Chapter 179 - 140: Sudden Situation

Chapter 179: Chapter 140: Sudden Situation

She was so anxious she didn’t know what to do.

Xiao Ran frowned. "Don’t worry, we can find it."

He then turned to Xu Cheng beside him. "Do you have a metal detector here?"

Xu Cheng was taken aback. "A what?"

"A metal detector!" Xiao Ran said, looking at him seriously. "Don’t tell me you don’t know what that is!"

"Guests must have dropped things into this fish pond before. There’s no way the owner doesn’t have one of these!"

Hearing this, Xu Cheng slapped his forehead. "You’re right!"

He licked his lips. "Wait here, I’ll go look in the storage room!"

With that, Xu Cheng turned and walked out.

Zhang Chuan looked at the composed Xiao Ran and couldn’t help but feel a renewed sense of admiration.

"Bro, I never would’ve guessed. Novelists really are different. You can think of things normal people wouldn’t even consider."

’If it were me,’ he thought, ’I would’ve just considered it lost for good. It fell in the water, after all.’

’Trying to find it would be a complete joke!’

He never imagined Xiao Ran would actually think of a metal detector.

’Looks like he’s really got something upstairs, at least some knowledge stored away!’

Yan Xici was even more surprised that Xiao Ran could come up with a solution even in a situation like this.

She was completely thrilled, her bright eyes unable to hide her excitement. "Brother Xiao Ran, you’re amazing! I knew you could do it!"

In her eyes, Xiao Ran was now nothing short of a genius!

It seemed like he could find a solution to any problem!

Seeing Yan Xici, who had practically turned into a fangirl before him, Xiao Ran gave a helpless smile.

"Don’t celebrate too early. It can only detect it; someone still has to go in the water to get it."

Besides, a bracelet is small. It’s hard to say if we can really find it.

He could only do his best to try. Whether they’d succeed or not, only heaven knew.

"Oh, right, Chuanzi," Xiao Ran continued. "Tell Xu Cheng he probably has a diving suit in his storage room too. It’d be best if he could bring one over."

’Looks like I’ll be the one going in today,’ he thought. ’That water is really dirty, so a diving suit would be perfect.’

Hearing this, Zhang Chuan quickly took out his phone and sent Xu Cheng a message.

Xu Cheng had already reached the storage room. He had just found the detector amidst a jumble of miscellaneous items when he heard his phone ring.

He took it out and saw it was a message from Zhang Chuan asking him to also bring a diving suit, which left him bewildered.

He then replied, "Why do you need so much stuff? Are you planning to shoot a video?"

Seeing the message, Zhang Chuan chuckled. "This joker thinks we’re shooting another video. He’s really gotten hooked on it!"

Hearing this, the gears in Yan Xici’s head started turning rapidly.

’Since the farmhouse video from yesterday went viral, I could make a video today about finding a lost item in the lake!’

’I’m a daily life vlogger, after all. For me, anything and everything is content!’

At this thought, Yan Xici looked at Xiao Ran excitedly. "I think Brother Cheng is right, this would be a great topic!"

’I’ve never seen anyone search for something in the water before!’

’It’s a really difficult task, so if we film it, tons of people will definitely watch!’

While they were excitedly discussing shooting a video, on the other side, a different video had already been filmed.

In just half an hour, Wang Meng had already found four internet celebrities—specifically, relationship-focused bloggers—to each film a video criticizing Xiao Ran’s character.

Right now, she was standing in Yan Li’s office with the finished products, waiting for her boss’s orders.

However, Wang Meng had held back a little. The influencers she found weren’t big shots, but rather minor streamers whose videos might get a few tens of thousands of likes.

After all, she was genuinely worried that if the backlash from this was too big, Yan Li wouldn’t be able to clean up the mess in the end.

Watching the videos on the computer, Yan Li frowned. "Weren’t there any better streamers? Why didn’t you get Chengzi?"

Chengzi was one of the more famous "roast" streamers and happened to be one of her talents.

Shouldn’t a video like this be handled by a streamer of Chengzi’s caliber?

Who are these people you found?

’She was their boss!’

Hearing this, Wang Meng swallowed nervously and tried to hedge. "Well, I think this kind of thing will definitely be explosive and generate a wave of traffic. Chengzi’s traffic is already huge, so we can give some to others. Let these streamers go first. It wouldn’t be too late for Chengzi to speak up in a couple of days."

"Besides, what if Xiao Ran makes a comeback? Our streamers would be at risk. They might even get canceled..."

In reality, Wang Meng was just saying this for Yan Li’s benefit. She knew perfectly well in her heart that Xiao Ran was no match for Yan Li.

Whether it was connections or resources, Yan Li was still a notable figure in Shanghai.

She was saying this simply to get Yan Li to show a little mercy.

It was for her own good.

Sitting at her desk, Yan Li almost laughed out loud at Wang Meng’s words. "A comeback? What makes you think he can make a comeback? On the back of a minor streamer like Yan Xici, with her few tens of thousands of fans on Little Broken Station?"

’There’s really no comparison.’

At that, Wang Meng sighed and said no more.

Yan Li sighed. "Fine. Post these four for now and let’s see how it goes."

’To deal with Xiao Ran, these four influencers were actually more than enough,’ she thought. ’After all, he isn’t part of this world. He has no connections, no resources.’

Wang Meng nodded. "Yes, President Yan."