——"So, just because of this little thing?"
Ten minutes later, in the director's office, Lin Yun stood to one side, watching the two confronting each other on the couch and couldn't help but sigh, "I merely went to another department for a while. How did the two of you start arguing?"
"This is clearly the senior's fault!"
Upon hearing this, Hong Siyu leaned forward and pointed at Asou Haruka, who was sitting calmly across from her, "Why didn't you say earlier that Haruka was back? And you didn't even mention it to me?"
"...That's not my problem. This guy didn't notify me either."
Lin Yun crossed his arms and deliberately avoided Hong Siyu's gaze, "Well, even though I knew there was a singer with the same name coming to Fangting City for a concert, I couldn't confirm it was actually her until I saw her in person. If I told you and it turned out to be someone else entirely, wouldn't that be even more embarrassing?"
"So you're saying the result was to leave me out?"
Hong Siyu pointed at herself, "Does that mean, the entire squad from both Fangting City and Bai'an City went to the concert, everyone sneaked out to have fun together, and only I have to use one of my rest days for duty? What about me? Where's my share?"
"It's just that I thought you still needed more treatment..." Lin Yun trailed off.
"The chief already said I'm healed, completely healed! Look at me now, where is there a trace of a Remnant Beast?"
Hong Siyu stood in front of Lin Yun and spread her arms, "Senior, take a good look again. Aren't I just a perfectly normal, beautiful girl? Can't I be seen by people?"
Lin Yun looked down helplessly, "It was thoughtless of me."
"In the end, why would you so easily decide to go listen to another woman's concert? What if the singer wasn't Haruka herself?"
Hong Siyu tiptoed slightly to meet Lin Yun's eyes, "In that case, wouldn't you have given the advantage to another woman completely!"
"Saying going to someone else's concert is giving them an advantage is a bit too much..." Lin Yun couldn't help but twist his mouth, "Asou's ticket wasn't very expensive, and just watching a show didn't really cost much."
"What, senior, you really don't get it. It's not about the money!" Hong Siyu became even more upset.
——"I also have an objection. You could just look up my photo online."
At this moment, Asou Haruka raised her hand, "I'm so famous, couldn't you have checked to see if it was really me?"
"It's your first time coming to Fangting City for a concert. How could there be so much detailed information about you on the local internet?"
Lin Yun shook his head, "It's already difficult to find a few clear, unedited frontal photos online, and your current image also differs a lot from what I remember from when you were a child. How could I confirm it's really you without going to the concert?"
"What are you talking about, girlfriend, my photos are all originals, no editing needed!"
Asou Haruka's eyes widened suddenly, "Are you implying that if you could confirm it was me, you wouldn't go to my concert? Really? That's so heartless! It's my concert, after all."
"I've got lots of serious work to do here; how could I possibly spend half a day just listening to a few songs."
Lin Yun slightly lowered his eyelids, "As you know, I'm not very savvy with pop music or anything like that. Whether it's good or bad, I can't really tell anyway."
"What a midlife crisis statement, as soon as 'pop elements' come up, you keep your distance, and all you talk about is 'serious work'. How did you become such a boring guy after getting married?"
Asou Haruka stuck out her tongue and made a disgusted face, "Wrong, even the average middle-aged man has hobbies like fishing, playing cards, or collecting. Do you even have any decent hobbies?"
He briefly reflected on his daily life, not just currently, but also when An Ya was still alive. In either case, he realized that his focus seemed to revolve entirely around "work." Now, having become a Magical Girl again, aside from the added option of taking care of a child, there was also the additional Magical Girl-related work.
Going further back to his student days, because he wanted to advance his studies and Magical Girl duties took up so much time, he seemed to be the only one in the team who, apart from fighting Remnant Beasts, spent every day studying.
What exactly is a "hobby"?
"Driving... does that count?"
After racking his brain, that was all he could come up with from his life that took up a fair amount of time, and it seemed that only when he was driving was he truly at ease, not needing to think about work-related matters.
"Ugh, using the language of young girls, that greasy middle-aged essence is just oozing out."
"Senior..." Hong Siyu also looked at Lin Yun with a somewhat sympathetic gaze.
Faced with the two of them and their subtle expressions, even Lin Yun felt somewhat uncomfortable, "Hold on a second, although I really don't have hobbies in life, I feel that what we were discussing earlier was something else. Is this really the topic we need to discuss now?"
"Sister, do you actually kind of person?"
However, his words completely failed to reach the other two, as Asou Haruka turned to Hong Siyu and said, "Don't let the filters of the past cloud your vision."