Yin Lin gained a deeper understanding of Huang Yi.
She knew that Huang Yi was “educating a child,” treating her like an innocent, carefree girl.
Huang Yi didn’t bother hiding it anymore and said, “You should know why I brought you here, right?”
Yin Lin shook her head. She wasn’t sure how many purposes Huang Yi had for bringing her out.
While driving, Huang Yi replied, “Within the Witch Faction, there are many smaller factions. Some believe Magical Girls should maintain a childlike heart, but I’m from the other school. I think Magical Girls should be more mature.”
Just as Yin Lin had guessed, this guy was indeed “educating a child.”
She asked, “By showing me the evils of the world to make me grow up quickly, don’t you think that’s a bit like pulling up seedlings to help them grow?”
Huang Yi said, “I just found a method more suited to you. After our experts discussed it, they believed that we could treat you with a more mature, more stressful, and heavier training method. They think you’re someone who is good at thinking and has a stronger capacity to endure than other Magical Girls, making it easier for you to accept the dark side of the world.”
This was a very strange judgment. After all, no matter how you looked at it, Yin Lin was a thirty‑ or forty‑year‑old old man. It was hard for him to accept others’ opinions and hard to change his worldview.
Those experts had clearly miscalculated, thinking that Yin Lin was the youngest of the Jinyin Hong San Jiemei and easily changed in outlook, easy to educate.
Yin Lin asked, “And now? Do you think you’ve changed me?”
Huang Yi stopped the car right at a red light.
He looked at the silver‑haired girl in the rearview mirror and replied, “Hard to say. I don’t think I’ve changed you yet. After my contact with you, I’ve found that I have to make you pay a price before you’ll change. Just talking is hard to change you, but if you have to pay a price, then you’ll be forced to change because of that price.”
Yin Lin frowned. “I don’t understand. Speak in human language.”
Huang Yi said, “For example, if I tell you not to use a Magic Power Cannon, you’ll treat my words like fart. But if I say that if you dare use a Magic Power Cannon again, I’ll have the Special Task Force go all out to beat you up, then you won’t dare use it. Understand?”
Getting the Special Task Force to beat her up was just an example. It specifically included various methods of wanted notices and sanctions, all with the aim of making her pay a price.
This time, Yin Lin understood.
The light turned green. Huang Yi slowly pressed the accelerator, and the car started moving.
His feeling was right. Relying on tonight’s show alone wasn’t enough to change Song Wuli.
It would only plant a seed in her heart, making “Old Song” more cautious when dealing with the Witch Faction.
Perhaps this seemingly insignificant change in mindset could also be considered a change.
Huang Yi drove back to the place where he had picked her up. After parking, Yin Lin asked, “Do you want this outfit back?”
“No need, just wear it.”
After watching her get out and close the door, Huang Yi added, “Remember one thing from now on: don’t casually give your personal items, like this clothing, to others. Don’t underestimate current human technology. If they get something you’ve worn, they can do many things you can’t imagine.”
Yin Lin didn’t say anything. She just nodded and watched him leave.
After Yin Lin flew away on her wand that had transformed into a magic wand, the people secretly watching didn’t know that there was another person also watching this place.
That person caught up to Huang Yi’s car, descended from the sky, and landed with both feet directly on the hood.
Seeing those familiar long legs through the front windshield, Huang Yi recovered from his shock, sighed, and knew trouble was coming.
He slowly pulled the car over to the side of the road. The woman jumped off the hood and rudely climbed into the back seat.
Huang Yi looked at the dent on the hood, feeling a bit pained. He actually liked this car. He hadn’t driven it much, and now it needed to be sent for repairs.
“Are you a fat pig? You stomped my hood flat with one foot.” Huang Yi joked.
He glanced at the rearview mirror. The woman in the back seat still had an icy face, staring at him through the mirror with angry eyes.
“I don’t want to joke with you right now. What did you take Lin to do?”
That familiar voice was none other than Jin Luan, dressed in plain clothes.
She wasn’t carrying anything that could emit mana, so she hadn’t been detected by Yin Lin’s Perception.
Huang Yi countered, “Were you bugging and surveilling that place?”
“Yes.”
Jin Luan’s answer was concise.
“Don’t you need to go to school? You have so much free time?”
She was already on the verge of furious rage.
Jin Luan said coldly, “It’s summer break now.”
Huang Yi shut his mouth and started thinking about countermeasures.
After a moment, Jin Luan asked sarcastically, “Thought of an excuse? Go ahead and try saying it if you have.”
She was clearly not joking. Huang Yi could obviously feel that she was really angry.
Huang Yi simply confessed, “I’ll tell the truth, okay? I just wanted to take her out to broaden her horizons. Sometimes she’s too childish and needs to grow up. So I wanted her to see more of the dark side and let her see how we dirty adults do things.”
Jin Luan raised her blade‑shaped magic wand and hit Huang Yi hard twice with the scabbard.
This was no joke. It directly split his head open and drew blood.
Huang Yi kept both hands on the steering wheel and said, “If we were dealing with simple‑minded Demonic Creatures, letting Yin Lin stay like this would be fine. But if we’re dealing with the cunning Star Summoning Society, she can’t stay in this kind of immature, naive environment forever.”
Bang!
Jin Luan hit him again with the scabbard. The wound split open, letting out more blood.
Huang Yi pulled out a tissue to wipe it, not resisting.
He turned his head and met Jin Luan’s gaze, asking without backing down, “You want to protect Magical Girls, but who will protect you?”
Jin Luan wanted to strike again, but held back. After all, the person before her was just a fragile human.
She answered coldly, “I don’t need protection, and I also have the ability to protect them.”
Huang Yi said, “You need to know, this is not a healthy relationship.”
This sentence stung Jin Luan slightly. At first, she thought he was talking about an emotional relationship.
Until Huang Yi continued, “You protect them unilaterally, always giving. What do you gain? That’s not healthy. Among you Magical Girls, you should help each other, give to each other, learn from each other’s strengths and compensate for weaknesses. That’s a healthy relationship, not you bearing everything alone.”
Jin Luan didn’t reply, but she could no longer bring herself to hit him.
Huang Yi continued, “Hua Zhong’s martial power is a blessing for all of humanity. We all know that Yin Lin’s stage is far from limited to this. She very well might become the clarion call for humanity to counterattack the Demonic Creatures. Her power is meaningful for all of humanity.”
Jin Luan still didn’t respond.
Before getting out of the car, she said coldly, “If you do these things again in the future, don’t blame me for being rude.”
Huang Yi didn’t respond. He just listened to these words, unsure if he would obey.
He sighed, feeling that tonight was really a bit unlucky. He started the car and left the place.
He didn’t regret taking Yin Lin out to see the world. He only regretted not observing carefully and being caught on the spot by Jin Luan, who was inexplicably angry.