Is it only magical girls?

Ye Liu looked in the direction Yuan Xing was gazing and said, "Why don't you rest for a while, Yuan Xing? We don't really need that many people here right now, and besides..."

Besides, you're not good at summoning magic, so staying here isn't really of much use.

Ye Liu thought about it for a while but still didn't say everything he was thinking.

“That won’t do,” Yuanxing immediately shook his head. “How can I leave everyone here while I go off to have fun? Let’s give it our all and find our target as soon as possible!”

"Oh!"

Although everyone was ambitious, it was clear that finding the person was not something that could be accomplished overnight. No matter how determined they were to find them, they needed to send out explorers to search for various sources of magical energy to confirm whether those sources were connected to the target. Unfortunately, the several sources they explored had no connection to the target. Most of the sources emitting magical energy were from monsters, but occasionally they found some precious herbs or rare minerals. However, they dared not touch any of these sources. No one could guarantee that these sources weren't deliberate warning lines; carelessly touching them would arouse the target's suspicion.

Ye Liu kept marking the confirmed magic sources on the computer, but as the number of unconfirmed magic sources decreased, she suddenly felt a sense of worry: "Is it possible that the target is not a magical girl? The remaining magic sources seem very weak, and it's even less likely that they are magical girl magic sources."

Yuanxing leaned closer, crossed her arms and rested her head on Yeliu's shoulder, pressing her head against Yeliu's: "How could Hongshi's colleague go looking for someone who isn't a magical girl? And how could someone who isn't a magical girl dare to come to this desolate place alone? The other person is undoubtedly a magical girl!"

"But there are no more reliable sources of magic power nearby. All that remains are weak sources of magic power. I don't even think it's necessary to check them."

Aon guessed, "It's possible that the other party is also suppressing their magic power, right? Suppressing their magic power for a long time and only unleashing it when encountering danger, Nami is very good at suppressing magic power."

Nami said, "I'm so happy to have Aone."

Yuanxing's mischievous thoughts spilled out, and he deliberately teased, "As expected of my girlfriend, Nami is really amazing."

"Eh?"

Yuanxing's words triggered a chain reaction, and no one knew what she was talking about.

But Yuanxing didn't respond. Instead, she ran up behind Qingyin, hugged her from behind, and tried to kiss her on the face. Unfortunately, Qingyin anticipated her move and immediately raised her hand to block Yuanxing's kiss.

Yuanxing continued nonchalantly, "Think about it, people say that a friend's friend is my friend, right?"

“Yes,” Qianchan nodded, but she quickly realized what Yuanxing meant and began to shake her head: “No.”

Yuanxing continued, "So my girlfriend's girlfriend is also my girlfriend. Qingyin is my girlfriend, so Qingyin's girlfriend is also my girlfriend!"

My head is so itchy! I feel like a head is growing out of it!

Most people can't react immediately and can only stand there in a daze.

But Lingling didn't care. Lingling's standard had never changed: "Yuanxing is right."

Yuanxing was completely immune to Lingling's complete acceptance; now she only thought Lingling was cute and ran over to give her a big kiss on the cheek.

"That's right, so Nami is also my girlfriend."

Qingyin suddenly realized, "Wait a minute, first of all, I'm not your girlfriend, and Nami isn't my girlfriend either."

Chapter 212 Please give me another chance to take the bait.

Yuanxing completely disregarded Qingyin's words, and even mocked her: "I didn't expect Qingyin to be as stubborn as Sister Hongshi. You clearly invited Nami over, but you still said that she's not your girlfriend. It's one thing to say something like that to fool everyone, and they'll laugh at you secretly for your sake, but don't fool yourself too."

Qingyin looked at Yuanxing's face, which was flushed red. She was completely angry. She grabbed Yuanxing's face and pulled it left and right: "Nami has lost her memory, okay? Shouldn't we proceed step by step if she has lost her memory?"

"But I can't wait to increase the number of my girlfriends."

"How did we end up back to this? I already told you I'm not your girlfriend!"

