Hui Jin’s special training for Feizuan lasted until five o’clock.
When the last rays of the setting sun had already dyed half the sky red, she finally nodded in satisfaction:
“Excellent. This way, even if you face a D-class monster alone, you won’t be completely defenseless.”
The girl lying on her back in front of Hui Jin felt like she might turn into a pile of snow-white ash at any moment.
“I can’t fight anymore…”
Feizuan’s voice was as faint as a mosquito’s hum.
She really wanted to pull a crying face, but she was too exhausted to even make an expression.
Was this even special training?
This was just a one-sided beating! A massacre!
It was true that her magic capacity and magical intensity were outstanding for a new magical girl, even stronger than Hui Jin’s by quite a bit.
But what use was strong magic if it couldn’t hit its target?
Every time she spent ages charging up to give Hui Jin a big one, Hui Jin’s sword blade was already pressed against her face!
If it weren’t for the fact that magical girls don’t get injured as long as they have magic, she’d probably have been beaten to a pulp by now!
“You worked hard.”
Xia Che’s voice sounded beside her ear.
Feizuan opened her eyes to see the handsome young man squatting beside her, pressing a bottle of cold mineral water against her cheek.
The icy sensation was like a drop of water falling into a pond, making the girl’s face tingle.
She took the water bottle, struggled to prop herself up, and started gulping it down:
“Pwah—I’m alive again! Wuwu… Xia Che… Miss Hui Jin is a bully!”
Like a little sapling that had just been watered, the girl who had been completely wilted moments ago now had the energy to complain tearfully to Xia Che.
Xia Che smiled helplessly:
“Even if you complain to me, I can’t do anything about Miss Hui Jin. Even if the two of us teamed up, we probably wouldn’t be her match.”
“Remove the ‘probably.'”
Hui Jin stood beside the two, her delicate face still expressionless:
“It’s ‘definitely.'”
“Grr… Miss Hui Jin has no idea how to be gentle with girls~” Feizuan weakly wiped her tears, “That won’t win you any popularity with the ladies, you know!”
A faint smile tugged at the corner of Hui Jin’s lips:
“Do you want to add another hour of training?”
Hearing this, Feizuan, who had been lying on the ground like a pile of mud, sprang up in an instant:
“I-I think that won’t be necessary! I feel like I’ve trained enough, Miss Hui Jin! L-look at me now, I’m full of energy!”
As she spoke, the girl poked her own flabby bicep, only to wince sharply from the muscle soreness:
“Hiss… It doesn’t hurt, not at all. L-let’s go!”
Feizuan forced her twitching face into a stiff expression and limped downstairs.
Watching Feizuan’s retreating back, Hui Jin felt both exasperated and relieved.
Exasperated because her daughter didn’t seem very bright.
Relieved because Feizuan not only had a large magic capacity but also a fast magic recovery rate.
Her growth speed would undoubtedly be astonishing.
Given some time, Feizuan would probably become a very powerful magical girl.
If that was the case, could she feel a little more at ease now?
Thinking this, Hui Jin put her hood back on:
“I’ll be going now, then. Xia Che, Xiao… Feizuan is in your hands from now on.”
“Huh? Miss Hui Jin, are you leaving already? Won’t you have a meal with us?”
Xia Che looked at her.
“No.” Hui Jin shook her head.
“I don’t want to have too much contact with other magical girls…”
Xia Che patiently persuaded her:
“It should be fine if it’s just a meal, right? Miss Hui Jin helped Xiao Chi, and I’d like to repay you in my own way. My conscience won’t allow me to just keep accepting your help.”
“Well… if it’s just a meal…”
Hui Jin was finally persuaded.
“You said it was just a meal…!”
Hui Jin gritted her teeth, glaring at Xia Che with a mixture of embarrassment and indignation:
“Why did we end up eating here?”
The two adults and one girl stood in front of Rain City’s largest clothing mall, V-Closet.
Hui Jin had sensed something was wrong from far away and had tried to escape several times, but Ye Xiao Chi’s merciless iron grip firmly locked onto her wrist, dragging her all the way to the mall entrance.
Xia Che scratched his nose and smiled:
“I’m doing this for your own good, Miss Hui Jin. You see…”
“—You’re going to spout more nonsense again, and I won’t listen to a single word of it!”
Hui Jin interrupted him, trying to cover her ears with her hands, but her other hand was still being held by Ye Xiao Chi.
Helpless, she could only glare fiercely at Ye Xiao Chi, trying to make her back down through the authority of a senior:
“Feizuan, let go!”
Who would have thought that this time, Feizuan stood her ground, a mischievous grin on her face as her grip tightened:
“Hehe, no!”
Hmph… Miss Hui Jin, after tormenting me all afternoon, it’s finally my turn now, hehehe!
“You traitorous disciple!”
Hui Jin once again marveled at how strong this girl really was!
Feizuan’s goal was simple: she just wanted to get Hui Jin into some cute clothes.
The real mastermind stood to the side, the light from the street lamp casting half his face in shadow and half in light.
After all this buildup, it was time to begin the operation to “make Hui Jin join the Special Dispatch Bureau”!
This operation adopted a three-step strategy:
Step One: Use Feizuan’s assessment as an excuse to put Hui Jin off guard after an afternoon of special training.
Step Two: Use a meal as a pretext to drag Hui Jin out shopping with them.
Lu Xun once said, if you want to close the distance between hearts, you must first close the physical distance.
Hui Jin always avoided contact with the two of them.
In that case, make it so she has nowhere to run!
Step Three: The most crucial step.
When Hui Jin gradually lowers her guard around them, perhaps they can learn the real reason she’s unwilling to join the Special Dispatch Bureau.
Once they know the reason, won’t it be easy to handle?
The Special Dispatch Bureau would give Hui Jin an offer she couldn’t refuse.
Of course, if the above, relatively gentle strategy failed, he would have no choice but to accept assistance from the Special Dispatch Bureau.
This was also the main reason Xia Che accepted Jiang Yiyun’s proposal:
The Special Dispatch Bureau would not let Hui Jin go.
If he failed, the Bureau would forcibly intervene, and Hui Jin’s situation would become much more precarious.
If joining the Special Dispatch Bureau meant exposing her identity and harming Hui Jin, then as her partner, Xia Che hoped to minimize the damage to her.
“Miss Hui Jin, just give in to me!”
“What kind of weird thing are you saying… Hey, stop dragging me!”
Even so, the fact remained that he had broken his promise to Hui Jin.
Xia Che felt a pang of guilt.
After this is over, I will do my best to make it up to you, Miss Hui Jin!
Thinking this, Xia Che snapped back to reality.
Seeing the two of them locked in a stalemate, he stepped forward and said:
“Miss Hui Jin, the main reason we brought you here to buy clothes is… your outfit is just too eye-catching.”
Hui Jin was taken aback.
She looked down at herself and retorted:
“How is it eye-catching? The cloak covers my face completely, doesn’t it?”
Xia Che sighed helplessly:
“That’s why it’s eye-catching. Everyone else is dressed normally, and you’re the only one wearing a cloak. It’d be hard not to attract attention. And also…”
Hui Jin felt distinctly uncomfortable under the man’s scrutinizing gaze as he looked her up and down:
“And also what?”
Xia Che gestured vaguely at his own body:
“To be honest, that white dress of yours is a bit too… revealing. It shows your navel, it shows your thighs… It feels like with just a slight move, you might see the underwear, you know?”
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