Chapter 77: Outside the Office Building

Lin Yun put down his phone and began to continue organizing the documents on his desk.

After the lunch break ended, Xia Liang inexplicably sent him a text message, saying she suspected Moke was lying about the military situation; claiming recently that he was going out to search for magical girls, he always delayed his return, so she wanted to conduct a follow-up investigation.

Recalling that he had been the target of their investigation not long ago, and now they had turned their sights on Moke, Lin Yun found it amusing, yet he did not refuse.

He utilized the tracking spell he had previously set on Moke, sensed for a moment, confirmed his location, and shared the position with the two girls via the group chat.

"But... the Fuli Academy?"

While tidying up his documents, his thoughts gradually drifted: "Could there really be a newcomer?"

Regarding whether to recruit new magical girls, although his attitude was not particularly proactive, if he really encountered a child with talent, the final decision would likely still rest with the other party.

After all, after his previous conversation with his daughter, not only had Lin Xiaolu temporarily let go of her inner knot, but he had also figured out many things.

He would next resign from the job he had held for nearly ten years and devote his energy entirely to matters related to magical girls. And once this decision was made, it actually represented one thing—one day, he would have to investigate the truth of Anya's death.

Back then, knowing there was something suspicious about his wife's death, the reason he did not take any action was because of the reminder from the Golden Green Cat's Eye: he was now a father and the only relative his daughter had; if anything happened to him, there would be no one to raise his child.

The situation now, however, was different; his daughter had also become a magical girl.

Although the process could be called a series of twists and turns, and was not even particularly pleasant, since she was firm in her attitude about continuing down this path, he, as her father, should support her as much as possible.

Then another option emerged: to train his daughter until she was strong enough to protect herself in front of all kinds of enemies, and then he would choose a suitable time to leave.

Thus, the idea of helping his daughter build a team arose again.

As early as when he first recruited Xia Liang, he had such thoughts in his heart, but later he discovered that his life of working during the day, being a magical girl on the side, and tutoring the two children at night was too busy.

With such a crowded schedule, if he were to rashly recruit a new magical girl, not only would he have no time to teach another person, but there might also be loopholes in the protection of her personal safety.

He hoped that when he helped his daughter build her team, every child could grow up safely and steadily, and wait until their wings were full before facing the real storms.

And now, since he had already chosen to resign, he felt much more confident about recruiting new people.

This was also the reason he proactively agreed to let Xia Liang and the others track Moke.

After organizing the documents on his desk and setting them aside, confirming there were no more omissions, he stood up from his seat and took one last look at his desk.

To say he had no attachment to this job would actually be a lie.

He had worked in this position for a long time; although there had been much fatigue and unpleasantness during this period, he had also met many friends and gained much growth. More importantly, this was a way for him to shape his own sociality.

Choosing to retire from the identity of a magical girl and enter society to become a backbone of the workplace—the motivation for this behavior, besides not wanting to sit idle and eat away his savings, wanting to provide more security for family life with work income, and finding something to do, was essentially to define himself and maintain his original heart.

The essence of a person is the collection of their social relationships: it is precisely because of meeting, coexisting, and influencing different people that everyone is a unique individual.

Walking out of his office and gently closing the door, Lin Yun let out a long sigh of relief.

It ends here.

Afterward, he would go to the General Manager's office to say hello, and then he would completely resign, bidding farewell to this period of his working career.

Passing by the office of the External Affairs Dispatch Department, through the glass partition, his gaze crossed with his old colleagues, and he saw Liu Guanshan, who was sitting behind his desk with his feet up, smile and raise his hand at him.

Let's have a couple of drinks when you're free.

This was what his lip movements expressed.

"Forget it, who drinks without having to socialize." Through the window, Lin Yun laughed and scolded in a low voice.

Walking to the door of the General Manager's office, seeing that the door was ajar, he paused, straightened his collar, and then knocked gently on the door.

"Please come in."

A somewhat hoarse voice came from inside the door.

Walking into the room, Lin Yun could see his company's General Manager, a man named Wang Tengfei, sitting behind the desk, looking at him with a smile on his face.

The reason it was a General Manager rather than a President was because Gaosheng was actually a chain brand.

Its small and home elevator business covered the entire Southern Donghua region, and the headquarters was located in the nearest central metropolis—Yannan City.

When Anya was still around, Lin Yun would occasionally go on business trips for external affairs; after Anya passed away, in order to better take care of Lin Xiaolu, he voluntarily applied to the after-sales department; although it was busier, at least he was always in Fangting City.

At that time, he was also communicating with the General Manager in front of him.

The job change back then and the resignation now—the person he was talking to was the same, but his mindset was completely different.

"Old Lin, sit down. Have you really thought it through?"

Wang Tengfei pointed to the chair in front of the desk and said, "Let's speak plainly; you are also our old employee, and your ability is excellent. I was originally prepared to promote you in another two years; becoming a manager would be no problem."

"You talk about your family situation—everyone who knows, knows; your attendance has indeed been a bit problematic recently, and everyone can understand; won't it be fine once you get over this hurdle?"

Unfortunately, this hurdle was likely not going to be crossed.

Lin Yun sighed inwardly.

If it were just a fluctuation in his normal life state, he wouldn't be unable to endure it. But as things stood, work and magical girl matters were difficult to balance, and he could only choose the side that was more important to him.

And now that he had lost Anya, Lin Xiaolu was the heaviest chip on the scale.

"General Manager Wang, we have discussed this matter many times. The company has treated me well, it's just that I personally do have some reasons."

As the saying goes, one does not hit a smiling face, so Lin Yun also smiled apologetically: "I have quite a few things to deal with at home, and I don't know how long it will take. Continuing on would just be adding trouble to the company, so it's better to make a decision early."

"No trouble, no trouble at all. Everyone understands; you're taking this too seriously."

Wang Tengfei still wanted to persuade him: "If you have things at home, why not just take a long leave? We're old colleagues, why be so extreme?"

"Sigh, General Manager Wang..."

Lin Yun feigned a sigh, and the two continued to go through the motions of social pleasantries until the etiquette was fulfilled, only then ending the conversation.

In the afternoon office, there was only the sound of the two people talking; if one listened carefully, it was mixed with the sound of the air conditioner blowing.

Sunlight shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows into the office, forming large bright spots on the floor.

And in the middle of the bright spots, a tiny black dot appeared, though no one knew when.

This black dot grew larger and heavier, gradually becoming somewhat hard to ignore, and even vaguely took on a blurry human shape.

Lin Yun, facing the window, was still talking to Wang Tengfei, but as he gradually saw the scene outside the window clearly, his speaking speed became slower and slower, until he finally stopped talking altogether.

There was someone outside the window.

The General Manager's office was on the 17th floor of the office building; it was impossible for anyone to be outside the window.

However, at this very moment, there was indeed someone standing far away outside the window, looking at the office building where Lin Yun was.

It was a young girl.

A young girl with a smile on her face, wearing a black dress.