As for how to probe her… she had already thought of a way.
Xia Yu lightly tapped her fingertips on the coffee table, her gaze half-smiling as it locked onto Vivi, who was curled up in the corner of the sofa.
“Alright, alright. Little sister, I still have some things to ask Vivi. Stop teasing her for now.”
Xia Xiaoling pouted, a little reluctant to leave.
The desire in her heart felt as though it had been magnified. She didn’t know how to control herself—she just really wanted to stay by Vivi’s side.
Seeing her like this, Xia Yu helplessly shook her head. It seemed her little sister’s dependence on Vivi was getting more and more serious.
She would have to find an opportunity later to separate them for a while so her sister could calm down properly.
“Alright, little sister. I have to go back and watch the shop soon. The earlier you go back, the earlier you can get to work.”
“Mm… okay.”
Hearing this, Xia Xiaoling finally nodded and moved away from Vivi.
Xia Yu’s gaze fixed on Vivi, looking her up and down until Vivi’s cheeks turned bright red.
“Vivi looks completely like a little lady now.”
“Mm, I’m not a lady at all…”
Vivi quietly refuted, but she didn’t make any big movements.
Xia Yu smiled and didn’t drag it out on that topic any further—any more and it would just get tedious.
So she spoke up.
“Vivi, I only brought a few hundred yuan in cash today. How about this: do you have WeChat? Or maybe a bank card where I can transfer money to you?”
The moment those words left her mouth, a chill shot straight to the top of Vivi’s head.
So that’s why Xia Yu went through so much trouble to make her fall—she had been waiting for this.
But countering this probe was simple. On paper, her current age was only fifteen—she wasn’t old enough to even register for a phone SIM card.
All she had to do was play dumb and say she didn’t have one.
“Sister, I don’t have WeChat, and I don’t have a bank card or anything like that.”
Xia Xiaoling nodded in agreement from the side.
“Sis, stop teasing her. She’s only fifteen—how could a kid like her have WeChat or a bank card?”
“Oh~ Is that so? I got a bit confused and forgot about that part.”
Xia Yu gave Vivi a meaningful glance. Hearing her say that, it really wasn’t easy to find a way to pin her down right now.
So… could she perhaps find a chance to secretly take Vivi’s phone?
That idea was highly feasible; the only issue was what excuse to use.
After thinking for a moment, she said,
“Fine then. Here’s five hundred yuan—three hundred counts as your salary for now. I still owe you eight hundred. Come by the shop tomorrow to pick it up.”
Vivi let out a breath of relief, nodded, and obediently agreed.
Having achieved everything she came for, Xia Yu didn’t linger. After saying goodbye to the two of them, she turned and left.
Watching her departing figure, Vivi felt a little uneasy. She vaguely suspected Xia Yu might have found something out.
Her documents had only been negotiated and uploaded to the police station together with Irena yesterday, right after buying clothes.
She wasn’t sure if there were any loose ends.
Hurrying back to her bedroom, she first took off the sailor suit she was wearing.
Then, with a point of her finger, the clothes on the bed melted into a puddle of pink liquid and eventually merged back into her body, transforming once again into a set of neutral clothing.
In truth, if Vivi wanted to wear something, she could just use mana to change directly—it was quick and convenient.
But to conceal her real identity, she still had to put on this act.
Looking at herself in the mirror, she still felt a little unaccustomed to it. But compared to her female form, she found this version of herself much easier on the eyes.
After briefly admiring the little loli in the mirror, Vivi quickly took out her phone, unlocked it, opened WeChat, and logged into her old account.
She owed her smooth login to Irena.
The last time she came to Xia Xiaoling’s house, Vivi had mentioned wanting to recover her previous account—otherwise it would be inconvenient to stay in touch later.
Now it finally came in handy.
The familiar interface loaded. The account looked the same as before, with only a handful of contacts: a few coworkers from her old job and some former friends.
Her gaze lingered on Wu Menghan’s avatar for a moment. She let out a helpless sigh.
She hadn’t seen her little sister all day today. She missed her.
Pushing all the complicated thoughts aside, she opened her chat with Irena.
Then Vivi went silent.
Irena’s WeChat profile picture looked exactly like that tea-drinking cat from a certain anime.
She wasn’t sure if someone had recommended it to her or if Irena had found it herself.
Vivi couldn’t hold back. After a moment’s thought, she sent a cat-drinking-tea sticker.
Irena: “Eh?!”
Irena: “How do you have my profile picture??”
Vivi: “Hehe, why are you using that as your avatar?”
Irena: “Mm… it’s cute. I think it suits my taste pretty well.”
Vivi: “Oh~ I see.”
Irena: “Alright, alright, stop messing around. What do you need?”
Vivi: “Mm, it’s actually pretty important. Are my documents all set?”
Irena: “Don’t worry. The police station is willing to protect your privacy too—after all, slime girls haven’t gone public yet.”
Irena: “If news got out that slime girls can assimilate humans, who knows how big of a panic it would cause.”
Reading her messages, Vivi instantly relaxed.
Looked like all her worry had been unnecessary.
No matter how powerful Xia Yu’s connections were, she couldn’t possibly dig up information the authorities were actively suppressing.
Phew. All that anxiety for nothing.
Vivi wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. The huge weight in her heart finally lifted, and even her replies to Irena became noticeably more cheerful.
Vivi: “Okay okay, got it. Now I can relax.”
Vivi: [little loli patting chest jpg]
Irena paused for a moment and glanced at a certain erciyuan group chat. Why did the current Vivi feel so similar to some of the people in that group…?
The only difference was that those group members were probably big burly guys behind their screens, while Vivi was a real loli.
Well… a loli from the day after tomorrow.
Ahem. Never mind.
Irena threw all the weird thoughts out of her head and typed on her phone.
Irena: “Let’s just chat on our phones for now. If you have any questions about magic, feel free to ask me more.”
Irena: “No need to worry about Eno for the time being. After last time, she used up a huge amount—she probably won’t have the energy to cause trouble for a while. We should take advantage of this window to build up our mana as much as possible.”
Vivi: “Okay, I’ll do my best.”
Irena nodded in satisfaction. Vivi was far more reliable than her scatterbrained little sister, and her talent wasn’t bad either—in fact, it might even be better.
Everything seemed to be moving in a positive direction, giving Irena hope of eventually striking back.
“Haa… haa~ Faster… I have to… go even faster… If only I could recreate the weapon materials from before…”
Irena rubbed her temples, huge dark circles under her eyes, looking as though she might collapse into sleep at any moment.