My wife is a magical girl, how can I be the villain?

"My reason?" Tang Ming chuckled softly.

"Didn't you approach me because I was unemployed, and I only did this to make a living?" he retorted.

"That certainly seems to be the case... if you ignore the fact that you frequently dabble in the underground market, search for void anomalies, ask middlemen to contact the 'organization,' and scavenge for magical mediums everywhere."

Hua Lingyou, arms crossed, chuckled and said:

"Then you really are just an ordinary person trying to make a living."

"You all know all this?" Tang Ming was not flustered, but rather somewhat surprised that Hua Lingyou had told him his whereabouts so clearly.

"You've practically laid your hands on my desk, how could we not lend you a hand? It's just that you didn't realize Anmeng Insurance is nothing more than a shell of an organization."

"Hey, I really didn't expect this. I thought Anmeng Insurance was just an ordinary insurance company. I didn't expect it to be the one I wanted to contact." Tang Ming relaxed and shrugged.

"So now, do you have a reason?" Hua Lingyou asked the same question again.

"...You won't kill me, will you?"

"You're overthinking it. There are plenty of monsters and scoundrels in the organization. Since you're my disciple, of course I'll protect you." Hua Lingyou rolled her eyes at him.

"Would you believe me if I said I dreamt about it?"

"I don't believe it," Hua Lingyou immediately denied, but then she added:

"But I believe in you. Don't get me wrong. Although my intuition tells me you're not 'him,' your behavior is indeed very strange. Perhaps you really are the person who lost their memory, although I still don't believe it."

"Who is that person you keep talking about? An enemy or a friend?" Tang Ming hesitated for a moment before asking cautiously.

"I can't remember, it's like there's a layer of cloth covering that person's image, but we all remember, he was someone even more capable than the boss..."

"Can't remember?"

Tang Ming recalled the days after he woke up from the hospital last October. He had the same feeling, as if an image was covered by an oil film, making it impossible for him to remember.

His wife, who appeared out of nowhere, later confirmed his amnesia. He initially thought it was just a head injury, but the doctor said it was dissociative amnesia.

He didn't understand, but he accepted the explanation.

Now, everything around him is telling him that he has forgotten something very important: his identity, and everyone around him. He has forgotten more than just Lin Ruoyu's existence.

"Senior... how do you suggest I regain my memories?" Since the senior seemed to know so much about his situation, Tang Ming decided to ask her for help openly.

"I don't know either. I can't remember it myself. Maybe you can ask the boss when he gets back?"

After transforming, the two followed the ball of light in the sky at a leisurely pace. They occasionally encountered lone Void Beasts along the way, including some at the level of unicorns, but when the two of them attacked together, they faced almost no pressure.

"The most classic method is to revisit the places you've been before, all the places you've forgotten. You might find some clues," Hua Lingyou suggested.

"There's another way... go to the void. If you are that powerful being, the void anomaly should still remember you."

"Sending me to the void is sending me to my death. How many people who go to the void ever come back?" Tang Ming said helplessly, spreading his hands.

"The only one I know is the boss. He's back, and he's become incredibly strong." Hua Lingyou's eyes lit up when she mentioned the boss.

"Thank you... I'll go for a stroll when I have time," Tang Ming thought to himself.

Hua Lingyou didn't care about his attitude. "I know you're hiding a lot of things. If it were anyone else, I would have just left you here. But the boss believes in you and hopes you won't let him down."

"Does he know me?"

"He said we all know you, but I think he's mistaken. But I don't care about that!" Hua Lingyou chuckled.

"So, you only care about the boss's opinion, right?" Tang Ming summarized.

Hua Lingyou gazed at the fireflies in the sky, the shimmering light from the burning alien material hitting her cheek.

"Everything I have is thanks to him... You'll see when he comes back; he's an amazing person."

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"Still no luck?"

On the mountaintop, Xunfeng was demonstrating the magic circle to Ye Jingjing, the metal tower before them shimmering with runes. Wushao turned her head to look at Xingyu, who was holding a phone beside her.

"It's been an hour, I hope I haven't really fallen into a pit..." Xingyu looked up, her lips twitching.

"That's why it would be so good to attach a tracking device to your husband... I've suggested that before." Wushao started offering hindsight advice.

"What the hell is this location tracking... How could I do something like this to the people around me!" Lin Ruoyu stared at her with a pout. "Forget it, what could a grown man possibly do? Let's get back to work; border work is more important."

"I think you should still go and see him. He's just an ordinary person, and anything can happen." Wu Shao patted her shoulder seriously, then turned around and went back to Ye Jingjing and the others.

"Where is Senior Xingyu going?" Ye Jingjing looked up, her hand pointing to a string of gold-plated characters, the third spell she had been working hard to master.

Wushao turned her head, and Xingyu had already taken off from the mountaintop, becoming just a black dot in the blink of an eye.

"Just a fussy woman... She has her own things to do, don't worry about her. Let's continue our studies. Have you chosen which technique to learn?"

"Hmm... Following my senior's advice, I've decided to study... three summoning spells and five enchanting spells to enhance the summoned [Mocking Bat].

"Then your own defense and combat capabilities are relatively weak. You only have two spell slots available, so you're a bit unbalanced..."

Wu Shao commented, stroking her chin.

"It's okay... I believe I'll be able to advance to page two soon. Besides, I have a few seniors protecting me." Ye Jingjing pursed her lips shyly.

"Haha, I love hearing that! Okay! That's settled!" Wu Shao stretched out her "devilish claws" and placed them on Ye Jingjing's cheeks, giving them a happy squeeze.

She used to be able to do this on Xiao Ba's face, but later the child became less and less cute, and even tried to bite her... In the end, Jingjing is still the cutest.

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Tang Ming and Hua Lingyou ran continuously across the dark desert, which was more of a chaotic space where the overall landscape was obscured. The terrain of the Voidquake Land was unremarkable, like scenes copied from various places, with sand, roads, and even thorny thickets.

The two maintained their pace and jogged for half an hour. Just when they thought the signal was pointing in the wrong direction, a huge group of buildings finally appeared in their sight. Through the earthen buildings in front of them, purple flames inside were burning fiercely towards the sky, and flickering starlight escaped from the windows of the buildings.

"That must be the altar..." Tang Ming stopped and squatted down, panting. The tall, ethereal beast squatting on the ground had a strangely comical quality, which at least amused Hua Lingyou.

"You look a bit silly, like a spirit beast has come to life, haha." Hua Lingyou's laughter echoed in my mind.

"I am a human being..."

"I thought the signal transmitter was useless and was about to give up. Get up! Let's sneak into the village and gather some intelligence. Keep your voices down." Hua Lingyou immediately resumed her serious tone.

"I'm already unable to speak, sigh..."

Before Tang Ming could finish speaking, his body froze on the spot. For a moment, he felt his heart skip a beat, and the soft, comfortable foreign material pressed against his skin tightened instantly, becoming hard.

He felt as if his body had suddenly turned to stone and frozen. The next moment, the alien substance began to stretch out, and his flesh and blood began to move again.