Yuanxing refused to back down: "I don't care what you think, I care what I think, and what I think is right."

"you you you."

Yuanxing pulled Qingyin's hand off his face and continued, "If you're not satisfied, then Nami is my girlfriend, so Qingyin is also my girlfriend. Since both Nami and Qingyin are my girlfriends, Qingyin is also Nami's girlfriend." After saying that, Yuanxing turned to Nami: "How about it? Nami, don't you think this is a bad deal? Do you want to be my girlfriend?"

Nami didn't speak, but glanced at Aon and finally shook her head slowly.

"It seems Nami doesn't want to be Aone's girlfriend."

Nami immediately panicked, and the frequency of her head shaking increased several hundred times in an instant.

There's nothing more to say now. The truth has been completely revealed. In fact, there's nothing to hide anymore; it's something everyone knows.

Ye Liu felt like his brain wasn't quite working: "So you two are dating?"

"No!" Qingyin said fiercely, "I wanted to wait until Nami regained her memories before talking about this. If I were to make a move before she regained her memories, it would seem like I was sneaking in, and I didn't think that would be appropriate, so I didn't do anything."

Ok?

Yuanxing tilted her head, keenly noticing that Qingyin had said "up, up," meaning she had corrected a word. But what did "up" mean? It shouldn't be "getting started," right? If it meant "getting started," then there shouldn't be any need for correction.

But never mind, Qingyin corrected it because she didn't want others to know, so it's better not to ask.

Mi Youchao understood immediately: "Qingyin is lustful."

"You're the one who understands so quickly!"

Despite Qingyin's embarrassment and annoyance, Miyu didn't care at all and accepted the title with a smile.

Amidst the girls' casual conversation, the last few sources of magic were confirmed by the summoned beasts, a result that didn't surprise them. Those last few locations weren't where the target was either, meaning the previous search had completely failed, and a new method would be needed to complete the quest.

"It seems we can confirm that the other party has suppressed their magic power to the point that they can avoid targeting magic."

“That means a head-on confrontation,” Ye Liu frowned. “The Hidden Magic can evade the Search Magic, but if the Search Magic is strong enough, it can also find the source of the Hidden Magic. We just need to use a more powerful Search Magic to find the opponent. I will try a more powerful Search Magic later.”

"Ah."

But Yuanxing sensed something was off: "What does Nami think? You're quite skilled at concealment magic, aren't you?"

"Well, magic exists based on emotions. Suppressing magic is like binding yourself. While concealment magic can hide yourself, it inevitably makes the caster feel restricted."

Yuanxing said, "There's no reason for her to use such a powerful concealment spell in such a desolate place, right? Unless she knew we were coming, but that's impossible, isn't it?"

Everyone nodded, agreeing that what Yuanxing said made a lot of sense, but they still hadn't figured out how to proceed. They unanimously decided to postpone the matter, as it was time to rest. Balancing work and rest was an important way for magical girls to maintain their love.

Yuanxing checked her phone; it was around 2 PM, well past lunchtime. Sister Hongshi had promised to come and call them at lunchtime, but she hadn't shown up at all.

“Woqi Liuyi 3 (6) You all get ready, I’m going to check on Sister Hongshi.”

Yuanxing waved to his companions.

As for the location of the Crimson World...

Yuanxing took a deep breath and focused her mind to sense Hongshi's location. She found that Hongshi was still quite far away, about seven or eight hundred meters away. She wondered what he was doing running so far away.

The senses were working, but following the direction they sensed quickly led them into a dead end. Looking left and right, there were no exits, so Yuanxing didn't hesitate and immediately climbed out the window, heading straight for their destination without a moment's hesitation. The path to the final destination was extremely rugged, like a completely deserted dirt road. Once past this muddy path, they would reach their destination.

The destination features a cliff, deck chairs, a parasol, a round table, and most importantly, a fishing rod. Upon reaching it, you find Sister Hongshi already asleep. Clearly, she wanted to pass the time by fishing after her bath. Unfortunately, she was terrible at it and didn't catch a single fish, then, bored out of her mind, fell asleep.

