Chapter 113: It Was Clearly Me Who Came First, Meow!
“Rest assured, the magical girls can’t find this place.”
To this, Bai Yu confidently said, “If this were an easy place to find, the Monster Organization would have been wiped out long ago.”
Indeed, if Dream Moon had been at full strength before, she might have been able to break through here, leading to the annihilation of the Monster Organization! But in reality, the magical girl team could only locate the outer perimeters of the organization, and now, with the team nearly disintegrated, it was even more impossible.
“Ugh… I was hoping you couldn’t move so I could take over as leader…”
Lying weakly on the bed, Dream Moon reluctantly said, “But… I guess I’ll still be the first one who can move, so I can still do it…”
“Are you alright? Didn’t I promise to let you be leader for three days?”
At this moment, Bai Yu kindly reminded her, “You did protect me for ten minutes earlier, so even if you didn’t want me to get out of bed, I wouldn’t stop you.”
“Yeah… yeah!”
She had been thinking about other things and almost forgot about this!
“You should have said so earlier! Then we can talk about it when I can get up, meow!”
Dream Moon was so angry that she wanted to wrap her tail around Bai Yu, but the feeling of being completely drained made her unable to lift her cat tail. The wild night had not only tortured Bai Yu but also left her exhausted… it was truly self-inflicted.
“Pity that Lí Lí hasn’t woken up yet…”
Glancing at Xīng Huá, who was still unconscious beside her, Bai Yu said regretfully, “Otherwise, we could have held another strategy meeting in bed… I mean, a proper one, discussing what else needs to be optimized in our plans.”
“Speaking of which… Master, there’s something I’ve been wondering.”
At this moment, Dream Moon suddenly asked with a hint of jealousy, “Why do you call her Lí Lí? Why use such a familiar and mushy name? Is she worthy of it?”
“Aah… I initially thought it was fun to call her that, and then I just got used to it.”
Bai Yu’s answer wasn’t wrong. Initially, he used such a name to make Xīng Huá feel uncomfortable, but she had indeed shown significant resistance at first…
Now, however, Xīng Huá not only accepted it but even saw it as Bai Yu’s term of endearment, getting excited whenever he called her that…也算是调教得很成功了。
“But Master never uses this nickname for me, even though I came first, meow!”
Raising her cat ears, Dream Moon said discontentedly, “In short… I want it too!”
“Aah… Then how do you want me to call you? Yuèyuè?”
“No no… I don’t think that suits me.”
However, Dream Moon blurted out unconsciously, “Just call me Liú Liú!”
“Liú Liú?”
Hearing this, Bai Yu was somewhat surprised. When Xīng Huá had called out her real name, ‘Xīng Liú Yuè,’ Dream Moon hadn’t reacted at all, as if she had forgotten her true name. Yet now, she was instinctively using a part of her name as a nickname.
“Mm!”
Dream Moon smiled and replied, “I don’t know why, but it feels really nice when someone important calls me like that!”
But Dream Moon didn’t want to delve deeper into the reasons. She had no interest in her past; she was content as long as she felt happy being called that.
“Alright, then let’s discuss tomorrow’s matters, Liú Liú…”
———————
Thus, time passed to the next day, in an alleyway in Star Moon City…
“Brother! Please give me a few more days!!”
At this moment, a haggard-looking man in his thirties was pleading with a one-armed man with a scarred face, “You clearly promised to lend me money to be repaid in a year! Now my wife hasn’t come out of the ICU, and you’re already demanding repayment—”
“There’s nothing I can do! My boss suddenly asked for money, so as his underling, I have no choice!”
The one-armed man grinned, pressing the blade of his knife against the man’s face, saying, “It’s only right to repay debts! Even if I lent you money, as the creditor, I suddenly encountered an emergency. Can’t I demand repayment early?”
“If you just wanted money, it would be fine, but you’re clearly charging high interest—”
“Don’t say nonsense! It’s already good of me to lend you money! Otherwise, your wife would have died from the car accident!”
Slapping the man’s face with the blade, the one-armed man, who orchestrated the entire incident, suddenly softened his tone, saying gently, “Forget it, I know your family’s situation is tough… You definitely can’t afford to pay that much right now.”
“So… use your five-year-old daughter to settle the debt! This way, not only will you reduce your liability, but you’ll also lighten your burden!”
In the next second, the one-armed man revealed his true intentions. He said with a smile, “Since you can’t afford to raise her anyway, why not use her to save your wife? Don’t worry, I guarantee she’ll be sold to a good family—”
The one-armed man’s tone and words seemed to bestow a great favor upon the man! Hearing this, the man’s pupils suddenly constricted, and he seemed to realize something…
“Could it be… everything was planned by you?”
Clenching his fists tightly, the man recalled how he had felt watched while taking his daughter out recently. His eyes were bloodshot, and he trembled as he asked, “Was all of this done to make me hand over my daughter to you?”
“Haha, don’t be ridiculous! I’m the one who lent you money, the great benefactor!”
Waving his knife, the one-armed man looked arrogantly at the pitiful father, laughing loudly, “Instead of wasting time with meaningless speculations, just give me a clear answer—”
“I never imagined I’d have to deal with a gang member someday.”
“Long time no see, Ling Bazǐ.”
But at this moment, a female voice came from behind. The one-armed man shuddered and instinctively turned around… Seeing that three figures had appeared in the alleyway.
And among them was someone who actually used his old name from the village!
“Sure enough, only one hand left. This is the price of being addicted to gambling!”
In front of him… A brown-haired girl wearing a tight leather jacket and pants spoke. Though her outfit was cool, a collar adorned her snow-white neck, connected by a thin silver chain to a palm-sized black square.
