Bai Ningbing grabbed the boy’s hand, with no intention of letting go.
Her grip only tightened.
It was as if she had to get to the bottom of this matter no matter what.
And the culprit must be made to admit his mistake.
The boy, however, didn’t realize at all that he’d done anything wrong; in his mind, he was absolutely in the right.
But Bai Ningbing was not the kind-hearted sort. The first thing she thought was that this guy had gotten close to Lin Guanqi for this very reason. And as Lin Guanqi was her possession, naturally she had to protect her.
She herself couldn’t bear to touch her own belongings—how could Lin Guanqi be treated as something so cheap in someone else’s hands?
Lin Guanqi knew she couldn’t let Bai Ningbing go on like this, or else she wouldn’t be making any money today!
“I’m fine, you don’t need to worry about me. I’m just working part-time to earn some money. Sit here for now, I still have a lot of photos to take.”
Bai Ningbing didn’t know if she’d taken the wrong medicine or something, but after letting go of the boy’s wrist, she turned to look at Lin Guanqi.
Her tone was all wrong.
“Do you really have to sell your looks just to make money?”
Her tone was practically threatening.
Lin Guanqi didn’t like the way that felt at all, so she immediately fired back, even her tone changed.
“If you can’t say something nice, then don’t say anything at all!”
“What do you mean by selling my looks for money? I’m just doing what I can. Since my looks can be monetized, why shouldn’t I use them? Aren’t there tons of celebrities who’ve made money off their looks?”
Everything Bai Ningbing wanted to say stuck in her throat. In the end, she swallowed it all back.
She clearly hadn’t meant it that way. She just wanted to show concern as a person, so why did it sound to Lin Guanqi like she was getting in the way of her earning money?
“I—I didn’t mean that.”
For the first time, she felt flustered. No matter what Lin Guanqi did before, she’d never felt as angry as she did now.
Could it be that their relationship had come to an end?
But Bai Ningbing didn’t let it get her down. Instead, she started thinking of ways to make it up.
She went over to Lin Guanqi’s side and helped deliver coffee.
Lin Guanqi couldn’t understand why she was doing this, but still said, “Even if you deliver coffee, there’s no money for you to be paid. I’m the employee here.”
Bai Ningbing didn’t answer, just kept working with her hands. Even though there was no money, she seemed to be enjoying herself.
Her family was never short on money anyway; she had no reason to put herself through this.
“Hmph, I can’t be bothered to care about you. In any case, I’m not sharing my salary with you. You’re a rich young lady, after all—you don’t need money.”
With that, Lin Guanqi went back to taking pictures. This time, Bai Ningbing didn’t interfere, but her gaze kept drifting this way from time to time.
She looked just like a jealous little boyfriend.
“Hmph, Jiao Jiao, why do you let so many people see you? You’re supposed to be mine!”
She clenched her teeth, deeply unhappy with the current situation but helpless to do anything about it. Right now, she felt like a powerless wife.
Time passed quickly. Lin Guanqi’s face was almost frozen from all the smiling, but finally, she could take a break. Today’s business was so unexpectedly booming that even Chen Xi was shocked!
[Host! Be alert! A spatial rift has opened, and a Behemoth is about to invade!]
What the heck? Can’t I even get a break?
I just sat down, and now I have to go fight a Behemoth?
What am I, a robot? Do I rotate every hour?
Even robots can’t run non-stop for an hour straight, right?
Robots need to rest too or they’ll overheat, let alone a living, breathing human like me?
[Host, magical girls don’t get breaks. Besides, I’m not the one making you participate, am I?]
[And if the host doesn’t complete the mission, you’ll be forcibly sent back, and you’ll still have the remaining loan to deal with!]
“Fine, fine, I’ll do it! You’re such a dog—burdening me with all this debt! At least your system performance quota is up!”
[Mission Target: Rock Sentinel]
[Level: Tidal-class]
[Reward: 50,000]
A Tidal-class Behemoth—that’s a lot easier.
With that, Lin Guanqi dashed out the door.
After Bai Ningbing finished tidying up, she realized Lin Guanqi was already gone. She searched everywhere but just couldn’t find her.
At that moment, Chen Xi noticed how anxious Bai Ningbing looked and asked, “Are you looking for Lin Qier? I just saw her rush out, looked like something urgent.”
When Bai Ningbing heard this, she immediately bolted outside too.
At this moment, the Rock Sentinel had already reached land. Its body was enormous and it moved slowly.
“Looks like I’m the only magical girl around for now. I’ll have to handle this myself.”
Lin Guanqi transformed into the Flame Magical Girl and started conjuring giant fireballs, hurling them at the Rock Sentinel. Through countless battles, she had gradually grown familiar with a magical girl’s fighting style. By now, she was downright terrifying.
But her opponent was earth element, so the fireballs didn’t do any effective damage.
So, once again, Lin Guanqi found herself in trouble. How strange—every time she felt confident, something unexpected came up to throw her off. Was this just bad luck, or was she really not cut out to be a magical girl?
For a moment, Lin Guanqi fell into self-doubt.
“System, why don’t you take over for a bit?”
[This system will only offer minor assistance if the host is in mortal danger. The last time I helped you, it already used up quite a bit of energy.]
[If the host doesn’t want to die, please take this seriously.]
So, dying here meant actual death. After all, Lin Guanqi’s whole body had crossed over; if her body broke down, it was game over for real. Lin Guanqi definitely didn’t want that. Sure, dying would erase her debt, but she hadn’t even experienced the fun of having a system yet!
She immediately perked up, mentally going over all her skills and realizing there were quite a few ways to counterattack. For example, the flash grenade. It didn’t deal damage, but it could slow the Rock Sentinel’s advance—a good tactic.
So, she started conjuring flash grenades and tossing them at the Rock Sentinel’s face. Sure enough, each throw made it stop for a moment, even if it was just for a second or two.
“System! How many more flash grenades can I throw?”
[Based on your current mana, you can throw about 19 more.]
So, with a full mana bar, she could throw 20 in total. Each flash would cause a 2-second delay—20 flashes, that made for just 40 seconds of reprieve. If no one came to help within 40 seconds, Lin Guanqi would be done for.
“Crap! Somebody come help already! System, are you sure you passed the message on to Bai Zhi’s side?”
[When it comes to intelligence, this system is second to none! Message transmission speed is the fastest there is!]
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