Get off work and become a magical girl

Chapter 219 Wine Bureau
Lin Yun was almost accustomed to Yuan's uninvited behavior.

Not to mention that he had previously come to the Yi Ce Bureau to beg on his own initiative, even when he challenged Cui Que to a fight on a normal day, he would often suddenly appear when Cui Que was dealing with the remaining animals.

In Yuan's own words, she had neither a mobile phone nor any corresponding contact information. The best way to find Delphinium was to stake out the remaining beasts. Although it sounded reasonable, it still felt a bit weird.

No one thinks it's fun to have enemies appear in front of them at any time.

"May I ask what may I do for you?"

Therefore, it was difficult for Lin Yun to show a good face to him. He could only maintain the most basic respect and courtesy: "I don't think we are close enough to exchange holiday greetings."

Fortunately, Lin Xiaolu had just left the director's office, so he now had the energy to pretend with her here, but obviously, he didn't have much time left, and it wouldn't take too long for his daughter to come back from the bathroom.

He had no idea of ​​the other party's intentions, but he had already started thinking at full speed in his heart, thinking about how to get rid of this person. If nothing else, it would be best not to let the other party come into contact with Lin Xiaolu.

"It's New Year's Day, so don't look so stern."

However, Yuan obviously didn't care about Lin Yun's attitude. He just walked in and sat down in the chair in front of the desk. Then, he put the things he had been holding in his hands on the table: "Here, I brought you some gifts. Just consider it my New Year greetings to your bureau."

"Gift?"

Lin Yun naturally didn't believe what the other party said, but for safety reasons, he still took a look at what Yuan placed on the table.

——It was a bottle of white wine, with a series of words on it, such as "Qingting River", "20 years", etc. Next to the white wine was a bag of earthy black stuff, with the words "Delicious Duck Neck" printed on the logo on the bag, which seemed to be some kind of marinated food.

Lin Yun naturally knew these two things.

The former is the best-selling local liquor in Fangting City, a frequent guest at wine and dinner parties, and Lin Yun also drinks it frequently when socializing; the latter is the name of a braised food snack shop near the Yi Ce Bureau that does very good business. When Lin Yun was going to work in the morning, he saw the shop on the street. Even though it was close to New Year's Eve, it was still open and doing a booming business.

He knew these two things, but when they appeared in the hands of a "claw mark" magical girl and were called "gifts" by her, he felt a little confused.

"What does this mean?" So he asked directly.

"Literally. It's New Year's Eve, so I brought a bottle of wine and some snacks."

Yuan narrowed her eyes and smiled: "Have a drink with me, Director Lin, this table of wine and food cost me all my belongings."

"Why?" Lin Yun was puzzled.

"Is there any reason for this? It's New Year's Day and I'm alone in a foreign country. I have to find someone I know to talk to, right?"

As Yuan spoke, he touched the mouth of the bottle of liquor and easily opened the seal with the side of his palm: "Do you have a cup?"

"Why are you looking for me?" Lin Yun was unmoved.

"Because I don't know anyone else... The workers on the construction site have all gone home, and I still haven't gotten Cornflower's contact information."

Yuan tilted his head in a distressed manner: "After thinking about it, I realized that you are the only one I know and who knows where he is. Besides, Director Lin, you have taken good care of me before. This bottle of wine is my return gift..."

"Where are your companions?" Lin Yun didn't buy her nonsense at all.

"Companion? Ah, you mean Sammy... That guy is a goblin."

Yuan looked at Lin Yun as if he was a fool: "No one would go to the goblin to drink, right? There is no atmosphere at all."

"I think under normal circumstances, wanted criminals wouldn't come to the Strategy Bureau to drink with people."

Lin Yun sighed: "Aren't you afraid that I will call someone to arrest you now?"

"Before you call for help, I can take you hostage, Chief."

Yuan smiled and said, "I think someone as smart as you would not do useless work."

Lin Yun couldn't refute.

No one in the entire Fangting City knew Yuan's strength better than him. In their first fight and the several subsequent exchanges, the fighting skills displayed by the opponent were terrifying.

Not to mention that he is an ordinary person now, even if he turns into Delphinium now, he probably can't beat the sloppy guy in front of him in a one-on-one fight.