Seeing that Yuanxing was wearing a thin V-neck sauna suit that revealed her delicate collarbone, her mind went blank and her right hand subconsciously pointed towards her collarbone.

What am I doing?

Looking at her hand pointing towards her collarbone, Yuanxing was only confused. Her mind raced, searching for a reason for her action. That's right, she did it to wake up her master, all because her master was sleeping in.

Yuanxing called out in the softest voice possible, as if afraid of waking someone: "Master, it's time to get up." Of course, this had no effect, but it provided Yuanxing with the rationale for taking further action.

My index finger slowly traced along my collarbone, across my neck, earlobe, forehead, and nose, before finally scratching my lips a few times. Then I parted my lips and slipped my finger inside, only to be bitten lightly.

Yuanxing didn't pull her fingers away, remaining there. Hongshi didn't increase the force, simply pushing her tongue against the fingers. In an instant, Yuanxing felt an electric current surge through her body. Having already achieved her initial goal, she withdrew as instructed.

Hong Shi sat up groggily: "What are you touching? It's so itchy."

Yuanxing instantly grasped the meaning behind those words: "So, Master, you were already awake before, and you pretended to be asleep to lure me into kissing you!"

Completely correct.

But Hong Shi wouldn't agree. She rolled her eyes at Yuan Xing, turned her head to look at the fishing rod, and focused all her attention on it: "I wonder if any fish will bite."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Yuanxing hurriedly said, "I'm willing to take the bait! I want to take the bait! Please give me another chance to take the bait!"

Chapter 213, Part 213 really liked Lingling's way of handling things—regarding the lives of everyone else except me.

Hongshi put away his fishing rod; of course, no fish had taken the bait, only a lone hook remained.

"Didn't catch any fish."

“Yeah,” Hongshi said, “We were going to have a barbecue in the wild, so I thought I’d catch a few fish to add to the barbecue, but unfortunately I didn’t catch anything.”

"It's okay if we didn't catch any fish, shall we go back now?"

"Give me five minutes."

"Ah."

Yuanxing looked at Hongshi with some confusion, not quite sure what she was going to do with those short five minutes.

Then Yuanxing saw Hongshi raise his hand and make a water cube slowly float up from below the cliff. Many kinds of fish were swimming inside the water cube.

Hong Shi placed a few fish inside the Water Cube, letting them fly into a bucket, after which the Water Cube returned to the river.

Yuanxing asked, "If it's so easy to get fish, then there's no need to fish in the first place, right?"

"What you're saying is so boring. The most important thing in life is fun, which is why we fish, cook, forge, and experiment. That's what fun is. Without these things, life would be very boring."

"I don't want the fun of making those things, I just want the pleasure of being with my master."

This reply made Hong Shi chuckle: "One person is fun, two people are interesting."

"Then let's go fishing together next time."

"For a little girl like Yuan Xiaoxing, fishing, something that's supposed to be a quiet pastime, is a bit too much for you, isn't it? There are plenty of wild animals around here, you could go hunting. I remember you really like venison, you could hunt deer and make roast meat."

"Oh!"

Yuanxing shouted excitedly and immediately began to look forward to tomorrow, which he was sure would be a happy day.

No, she didn't finish her task today, so she'll have to keep working tomorrow. Tomorrow won't be happy at all; it'll be a miserable day.

Yuanxing's mood immediately sank: "I have to work tomorrow. I really like magical girls, but for some reason, the thought of having to work tomorrow makes me feel so miserable."

Hongshi felt she should give Yuanxing some encouragement, so she took Yuanxing's hand and kissed the back of her hand: "Even if it's painful, you have to keep going, because I like how hard Yuanxing tries as a magical girl."

Yuanxing felt incredibly motivated!

"Okay, go back and eat. After we finish eating, we need to have a combat meeting to discuss the next steps in the operation!"

