"Excuse me, is Liu Defa here?"
Liu Defa and the others were still savoring what had just happened. They shared an unspoken understanding, communicating only through their eyes.
Every pair of eyes brimmed with excitement and exhilaration, so much so that none of them reacted when Lan Ruoyue arrived.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Lan Ruoyue called out again, "Excuse me, do you know Liu Defa?"
Liu Defa looked up and saw a cool, elegant woman before him.
Normally, he would have been dazzled by the woman before him.
But after witnessing Jiang Shuyue's extraordinary qualities and meeting that young heroine disguised as a man, he found Lan Ruoyue far less striking.
Besides, before he left home, his mother had warned him not to pick wildflowers by the roadside, so Liu Defa naturally felt inclined to steer clear of Lan Ruoyue.
He stepped back half a pace and said with impeccable courtesy, "I am Liu Defa. May I ask who you are, miss...?"
Lan Ruoyue cursed inwardly: [Have I lost my fame, or is he simply too arrogant? I even wore my signature outfit, and he still asks who I am!]
System: [Perhaps your reputation hasn't reached the countryside yet. He's from a small place, after all. It's normal that he hasn't heard of you.]
Lan Ruoyue was still inwardly annoyed at this ignorant country bumpkin.
The system, residing inside her body, also heard Lan Ruoyue's grumbling.
It was baffled. Whose fault was it that her reputation wasn't that impressive?
If it hadn't needed to upgrade into an advanced system, it wouldn't have wanted to undertake this mission either.
Lan Ruoyue composed herself and put on an amiable smile. "Liu Defa, I, the Goddess, observed the heavens last night and learned that this year's