Liang De led Zhao Siyue into the Yingxuetang Xiangbei branch.
The little girl was taking orders from the waiting magical girls behind the bar in the coffee and snack area.
Most of the people who come for skin care are intimidated by someone's menace and are only willing to wait outside the door. However, some magical girls still enter the store. These people look older than the magical girls outside the door and have similar temperaments.
Well-trained soldiers.
Zhao Yuhan secretly looked at her sisters who were ordering drinks and desserts, and saw a different magical girl than what was advertised in the media.
Many of these magical girls came here after returning home from get off work, wearing a variety of casual clothes. Because they knew that Liang De would remove makeup during the treatment, they were basically bare-faced.
There are more or less scars on their faces and hands, and some scars are even as ferocious as centipedes, but their eyes are all smiling.
People who hope to become more beautiful, people who are injured in battle and still insist on protecting beauty, if possible, always smile.
"A cup of grapefruit green, 50% sweetened, with ice and lemon jelly.
Order a cup of Irish coffee for Instructor Li in the library area, no sugar, no oil, no coffee."
"Ah? Please wait a moment."
After hearing the strange request, Zhao Yuhan quickly lowered her head to check the screen and confirmed the standard recipe of Irish coffee in the system.
"Irish whiskey, coffee, oil... isn't that just whiskey?"
Zhao Yuhan raised her head in confusion. The magical girl who ordered was a sister with sharp eyes. There was a horizontal scar on the bridge of her nose, but she had a small and cute four-leaf clover pin pinned to her shirt collar, and her outfit was very girly.
Seeing the confused expression on the little girl's face, the four-leaf clover magic girl couldn't help but smile and said:
"Yeah, just whiskey."
Next to her, several colleagues from the Xiangbei Bureau also laughed.
"Let's also order a cup of Irish coffee without coffee for Instructor Li."
"So are we!"
Several magical girls from Lingnan and other nearby cities at the back of the team raised their hands.
"How much whiskey is there in a glass? Let's order a few more glasses and bring the bottles directly to the instructor."
"Yes, yes, just order a few more bottles for the instructor."
"Is there a whole box? How many bottles of whiskey are there in a box?"
…
"Sister, your orchid latte is 3/3 sweet with less ice and double pecan crumble. This is a collection card... The stoat painting spirit that can make tea is not for sale, and the raccoon painting spirit that bakes cookies? That's the same
It’s not for sale, you can buy snacks for them in the store... Hmm, welcome to come back often in the future, thank you."
With the help of many screen painting spirits, Zhao Yuhan finally finished the work at hand. When he saw the last magical girl taking away his coffee, Zhao Siyue walked over and whispered to her.
After a while, Zhao Siyue returned to Liang De and didn't say anything. He just asked Liang De to take him out of the bookstore.
It was already dark, and the two of them were standing next to Zhao Siyue's black Infiniti SUV.
Zhao Siyue took out a pack of iron boxes of Huanghelou from his pocket, and silently ordered one for himself and Liang De.
Liang De held a cigarette but did not smoke. He saw the middle-aged man leaning on the car door looking very tired, and the light blue smoke he exhaled blurred his face.
"Fourth brother, haven't you coaxed him well?
What, Xiaohan is also angry, clenching her fists to hold back her strength, if you try to persuade her in a few days, maybe it will be done, and there is no need to rush this matter."
"I didn't persuade her, I just asked her if she was comfortable with it and if she would like to help her bring her clothes and daily necessities."
Zhao Siyue put down the right hand holding the cigarette, supporting the Infiniti behind him with the edge of his palm. White ash fell on the black front hood, like a silent night snow.
"She didn't do anything wrong. I have nothing to advise her."
"Fourth brother, are you willing to let Xiaohan be a magical girl?"
Zhao Siyue smiled and said:
“You can’t just point to other people’s children as heroes.
In fact, that’s what I thought before today. There are always people who want to be heroes, and it’s not their children’s turn to do what others want to do... But now, my daughter is like this.”
He gave a thumbs up gesture.
"Can I say she is wrong? We are proud of her from the bottom of our hearts.
Your sister-in-law scolded her hard-heartedly at noon, said a lot of untrue words, and she is still crying at home."
