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Off Work, Then Transform into a Magical Girl-Chapter 59 – Mobile phone controversy
Since Lin Yun disguised himself as Cui Que in front of his daughter, it has become his habit to carry two mobile phones with him.
In order to avoid suspicion when using the phone, he even consulted a female shop assistant in the flagship store before buying the phone, and deliberately chose a feminine phone case for "Cui Que's phone" based on her opinion.
There are only three contacts on this phone, namely Lin Xiaolu, Xia Liang, and Hong Siyu.
In order to be able to contact them in case of a Brutal Beast appearance or an emergency, Lin Yun does not turn off or mute the phone, but only switches it to vibration mode when he is at work.
Today is no exception.
When he left in the morning, he deliberately took out Cui Que's phone from the pocket of his usual formal wear and carried it with him, ensuring smooth communication between Cui Que's identity and the two girls.
However, he did not expect that the two little girls would follow him without him noticing and even followed him all the way to the shopping center.
At first, he focused on acting to deceive Mo Ke; when he encountered the two girls, he tried to help them smooth things over in this awkward situation; and then he became immersed in the sentimental mood of this special day while shopping, completely forgetting that he had a time bomb in the inner pocket of his jacket.
The result is what it is now: the clear ringtone made Xia Liang shift her gaze, and he reached into the inner side of his jacket, holding the phone, unsure whether to take it out or not.
In just a few seconds, several plans flashed through Lin Yun's mind:
The first plan is to quickly turn down the volume of Cui Que's phone to the minimum, and then take out his own phone, pretending to have just received a call.
This plan is the most flawless logically, but it is difficult to execute. He set the ringtone of his phone to ring plus vibrate to prevent himself from ignoring it.
Even if he can turn the volume of the phone to zero, the vibrating sound is still difficult to ignore in this restaurant where there are not many people.
The second plan is to answer the call, but cover the microphone of Cui Que's phone with his hand so that his voice will not be picked up by the phone; then take out Lin Yun's phone and pretend to receive a call from someone else.
This plan also has little logical loopholes, but it is even more difficult to execute. First, he has no way to ensure that he can completely cover the microphone, and even a slight leakage of sound will expose him; secondly, doing so will make his actions quite strange, with his right hand inserted in the inside of his coat while his left hand reaches to the right to touch the phone to answer the call, which looks very strange no matter how you look at it.
The last plan is to hang up the call directly, and then use Lin Yun's phone to call Cui Que, so that if Xia Liang calls back, she will only get the prompt of "in a call".
This plan is simple to execute, and as long as he is willing, it is definitely possible to succeed. However, there is a huge logical loophole: he has no way to explain why the ringing on his side stops and Xia Liang's call is hung up.
Just as he was making a decision in his mind, Xia Liang had already taken action.
She held the phone to her ear and looked at Lin Yun with a puzzled and inquisitive look, "Uncle, aren't you going to answer the call?"
Lin Yun knew that he didn't have time to procrastinate.
"...Ah, I was thinking about something and didn't pay attention."
He answered expressionlessly, trying to distract Xia Liang's attention with conversation, while starting to fumble on the side of the phone, trying to find the volume button and at least turn off the ringtone first.
In his opinion, since several plans have already been listed, it doesn't mean that they cannot be mixed together and used. He will figure out the next steps and act accordingly. There should still be a chance to fool her.
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"Try hanging up."
However, before he could take any other action, Xia Liang had already muttered to herself and lightly tapped the screen of the phone.
With her action, after a moment, the ringtone in the restaurant stopped.
The empty restaurant returned to silence, and only the screams and shouts filled the shopping mall corridor outside the display window. The glass partition of the restaurant became a boundary, dividing the inside and outside into two worlds: outside, there was a crowd pushing and bustling, noisy and spreading panic; inside, it was cold and quiet, with only the sound of a needle dropping, filled with embarrassment.
Without a doubt, Xia Liang had just pressed the hang-up button.
After this series of actions, she first held the phone in her hand and looked at Lin Yun, blinking innocently, and then exclaimed, "Ah, it really stopped."
