Chapter 511: I Have Already Retired
"Satisfying."
Ye Yao had a look of complete satisfaction after bombing the "cesspool."
She had wanted to bomb it once back in the original timeline, but the opportunity never arose.
By the time she remembered, Mu Luo and the others had already bombed it in passing.
During the period when Mu Luo and the others were traveling all over the world, those vile things were naturally cut down crop after crop.
The foul-smelling island nation's cesspool was even more conveniently leveled to the ground.
To some extent, they had snatched away Ye Yao's fun.
Fortunately, in this parallel timeline, no one was competing with her.
Bombing the "cesspool" was truly a beautiful thing.
Just as Ye Yao was thinking about what to do next, a sound came from outside the door.
Someone must have come home.
Currently, only the Auntie was at home; according to her experience from the original timeline, the Uncle should be getting off work later.
And judging by those light footsteps, it was likely a girl.
Clearly, Mo Qiuli was back!
Ye Yao immediately sat up straight, not allowing herself to appear too excited or offensive; it would be impolite if she habitually lunged for a hug.
One had to remember that the Mo Qiuli of this timeline didn't know her.
"Mom, I'm back."
Her voice was heard before she was seen.
The Mo Qiuli of this timeline had a voice that was slightly more mature than the Mo Qiuli of the original timeline.
With three years passed, she had naturally shed some of her childishness, resulting in an undoubtedly pleasant young girl's voice.
A few seconds later, a black-haired girl wearing glasses came into view.
For Ye Yao, who existed in two timelines simultaneously, she could undoubtedly feel this change to the greatest extent.
Those three years were like the most exquisite carving knife, reshaping the figure that left the deepest impression in Ye Yao's mind.
What did the grown-up Mo Qiuli actually look like?
Now, the answer was finally presented before Ye Yao's eyes.
That small, childish figure had already filled out, transforming into a graceful young woman.
Mo Qiuli stood at the door, her stature much taller now.
The silhouette unique to a young girl, caught between innocence and maturity, was already clear.
Those signature glasses were still perched on her elegant bridge of her nose.
The eyes behind the lenses seemed to have settled into a slight calm, with a few degrees less of childhood ignorance.
These glasses seemed like an ethereal barrier she had built for herself.
Attempting to hide that quietly blooming girlish charm behind them.
This was perhaps out of habit, or perhaps a newfound reserve.
"Oh? She's grown up." Ye Yao's eyes shimmered with brilliance.
However, the beauty sculpted by time was not something a pair of glasses could completely conceal.
Beneath the frames, the features that had gradually matured were becoming softer and more refined, shedding the roundness of childhood to reveal the clear and elegant bone structure of a young woman.
Even the somewhat plain dress she wore could hardly hide that calm and unique temperament radiating from within.
The black-haired loli in her memory had already become a genuine black-haired beauty!
As the saying goes, a girl changes eighteen times as she grows up.
Even if Mo Qiuli was still a bit short of that, it was enough to see how much she had changed.
The Ye Yao from the original timeline couldn't help but make the loli version of Mo Qiuli stand in front of her for a careful comparison.
"Ye Yao, why are you making me stand at attention?"
Mo Qiuli let out a confused sound.
"It's nothing, just let me get a good look at you. Does Little Mo not like being looked at by me?"
"Of course I like it. A Magical Girl doesn't fear the gaze of the crowd; look as much as you want!"
It seemed that even without transforming, Mo Qiuli could face her own heart calmly.
This kind of growth was undoubtedly immense.
In her normal state, she had unknowingly become not much different from her Magical Girl form.
Then what about the grown-up parallel timeline version of Mo Qiuli?
Ye Yao was still observing.
Parallel World.
"Eh...? Is there a guest?"
The young girl's voice reached Ye Yao's ears.
Having just returned home, Mo Qiuli naturally saw a strange girl sitting on the sofa.
She was very cute.
Just the first impression was very likable.
At first glance, Mo Qiuli felt she was good material for being a Magical Girl.
It was just a pity...
At that moment, the Auntie's voice came from the kitchen.
"Qiuli, your friend has been waiting for you for a while. Go and chat with her; she can stay for dinner tonight."
Friend?
A question mark slowly appeared over Mo Qiuli's head.
Did she have such a cute friend?
She had absolutely no impression of her!
What should she do?
Should she open her mouth to say hello?
What was her name again?
Mo Qiuli began to feel a bit at a loss.
And on Ye Yao's side, she also heard the system's voice.
【Detected a never-before-met family member within range. Please host, acknowledge each other. Reward: 5 Attribute Points upon acknowledgment.】
They could actually still acknowledge each other!?
Ye Yao was a bit surprised.
When she descended into this timeline, she discovered that the system's family relationships didn't work in this timeline.
Even for family members recorded in the family section, they only had connections with the family members of the original timeline.
When Ye Yao tried to use the Family Locator, the counterparts in this timeline didn't show any activity at all.
Only the light point representing the last companion of Sequence Zero was flickering lonely.
Ye Yao had thought she couldn't use the system to read information anymore.
She didn't expect this pin hao jia system to pop up an "Acknowledgment" function!
Yes, exactly, that's how it should be!
This was the kind of function the system should have.
After all, how could a relationship like family be severed because of a parallel timeline?
This also represented brand new Attribute Points!
But how to "acknowledge each other" was still a problem.
Ye Yao stared at the young girl who looked somewhat flustered, intending to seize the initiative first.
"Sister Mo Qiuli, I'm your fan!"
"Fan!?"
The question mark in Mo Qiuli's mind suddenly underwent Fission.
Even weirder!
How could she have something like a fan?
This little girl definitely had it wrong.
Seeing Mo Qiuli caught off guard, Ye Yao decided to press her advantage!
"Is Sister Mo Qiuli not Magical Girl Mercury?"
Mo Qiuli: "Eh?!"
Holy crap! Doxxed!
This, this, this isn't right, is it?
Why would a stranger know she used to be Magical Girl Mercury?
Mo Qiuli's brain seemed to turn into mush; she felt lightheaded, as if her dark history had been dug up.
"You, you've got the wrong person. What even is Magical Girl Mercury? I, I don't know!"
Mo Qiuli could only hurriedly wave her hands in denial.
Ye Yao blinked her eyes.
"Has anyone ever told you that you're actually not very good at lying?"
Come to think of it, when they first met, Mo Qiuli seemed to have tried to hide it too.
Although they could later act together to fool those adults, that was only after experiencing many things.
And it was all based on self-hypnosis using the "Magical Girl Worldview Settings" in her mind.
It was purely a matter of 'I think, therefore it is' power.
Yet now, Mo Qiuli actually wanted to deny being "Magical Girl Mercury."
Forget Ye Yao, she couldn't even fool an ordinary child!
Ye Yao decided to just stare at Mo Qiuli quietly like that.
An unprecedented pressure rushed toward her.
Mo Qiuli quickly succumbed.
"E-even if I am, that's something from the past. I have already retired..."