Chapter 187

187. Changes

“Oh…” Little Yuan pouted her lips, “But I really miss Dad.”

“… Be good.”

Wen Han rubbed her daughter’s hair, but suddenly saw that the car had turned around and was coming towards them.

In her shock, the car screeched to a stop in front of them.

Swish…

The window slowly lowered, revealing Su Zeheng’s smoking profile.

“Did Fat Brother tell you about your working hours?”

Wen Han answered truthfully, “No.”

“From 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM, but there could be overtime at any time.” A puff of smoke escaped from Su Zeheng’s mouth, “I don’t like delays, and I hope you can take responsibility and be available on call.”

“Uncle,” Wen Han sighed, “Is it necessary to be so rigid? We’re friends and colleagues now, right?”

The hand holding the cigarette paused.

Su Zeheng slowly turned his head, his gaze cold, “Miss Wen, you are new here. If you think I’m not teaching you well or if you’re dissatisfied with me as a teacher, you can request someone else from headquarters.”

“Then I’d have to leave Star River City, right?”

“So,” Su Zeheng smiled faintly, “This is your own choice.”

As he was about to close the window, Little Yuan suddenly waved, “Dad!… No, I mean, Uncle Su, don’t you remember me?”

The window stopped.

Su Zeheng extinguished his cigarette and sighed, revealing a smile, “Xiao Yuan, have you been studying hard lately?”

“Mm!” Xiao Yuan nodded, “Uncle, how is Mingcheng doing?”

“I haven’t seen him in a while either.” As soon as he spoke, Su Zeheng’s face slowly hardened as he looked at Wen Han, “Remember to come to work tomorrow morning; there will be a task then.”

“Is it the Recycling Station?” Wen Han raised her head, “Who’s in charge of the Recycling Station in Star River City now? Is it still Lin Wuju?”

“These things are all in the office; you should learn to understand them first and not trouble others easily.”

The window slammed shut, and Su Zeheng’s car vanished again.

“This guy…”

Watching the departing car, Wen Han finally couldn’t help but laugh.

Does he really hate me this much?

That honest and straightforward man suddenly became so sharp, which made Wen Han feel somewhat unadjusted.

Of course, she understood that everything was her own doing.

“But what did he go through in the past year?”

She seemed to already know the answer, but truly couldn’t feel it.

Wen Han shook her head and left with Xiao Yuan in another direction.

…

“Mom, do I have to go to school tomorrow?”

“You’ll go to Grandma’s tonight! For now, stay with Grandma, and when school starts in a few days, you can go back.”

“Yes! No school!”

The scene of the mother and daughter leaving faded away.

Behind Wen Han, the familiar car had stopped at some point.

Actually… he had been observing all along.

Smoking silently, one drag after another, he sat tiredly in the driver’s seat.

Until those two figures disappeared, Su Zeheng smiled and extinguished his cigarette.

“Su Zeheng, you’re really tmd playing with yourself!”

Even after being toyed with like this, you still can’t help wanting to talk to her?

Ask yourself! Are you just here to tell her about the working hours, or do you actually want to see her again?

Are you a masochist?

You’re really crazy, you’re a lunatic!

A trace of self-mockery flashed across his face, and he snorted coldly, only to be startled by the ringing phone.

Buzz… Buzz…

The phone on the passenger seat kept lighting up.

“Sister” switched between dark and light as the screen flickered.

…

Night.

[These things are all in the office; you should learn to understand them first and not trouble others easily]

[This is your own choice]

The conversation from earlier repeated in his mind.

Wen Han lifted the hot towel off her face.

In this cold weather, a hot bath made her feel the beauty of life.

But now, she didn’t have the mood for it.

“Does he really hate me so much?”

His stern face and biting words…

The person in her memory and the present one were completely mismatched.

“A month?”

Wen Han muttered to herself, thinking of Fat Brother’s words and covering her face again with the towel.

[Within a month, he learned to drink and started smoking again]

[Wen Han, you’re really tough]

The towel was lifted again.

The naked witch opened her eyes in the bathtub, her rose tattoo behind her short hair barely visible.

“No wonder he hates me. After all, I hurt him badly back then.”

Isn’t this exactly what I wanted?

But who would have thought that time would change, and not only did she join the Light Magic Society, but she also became one of his subordinates, even his student.

As a natural-born witch, Wen Han felt no guilt or self-reproach.

But she didn’t understand why she now felt something strange, as if… as if something murky was covering her, making her unable to see clearly.

“It’s fine.”

After a while, she smiled slightly.

“Uncle, if you ignore me, I’ll ignore you too. It’s all in the past anyway. Your myriad scars are my medal. You and I… have nothing to do with each other anymore.”

The towel placed in the water was picked up again.

Wen Han wrung it out forcefully and covered her face with it.

She lay quietly in the bathtub, the bathroom silent.

…

The next day.

Beep beep beep… beep beep beep…

The alarm clock rang again, making Wen Han yawn and finally open her eyes tiredly.

She had been staying at the Light Magic Society headquarters for a year, and Xiao Yuan attended school there as well, so she didn’t need to wake up early like before.

Accustomed to sleeping in, she opened her eyes groggily and checked the alarm clock.

8:35.

“Huh? Did I oversleep?”

She calmly stood up and picked up her phone, seeing several missed calls.

It was an unfamiliar number.

“Is…?”

Buzz… Buzz…

Her phone rang again, showing the same unfamiliar number.

Wen Han answered casually, “Hello?”

“… Open the door.”

“Huh?” She was taken aback.

…

Creak… Bang!

As soon as the door opened, a pair of hands pushed it forcefully from outside.

At the doorstep, Su Zeheng’s face was icy, his brows furrowed in displeasure.

“Do you remember what I told you?”

“Work,” Wen Han pulled the shoulder strap, “Sorry, Uncle, I overslept this morning…”

“I don’t want to hear your excuses.”

“I got my period!” Wen Han rolled her eyes, “I’m not feeling well, so that’s why…”

“I said, I don’t want to hear excuses!”

Su Zeheng interrupted repeatedly and did not enter the house.

“You,” he pointed at Wen Han, “Change your clothes and come with me.”

Wen Han glanced at him, sighed after a moment, “Uncle~~~ Why are you being so harsh~?”

Su Zeheng remained expressionless, “Either get dressed and come out to see me within five minutes, or don’t appear again.”

“Hey!” Wen Han couldn’t hold back, “Uncle, are you trying to intimidate me? Do you think I’ll go back to the Recycling Station?”

“Go back?” Su Zeheng sneered, suddenly recalling a message, “Wen Han, twenty-two years old, joined the Light Magic Society a year ago, helped arrest the 777th Recycling Station Station Master Lin Wuju, now a target of the Recycling Station.”

His smile instantly disappeared, “You have four minutes left.”