After get off work, I become a magical girl

Chapter 111 Birthday Party

2023-04-30

Time goes back several hours ago, when Cuiqiao and Xia Liang had not yet returned. In the afternoon, Bai Jingxuan and Lin Xiaolu had finished their lunch and began to decorate the living room.

They also learned about Xia Liang's birthday from Cuique. The task Cuique gave them was to prepare a surprise for Xia Liang before the two of them returned.

After a short lunch break, Lin Xiaolu took the initiative to be responsible for the decoration of the living room, while Bai Jingxuan went to the entrance, took out the colorful flags and lights that had been prepared long ago, and hung them on the ceiling.

Because of their lack of height, both of them chose a very clever method: directly transforming into magical girls, using the magical girls' flying abilities to float in the air, thus making it easier to complete the relevant arrangements.

Bai Jingxuan carefully placed the ornaments at the same intervals. She breathed a sigh of relief and glanced towards the living room. Seeing Lin Xiaolu's back who was also working meticulously, she couldn't help but fall into thought.

It has been more than a month since she joined the Fangting City team, but she still hasn't figured out the relationship between the three seniors in the team.

Her teacher, Senior Cuiqiao, is the captain of the team. She indeed shoulders the responsibilities of a senior and guides every magical girl in the team. He is a person that Bai Jingxuan feels is worthy of respect.

However, the relationship between me and my teacher was indeed that of a simple teacher and student, but the relationship between the teacher and the other two seniors did not seem to be that simple, and there was a side that I could not see.

As for the relationship between the other two seniors, Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang, it made her even more confused.

Lin Xiaolu always seemed to be angry with Xia Liang, while Xia Liang always deliberately provoked Lin Xiaolu. On the surface, the two of them were always at loggerheads, and whenever they were together, they would always quarrel over some boring things. This situation even made Bai Jingxuan want to mediate.

But when she got to know it a little more deeply, she found that things seemed a little different from what she thought?

The two people's targeting of each other does not seem to be due to simple dislike. Rather, although Bai Jingxuan doesn't quite understand it, their relationship does not seem to be as bad as it seems?

After all, if Lin Xiaolu really hated Xia Liang, she wouldn't be preparing to celebrate his birthday with such joy like she is now, right?

——"After all, she is such a dishonest person."

A voice suddenly sounded beside her ear.

Turning her head to the side, Bai Jingxuan saw a pink cat floating beside her, yawning.

"Ah, Moko, you're back!"

Having just finished the work at hand, Bai Jingxuan landed from the air, put on a faint smile, looked at Mo Ke and said: "How was your day? Did you find a new magical girl?"

"No, no, no progress at all."

Fluttering his wings, Moko held up his paws helplessly. "It's really strange. Since the previous incident, there are fewer remaining beasts and the reserve magical girls are gone. Doesn't this mean that I can no longer play my role?"

"Isn't it good to be peaceful now? Moko, you don't really like fighting, do you?"

"No! I am your sower. If there are no remnants and newcomers, then what is the difference between me and a pet living in a human's home?"

“…Can you speak?”

"Xiao Xuan! How can a good child like you say such vicious words!"

"Eh? But Moko can indeed talk, so he's different from an ordinary pet, right?"

"I'm not a pet! Don't hold me to the standards of a pet!" Mo Ke couldn't help but shout in grief and anger.

——"You two, if you have time, stop chatting there and come over and give me a hand!"

Lin Xiaolu in the living room shouted angrily: "The work is not finished yet, how can there be time for you to chat?"

"Sorry, Sister Xiaolu, I'll be right over."

Bai Jingxuan quickly ran to the living room with her unused ornaments, then looked up at Lin Xiaolu in the air and asked, "Where should I go to deal with it?"

"Closer to the balcony."

Lin Xiaolu pointed casually and continued with the work in her hands.

Bai Jingxuan didn't ask any more questions and floated into the air again, following Lin Xiaolu to complete the remaining decoration work.

Because they saved the time of climbing and moving things with a ladder like most people would, the two of them were actually very efficient. It didn't take them long to complete the task and dress up the entire first floor of the villa to their desired look.

Picking up the remaining wrapping paper and decorative scraps on the floor, I looked around the living room.

"Sister Xia Liang will be very happy when she comes back and sees these, right?"

"How dare she be unhappy?"

Lin Xiaolu said unhappily: "I spent so much time serving her. If she's unhappy, I'll be angry."

"How could that be?" Bai Jingxuan shook her head. "Although I'm not Sister Xia Liang, but if it were me..."

"Are you feeling a little envious?" Lin Xiaolu asked, turning her head sideways.

"Ah? No, that's not what I meant. I didn't mean to trouble you..." Bai Jingxuan, whose little thoughts were exposed, waved her hands and hurriedly tried to cover them up.

"It's no trouble. You will have it too, on your birthday."

Lin Xiaolu glanced at Bai Jingxuan and said, "Now you can think about what kind of cake you want for your birthday."

"It's too early! My birthday is still a long way off!"

Bai Jingxuan subconsciously wanted to deny it, but she couldn't help but feel fascinated: "But, birthday cake."

"Nothing early, right? Think about what could be the problem?"

Lin Xiaolu snorted lightly: "Let's wait and see. Anyway, everyone has a birthday. When it's my birthday next year, I will sit on the sofa and order Xia Liang to do things for me!"

"Is that right?"

Hearing this, Bai Jingxuan blinked her eyes and couldn't help but said bluntly: "Sister Xiaolu, you always say bad things about Sister Xia Liang, but in fact you seem to have a good relationship with her?"

