Chapter 99: The Return of Sole Love

“Xiao Chi, your book.”

Ye Qing handed *Sole Love* to Liu Qingruo. The red-haired girl accepted it in a daze, her crimson eyes wide and round.

“Huh, wasn’t this book stolen by an evil organization? Teacher Qingyu, how did you get it? Could it be that—”

Liu Qingruo blinked her ruby-like eyes, a look of pure, unadulterated foolishness shining through them.

Ye Qing was momentarily stunned by her words.

In a way, it truly had been stolen by an evil organization.

“Wait, Xiao Chi, do you remember how you passed out?”

Liu Qingruo tilted her head, pondering for a moment.

“I was knocked out by an evil cadre.”

Ye Qing’s mouth twitched. She couldn’t help but marvel at the girl’s carefree nature, even forgetting how she had lost consciousness.

“Are you sure you can’t think a little harder?”

Liu Qingruo pouted, genuinely struggling with the question.

After all, she had only just woken up, and her attention had been entirely consumed by the strange sensations in her body.

Liu Qingruo frowned in deep thought, recalling the faces she had seen during the battle. A moment later, she clapped her hands together as if struck by a sudden realization.

“I remember! That foul bear who ruined my butt!”

These words, like a bolt of lightning, utterly scorched Ye Qing, leaving her utterly speechless and unsure how to offer an explanation.

To be fair, Liu Qingruo wasn’t wrong. It truly had been her.

“Alright, well, that was actually me.”

After a moment of contemplation, Ye Qing decided to tell Liu Qingruo the truth.

There was no need to hide it out of fear of Xiao Chi’s retaliation; she would find out sooner or later.

Liu Qingruo stared at Ye Qing’s sincere expression, her eyes growing wider and wider. Then, she began to complain pitifully.

“Then why did you hit me?! Don’t you know I actually wanted to…”

Upon hearing this, Ye Qing didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

“I didn’t know it was you at the time.”

However, Liu Qingruo wasn’t as vengeful as Ye Qing had expected, which surprised her somewhat.

Despite having been hospitalized for so long…

“It’s alright, Teacher Qingyu, I know you’re a good person…”

“Then why were you there?”

Seeing that it had taken Liu Qingruo so long to catch on, Ye Qing had no choice but to explain the entire situation. Only then did Liu Qingruo finally understand the full story.

“Oh! So my desire was stolen by Silver Moon!”

Liu Qingruo clenched her right fist and hammered it into her left palm, her expression one of ‘increased strange knowledge.’ Ye Qing couldn’t help but sigh inwardly at her adorable, naive look without her glasses.

‘She’s like a silly roe deer.’

‘She bounces up to everyone she meets, completely entrusting her safety to others. She’d count money for someone who sold her out; she’s so easily deceived…’

‘If Liu Qingruo were ever lured into bed by some unscrupulous scoundrel, and then found two lines on a pregnancy test a few days later, she’d probably think she was having two babies and cry hysterically—‘I can’t raise two children!’”

“Don’t worry, Silver Moon has been dealt with. She will receive the punishment she deserves.”

Liu Qingruo nodded, then began nervously rubbing her fingers together.

“But my medium is still with her.”

“Ah?”

Ye Qing’s delicate brows furrowed. This was indeed troublesome; she couldn’t let Silver Moon find another opportunity to act.

‘That was the first novel I ever wrote by hand, and it was terrible. If someone read it, it would be utterly mortifying…’

‘Why are you worrying about something like that right now?!’

“Don’t worry, we’ll find a way to get it back for you…”

While saying this, Ye Qing already had a new plan forming in her mind.

This place was not suitable for Liu Qingruo. If she remained here, Ye Qing feared she would only suffer further harm.

Regarding the loss of her desire alone, Ye Qing would bet that the Magical Girl Academy couldn’t help her, and might even be pleased with this outcome.

Moreover, Duanmu Jin had failed to properly deal with Silver Moon before, and the lingering trouble hadn’t been fully cleaned up. What if another ‘Silver Moon’ appeared…

Liu Qingruo settled down, carefully opening the dog-eared copy of *Sole Love* and scanning its contents.

She hadn’t read two lines before her brows furrowed. After another two lines, her delicate little face was completely scrunched up, as if she had encountered something incredibly vexing.

Before even turning a page, Liu Qingruo gloomily closed the book.

“Teacher Qingyu, you absolutely must help me get my feelings back! I don’t want to be a frigid woman!”

Just last night, Liu Qingruo had tried many methods.

She had turned off the lights, drawn the curtains, taken off her pajamas, and opened Ye Qing’s homepage to search for ‘treasures.’ While experiencing visual stimulation, she tried to arouse herself with imagination.

She had put on headphones and immersed herself in playing ‘Liquid Leaks to Wood.’

She even attempted to create her own content, writing something that might spark interest.

None of it worked. What she felt was just like when she read *Sole Love* a moment ago: a dry mouth and a suffocating feeling in her chest.

At this point, the most reliable person she could think of to ask for help was Ye Qing, as Ye Qing was a professional in this area…

“It’s alright, I think I know what to do…”

Ye Qing narrowed her amber eyes, truly intending to contend with this so-called purification.

She already had a preliminary plan and understood that conventional methods would certainly be useless for Liu Qingruo.

She would have to keep it a secret from the girl and turn a feigned act into reality.

“So, can I be discharged now? It’s so boring here; I want to go out and wander around.”

As Liu Qingruo complained mournfully, Gu Xuanyu, who had been unable to interject, finally found an opportunity to speak:

“Xiao Chi, if your body is fine, then you won’t have an excuse to put off your magical girl duties. After all, we haven’t even checked last month’s work…”

Upon hearing this, Liu Qingruo immediately understood.

“Then I’d better stay in bed for a few more days.”

For magical girls, regularly promoting their image was also very important. It wasn’t about advertising, but rather that every magical girl had many fans.

Based on past experience, interacting with fans could significantly enhance a magical girl’s strength. Therefore, performances and similar activities were also within the scope of magical girl duties.

However, performances were quite exhausting. They involved dealing with fans’ enthusiasm, sometimes memorizing scripts, and acting in simple, easy-to-understand skits.

“No more lying around. I’m the only one handling things today, and in a few days, I’ll have to act opposite those dolts.”

Gu Xuanyu sighed helplessly. A headache flared up whenever she recalled how those actors playing evil cadres would charge at her, brandishing their claws, only to dramatically fall with a ‘thud’ under her carefully choreographed attacks.

Yet, some people genuinely enjoyed such things. But no matter how she looked at it, it seemed excessively childish… Wait, wasn’t the target audience precisely children?

“Hey, since Teacher Qingyu is an evil cadre, why don’t we have her act? She could pretend to capture me…”

Before Ye Qing could explain her identity, Gu Xuanyu’s eyes lit up.

“Xiao Chi, you’re a genius! Let’s do it. I’ll go talk to Duanmu Jin.”

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