“Su Mengdie~, over here, over here!”
When Su Mengdie’s figure appeared on the street, the black-haired girl sitting at the outdoor café enthusiastically waved at her.
Three cups of coffee and two slices of cake were already arranged on the table in front of her, looking like she’d been waiting a while.
Su Mengdie waved back in greeting and sat down next to her.
“Good morning, Xiaoke.”
“You greeting me like this is really something I’m not used to… I can’t believe it, you actually swapped bodies with someone else.”
The girl in front of her was Mo Xiaoke, also a Magical Girl, but unlike other Magical Girls, she wasn’t good at fighting.
Her specialty was researching and analyzing magic.
“Yeah, let me introduce you. This is the Young Lady of my family, Penelope Jinzhi.”
“Miss Mo, hello, I’ve heard about you from Su Mengdie for a long time. She said you’re an exceptionally clever and cute girl, especially fond of researching all these supernatural things. I hope you’ll lend us your help with today’s matter.”
As she spoke, Penelope gently took Mo Xiaoke’s left hand and secretly slipped a red envelope-like object up her sleeve.
“Hahaha~, of course, no problem!”
Mo Xiaoke quickly tucked her sleeve, letting the outline of the thing show slightly.
“Young Lady!”
How could she give her friend a red envelope the moment they met!
That’s blatant bribery!
And Xiaoke too—she didn’t even refuse, just accepted it straight away???
“Xiao Die, you don’t get it! When you need someone’s help, it doesn’t matter if it gets done or not. The attitude matters—you have to show you’re sincerely asking for help, not just treating them as some replaceable tool. You really need to learn more about dealing with people.”
Nonsense!
It’s all just nonsense!
That’s her friend!
Treating a friend like a transaction partner is exactly treating them like a tool!
Su Mengdie worried Mo Xiaoke would misunderstand, so she quickly stood up, intending to apologize on behalf of her Young Lady.
But Mo Xiaoke just smiled, patting her on the shoulder to show there was no need to make such a big deal.
“Su Mengdie, it’s fine, it’s your family’s custom—I understand. So you don’t have to worry about offending me.”
“Then the money…”
Su Mengdie just started to mention the money, but Mo Xiaoke cut her off.
“By the way, let’s take care of business first. I have a meeting later, so I’m a bit short on time.”
“Oh…”
She had a feeling Mo Xiaoke was deliberately changing the topic?
Su Mengdie thought about it and decided to focus on business first.
She could bring up the money later.
In just the time it took to drink a cup of coffee, Su Mengdie told Mo Xiaoke in detail everything that had happened that morning.
“That’s about it, and also…”
Su Mengdie glanced at the Young Lady, who was elegantly eating cake beside her, and hesitated a bit.
“And what else? Something supernatural?”
Mo Xiaoke noticed her gaze and instantly guessed the rest had to do with Magical Girls.
Su Mengdie nodded, choosing her words carefully.
“Last night I dreamed of a fierce little bird. I fought her in my dream, but I can’t remember what happened after that. I’m not sure if it’s related.”
“It could be. I can help you check it out… If there’s nothing else, I have to go. See you~”
Mo Xiaoke glanced at the pink watch on her right hand and stood up in a hurry.
“Bye~”
Su Mengdie waved to Mo Xiaoke, watching her leave.
On the other side, the Young Lady took the chance to bring the second slice of cake in front of herself.
By the time Su Mengdie noticed, more than half was already gone.
“Young Lady! That’s high-calorie food, you’ll get fat if you eat too much.”
“What does it matter? If anyone gets fat, it’s you, not me!”
Hearing this, the corners of Su Mengdie’s mouth twitched, and she almost let out a curse.
“Fine, Young Lady, you’re asking for this!”
Su Mengdie waved to a passing waitress.
“Miss, order please—I’ll have five slices of mousse cake!”
If she couldn’t stop her, she might as well go down with her.
No one gets out of this unscathed!
“Su Mengdie, you’re so good to me, awesome! Now I can really eat mousse to my heart’s content!”