"You chose New Year's Eve to come to the Strategy Bureau and even sneaked into the director's office without anyone noticing, just to have a drink with me?"

But even so, he still couldn't understand the other party's behavior logic: "Can I understand that you are really free and have nothing to do?"

"perhaps?"

With a wave of his hand, the inky liquid metal turned into two hooks, and he took out two teacups from the tea cabinet beside him. Yuan slapped the two cups on the desk and pushed one of them in front of Lin Yun: "Of course, if you are willing to chat with me for a while, maybe I have something else to tell you."

Lin Yun glanced at the teacup in front of him, his hands still motionless, and he continued to ask, "Anything else?"

"Drink first, then talk."

Yuan stood up and moved closer to Lin Yun, pouring the liquor from the bottle into the teacup. She leaned forward in the strong smell of alcohol and said, "If you are worried, you can test this bottle of liquor in any way you can. There is nothing added to it. It's just liquor."

I don't know whether it was intentional or not, but although there was a table between them, she was almost half lying on the table, so her face was very close to Lin Yun. Her slightly open neckline seemed to reveal something that shouldn't be seen by others. Out of politeness, Lin Yun immediately turned his face away.

However, with just a quick glance, he noticed that Yuan today seemed a little different from her previous shabby looks. Not only was her hair combed neatly, but her clothes also seemed to have been washed, changed, and repaired, and she looked quite fresh and clean.

Is this in preparation for something?
A similar thought flashed through his mind, and Lin Yun took the teacup calmly. He used his magic power to simply explore the cup, and after confirming that there was really nothing added in it, he brought it close to his lips.

He knew that no matter what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, it seemed that he could only drink this sip of wine to find out the truth.

Then drink it, he thought.

As the wine entered his mouth, a slight burning sensation spread in his mouth. After confirming once again that there was no peculiar smell in it, Lin Yun swallowed it, then raised the glass and gestured in the direction of Yuan.

Yuan smiled with some satisfaction.

She then stood up again, sat back in her previous seat, and picked up her own teacup: "That's right, you're just a grown man drinking, why are you beating around the bush?"

As she said this, she also put the teacup to her lips, tilted her head back, and took two big gulps as if she was drinking water. After her throat moved for a while, she let out another "Ha" and slammed the teacup heavily on the table.

"Great! Good wine for the holidays, it's really a wonderful thing!" After she said this, she opened the duck neck next to her and pushed the bag to the middle of the desk: "Come on, don't forget the snacks!"

It was not until this moment that Lin Yun began to believe a little that the person in front of him seemed to have really come here to drink with someone.

But after realizing this, the doubts in his heart became even deeper - among magical girls, even among experienced old-fashioned magical girls, could there really be such a reckless person?

Unfortunately, the answer to this question is destined to be difficult to obtain from the scene before him, and he can only pretend to blend in with this drinking party with only two people.

Yuan was still the same as when she first came to the Yi Ce Bureau. She seemed to have no regard for the consequences of being drunk. She kept pouring wine for herself and urging Lin Yun to drink.

Lin Yun did not respond to her, but just used his experience gained from many years of drinking, and followed Yuan to drink from time to time. It seemed that he was drinking frequently, but in fact, only a few drops entered his stomach, and a lot of it was even quietly spilled on the ground.

He could drink, but he didn't dare get drunk. Even if he got drunk, he could sober up immediately as long as he turned into a magical girl. However, the impact of being drunk on his thinking and judgment was enough for him to be extremely vigilant.

In addition, he also secretly sent a message to Lin Xiaolu using his mobile phone, telling his daughter that someone was discussing official business with him in the director's office, and asked her to go for a walk around and come back later.

In this way, after three rounds of drinking, when the white wine that Yuan brought was almost gone and there was only a pile of broken bones left in the bag of braised food, she leaned back in her chair with a little satisfaction.

——"Oh, bliss, bliss."

Although she had been grabbing the marinated food with her bare hands, Yuan's hands were still clean. She patted her belly with her hands, burped, and said slowly, "Sure enough, the New Year has to be celebrated this way to be enjoyable."

