“Alright, I understand.”
Wen Yaqiu let out a sigh and said,
“About that Magical Girl, after you messaged me before, I really did look into it.”
“The Bureau here didn’t really bother with her much; they just arranged for her to recuperate, then sent her back.”
“I couldn’t find out some details, like whether the Bureau here followed regulations and had a psychological support team intervene or anything like that.”
“But one thing’s for sure—the Bureau gave up on her.”
“The reason is unknown.”
After hearing her words, Jiang Lingwei didn’t say anything more. She simply asked,
“Do you think that’s right?”
“…No, definitely not. I feel like I could report this Bureau right now.”
“Xiaoquan-jie.” Suddenly, Jiang Lingwei brought up something from the past: “Did you know? Back then, it was Beifeng who insisted that we not cooperate with the higher-ups.”
“Wh—what?!”
Wen Yaqiu clenched her fists. She never expected that.
In her impression, even Senluo was more likely to take that stance than Beifeng.
Because Beifeng never minded using any power that could help, even if it meant temporarily letting a dark enemy go to guide them into attacking another enemy and then taking them both out together—if flexibility was needed, Beifeng could make that decision.
“That’s right.”
Jiang Lingwei nodded and continued,
“It was Beifeng.”
“I still remember what she said back then.
‘Anything we can use, after using it, we either destroy it, or take control.’
‘Because if we can use it, that means the enemy can use it too.'”
Hearing this, Wen Yaqiu suddenly felt a chill down her spine.
“You mean to say…”
“Mm.”
Jiang Lingwei said,
“I’m just thinking, are all those Bureau people really good people?”
“Surely there are some who are just here for the job or just for the money.”
“But…” Wen Yaqiu murmured, “But aren’t there frequent dark magic checks to make sure…”
She trailed off, but then realized.
Back then, she avoided those official organizations herself, thinking that unless it was strictly business, there was no need to associate with them, so she never paid much attention to what was happening on that side.
She only paid attention to their policies and trends from a business perspective; as for things like their purity, or whether the staff were earnest… Wen Yaqiu never felt the need to waste brain cells on that.
But with just a few words from Jiang Lingwei, she quickly thought of all sorts of possibilities.
Yes, corrupting someone with dark magic is corruption, but isn’t corrupting them with money the same?
If it was during the most dangerous times—like in the years right after the Dark Cataclysm—then everyone would have been pure through and through.
Aside from a few antisocial weirdos, and those who still to this day see dark fae as saviors and think they can follow them through the pass, nobody would work with the darkness.
Because if the dark side wins, everyone either dies or becomes a slave before dying.
That’s an easy calculation—anyone clever enough to consider cooperating with the dark could do that math.
But now, it’s different. With Huaguo’s strong suppression of the darkness, that gives some people psychological comfort.
“Even if I take some money, give out some trivial information, or lend a little hand, nothing big will happen, right?”
Who knows how many people think this way!
A bit of trivial information here, a bit of Magical Girl data there—and little by little, sometimes those cunning dark enemies could use evidence to squeeze them in return.
Even if there isn’t a trace of darkness on their bodies, their hearts have long since turned black.
Thinking about this, Wen Yaqiu felt like she’d fallen into an icy abyss.
“Don’t think about it too seriously.”
Seeing her looking like the sky was falling, Jiang Lingwei quickly said,
“What I’m talking about isn’t the majority. I still think there are more people with normal minds out there.”
“If they were hypnotized or confused, there’d be magical traces. That would be easy to find out.”
“I just mean, because of the Sha Gun incident…”
She paused, then spoke firmly,
“If it was anything else, it wouldn’t matter, but when it comes to this, I can’t let my guard down even a little—the margin for error is just too small.”
“There aren’t many people we can trust. One wrong step and it’s all over. As long as there’s a chance the enemy could infiltrate that side, I won’t give those dark scum a single opportunity.”
Wen Yaqiu thought for a while, then said, “Alright, I get it. Let’s just stick to our old ways.”
“By the way.”
She stood up and glanced at her watch. “It’s about time, we should head downstairs. Someone’s arriving soon.”
“Hmm?”
Jiang Lingwei also stood up.
“Is it your family?”
“Nope, what are you thinking?”
The tense mood vanished. Wen Yaqiu waved her hand with a smile,
“It’s a Magical Girl sent by the Bureau. Since we’re vacationing at this manor, she’ll help with some of the security.”
“The Bureau…?”
The turn was a bit sudden. Just now the two of them had been discussing not trusting the Bureau completely, and now someone from there was being sent over?
“Yeah, actually it’s mainly to protect me. Honestly, I didn’t expect things to get this troublesome at first.”
“Protect you?”
Jiang Lingwei was even more confused. “Why?”
Walking down the stairs with Jiang Lingwei, Wen Yaqiu said helplessly, “Xiao Jiguang, do you even know who I am?”
“Xiaoquan-jie.”
Seeing the clarity in her eyes, Wen Yaqiu had no choice but to explain,
“My company is involved in a lot of fields, and my husband is one of the top… anyway, he’s a scholar from there.”
“Tell me, if I were to die one day, wouldn’t that cause quite a stir to outsiders?”
“Yeah, I guess so.”
That sounded about right. Jiang Lingwei nodded.
She didn’t really know or pay much attention to how valuable ‘Linquan Group’ actually was.
Actually, that’s not true—up till now, she didn’t even know the name of the commercial empire Wen Yaqiu and her husband founded. She just knew Wen Yaqiu was rich.
“So, Xiao Jiguang, don’t you think it’s necessary for them to send someone to protect me?”
“It’s definitely necessary.”
Jiang Lingwei nodded vigorously.
The two chatted as they walked downstairs.
“Chengzi!”
Just as Jiang Cheng finished putting things down, Jiang Lingwei bounced over cheerfully,
“All settled in? Thanks for your hard work! Where are we staying?”
“Uh…”
Jiang Cheng glanced at Jiang Lingwei oddly—this wasn’t what he’d originally planned.
He thought Jiang Lingwei would be sharing a room with Wen Yaqiu.
But it didn’t matter if he changed plans now.
“Uh, there are two guest rooms and a master bedroom, all pretty spacious. If you want to stay with me, we’ll take one guest room, and the other can go to the kids.”
“Alright, alright.”
Jiang Lingwei nodded her agreement.
Then Wen Yaqiu, standing nearby, spoke up in mock disappointment,
“I thought Xiao Wei would stay with me. Oh well, looks like I’ll be all alone… Maybe I should take a guest room and let you two have the master bedroom.”
“Ugh!”
Jiang Lingwei’s hand, just about to wave in greeting, froze.
She was so used to sleeping with Jiang Cheng that she—actu-ally!—forgot there was even such a choice!
(Who reset my default settings?!)