“I didn’t order them for you.”
Su Mengdie folded her arms, turned her head, and huffed.
Hopefully, this would make the Young Lady restrain herself a little.
“So stingy. I pay you so much salary, what’s wrong with buying me some cake?”
Penelope pouted, looking a bit sulky.
“You do pay me a high salary, but every time we go out, who’s the one who pays? You always tell me to cover it and pay me back later—so where’s my money?”
“Your money… Hmm, I just gave it to Miss Mo.”
Penelope tapped her chin with her finger for a moment, then suddenly hit Su Mengdie with another blow.
“Where the hell did you even find money!”
Su Mengdie was instantly defeated…
Because the Young Lady always used her money before, Su Mengdie had learned to be careful.
Every time she got some cash, she’d hide it somewhere, so she could pretend to be broke in front of the Young Lady.
But only she should know where she hid it!
“Shh~ shh~, Su Mengdie , you’re now the Young Lady of the Jinzhi Family, you can’t just curse whenever you want. As for the money… Of course I found it behind the painting in your room.”
Ahhhhhh!!!
That was all her secret stash!
Su Mengdie’s soul let out a cry of despair as she slammed her fists on the table in anger.
But the Young Lady’s body was really too weak; after just a couple of hits, she was already on the verge of tears from the pain.
She couldn’t even vent!
This time Su Mengdie couldn’t hold it in any longer—she covered her face and started to cry.
“Aiya~, it’s just a bit of money. I’ll pay you back later, no need to cry like this.”
Was that supposed to be comforting?
“I want it back now!”
Su Mengdie wiped her tears, determined to make things difficult for the Young Lady.
“Here!”
The Young Lady was truly generous—she pulled out ten hundred-yuan bills from her wallet at once.
Su Mengdie looked at the cash in her hand, then at the wallet, and her blood pressure shot up.
“This is still my wallet! You’re paying your maid with her own money—how can you do that!”
“That’s because this is all the money I have left, eh heh~?”
Penelope stuck out her tongue, blinking her eyes and acting cute all of a sudden.
Hopeless.
The Young Lady knew perfectly well she was wrong, yet still tried to get away with it by being cute.
Su Mengdie was so angry she didn’t even want to bother with her.
She turned to look at the street scenery, quietly waiting for the cake.
If she didn’t eat Penelope into bankruptcy today, she’d take the Young Lady’s surname!
“Ring ring~ ring ring~!”
Suddenly, the ringtone broke the hard-won peace.
“Young Lady, that sounds like your phone. You’d better answer it.”
Su Mengdie instantly recognized the ringtone and sighed as she looked at Penelope.
But Penelope didn’t seem anxious at all, still focused on the remaining cake.
“You answer it, then. No way I’m letting this little maid answer the Young Lady’s call, right?”
That’s true.
Since their bodies and voices had swapped, she should answer.
Su Mengdie took out the phone from her pocket for a look—it was an unknown number.
“Spam call?”
“Could be a real estate agent or someone selling insurance. Since you’re angry anyway, why not vent your frustration on them?”
“I’m not like you, Young Lady, finding joy in others’ misery.”
Su Mengdie answered, planning to listen to what the other party would say first.
“Little Sparrow, what are you doing?”
Little Sparrow?
Did they call the wrong number?
“Sorry, you’ve got the wrong number. There’s no Little Sparrow here.”
Su Mengdie was about to hang up, but the person on the other end suddenly became excited.
“Huh? I recognize your voice, don’t play dumb! You took forever to answer and I thought you got blown up by a Magical Girl or something. Hurry up, be at this place at nine o’clock today.”
The caller hung up after speaking, and then sent an address.
But Su Mengdie’s mind wasn’t on the address at all.
Magical Girl!
The caller actually knew about Magical Girls!
And from the way she said it, ‘Little Sparrow’ had even fought a Magical Girl?
Su Mengdie couldn’t help but look at the innocent Young Lady sitting beside her in confusion.
Could it be…