After get off work, I become a magical girl

"My mother also appeared in my dream a few days ago. In the dream, she handed me over to you. I think what she meant was that she supports you to be my mother!"

——What the hell is this girl talking about?

The corners of Cuique's mouth twitched slightly, but she knew that getting excited at this time would be useless, so she continued to maintain a steady tone and said: "No, it's really not what you think. I have no intention of getting married at all..."

"Because, when my mother and I liked my father together, you chose to quit, right?"

Lin Xiaolu wiped her eyes for some reason, and said with a slightly choked tone: "I have completely figured it out. I understand everything about the past, about you, my mother, and my father."

"Delphinium, you and your mother were once teammates, and you were both childhood sweethearts with your father, but you eventually had emotional disagreements. Since you were so gentle, you must have chosen to withdraw at that time, right?"

"You sacrificed your own emotions and chose to go to the magical kingdom. And because your mother passed away, you wanted to return to the city where you once lived to protect it."

"That's why I've never been married and have remained single. I'm already this old, but I'm still... Really, thank you for your hard work."

"Although I still have some undue resentment in my heart, I think I shouldn't stop you from choosing your own happiness. I should support you!"

At the end, she was moved for some reason and held Kuei-Chrysanthemum's hand, saying with deep affection:

"So, don't worry about my opinion anymore! Just pursue your own happiness freely!"

Looking at Lin Xiaolu holding her hand, Cuiqiao felt her vision a little dazed.

What is this girl talking about? What is she trying to express? Does the person she is talking about sound familiar?

Her mind was filled with chaotic thoughts, but she knew that it was far from the time to give up. The more critical the situation was, the more she should remain calm and let the rumors end in the hands of the wise.

So, how should I explain it? What kind of reason can I use to bypass Lin Xiaolu's weird logic and make her believe again that "Lin Yun" and "Cui Que" have no emotional entanglement?

In an instant, Delphinium started a brainstorming session alone and began to quickly look for suitable solutions and reasons.

——"Xiao Lu, you can't do this. The young senior is not resisting exposing this relationship to you."

But before Cuiqiao could come up with a new excuse, Xia Liang on the side suddenly spoke up.

She had an understanding smile on her face, like a pure Cupid: "If you ask me, she is just not ready to accept the identity of 'mother'. She is not ready to accept a daughter like you."

"Accept me...as your daughter?"

As if she had seen a new world, Lin Xiaolu repeated what Xia Liang said: "Is there any problem with this?"

"Of course there is a problem."

Xia Liang put his hands behind his back, smiling: "So, you have to make her feel that being your mother is not a bad thing, and it won't be a burden to her."

Lin Xiaolu was stunned.

She understood what Xia Liang wanted to express.

She looked back at the dull-eyed Delphinium in front of her and opened her mouth subconsciously, but she only felt a little dry in her mouth at that moment.

Her lips closed gently, then opened again, her canine teeth tapping lightly as she moved. Then, she uttered a consonant that was neither flat nor curled.

"Mother."

Just like that, she took advantage of the current momentum and shouted out a word that even she herself could not believe.

"mom!"

Bai Jingxuan on the side seemed to realize something, and trotted over to Cuiqiao and shouted.

"mom!"

"mom!"

The two girls, one big and one small, gathered around Delphinium, shouting the same word over and over again.

Sandwiched between them, Delphinium said nothing, letting them repeat the most similar words in the human language like children who had just learned to speak.

She didn't look at Lin Xiaolu, Xia Liang, or Bai Jingxuan. Her eyes were fixed on the void in the distance, as if she was looking at the vast Milky Way universe, or the endless abyss of the ocean.

Only nothingness remains.

Chapter 158 Candy in the Drawer

2023-05-27

The next morning, in the director's office of the Strategy Bureau.

Lin Yun, who was sitting behind the table, was staring blankly ahead, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Last night's experience was still replaying in his mind, giving him a headache.

This headache was not the first time he had experienced it, and the last time was when his daughter and he were in a cold war. To put it bluntly, he had no idea how to deal with the current situation.

His daughter's unreasonable misunderstanding; the inexplicable appearance of the "adopted daughter"; and the dangerous thoughts that Bai Jingxuan had revealed in the past two days... In his opinion, each of these problems required a lot of thought to deal with, but now they were all piled up together.

These problems are not even independent of each other, but are interrelated. Solving one of them will inevitably have a domino effect, thus activating other problems together.

If he handles it in a harsh way, then he must also treat Bai Jingxuan harshly - however, Bai Jingxuan's problem obviously cannot be solved by scolding her with a stern face, and that may even have the opposite effect.

If he handles it in a lenient way, then he is doomed to be unable to explain this misunderstanding properly - preconceived ideas are powerful, especially when both children begin to believe that "this is the truth", any rebuttal will seem like an excuse.

