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Join the Server“Oh my, Xiao Lin! You really knocked this mission out of the park!”
The moment Lin Yu stepped through the company’s front doors, she was greeted by Manager Qian’s fat face, grinning so wide that only his gums showed.
“Thanks to you pouring your heart and soul into that uncle of yours, Luo Shaotian signed the agreement the moment he came back—no questions asked! His level of cooperation was downright frightening!”
Lin Yu tugged at the corner of her mouth. She wasn’t in the mood to joke around, and simply asked in a low voice,
“He signed it? Then how does the company plan to deal with him?”
“Aiya, relax! We’re a legitimate business, not some illegal lab.”
Manager Qian waved his hand cheerfully.
“Just some physiological examinations, and maybe a bit of special training on the side.”
“Training?”
“You don’t need to worry about the details.”
Manager Qian lowered his voice mysteriously.
“In short, the research is very important. We might need you to cooperate a bit more later on.”
“Hehe…”
“Oh…”
Lin Yu responded distractedly.
“What do you mean ‘oh’? Perk up! Don’t lose your spirit!”
Manager Qian’s plump hand slapped Lin Yu’s shoulder heavily, his tone full of praise.
“If you ask me, kid, you were born for this line of work! That acting, that psychological resilience… tsk tsk. Looks like from now on, any high-difficulty missions that require infiltration, seduction—ah no, emotional guidance—will have to be you! Hahaha!”
As he spoke, he lowered his voice again and asked,
“Oh right, right, I didn’t get the chance to ask earlier. What did you two talk about later at that barbecue place? When you came back, both of you looked so weighed down.”
“Come on, give your leader a little insider scoop. Satisfy my tiny curiosity~”
“Nothing.”
Lin Yu stiffly turned her head away.
“He just… complained a bit after learning the truth. Called me a liar a few times, that’s all.”
She said that aloud, but the heavy stone in her heart still pressed down on her chest, making it hard to breathe.
Even now, that scene from earlier kept replaying in her mind.
So much so that when she walked out of the shop, even though the ground beneath her feet was flat concrete, it felt like stepping on cotton—her whole body lightheaded and unsteady, to the point where Luo Shaotian had to come over and support her.
Why was she dizzy?
Why did she feel like crying?
And that line—“let’s be good friends”…
It sounded fine on the surface, but…
Why did it feel so off?
“Hnn…”
Lin Yu pressed her temples, feeling that this magical-girl body was getting stranger and stranger.
Why did her body react so intensely whenever her emotions stirred even a little?
Looks like she really needed to find a way to reduce how often she transformed…
“Hey—I say, Xiao Lin. The mission’s already over. Why are you still pulling such a long face?”
Seeing Lin Yu looking utterly absent-minded, Manager Qian laughed.
“Young people need to look forward! Isn’t it better to think about happy things?”
Happy things?
Lin Yu sighed weakly, like a salted fish that had lost all its dreams.
“With how half-human, half-ghost I look right now… what happy things could there possibly be…?”
“How could there not be? Hehe…”
Manager Qian suddenly smiled mysteriously and wagged a finger in front of Lin Yu.
“Do you know what Director Bai and I were discussing during our post-mission review, besides you?”
“What? How to dock my pay?”
“Shoo, shoo! Bad luck! We were talking about—your bonus!”
Manager Qian emphasized the words.
“This purification incident at the exhibition center—sure, the process was a bit twisty, but the outcome was good! You were the key hero who turned the tide! No matter what, you deserve to celebrate.”
At the word bonus, the dead-gray look in Lin Yu’s eyes finally lit up with a faint spark.
She tentatively raised one finger.
“…One hundred thousand?”
Manager Qian shook his head.
“Two hundred thousand?”
“Hahaha! Too small! Your vision’s too narrow!”
“You’re seriously underestimating Director Bai. Two hundred thousand is pocket change!”
He snorted, then swept his arm grandly.
