But Lin Xiaolu and Cuiqiao are different, they each have their own problems.
What Lin Xiaolu was worried about was how she should explain to Lin Yun, and whether Lin Yun would agree: after all, her relationship with her father had finally improved recently, and they had more opportunities to talk to each other. If she stayed away from home frequently, would she be neglecting her father too much?
The problem that Delphinium is worried about is more complicated: what if her identity is exposed?
After all, he and his daughter have a relatively stable family. Even if they occasionally stay in the secret base, they cannot live there forever. If they continue like this, a troublesome problem will inevitably arise: it will become increasingly difficult for him to conceal his identity.
If his daughter goes home, he must follow her home as her father; if his daughter goes to stay overnight at the secret base, he must follow her as Delphinium.
She could occasionally find an excuse, such as using her father's identity to tell Lin Xiaolu that she was on a business trip, or using her identity as Kusanagi to tell everyone that she was acting alone at night. But even so, such a trick was not a long-term solution and could not be used frequently.
Over time, no matter how slow-witted Lin Xiaolu is, she will discover this fact: the movement trajectories of "Delphinium" and "Lin Yun" have a strange overlap.
Delphinium knows some spells, but has not learned any spells that create illusions, such as camouflage and psychic spells; Delphinium can use magic clothes to create its own double, but the forged double cannot be maintained remotely, nor can it move freely, and can be easily exposed.
It was impossible to get away with it by relying on magic, and there was no result from the on-site discussion, so this issue was left to the family conversation between Lin Xiaolu and Lin Yun.
When Lin Xiaolu was still a little hesitant and shyly asked Lin Yun to stay the night outside, Lin Yun made the decision directly.
"No problem, I think it's a good thing."
The conversation took place during breakfast. He pretended to be nonchalant as he placed eggs and milk in front of Lin Xiaolu, while encouraging her: "If necessary, you can even move in and live with your teammates."
"Eh? No...are you agreeing now?"
Lin Xiaolu took the bowl in a daze and said in astonishment: "Your fourteen-year-old daughter is going to live alone? And didn't I run away from home because of a quarrel before..."
This is also the main reason why she is worried about this matter.
After reconciling with Lin Yun, although she was reluctant to admit it, she did reflect on her various behaviors during the Cold War period. Among them, running away from home seemed to be too much of a shock to her father.
What she was worried about was that since she had left without saying goodbye and stayed at a classmate's house alone, if she asked Lin Yun to do the same now, would it remind him of unpleasant memories and make him reject her.
But to her surprise, Lin Yun agreed very readily, even too open-minded.
"Dad, I don't know much about magical girls, but I am very experienced in supporting them."
Lin Yun also put his breakfast on the table and said calmly, "Your mother and I were good friends when we were students. She even often went out of town for magical girl activities at that time. This is all normal."
"You're really not unhappy?" Things were going so smoothly that Lin Xiaolu couldn't believe it. "I thought you would stop me at least a little."
"Delphinium will join you?"
Lin Yun tried to tighten his expression so as not to reveal anything in the details: "She has a good relationship with your mother and is now a very reliable adult. I believe she can take good care of you."
"That's true..."
Lin Xiaolu was a little suspicious: "Dad, are you in contact with Cuique in private? It seems like you two are very familiar with each other."
In fact, she had been holding back on this question for a long time. She had suspected it as early as the weekend when she followed Lin Yun out. Although it was later proved that her guesses were probably misunderstandings, she still had some guesses in her mind.
"We haven't met each other many times, but I know some things about your time as a magical girl through her."
Without directly answering his daughter's question, Lin Yun said lightly: "She thinks highly of you, and it doesn't seem to be a compliment."
"Huh? Delphinium thinks highly of me?"
As expected, Lin Xiaolu was quickly distracted by this rhetoric and asked curiously, "What did she say about me?"
"Very hard-working, very serious, and has great potential..."
Lin Yun briefly summarized some of Lin Xiaolu's strengths, and at the same time, he peeled the eggshell in his hand with his fingers: "Anyway, you are very good in her eyes."
