Magical Girl Heavy Dependence

Chapter 24, Deception

"Aunt Yan, hasn't Xiao Yan come back yet?"

The woman sat in Yan Xi's living room, opposite an old woman with an extremely gloomy expression.

Qian Zhen had come to visit for the third time, but the girl she wanted to see didn't seem to have gone home since last night, and the old woman's stern expression didn't seem fake.

"She's all grown up now, I can't control when she comes back."

The old woman's voice was a little hoarse, and looking at the tea on the coffee table, which had been refilled countless times, it seemed she had been waiting all night.

"I didn't need to talk to Xiaoyan, it's just that my child keeps asking to play with her." Qian Zhen said with a smile. "Yinyin is about to have surgery, right? She wants Xiaoyan to keep her company before the surgery."

"Does my granddaughter have a good relationship with your child?" the old woman asked coldly.

Qian Zhen immediately gave a thumbs up: "Of course! Yin Yin has been clamoring to see her older sister."

It's all a lie!

In fact, Qian Yinyin and Yan Xi had absolutely no relationship, and they hadn't even spoken for the first time until last night.

But that didn't stop Qian Zhen from making up stories about relationships; she was almost certain that the old man in front of her knew very little about his granddaughter's interpersonal relationships.

"You're just loitering around here again, looking to borrow money, aren't you?" The old woman gave Qian Zhen a cold look. "I just lent you money the day before yesterday to pay for Yin Yin's surgery."

"No, no, Aunt Yan, I'm not here to borrow money."

That's the truth.

Since Qian Zhen posted her video and went viral, her private messages have been flooded with messages, and even the QR code for the crowdfunding campaign she posted has been scanned by netizens.

Having received such a sudden windfall of wealth, she no longer coveted the meager sums the old man painstakingly saved.

Qian Zhen wanted more; she wanted something that could completely rewrite the rest of her life.

For example, magical girls.

"I just want to see Xiaoyan and say a few words to her."

Qian Zhen tried her best to make her greedy and ugly face look more friendly.

She's not stupid.

Yesterday, Yan Xi suspected that she had sold her daughter, and the two parted on bad terms. Immediately afterwards, a magical girl broke into the group's house and kidnapped her.

This can hardly be considered a coincidence; it almost explicitly reveals the identity of the black-clad magical girl.

Many people online are now saying that the black magical girl is called "Eiya" and is a magical girl trainee under Yinfu Entertainment.

Yinfu Entertainment is a big company. Even she, who doesn't follow idols at all, has heard of its name. It must be very rich!

I came to Yanxi's house just to catch him red-handed.

After all, she took Qian Yinyin with her. Where could two young girls go in the middle of the night?

Unfortunately, Qian Zhen's attempt failed.

Yan Xi didn't seem to have returned all night, and Qian Yinyin was nowhere to be seen either.

Left with no other choice, Qian Zhen had to post the video she got from that group online, hoping that Yan Xi would see it and come to her. However, it unexpectedly went viral and topped the trending searches.

Looking at the ever-increasing amount of donations raised in her account, Qian Zhen couldn't help but hum softly.

Originally, she just wanted to extort some money by threatening him a little, but now she has a new idea.

Everyone loves magical girls so much; if Yan Xi could cooperate with her for publicity, they might be able to earn even more. Even if Yan Xi doesn't agree, the true identity of a magical girl would still be of great interest to many online.

Even in front of Grandma Yanxi, Qian Zhen didn't let her expression be too exaggerated, but her two legs were still shaking anxiously.

Grandma Yanxi suddenly stood up.

Qian Zhen looked over and saw the old woman say coldly, "I'm old and need to rest. Little Qian, please make yourself at home."

This was an order to leave, and Qian Zhen wasn't even thinking of stubbornly staying here, afraid that the old woman would notice something amiss.

She was still somewhat afraid of this elderly man who was quite respected in the old street.

"Look at what you're saying."

Qian Zhen smiled and said, "Then I won't bother you any longer. Please let me know when Xiao Yan returns, and I'll come to visit again then."

With that, he got up to take his leave.

He was thinking that waiting by the roadside would be just as good.

……

"Not at home."

Yan Xi and Cheng Chen walked out of Qian Zhen's house.

The dilapidated house was empty and ransacked, suggesting that someone had been there before them.

"It seems we're not the only ones looking for this woman. No wonder the PR department said someone's trying to suppress the hype surrounding this." Cheng Chen nodded, unsurprised.