Lin Yun looked at the undecorated ceiling of the restaurant and let out a sigh of relief.
He put down his hand as if surrendering.
"Uncle, you have someone else's phone on you."
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Xia Liang showed a somewhat sly smile on her face, "Although it's a bit of a leap to ask like this, it should be the person I'm thinking of, right?"
"You guessed right." Lin Yun admitted straightforwardly, not afraid of being scalded even if he were a dead pig.
"Why would Little Senior... no, Cui Que Senior's phone be with you, Uncle?"
After hearing Lin Yun's answer, Xia Liang seemed even more puzzled, "I remember Little Senior used the phone at my house last night..."
"We know each other, and I found out this morning that she left her phone at my house."
Lin Yun opened his mouth somewhat numbly, futilely throwing out an improvised reason, "Although it's not what you think, we do have some contact."
"Going to find Uncle in the middle of the night, and then leaving the phone at your place..."
Xia Liang gradually opened her mouth wide, "In other words, you really have that kind of relationship?"
"I don't know what kind of relationship you're talking about, but I don't think so." Lin Yun closed his eyes.
"Uncle, even if both parties are willing, having that kind of relationship with a minor is illegal, you know?"
Frowning, Xia Liang said somewhat seriously, "And Cui Que Senior is so cute, how can you bear to do bad things to her?"
"...I've already said, we don't have that kind of relationship, we just have some connection because of Lu Lu and the Magical Girl."
Lin Yun sighed weakly, "Besides, she should have told you, right? She's much older than you, an adult of my age."
"That's not acceptable either."
Xia Liang pouted, unusually upset, "Even if you're both adults, I don't think it's right. You're being unfair to Little Lu, aren't you?"
"Dear student, I can assure you, it's really not what you think."
Lin Yun, suppressing the embarrassment in his heart, put on a serious face and earnestly defended himself, "I know you care about Lu Lu, and I know Lu Lu is not quite ready to accept a... um, stepmother. So, I really have no romantic relationship with the 'Senior Cui Que' you mentioned."
"Really?" Xia Liang asked, somewhat skeptical.
"If I must say, she's actually closer to Lu Lu's mother."
In order to divert her attention, Lin Yun explained half-truthfully, "If you want to know about this, I'll tell you on the way back."
"Her mother? You mean..." Xia Liang wanted to ask more, but was forced to stop.
Because at that moment, both Lin Yun's chest and the phone in her hand vibrated simultaneously.
Picking up the phone, Xia Liang saw that Lin Xiaolu had sent a message in the Magical Girl Squad group:
"@Little Jin, what on earth are you doing? Hurry up!"
"@Cui Que, there's a Brutal Beast attack at the Jinbao Shopping Plaza in Luoming District. Cui Que, are you free now? Ah, no rush."
"...It seems we really can't continue this conversation."
After reading the message on the screen, Xia Liang lowered her hand and smiled helplessly, "Uncle, if you can contact Senior Cui Que, could you let her know? After all, she told us to inform her whenever a Brutal Beast appears."
Although she was full of doubts, she knew what was more important: she could gossip about family matters later, but driving away the Brutal Beast was the top priority.
"I will."
Seeing a chance to end this awkward conversation, Lin Yun didn't hesitate to stop. He looked at Xia Liang and nodded solemnly, "Hong Siyu should be able to contact her."
"Phew, let's leave the rest until we get back."
After exhaling, Xia Liang put away her phone and waved at Lin Yun, "As for what you said earlier, I'll just take it as the truth."
"It is the truth." Lin Yun said expressionlessly, "Just don't exaggerate it to Lu Lu."
"Don't worry, I won't tell Little Lu."
Xia Liang smiled mischievously, "I know, if I tell her, who knows what she might imagine."
Lin Yun thought to himself that you've been imagining things all along, but he didn't argue anymore, just silently watched Xia Liang leave the restaurant.
Watching the girl jog away, he leaned back in his seat, let out a long sigh, and his tense nerves finally relaxed a bit.
Forget it, put these things aside, and think about where to transform, he thought to himself.