"Eh... like this?" Lin Xiaolu lowered her head slightly, picked up the milk and sipped it.
Although she tried hard to maintain her calm appearance, her feet under the table left the ground and swung lightly in the air, and it was obvious that she was not in a calm mood.
Now she was troubled by these words and naturally could not guess the complicated thoughts behind her father's thoughts.
"Not only because I feel relieved, but also because I have something else to do in two months."
Seeing that Lin Xiaolu's attention had been diverted and she probably had no time to think, Lin Yun added: "I may also have to go on a long business trip by then, and I won't be able to stay in Fangting City. It would be nice for you to live with your fellow magical girls."
"How long will you be out?" Lin Xiaolu blinked while holding the cup.
"Maybe a few months." Lin Yun was vague, "I was planning to ask Aunt Hong to take care of you, but now it seems that's not necessary."
"I don't want that woman to take care of me." Lin Xiaolu lowered her eyes slightly, "Although I don't care, you are a little close to her."
"It's just business. What are you thinking about at such a young age?"
Lin Yun sighed helplessly: "Also, don't call her 'that woman' in front of her. It's a bit rude."
"it is good--"
With Lin Yun's permission, Lin Xiaolu told the team that she would stay overnight at the secret base and would stay there for several months.
A series of matters regarding the secret base were thus finalized.
Since the magical girls had such a wish, the Strategy Bureau naturally agreed immediately. Almost shortly after Cuiqiao proposed this matter to Hong Siyu, the specific location had already been decided.
Lin Yun not only dealt with the location of the secret base, but also the communication with the welfare institution. He handed all the matters over to the Strategy Bureau because it was not convenient for him to deal with these matters, regardless of his original identity or that of Cuique.
Things are going more smoothly than expected.
After negotiating with Director Liu Wenqin, the welfare home finally agreed to let Bai Jingxuan move out temporarily on the grounds of "special talent training", with the endorsement of the Special Policy Bureau and at Bai Jingxuan's own request.
This means that once the secret base is completed, Bai Jingxuan can nominally live in the dormitory under the jurisdiction of the Strategy Bureau, but actually live in the secret base of the Magical Girls Team.
Bai Jingxuan seemed very happy about this.
Although she usually doesn't actively express her preferences, Delphinium can feel that she seems to be looking forward to "living with the magical girl team" and even her training has become more diligent.
Amidst the improving situation, the summer vacation passed by at this pace for a few more days.
Although the summer homework has been basically completed successfully, Xia Liang and Lin Xiaolu still face the placement test when the school starts, so they have to continue to work hard to make up for the lessons.
Cuiqiao used her extra time to review a lot of junior high school lessons, and was able to provide comprehensive guidance to the two girls. She even went to Lin Xiaolu's school to get some question banks, selected and re-edited them, and gave them intermittent tests.
Lectures, practice exercises, and explain wrong questions are the three-pronged process of exam-oriented education. As a way of experience summed up by many teachers, regardless of other advantages and disadvantages, it is indeed effective for tutoring.
After a summer of hard work, Lin Xiaolu managed to make up for her shortcomings and raised her scores in physics and mathematics, the subjects she was least good at, to over 70 points, and even occasionally scored 80 points.
Xia Liang was as talented as ever, and fully demonstrated his good foundation as "other people's child". Starting with a single-digit score, while taking into account the devilish training during the holidays, he raised almost all subjects above the passing line.
Such intensive tutoring naturally has its price, that is, Kuei-chi often has to stay up late to correct their questions and prepare more complete courseware. In order to keep herself awake, she even has to maintain her transformed state to prevent herself from falling asleep due to drowsiness.
In the quiet study room late at night, under the light of the desk lamp, there is often a petite figure busy at her desk.
All three of them have put in extra effort, and the results are now a natural outcome.
Of course, even though they have made great, even exaggerated progress, such results are actually nothing compared to a junior high school with relatively simple teaching content. If they want to become "excellent students" in the conventional sense, the two girls still have a long way to go.
There was less than a week left before school started. It was another night. Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang were each lying on the table writing the test papers prepared by Cuique, while Cuique was sitting beside them flipping through the textbook in her hand.
