom Village hadn’t had an earthquake for decades, but that time it came unexpectedly, causing several houses to collapse.

If Baoshan hadn’t shouted and woken most people up, they would have been caught in their dreams during the earthquake, unable to escape."

After this incident, the village spirit medium declared that Baoshan was the Village Guardian and that his presence would bring prosperity and ward off disasters for the village.

Coupled with the earthquake incident, almost everyone in the village believed in the Village Guardian’s role, and over the years, each family would offer him some good food.

Since he was carried from the mountains, he was named Baoshan.

Even other villages, hearing about the Blossom Village guardian, began treating their own village lunatics better.

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