"Pressure heating?"

Yan Xi looked over in surprise.

Cheng Chen found Yan Xi, who had become well-behaved, quite pleasing to the eye, just like Bai Guo, who had suddenly stopped causing trouble and destroying things, and was sitting in front of him sticking out her tongue and wagging her tail.

"Besides us, there's another group of people involved in this matter, and they might be even more anxious than we are."

He then asked, "Since she's not home, where do you think this woman might be?"

Yan Xi frowned and pondered for a few seconds: "She might have already been captured by those other people who are looking for her."

"wrong."

Cheng Chen corrected her without hesitation, "Just now I said that those people are suppressing the public's attention on this matter. If they had already found the woman, they should have deleted the posts or issued a new statement by now. But there's no activity online, which means they haven't caught her yet."

Yan Xi nodded in agreement, then fell into deep thought again.

After a moment, she looked up: "Perhaps there is a place."

Cheng Chen asked cooperatively, "Where?"

"Producer, you said I was reckless yesterday and that people could easily guess my identity through association." Yan Xi pursed her lower lip, looking somewhat shaken. "If that's really the case, then Aunt Qian might have gone to my house."

Are you scared?

Cheng Chen suddenly asked.

Yan Xi was suddenly confused, as if wondering why she was being asked this all of a sudden, but after a while she lowered her head again, her bangs swaying in front of her forehead.

"I only have my grandmother as family..."

Seemingly unrelated to the question, Cheng Chen patted her shoulder:

"Remember this feeling. Acting impulsively in the heat of the moment could very well have led things to the way they are now."

He looked up; it was almost noon, and even the sun had become scorching.

"Now that we've guessed the location, let's set off."

……

"Boss! Found it!"

When one of the underlings ran up to the car, panting, Lu Kai was sitting in the driver's seat slurping noodles.

What if you can't find the person your boss is looking for?

Since things have come to this, let's eat first. He's been running around all night and is starving.

"Cough cough..."

He coughed up the noodles he'd choked on, grabbed a bottle of mineral water and gulped it down, then gripped his underling's shoulder tightly: "Where are you!?"

"The old streets nearby!" the younger man exclaimed excitedly. "We used a drone to do a thorough scan of the surrounding area, and we finally found her crouching on the street. She hasn't run away yet!"

Forget about eating, Lu Kai tossed the noodles out the window: "Get in the car! Go grab her, don't let that bitch get away!"

"yes!"

The underlings squeezed into the back seat, and Lu Kai floored the accelerator. With the tires screeching against the ground, the entire car soared into the air.

……

Qian Zhen squatted on the side of the street, leaning against an abandoned utility pole.

She was already used to this environment. Every time she lost all the money she had gambling, she would find a similar place to rest and think about where to get some more money to make a comeback.

In her youth, she might have had customers who would come up and ask about the price, but due to prolonged hunger and lack of food, her beauty faded faster than anyone could imagine. When she looked in the mirror in the pond, the woman with messy hair, who looked like a demon, was almost unrecognizable to herself.

"...But it will be over soon," Qian Zhen murmured to herself.

The donations she received from netizens in just half a day were almost equal to her total income for the entire past year. As long as she could sell what she had, whether to redeem it from the young magical girl or to a demon, she could escape her current predicament.

At worst, they can get their initial capital back to the poker table.

Just as I was squinting and imagining the future, a huge shadow suddenly fell over my head.

Qian Zhen squinted and saw a figure that looked like a bat but stubbornly wore a suit standing on top of a telephone pole.

"Hehehehehehe."

The bat-headed, human-bodied monster laughed shrilly, "Finally found it. All those good-for-nothings combined aren't even as good as Old Bo."

Another deep voice came from his chest: "Stop dawdling, take him back, the boss is waiting for him."

"I know, I know! Don't rush me."

The bat gripped the telephone pole with the claws on its two fleshy wings, slowly lowering its body.

"Run, old woman, run! Hehehehehe."

Qian Zhen simply took a step back, but did not howl and flee as the bat-man had imagined.

How can you be so calm?

The bat-man scratched his head in dissatisfaction, then pulled his face down, exclaiming, "So you're just an old, toothless magical girl!! Hehehehe!"

"you……"

Just as Qian Zhengang was about to speak, the world suddenly spun around her.

The bat-man's powerful hind claws grabbed her and sent her flying into the sky.

……