After get off work, I become a magical girl

Lin Xiaolu opened her mouth slightly, probably realizing that she couldn't convince her father about this matter, so she took out a few boxes of instant food from the refrigerator beside her: "...I'll prepare the side dishes."

During the time in the secret base, she gradually got used to helping in the kitchen. Although she was still not very useful, she understood what she could do with her abilities, so there was no reason for her to be idle.

The father and daughter stood side by side at the kitchen stove. Lin Yun was preparing the meat in his hand while continuing to talk: "So, why did you put a chair at the door? And why did you have to sit there and play with your phone?"

“I’m not just sitting there playing with my phone.”

Lin Xiaolu immediately raised her head and retorted: "I was waiting for you there!"

"What are you waiting for me to do?"

"I want to tell you that I see you are playing both sides, and I want to give you a warning!"

Lin Xiaolu said seriously: "I have to tell you as soon as you come back, so that it can have a deterrent effect!"

"...How did you come up with such a weird trick?" Lin Yun was a little speechless.

"I saw it on TV." Lin Xiaolu said confidently.

"Okay, let's just assume that's the case. Then what about the small blackboard? If I remember correctly, it was used for tutoring at home. Why was it moved to the door?"

Lin Yun soaked the meat in water and said, "If you don't want it, just throw it away. Don't leave it there like it's a piece of trash."

“That’s not trash.”

Lin Xiaolu was a little dissatisfied: "I originally wanted to write a slogan on it!"

"What slogan?"

"We are against slogans that try to play both sides and must criticize them severely!" Lin Xiaolu fiercely tore open the packaging of the instant food box.

"...Let's not talk about whether what you said is right or not. What about your slogan?" Lin Yun asked in surprise.

"I couldn't think of anything good, so I wiped it." Lin Xiaolu said sullenly.

"You won't write after you erase it?"

"No, I want to search online to see if there is anything good."

Lin Xiaolu looked at the box in her hand, her voice getting smaller and smaller: "I just couldn't find it after searching for a long time, and suddenly I remembered that I haven't completed the task of the game today."

"so?"

"Just, let's play with it." Lin Xiaolu looked away.

This finally explained what she was doing at the door. However, compared to the laughter and tears she felt at the door, Lin Yun felt even more worried after knowing the truth:

Did I give birth to a fool?

"I'm not stupid!" Lin Xiaolu immediately retorted.

"I didn't say anything." Lin Yun glanced at her and continued to process the ingredients in his hands.

"You didn't say anything because you wanted to call me stupid!"

Lin Xiaolu was a little embarrassed and annoyed: "These are just accidents!"

"Okay, okay, it was all an accident." Lin Yun nodded in admission of defeat.

"So, that's not what I want to talk about! Don't change the subject! What I want to talk about is you going shopping with that woman!"

"Don't use such impolite terms as 'that woman'. Call her aunt or sister, or at worst, call her senior."

Lin Yun taught her, "After all, she is a senior in the magical girl industry, and she was born in Fangting City. You don't have to be so hostile to her."

"She's imitating my mother. How can I not be hostile to her?"

Lin Xiaolu glared: "And don't be partial to her! She imitated my mother's way of speaking before, don't tell me you didn't hear it!"

"…That's true, but her intentions are not bad."

"How do you know her intentions aren't bad? What if she acts so gentle in front of you because she likes you, but is actually a bad woman?"

Lin Xiaolu muttered, "Then the bad woman becomes my stepmother. She might say, 'Your mother stole my man, and now I want to take revenge on you.' Then she abuses me, doesn't give me food, makes me sweep the chimney in rags... or something like that."

"Where did you see this?" Lin Yun asked curiously.

"On TV." Lin Xiaolu argued.

From now on, I have to ask Xia Liang to help look after this girl. I can’t let her watch weird programs every day.

Lin Yun was thinking in his mind, but his face showed no emotion: "We don't have a chimney."

"Metaphor, metaphor!"

"Even if it's a metaphor, there's no such thing. I can assure you that she's not a bad person."

After a slight pause, Lin Yun said earnestly: "And I know what you mean. I miss your mother as much as you do, so I won't do anything to let her down."

"I said, I don't care if you find me a stepmother or not."

Lin Xiaolu was unhappy: "Your love life is your freedom, I'm just reminding you. But whether you plan to find a new one or not... you can't be indecisive."

"How am I indecisive?"

"How come you're not indecisive? You're clearly in a relationship with Delphinium!"

Lin Xiaolu reached out and grabbed the corner of Lin Yun's shirt: "Then you went shopping with that... Hong Siyu behind her back. Do you want to say that you don't have any extra thoughts?"

"Are you sure it's me you see?" Lin Yun tried to make a final struggle.

"Of course not, they all wear the same clothes! And Hong Siyu is also wearing the same clothes. She even used her magical girl form to seduce you!"

