After get off work, I become a magical girl

"What? I haven't finished reading the news yet. Turn back!" Xia Liang protested.

"You weren't watching anyway." Lin Xiaolu said confidently.

"It was obviously you who didn't look at it first!"

"Now I want to see it!"

"You don't play games anymore?" Xia Liang raised his eyebrows.

"I don't want to play anymore!" Lin Xiaolu said firmly.

"Isn't there still a role you want that you haven't gotten yet?"

"It's just virtual data. If it doesn't exist, it doesn't exist!" Lin Xiaolu stared at the TV and raised her chin slightly.

"But, I clearly saw that on the interface of this card pool, it said [12 draws left to summon a designated magical girl]."

Xia Liang picked up Lin Xiaolu's phone from the sofa cushion beside her and pointed at a line of small words on the screen: "Look."

Lin Xiaolu's originally determined expression suddenly wavered. She wanted to pretend to be focused on the TV, but her constant glances to the side completely betrayed her. After realizing this, she finally gave up her disguise, silently stretched out her hand, and took the phone from Xia Liang in a self-destructive manner.

She looked up at the screen and found that there was indeed a line of words on the screen as Xia Liang said. She clicked on the list behind the line of words and soon found the "Shucao" she had been thinking about, and her eyes suddenly flashed with divine light again.

"There are 12 more draws, 12 more draws..."

She began to think hard: "But how can I get these 12 draws?"

She had basically obtained all the rewards for completing the early game levels. The difficulty of the subsequent levels became increasingly higher, and she would definitely not be able to get any of them without the help of a "support character".

For a card-drawing game, if you want to obtain resources for drawing cards outside of the reward part, there seems to be only one way.

"Wouldn't it be fine if you just recharge the money?" Xia Liang tilted his head.

"No, I know I can charge money, but spending money on something like this seems..."

Lin Xiaolu struggled a little and said, "Doesn't this seem like a waste of time?"

"Indeed, I often see news reports about the harm of being addicted to games."

Xia Liang nodded again: "So? How about we stop playing?"

"this and that……"

Lin Xiaolu stared at the card drawing interface in the game and hesitated for a long time, unable to make up her mind. Her rationality told her that she should not spend money on it, but her emotions kept urging her to click.

There was a fierce ideological struggle going on in her mind. Her eyes became increasingly empty as she stared at the screen. A thin layer of cold sweat seeped out of her forehead. She pursed her lips, and a vortex gradually appeared in her dark eyes.

So, three minutes later.

Lin Xiaolu selects the payment option on the store interface.

After some careful calculations, she found that as long as she chose the 68 yuan option, she could meet her need for 12 draws, so for the first time in her life, Lin Xiaolu chose to pay in the game.

She first repeatedly confirmed the option buttons on the mobile phone screen, read the payment instructions, and made sure that her current recharge could indeed meet the "first time discount" regulations. Then she finally nodded, stretched out her hand, and pressed her finger on the fingerprint button.

Then, she suddenly heard a scream from the TV.

Subconsciously, she looked up to see what happened in the animation, but she found that the protagonist on TV just broke an object. Lin Xiaolu was disappointed and lowered her head again, and saw the words "Payment Completed" pop up on the screen.

It was the first time in her life that she spent money in a game. This behavior made Lin Xiaolu feel a little guilty, but besides the guilt, she also felt a little excited. With this complicated feeling, she returned to the card drawing interface, wanting to make up the remaining 12 draws to exchange for the character she wanted. But when her finger pressed the card drawing button, she suddenly found that the number of card draws seemed to be a little wrong.

If she remembered correctly, the resources she purchased with her own money should be worth about 15 draws, but why, now she has 150 draws?

Looking at the numbers displayed on the mobile phone screen, Lin Xiaolu was stunned for a moment.

"What's wrong?"

Xia Liang noticed that Lin Xiaolu looked a little strange, so she came closer. When she saw the number on the screen, she couldn't help but cover her mouth: "How much did you recharge?"

"It should be 68 yuan...right?"

Lin Xiaolu said uncertainly, and returned to the store interface in the game, looking at the previous recharge options, but found that the "first discount" sign on the 68 yuan option was still clear. On the contrary, the "first discount" sign was no longer on the 648 yuan option. The abrupt and empty button seemed to indicate something.

Looking at the screen of her mobile phone, Lin Xiaolu fell into a long silence again.

It seemed like she clicked the wrong button.

"Where did you get so much money?"

Xia Liang couldn't help but ask: "Does your father give you pocket money?"

"No...how to say..."

Lin Xiaolu gradually came back to her senses from her daze and said, "If I remember correctly, this seems to be something that Delphinium gave me a few days ago."

"What?"

"She asked me to buy supplementary teaching materials... She said she didn't have time to buy them, so she gave me the name of the book and asked me to buy it myself and she would pay for it."

Lin Xiaolu's voice became smaller and smaller: "I haven't had time to buy it these days."

“Buy teaching aids?”

Xia Liang was a little confused: "Why haven't I heard of this?"

"You were joking, weren't you? But Delphinium should have transferred this part of the money to you."

Lin Xiaolu was a little surprised: "Didn't you notice that there was an extra sum of money in your personal account?"

"The extra money in my personal account..."

Xia Liang tapped her lower lip, her face thoughtful. After a while, as if she suddenly remembered something, she clapped her hands together and said, "Ah, why do I feel like I've spent a lot of money recently, but my balance hasn't decreased at all!"

"You spent it, too?"

"perhaps?"

Xia Liang laughed dryly: "I just went to get my hair done a few days ago. Now that I think about it, I must have used up the money that the young senior gave me, right?"