It was in this silence that a cell phone suddenly vibrated.
Lin Xiaolu was indifferent because she remembered her cell phone ringtone; Xia Liang didn't look up either, as she could probably guess who the call was from.
Delphinium was slightly startled, then she put down the book in her hand and reached for the pocket of her dress. Just as she was about to touch the clothes, her hand suddenly stopped.
She suddenly realized that it was not her phone that was ringing, but Lin Yun's.
"Delphinium's cell phone" was shot down in the previous battle with Sparrow, and fell from a high altitude onto the road. By the time it was found by Delphinium, the cracks on the screen were almost as exaggerated as her heart flower.
After being broken into that state, the phone naturally could no longer be used, so Cuique had no choice but to replace it with another one.
Because of the blunder that happened in the shopping mall before, after purchasing new mobile phones, she was very cautious and set both phones to normal silent mode. Only the different frequencies of vibration were used to distinguish which phone received the call.
At this moment, the noise in the clothes undoubtedly came from "Lin Yun's mobile phone."
Having identified the source of the sound, she did not take it out in front of the two girls. She jumped off the chair, placed the textbook on the chair, and said coldly, "I'll go out for a while."
She walked out of Xia Liang's room, crossed the living room and came to the balcony. She took out her mobile phone from her pocket and saw a familiar name displayed on it - it was a client of Gaosheng Company.
This is actually not surprising. It is better to say that she has vaguely guessed it.
Because Lin Yun resigned not long ago, although she had sent group messages on social software to announce her resignation and provided a new contact number for the after-sales department, there are always people who don't read the messages.
It is not difficult to deal with such calls, just tell the truth. After knowing that you have resigned, they will naturally contact other people.
But she was still at Xia Liang's house, so it was not convenient for her to transform and answer the phone.
If he turned back into Lin Yun and spoke a little louder on the balcony, the two girls in the room might hear the man's voice. That would be too suspicious.
Cuique made up her mind and hung up the phone immediately. Anyway, she had already seen the name on the caller ID, so she just needed to write a text message to inform the other party.
As she thought about this, she reached out and pressed the message button. A white text message interface popped up on her phone, just waiting for her to enter the content.
But at the same time, she heard footsteps behind her.
With a sudden start, Kuija quickly pressed the screen-off button, then hid the phone in her pocket, turned around as if nothing had happened, and looked over calmly.
The one coming is Xia Liang.
"Young senior, you have finished writing the questions."
Waving the paper in his hand with one hand, Xia Liang yawned, seemingly not noticing the strange look on Cuique's face: "It's getting late, can I just go take a shower and go to bed?"
"Did you finish writing?"
Delphinium had no expression on her face, but she was actually a little surprised in her heart, because she remembered that this paper was only taken out less than an hour ago: "This paper should have a lot of questions. Did you skip a question?"
"No one jumped. If you don't believe me, you can check it out."
Xia Liang held the test paper in front of Cuique with a smile on his face: "I have even solved the most difficult questions."
"The most difficult question?"
She didn't remember setting any difficult questions on the test paper, and felt a little strange, but she still took the test paper and subconsciously scanned the questions on it.
The moment her eyes came into contact with the test paper, she suddenly felt something was wrong: because this test paper had only completed the first part of the multiple-choice questions, and was actually not finished at all.
What does it mean?
Delphinium couldn't help but raise a brow.
She didn't think Xia Liang would make such a silly joke, nor did she think he was being lazy. So she thought he must have some purpose. What could that purpose be?
She thought about the previous conversation for a moment, then realized something. She opened her eyes slightly, raised her head abruptly, and met Xia Liang's eyes with a smile on his face.
hum-
Almost at the same time, the vibration sound of a cell phone came from Delphinium's pocket.
Under her gaze, Xia Liang withdrew his hand that was handing over the test paper, then took two steps forward and took out a mobile phone from behind.
The girl turned on the screen of her mobile phone, and the call interface was highlighted on it. On the glowing screen, between the virtual buttons, the other party's name was vaguely displayed.
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