Lin Xiaolu stared, "Men just like young girls, right? You're attracted to her when she becomes younger?"

"You kid, you really are..."

Throwing the meat onto the chopping board, Lin Yun pulled out a kitchen knife and gently scratched it: "First of all, I've already said that I won't do anything to let your mother down, so I don't plan to find a stepmother for you."

"Don't you plan to find a stepmother?"

Lin Xiaolu blinked, thought for a while, and then showed a somewhat horrified expression: "You are going to be irresponsible and abandon me in the end...ah!"

"You are so young, what do you know?"

Unable to resist, he patted his daughter on the head. Then, Lin Yun retracted his hand and held the kitchen knife again: "Don't talk like the people in TV dramas. There aren't so many messy things in reality."

"...That's nothing." Rubbing her forehead, Lin Xiaolu said sullenly, "You and Cuique already have feelings for each other, are you planning to leave her alone like this?"

"That's the next best thing."

Lin Yun sighed: "Who told you that Cuique and I are in love and planning to get married?"

"……mousse."

When Lin Xiaolu gave this answer, Lin Yun almost choked on his own saliva. It took him a long time to adjust his breathing, but he still forced himself to pretend to be calm: "Who is that?"

"Bad guy." Lin Xiaolu glanced at him, "The guy from the night of the Full Moon Festival."

"……Oh."

Knowing that he shouldn't comment on this given his status, Lin Yun pretended to be nonchalant and continued, "So? A bad guy told you, and you believed it?"

"She told Delphinium that! And the evidence is clear!"

Lin Xiaolu's voice became louder: "That night, Cuique originally said she would not return to Fangting City, but she came back suddenly. Didn't you inform her?"

"Where did you hear this?"

"I saw it myself. You were not in the room that night!" Lin Xiaolu said righteously.

It turned out to be the case.

Lin Yun suddenly realized.

It was not until this moment that he solved the mystery that had lasted for a month and knew where he had gone wrong.

Because he left in a hurry on the night of the Full Moon Festival without considering the possibility of his whereabouts being exposed, and Moss also talked nonsense based on her own subjective conjectures at the time, which led to Lin Xiaolu being completely led astray.

Thinking about it this way, when I was fighting with Moss, I didn't want to reveal any unnecessary information, so I didn't explain it clearly, which became a disguised "tacit consent" in the eyes of the children. Many coincidences came together to lead to the current misunderstanding.

So, do I need to explain myself clearly? And how far should I explain myself?

Lin Yun was thinking in his mind and was speechless for a moment.

It would undoubtedly be very embarrassing for Lin Xiaolu to continue to lead Bai Jingxuan in this misunderstanding. Especially recently, Bai Jingxuan called Cuique "Mom" every day. Although she recognized her, every time she called her, Cuique would feel a headache.

But it must be said that this seems to be an explanation to cover up the identity issues between Lin Yun and Cui Que. The vague connections and contradictions between the two identities of Lin Yun and Cui Que in many things can be dealt with with this explanation.

However, if he really admitted this explanation in person, it would only make it more difficult for him to confess his identity to Lin Xiaolu.

Lin Yun was weighing the pros and cons in his mind for half a minute. Just when Lin Xiaolu thought that he had said something wrong, he spoke again:

"You're right. It was me who called her back that day."

"Really?"

Lin Xiaolu immediately raised the corner of her mouth: "I told you, as expected, you and Cuique..."

"But it's not because I have any relationship with her."

Lin Yun narrowed his eyes slightly: "The real connection between her and me is actually you."

"...Me?" Lin Xiaolu was stunned.

"Yes, the reason I was able to contact her is because I am your father, and she is your senior, and happens to be a friend of your mother."

Lin Yun nodded: "She didn't come back because of me, but to protect you and all of you."

"Then, then why do you know so much about magic..." Lin Xiaolu whispered.

"Because I am actually from the Strategy Bureau."

Lin Yun made up his mind expressionlessly, and finally decided to lay out the truth: "I have been an insider of the Strategy Bureau for a long time, and now I have returned to work in the Strategy Bureau."

However, he slightly modified the facts, concealing the fact that he was "airdropped" and instead using the statement made by Golden Green Cat's Eye when he created a false resume for him.

This fact was obviously heavy enough for Lin Xiaolu to forget to speak for a moment.

"You...are from the Strategy Bureau?"

Half a day later, she finally spoke up, "How is this possible? I went to your unit when I was a kid, and it wasn't the Strategy Bureau at all..."

"Because I was just a non-staff member before, and I registered to assist your mother's actions."

Since he had already started lying, Lin Yun simply said something nonsense: "Later, the director of the Strategy Bureau had problems, and my qualifications happened to be sufficient, so I returned to the Strategy Bureau a few days ago, and now I am the current director."

"...Director?"