Witches, please stop thinking about me!

As she left the restaurant, Liu Mei put on a blazer again.

It's enough to show it to Lin Jiu; she's not some kind of bodhisattva to others.

What are you doing when I don't contact you?

Walking side by side with Liu Mei, Lin Jiu felt a little uncomfortable as passersby cast glances at her.

"In the past, I would attend classes, and when I didn't have classes, I would do part-time jobs."

"To earn a living?"

"Yes, I need to pay tuition. Although there are scholarships and subsidies, I still need to make up the rest myself."

Liu Mei glanced at Lin Jiu, and then frowned slightly after a moment.

"I forgot to mention you today, why are you wearing your old clothes again?"

"...It's too expensive."

"If it's expensive, why shouldn't you wear it? Why should you treat it like a precious object?"

"Ha, have you forgotten? You're making a million a month now!"

"..."

Lin Jiu suddenly realized, yes, now that she earns a million-dollar annual salary, there's no need to be as stingy as before.

Moreover, although this money wasn't obtained in a completely aboveboard manner, it was still legitimate money, and there was nothing wrong with using it.

The sound of high heels was clearly audible amidst the clamor of the crowd, and Lin Jiu recalled the few demon hunters who had their eyes on her.

"I remember you mentioned that there's an official organization called the Underworld Administration Bureau, and that the authorities are aware of the existence of the Underworld?"

Liu Mei frowned, helped Lin Jiu lift her right leg, dug her fingers into the heel of her shoe to take it off, and then emptied out the small pebbles that had gotten inside.

"Otherwise, you should always trust that official organizations are the quickest to respond to these things."

"With a massive influx of resources, the power of official organizations is far greater than you imagine."

After putting her high heels back on, she glanced at Lin Jiu, who seemed lost in thought.

"I'm wondering, now that the authorities have established a special organization, is it possible that the underworld will be completely exposed to the public in the future?"

Liu Mei fell into thought about Lin Jiu's conjecture.

"The possibility is not small."

"?"

"I was just saying it casually, could I actually be right?"

Liu Mei took a deep breath and looked at the people selling candied hawthorns in the center of the square.

"Go buy me a skewer."

"?"

Lin Jiu looked up at Liu Mei, then at the vendor selling candied hawthorns.

Well, consider it a bribe to the client, so that it will be easier to close deals in the future...

Liu Mei took the candied hawthorn that Lin Jiu had bought and took a bite.

"If this conjecture were made five years ago, probably no one would have believed it."

"But now..."

Liu Mei took out her phone, opened it, and handed it to him a website with a dark red interface.

"An outbreak in the underworld has polluted the Wanjiang residential area in Yunyan District..."

Lin Jiu stared blankly at the contents of the article; he remembered this news.

As a major gas pipeline explosion case in Fuzhou, it caused quite a stir in the city at the time.

After all, more than thirty people died, and the official investigation team has come down.

"So, this wasn't an accident?"

Liu Mei took a bite of the candied hawthorn, turned her head to look at Lin Jiu, and said softly.

"Often, what you see is what others want you to see."

Lin Jiu frowned upon hearing this and fell into thought.

"Are these kinds of situations becoming more and more common?"

"Yes, if we look at the last ten years as a cycle, the frequency of occurrence has increased by nearly 30%."

As they strolled, the two came to the edge of the flower bed.

A young couple was sitting here being affectionate when the sound of high heels approached, and they looked at Liu Mei and Lin Jiu.

The boys, in particular, stared blankly for quite a while.

Then, unsurprisingly, his girlfriend angrily punched him and turned away.

They sat down side by side, and the evening breeze, carrying the warmth of Liu Mei's thighs, blew to Lin Jiu's side, while her fragrance wafted into his nostrils.

"I can't eat anymore."

"Then throw it away..."

Before she could finish speaking, Liu Mei, with her snow-white wrist adorned with an exquisite watch, handed over the candied hawthorn.

"You think I'm dirty?"

Seeing that Lin Jiu didn't answer for a long time, Liu Mei narrowed her eyes and said something.

Lin Jiu remained silent, simply taking the candied hawthorn.

During the handover, his fingers caressed her slender fingertips.

Perhaps thinking about why he now earns a million a month, or perhaps because Liu Mei's deliberate approach had worked, Lin Jiu's desires resurfaced.

"What caused the other world to arise?"

When asked about this, Liu Mei crossed her legs and rested her chin on her knees.

"I don't know. Nobody knows how the inner world came about. The only thing that's certain is that the inner world and the outer world are very similar."

"See that unfinished building over there?"

"Um."

Lin Jiu took a bite of a candied hawthorn, and his gaze involuntarily fell on the orange segment that Liu Mei had taken a bite out of.

"Even if that unfinished building was just built, we can still clearly see its silhouette when we enter the inner world."

Lin Jiu frowned slightly upon hearing this.

"Is the inner world a projection of the outer world?"

"It's possible, but not entirely certain."

Has the official team conducted large-scale exploration of the Otherworld?

"I don't know much either. The only thing I'm sure of is that a large-scale military exercise in Fire City five years ago was very likely related to the Underworld."

"Moreover, what can be confirmed is that those places that have been proven false and are no longer dangerous in the outer world are often forbidden zones in the inner world."

"restricted area?"

"Well, like Bermuda, or the Loch Ness Monster. The surface world excludes their specialness, but in the underworld, their danger is outrageously high."

While listening to the story, Lin Jiu unknowingly ate the orange segment that Liu Mei had bitten off.

Lin Jiu pursed her lips and continued eating the candied hawthorn as if nothing had happened.

Liu Mei discovered the missing orange segment on the side that Lin Jiu couldn't see, and a smile appeared on Liu Mei's lips.

"I remember you said that the highest level of witch is the Queen-level witch, and even those witches can't run rampant in the underworld?"

A withered blade of grass drifted in from somewhere and landed on the tip of Liu Mei's shoe. Lin Jiu didn't think much of it and picked it up for her.

An unintentional action stirred a strange warmth in Liu Mei's heart.

It's not that I don't know how to flirt...

"To be precise, it's not the highest level, but the current highest level. Whether there are any levels above the Queen level, no one knows for sure."

"So, to what extent can a Queen-class character achieve?"

"Hmm..."

Liu Mei took out a tissue from her pocket and casually wiped the soup stains from the corner of Lin Jiu's mouth.

"I don't know about the surface world, but in the inner world, if we go all out, we should be able to take down that skeleton we encountered that day without taking any damage."

"so..."

A low murmur arose, whether startled by Liu Mei's voice or influenced by her movements, it was unclear.

The evening breeze blew through Liu Mei's hair, carrying it towards Lin Jiu.

The two got up and walked towards where the car was parked. Amidst the sounds of clinking glasses and exchanging toasts, a discordant whistle suddenly broke the silence.

"Hey beautiful, why don't you and your brother come grab something to eat?"