Mu Lin pretended not to notice their surveillance. After dinner, he invited the three girls to go for a walk outdoors. Normally, Mu Lin never took the girls out for strolls, so today they believed this was a sign that their relationship with him had improved and that he had finally started to care for them, which made each of them secretly delighted.
Mu Lin sat in the living room waiting for a long time. He refused to use his mental senses to peek on the girls, as he considered it disrespectful. When he was nearly losing his patience, he finally heard their footsteps—they had finally decided to come downstairs.
After freshening up and dressing up, the three girls came down looking radiant and dazzling. They had changed into newly purchased outfits and were wearing the jewelry Mu Lin had bought for them in the afternoon. The addition of the jewels enhanced their elegance. Women naturally radiated charm when adorned with gems, and the jewelry further accentuated their delicate beauty. Even Mu Lin found himself nearly unable to keep his eyes open from their dazzling appearance. Seeing Mu Lin’s exaggerated reaction, the girls happily gathered around him and walked out of the villa together.
The deep autumn night was naturally cool, and the faintly briny sea breeze brushing across their faces made the evening especially pleasant.
They walked along the sidewalk for a while, and passersby couldn’t help but cast admiring glances at the three charming girls. The girls, thrilled by the attention, walked beside Mu Lin with expressions of smug satisfaction.
At that moment, Mu Lin suddenly flashed a mischievous smile. “Hey! Do you girls want to meet those two young female officers from this afternoon?”
“Oh! Daniel, are you interested in them? Did you investigate their addresses and now you want to go see them?” Sylvia teased Mu Lin.
“If that’s the case, we shouldn’t interrupt your date!” Finny said with a hint of jealousy. Meanwhile, Kelly looked at Mu Lin with her expressive eyes.
“Don’t be silly! I just thought when I left the gate earlier, I saw them standing outside our villa fence. I remembered the scene from this afternoon, so I asked if you wanted to meet them,” Mu Lin quickly explained.
If he were to reveal now that he could detect distant targets with his mental senses, the girls would surely suspect that he might spy on their privacy from afar. He could already imagine the physical punishment he’d receive. Mu Lin would never bring himself to harm the women he cared about, which meant his own body would suffer the consequences. Fortunately, the girls usually only playfully teased him, never going too far.
“Oh! Is that so? But Daniel, you made them cry this afternoon. Maybe we should go see them and comfort them a bit,” sweet Kelly said.
“Alright then, let’s go quietly and try not to let them notice us!” With a sly grin, Mu Lin prepared to lead the girls to catch the two young female officers off guard.
When they reached the bushes outside the courtyard gate and saw the two young female officers, Finny and the others were stunned by the surveillance equipment in front of them. Although they had never seen pigs before, they had at least seen them running—so they recognized the equipment immediately. Seeing the female officers and the movie-like surveillance gear, they now understood the real purpose behind Mu Lin’s “stroll.”
The two young female officers clearly lacked experience in reconnaissance and tailing. When Mu Lin and the others suddenly appeared before them, they froze, their faces paling and their bodies stiff with panic.
Sylvia gave Mu Lin a hard pinch on the soft part of his waist and then stepped forward to greet the officers. “Hi, Sara! Hello! Are you here to protect us?”
Finny and Kelly also pinched Mu Lin before stepping forward. Mu Lin thought to himself, “Why is everyone pinching me? What did I do wrong this time?”
“Hi! Hello, Stephanie! It’s already evening now. Would you like to come over to our house as guests?” Finny pretended not to notice the two officers’ embarrassment and cheerfully extended the invitation.
Mu Lin looked at the two young female officers. Truth be told, even without their uniforms, they looked youthful and attractive in casual clothes, though they lacked the dazzling allure of Finny and the others.
“Oh, no, we’re here on duty!” Stephanie, the slightly taller one, stammered nervously under Mu Lin’s gaze. Obviously, she hadn’t fully recovered from the scare she had experienced that afternoon. Now that they had been discovered, she was clearly terrified.
“Oh, don’t be afraid of Daniel! He’s actually very approachable and treats girls very kindly. See, he noticed you here on duty and was worried the night air might be too cold, so he specially sent us to invite you over,” this time it was the usually shy Kelly who stepped forward to comfort the two young officers.
Mu Lin opened his mouth to object, but both of his feet were simultaneously stepped on by Finny and Sylvia. The pain forced him to swallow his words, letting out a sharp hiss instead. He couldn’t understand why these girls had suddenly turned so wild and physical.
“What’s wrong, Daniel? Isn’t what Kelly said true? Don’t tell me you don’t welcome Sara and Stephanie into our home?” Finny asked, her eyes gleaming with a teasing yet threatening look, clearly implying, “If you dare to say no, just wait and see what we’ll do to you!”
Mu Lin was completely confused by the situation. It was clearly the two female officers’ fault, yet somehow he had become the guilty party. The girls’ moods were so unpredictable—just moments ago they were cheerful, now they were like a storm. Mu Lin felt like he couldn’t keep up with their ever-changing thoughts.
He silently resolved to never provoke these “goddesses” again.
“Hi! Welcome to our home!” Mu Lin reluctantly offered the insincere invitation.
In truth, Mu Lin didn’t fully grasp the nuances of human nature. People naturally sympathize with the weak, especially when women are involved. In Finny’s eyes, Mu Lin was an authoritative, powerful figure, while the two young female officers had been made to cry in public by him that afternoon.
Now, the girls thought the officers were merely seeking revenge for their earlier humiliation. It wasn’t like they had caused any real harm. For Mu Lin to not only overpower them but also mock them again was something the girls couldn’t tolerate—even if they were Mu Lin’s women. Perhaps, on some subconscious level, they also wanted to oppose him and play a prank on him.
“Oh! We’d better not go. We’ve already completed our mission and are about to leave. Sorry for the disturbance,” the two female officers stammered, hurriedly packing up their equipment.
Thinking back to how many high-ranking officials had shown up to support this man that afternoon, and how the officers involved in this mission had already received disciplinary records, with their commanding officer even being sent to prison, they knew that once discovered, their only option was to flee immediately. Now that they had been caught and not punished, they were more than happy to escape.
They hastily gathered their gear and left, leaving behind a baffled Mu Lin and the three smiling girls.
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