Something's off about this magical girl.

Chapter 36 The Four Major Enterprises

Tao Zhuo arrived the following afternoon.

As she pushed the door open, she held up her phone, the screen pointed directly at Gu Bai, her face bearing the same expression Gu Bai had vividly remembered from their first meeting.

One kind of greed lies somewhere between a racing heart and forcibly maintaining composure.

"Teacher, look, shorting was the right thing to do."

Gu Bai turned his head and glanced at it.

Tao Zhuo is currently browsing the candlestick chart of Tan Cao in Qi Xin Futures.

Before Gu Bai could speak, this guy excitedly revealed his thoughts.

"Look, the trend from yesterday to today is first up and then down. It once surged by seventeen points, wiping out a group of highly leveraged short sellers, and then it turned downwards." Tao Zhuo put her phone away, sat down in her chair, and said in a tone that barely suppressed her excitement, "Teacher, what do you call this? A market correction~"

"I don't understand, but it seems like you made money?" Gu Bai replied calmly.

"...It's still a loss for now." Tao Zhuo paused, emphasizing the sentence with particular conviction: "The account is currently showing a loss, but my bearish outlook is definitely correct. I'll add some more money now."

"Forget it." Gu Bai didn't quite understand. After all, wasn't this guy always saying that capital would set her up?

"Don't worry, it's just a little bit." Tao Zhuo's voice was light and airy: "I'm just taking back the money I put with Capital, and I won't touch it again!"

That's definitely more than just a little bit.

Gu Bai wanted to continue reminding her, but Tao Zhuo had already tried to change the subject.

"Anyway, teacher, don't worry. I have a strategy this time. I've set the up and down lines, and I definitely won't linger in the market!"

"You." Gu Bai looked at Tao Zhuo, said nothing else, and simply asked, "You upgraded to five stars just for this?"

"that..."

Tao Zhuo's lips twitched, and she shrank slightly towards the back of the chair: "No, it's just... it's just..."

"Forget it, if you really lose, remember to choose a higher building to jump from, otherwise, with your current physical condition, you might get stuck halfway through the restart."

Gu Bai didn't continue the conversation. He picked up his teacup, took a sip of water, and handed her the melon seeds on the table, gesturing for her to eat.

Tao Zhuo took them, pinched two, cracked them open, and chewed.

My gaze drifted back to the phone screen; the candlestick chart was still there, its curve as smooth as a napping hamster, its lazy cuteness concealing an enviable fortune.

—No, no, I need to turn off my phone. I can't let it control me anymore!

Tao Zhu flicked the shell into the nearby trash can, then turned off the phone screen and put it back in her pocket.

She stood up and went to the window, zipping up her coat. "Getting back to the point! Teacher, I heard Chunheng came yesterday?"

"They're here."

"Hmm, it sounds easy, doesn't it?" Tao Zhu nodded, paused, put her hands on her hips, and added, "But please be careful, magical girls under An Yu Pharmaceuticals, be careful they don't get fed some weird drugs."

"By the way, that's exactly the question I was going to ask you."

The timing was perfect; a question that had been lingering in Gu Bai's mind could finally be asked: "Aren't spring, summer, autumn, and winter Qi Xin's?"

"Well, it's a bit complicated, so I'll try to simplify it..."

As she spoke, Tao Zhuo moved and pulled out a large whiteboard from behind the consultation room, and for a moment she started giving Gu Bai a tutoring lesson.

"It's true that we're all magical girls nurtured by Qixin, but the world of magical girls isn't as simple as fairy tales. Qixin can't possibly meet all the magical girls' every need. Therefore, besides Qixin, some talented magical girls also choose to sign with the four major corporations, which can save them a lot of trouble!"

"Like Chunheng and Qiuji, the former signed with Anyu Medical Industry, the one that sells the Rejuvenating Elixir, but I heard there's a connection too—"

"--Ahem, Qiu Ji is a little loli, super cute~ She went straight to university and signed with Luoshui Heavy Industry. This company is an old establishment. They used to do manual measurement and custom-made magical girl battle suits, and they were also responsible for the reconstruction of disaster zones. Of course, that was all in the past."

"Now we're being beaten half to death by Dawn Creative, which started out with digitalization. We've won most of the contracts for the repair and reconstruction of disaster areas thanks to the cost-effectiveness of the Xiaoqi series robots. The combat suits were also designed based on big data research on the preferences of the masses. They're cheap but sufficient."

"The last one is Goldsmith Technology. Their most famous product... is the storage bag that magical girls carry! Then there are two rich young ladies. Jin Li from the university is the eldest, and the second young lady is Jin Jue, Jue Bao, the one I captured in our last one-on-one fight!"

"Don't Xia Zhi and Dong Chun have them? What about you?" Gu Bai interrupted.

"Sister Xia and Sister Dong? No, they should both have special fortune slips given by Qi Xin, right?"

Tao Zhuo was indeed speaking from the heart, her index finger tapping as she continued to speak the truth:

"Well, I really wanted it before, but no company invited me. Now that I've reached five stars, I'm not in a hurry anymore. After all, I'm not famous yet, and the contracts I get are rubbish. If some highlights of my performance at Witch's Night or something circulate online, hehe..."

Stop dreaming. Oh, by the way, this is for you.

Gu Bai raised his hand and tapped Tao Zhuo's head, then handed her the medicine that Dong Chun had brought yesterday.

"Damn, this is rare! Where did you get this level of healing medicine, teacher?"

"Someone gave it to me." Gu Bai, of course, did not reveal Dong Chun's identity.

"Oh, teacher, you haven't already sold yourself to AnYu Pharmaceuticals, have you? Teacher, you're not a magical girl, so you don't know how valuable this thing is. It's like a super healing item you find while playing a single-player game. You'd probably play it all the way through the game and still not want to use it!"

"Isn't that completely useless!"

"Don't worry, I'll force myself to use it." After saying that, Tao Zhuo returned to her usual languid state, her head rolling on the table. "But classes are so boring, it's the same in both Class 2 and Class 1. Teacher, do you have any other practical activities to give me?"

"How about an unrestricted hand-to-hand combat match?"

"This joke is outdated, okay? Well, mainly because I can't beat the teacher, otherwise I would definitely agree."

"I'm not talking to you anymore." Gu Bai checked the time on his phone; it was about time. He stood up and said, "I need to go out and take care of some things."

"Can I come with you?" Tao Zhuo sensed something interesting; following the teacher wouldn't be boring.

"...Okay." Gu Bai hesitated for a moment, initially intending to refuse, but it seemed acceptable to have such a magical little helper.

"Teachers are the best!"

Tao Zhuo sat up straight again, a smile curving her lips.

There might be some other quirky idea mixed in with that upturned curve, but she said so herself, and Gu Bai didn't ask.

The leaves of the green plants by the window had unfurled a bit in the sunlight, looking more vibrant than when I came in this morning. A burst of noise came from the playground; the bell had just rung for the end of get out of class, and magical girls were already running out.

If it weren't for the fact that it's in my heart, I'd really have to sigh and reminisce about my youth.