Chapter 57 After Lunch
Lin Yun would never have imagined that the wedding anniversary he had originally planned to spend alone with nostalgia and sadness would eventually turn into a noisy family trip with two children.
Listening to the clerk's endless explanation alone in front of the counter turned into a conversation between the three of us and the clerk, where we talked and laughed.
Although Lin Yun is not good at communication, he can convey his requirements accurately; Lin Xiaolu does not like to communicate with others, but her cute appearance and cheerful personality make people want to tease her; Xia Liang is the most talkative one and can always make the shop assistants happy, so that the two sides can quickly become friends.
The shopping process becomes easy and enjoyable.
During this period, some people misunderstood and actually thought that they were a family, and praised Lin Yun, "Your two daughters are very cute." In response, Lin Yun had to make some simple excuses. Xia Liang looked quite happy, but Lin Xiaolu had a stern face. It didn't seem like she was angry, and no one knew what her mood was.
They visited many stores and finally found a gift that met their requirements in a jewelry store called "Shi Kui Qi".
It was a crystal necklace, the body of which was made of silver, but the pendant was made of rose quartz, or pink quartz. This rose quartz was cut into a shape similar to cherry blossoms, and was surrounded by a circle of gold, which looked quite fresh and beautiful.
Lin Xiaolu liked the jewelry very much, but couldn't explain why; Xia Liang thought the style was a little old-fashioned, but didn't say anything considering the atmosphere. In the end, it was Lin Yun who made the final decision and bought the item.
There is no other reason, just for the cherry blossom on the pendant.
Such a crystal cherry blossom made him feel as if a voice in his heart was telling him when he saw the necklace: This is the one.
So, after deciding on the gifts, the three of them went shopping on other floors. Lin Yun suggested buying clothes for Lin Xiaolu, but was rejected by Lin Xiaolu. In the end, they followed Xia Liang's suggestion and the three of them went to the cinema together.
After watching a popcorn movie, it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon when they walked out of the theater. The three of them chose a fashionable tea restaurant as the place for lunch.
Lin Yun pretended to be an ordinary parent, and Xia Liang pretended to be Lin Xiaolu's good student classmate. Both of them knew that the other was hiding something, but they each maintained their own persona and had a half-true and half-false conversation, which made Lin Xiaolu fall asleep.
Lunch was halfway through and it was almost two o'clock. Just when the three people in the restaurant were in a state of extreme relaxation, they suddenly heard a roar in the distance.
“Boom!”
The sound of heavy objects falling, as if a building had collapsed, overwhelmed the hustle and bustle in the entire shopping mall.
After the loud noise, people first fell silent, then became confused, and then panicked.
The customers in the restaurant were in a commotion. Some took out their cell phones to try to contact the outside world, while others walked out of the restaurant as soon as possible to observe the source of the sound.
Amid the chaos, only the table where the man and the two girls were sitting maintained a rare calm.
"Xiao Lu, Xiao Liang, we need to move quickly!"
From a perspective that ordinary people cannot perceive, Mo Ke shouted in a serious tone: "I can feel that there are beasts nearby!"
What it thought was a covert call was actually heard clearly by the other three people present.
In fact, even if it didn't say it, the three of them had similar guesses about the cause of the roar - it should be a crippled beast.
But at this critical moment, none of them could express what was in their mind.
Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang still thought that Lin Yun was just an ordinary person, at least he didn't have any magic power; they guessed at most that he knew something about magic, and even knew that his daughter was a magical girl. However, the window paper between them had not been broken yet, and now that the magic side of things was suddenly brought to the table, it was still a bit uncomfortable.
The reason why Lin Yun remained silent was even simpler, because he was thinking: How much should a person like "Lin Yun" know about the magical girls?
Time is running out, and although it came a little strangely, the remnant beast has already appeared. The only three magical girls in Fangting City are all sitting around this dining table, which is definitely not acceptable.
Next, not only did the two newcomers in front of him need to fight, but he also had to find a reason to escape and transform into Delphinium to go to the scene, so as to cover them and prevent the attacking beasts from being too powerful.
So, should he bring up this topic himself? Looking at the two girls in front of him who were also hesitant to speak, he had to make a decision.
Ever since he discovered Lin Xiaolu following him in the morning, he had realized that at least some of the truth could no longer be hidden.
Since they already knew that he knew Hongsi and this matter, it would be hard for him to have any reason not to know about the magical girl.
But should he admit here that he already knew the identities of his daughter and her friends as magical girls? He thought about it and felt that there was actually a better way.
But first, he had to find a reason to explain why he knew it was an attack by brutal beasts.
He wordlessly took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket, pretended to fiddle with it, clicked on the message interface, and after waiting for a moment, an evacuation notice from the Yi Ce Bureau was sent to his cell phone.
Because the beast attack happened in a crowded and busy area like a shopping mall, there were many witnesses, and the response of the Strategy Bureau was indeed fast enough. Just a few seconds after the loud noise, a notification was sent to the mobile phones of citizens across the city, reminding them to avoid this location when traveling, and to flee as soon as possible if they were here.
As a result, other customers in the restaurant finally realized what was happening, and many people stood up in panic and began to run out of the restaurant.
"There are actually crippled beasts? It's so dangerous!"
He frowned, handed the notification on his phone to the girls, and pretended to be nervous: "It looks like we can't stay here any longer, let's go now!"
In order to show that he was really nervous, he didn't give the two girls time to reply. He picked up his coat from his seat, stood up along the table, and waved, "Ask the clerk if there are any other exits in the store. The main entrance has been blocked!"
His acting skills were actually quite exaggerated, and if it weren't for the fact that the people around him were in a panic, it would have been easy to be exposed.
The plan in his mind was actually very simple: rush into the crowd outside with the two girls, and then pretend to be lost, so as to give them enough space to move, and he could also find a place to transform secretly.
In the middle, he used Lin Yun's phone to call Lin Xiaolu's number twice to show his concern and prevent being exposed. After the remaining beasts were dealt with, he contacted them again: saying that they were separated and agreed to meet at a place.
In this way, both parties do not need to reveal each other's identities, and they can leave enough room for explanation if anything goes wrong afterwards.
However, the two girls were unaware of his plans.
Although there are some differences in details, their ideas are actually the same: as magical girls, they should not choose to escape when faced with attacks from brutal beasts and innocent people suffering.
So even after hearing his words, they still sat in their seats with complicated expressions.
(End of this chapter)
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