"Who's on good terms with that guy?"

Lin Xiaolu said in a muffled voice, looking unhappy: "It was only Cuiqiao who told me to do this, otherwise I would not do such an unpleasant thing."

——"What she meant was that if the inspector hadn't told her how to decorate the place, she might have just celebrated Xia Liang's birthday in a normal way."

Mo Ke, who was standing by, smiled and said, "It's probably about buying a cake and singing a birthday song? If you knew about it earlier, there would be handmade gifts?"

"Don't misunderstand me!" Lin Xiaolu looked at Mo Ke angrily, "I mean, I won't celebrate that guy's birthday!"

"So you secretly bought a gift yesterday and hid it under your bed?"

"Huh? How do you know... No, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"I saw it all! You deliberately hid from Xia Liang and brought it back!" Mo Ke pointed at Lin Xiaolu and said loudly.

"That's not true! I just bought it on the road!" Lin Xiaolu retorted loudly.

“So you bought it after all!”

"Are you annoying? I hate you so much, you stupid Moko!"

"I'm an idiot? Then what are you that even an idiot can't hide from? Big idiot Xiaolu!"

"Idiot Moko!"

"Big idiot Xiaolu!"

This meaningless quarrel lasted for a long time. Even if Bai Jingxuan tried to stop it, it could only make the two stop their open quarrel and sit aside sulking.

Until Xia Liang and Cuiqiao came back from outside, Lin Xiaolu and Mo Ke were still teasing each other.

Of course, unhappy emotions will not be brought into the birthday celebration process.

Accompanied by the clear sound of hand-pulled salutes and the birthday wishes to Xia Liang from companions, the birthday party that ended that day was the final and most lively ending, leaving everyone with unforgettable memories.

That night, in the dark living room, everyone gathered around a birthday cake with candles on it, singing birthday songs for Xia Liang while waiting for Xia Liang to blow out the candles.

That night, in the brightly lit restaurant, the girl and the fairies cut the cake together, savoring the sweetness, and celebrating the birthday person was one step closer to growing up.

That night, in the corridor at the entrance of the stairs, everyone took out the birthday gifts they had prepared and handed them to Xia Liang.

The gift prepared by Delphinium was a brand new stuffed doll. Because Xia Liang seemed to like hugging such a doll to sleep, she specially prepared one that was not in her room.

The gift prepared by Bai Jingxuan was a handmade greeting card, which she made herself at the welfare home using cardboard and handmade paper. All the parts were made by her own hands.

The last gift taken out among the three was a pair of earrings prepared by Lin Xiaolu.

"Because I said you looked frivolous wearing such things, so you took off your original pair and threw them away, right?"

She turned her face to the side, averted her eyes, and placed the small box in Xia Liang's hand: "That is to say... I won't apologize anyway, but I don't like to owe others, so I bought it when I saw it. It's up to you whether you want it or not."

In response, Xia Liang first covered his mouth and was speechless for a moment, then he suddenly lunged forward and hugged Lin Xiaolu tightly in his arms.

"What are you doing? It's so disgusting, let go!"

Being held in Xia Liang's arms, Lin Xiaolu struggled to pull her hands away: "I told you I just bought it casually, why are you so impressed?"

"……Thanks."

Xia Liang rarely tried to tease her, but expressed his feelings to Lin Xiaolu in the simplest and most honest language.

Her words were so straightforward that Lin Xiaolu couldn't find any excuse to refuse her gratitude and could only look to the other two people for help.

But neither Cuiqiao nor Bai Jingxuan had any intention of interfering. Instead, they looked at the two people hugging each other with a look of relief.

Xia Liang's birthday party ended in such a peaceful atmosphere.

Naturally, Moko didn't prepare any gifts, but he ate the most cake.

The celebration eventually came to an end, and the dinner eventually ended. After the magical girls celebrated the birthdays together, they had to put away the decorations on the first floor, and Delphinium would then throw the garbage to the designated place.

Xia Liang and Lin Xiaolu had to go to school the next day, so they went to wash up, said good night to each other, and went back to their rooms to sleep.

Bai Jingxuan went to the basement alone again - since she didn't need to go to school for the time being, she put most of her energy into training. She was so hardworking that Cuique had to watch her from the side to prevent her from hurting herself due to over-training.

In this way, the two stayed in the basement until nearly eleven o'clock, and only stopped because Bai Jingxuan was sleepy. Cuiqiao stopped the girl who was yawning but still wanted to continue, and told her to go to sleep and rest.

Bai Jingxuan was a sensible and obedient child, so she obeyed Cuiqiao's request and went back to her room to sleep obediently.

After closing the underground training room, Delphinium was the last one to return to her bedroom.

Tired from a busy day, she sighed slightly, took off her coat, and prepared to wash up and go to bed to rest. But just as she was about to unbutton her collar, she saw the mirror on the bedside was flickering slightly.

That was not an ordinary mirror, but a magic mirror given to her by the Investigation Institute to communicate with the golden-green cat's eye.

The flashing words on the mirror reminded Delphinium that she had a missed call request.

Frowning, she took two steps towards the bedside, picked up the magic mirror, and tapped lightly on the screen to see the specific source of the call - it was indeed the Investigation Institute.

Golden-green Cat's Eye has something to ask me?

With such a guess in mind, and in line with the habit of not procrastinating on work, Delphinium stretched out her hand, and several Favor runes fell from her fingertips and hit the surface of the magic mirror.

She chose to ask now.