Liang De said in confusion: "Fourth brother, since you and your sister-in-law actually agree that she will become a magical girl, then..."
"Xiaohan will never be able to become a magical girl...she doesn't know that all her efforts will be in vain.
Ade, you are from the Evil Disaster Bureau, right?"
"Yes, I receive my salary from the Evil Disaster Bureau."
"Then telling you shouldn't be considered a violation."
Zhao Siyue put out more than half of her cigarette on the front hood of the car and left the car door with her back.
"She is a polluter, she will be a polluter until her heart stops beating.
Not a hero, but a polluter."
…
In the coffee area of Yingxuetang Bookstore, Zhao Yuhan carried a plate of almond cookies and walked to the table of the four-leaf clover magical girl, hesitating on what to say.
Before she could think of what to say, the magical girl with the four-leaf clover pin stretched out her hand, quickly took a cookie from the porcelain plate she was holding and bit off half of it.
"Citizen, you are now suspected of bribing public officials of the Evil Disaster Bureau. As punishment, we will confiscate all your cookies and conduct on-site criticism and education on you."
The four-leaf clover magic girl took the porcelain plate from the little girl's hand and placed it on the table. She drew a triangle in the air with her right hand like a conductor.
Following her gesture, a streak of mint-green magic unfolded like silk, lightly holding a high-backed chair and placing it behind Zhao Yuhan.
"If you have anything you want to ask my sisters, just ask."
They had long noticed this little girl with a high magical physique, and also noticed signs that she had practiced hard according to the selection examination outline.
She is a very hard-working little girl. I hope she can become our companion in the future.
"Hey, we also saw the cookies, you Xiangbei Bureau don't want to take them all!"
Several more high-backed chairs came closer, and the senior magical girls surrounded the little girl in the center, like a lush tree surrounding a newly born sapling.
…
"Sister, how did you get your family to agree..."
"You two are just sitting here chattering, don't you have to go to work tomorrow?"
Before Zhao Yuhan could finish her 29th question, a strong smell of alcohol rushed into the coffee area.
A dozen high-backed chairs were overturned to the ground by the sudden straightening of the knees, and a uniform voice sounded under the crystal chandelier.
"Hello, instructor!"
All the sitting magical girls stood up at the same time, stood with their hands behind their backs, and paid attention to Li Zhixian.
"Okay, okay!
I'm reading a book over there, and you guys are arguing non-stop here and are so excited. Are you high school students participating in a party for the first time?!
All be quiet!"
In silence, Li Zhixian raised half the bottle of Jameson whiskey in his hand and said to Zhao Yuhan who was stunned on the spot:
“You think you can become a hero by collecting gossip and taking notes?
It’s a waste of time to ask whether something is available or not!”
"Instructor, I'm fine."
The four-leaf clover magical girl gently put her hand on the little girl's shoulder and said to Li Zhixian.
"I'm too lazy to care about you. Send me more expensive wine next time."
The pungent smell of alcohol left.
The four-leaf clover magic girl leaned down and said to Zhao Yuhan:
"My sister has never seen her own family. When I was very young, they already died in the battle against evil believers and magical disasters.
Although I have never met them, I know that they must be like all parents, ordinary people who are willing to go out of their way for others.
Everyone can be a hero."
…
More than half an hour later, Li Zhixian returned to the bookstore area after blowing in the wind on Shanhou Street. Liang De had already sat back on his swivel chair.
"Have all the treatments been completed?"
"The treatment is over."
"You are so kind-hearted all of a sudden. You must have bad intentions. I have already warned them in the group to be careful about you."
"I have a villainous heart. I have always admired magical girls. I will help if I can."
"There are also magical girls in your home world?"
"Yes, there are female workers, female teachers, female white-collar workers, female scientists, female soldiers, female lawyers, female doctors...
There are also many girls who usually wear all kinds of little skirts, dance the wildest disco, stay up the longest nights, and play the most aggressive mobile games, but at critical moments they put on white jerseys and go to the front line.
I didn't quite understand why they could be so brave before, but now I think about it, maybe this is the magic of heroes."
Li Zhixian said nothing.
after awhile.
Liang De leaned on the back of his chair, looked at the ceiling and said:
"She has been waiting on the roof with half a bottle of wine for almost five hours. Why don't you go see her?"