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

Lin Ruoyu didn't quite understand Tang Ming's meaning, or rather, she could sense his emotions, but she didn't quite understand them.

She cautiously replied, "Maybe a few thousand more... if I get promoted to team leader."

Lin Ruoyu's words were rather ambiguous. Every lie leaves loopholes, and she dared not speak carelessly.

Tang Ming lowered his head and swirled his wine glass. "Do you really like this job? Isn't it too tiring...?"

"It's alright, I quite like it. Look, I haven't complained about work at all. Although it's tiring, I'm still quite happy." Lin Ruoyu nodded and smiled as she looked at him.

"Hmm... but you still shouldn't invest too much in a shady company. You'll be working yourself to death all day, and the boss won't care about you."

Tang Ming still said insincerely, "You can focus more on daily life and family."

Lin Ruoyu frowned, glancing at Tang Ming's expression out of the corner of her eye.

Is this meant to comfort her, or to complain about her?

"Okay, I understand my job. My boss is a nice guy. The company pays less because the company is facing difficulties right now."

Lin Ruoyu felt she wasn't lying; all the magical girl team's activities required funding, and Kaoru's family couldn't be relied upon. They were truly in a worse situation than the "company"...

"You're still defending the boss?" Tang Ming looked at him like he was an idiot. "The company's difficulties don't mean the boss is in trouble. The boss might be living a life of luxury and have secretly run away with all the money in the account."

"Don't work for someone else for free."

Tang Ming was exhausted from all the events that had happened that day, and his tone was somewhat stiff.

"You don't understand... I'm basically in charge of all the company's affairs, and I've been under a lot of pressure lately." Lin Ruoyu held her wine glass, not giving a direct answer.

"You didn't let me know anything about it. I have no idea what you do all day. Clothing design? Sales? You're in charge of all sorts of things, are you already in charge? You said before that you were just an employee."

Tang Ming finished his drink in one gulp, put down his glass, crossed his legs, and the news on TV mingled with his voice.

Lin Ruoyu stared at his expression, then turned her head to look ahead. The news was reporting on the void invasion incident that had occurred at the subway station in the old district. In the live broadcast, countless workers had already entered the site and begun the restoration work on the ruins.

She had just saved Tang Ming! With so many people in danger, she was anxious and afraid that Tang Ming would be in danger, and the reason he was in danger was because he was following her!

If he hadn't followed her, he wouldn't have gotten involved in this disaster at all, and now he's impatiently questioning her!

Lin Ruoyu had already ignored the fact that the root cause was actually the virtual beast, Tang Ming's deception, and distrust, which came into view like paintings. Finally, her gaze focused on Tang Ming's cold and hard face.

She took a deep breath and spoke in a stiff voice:

"You work on your own and never talk to me about it. I didn't even know what I did before... How can I let you know?"

"Where did I not mention it?" Tang Ming's voice was somewhat dry. "Whether it was a job transfer or payday, didn't we discuss it? Otherwise, where would our family's expenses come from?"

Although Tang Ming couldn't recall his past memories with Lin Ruoyu, their year together had led not only their friends to tacitly agree, but he himself also treated Lin Ruoyu as his wife.

The other person is part of his family, and he has never skimped on or hidden any living expenses. He even sends half of his monthly salary to the other person's account...

"But how have you communicated with me these past few months? Every day when you come home, all you do is stare at your phone. We can't even exchange a single word sitting here. When I go out to work, at least I can come home and put on a smile!"

Lin Ruoyu was momentarily speechless with anger and poured herself another glass. She controlled her tone, but her words were already somewhat harsh.

"I've had some special circumstances these past few months..." Tang Ming said hesitantly.

"Is it because you secretly switched jobs and hooked up with your beautiful boss? You've hidden so much from yourself, why are you making demands of me?"

Lin Ruoyu felt a little wronged. She bit her lip, stared into Tang Ming's eyes, and blurted out everything she had been planning to ask him today.

Tang Ming's eyes widened, and he stood there stunned for a moment.

Lin Ruoyu had always given him the impression of being charming and smiling, never like this aggressive person she was now.

More importantly, when did the other party find out about his job change? Even Hua Lingyou knew? What else did she know? What about the organization?

Even with his thoughts in disarray, Tang Ming remained calm and asserted his position first, establishing his reasoning:

"My last job hasn't paid me for months! What am I supposed to do if I don't switch jobs? Do you think I can live off your meager salary?!"

"I……"

Lin Ruoyu hadn't expected this move... She was prepared to wait for him to give various reasons for deception before she prepared to launch a deeper attack and fully understand his situation.

How come the other party's deception... suddenly became her fault? And it even makes a lot of sense!

How long have you been unemployed?

"It's been almost three months... I've been living off my savings. I finally found a new job two weeks ago. When I changed jobs, everyone was vying for it, so I'm basically unemployed!"

After Tang Ming finished speaking in a cold voice, he reached past Lin Ruoyu's glass, took the wine bottle, and silently poured himself a glass.

"So...you..." Now it was Lin Ruoyu's turn to have her brain freeze. This was different from what she had seen in the report!

No, the time of the "job hopping" in the report matches, Tang Ming was not lying.

The reason why the Demon Department did not record such a long period of "unemployment" is simple: Tang Ming's former company never fired him, but just kept delaying his salary and forcing him to leave.

Lin Ruoyu was intelligent and figured out the reason in an instant.

It's just that she acts like a magical girl every day, doing important things to save the city, and subconsciously relies on "information" to make up what she thinks is deception and infidelity.

Coupled with her previous doubts about Tang Ming's identity, she only wanted to find out what he was hiding from her from the beginning, rather than why he was hiding it from her.

From the very beginning, she was presumed guilty...

"Seeing how tired you are from work, and then having to act all happy when you come home, I don't want to put too much pressure on you..." Tang Ming noticed Lin Ruoyu's emotional stagnation and subtly softened his tone:

"I felt I could handle it, and thankfully I did... I was just worried you'd worry about me, or blame me afterwards. Anyway, you haven't paid much attention to my affairs, so you can focus on your career, and I've secured a stable job, that's enough."

"But now you know, you still scolded me for a long time, didn't you..." Tang Ming sighed softly.

"I'm sorry..." The other party had paved the way for her, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and go along with it.

"I thought you were hiding a lot from me. You were like that every day, and you never told me anything, so I was overthinking it..."

She fully understood the reason for the other person's emotional outburst tonight and dared not bring up the questioning again.

"I was so naive, really!"

"I thought you were just drunk and nitpicking at my work. I also thought about how you never tell me so many things, and I just lost my temper. I didn't expect you to have thought this through so much..."

Lin Ruoyu lowered her head and moved closer to the other person, speaking softly as usual, no, even more so than usual.

She now understood why she had been so suspicious. Tang Ming's strange concealment lately had led her to mistakenly believe he was doing something bad... but she hadn't realized he was just looking out for her feelings.

"Don't hide things from me anymore. Whatever difficulties you face... I'll face them with you."

Lin Ruoyu opened her eyes wide and looked at Tang Ming sincerely.

Tang Ming looked up and glanced at her, not believing her words.

It wasn't that he didn't trust Lin Ruoyu as a person, but rather that he simply didn't believe in such a promise. Who knew what it would be like to shoulder responsibilities together until the very moment arrived? He didn't want to use this to test anything.

In Tang Ming's view, it's always better to avoid trouble than to get involved in something else.

Tang Ming didn't dwell on it, and nodded slightly to show his understanding.

Just as Lin Ruoyu breathed a sigh of relief, Tang Ming's voice drifted over:

"How...did you know about my job change and my boss's information?"