She was being hunted down, so she became a magical girl.

Wu Wanqiu was away on a business trip for more than a month, and Yan Yuling took care of all the affairs of the store.

During this period, Yan Yuling was arrogant and domineering, wielding absolute power.

Not only did he sit in the office all day, issuing orders from a superior position, but he also relaxed the performance evaluation standards for the coffee shop, secretly winning people over.

They even bypassed Wu Wanqiu and recruited new employees on their own.

"In a while, people in the store will probably only know Manager Yan, not Ms. Wu!"

Luo Ruowei looked heartbroken and spoke to the group of maids.

Fortunately, Ms. Wu was very perceptive and saw through Yan Yuling's wolfish ambitions at a glance.

"With a clever trick, she announced that the store would be closed for half a day, and instantly won back everyone's hearts..."

Sensing the familiar presence behind her, Luo Ruowei stopped her speech and looked to Xu Ting for help.

Xu Ting gave her a pitying look.

Luo Ruowei stiffly turned her head and met Yan Yuling's gaze, who remained expressionless.

"I told you to tell everyone that this afternoon is a holiday, why are you making up stories?"

"If you like storytelling so much, why don't you copy this story fifty times and frame it on the wall for your customers to see?"

Luo Ruowei immediately backed down and pleaded in a low voice:

"Yu Ling, I was wrong."

"I'll do anything as long as you don't make me copy things as punishment."

Yan Yuling waved Luo Ruowei away impatiently and pulled a little girl out from behind her.

"This child is named Qi Li. She is a new maid at the shop. She is only fifteen years old and has a somewhat special physical condition. Please take good care of her."

The maids fell silent.

Seconds later, the store erupted in cheers.

"Oh! It's a new junior! So cute, what's your name?"

"Hello little sister, if you are ever bullied by customers in the future, just come to me and I'll stand up for you."

"Sister Yuling, isn't this child's work uniform too big? The sleeves are completely covering his hands."

The maids immediately surrounded Qi Li.

That sounds familiar.

The more Xu Ting listened, the more she felt that their lines were no different from when they welcomed her.

That's incredibly skillful!

Especially Luo Ruowei, it seems she didn't change a single word, right?

Qi Li was overwhelmed by the maids' enthusiasm.

She was just about to answer the previous question when the next one came right away.

As a result, she couldn't handle even one maid and could only make helpless "woof woof" sounds like a small animal.

But the maids didn't restrain themselves at all; instead, they started vying for the title of "Qi Li's first person to communicate with."

Left with no other choice, Qi Li could only give up answering and looked at Yan Yuling with teary eyes.

Yan Yuling immediately slammed her hand on the table, stopping the crazed maid.

"Quiet down! Are you trying to turn this coffee shop into a goose farm?"

"Didn't you see that the young girl couldn't find a chance to answer you?"

"Raise your hand if you want to ask a question, and then you can speak when I call on you."

Thanks to Yan Yuling's organization, order was finally restored.

"Sister Qi Li."

The first person to ask a question was Luo Ruowei, who was the most popular among the people.

"Why are you wearing such ill-fitting clothes? Do you need me to help you change into something that fits?"

Qi Li looked down at her cuffs and said softly:

"Because I think my hands are ugly."

Luo Ruowei smiled and gently guided:

"How could that be? You're so cute, how could your hands not be pretty?"

"Everyone likes you. Whenever you show your hands, everyone will compliment how beautiful they are."

"Really?"

A glint of light flashed in Qi Li's eyes. After a moment's hesitation, she reached out from her sleeve...

A metal palm.

What, is it a replacement prosthetic body?

Xu Ting could hardly believe his eyes.

The girl's hands and arms were cut off and completely replaced with metal prosthetics.

The skin was cut off, the muscles were removed, the bones were severed, the blood vessels were sewn up, and the nerves were altered, leaving only an ugly lump of metal.

Clearly, this is the most powerful and aggressive of all cybernetic bodies, an alternative cybernetic body that even most Blackwater gang outlaws dare not install.

Qi Li is quite a character.

Xu Ting herself only uses an implanted prosthesis, and she still needs to take prosthesis inhibitors every week.

She replaced both of her hands with metal prosthetics; she'll probably have to drink prosthetic inhibitors like cola.

After he showed his hands, an eerie silence fell over the coffee shop.

Upon seeing this, Qi Li immediately withdrew her hands, her eyes brimming with tears.

"I'm sorry, I'm so ugly."

"I will hide them carefully from now on."

Actually, they weren't disgusted by the ugliness, but rather frightened.

Xu Ting's Eyes of Fear had already captured several targets that he could control.

In the minds of most residents of Hezhi City, alternative prosthetic bodies are equivalent to cyberpsychosis.

Cyberpsychosis is seen by citizens as a "mobile natural disaster that kills you if you encounter it."

They are powerful and insane, attacking every unfortunate passerby indiscriminately, causing massive casualties.

Given this understanding, it's understandable that the maids were frightened.

"Haha..." Luo Ruowei was the first to regain her composure. She had just seen a lot at the Gift-Giving Cult and was not frightened by this little thing.

"Everyone was just a little surprised, which is why they didn't say anything."

She abruptly changed the subject, skipping over the topic of "whether her hands are pretty or not":

"Qi Li is really brave to undergo prosthetic body modification."

"If anything happens in the store in the future, Qi Li, you can use your prosthetic body to help everyone."

"Yes, yes, I won't stand idly by."

Qi Li regained her composure and responded earnestly to Luo Ruowei's words:

"Although my hands often don't obey my commands, and my parents say I'm clumsy, I'm a bit at a loss about it..."

"But to meet everyone's expectations, I will do everything in my power to improve myself and become proficient in the store!"

Why use a string of idioms containing the character for "hand" at a time like this?

Upon hearing a series of words related to "hands," the maids became even more frightened, and the area that the Eye of Fear could control expanded once again.

"Is there anyone else who wants to chat with Qi Li?" Yan Yuling asked in an attempt to ease the tension.

This time, no one raised their hand.

The scene immediately became very awkward.

Seeing Qi Li's increasingly depressed mood, Xu Ting sighed inwardly and raised his right hand.

"Xu Ting, you speak."

Yan Yuling quickly called Xu Ting.

"Hello Qi Li, my name is Xu Ting, I'm a new employee who joined the company about ten days earlier than you."

"As fellow newcomers, we can help each other and learn and improve together."

Let's work hard together in the time ahead.

Xu Ting is not good at socializing, so he can only say some formulaic phrases.

But this formulaic approach is very effective.

Qi Li's face flushed red, and she pressed herself close to him excitedly, saying earnestly:

"Really? Can I learn alongside you, senior?"

"Of course, let's work together."

Qi Li burst into tears.

She reached out to wipe away her tears, which pooled in the rust on the back of her hand.

"Thank you so much, senior... I will try my best not to hold you back."

This child cries way too easily!

Xu Ting couldn't help but worry about her future.

Even the crows share the same opinion.

"This child is actually not suited to be a magical girl."

"Even if she signs the contract, she will quickly accumulate too much pressure and be destroyed by resentment."