Silver Bell frowned and sighed. “I couldn’t help but argue with the Church’s archbishop at the time. I threatened to expose how they exploit the magic girls under their control.”
Qiu Li nodded. For someone like Silver Bell to actively pick a fight, she must have been genuinely angry about it.
“Then that old bastard just acted like nothing mattered, saying exposure was fine—that it would indeed hurt the Church’s reputation, but had I considered the believers who trust the Church and the citizens of North Blossom City protected by the Tower of Commandments? What pissed me off the most was that Wange actually wavered because of that!”
Qiu Li wasn’t surprised at all. From a certain perspective, Wange Yue was indeed such a… weak person.
She wouldn’t want to disappoint the believers and followers who trusted the Church.
In the end, the Church’s solution was to help Wange Yue check her body and find a way to fix it, but Silver Bell wasn’t satisfied with that result at all.
She knew too well how little the Church’s competency was worth.
Qiu Li suddenly spoke. “So that fight with Wange was over this? Because she was too weak?”
“Yeah… something like that…”
Silver Bell shifted her gaze slightly, her tone vague and evasive.
“Alright, looks like you’ve said all you can,” Qiu Li stood up. “Then I’ll be going now. But Bell, if you ever run into any problem, you can always come to me for help, got it?”
Qiu Li watched the little girl lower her head and mumble a quiet “mm,” letting out a silent sigh in her heart. Just as she turned to leave, Silver Bell called out to her again.
“Qiu Li, if you’re off today, don’t rush off… at least stay for lunch, okay?”
After all, they were friends. Silver Bell still felt it wasn’t right to have her come all the way here in the morning just to ask a few questions and then let her leave.
Qiu Li smiled. “Making progress, huh? Actually inviting someone to stay. What? Are you going to cook lunch for me yourself?”
“I, I… I can order takeout!”
As luck would have it, Xiaoxi’s family was also eating takeout for lunch today.
Xiaoxi crawled out of bed with messy hair when it was already noon. As she groggily got up, she felt a tug—her wrist was still locked to the headboard, not yet freed.
Ye Xinglan was on the phone in the living room, looking as energetic as ever.
Despite all the exertion last night, the Blood Moon Witch’s stamina was terrifying… Actually, only Xiaoxi had been drained.
“Xinglan—”
Ye Xinglan walked into the room and saw her little girlfriend sitting obediently by the bed, waiting for her to undo the handcuffs.
She couldn’t help but reach out and ruffle Xiaoxi’s hair again.
Who wouldn’t want to keep a cute, obedient, good-looking, and useful little girlfriend in their room?
“I figured you wouldn’t be up for a while, so I ordered takeout in advance. Wash up and come eat together. Oh, by the way, Qiu Li went to Bell’s place today. I ran into her when I was grabbing the takeout.”
Qiu Li went to play with Silver Bell? The news passed through her slightly scrambled mind but didn’t trigger any alarm in Xiaoxi.
Before long, Xiaoxi shuffled into the living room with unsteady steps, just in time to hear Ye Xinglan chatting with Da Tianxin.
“Didn’t you say just two days ago you had no money to travel? Why the sudden change of heart? Where did you squeeze out the travel and accommodation fees?”
“I’m not that broke, okay! Actually, I worked a summer job at Miss Su Ying’s place last month, and I saved up a little bit.”
Da Tianxin worked at Store Manager Su’s place? Xiaoxi subconsciously pictured her in a maid outfit.
Da Tianxin was actually quite pretty, but someone with her personality just didn’t seem fit for a maid role, let alone when the store already had two maids—Fox Momomo and the succubus An Wanwan.
“But I worked as a barista helping out Store Manager Su. You guys have no idea—those two new little maids really boosted the store’s business. The manager couldn’t keep up with orders alone, so she hired me for a summer gig. But actually—”
Da Tianxin’s cheerful voice came through the speaker. “But actually, I didn’t save up much. But hey, Xinglan and Xiaoxi, you’re in North Blossom City, right? Hehehe…”
Xiaoxi immediately caught on. Da Tianxin wanted to come to North Blossom City to visit and crash at their place, didn’t she?
That wasn’t really a problem. The apartment Mo Lan’er bought actually had a second bedroom, but since moving in, they’d always shared a bed, and the other empty room could be used for Da Tianxin.
So Xiaoxi gave Ye Xinglan a “no problem” glance.
“Alright, no problem then. But remember, you must come. And don’t you dare back out~”
Ye Xinglan agreed with a cheerful but gritted-teeth tone.
Da Tianxin spreading rumors and writing fanfiction about her—she hadn’t settled that score yet, and now this idiot was walking right into the trap.
“But why the sudden urge to come to North Blossom City? Didn’t you say no when I asked you to come die—I mean, to visit—a couple days ago?”
“You wouldn’t know this!” Da Tianxin’s tone suddenly got excited. “In a couple days, [Eternal Star] is holding a fan meeting in North Blossom City! I’ve got to go!”
A fan meeting? Both Ye Xinglan and Xiaoxi were stunned. Where did Da Tianxin get this news? How could this be something even Eternal Star herself didn’t know about?
“It’s from the Eternal Star fan group. It makes sense you wouldn’t know, Xinglan. Hang on, I’ll forward you the chat history… Oh, and also, Xinglan, have you seen today’s hot search? The Blood Moon Witch actually showed up in North Blossom City! Do you think the pairing I ship might actually be real?”
“Look, back when the Blood Moon Witch appeared in Summersea City, Eternal Star was in Summersea City. Now that Eternal Star has gone to North Blossom City, the Blood Moon Witch suddenly appears in North Blossom City too. Isn’t that way too coincidental?”
“What news? Send it to me.”
Unlike Ye Xinglan, who was still completely confused, Xiaoxi realized the seriousness of the situation and immediately stepped forward to take the phone, cutting off the excited Da Tianxin.
“Oh, it’s Xiaoxi. Good afternoon~ You can just check the hot search, actually. This morning’s news was huge! But I’ll send it to you anyway. Hang on~”
Soon, Da Tianxin forwarded several hot search news items and two videos. Xiaoxi clicked in to look—and yes, it was indeed the real Blood Moon Witch.
One video seemed to be from a Tianqi Church event, and the other, blurry in the night, looked like… exactly the street where they had caught the impostor last night?!
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