What should I do? Should I just perform a miracle in front of the two children and tell them “I am your father”?

Lin Yun couldn't help but have such thoughts.

But when I thought about how my daughter had just chased me and called me "Mom" all night last night, and I suddenly brought up such a truth, the embarrassment in this matter was probably not something that could be resolved by a two-year cold war.

The wall clock in the corner was making a crisp "tick, tick" sound, and the clear sunlight shone into the room through the French window, stretching the shadow of the desk in front of the window. The shadow stretched forward and extended to a pair of white dancing shoes.

Above the dancing shoes is a light green long skirt. The owner of the skirt is a girl with an emerald green ponytail.

Bai Jingxuan, the "culprit" in Lin Yun's eyes, was also standing in the director's office at this time.

In Bai Jingxuan's eyes, the middle-aged man in front of her had been silent for more than a minute. He had not said a word since she walked into the director's office. The only reason was because she called him "Dad" again when she entered the door.

The word "Dad" plunged Lin Yun, who was about to speak, into a long period of contemplation and silence.

——"Dad, what's wrong?"

Because she had waited for a long time but received no response, Bai Jingxuan could not help but feel a little worried. She thought the man in front of her was not talking for some other reason, so she asked with concern: "Are you feeling unwell?"

Her voice finally brought Lin Yun back to reality from his thoughts.

Still immersed in his memories, he opened his mouth subconsciously and wanted to call out the code name of the girl in front of him, but he soon realized that he was no longer Delphinium.

Now he is in the Strategy Bureau, sitting in the position of director.

"Why are you suddenly silent again, Dad?" Bai Jingxuan had already walked to the desk, stood on tiptoe, supported the table with both hands, and looked at him seriously.

"What should I say...can you please not call me like that?" Lin Yun said helplessly.

"No?" Bai Jingxuan blinked.

"It's not a question of whether it's possible or not, but right now, we don't actually have any family relationship."

Lin Yun tried to slow down his voice: "That is to say, we don't actually have a relationship like 'father and daughter'. If you call me like that, it will cause some misunderstandings."

"...That's it."

Bai Jingxuan was not a dull child. On the contrary, she was very sensitive to other people's opinions. Lin Yun's words made her understand his intention immediately, and she let go of the edge of the table with some disappointment: "I'm sorry."

"There's no need to apologize. I don't mean to blame you." Lin Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

"I was too sentimental, so I made my uncle feel troubled."

Bai Jingxuan lowered her head slightly: "I just heard Sister Xiaolu say that there is such a possibility, so I thought it would be true. I didn't think that Uncle, you actually have no intention of adopting me..."

"No, I'm not troubled, nor do I really have no such plans."

Seeing the girl's mood suddenly become depressed, Lin Yun quickly added: "What I mean is that these are still things that have not been decided yet. It's not that serious yet."

"So, uncle actually plans to adopt me?"

"…It's possible." Lin Yun chose his words carefully.

"Isn't that my future father?" Bai Jingxuan tilted her head.

Lin Yun was silent again.

"Dad, I want to join the cleanup. I want to beat up the bad guys."

"No."

"Dad, I want to go."

"……Ugh."

With no other thoughts except the headache, Lin Yun reluctantly opened the drawer of his desk and took out a few candies: "Here, have some candy."

This was something he had prepared in advance after Bai Jingxuan came to the Yi Ce Bureau, in order to divert the child's attention when he was unable to solve the problem.

Bai Jingxuan liked to eat candy and had no guard against this intended "father", so she reached out and took the candy from Lin Yun's hand.

Seeing that she was willing to take the candy, Lin Yun breathed a sigh of relief: "Be good, Dad will give you a few more candies, can you go back today?"

"I don't want to go back."

"Then I'll give you a few more and take them back to your sister Xiaolu to eat." Lin Yun opened the drawer again.

"Oh."

Bai Jingxuan obediently took the candy from Lin Yun's hand: "Then Dad, I will go back today and come back tomorrow?"

"I have a meeting tomorrow." Lin Yun tried to refuse.

"Then I'll come the day after tomorrow."

"Don't come."

"See you the day after tomorrow, Dad."

However, Bai Jingxuan didn't listen to him at all and just skipped away with the candy.

Is this child much more lively in front of me than in front of Delphinium?

Looking at Bai Jingxuan's back as she left, Lin Yun couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Then he sighed helplessly and picked up the documents on the table again.

After all, this was not the problem he should be concerned about right now, so he might as well put it aside for now. After driving away the troublemaker, he would deal with the work problem properly. The Yi Ce Bureau was in a state of disrepair at this time, and he did not have the time to sit idle any longer.

However, just as Lin Yun spread out the documents and was about to calm down and read them, a female voice with an electronic texture suddenly sounded in the director's office:

"dad--"