The most important thing about having a barbecue outdoors is watching Miyu's method of slicing meat. Miyu simply inserts the meat into a spinning top, letting the meat spin continuously with the top. The meat slicing knife in her hand flashes repeatedly, slicing off a thin piece of meat with each flash, and incidentally giving the top a little force to keep it spinning.

Miyu's knife skills are exquisite; with each cut, she slices along the grain of the meat, creating the highest quality grilled meat.

This performance-like meat-cutting drew prolonged applause from the seven people in the room.

Hmm? Seven people?

Yuanxing suddenly felt something was off. Their team had six people, plus Nami as a guest performer, plus Sister Hongshi, and Miyu was performing, so only seven people were clapping, which seemed fine. But Yuanxing thought about it carefully and remembered that Fenghua hadn't come. Because it was work, she had completely forgotten about Fenghua and hadn't contacted her at all.

Watching Miyu use the meat cleaver, Ye Liu had a question: "Miyu, you're so good with knives, why are you using a gun? Wouldn't it be better to just use a knife?"

“Using a knife makes me feel like I’m cooking, and cooking is like being a big sister. Being a big sister at home and taking care of my younger sister puts a lot of pressure on me, so during work hours I try to use the opposite methods to relieve stress.”

As Miyou spoke, she aimed her hand at the distant star as if it were a gun, making a shooting gesture, and then she naturally noticed that something was wrong with the distant star.

Yuanxing's thoughts were in turmoil. She was still pondering Fenghua's situation: what should she do? Should she ask Sister Hongshi to have Fenghua come now? Should she make an excuse that she was working and was now on break? But it wasn't like she had just finished work; she had given herself some time to prepare. If Fenghua came, would she overthink it? If she didn't, it wouldn't matter, but if she did…

Noticing Yuanxing's unusual behavior, Miyou asked, "What is Yuanxing thinking?"

Yuanxing looked around and realized everyone was staring at her. She could only steel herself and say, "I think I forgot to call Fenghua over..."

Miyou remembered, Miyou hadn't forgotten, she just had a misunderstanding about this: "So you forgot? I thought you didn't want to involve Fenghua, so you didn't call her, after all, she's not an employee of our company."

Qianchan asked, "Haven't you let her join yet? I remember Yuanxing wanted Fenghua to join a long time ago, right?"

Ye Liu suddenly remembered: "Now that you mention it, I haven't seen Feng Hua's employment report. I thought she was already an employee of our company."

Yuanxing tilted his head and pondered for a moment: "I feel like she's avoiding this issue. Whenever we mention joining our company, she changes the subject to other topics, so we haven't been able to get anywhere with persuading her to join."

“Make it impossible for her to escape,” Lingling said. “If we secretly find her weakness and use it to threaten her, we’ll definitely be able to prevent her from escaping.”

"Thank you, Lingling."

Yuanxing ran up to Lingling and scratched her chin with two fingers: "I've always liked Lingling's way of handling things, where she doesn't care about the lives of others except me, but I'm still kind and care about the lives of others. Let's allow Fenghua to live."

"Alright, since Yuanxing has said so."

Terrifying! Terrifying! Terrifying!

What kind of beast and tamer is this? The beast looks harmless but is actually the most ferocious, always thinking about how to bite someone.

Yuanxing moved behind Lingling, turned Lingling's head so that her gaze could sweep around the room: "Lingling said she just thought of a good idea. We can get the target's phone number from the client, then film a video and threaten her, demanding that she meet with us. If she doesn't meet, we'll threaten to kill the client. That way, the target won't need us to look for her; she'll come looking for us instead. What do you think?"

When did Lingling say that?!

The other children present looked at Yuanxing with surprise.

But Ling Ling nodded: "That's right, it was me who said it. I've finished speaking. Who agrees and who disagrees?"

"I object."

Hong Shi immediately objected: "Your suggestion is completely incomprehensible, isn't it? And aren't you investigating their motives? Why are you sending them all the way here to find you?"