“Think bigger! One million!!!”
“Hah—what?!”
Lin Yu’s heart skipped violently, her breathing stopping for half a second.
O-one million? RMB? Not yen?!
“Nonsense! Of course it’s RMB! Though… it’s pre-tax.”
“Pre-tax is still money! Oh my dear mother…”
In that instant, all guilt, all moral conflict, all those messy feelings about ‘good friends’—
were blasted into dust by those three glittering words.
What is money?
Money is the miracle cure for all pretentious angst!
There’s only one disease in this world—poverty!
Now that the money was here, the illness was cured!
Hehehehehe…
Lin Yu felt the corners of her mouth rising uncontrollably, her hands trembling with excitement.
A powerful wave of dizziness washed over her again—but this time, not from sadness, but from dopamine overload!
Her legs went weak, and with a plop, she collapsed onto the nearby leather sofa, a blissfully vacant smile spreading across her face.
One million…
Before, she’d only ever dared to fantasize about winning a small lottery or scratch card—maybe a few thousand at most.
Now…
Thank goodness… thank goodness I held the line in the car and didn’t agree to Luo Shaotian!
Three million really would’ve been more—but that would’ve been money earned by selling my body!
This one million…
This is hard-earned money I made with my own skills!
I’m a little rich lady—no, damn it!
I’m a middle-class citizen with a million in savings now!
“Manager Qian!”
Lin Yu’s eyes shone as she grabbed Manager Qian’s sleeve, looking at him more affectionately than if he were her own father.
“This one million… can I get it right now? I really want to hear that Alipay notification sound! Really badly!”
“Look at that lack of backbone.”
Manager Qian pulled his sleeve back in disgust.
“What’s the rush? Doesn’t finance need time to go through the process? Besides, there’s still half a month until payday. It’ll be transferred together with your salary then.”
“Aiya~ I’m just anxious~”
Lin Yu twisted her body, even using a coquettish tone she normally found disgusting.
“You know, Senior Ying, Sister Bing, and Sister Qing were all badly injured last time and are still in the hospital… When I went to visit them, each of them looked so pale—it broke my heart!”
She patted her chest with righteous fervor.
“I just want to get the money quickly so I can buy things like bird’s nest and ginseng to help the seniors recover!”
Seeing Lin Yu instantly spring back to life, Manager Qian finally let out a breath of relief.
To be honest, when he’d seen the kid looking so dejected earlier—like his soul had been sucked out—he’d genuinely worried that this promising talent might collapse for good.
After all, although Lin Yu usually looked carefree and thick-skinned, she actually carried more on her mind than anyone.
“Oh, right, Xiao Lin.”
The smile on Manager Qian’s face faded a little as he changed the subject.
“Back to business. That pollution incident at the exhibition center—besides that Seraphine, you must’ve run into some other tough customers too, right?”
Lin Yu froze for a moment, then nodded.
“Yeah. Besides that angel, there was also a group of black-robed zealots who called themselves the Abyss Gospel Society… Oh right, and that Brother Long from the Chicheng Gang. Didn’t he turn into some half-man, half-spider monster and then get silenced?”
“That’s right—those two groups.”
Manager Qian took a cigarette from his pocket and lit it with a snap, taking a deep drag.
Grayish smoke curled between them, making his perpetually smiling fat face blur slightly.
“Just now, the company’s intelligence network compiled some of the latest movements from those two organizations.”
He exhaled a smoke ring, his gaze growing deeper through the haze.
“Some of the information is pretty interesting…”
“Care to hear it?”
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So much so that when she walked out of the shop, even though the ground beneath her feet was flat concrete, it felt like stepping on cotton—her whole body lightheaded and unsteady, to the point where Luo Shaotian had to come over and support her.
Why was she dizzy?
Why did she feel like crying?
And that line—“let’s be good friends”…
you love him you idiot, you finally have a chance for love and your ignoring it.