The more she spoke, the more unsure she felt. In the end, she and Lin Xiaolu fell silent.

For a moment, the only sound in the living room was the animation on TV.

However, when the two of them didn't know what to do, they heard the sound of a door closing in the hallway not far away. They hurriedly ran behind the wall of the living room and secretly looked into the hallway, only to see Cuique walking in with Bai Jingxuan.

Cuiqiao walked in front, followed by Bai Jingxuan. The two of them talked about something all the way to the living room. Cuiqiao looked inside and saw Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang sitting upright on the sofa, seemingly watching TV seriously.

This scene seemed to be fine, but Delphinium always felt that something was wrong: usually these two were either lying or leaning, looking completely lazy, so why did they suddenly become so well-behaved today?

"I am back."

Without giving it much thought, she waved to the girls in the living room, "How was the patrol today?"

"There's nothing!"

As Kuizi started to speak, the ponytail behind Lin Xiaolu's head jumped suddenly, and she stammered: "Everything, everything is normal, there are no injured beasts, and no dangerous incidents!"

"That's fine. And you don't have to shout so loudly."

Cuiqiao nodded expressionlessly and turned her gaze to Xia Liang: "What about Xiaojin? Is there any situation?"

"Ah, no, no." Xia Liang also looked away with a guilty look, "Let me report to you, the last time a beast appeared in the Sunset District was last week. This week has been very peaceful."

“Why use honorifics?”

The strange behavior of the two made Delphinium more and more confused, but she couldn't think of what could have happened, so she didn't ask any more questions: "Okay, thank you for your hard work, then I will go to the kitchen to prepare dinner, you guys continue to rest."

The two girls in the living room could only respond with a dull “yes”. Bai Jingxuan shouted “I’ll help” and ran to the kitchen with Cuique.

After Cuique left, the two people in the living room looked at each other, as if they had something to say, but no one spoke first. When Lin Xiaolu finally decided to say something after thinking for a long time, Cuique suddenly came out of the kitchen again.

——"Oh, by the way, tonight is a tutorial day, you should remember, right?"

As she put the sleeves on her hands, she reminded them, "I should have asked you to prepare the supplementary textbooks last time. If you have time, you can preview it first."

"The second-year final exams are coming up soon. Your grades have not been very stable recently, so I have drawn some ranges for you. Please follow these ranges for now."

"It's okay if you don't want to preview, but I might ask a few more questions to make sure you understand... Hmm? What's wrong? Why do you look so bad? Are you too tired? And why did you stand up suddenly? Why are you so close?"

——"I'm sorry! Delphinium!"

"I'm sorry! Young senior!"

Cuiqiao hadn't thought much about it at first, but before she finished speaking, she saw Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang suddenly stand up from the sofa and trot over to her. Then they lowered their heads at the same time and said the above words in unison.

Seeing her daughter admitting her mistake in front of her, Kuei-Chrysanthemum was unable to react for a moment. She blinked, and after a long while, she spoke in a daze:

"……what?"

Chapter 170 Delphinium's Plan

2023-06-07

Under the bright light, the porcelain white dinner plate reflected a slight oily sheen. On the wooden dining table, scattered tableware was placed neatly or messily. Delphinium leaned back in the chair, folded her hands, and the fingers of her right hand tapped slowly in the crook of her arm.

Across the dining table, Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang were sitting upright.

On the table between them were several plates of home-cooked food that were still warm. Judging from the appearance, they should taste good. However, there were a lot of leftovers, which obviously had not been touched. Everyone at the table looked tense, even Nini was sitting upright, only Mo Ke at the corner of the table was eating heartily without any concern.

After dinner, Cuiqiao asked the two girls to tell the whole story in front of everyone. After learning that all the money she had given for tutoring had been misappropriated, she pursed her lips and did not speak for a long time.

This made Lin Xiaolu, who was already feeling guilty, even more nervous. Although she sat upright, her eyes were fixed on her knees, as if there was some treasure on the ground. Although Xia Liang was not as frightened as Lin Xiaolu, he obviously knew that he had done something wrong. He had a flattering smile on his face and his eyes were full of pleading for mercy when he looked at Cuiqiao.

Delphinium's eyes scanned the two people's faces for a while, then she closed her eyes and sighed helplessly: "In other words, you two used the money I gave you for tutoring, but didn't buy any books."

The two girls remained motionless and silent, obviously agreeing.

"What else can I say? You are grown-up kids now. You don't need me to teach you the basics of spending money wisely."

She narrowed her eyes and spoke in a slower tone, "I am your senior, not your parent. I have no obligation to teach you about the right and wrong of such things. Although I am a little dissatisfied and disappointed, it is not enough for me to criticize and blame you harshly."

"I'm just a little helpless. After all, I'm half your teacher in terms of study, but you've completely forgotten what I've taught you."

"Maybe I've given you too much of a burden? After all, you didn't have to patrol alone before. Now you have to go to school during the day, go on security patrols after school, and I have to urge you to study when you get home. Compared to your peers, it's a bit too hard. Shouldn't I give you more personal time?"

"If you are dissatisfied with me about these things, you can tell me at any time, and I will reduce some of your work... Hmm? What's wrong with you, Bai Mei?"

Before Kuei-Chih could finish her words, she noticed that her daughter looked a little strange.

Lin Xiaolu's shoulders trembled slightly at first, then the corners of her eyes and the tip of her nose turned red. After sobbing twice, tears began to flow down her face.

"I... wuwu, I'm not..."

She seemed to want to explain, but her words were choked in her throat and she couldn't finish her words for a long time.