"Are you satisfied now?"

Lin Yun looked flushed, as if he was also a little tipsy, but in fact he did not let his guard down at all: "So, I wonder what the 'other things' you mentioned before are?"

"Hey, Director Lin, don't be so impatient."

It looked like he was indeed drunk, so Yuan's voice was several decibels higher: "Men who are too impatient are not popular with ladies."

"I think I'm patient enough."

Pointing to the almost empty bottle of wine in front of him, Lin Yun remained calm and said, "It's been more than half an hour since you ran in and asked for a drink. I think it's time for you to fulfill your promise, Miss Gladiolus."

Just as he said, half an hour passed. Even though he had sent a text message to temporarily delay Lin Xiaolu, this situation probably couldn't be maintained for much longer. If Yuan was allowed to stay here like this, he would probably have to stay here until Lin Xiaolu came back.

As for the name "Gladiolus", there was certainly a calculation in it. He deliberately called the other party by the code name when he was still working in the country, to emphasize that he still did not accept the other party's identity as Claw Mark. After all, the director of the Strategy Bureau and the magical girl of Claw Mark drank together, and there was really no way to explain this matter to others.

Besides, this code name was also thrown out by Yuan herself when they first met. At that time, she tried to conceal Claw Hen's identity in order to get away with it.

But he didn't expect that after he said this, the Yuan in front of him fell into an inexplicable silence.

"Gladiolus..."

After a while, she murmured to herself, "It's been a long time since I heard this name from others, but I don't know why, it feels like it was just yesterday."

"This is the code name you told me yourself."

Lin Yun hinted, "Although I later found out that it was a real code name, it was just a former name."

"...Yes, it is a former name."

Leaning back on the chair, Yuan nodded rather demurely: "Now I am no longer the arbitrator of the Magic Kingdom, Gladiolus, but a cadre of Claw Scar - Yuan."

"You don't seem to be ashamed to mention your betrayal of the kingdom."

Lin Yun looked at her directly. "But I can't see your awareness as a villain from your performance. Your behavior is totally inconsistent with my understanding of the Claw Mark organization."

"Well, you're right. I'm just a half-baked bad guy."

Yuan smiled and said, "But, you mentioned your understanding of 'claw marks'... In your eyes, what exactly are we 'claw marks' like?"

"…a traitor who coveted the power of a magical girl but shirked her responsibilities, betrayed the ties with her colleagues, and chose to side with the enemy."

After a brief pause, Lin Yun bluntly said, "From any perspective, you should not be a group of good people."

"Haha, how ruthless."

Yuan laughed it off, not like someone facing accusations at all: "I won't deny it. A half-baked villain is still a villain after all. You said I didn't act like a villain, but you know what? Whether intentionally or not, my hands are still stained with the blood of innocent people."

"I have no intention of investigating the truth of your words, but I will maintain the prejudice that 'claw marks are all evil people', so I am puzzled by your behavior."

Lin Yun had a blank expression on his face: "Why do you do this? You have been staying in Fangting for nearly two months. During this time, you have had plenty of opportunities to do evil. Since you are not a good person, why do you act like an ordinary traveler?"

"I said I really just wanted to come for vacation... Would you believe me?"

Yuan blinked innocently, and when she saw that Lin Yun didn't react, she instantly lost her temper: "Well, this doesn't make any sense at all. I give up."

"Since you want to know the truth so much, I will tell you."

She held the table with one hand, and stood up unsteadily with her drunken body, then left her chair and staggered across the desk in front of her.

Before Lin Yun could react, she had already walked behind him.

Then, she held the back of the chair with both hands, slowly lowered her head, and put her mouth close to Lin Yun's ear.

"Let me tell you, the real reason why I came here tonight is actually..."

--"Who are you?"

Before Yuan could finish his words, he was interrupted by a voice coming from the door.

Lin Yun and Yuan looked up at the same time, only to see that the door of the director's office had been opened. Lin Xiaolu was standing there, looking at the two of them with a dazed expression.

She hesitated to speak, and no one knew what she was thinking about. After a long while, she raised her hand, pointed at Lin Yun, and said:

"You guys are having an affair?"

(End of this chapter)